I can't believe nobody else has thought to kill a tree with a heavy lean toward their house to avoid the devastating effects of sucker growth, this guy deserves a "special" medal. I have considered using zip ties on my d ring if I have to lanyard into a compromised tree, maybe they would be enough to support my weight but would break in the event the tree crumbles.
I untie the stopper knot at the end of my flip line , the idea is if the tree goes I just have to pull on my Prussik til it runs off the rope. I have a tree I need to climb today that appears to be girdled partially by a cable 10 ft up the trunk. It's an 120 ft doug fir with a lean towards the house, plan is to remove the limb weight on the house side and rope and tug. Hoping the integrity of the tree isn't compromised
I was working line clearance in north dakota. Some ass girdled 3 BIG cottonwoods. He figured if they were dead, the power company would have to cut them down for free. Then, when they wouldn't, he and a buddy rented a lift, cut off all the rigging points, and knocked out the power. So they called us to finish the job in November, and we couldn't get a service drop since it was winter. Thanks DOUCHE.
Yes, I have seen customers do the exact same thing. Cut completely around the tree a few inches in And then just walk away for a few years like it's all good. It just amazes me because I've had a few people do this when the trees are over the house. Great video man stay safe
Great video, love you talking to the homeowner and video at the same time. When I do that I always feel crazy. I've come across many girdled trees, mostly if you are not allowed to remove unless it is dead or if they want to leave it as standing firewood, then cut it down and burn it immediately.
Nice! I appreciate seeing the pre climb set up. I'd definitely take the time to secure that dead crispy sucker before working it too! Nice quick work my man!
I've only seen that in places with allot of wet snow. It allows firewood to season while standing, so it isnt laying on the wet ground. It doesn't make sense why that guy did that. Could of easily bought some "tardon rtu" from a local hardware store, & put it on the stump after tree was removed. That was a crazy puzzle to solve. Good work STAY SAFE
Mark told me about your channel while you were hanging from a tree in Miami. Crazy cause I was telling Mark how I was watching youtube videos and learned we were doing it all wrong. Great video and the only trees I cut are standing dead for firewood at our hunting camps and full of splits and rots had me learning how to avoid a barber chair on youtube. Great video, and enjoy your time in the keys. What a great time to be down there
Ha! I do treework out of a 2010 Yaris. The neighbor of a client girdled a bunch of white pines heading toward her house because "they are easier to take down when they are dead". I told her to take pictures and have a certified arborist and/or lawyer draft a letter stating the potential hazard that was created by these actions.
Cool guy. Making complicated things (for people like me) look simple and easy. Enjoyed watching. Not sure why anyone would deliberately try to kill a tree that leans toward their home.
I prefer to use a friction cord on a short lanyard with no stopper knot so I can easily release and swing away if the top breaks, or hook it to a accessory or belt loop, can’t release with a rope grab once pressure is applied in a hurry, God bless.
I’m sure you know now cause this was a year ago, but whenever I’m in situations similarly I use one of the carabiners for the car keys that says “not for climbing” rated for 150 pounds. I clip that to my d-ring. And then my flip line carabiner to that one. So incase of the tree to catastrophically fail( which I pray for every tree climber out there to not have to experience) you don’t get ripped in half
In a situation like that I attach my flip line with two zip ties. One breaks to easy but two would break before your friction device will slips and pulls you in the event of whole tree failure.
I’ve seen several people through the years do that to kill a tree because they think it’s easier and cheaper for us to remove it. 🤦♂️ But never to stop the stump from sprouting, that’s a new one!
people do crazy things like like that to me all the time. i like when i bid a job in the winter and by the the time i get back there in early summer there is a pool were there wasn't one before.
A Maasdam or blocks might've been a better choice to tension your guy line. Gives you a better feel for tension just in case your ground guy's finger gets carried away on the winch trigger! Here in hurricane Michael's path we now have untold thousands of two year dead pines that are starting to get sketchy.
That look like Ash but it is hard to tell. The tree will throw sprouts from the root system whether it is dead or not. I don't think an ash will do that Poplar or Cottonwood will. And girthing a tree that is leaning toward your house isn't to bright. Good job!!!
