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And obviously I'm talking increased tension in the last leg of line as the tree falls further. Gotta leave now.

Setting the redi higher than the undercut could be hard on the rigging as the tree tips further, if its locked off without a porty....is what I'm trying to say. Fumbling my words too, probably not being clear, late and trying to get out if the house.

Its all good mate :thumbup: We are on the same page. I just though it a really important point that someone looking at the pic might overlook and not factor in....I just wanted you to explain that part. Sorry, not meaning to tread on your toes or anything :)

Nice work Willard.... and all the more that you set the lines without climbing even:thumbup: Do you set the redirect at the same height as the undercut ? Do you tie direct to the receiver hitch or do you use a porty or friction device in-between? I generally use a manned lowering device so we...

Well, most of our work is on the sannich peninsular, which has the ocean on 3 sides with pretty rugged terrain throughout. I have never observed an obvious pattern of head-leans in any significant numbers. Although never really thought about it too much either, before your mention. A greater...

Yeah Ive had a few sit back, not a good feeling at all. And its not like being on the ground where you can just step back for a minute and scratch your head....so you left feeling somewhat vulnerable:) Problem is too that you have only a limited amount of space to place your wedges. They usually...

I'd rather be dammed than work in an office. Keeps you humble though, thats for sure.

$hit I hope not this year....would rather be doing safe trees anyday:) But talking in past tents I got lots of pics and videos. This was a tall one, but not as dead as those others, just brown and sparse. Unfortunately the ground guy stood directly behind with the camera when I topped it, so not...

I will absolutely look through thread and hopefully contribute to it as the season gets going, thankyou. We're probably going slightly off topic here but its all relative especially since compromised trees often need some extra support or rigging to land them where they're aimed. Heres some...

Nice work. Especially like the set-up in the last pic. Very smart. Its often easy to overlook falling a hazard tree in its entirety....if you dont make it a habit to look at them from a distance, instead of just walking around underneath. It should always be the first thing to consider. The...

No worries Chris. Thanks for explaining your situation, although you didn't have to, Id guessed as much....but really glad to hear your business is going so well regardless. Both Ed and I have kids too, so completely understand the extra worry that brings.

I posted this particular job as an example of setting my own terms to completing the task in a safe manner with no damage. Without those surrounding trees however, there woulda been a completely different plan with collateral expected, but no more or less danger to me. So I haven't walked away...

Pardon me, the 2nd two pics is actually a 10:1 pull....notice the additional green line which is a 2:1 pulling on the 5:1. Notice also how we anchored off that first cedar, then redirected from the bottom to top of the adjacent one, so to make it easier to work and reset the 5:1.....as opposed...

The lowering devices are just to lock the line so you can reset the 5:1. We released the guylines only right near the end after removing enough weight that the tree could stand up without support. Be-it a slow process gradually moving them down the tree as each log came off.

they're the guy-lines set in two different trees, pulling back the root fail tree. We didnt have a winch so used a 5:1 with 2 of us pulling on it instead. Its not fast by any means, but it does work.

I dont know if it does or doesn't. Its still treework that has to be done, only I probably go home with a lot less money at the finish than what a company owner would.I honestly cant say as a company owner if my thinking would be any different, because Im not one....but im still the same person...

Chris, how old are you ? if you dont mind me asking that is Unfortunately I dont usually get informed about a bad tree until the tree company (whoever that might be) has already talked their way into a job. I dont think I could walk away from a tree with the thought that some other treeguy...