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My ground guy nicked the bull rope with the 200T and I didn't catch it until the limb was already moving
This happened last Tuesday on a silver maple removal in Cedar Rapids. We were taking down a big lateral limb about 30 feet up and I had my ground guy running the tag line while I made the face cut. When I started my back cut the limb shifted way more than I expected and I looked down and saw a frayed spot on the bull rope right where it feeds through the block. Turns out he had nicked it earlier with his 200T when he was clearing a small hanger and just didn't think anything of it. The rope didn't actually fail but I shut the whole job down for 45 minutes and we pulled everything to inspect. I ended up retiring the line because the core was showing through and I'm not about to find out what happens when a 400 pound limb goes for a ride. Now I'm second guessing myself on how closely I inspect gear when we're moving fast on a removal. Do you guys do a full rope check every time it gets near a running saw or is that overkill?
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