max, thanks for the welcome; this is certainly an interesting place to talk about trees and its many tangents. I just heard about this forum and wish that I had known about it back when i was climbing full time in Foxboro, Mass for a very intense company.
We had every type (that I know of).
Guys who refused to use any modern equipment...yeah know, ascenders and porta wraps and webbing for zip lines...some of them refused to use throw balls...but they were amazing climbers..which was amazing to see
that no matter how many "bells and whistles" you have, you might still get the job done in the same amount of time as the person who uses just ropes and the chainsaw.
but we a few that were all about knowing every knot and Tree Climber's Companian trick, but were dead wooding white pine at like a rate of 1: 12 compared to most of us.
That line you had about 10 years experience in one year is very true. The company I worked for was extremely efficient...we took many jobs that (looking back) I dont think I would ever want to do now. But im glad I did them.
Not too many trees to get into in the Dacks, that I know of. I do this on the side with a buddy of mine and we get jobs here and there...mostly removals...But even just driving around is kind of disappointing in terms of getting excited to climb a monster...in Rhode Island and Mass there are massive white oaks and red oaks and HUGE beech trees and all that...i love big prunes and I have yet to do one here. Maybe people who only do tree work up here have a different story.
How are the trees where you are? what does most of your work entail? My buddy and I are hoping to get with some of the camps that are up here on the water...the trees are still limited to big pines and birch and hemlock and stuff, but i would love to climb anything that's right on the water.
There are bold climbers and there are old climbers but there aren't too many old, bold climbers.
Wow..too much coffee..this got a little long.