Hello, Reon. This may seem off the wall, but I think I noticed you using Samson Mercury rope. I recently purchased a 150' piece of Mercury Blue that doesn't play well with my Camp Druid Pro descender. I'm trying to recoup part of my money and move on to a different rope, if you're interested, I'd give you a good deal - brand new. I tested it in my basement. Thanks for the videos!
In the UK, it’s called ‘ring barking’. Commonly done by rogue builders, who want to build or demolish, or there’s a tree in an inconvenient place. So one night or under the cover of a Sunday morning, the tree gets mysteriously ring barked, which is a brutal way to kill the tree/s. Then the builder turns round to the planning authorities and says, “I don’t know who did it. It wasn’t me… honest.” The authority caves, allows the felling of the tree/s and specifies the builder has to plant the smallest most unhealthy tree they can find, to replace the previously healthy 300yr. oak, that was getting in the way of the builder making money. If there was any justice in the world, the builder would get a hefty fine and banned from operating in the area. As it is, the builder is unlikely to face criminal charges and at worse might get a fine, maybe 3-5% the worth of the firewood he will have sold the tree for, (and the builder knows it). Builders always have a pet tree felling company on hand, to deal with those pesky ‘newly dead’ trees. There’s plenty of worthy builders, who’ll work around good and or specimen trees. But there’s plenty of bad ones too. They know the systems and that the local authorities don’t have the money to drag a builder through the courts, just to fine them less than £100… probably less.
I find it interesting, that you don't swat loose patches of bark off, as you go up.....that shit gets on my nerves, lessin' I do a bit of wiping and swatting on the way....😜
People overhere do it alot (girdling), but only with poplars. Ask if the guy is from Finland 😂. It is to prevent the roots from making new shoots all over the place when you remove the tree. Essentially you make the tree use all it’s energy from the rootsystem, but no new sugars can be stored because the bark is gone. But 2-3 years after girdling you should remove it, otherwise it becomes hazardous 😲
That’s how I cut my firewood I go out in the winter and girdle 8-10 chords worth of wood the year before and Burn the following year but four years especially cherry and having to stand underneath to cut that brittle wood
Iv done that out in the woods when I want to get fire wood for the following year but there wasn't a house under it lol. Seems like there a lot of other options to make sure it wouldn't resprout lol like umm 🤔 Stump grind it lol heck it's not even very big a couple hours with a shovel an an old ax would get rid of it that if it was alive now about 20 min with those same tools . Even when there not big but that dead a tree is sketch to climb
Seems cruel to 'girdle' a tree, have it slowly die for years. Just cut the darn thing down!! lol On an aside, was weird seeing the red on the inside of the tree, instead of the typical bright yellow. (Cool Camry, love the Tint!)
The owner was an idiot, to do what he called it, What did he call it?? Girdle, Girdled it??? Hopefully, Reon told him don’t do that again. Just call him to come cut down any tree he may want remove. Because, To cut it down when it’s completely dead, it’s way to dangerous to climb.
$800 for me to flop that one cut and leave. No clean up. Feet stay on the ground. Lol or just use the avant and push it back. No notch. Pop and lock a smile as it crashes through. Tree life!
eric - Where do you live, that someone is going to pay $800 to pull that tree back into the woods???? I'm seriously considering calling bullshit.... Also, why would you NOT cut a notch in it, regardless?? It takes 14 seconds to cut a notch....what's the point not to?
@@samuelluria4744 I was being somewhat sarcastic. I would never climb a dead tree. High risk means high dollar. And if I were to flop it I'd notch it. But that avant can do some sweet stuff with a little imagination
So why not just use that cherry, to set a gin into the dead tree and put a tag line with your avant and swing it away from the house and buck it down while it's vertical all in one?
Luc Fournier - Do you mean spreading the weight onto two trees, or using one tree to rig off of, and the other to set a climbing line in? Or something else?
Definitely a bit sketchy that close to the house. I have girdled trees before, out in the woods prepping for a food plot, and my dad did it years ago to prepare for upcoming seasons of firewood. No need to cut them down for firewood, they almost season on the stump. Nice job, I always enjoy the vids!
