How to climb a tree SRT/SRS - Arborist Basic Training
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Basic step by step guide to srt/srs. This video will take you from start to finish in detail. You'll learn what gear you will need and how to apply it up in a tree. This is aimed at beginners but may also be entertaining or enjoyable for experienced climbers too. Be sure to discuss your tips and tricks in the comments.
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Some can climb some can teach not many can do both. Brilliant video mate
Cheers bro that's very kind
Such a handsome young man! ❤
very well done, and thank you. ive been climbing big trees here in northern california for 31 years, age 72.... and i am still climbing/working them...... i watch all you different teachers every day,,, just starting to add SRT to my thing....lol.....better late than never....... one of the comments here mentioned them getting the ring in their throw ball stuck sometimes.... i have too..... but not anymore..... i tape the ring shut with electric tape or a 2 inch piece of bicycle inner tube slipped over the ring with just enough room to tie my slipped anchor hitch...... ive subscribed to your channel because you are a easy going good teacher....... thanks again.....roy mendo
Cheers Roy, you're an inspiration climbing as long as you have. Keep going as long as you are enjoying it I say.
Good to know you're picking up srt, you'll love it. Thanks for your kind words they mean a lot, stay safe.
Also good tip on the throw bag ring
Roy you sound like an old and solid badass! Keep enjoying what you do, I’m trying to get where you are at. Tree work is an adventure for me, just trying to finally do it safely now. I’m not 20 anymore 😆 just a little over twice that now 💪🏼
I though that your friends being in the video, really made it nice. Hats off to a really good arbborist
Thank you dude, really kind of you
Fantastic climbing walkthrough! Clear and simple. Lot of little details and tips. Nicely done!🤙🏽
Thanks Alex I'm glad you liked
ijust switch from drt to srt recently,your video is very nice and helpful!
Glad you liked it. There's a lot to learn but it's worth it
Loads of information , no irritating music and very interesting to watch as well . Thanks.
Cheers dude
Thank you for the video man you did an excellent job explaining show skills want to learn more from your videos I will follow thank you
Looking for my video ideas. What would you like to learn or see more of? Thank you
This was a really useful and clear video, thanks for making it!
Thanks a lot, I enjoy making these types of videos the most. I'll try and keep it up
I have a treemotion S Light saddle and love it. I climb for fun and have dropped several thousand on gear and ropes over the years. Best money I ever spent because when climbing you don't think of anything in the world except your next few moves. Ultimate stress medicine and I highly recommend it to everyone watching.Stay safe
I couldn't agree with you more. I mostly climb daily as an arborist in a work setting (wish I had more time to do recreational), but it's my medicine too!
Excellent 👍 I'm 43 been climbing for a long time finally got an srt set up, man what a difference. Haven't used it much up in the canopy but it's great for ascending.
The biggest benefit is ascending. Many people switch to drt once in the tree :)
I use canopy anchor most of the time. I use an Alpine Butterfly and a quickie to cinch my tie in, and when I'm ready to come down, I just send a tail long enough to touch the ground and I can pull my anchor out of the tree and retrieve my rope. Good tips in here though!
I'm yet to use a quickie, I must get one. Thanks steeves, love your bike too
This explained more than any of the 50 videos I've seen so far. Thank you for pointing out the end knot many times to hammer it home.
Thanks cron. I try and be as clear as I can. Videos can teach you the basics but getting out there and climbing a tree in a non work environment is essential for progression.
Try and go with someone more experienced if possible.
If you go on your own or with someone with limited experience just take it easy and don't get cocky.
Glad I could help a little, peace ✌️
I don't think you've seen any
This is an awesome video my man. Very nicely presented. I've been climbing SRT for a while now, but I always learn something new. The little things that make so much difference. Like the stopper not while prepping the Rope Wrench to keep the Hitch Hiker pulley from sliding down. That one is golden (like, why didn't I think of that).
