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Nice work Nick. Smooth and controlled.

Well done sir!

I bet you are right. To be honest though, I never felt my zubat got in the way. Maybe Ill buy both if I cant find my zubat.

Ive been through a few zubats and always liked them.

Ya I should put one back on my saddle. But, anything I can do with a handsaw, I can do with a chainsaw. I don't fine prune nearly as much as I used to so that's how Ive gotten away without it. Maybe I'll tend to this matter today while its on my mind.

I have absolutely no clue. My current handsaw says Jonsered and cuts like a dream.

I unclipped my handsaw off my saddle 2 years ago and it hasn't returned. Which reminds me, I should put it back on there. Nick I wasn't busting your stones. I was curious about what the logic was behind this wealthy douche wanting a handsaw only. I quit catering to the wealthy and actually get...

Nick that's great bro. But what is the advantage of removing dead wood with a handsaw, besides playing into someones outlandish desires? That's like them asking you to dispose of the brush in a pickup with no chipper.

WTF on handsaw only. Your salesman should have put that hogwash to rest. If you guys are deadwooding the tree, you aren't even cutting living tissue anyhow.

Nick, I'll do one one when I get something interesting on the board. Most of my removals are the same. Run up, tie in, set lowering line, and get busy.

Your point is valid Butch. But the reality of this work is that we take chances every day. Even in safe trees, even out of a bucket. Now, in all fairness, every tree is different. If the thing is mush and dust and nothing else, then no, I wont attach myself to it with any method. But if its...

I constantly tie into a different tree to work a nasty tree. Its the name of the game. Be on guard, be ready, and get it done. Id probably fire a climber that wouldn't work a nasty tree provided they had a great tie in on a safe tree very close by. Use a vacuum cleaner belt off your D ring to...

I hate shaping trees. I admire those that do it, and do it well. Around here the "experts" use a bucket truck and hedge trimmers.

Now I follow. Yes, I use the hook on my polesaw a lot to run ropes through crotches. I use blocks on heavier rigging, but for the great majority of material I lower, I natural crotch. So for that, I often use a polesaw if Im lowering off of a crotch that doesn't require me scampering out to it...

When did we speak of this gadget? You might be thinking of someone else?

Nice work. Its dismal and grey here all winter as well. Horrible.

You toss a monkey fist much? I personally don't do this all the time but sometimes I'll a monkey fist in the tail of my climb line then hook it to a snap on the rear of my saddle. Hit the first crotch, unsnap the MF, and whip it to the next crotch, overhand loops slack up to it until it feeds...

Nick, the movements in this prune looked much more efficient than the video I critiqued last time. You used that polesaw to do lots of work from one position. Now, as one climber to another, my point last time was take that polesaw and set your rigging points and set your tip tied bowlines. Less...

Next movie needs the song "I wanna sex you up" by Color me Badd. Just to really throw people for a loop....

This is a good thread. Puts into perspective the work required to dismantle a tree. I am going to use Nick's camera later this season on a removal or two and have him edit it out for me. Open me up to some ideas and criticism. I don't get any. Im the climber in my company and don't ever get any...