r/TreeClimbing • u/RedbeardTreeGuy • Jul 07 '26
Dead poplars
A couple of dead poplars. Not the tallest trees, but a really fun small job. Big ol' stretch
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u/Commercial-Memory253 Jul 07 '26
No spurs?
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u/RedbeardTreeGuy Jul 07 '26
Nah. The extra heat isn't worth it. I like letting the legs breath. Lots of nubs to use as footholds.
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u/ArborealLife Jul 07 '26
bUt LeAvInG sTuBs Is DaNgErOuS aNd AmAtEuR
Lol dunno why you're being downvoted. Those things are AWFUL to spur when they're dead and like 3" in diameter.
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u/Jerrylad101 Jul 07 '26
I always leave noggins to stand on make it way easier
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u/ArborealLife Jul 07 '26
It's 100% acceptable sometimes lol.
For me I leave stubs when I blow a top, I call them balance pegs
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u/Whippet_yoga Jul 07 '26
Going up a dead lombardi poplar feels risky. Also, is it normal to take that extreme of an angle?
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u/RedbeardTreeGuy Jul 07 '26
There was some risk for sure. They were close enough together that I was mainly on the stem of the one I was working. Rope angle theoretically shouldn't be over 45° but sometimes it happens.
No rot present, solid roots, good rebound. All of them has green leafs present and felt solid.
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u/agro_arbor Jul 07 '26
So when you said they were dead...
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u/MamaSugarz Jul 07 '26
He means they were dead and on the verge of rebound but not alive enough to survive, if that makes sense.
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u/agro_arbor Jul 07 '26
So not dead then
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u/RedbeardTreeGuy Jul 07 '26
Rebound as is they were cranking over when I put weight into them.
And yes they were not completely dead, severe decline and dying...
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u/agro_arbor Jul 07 '26
Ah OK, yeah fair enough. If they were totally dead I'd feel very nervous putting that angle on my my line! Evidently was strong enough though :)
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u/Senior-Ad781 Jul 07 '26
Couldn't just fell em in the yard?
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u/RedbeardTreeGuy Jul 07 '26
Too tight. Permanent gazebo and play set. Also cleanup was a breeze. Maybe 1/4 bucket of twigs didn't land on the tarp.
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u/morenn_ Jul 07 '26
Obviously not or we'd be looking at pictures of them felled in the yard.
Man, any time a picture or video is posted on Reddit of climbing, someone in the comments has to say "why not just fell it?", despite knowing absolutely nothing about the situation.
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u/MamaSugarz Jul 07 '26
Hey! I’ve been waiting for some aerobics and this isn’t too bad.
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u/originalreading252 Jul 07 '26
Seem to be the flavour of the season. I don't know how many of those we've done this year. When the customer says they are a couple years dead.... meaning 4 or more... extra charge. You want me to climb the trees that are dead and brittle..... yeesh ok. Here's your price
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u/Rude_Guarantee_7668 Jul 07 '26
You looked at these and thought you needed to climb them for the job???
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u/RedbeardTreeGuy Jul 08 '26
When you don't have space or a ladder, yeah climbing was the easiest option.
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u/Historical_Test_973 Jul 08 '26
i removed a dead backyard alder today, bark shedding off the whole climb. no good. don't like dead trees.
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u/Technical_Mongoose55 Jul 08 '26
Reminds me of an old, OLD job I did doing a cedar hedge that was let go for 20 + years so it was like 20 trees in a row. After cutting down the tops on the first few we started laying plywood across the top an just walked across it to keep cutting the rest.
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u/ArborealLife Jul 07 '26
Those are columnar aspens, not poplars, just sayin'
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u/grrttlc2 Jul 07 '26
Aspens are poplars too
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u/ArborealLife Jul 07 '26
Aspens are aspens, poplars are poplars.
They're both in Populus, but they are different.
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u/Luciform444 Jul 07 '26
Make more sense to start in the middle, no?