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You're right...I got lucky and just piled these pieces up. The LZ and size of wood is going to help dictate the jobs that I take...no plans to buy material handling eqpt. here.

A chain crossed my mind on the butt piece but I didn't have one. I remember seeing Deva's video of a rope that broke when it was tethering a butt...chain makes good sense. I'll have one next time. MB, I think I could have bombed them. The ground was soft enough that they didn't go far; but...

I used the 290 for the first few chunks but making the cuts match (16" bar) was tough. I used the 650 for the last 3 pieces. Still working on making even cuts.

I set a high TIP in another tree to use for support as I worked down the spar..it was nice to have the luxury of sitting some in the saddle and not being fully on the spurs. In the first picture you can see the lifeline at top left. The right diagonal line is a pull line that is attached to a...

I have never had a bowline come untied, either. I am concerned that if the limb gets stuck in a crotch or on another limb and the belay line gets slack in it that the unchoked bowline will slip on (or off) the limb. If there is a chance the limb/load might get some slack interjected into the...

Alex and I put in a full day (less about a 3 hour lunch when he had to p/u Hayden at school and I ate Mexican and chilled some, went by the office and got waylaid there for an hour or so) and finished up. We set up a vertical speedline to contain the chunks from the spar. I was not sure how...

10-4...we discussed it today. I told him it needs to be rigge a lot achieve what he wants and for me to do that would be 1800-2000. The tree has some ambiguous leans to various parts of it...for me it needs to be rigged just to help ensure the central lead/spar will go where he wants it...

I hope to finish the rigger tree today and will know better then. I have determined that the flopper tree that the owner now wants pieced down is possibly more trouble than the one I am doing now. He wants to save the trees under it and I think they will get trashed without either a GRCS or...

An lz shot and some rigging shots...this one happens to show a choked bowline on a limb...I used a clove and two half hitches on most everything. In the event something got stuck in a crotch and had to be lifted I didn't want the choked bowline to have a chance to get loose. We took out some...

I got in about 3 hours after work today...Alex ran ropes, we nibbled it down to only the central lead is left. I'll rig the top and start chunking down he spar tomorrow. I set up a fiddle block so we could lift as needed. The back block is directly over the fence and shed...there is a 20...

You have good instincts...my son/groundman could not work until about 4:30 today so I worked on my own this AM. I set up a speedline from about 50-60 feet up and anchored at chest height about 40 feet away...very steep. I dumped some pretty good sized limbs and they fell about 30 feet at which...

Haha...yeah, I have been watching that..prices so far from $47 to 10k pesos (?) and nobody has even seen a picture yet. I'll keep gandering at it.

I have sure thought about a backup saw...so much of getting work done in the tree depends on the small saw. The 200T is first choice but real pricey. I am waiting to see how folks like those Jonsered's...might try one myself if they seem OK.

I worked on the tree last Tuesday...my groundman couldn't come until about noon so I spent the AM getting ready. I had 5-6 limbs pre-rigged with slings so I could hook up the belay line, cut and move on to the next. It made things go pretty smoothly. I got probably 2/3 of the limbs out, have...

Blinky....91" circumference at BH...about 30" dbh...I was wrong (but the base at ground is a good 4 feet...good root flare). I was in the tree this evening setting some rigging (a block up high) to get a good start tomorrow...there is a LOT of wood in this tree...long limbs that are going to...

I did the limo bomber tree late yesterday...by 150' Poison Ivy had about 10 feet on ground when I started climb so my TIP was about 70'...near top but obviously not at top. You are right on base, probably near 4 feet.

BranchD, thanks for the input. I know I'll never get it done that quickly. I use a porta-wrap for lowering. I got the job...$1500 for the rigger tree, $150 for the dropper. The neighbor came out and asked the owner to have me remove some limbs that overhang where he parks his limo. The...

There's a good chance I have an edge because he saw how I took down the tree over his fence when I did the neighbor's job...carefully and successfully with no damage. I also did a pretty good job getting the tree down over his neighbor's house so he should feel like I am a known quantity...

About 80 feet tall. No bucket here...good rope, 2 good CMI blocks with Tenex slings, a porty and good saws...and a good groundman if I can get my son to run ropes. You made me realize something, Squisher...once I skin it (which will take awhile) I can punch out 6-8 foot pieces and probably lay...

Thanks for the vote of confidence and advice. I appreciate the input.