Set a rope up high, tie it off at the ground and give it a pull test. Make it ocilate like crazy. This technique saved my life once on a dead oak. Darn thing broke at the _base_ and took out a wood fence but I didn't have to ride it down (as initially intended to piece it out). Or you could just walk away from the job. My favorite excuse for high risk jobs I'm afraid of is that "I don't have the experience". That will stop them dead in their tracks! It is a client's tree right? You didn't let your own personal tree go for 5 years did ya?

hi all, back again, still cycling mad amounts (100kms + a day ont he track bike) and taking er easy.

did a tree removal today, a one year old very dead 80' tall Cypress with a MAMMOTH 4' trunk up to 60', then splitting into 2 x 2' spurs.

limbed it, dropped both tops, then tied off the trunk with the bull line and headed down for lunch.

after lunch made the face cut, got the old man and the uncle to pull the bull rope and then made the backcut. CEEEERRACK tIMBER!!!!!! it landed dead on target with a resounding wooooommmmp!!!! Nothing i like more than making that backcut, poundig in the wedge and high tialing it out of there.

dog tired now. off to sleep.



edit, as for the tthat other 5 year old dead cedar, well, ol momma nature took care of that for me i still got paid to make a pile fo firewood thugh....

what type of cycling?

fixed gear. Great for ripping around the city!

bianca baby here - 3 rings strong

hills are my havens

have fun

bravo to the fixie. i run a 42x15. what's your setup? 30 miles on the fixie is like 50 on the road bike.