I don't think so.
To get the center of gravity past the tipping point (with the front tree tied), you just have to keep pulling a little more. The problem with the front tying is that the union could break during the pull, sending back the rear trunk on the house.
For me, if the union looks...
Yes, that's it.
Said like that, it seems silly. But usually it works well and I dismantle many trees like that (limbs and top).
It worked well in the London plane too (except for the ride).
In a conventional rigging, my working point would be almost at the same high as my tie-in point and way...
Very clear instead.
I was ready to do that, at the last second , just before the top's bump on the stem. But I didn't had the time.
It isn't the slam back that hurt me ( my left inner thigh doesn't agree though), My problem in the both previous stories was the first part, when the stem bent...
I'm for one, partially.
Surely, some advices should be cool to know.
Usually I hug the tree like a koala, works well for the round bumping in the spar (the spar comes toward you). but not for the heavy top catch during his fall on a relatively skinny spar (spar goes away extremely fast).
I took...
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