basnighttrees
ArboristSite Member
Thanks in advance for all your advice. I am learning to FL for pruning. I learned to climb with spikes so I normally would just walk up the lead or limb. I set a line in a fiction saver, use a double asender instead of a prusik, then climb with "the knot". I have read some other treads and my options for moving back up once I come down some are to FL the tail or air hump.
Question 1, is that the prefered way or most efficient?
Question 2, Once I am up in the tree how do I move around to work? I mean from limb to limb, up a lead, etc?
I was in a huge pin oak and when I needed to go back up I could not FL the tail because it would have swung me away from the limb I wanted to get to.
Question 3, Should I choose a tie in point close to the truck or away from it?
Question 4, For those of you that FL and use spikes, once you are good at climbing w/out spikes is it faster to work in the tree for both pruning and take downs.
Question 5, Is FL better on your body over the years than spikes? I would think that spike may take a toll on your knees, Is FL healthier? Thanks again for your help.
Question 1, is that the prefered way or most efficient?
Question 2, Once I am up in the tree how do I move around to work? I mean from limb to limb, up a lead, etc?
I was in a huge pin oak and when I needed to go back up I could not FL the tail because it would have swung me away from the limb I wanted to get to.
Question 3, Should I choose a tie in point close to the truck or away from it?
Question 4, For those of you that FL and use spikes, once you are good at climbing w/out spikes is it faster to work in the tree for both pruning and take downs.
Question 5, Is FL better on your body over the years than spikes? I would think that spike may take a toll on your knees, Is FL healthier? Thanks again for your help.