It's super handy, glad you liked them
I am just starting to climb for my own personal use and I’ve watched a lot of videos and this is the best training video on SRT in my opinion for the beginner. Great job!
Great stuff, glad you found it useful
Very good balance!
Thank you
We use a lot of these knots pulling wire and rope through conduit
Very interesting. How do you find that work?
@@TPOTTS_TREES become an Electrician
Nice!
Thank you very much.
Glad you liked it :)
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧
True all you need to start video.
Great video. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic video mate 👍🏻
Thank you :)
Awesome 🤩
Glad you liked it
24:27 you can also use a ringloop or Prussik loop with a karbine, take the end of the rope, and use it as a pulley system
Absolutely, creating a 3:1 advantage makes it alot easier!
I like the last part such a very precise demo. Good for new climbers.
Nice one steward
Good intro video. Keep making content if you like it. I’ve got some time in the saddle and still watch “beginner” videos never know where ima get my next useful piece of info
Thank you, I'll keep it up!
That's very true, nice one Steven.
Brilliant! Absolutely the BEST FIRST aspiring arborist video to watch!
This explains an aspect missing from other climbing videos.
I’ve done tree work in the past, just ladder, climbing and chainsaw. Not one piece of rope! 😱
Now in my late 40’s I have a want to climb up trees again, but doing it THE RIGHT WAY! I’m having trouble understanding all those damm knots 🤦🏻♂️
BTW I like to do tree work for just fun, the adrenaline rush I used to get back in the days was comparable to flying on my motorcycle.
Getting old so wising up!
I’m gonna learn this shit! FOSHO!
Well done! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
I love my motorbike. I have a rally raid CB500x. I've been having so much fun on it I've been letting you guys down on the uploads. I'll pick up the schedule soon, starting today.
I'll give you a few knots to master that will get you through 90 percent of being an arborist.
Bowline
Running bowline
Slip knot
Clove hitch
Prussic knot/ blakes hitch
VT knot
You can get by with ease. Also some are useful in general life
@@TPOTTS_TREES dude awesome! Tks! I’ll stick to learning those, that helps since there are a million knots.
I’ve had many bikes in my life yet my latest, and mid range size is my 07 Shadow 600 VLX
With this SUPER comfortable ride I don’t touch my old Harley any more. Forget about sports bike, it’s been a while since riding those “back breakers” love my Honda 😎
Ride and climb safe 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
Nicely done, thanks to you that post your videos, we less knowledgeable can learn.
Thanks AJ. I got into tree work young so I'm glad I can share as much as I know
Thank you. You did a good job, I learned some things that will make me a better climber. Right on : )
Good to hear, thanks 🙏
@@TPOTTS_TREES You are welcome. Something nobody seems to show, that might be a good video, is when to say no. Two days ago, I was asked to remove a dead tree. A tall oak, taller than the living trees around it. recently dead. twigs still bendable...well, I rigged SRT, climbed the tree to study it and make a plan for the next day when I would have a ground man. I am glad I did. The tree was unsafe to rig from. Being taller than the other trees, I would have to rig from the stem of this tree. What I found was a vertical split running up from about mid tree. I could see right through the tree. I am guessing a lightning strike had split it. Tree is beside a studio with a slate roof. I carefully came down and thought about it overnight and in the morning, I went there and retrieved my climbing line and my rigging line. I declined the job. I explained to my customer that I was uncomfortable with the split that runs up the tree, That split would open and close with the wind. He called a big tree company and they will come have a look. I am just one man. So, it would be helpful to folks learning to do arbor work, to know there is no shame in saying no. : ) George.
Nice video bud, I’m a climber of 2 years and I really enjoyed that
Thank you so much
Thank you for watching Dezow. More videos soon!
Thank you very helpful. The leaning out at a 45° angle is something that I need to take advantage of more often.
Yes, it's a very unnatural feeling at first as our instinct is to stay up right. Glad you found it useful.
Great video, Tpott! American Approved!
Felt like I was in that meadow with you, and not lying on my couch this evening. Keep em coming!
