2022 Municipal Tree Care Training

930 Gallison Hill Road,Montpelier VT 05602

21 July, 2022

Description

Get out of the strike zone! Learn hands-on skills needed to safely guide trees to the ground using rope. Join Montpelier City Arborist Adam McCullough to learn safe and cost-effective ways to improve safety when removing trees in public ways and places. This workshop is intended for municipal road crews, public works departments, parks departments, or any other municipal staff actively working with public trees. The first six registered municipalities will take home a rope throwing kit valued at $265 containing the equipment needed to use rope throwing skills in your community. Summary: Pulling trees over with rope allows you to never have someone in the strike zone while you are applying force to the tree. This will be a very hands on training. Learn a Bowline knot.Learn a Girth hitch to attach and detach a throw weight from a throw line.Learn how to use a rope bag and throw line cube.Learn how to flake a rope.Learn how to throw the throw weight.Learn how to attach the rope to the throw line so it can be pulled into the tree.Attach the rope about 2/3 up the tree.Get clear of the drop zone before you pull.