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Update: I was wrong about climbing spurs on trims, and a guy in Reno called me out
Honestly, for about six years I would not let spurs near a trim job, no matter how big the tree was. I picked that up early from an old crew lead in Sacramento who said spurs chew up bark and leave wounds that never close right. Then last month I was doing a 60 foot silver maple removal with a lot of brush cleanup in Reno, and a contract climber named Dwayne watched me fight my way up with just a lanyard and flip line. He asked me flat out how long that climb was taking me, and when I said close to 40 minutes just to get in position he laughed and told me to spike up. I argued with him for a bit, but the tree was coming out anyway, so I finally did it. My gosh, I got up there in under 12 minutes and my legs were not shot by the time I started cutting. Now I am second guessing whether I have been making my own job harder for no real reason on removals. Has anyone else changed their mind on spurs once they got older and their knees started talking to them?
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