 Re: How do you spikeless climb big palms?
I actually tried one of the hunting stands on my neighbor's Palm tree (35 Ft). Seemed like a good idea at the time..... at least worth a try. One thing to remember is the tree stands are designed to go up once, and sit for hours on end. The whole reason behind the seat, right? The inchworm technique of getting it up the tree was ok, a little hard on the shoulders but not too bad. This might work for an "Access" project. Not sure what that is, sounds like going up and sitting for hours to me.
Problems I ran into for a commercial application:
1) Can't climb trees that have husks left on. Hope the client wants them cleaned as you go.
2) Some palms have very hard/slick surfaces, the teeth don't get a good bite and slide down the tree. (the treestands are designed to be used with a rough bark surface, which some palms do have, depends on the type)
3) They are actually much slower than ropes, since you have to inchworm down the same as you went up.
4) The teeth on the chair side did actually dig into the surface and left a puncture pattern, I figure if it leaves a mark it can't be good
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