Need to cut off a dead limb about 30' above ground

Damifino · Jan 21, 2012

texasjohn said:
Bep's still at it, Dami, watch so you know hoe to stay in the ladder runging:laughing:

tj, I am concerned now that Bep just may runaway as the single most best FLR title, I mean my palms are sweating, but until as you stated earlier in this thread, no proof, no victory.

PS. really glad to hear your Chad free there buddy. Sometimes it can be painful, it just depends on what strain you get:laughing:

Damifino · Jan 21, 2012

crash325 said:
Lets get them pictures posted.

But I think you are trying to cheat. All-thread, now that ain't fair. Get back to bailing wire & duct tape. :laughing::thumbsup:

Any real red neck knows that if that don't work, taint worth doing. :laughing:

Now there Crash, that would give him an unfair advantage.

jpm1 · Jan 21, 2012

Hey George2615! whats wrong with your pictures? I see no Safety police around and besides everybody is entitled to stupid mistakes! thats what keeps our ambulance departments and emergency rooms in business!. . .John

George2615 · Jan 21, 2012

jpm1 said:
Hey George2615! whats wrong with your pictures? I see no Safety police around and besides everybody is entitled to stupid mistakes! thats what keeps our ambulance departments and emergency rooms in business!. . .John

Hi John,
I know, no safety police. Just didn't want to see the OP try something stupid.

jlukem · Jan 22, 2012

texasjohn said:
Mythbusters used a 50 Cal automatic machine gun to cut a large tree trunk in two...another tool you could get for later use:thumbsup:

Just for ***** and giggles a few weeks back I used my 12g and put 3 slugs in an old dead oak limb about 25' overhead. 3-4 weeks later the limb fell. I think it was more coincidence than shot placement.

texasjohn · Jan 22, 2012

Reason they used the 50 Cal was they tried numerous other calibers to no avail, single shots. And they simply kept shooting lots of rounds until it was simply chipped apart.

Hollow · Jan 22, 2012

texasjohn said:
Reason they used the 50 Cal was they tried numerous other calibers to no avail, single shots. And they simply kept shooting lots of rounds until it was simply chipped apart.

The Dillon Minigun they used was a 308. :thumbsup: And their is a technique to shooting a tree down and they weren't using it. You have to start on one side and work your way through just like your using a saw. Each time you want to shoot about a 1/4" in to where the bullet blows out the splinters on the out side. They were just shooting stright at the trunk and hoping for the best.

k0ua · Jan 22, 2012

We used to have a pistol man-on-man shootoff in some of our USPSA matches called a "rattle battle" where each shooter is facing downrange side by side and each has a 4x4 post to shoot in two. It usually takes 30 to 40 rounds of .45acp semi-wadcutters to shoot the 4x4 in two. First post to fall is the winner. There is technique involved, accuracy to maintain your cut line, and speed of fire and reloads.

James K0UA