treesquirrel
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At a recent seminar I attended we were discussing cutting in the tree and it was brought to my attention that the new ANSI would require pre-installed climbing lines as one of the two TIP for work aloft especially when running a saw.
Now, previously the two points could be the flipline and a second lanyard of approved design but not necessarily a fixed climbing line.
75 percent of my removals are pines, poles with limbs basically. In the time it takes to pre install the climbing line I will have flipped up with my flip line and secondary lanyard and limbed and topped almost an entire average sized pine around here.
If I pre install a fixed line in every tree I will not be able to price my work at the level where I will actually get the work. Yes, someone is going to come on here and make the argument that having no pre installed line makes an arial rescue a body recovery. I think that is a way overblown statement.
In trees where I need to move about a lot to trim or remove a spreading crown this is of course a different story.
Is ANSI an overbearing guide of cover your a$$ details for the insurance industry or is it really looking out for our well being?
What do you think? I want to hear from the pro's and not a bunch of quotes from insurance industry statistics.
Now, previously the two points could be the flipline and a second lanyard of approved design but not necessarily a fixed climbing line.
75 percent of my removals are pines, poles with limbs basically. In the time it takes to pre install the climbing line I will have flipped up with my flip line and secondary lanyard and limbed and topped almost an entire average sized pine around here.
If I pre install a fixed line in every tree I will not be able to price my work at the level where I will actually get the work. Yes, someone is going to come on here and make the argument that having no pre installed line makes an arial rescue a body recovery. I think that is a way overblown statement.
In trees where I need to move about a lot to trim or remove a spreading crown this is of course a different story.
Is ANSI an overbearing guide of cover your a$$ details for the insurance industry or is it really looking out for our well being?
What do you think? I want to hear from the pro's and not a bunch of quotes from insurance industry statistics.