We all deserve a rest on the couch now and then 😉 glad you enjoyed Judson !
useful and patient instruction.
Thanks D Huy
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to teach.
Cheers Bernard. It gives me something to do on the sunny weekends
Great video.
Thanks Keith, really appreciate it
This was well explained. Tip for new climbers slow is fast, knowledge is key in tree work, everything is dangerous so think smart so you/your crew go home safely.
Stay safe and never stop learning.
Totally agree, safety above all else
Well done.
Thank you Justin
Very useful video, cheers. Will start my arborist course in september, and I really can't wait when I see this video!
Good luck Libbe, you'll do great
Really fantastic demonstration💪💪
Thanks Hessel. I'll try and make more like it
65k views, nice
Great demonstration on rope climbing
Thanks boomstick
Amazing video, learned so much!
Thanks Enkel, glad you got something from it :)
Really nice video. Thanks mate!
Np problem dude
What a fantastic video mate and thanku 👍
Cheers mark
Glad I watched this. I have a lot of questions on how to tighten your rope when you walk the thin limbs and the rope is (partially) holding your weight. What I saw, you basically pull yourself on the rope with one hand and then remove slack with the other hand. Looks so easy but I'm sure it is not :)
Glad it helped. Yes on a srt system it's harder to return in from limb walks as you don't have a 2:1 system like Drt. You're pulling your full body weight back in and tightening with the other hand so some people struggle if they are a bit heavier
What a great video of climbing and redirecting around a tree. I'm a rec climber and this is something I'm still trying to learn. Thanks for sharing this info with us. stay safe! the only thing I'd say is that from experience keeping loops at the end of throw lines for some reason I often times manage to get them stuck in even the smallest broken branches and then not able to retrieve it. I use an anchor hitch to lessen this problem as I undo the hitch, remove the throwball, and pull the climbing rope with half hitches. sometimes even the metal ring of the throw-ball catches on something along the way just to make your life miserable. 😄🙃
Yes! They are even a blessing or a curse. Some days they are in first time, other days... Well you can't alway be lucky ;).
Thanks for watching fr xa.
Rec climbs are they best!
Nice ride thx
Thanks man
Nice traning for me newbie, thanks
No problem Frankenstein
Nice video dude. Just getting into SRT myself so keeping eye out for tips. Subbed
I'll try to keep posting what I know and little stuff I find along the way, thanks Bob!
Loved the video. Would it be possible for you to do a breakdown of each individual piece equipment you used in this system and how it all works to allow you to ascend and descend a tree. 👏
A few people have been asking for my kit break down. I have two more videos to upload then I'll think about recording that.
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed
Nice Video Bro! Keep up the good work and stay safe up there.
Thanks man glad you enjoyed
Glad to some teaching. Always wonder why so many videos of arborists getting killed e.g. cutting palmtrees.
Climbers in the UK are considered quite safe due to mandatory industry specific training required to work. Other countries especially America to my knowledge don't really have this causing people to give tree work a go when they aren't necessarily fully trained causing avoidable deaths/accidents.
Arboriculture is dangerous enough even with fully trained guys on site. Most of tree work deaths that are recorded aren't "Arborists" although I'm sure there are the unlucky few
I've been doing tree work for 7 years now. Always been drt. Have a job with 4 large oaks to prune and didn't want to be humping up all of them drt so I got a srt set up.
This was super helpful just for seeing you move around. I've used srt for access a few times but never worked in it, it's gonna take some getting used to walking back in from a limb walk and not having the pulley advantage of drt but the energy saving of access will be well worth it
I think so too, glad I could help a little. It's been great learning srt. Definitely helps a lot.
Never heard of climbing like that before
Great Video! You showed us all the basic moves! Loved the part where you explain not to put too much force on the limbs out toward the end when you are coming back - which would be very easy to do! How you must pay attention to keeping slack out of your rope and even keeping up with how much weight your main rope is holding of your weight! When I go from one limb to another it doesn't look like what you showed there :) it's a lot more creeping around and clunky your transition was very smooth as you glided down to the next limb! Clearly very experienced! Well done!
