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Tree Spur / Gaff Climbing Videos

Tapeworm said:
Any good tricks for cleaning the sap off?


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Any mineral oil will take it off on the spur itself. Linemans rope gets changes out. The rope takes a lot of abuse especially at the blistering top.

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Tapeworm said:
Does pine bark get stuck/impaled in the spikes?

Will pole spikes work on big pines?

The big long leaf pines usually have fairly thick bark

If tree spikes are recommended, are they easy to swap out while at the tree?

I have no experience with spurs but getting to 40ft on a big pine with 3lbs of spurs sounds good to me.


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I hunted with pole gaffs for years before going to tree gaffs. And, the only reason I made the change was because I was gifted a pair of aluminum spurs and appreciated the difference in weight. In my opinion.... the type of tree can make a difference in how deep and easy the gaff will penetrate. Usually, regardless to the type of tree, they will both penetrate the same depth and the shorter pole gaff is certainly long enough to be used safely. With that said the only advantage, that I've found, using the longer tree gaff is when climbing a tree with vines and irregular shapes. The disadvantage that I've experienced using the tree gaffs is normally, you won't have any foot contact with the tree and it takes a few climbs to get use to controlling the trend to pivot on the longer gaff.

Some trees are a lot more climber friendly than others. For me the most dreaded was the cypress. I had to really make sure that the gaff had a good set or it would peel in a heart beat. Some of the cypress I've climbed looked like they had been struck by lighting. And, as mentioned pine sap is terrible especially during the early season, but after a couple of hard frost they are very doable.
 
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