Originally Posted by
Luke
I just climbed down (got called out at 4) from a 45ft pole that had a broke cross arm in the back of some people's houses. 3 open wire services, 1 street light, and a 3 phase tap. I climb power poles quite a bit, on my way to climb another right now lol.
That said, I've never climbed a tree. I've talked to a bunch of people who have and they said my normal bashlin 1 5/8" hooks will work if it's not pine, which it's not. None of he branches are super big, plan is to climb up and cut limbs as I go, get a little up and cut the top half out of it. We hire a lot of tree crews and I've watched them. I plan to throw a RO into a nearby tree and pull the top in the direction I want with some ropes and pulleys and some ingenuity.
I've never really done much with a chainsaw, we cut a lot at work but everybody enjoys it and I've not done much so I let them have it. I'm actually in a new training class my work just made for tree felling. It should be in the next couple weeks so I'm sure I'll learn a lot.
I'm not going into it blind, but only one eye is open lol :)