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Pulling/ hanging maple resprout clusters from over obstacles, today.

Probably 20 total. Got all but 2 down. Some short and small. Some medium, but very tall.

Get it on the ground and diced up. Leave it for the homeowners' SIL who lived in their ADU.


No climbing, all throwline set rigging points... running throw line-set running bowlines for midway/tip-ties.
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2 of these 3 remain until tomorrow, along with some maple dismantles by primaries, and 7 fruit trees to prune. All are no cleanup.
 
I can't stress enough how throwline skills pay the bills.

We finished the two second area of maple resprouts then went on to 2 maple removals next to primaries and service drop/ internet.
Folding trees in tight forest conditions is another useful set of tools for me.


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Scared the driveway with chunks. No rigging. High SRS/ SRT trunk choke with pull down line in neighboring fir. Whole, whole lot of wiggling, arching maple leads that I never woulda climbed on without overhead support, allowing me to simply piece it out, tip crashing into the driveway, no damage.



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Then started the orchard for an hour until dark. The orchard is next to her therapy office in the house, so got the chainsaw work all but finished, today, before she is back to online video sessions tomorrow. 20240123_161223.jpg


Before. Overgrown cherry, tiny apple, medium apple, medium plum.

An Asian pear, nearby.

Tomorrow...
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Slippery, smooth, wet maple bark is harder to grab.

Pickeroon and log tongs out today.
We diced things up and moved them aside to have room for each subsequent trunk.

Likely to be left to rot in the woods.
 
They will resprout.

I don't have a Chemical Applicator license.

I used to apply herbicides during my conservation work days for invasive plants.

I don't want to hassle with the license and any regulations.

Small sprouts are easy to maintain and sometimes provide privacy.

Keeping the stump alive helps with holding slopes, sometimes.
 
Full gap faces for hinge flexibility. Bored then horizontal kerfs, not horizontals and beat out face-cut block...very straight grained, no spiral grain.

Gutted hinge for easier pulling and reducing barberchair potential. No MA needed.
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This a regular custy. They have a secondary set of access roads for fire evac egress. Problem is, that between line clearance crews and storms, they have a layered mess of shat. Whole logs every where mixed with lop and scatter and then storm damage.
The logs are from the line clearance guys. Along with a lot of that slash. Making a fire hazard. Pretty much SOP here in CA. Out of sight, out of mind mentality.
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John and I put in our first day of the previously topped (twice) silver maple for my parents. I probably would have passed on it (due to service drop and 13kv) for a customer but it was my parents. I climbed it as a kid so I wanted to take it down as well as save them money. They are getting an addition put on and the footers would be far enough into the root zone that the tree would decline as well as be right over the new roof. Had to use 2 leaders for rigging points as we didn’t trust the thing. No good TIP either. Lots of tip ties as well as butt control ropes.

We did lower the phone line to 3’ off the ground with one piece. It was still attached but pulled out the 2nd story lag and the 1st story attachment held. Boy, a GRCS would have been fabulous!
 

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What do you think happened with the telco line. I'm feeling like it was my fault, but everything went quick, and didn't do what I expected, so I'm kind of at a loss.
 
I just think it was top heavy and there was enough stretch in the system and rigging points that when it pivoted, it descend enough to press the wiring. I should have climbed out and up higher or put a face cut in the top of it and used the masdam like a GRCS. The only thing you could have done to contribute was if you let any line out after it was cut. I’m pretty dang sure it was 100% my fault.
 
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