Yeah, it was, but it didn't take a little bitty bit of time. I roped most of the stuff, took a lot longer than I expected...BUT, I was down before dark. :D
Three things I learned on this job...shagbark hickory is HARD to work with...it's hard to get good spur placement...several times as I ascended the first time my spur skidded off the hard plates of the bark.
Second, the wood itself is very dense...the spurs didn't penetrate very much.
Third...
I put some barrels over the fence posts to deflect some bombers...I rung the gong a few times. :D
The job went fine...I had to scramble to get it down to the spar by 4 PM but made it. I called the owner at 4, she called the power folks and they were there just after 5 and got the line back...
Time to put the power drop thread to bed. The drop went fine...I got on site about 9:30 and power was down and rolled up beside house. The TV cable and phone lines were still up..you can see them running to the right of the subject tree. I used some small accessory cord to pull and hold some...
Thanks, guys, that's the kind of stuff I was hoping to hear...about removing and replacing.
OTG -- hahaha, your are a madman. :lol:
Jerry, still working on the confidence to do it your way. I may pretend the lines are still there and see if I would have gotten away with it...or if I would...
I have a small hickory (40 feet, maybe 14 in. DBH) to remove that has a power line next to it...2 feet away, the line to the house. I had the owner schedule a power drop for tomorrow so I can bomb some limbs rather that roping stuff...it has to be topped and limbed due to other nearby trees and...
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