Per the title. It's still gonna be awhile, but I've started looking at the standing dead white pines on my office job. The two that are especially concerning are >100'. One has a reasonable tie in fairly close, though very high to get a line set. The other tree has a tie in fairly distant and very high. How far are you willing to swing into a stem if things go pear shaped in the tree you're working, and you have to cut loose?
I'm still weighing options, with the option of simply not doing it making a strong showing. Taking them from the bottom, the one with a distant tie in *will* get hung up and damage not very terrific trees, particularly an ugly maple, but it's there. and I'd prefer not damaging it. The other one /may/ be able to felled in one shot, but perhaps not by me. I'd have to be very accurate to not hit a couple young, but nice trees. There's still plenty of time before I need to make a decision. I'm just figuring out what decision I'll make.
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I took a couple pics yesterday, but they don't say much I don't think.
The "good" tree...
The bad one...
I'm still weighing options, with the option of simply not doing it making a strong showing. Taking them from the bottom, the one with a distant tie in *will* get hung up and damage not very terrific trees, particularly an ugly maple, but it's there. and I'd prefer not damaging it. The other one /may/ be able to felled in one shot, but perhaps not by me. I'd have to be very accurate to not hit a couple young, but nice trees. There's still plenty of time before I need to make a decision. I'm just figuring out what decision I'll make.
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I took a couple pics yesterday, but they don't say much I don't think.
The "good" tree...

The bad one...

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