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<quoted & deleted: Political commentary belongs in a different forum> If you can handle your beer you will fit in anywhere. As said, the better lifestyle jobs are the smaller outfits rather than the industrial outfits in the long term.

Can’t remember if this saw has a winter valve on the carby, but if set to Winter and still warm will behave this way when saw gets hot.

If cant get access to use crane, or too expensive, cut smaller but use eyescrews in the pieces so not relying on loops of rigging rope to secure the piece, and decrease the drop distance. Extra time to install screws, and remove screws. The time factor may cost more than the crane.

If not happy climbing it, this is an easy ladder job to cut it into 12”-18” pieces...

Yes pretty much. There is a rhythm to it. It sounds harder, but I find easier to feed lanyard from left to right over fronds, when circling palm clockwise (looking at ground). This is more energy efficient on retrieval as it is hard to get lanyard clip jammed when retrieving resulting in...

Well done, and great pic!!

I would personally use without carabiner. But try and see.

Repositioning SRT line every cutting point will be slow, and waste energy. I always go around twice - once to prune, once to saw flush to trunk/ball as I typically get a better finish that way. So I generally keep my SRT connected to bridge and loosen as I go. Once full circle I just reconnect...

That’s the plan, except on those few Phoenix palms that have their fronds so dense you simply cannot get a lanyard or rope on fronds anywhere close to the trunk, you will need a lanyard around the trunk as well to pull you close to cut the fronds square with the trunk, if that’s the plan.

I am sure there are multiple ways, depending on climbing equipment you use. If no choice but to use just lanyards or ropes I use two methods: If accessible to put lanyards into mass of fronds I use two lanyards, and a separate 2m rope (preferably spliced) that I girth onto a frond and support...

+1 for bucket truck if accessible. I also use tall ladders on these whilst wearing saddle and polebelt for safety if high and possible slip (greater than 5m to fronds). I just keep moving ladder around trunk:once to prune, and once again to trim smooth. Can be faster than climbing without...