Finished deadwood this big fir over an outbuilding that's been laid on by a maple whose big, burly butt lays in my work yard awaiting milling. Miriam was around a
Used a 100'+ trunk choke and a second climb line in another tree to work down a dead madrona top over an old shed (getting demo'ed so I could hit it a bit, but mind the fig tree) and next to the well pump house
Previously, a down-only dismantle off the neighbor's crusty, crusty maple on the other side of the rotten shed. He hires a portable mill. Send to be a fine wood worker.
in December, his shop got rained on by 50' for limbs from a 4.5' dbh fir and the 12" diameter top Speared through the roof between rafters, floor between joists and stopped at the concrete slap, next to a project kitchen cabinet.
One dead trunk that was only 4' through the roof needed to come out. I covered the hole in the roof, which was slick like ice, and got on the tree house deck at dusk.
I used a leather sleeve for this long pull-down. It worked great.
Leather friction savers are under- used, I think.
fir on right of building first.
arching dead (evergreen angiosperm )madrona top to the right
double SRT for crusty madrona top
couple rounds cut and chucked with 2511t, so I didn't cut ALAP.
very, very crowded with my Protos, respirator and ms362. It was a challenge to get these down heavy rounds onto the shelf without dropping any onto the built-in bench or floor. I ended up unbolting the bar and chain as the saw was trapped behind the ladder with about 200 pounds of short rounds on top.
SRT SRS trunk choke pulldown (leather tube up top at this moment...I used the sewn eye to retrieve).
