On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:16:42 -0400
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Tree sefvice took down a HUGE maple in the neighbour's back yard
ratlier this year. They did it all with simple rope slings, most of it
coming down in chunks 4 feet long or less. The only power tools they
used were a chain saw and a big chipper out on the street. The cutter
went up the tree, cut off a few branches, tied on with his sling, and
cut off all the branched piece by piece, dropping them with a rope
sling, then went up the tree with spurs and belt,. and cut chunks off
above the belt- pushing them off as he went. Surprising how fast that
tree came down!!!!!

i watched a blackwood acacia go down in a similar way recently with
the exception that were cutting longer sections for the local portable
lumber mill
i think they were 6 feet or so

the trimmer used ropes for each piece and when he cut those pieces loose
that tree swung a lot

looked too exciting for me but he seemed to know the tree wasn't going
anywhere

only the smallest of branches went into the chipper
i got some nice pieces that are aging