Thanks Advanced nutrition. I really enjoyed making this video. I too have to sometimes creep around trees, I just know and climb this tree a lot :) .
Thanks for taking the time to watch it
@@TPOTTS_TREES I am completely new to SRT and only a hobby climber. I am taking it slow and making sure i have some sort of backup whenever i can. :) Thanks again for the help!
Good video👍🏾
Thanks Jose
Greetings
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain your techniques step by step.
I'm a 42 years old climbing beginner starting a professional retraining as a pruner.
Your video is a gift.
Keep u the lovely work of yours.
Nice one for giving back to the climbing community and training people 🤙
You are quite the tree monkey LOL Enjoyed this video . Lots of information to digest. Not a tree climber yet . Do most of my tree work from a bucket truck .
I love the bucket truck from time to time
Really enjoyed that cheers. I’ve only been climbing for 6 months - currently using two ropes on DRT and looking to change one of them over to SRT so really useful mate :)
Definitely recommend doing that.
So srt options incase you want some advice.
Rope wrench and hitch climber set up.
Rope runner pro.
Akimbo.
Zigzag with chicane.
cheapest option would be the rope rench works great, tried and tested, new rope wrench just came out so you can adjust friction setting. However if you already have a zig zag then a chicane wouldn't be a bad shout.
I've used the akimbo a little and I liked it but it's expensive.
I haven't used rope runner but heard its good but looks a bit bulky for me.
Stay safe, first year of climbing can be dangerous but as long as you listen to your gut you'll be ok. Find a good teacher
Thanks for the response - I work for a firm with 20 or so climbers so I get input from each of them as we rotate in teams of two or three and try to pick the best habits from each of them :) I’ve had a go with the rope runner pro it’s an amazing piece of kit but I’m not spending that amount of money after already spending about 4 grand kitting myself out in the last 12 months haha. I currently use two hitch climbers so will probably go with a rope wrench to start with. Keep the vids coming :)
@@chriswoodcock3964 I'd probably do the same, if you get the new rope wrench let me know how you get on with it.
Will do pal :)
Very nice video 🍿 😎 📺
Well and easy explained 👌😉
Thanks 👊 🦥
Cheers dude. I will have to do more
Cheers man 🦥🍻
Great video mate you could of redirected of the tip to safely limb walk back down 😉
There was a bit of a skip through steps at 12:35 when you fed your climbing system through. Are you able to elaborate on that? Thanks!
Apologies, I thought I was filming but the go pro crashed at that step.
At 20:15 I show a similar example.
Once you reach your top anchor point, strop into the tree with your lanyard. Then disconnect your climbing line from your bridge. After that, place your system through the next crotch above your head, then simply connect the system back onto your bridge. You then should be able to advance higher up to your new anchor point above your head. Continue these steps untill you have your SRT line in the desired final location.Then feed the tail of the line in the direction you want to go. You're then ready to start climbing around the tree.
If it's a long accent to the top of the tree I sometimes will get a groundsmen to untie the base tie and I'll turn the srt system into a drt system and advance the rest of the way up in a traditional manor then either stay drt or turn it back into a srt system once at the top with a retrievable canopy anchor.
In the UK you need to climb on 2 lines when working so on a average day I'll shoot as high as I can with my srt line. Climb to that. Then advance higher with my zigzag. Then set my srt line at the very top by placing the system through a crotch like seen in the video.
Hope some of that helps. If you want a video on more specific subjects just let me know and I'll do my best to make a video on it.
Thanks for watching Colton!
Everything looks great what you doing I really love it but I didn’t see. How do you repeal can you make a video to explain and show? How did you descent from up down thank you
In tree work we use a friction device. Either a mechanical device or a friction cord which suspends the climber on the rope. You can tend the knot/ device to descend down the rope at your desired speed.
