Ron_Brown
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I am removing branches at the 50 ft level from a dead tree.
I am tied in at a height of 65 ft in a neighboring live tree, 10-15 ft away.
Of course I am climbing the live tree and traversing over to the dead one to remove the limbs. My question is: how would you bail out of the dead tree if it were to begin to fail? I have free air to swing into, and would not hit the live tree if I bailed out.
Any input would be appreciated.
I am not a professional Arborist, but I am a very serious climber.
I am not using a chainsaw. I have had supervised climbs as well as reading "The Tree's Climbers Companion" and most of "Fundamentals of General Tree Work".
I have no intention of doing anything I would consider an unreasonable risk, and I am approaching this task properly eauipped and obeying all safety precautions I can think of.
Here's your chance to add more to my safety precautions, instead of just tell me i'm crazy.
Respectfully: Ron Brown
I am tied in at a height of 65 ft in a neighboring live tree, 10-15 ft away.
Of course I am climbing the live tree and traversing over to the dead one to remove the limbs. My question is: how would you bail out of the dead tree if it were to begin to fail? I have free air to swing into, and would not hit the live tree if I bailed out.
Any input would be appreciated.
I am not a professional Arborist, but I am a very serious climber.
I am not using a chainsaw. I have had supervised climbs as well as reading "The Tree's Climbers Companion" and most of "Fundamentals of General Tree Work".
I have no intention of doing anything I would consider an unreasonable risk, and I am approaching this task properly eauipped and obeying all safety precautions I can think of.
Here's your chance to add more to my safety precautions, instead of just tell me i'm crazy.
Respectfully: Ron Brown