Post Your Climbing Pics

[Tim Gardner]

The weather was great today so I had to go do a little climbing. Thought I would share some pics with everyone.

Let’s see some pics of you guys climbing. Now’s your chance to show your skills!

 

[Tim Gardner]

Installing the climbing line.

 

[Tim Gardner]

Starting up!

 

[Tim Gardner]

Up, up and away.

 

[Tim Gardner]

Getting there.

 

[Tim Gardner]

On the way back down. The pics of me in the top were too dark. I have to work on them.

 

[r/ctree]

What kind of throw bag is that where are they available?

 

[kf_tree]

nice pics.

did you paint your helmet or did it come in green?

 

[Tim Gardner]

I made the throw bag myself. I got tired of the others splitting open and having to tie the rope onto the ring. With the loop I put into the end of my line and the loop on the end of the bag I get my ropes up a lot faster without hanging in the crotches.

The helmet was yellow. I painted it fluorescent green.

 

[treeclimber165]

1st crane pictures

Here's a few from the first crane removal I ever did. As you can see, I started 'low and slow'.

 

[treeclimber165]

Getting my fat butt up the tree (second trip I believe).

 

[treeclimber165]

Startin' to get in the groove. Notice the saw, it gives you an idea how long ago this was.

 

[treeclimber165]

I was nervous crawling out this limb, about 25' over the power lines. Not a good angle on my lifeline, either.

 

[treeclimber165]

Watching the crane pick up the 10,000 lb stump.

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Nice Pics Guy's

 

[treeclimber165]

After a few years, I was 'old hand' with cranes. Here is 3 of 16 pines I plucked from around a house. These 3 were coming up through the back deck, had to crawl under the deck to make the stump cuts.

 

[treeclimber165]

Second of the three. I had to cut them off at 35'-36' so we could get lengths of at least 17'6" for the sawmill.

 

[Tim Gardner]

Great stuff Brian! Do you have any pruning pics (no gaffs)?

This is a pic of a tall & skinny tree. Four guys jumped on the pull line. Dang what a ride when the top came out. I was about 50 feet up.

 

[treeclimber165]

Grabbing the cable for the third one. We ended up with 40 logs at 17'6" out of the 16 pines.

Only pruning pics I have are bucket work. Seems like the camera never makes it to the jobsite unless a crane is involved.

 

[NeTree]

Speaking of fat butts up trees, here's mine- all 288 lbs....

Erik