Its not hard to use rope and saddle to work trees. I lkearned from the fella who is probabaly the best dang arborist / tree climber in the world, Tom Dunlap. If properly tied in, the most yur gonna fall is no more than 12 inches or so, but odds are its rare to evcer find a lot of arborist tied in properly with all the slack removed, cept the amount needed to work. Taking limbs out of trees way up there is a iece of cake , and certianly not hard, but it does come with a price when yu figure in what it cost that arborist for insurance/bonding/equipment/ and a while host of other expenses.......While I do not do it for a living, I am well versed in ropes and climbing as well as arborist work......and do not recomend anyone without proper instruction and proper equipment to even attempt to use ropes and harness they may find around to climb trees......The ropes are not the typical rapelling grade or rock climbing grade, they are an arborist grade and for good reason.........same for harness (Sadle)........Spikes used only for complete tree removals, as all they do is injure a tree...but then if yur not caring thats business for later date. I learned to do the work since I have over 500 acres and lots of huge tall oaks and pines and I enjoy going out after hurricanes and helpong where I can help and make a few extra bucks here and there, but its not what I do or really would want to do for a living......
On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:02:18 -0700, "Warren" wrote: