Ever tried this?

[tjkubota93]

I have cut a tree from a ladder, but won't do it again. I drove by a man doing that on my way to the hardware store. On my way home I saw the ladder sitting crooked where a tree branch hit it and an ambulance there. He is still alive, I think he just broke some bones.

 

[Omega Woods]

Like I tell my kids, just because nothing went wrong doesn't mean it wasn't a stupid idea. :confused2:

 

[MossRoad]

 

[beckmurph]

I would guess that there are lots of OSHA inspectors having coronary's after seeing this little project.
:shocked: :laughing:

 

[CalG]

I needed an elevated work platform at one time. Put 2X10s across the raised bucket and the Roll over protection frame.

I used the ladder to get up on the scaffold planks. Only about 6 1/2 feet , but worked just fine. I didn't take a picture at the time because there were no safety rails or fall harness secure points. (self incrimination and all that) I'll snap a shot next time.

ETA Make that bottom cut first, it keeps the limb from splitting as the pic shows. Got to watch for (plan for) the main limb spring back when the branches cushion the fall. It'll carry the ladder away with you on it!

 

[s219]

If you know what you're doing with a top handle saw and have a better arrangement than a ladder in a bucket, this sort of thing can be done pretty safely. I do not see evidence of that here!!

 

[dstig1]

Have a neighbor that had a poplar fall in a storm last year (pulled out the root ball) and was asking me about how to take it down as it was hung up maybe only 30-40 degrees off vertical. He said "I was thinking of grabbing my chainsaw and then putting a ladder up.." STOP!!! I told him flat out, the words chainsaw and ladder should never be uttered in the same sentence. So he asked what to do, and I said we pull it down, then you cut it up on the ground. I had a co-worker that retired a couple years back get killed doing the chainsaw and ladder routine, and it was only small limbs in his case.

If you were looking for support for what you did here, I'm afraid you ain't gettin much. It's a bad idea. All the way around.

 

[stuckmotor]

Last time I cut a tree from a ladder, the ladder and I both fell from the tree. I broke a rib and my head only missed a log by a few inches.

 

[Ford850]

I hope this was an early April fools joke to get lots of reaction on here.
It's threads like this when I find myself looking at the member's profile to see where they are from.

 

[the old grind]

... Make that bottom cut first, it keeps the limb from splitting as the pic shows. Got to watch for (plan for) the main limb spring back when the branches cushion the fall. It'll carry the ladder away with you on it!

I make a bottom-cut ~1/4 the way up when limbing 'pizzelms'. (Straight down 'drops' without fail.)

Ice storm two yrs ago did a lot of 'trimming' for me but I went further up, as far as 20 footers (high) on a ladder (rung/feet at 14') but stopped when I stripped the driven gear in the $50 electric saw. :confused3:

Doing much better with the 30'-reach+ Terex/Ford, and totally stoked on the 12" ECHO top-handle saw that I can set on the floor of its bucket. Haven't bashed the truck yet, but it could happen.