Adkpk
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I was in a tulip tree (liriodendron tulipifera) today. Is there a crotch wood rating system. This tree was a candidate for a bucket truck for sure but that was out of the question.
It was a victim of a storm. Only 40' but had several broken branches stuck in it. I offered to climb up and set them free. My problem was setting the line. I hit a good crotch three times but my kept getting the climbing line stuck in the dead branches and wasn't able to get the line to slip through the cambium saver. I thought about setting the line out on a limb but thought this is not a good tree to put to the strength test. The painters had been there recently and left a ladder in the bushes so I rescued the line with this method. I reset once on a lower limb and went up limb by limb reseting the line each time. Little time consuming but I got it done. Live and learn.
It was a victim of a storm. Only 40' but had several broken branches stuck in it. I offered to climb up and set them free. My problem was setting the line. I hit a good crotch three times but my kept getting the climbing line stuck in the dead branches and wasn't able to get the line to slip through the cambium saver. I thought about setting the line out on a limb but thought this is not a good tree to put to the strength test. The painters had been there recently and left a ladder in the bushes so I rescued the line with this method. I reset once on a lower limb and went up limb by limb reseting the line each time. Little time consuming but I got it done. Live and learn.