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Going a bit OT... Does locust smell like citronella ants, or maybe starting fluid? I never noticed before, but where I was working kind of stinks, and it was pretty strong. I thought one of the neighbors might have been painting, or the guy across the street working on his drag car. I cut some...

Thanks for the field report Howard! Did you consider getting on the limb from underneath? Perhaps hooking a leg over the top? Easier said than done of course, but it would give you a solid anchor without committing to a long limb walk.

Thanks! That's super useful. I've been trying to keep exactly centered; leaning on the rope inline with the branch, so it takes more balance and control to stay in place. Using the branch as a pivot makes much more sense :^)

I'd have to look, but I think it's ~5" at the butt. I want to treat it as a prune at this point, so I'm not gonna use spurs. The tree will certainly come out eventually, and the smart thing will be this fall, but I don't know yet. I need to get more familiar with working ropes only, so I might...

Thanks guys. Some good ideas. I particularly like using a second rope or tail, and just "floating" out there. Sounds easier than it probably is, but it'll be something new to try. I guess there isn't any technical reason I couldn't walk out there keeping the weight on the rope, but I don't think...

No, it;s due to the way the limb is growing, and I don't know that I trust it to hold my weight. If the house is at 12 Oclock, the limb comes off of the tree at 9 and 45° up. After ~.5' it goes 90° straight towards the house, and parallel with the ground, then gently rising as it gets towards...

The biggest thing in my mind is it puts you in a weird cutting position, and you're also in the line of fire for dropped wood, but I wouldn't be taking anything major off. I need to look at it a bit closer. The change of plans is nothing like I imagined for my complete removal, but it might...

My locust again... The insurance company is bitching about a limb that if broken, /might/ hit the gutter on the garage. I'd probably tell them to pound sand if I weren't likely to remove the whole tree in the not too distant future. I'm still unsure if it'll be this year, so I'm thinking of a...