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Oh SNAP! I must be the one on drugs! :shocked!:

You on drugs bro.

I start with two hands, since it takes two to start. I start cutting forward, tip end, with both hands, then I release with the right and grab the line above my climbing system/hitch climber — as I round the saw back, then leveling and straight thru. Done to avoid the limb from tearing. Two...

Partially and No

Alright. This also has to do with my pulley saver from Teufleberger doing something odd. Midway out a 40' horizontal, butt hitching with a whoopie sling with pinto pulley attached. My tie in was approximately 30' above- in a pulley saver— and I was at 45degrees. As I cut, it pops and the kerf...

Exactly. I have a story to share about this very thing. But it also has to do with two separate disasters as the resulting action. ie: "possible product/gear failure and accident resulting with injury." I'm currently looking for an appropriate thread to tell it in.

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Tell me about it... For the first couple minutes, I was sure those guys were a "green," tree company.

Would've loved to of had that luxury. The tree sat in between two driveways with both homes just feet from it.

My employer had a climber before me, who refused to do them. His excuse was that he wasn't comfortable standing on a 6" spar 50' high. I'll definitely be better prepared next time— if that's even possible.

Never done a proper speedline. I've used vertical speedline to keep chunks from bouncing or rolling away from the base though. Would love to give it a shot sometime when the conditions are met.

I've been knocked around before, for sure- but my current employer doesn't have the ability to understand the dynamics of slacking, then tailing off slowly -to make one fluid motion, then to a stop. I'd like to say that a climber has better knowledge -and the skill set to achieve this —but no...

Ugh! Just had this happen where I was knocking out a 15' top of a Norfolk Pine. My employer has no prior knowledge of running ropes, so I knew I was in for a rough ride. As the top comes back into the trunk, I was never thrown in my entire career as I was that day. Next day there were bruises...