Rope saw recommendations?

my younger brother has a limb to take down claims 30’ high- any recommendations other than me telling him to call a tree service?

 

Dead or alive?

 

Anything to hit? What species and what diameter? I bought a double sided chain saw chain that can be used to saw smaller branches. I ended up replacing the rope with braided steel rope. That high he will need some kind of throw weight to get it in the tree.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Double-S...hain-Saw-Kit-for-Cutting-Tree-Limbs/296826403

 

Just one limb? Any decent top Handle should be fine. I have an echo 271t that works great. Will.
If it’s just for one job I’d try to buy used and resell when your done with it.

 

What are your suggestions to get up there? I thought about a ladder to get in the tree. Buy a harness to tie in, remove the ladder, drop the limb then ladder to get down. Not sure how comfortable he would be with that.

 

I’m not a climber so I have no suggestions. I know ladders and chainsaws don’t get along. There are a couple climbers on FHC so they should be around shortly.

 

Not suggesting running the chainsaw from the ladder. Only using the ladder to get into the tree which is a perfectly acceptable way for a climber to enter a tree. Get into a stable position, remove the ladder, cut the limb, reinstall the ladder to exit the tree.

 

I have no idea of species dead/alive etc.
No ladders will be recommended- just all around bad idea.

 

Would be easier to provide recommendations if there were more details. Otherwise we are just spinning our wheels. A ladder might not be right for your brother’s situation but that doesn’t mean they are generally a bad idea. They just need to be used properly.... like a chainsaw, or a splitter, or any one of a number of tools that we use that can be dangerous when used improperly. If you really think it’s a bad idea, you might want to write to the guy who wrote “The Tree Climbers Companion” as page 36 describes in detail how to safely enter a tree using a ladder. Not going to post a copy of it here due to copyright concerns.

The Tree Climber’s Companion, 2nd Edition

 

You all will never hear me recommend that an inexperienced person climb a tree and remove a limb via ladder or any other means. Cutting while aloft is much different than with your two feet planted on terra firma. While ladders have been used historically by tree men and women for access, you won't find many professionals still using them in that manner regularly.

Yes a limb can be removed with one of those chainsaw chain type saws, but there is a real danger that the bark on the bottom side of the limb will hang on and peel down the trunk of the tree causing a fair amount of damage.

I'd tell him to find a good tree man to take care of anything beyond the reach of a good polesaw.

 

If it is a good size limb just make sure to make a cut from the bottom up first and then finish it off from the top. Those are the only recommendations I will make.

 

I did that once with a weight and it came around and busted a window out of the house. Boy was I mad. They do work though just be careful with the weight.

 

Sounds like redneck Olympics. Case of 5.56, case of Busch Latte....first to drop it wins.

 

Again, it would help to know more about the situation. If the limb is dead, it may be possible to get a rope over the branch and break it at the base by pulling on the rope. If the limb is dead, it is less likely that the bark, (if still attached), would peel down the trunk and damage the tree. As a professional, it is easy to simply recommend that someone hire a professional to do a particular job be it plumbing, carpentry, chimney sweeping, auto repair, cleaning gutters or tree work. That doesn’t help the individual who doesn’t have the means to pay a professional and is dead-set on doing the work him/herself. Plenty of so called professionals can screw up a job and get themselves hurt or killed in the process just as efficiently as someone who is learning.. As is said, complacency kills. I feel it is up to that person to make his/her own decisions about what their limitations are, be educated and determine whether or not it is smart for them to attempt to tackle a particular job.

This is a 6” diameter dead red oak branch that was 25’ up in a tree in my back yard. Started it with my pole saw but it got hung up so I got a throw line over it and pulled it down with my lawn tractor. 15 minutes of work to ensure it didn’t fall at a time when I was under it.



If one uses his/her brain, s/he can accomplish a lot and get it done safely.

 

I'll go back to not posting moving forward

 

I told him to use a 22 but he doesn’t want to pizz off the new neighbors, he just bought this place on little sebago

 

Maine?

 

Yeah it’s a nice camp not to far from his house in Gray.
ETA I’m not sure this is the same limb he asked me about

 

So we should just fedex him a set of gaffs right?