Rope Science Tree Service

04/28/2026

02/19/2021

Ongoing ad in Lake of Egypt homeowner assoc quarterly, The Anchor.

04/13/2020

Tight quarters access 35-inch diameter cottonwood in dying state and endangering life and property. Homeowner ordered by city to have tree removed.

03/10/2019

A recent tree job that didn’t require my saw.

A dramatic rescue unfolded in a treetop on a Campbell Hill cattle farm. A bald eagle’s life hung in the balance, and a group of people swooped in to save the day.

06/03/2018

Pre-rigging plan sketch

06/03/2018

Full removal of 25“ diameter x 80‘ tall red oak tree. Rope access used for work positioning. No boom lift or crane access. Majority of crown required lowering, using other parts of crown. Lowered approx one-foot sections of trunk, weighing 210-250 lbs, using 240-foot long highline above.

11/09/2017

Bridging the narrow gap on the Woodland Ledge System. Bridge is 35 feet off of the ground. White Oak harvested for project. Positioning of log via lowering, raising, and lateral movement. Descriptions per most individual images.

Equipment list:
-Sterling Rope https://www.facebook.com/sterlingrope.rescue
-Rock Exotica https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rock-Exotica/147747201953857
-CMI arborist blocks
-various carabiners
-Ford F250

Project completed Dec. 31, 2015. Finally got around to posting the rest of the images.

Many thanks again to Randy Russell and Matt Bliss for working on bridge with me. Both these guys are master deck builders.

The bridge would not look like it does had they not been involved. Thanks also to Dustin Wheetley for custom milling of lumber, and to Jeffrey Frizzell for carrying it over to the raising station! And thanks to Jim Thurmond for his help here and there, especially with log positioning earlier on.

04/21/2016

Pin oak, full take-down. Tree fully enclosed by deck. Circular bench against entire perimeter of trunk. Greenhouse with glass wall and ceiling beneath crown of tree. Slate sidewalk, shrubs, decorative landscaping, and house also beneath tree. No open zone for tossing cut material. 100% of tree, including trunk sections required controlled lowering by rope. Tandem high lines used for work positioning and lowering trunk in pieces. Trunk weight at 30 feet height = 125 lbs per linear foot. All lowering of branches controlled from work position in tree.
Sterling Ropes used throughout project.