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Too funny! You're only saving money if you don't factor in the time. And at the speed I work, that's DOUBLY true! :lol:

Just a quick note to let you all know that--thank heaven--the tree is down, and property and people are safe! Winner, winner, chicken dinner! More details to follow!

I'd love to try that, smith, but the part above scares me... Biggest trouble is that my "data set" of experience when it comes to wrecking trees by climbing them is at precisely 1.5. You guys are in the hundreds and maybe thousands. I wouldn't know excess side-loading or all cases of what...

Too funny! Sending you a PM...

Aha! So you use each lower crotch as if it were a block in a negative rigging situation. I can see how aim/facecut becomes very important! Is that what you are describing here, Gary? I don't follow the disassemble instructions...does that happen while it's hanging? :?

Rich: If I go up to free fall #3 & #4, I MAY be able to clear the conifers. It's the next segments that will be tough... Sawman: I did get a great TIP today...tomorrow I'm not so sure about! Peter: To which crotch do you refer?? :/: Gary: You got it!

I think it may, Chris...at least in terms of height and strength. The issue is that it's not terribly close. I think the zoom foreshortened the depth of field in the first picture. My concern is that any cut piece could take a big swing. I have only one rigging line, but I DO have a retired...

Hi, all: Here's a picture of what I started with this morning. These were the main junctions below the crown. (TIP is in a larger healthier ash in the background that we are treating, in an attempt to save.) Below is the situation at the end of a few hours of SLOOOW NCR work, before we had...