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I just started being a ground guy this past summer....i've been up about 30 feet in a pine, and i'm ready to start out small and start cutting.
I got a loan, and i plan on buying a 1000 hr sc752 tow-behind grinder...i hope to go to south florida and make some money.
i was a wrestler in high school, i have fairly good balance, and even though i was scared of heights all my life i feel like trees are my calling...after all we'd be dogs if chimps didn't venture into trees for safeharbor.
before primates walked on two legs, they were tree climbers. trees truly did give us knowledge, otherwise we'd be really goofey looking dogs right now.
anyways, i haven't worked in trees in a few weeks, i was up in slidell for about a month with my ??????? boss who owes me a great deal of money. but i've been climbing small diameter trees barefoot (no spikes nothing)...not high or anything but i'm really learning the physics of leaning back and using outstretched arms and keeping your legs tucked in.
yeah, i'm a n00b, but i truly think i can be a half decent climber.
i haven't read any literature...but my old boss tought me how to use a figure 8 for pines, and he tought me the basic repel line to use in conjunction with my buckstrap.
i feel fairly comfortable, but i'm not that skilled. i was pretty good with physics in high school, i have an idea of how to drop limbs and swinging them from houses, but experience is always the best way of learning.
sorry i'm a blabbermouth typer...
but basically, i'm pretty confident, and i think i'll just start slow and work my way up myself.
i need advisement on what you guys think i should do
for now i plan on
*getting a grinder
*slowly doing small jobs, then working to big pines
*going to the camp in ATL on november 29th for the isa, or whatever...climbing/rigging I
i'm guessing i should definately buy the book "tree climbers companion"
what else should i do?
and i have a 025, i have used it in a tree before, is that too big or should i hold onto it for mid size pine removals.
and can someone tell me the steps of topping out a pine besides tying it, and notching it.
my boss's climbing line was longer than 100 feet, and one of the pines in slidell had his climbing line dangling off the ground (it was about 110 ft.)
when he topped it, he took it for quite a ride indeed, laughing and going "yeah baby" because he was tottering a bit.
i need to konw more about riggin and topping....teach me
I got a loan, and i plan on buying a 1000 hr sc752 tow-behind grinder...i hope to go to south florida and make some money.
i was a wrestler in high school, i have fairly good balance, and even though i was scared of heights all my life i feel like trees are my calling...after all we'd be dogs if chimps didn't venture into trees for safeharbor.
before primates walked on two legs, they were tree climbers. trees truly did give us knowledge, otherwise we'd be really goofey looking dogs right now.
anyways, i haven't worked in trees in a few weeks, i was up in slidell for about a month with my ??????? boss who owes me a great deal of money. but i've been climbing small diameter trees barefoot (no spikes nothing)...not high or anything but i'm really learning the physics of leaning back and using outstretched arms and keeping your legs tucked in.
yeah, i'm a n00b, but i truly think i can be a half decent climber.
i haven't read any literature...but my old boss tought me how to use a figure 8 for pines, and he tought me the basic repel line to use in conjunction with my buckstrap.
i feel fairly comfortable, but i'm not that skilled. i was pretty good with physics in high school, i have an idea of how to drop limbs and swinging them from houses, but experience is always the best way of learning.
sorry i'm a blabbermouth typer...
but basically, i'm pretty confident, and i think i'll just start slow and work my way up myself.
i need advisement on what you guys think i should do
for now i plan on
*getting a grinder
*slowly doing small jobs, then working to big pines
*going to the camp in ATL on november 29th for the isa, or whatever...climbing/rigging I
i'm guessing i should definately buy the book "tree climbers companion"
what else should i do?
and i have a 025, i have used it in a tree before, is that too big or should i hold onto it for mid size pine removals.
and can someone tell me the steps of topping out a pine besides tying it, and notching it.
my boss's climbing line was longer than 100 feet, and one of the pines in slidell had his climbing line dangling off the ground (it was about 110 ft.)
when he topped it, he took it for quite a ride indeed, laughing and going "yeah baby" because he was tottering a bit.
i need to konw more about riggin and topping....teach me