Thanks to all who view my posts, special thanks to all who comment. I post to share, and learn, from comments, recommendations, and questions. I never take any offense from comments.
I also am not cutting anything for timber, not even one tree. All my small time operation is in firewood, where I typically cut around 16 of these dead Red Oak a year. These are mostly around 100 years old, and run between 20-36" DBH. Some are longer dead than others, and as a one man (with a dog, a grandson, and an occasional son on a weekend day) I am
never in a hurry.
I should make clear, I am not posting training guides for anyone else. I post my own work, and
take all comments into consideration - Thanks again!. Some are so obvious I adopt them straight away. Some are so different from my objectives and they get ignored. Most are tucked away for some future reference when they might come in handy.
With that preface let me react:
When all else fails using a crossbow can get you over the top. Thanks
I can easily see how a crossbow would fit this bill, some of my friends carry crossbows with sights. I am curious, do you use a special weighted bolt, to ensure it will fall back to earth and drag the line with it after crossing the target limb/crotch? I don't own a crossbow, and I am a kind of use what you got guy. The sling at the beginning of this thread is about as high as I'll ever need (good thing too, it emptied my line sack). Thanks again for the idea. If I hadn't gotten the sling as a gift from the same son in later video, I'd likely go find a cheap used crossbow on CL and give it a "shot".
Just a thought but wouldn’t a jack be faster and easier then messing with a rope? Not trying to be hard on anyone I just come from a completely different background of production timber falling.
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I don't really know. I've never tried to place a jack and use one to steer a fall. In fact, if not for YouTube, I'd never seen it done. I don't know anyone here along the mid-Atlantic who uses one. Doesn't mean I couldn't. I've watched some local timber operations and find they mostly use skidders, dozers, or fellers to steer down trees in bulk operations, then drag the trees to their landing zone. Maybe we don't have big enough trees? Thanks for taking time to comment.
Good luck folks, stay safe, from tree, equipment, and virus. Thanks again for checking my posts.