Shannon tower
Tree FNG
Hi all,
Ive been lurking for a while now, thanks to all the posters I've learned alot, but have a long way to go. I live on the Oregon coast, and have around a hundred large firs that I would like to prune and desail. I will be busy for a while. I have a 150ft. Hank of hivee, which reaches about halfway up in the tree I am starting with, which is about 4 ft. In diameter. I have an 18 ft flipline which only has a few feet of tail left after going around the tree, and a 20 foot lanyard of Samson line. My thought was too climb up one side, limbing as I go, then get the back side on the descent. My problem is getting past the limbs, I cant for the life of me get my lanyard above the next limb. Is there a trick to this? Am I going about this all wrong? There trees are "hairy", lots of limbs, and its tough to get to the backside when my line is running through so many limbs above me, no swinging easy around the tree.
I am really enjoying this so far, fun work, although I'm 6'4, 210 pounds and turn 39 tomorrow so I need to get in shape for it, what a workout! Thanks for any responses, advice is much appreciated .
Ive been lurking for a while now, thanks to all the posters I've learned alot, but have a long way to go. I live on the Oregon coast, and have around a hundred large firs that I would like to prune and desail. I will be busy for a while. I have a 150ft. Hank of hivee, which reaches about halfway up in the tree I am starting with, which is about 4 ft. In diameter. I have an 18 ft flipline which only has a few feet of tail left after going around the tree, and a 20 foot lanyard of Samson line. My thought was too climb up one side, limbing as I go, then get the back side on the descent. My problem is getting past the limbs, I cant for the life of me get my lanyard above the next limb. Is there a trick to this? Am I going about this all wrong? There trees are "hairy", lots of limbs, and its tough to get to the backside when my line is running through so many limbs above me, no swinging easy around the tree.
I am really enjoying this so far, fun work, although I'm 6'4, 210 pounds and turn 39 tomorrow so I need to get in shape for it, what a workout! Thanks for any responses, advice is much appreciated .