I'm in the northwest and Ive flipped up a lot of really wide trees sometimes wide as a Volkswagen so I didn't think that there would be much education in this video but you really did give some awesome tips and you knocked it out of the park thank you so much for this content and thank you for your channel and thank you for sharing I appreciate it so much

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it :) you should send me a Video on IG next time you’re headed up a big one, I’d love to see it

Almost a lost art, the flipping up big wood, nice job.

Really pleased to see you back. Luv your videos.

Very impressive. Thanks for the top quality and concise content!

Trees like that were what kept me from getting a raise as a climber when I moved to the west coast lol Thank you for this

amazing content mate! thanks!

Thanks! Very impressive!

Nice technique, well practiced through experience. Glad to see a vid from you. It’s been a while.

Totally awesome , Thank you

I’m going to try this today Thanks for making this video Should help me be more efficient when climbing larger trees.

Nicely done

Welcome back. Haven’t heard from you in a long time!

It’s great to see mort videos from you.

Impressive man, made it look easy

Awesome training video!

@Stridertrees

5 ай бұрын

Yes/no. I used that Saddle for about 2 years, but the high wear areas were worn enough that I decided to pull it out of daily use, however I replaced it with another and I still haven't found a harness I like better especially at this price point.

Very nice video, thanks for the tip. 🤝🤝

Dope! Thanks for sharing!

Excellent video and information, thanks very much!

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

My grandfather could whip up the side of a large pine faster than most people could run on the ground. But he began to slow down in his 80s, and gave it up in his 90s. Miss the old man.

Thanks for sharing your great knowledge 👏🏻👏🏻

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it valuable :)

Thank you for making and sharing this video. I have struggled a few times on the big spars. Great job on the video.

@jayhansen9705

Жыл бұрын

Big wood is a specialty in itself. Not a lot of guys do the really big stuff.

nice, thanks

I needed this a few months back. It was wide with vines all over it. I was crawling from side to side almost all the way around just to get the lanyard up a foot and a half at a time.

Nice work man, smooth skills. Big fat Pondo!

Aunque no entiendo el inglés , veo como enseñas y usas la técnica para subir , gracias por tus conocimientos , saludos desde chile 🫵🏻😎🇨🇱

Wow brother.. thought you were dead... nice to see you back .. hopefully You can keep the content coming 😁😁😁..

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

I’m shifting gears away from the tree work that has been keeping me busy to more instructing and consulting these days, so there should be more where this comes from!

What a great video topic. Anyone whos tried to do this knows it feels impossible.

@sonnymontoya4052

2 жыл бұрын

It is a great topic, however i would like to say it might look impossible, but the very second the flipline rolls itself beyond the point it would have without the technique in the video, you recognize it because its not a normal situation you encounter, with so much slack in. Your flipline, unless of course this is a common practice for you, and myself, who was taught that way 27 years ago, and never deviated!

Thanks for the tip. Had a big eucalyptus with alot of water sprouts, used climbing line to get around trunk and it got stuck atleast 40ft below me. Used safety on water sprouts rest of the way up. A little nerve racking.

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

Yikes! That can be nerve-wracking indeed

Thanks for instructable videos that you share with us . I wonder if it's posible to climb the tree only with positioning lanyard or flipline , without spikes ?

Nice....

I didn't have my rope flipline the other day, so I had to use my 16ft steel core flipline and flipped my main line above that.

👏

Thank you bro ! I was climbing a big tree the other day and I just could NOT get the flipline (rope not steel core) to go past a certain point. Ik I'm strong enough to climb but I just could not flip it up. So I used my big shot and climbed up srt with my foot and knee ascender.

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a better way to access anyway unless you’re removing the tree, better not to spike a living and healthy tree that is staying :)

Hey bud what spikes do you use?

What part of the Sierras are you in?

What brand is your hoodie?

Do you think this is easier with a 5/8 wire core? I run a 3/4 for big firs and wondering if a more limber 5/8 would whip better..

I climbed this loblolly the other day and it took all 12 feet of my lanyard, bottom 20 feet was an absolute struggle to get past

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

Oof yeah that can be rough ! At least it wasn’t covered in vines eh?

@danielbargas3377

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stridertrees yeah this is true, vines are so bad the only thing that has got them beat is beehives 💀. I’ve made sure to charge extra when ever I come across them Lol

@tonykillingsworth9247

5 ай бұрын

Lol I am a climber and a bee keeper but it is very hard to climb in a bee suit lol

Looks like you had an old school mentor show you that. You made it look easy (and it’s not). Best of luck with your climbing course. I have always called my “lanyard” a flipline. Blair

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

You would be right about that!

@arboristBlairGlenn

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stridertrees in my first few decades of doing tree work, most treemen called the rope for your saw the saw lanyard and what everyone now calls the lanyard, was most often called your flipline. I keep my saw lanyard tied to my belt and the length of the rope falls just below my foot. This length (for me) is optimum for using your foot to flip the saw up and over the limb you’re standing on. New tool to keep your saw clipped up close have evolved (I now have one), and I find that nice. A saw lanyard that is too long allows the saw to swing to hard when lowered. Too short and your arm length stops the saw when reaching. (But NOBODY uses a chainsaw one handed) 🙄

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

@@arboristBlairGlenn yes my nomenclature is a jumble because of all the different terms I’ve heard over the years. The saw lanyard length is a trick though. I always clip it close to the handle however instead of letting it hang so I never really learned the “use the foot to flip it over a branch” trick.

What type of flip line? Where did you get it?

Also when you say you have your choke Italian point below you wouldn't you have to move that up every single time like unhook it and throw it back around the tree every time you move your lanyard up cuz it'd be hard to move correct

Nice tip. Where are you out of?

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

Northern CA but I’m moving east soon!

Nice teqnice, however educationally wise, we're told to only take small steps with spurs ;-)

Thanks for the info. The big trees are a workout, you made flipping the rope look easy and it's not!

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

Like most physical skills it’s one of those things that gets easy with practice so long as the technique is right!

How do you do to not slip with your spikes?? When you are close to the 🌲 tree ?

@WoodCutr1

2 жыл бұрын

sharp gaffs, also longer gaffs for thick bark

@marcogkross483

2 жыл бұрын

@@WoodCutr1 ok thank you

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

What they said 👆🏼also sticking them in at the correct angle.

I’m guessing Toronto might be a bit far for you to coach a job haha

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to coach a job up in Toronto👌🏼👌🏼

I've missed your videos buddy has everything been okay

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

It’s just been crazy busy after a record storm we had. I don’t really make any money with these so I’ve been focusing on the tree service. However I’ve got lots more video plans in the works :)

@br-dj2ti

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stridertrees okay great I can't wait do you ever like to record like raw footage of you doing removals I would like videos like that too if you could show when you're rigging and all that

Yeah I like to talk with you I'll be in touch

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to hearing from you

Sorry my message came in wrong when you say you have your choked off tying point below you you would have to unhook that every time you step up so you could throw it back around the tree so you're choked off correct you wouldn't be able to advance that choked off tying point like you are your flip line

@Stridertrees

2 жыл бұрын

You can advance that choked TIP the same way you advance your rope lanyard except it is a little more annoying because you have to keep adding slack and taking it out every time you advance it. It’s better not to connect and disconnect it every time. I have a video demonstrating this process on a smaller tree if you want to see what I mean. I think it’s called “spar removal basics” or something like that

@br-dj2ti

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stridertrees thank you so much I appreciate it are you going to be bringing more videos out like with you doing removals and stuff

if you gaff out with that much space you wont be going anywheres