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Close up of the rigging. speed line, lowering/ control/return line, both white, and yellow lifeline.

Some limbs are prerigged. One sling is wrapped around the lowering line, as I went over to work the other lead for a while. Later, I found no burn marks on it. Saved a $1.50 sling...!
 
Z pulley speed line tensioner. David wondering when the heck I'm gonna let 'er rip!!

Later, John removed the cedar in this pic, $300 for an hour's work...
 
After rigging the top of the other trunk, I had to come back to let these two top pieces fly, as they were in the way of speeding the other top.

Some of the 6 inch tops were 50 feet long!!
 
I messed up on this one, and almost lost it onto the garage roof. Had a sling on it though, and held on long enough to easily clear the roof...

..Phew
 
Roger

Thanks for the nice shot of the speedline setup on picture # 11W. I printed the picture so I can use it to show future groundmen how to set up the speedline rope. Kinda hard to come down out of the tree to do it personally. Most people I've worked with have never speedlined anything.
 
If you are tied in, you are way above the TIP.
That's like the second or third picture you've posted, where you ain't tied in right.
Don't make me come out there and follow you around the tree with a cattle prod, to zap you each time you don't have proper tie in support.
 
LMAO!

Originally posted by Mike Maas
....Don't make me come out there and follow you around the tree with a cattle prod, to zap you each time you don't have proper tie in support.

Mike- I'm constantly guilty of the same thing. Just send the cutie in your avatar picture. She can zap me with a cattle prod any time she wants! :p
 
Any a$$hole hack can cut down a tree.
The true professional can cut down a tree without puting the tree, himself, others, or property, at unnecessary risk. If you can do that, you have reached the upper echelon of arborists.
Notice that definition did NOT include, brave, fast, careless, or stupid.
 
Interesting some of your statements, Mike!!!

Just so happens my lifeline goes through a friction saver, which is tied higher than the lowering line and speedline.

Check your glasses....
 

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