Posted by oldtanker on March 31, 2016 at 07:02:09 from (64.118.3.19):
In Reply to: Lots of fun! posted by gwstang on March 31, 2016 at 00:34:52:
As someone else mentioned undercut about 1/4-1/3 of the way through branch closer to the trunk then cut from the top further away form the trunk. When you get to the point where it's going to come off it drops pretty much straight down. Won't swing and take out the ladder. Still doesn't hurt to tie the ladder and saw off to the tree, yourself too. Big branch comes off the tree is going to sway.
One of my wife's brothers does stuff like that. Now don't get me wrong, he's a good guy just doesn't have any common sense. When I jumped him about doing something once his reply was "I bet I've broken more bone than you have". Now he's worked factory jobs and driven school bus through the years. Nothing that should have seen a broken bone. He's never been into dirt bikes or such. I served 20 years on tanks and rode dirt bike, rappelled off cliffs, buildings, towers and out of choppers, did some rock climbing and such. And he's had more serious injuries?
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