T Collins
Aloha Arborist
I have a recent story about trying to "lead a horse to water and get it to (think)" .
I have a former ironworker friend that wanted to learn to climb but wouldn't use tree trade knots. He did a great job of removing a Hemlock that we rigged into a Dfir not 15' away. The Dfir had a block in the top and a redirect block at the base. The bull rope was NE treeline 12 strand 3/4" and I was running a 2000lbs rated capstan with a tow hitch insert mount and the front bumper of the truck tethered to a 3rd tree. The final pick and he stopped taking the time to tie a timber hitch and instead did a clove hitch. 28" dia. and 16' long what could go wrong. I told him not to but he insisted it would hold. I put light tension on the line. He cut the trunk loose and I told him to get clear. I hoisted the big piece with the capstan and wouldn't you know that clove hitch chased its self clean around the trunk and popped clean off the end. The trunk crunched the side boards on his trailer and the rigging line shot clean up and out of the block. Now I had to use the redirect as the picking block to get the darn thing off his trailer. Please share your stories. I have more because I hate arguing and so long as life and limb are safe and it's not a paying customer or neighbors property I think stupid should hurt the wallet of the stubborn.
I have a former ironworker friend that wanted to learn to climb but wouldn't use tree trade knots. He did a great job of removing a Hemlock that we rigged into a Dfir not 15' away. The Dfir had a block in the top and a redirect block at the base. The bull rope was NE treeline 12 strand 3/4" and I was running a 2000lbs rated capstan with a tow hitch insert mount and the front bumper of the truck tethered to a 3rd tree. The final pick and he stopped taking the time to tie a timber hitch and instead did a clove hitch. 28" dia. and 16' long what could go wrong. I told him not to but he insisted it would hold. I put light tension on the line. He cut the trunk loose and I told him to get clear. I hoisted the big piece with the capstan and wouldn't you know that clove hitch chased its self clean around the trunk and popped clean off the end. The trunk crunched the side boards on his trailer and the rigging line shot clean up and out of the block. Now I had to use the redirect as the picking block to get the darn thing off his trailer. Please share your stories. I have more because I hate arguing and so long as life and limb are safe and it's not a paying customer or neighbors property I think stupid should hurt the wallet of the stubborn.