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As well you should be, my friend.

Having a really good ropeman with a fine, smooth touch is wonderful, and I'm sure it encourages cutting bigger pieces. But even then, something can go south unexpectedly. I've seen a wrap get crossed on a bollard during the fall of a piece, no way to figure how it happened, and it locked the...

This is an exceptionally cogent point that Paul is making. Worth taking serious consideration of, imo.

Cluck cluck, bok bok...all the same for me. :D

Guess I can live with that :). It's really the difficulty with judging the integrity of the tree that keeps me from following your line of reasoning all the way out to the limit, whatever that might be, Sean.

:lol:See my recent thread, Sean! I'm not saying cut small...I'll go big as most anyone. I'm saying I don't like pushing the envelope to the point that one small mistake by the rope handler, or one misjudgement on the condition of the gear and the way you've rigged it up means you're fairly...

I'd rather cut twice and be sure that I'm not pushing the envelope too far, instead of cut once and wonder about it. Cluck-cluck-cluck....

First and foremost, the condition of the spar has to be able to stand up to the loads. All the rest comes second. Rope handler has to be spot on to maximize piece size safely, and that part is the hardest to achieve piece after piece, consistently.