Check out my other videos for plenty of examples, hope this helps.
I will follow your UA-cam channel, there is more information in this one video than in 10 videos on some other channels!
Many examples have been given of how to walk safely on a limb, .and not walking on top of the limb but hanging on your rope at a 45 degree angle opposite the limb
I do notice that the distance between the rope wrench and the prussic cord is small, could this not cause problems where the rope wrench presses the prusic down when you hit a limb?
Thank you!
Thanks for your kind words. I will try to make similar videos in the future.
The rope wrench set up is pretty bullet proof as long as you replace your cord as it gets worn. I've never had an issue like you've mentioned, however I find it useful when going on limb walks to actually collapse the rope wrench onto the hitch with my hand so that it runs down the rope really smooth
Also if your way out on a steep branch you can use your tail to control your swing back to your anchor could even use a munter hitch with your tail if you have a really steep angle
Great idea with the munter hitch. Only last week I was explaining the importance of a munter hitch to a colleague for self rescue in case your system breaks or fails.
I want to learn this
Tree work is a lot of fun
Thanks for the video, please would you give me the rope size and the list of equipment that I need
I'm making a kit list video soon 😁
Great techniques and thanks for the upload! Just be extra careful not to fumble your line when unclipping/redirecting, you can become stranded up there on just a lanyard.
Yes, perhaps quickly tying the tail of your line to your belt with a slip knot may be a good idea. Thanks for the concern and positive words
If you ever unclip your lifeline you hold onto it like your life depends on it lol. And when redirecting you're just passing it around a union and clipping straight back in immediately.
@@verteup Yes, to be honest it was a mistake on my part to demonstrate unclipping like that.
I normally work on two lines as I work in the UK so I unclip one line at a time so I always have 1 even if I drop 1.
Well done for addressing that as it could be hazardous if missed
@@TPOTTS_TREES I would do it just like you did in the video. I live in the US I very rarely double tie in on a bridge we use our lanyard on hip d rings and main device on our bridge. Great intro srt vid honestly.
Just curious, I think the stopper knot is really not doing anything on SRT unless your rope is too short. thanks for this instructional video, well done.
Yeah the end of the rope is more predictable on srt but if you do a few re directs it may no longer reach the ground without realising. You don't want to wish you put one in as you're falling down to earth lol
Yo I rate the video but I have a problem with you removing your only life line and posting it through a redirect is there a better way?
Yes you can climb through the crotch and drop down that way. To be honest it's a habit I developed as I normally climb on two ropes. I can pass one system through at a time while remaining safe as I'm tied in on my other system.
Persis kaya kami saat menebang pohon manjat nya , cuma beda nya kami tidak memakai sabuk pengaman
HERE IN THE STATES FIRST TIME VIEWER/ARBORIST..
LOOKS LIKE NICE COUNTRY THERE WHERE ARE YOU ?
England, in the countryside. Glad you found the channel✌️
@@TPOTTS_TREES ARE YOU NEAR DAN AKA CLIMBING ARBORIST ?
@@matthewpolo227 I believe he is based in Canada if I'm not mistaken
@@TPOTTS_TREES THINK HE IS UK BUT MAY BE WRONG
@@matthewpolo227 I think he was born there but doesn't work there
11mm rope??
11.5mm I believe
Meow
You can sit, on a 5 gallon bucket while you watch the rest of the guys lying on ground or sitting unfortunately at lunch time.. or waiting for the foreman to finish his speech... it’s a step, it holds gear like files, screnches and wedges. Don’t put a lot in it because you’ll need to throw it out to access the line.
Cubes wear the points out ALL THE TIME the metal pokes through. They’re expensive and mail order. Bags fall over and worse collapse inward making flaking aggravating as AUTOCORRECT
Put your gear over to the side, pull out your bag already tied to the line, throw it or shoot it idc over your target, walk over untie the bag, tie your line on, and pull it back in the bucket. You’re welcome.
Adrenaline junkies??
Absolutely