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Therrin · 7th November 2007, 01:04 AM

On the topic of Ladders...

I spent 5 hrs last week dropping a pine with a wicked lean on it that hung out over the h.o.'s fenceline, flowers, the road, etc... Brought the whole beast down, section at a time, nice and safely. Was only about a 60 foot max heigh, so it was pretty small still. Then while I'm cleaning up a bit, the guy comes over and says hey really quick, before I leave, can I prune some branches out that his wife didn't like. He's got this 20 foot ladder set up against the tree and I still had my little Stihl in my hand so I agreed.
I shouldn't have, I hate ladders. The thing was shakin like crazy and by the time I came back down, he couldn't understand how I could spend half the afternoon way up in a pine, and then hate the thought of using a 20 foot extension ladder.

It's nice to have found some people who can understand that just perfectly =)

7th November 2007, 01:04 AM	#14 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,348	Re: Request for advice on starting A tree Bus On the topic of Ladders... I spent 5 hrs last week dropping a pine with a wicked lean on it that hung out over the h.o.'s fenceline, flowers, the road, etc... Brought the whole beast down, section at a time, nice and safely. Was only about a 60 foot max heigh, so it was pretty small still. Then while I'm cleaning up a bit, the guy comes over and says hey really quick, before I leave, can I prune some branches out that his wife didn't like. He's got this 20 foot ladder set up against the tree and I still had my little Stihl in my hand so I agreed. I shouldn't have, I hate ladders. The thing was shakin like crazy and by the time I came back down, he couldn't understand how I could spend half the afternoon way up in a pine, and then hate the thought of using a 20 foot extension ladder. It's nice to have found some people who can understand that just perfectly =)