Have More Fun Using Progressive Arboricultural Techniques

摘要

Modern technology has come into tree climbing in the same way it has come into the rest of our lives. Arborists arrive on the johsite driving vehicles with computer controlled fuel injection, carrying cell phones with them up in the trees and using space-age fibers in the ropes. The climbing systems used are much more complex also. Technology makes our lives easier and more fun. We should view technology as a buffet; there are many dishes to try, sample all of them when it's safe - then go back and load up on your favorites. When I was 12 years old I started dragging brush for my next-door neighbor. He would drop the limbs from the tree, then his son and I would cut them up with bow saws and stack the brush on a trailer - fairly low tech. Now, technology has come full circle. More and more, my jobs find me pruning small limbs with very efficient handsaws. This style of work doesn't generate large quantities of brush. Most of the lime, I won't bring a chipper to the job site. Instead, several days worth of trimming go onto the trailer, which is pulled by a van that is fully equipped and much more comfortable than a chipper truck.