Some pics of Tom D. in the cotton wood removal

[John Paul Sanborn]

Tom, I'll save the origional files for you if you would like them.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

There are a few more, but most have the same poor lighting.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

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[monkeypuzzle]

Is that a slack climbing rope or what?What kinda time are talking to put that tree on the ground? Just curious?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I think we took it to a spar in under 4 hours.

The work area was rather tight and there was a second tree that Bryan Kotwica climbed to clear damaged crown out of the way.

I ran The Winch on that job.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

It looks like Tom has a first aid kit on his belt. What's in it?

 

[Kevin]

It`s an air bag.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Fresco has a neat little velcro jobbie, Tom calls it the "first generation". on which he will improve.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

What slack line?

The yellow line is a sling. I was chunking off some tips.

Air bag Good one! Actually, that bag contains a low elevation deployment parachute! A prototype of an arbo excape system that I'm tinkering with.

Tom

 

[jimmyq]

Parachute?

low elevation deployment parachute? finally.... where do I order? I can never seem to get the knots right enough to trust, the parachute will make me sleep so much easier...not to mention my wife's stress level reduction...

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

He is having a little problem with the deployment rocket. Everytime it is used it burns his nether cheeks.

 

[Oxman]

Sometimes a colostomy bag is needed when climbing trees like this one after the 2002 ice storm in North Carolina.

 

[Tree Critter]

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

That is a job for a big saw and grapple.

Where was that one, musta seen it after I left. Oh I just looked at the link. It's at the JCR arboritum.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Just pull that tree back together and pop in a cable or two, better than new!

 

[treeclimber165]

Originally posted by Mike Maas
Just pull that tree back together and pop in a cable or two, better than new!

Might need a dab of Elmer's carpentry glue also.