That's not gonna happen. This is for coconut harvesting. The alternative to this setup is climbing the tree freehand. The only time they use ropes is to lower clusters of coconuts without dropping them.
Most likely they would never use this contraption anyway, because just climbing up the tree would be faster.
Some do. But they can scramble up those trees very quickly and hack off entire bunches with a machete. Just knocking them off with a pole would take longer.
Also "iron shoes" are a thing, but often farmers have one to each feet, each open on one side. They climb very fast to the coconut tree with it and it provide some support to cut the coconut when on top.
This is a "joke iron shoe" some welder/coconut farmer did, and its pretty cool.
Shit I mean just add a harness to it and it becomes almost jobsite compliant. Probably wouldn't work in the rain, but then again, nobody would do any tree work of this kind in the rain in the first place.
Technically you don't need to sit down, you could just use your arm strength like he does when he stands up and expend less effort. I think this is actually pretty creative though.
It works!
Yea, this seems more like "do it of course".
Why not?! Looks efficient and it works.
It's a very rough prototype of course, and you should probably not use this unless you do some carabiner checkpointing like with rock climbing
That's not gonna happen. This is for coconut harvesting. The alternative to this setup is climbing the tree freehand. The only time they use ropes is to lower clusters of coconuts without dropping them.
Most likely they would never use this contraption anyway, because just climbing up the tree would be faster.
How on earth is it not better to create a long device and knock them down from the ground? Is life really cheaper there than a 100’ pole?
Some do. But they can scramble up those trees very quickly and hack off entire bunches with a machete. Just knocking them off with a pole would take longer.
Some farmers also train monkeys to go get them.
Also "iron shoes" are a thing, but often farmers have one to each feet, each open on one side. They climb very fast to the coconut tree with it and it provide some support to cut the coconut when on top.
This is a "joke iron shoe" some welder/coconut farmer did, and its pretty cool.
That’s not diwhy that’s diwow
Diwhynot
That's really clever and doesn't belong on this sub.
I have concerns about absolutely secure it is (especially the higher you go) but this looks bloody smart to me otherwise
Shit I mean just add a harness to it and it becomes almost jobsite compliant. Probably wouldn't work in the rain, but then again, nobody would do any tree work of this kind in the rain in the first place.
r/lostredditor
This is awesome! Not why.
That's pretty awesome!
I think the "why" is pretty obvious. To climb trees.
Hunters have used climbing stands for decades.
Yeah first thought was "its a bow hunting stand".
Yep. Literally just walking out the door to go sit in one until the sun sets.
Not what it is, it's to harvest coconuts
You think they hunt the coconuts from the ground?? This guy…
If it looks stupid but it works, it ain’t stupid
And if the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.
Is that you, Red? Or is it Harold?
Yeah, this is a r/DIwhynot.
This is no diwhy. This is awsome, you know hes going up some trees to pick something
Thats genius - he can stay and pick the fruits with ease
I mean’s there’s hunting stands where you have to do this, though usually your facing the other way
This is how a lot of temporary hunting stands work, there's no Why here
OP has never heard or seen tree stands. This could be used for hunting or harvesting.
That’s a good climbing setup. But can he demonstrate on how to get down from there? Maybe that’s the real DiWHY.
pretty bad ass
Isn't this how a lot of hunters get a vantage point?
This is a great tool. No why about it.
Lost redditors.
I think you can buy something like this at most sporting goods stores.
This absolutely does not fit the sub
Technically you don't need to sit down, you could just use your arm strength like he does when he stands up and expend less effort. I think this is actually pretty creative though.
Song sounds like Indian Phil Collins
https://youtu.be/Qmj3DgI0e9w?si=DZtaTChhLS67OKgp
Thom Yorke would be interested I think
This is incredible.
Yeah I'm pretty sure I would use that to get rid of my old pine tree.
I hope those welds hold
Bro is getting his squats in
Looks like it's got a few single points of failure
Why is this here? Its for trimming trees?
My dad's deer stand was just like this.
Hunters all over North America use these every year. They’re called self climbing tree stands (around my area anyways!)
I need something like this for tree trimming.
I think it's really clever.
A hands on inspection would be better, but it looks good to me.
I'd want to add some teeth at the contact points just to increase the safety.
I see he got them safety sandals...
That’s a lot of faith in two tiny bolts