[TheForge] Scaffold OT

[Bruce Freeman]

I'm not much for "getting high" either.  I just finished topping an old
maple tree that was shading my yard too much.  I wanted to leave the tree,
not cut it down, so I had to prune carefully.  I ended up putting lag bolts
into part of the trunk that would eventually be cut down, so that I could
tie a ladder firmly to the trunk.  The bottom of the 10' ladder was maybe
15'-20' off the ground, sitting in a crotch of the tree.  Fortunately, my
chain saw is electric, so I didn't have to yank a damned starter cable while
25' in the air.  The job went pretty well, but the really high branches I
sawed off from the ground using one of those "chain saws" HF sells - a
"bicycle chain" with teeth on one side and ropes on either end.  Worked
fairly well - I recommend them.  I've now got a massive pile of wood in the
backyard, partly from this tree, partly from others, and I spent yesterday
sawing some down for firewood.  Raining today.

-- 
Bruce
NJ

The total lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is
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