Tree felling vids

[CurSedVoyce]

Looking forward to more vids form you cursedvoyce, with the new go pro
I've learn a lot from your in put here!!

Thanks man.. Learned a lot from everyone here myself. Feels good to pass some of it along. Just hopefully not my bad habits

Woopsie doodle!

So, is the blue line the one that holds most of your weight most of the time?

Nice vid Stephen! I agree with NH, I like the long unedited videos too. I learn more.

Thanks Jim. Yes, that would be my primary, the blue line. It is my life line. Should shat happen, I can rappel down toot sweet. This tree had some lean to it hard to tell in the vids. I was using my flip line as more of a positioning devise. On a straight up stem, it is normally bout 50/50. You climb mostly with your flip line up the stem on a removal with the life line as your back up. Or alternating around boles. On a prune, I lean more toward my life line for support.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Part two...
Unexpected guests....
HO shows up trying to add work to an already busy day... DENIED...
I called him later and scheduled two hacked up maples to prune and one cypress to remove. I WISH HE HAD ASKED prior to the removal of the pine. He wants the cypress below the pine gone
My mom and dad show up next door delivering Avon
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[pantheraba]

And here's another...some folks have seen this before...just a re-post...cameras were not near as good then:

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[MasterBlaster]

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Good stuff Gary
You are way more comfy up a spar than you used to be

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Thanks man.. Learned a lot from everyone here myself. Feels good to pass some of it along. Just hopefully not my bad habits



Thanks Jim. Yes, that would be my primary, the blue line. It is my life line. Should shat happen, I can rappel down toot sweet. This tree had some lean to it hard to tell in the vids. I was using my flip line as more of a positioning devise. On a straight up stem, it is normally bout 50/50. You climb mostly with your flip line up the stem on a removal with the life line as your back up. Or alternating around boles. On a prune, I lean more toward my life line for support.

I lean more toward pushing up with my leg, against my flipline, then sitting on my climb line, taking the weight off my feet/ knees/ ankles/ hips, relaxing my body as much as possible. I try to get positioned to reach two full whorls on a conifer from the same position.

I used to just stand in my spurs all day, with a choked climb line below me. My body likes the rest. That's the beauty of an overhead climbing line Tie In Point, whether its 5' or 50' above me. I advance my rope with a steel biner and throw weight. I can rest more patiently for the ground crew to finish up the ground work if I'm more comfy. As well, when i solo stripped trees at the preschool the other day. I did the same. Less energy intensive, less body tension needed for positioning.

I've been working on being more ergonomic, saying don't reach to max extension, climb higher, since I'm going to be there in 10 seconds either way.

my $.02. Different strokes for different folks.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Yes, prior to chunking or rigging down the stem, absolutely hang from the climb line above you

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Here is some hanging... Yesterdays first victim ......
Pardon it going dark in the beginning.. I tried to fix it... it comes back. I think I must have taken full sun in the lens.
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Another angle on the top throw....
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[Mick!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otRRjAJZ-qk
Here's one for the experts. I translated it but in short I'm confident its a method devised by Austrian loggers to fell the tree behind the stump to stop it rolling down the slope.
If you have any questions on any part I'll relook at it and try to give an explanation.
(Unless of course Marc Antoine pops along to give definitive answers)

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[MasterBlaster]

I guess it makes sense.

 

[pete mctree]

It does seem to function, but you gotta be fleet of foot

 

[Walker]

I understand the method but the angle of cut has me asking questions, do you guys see that too ?

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'll keep the tree from rolling down the hill, but it sure is odd.

 

[sotc]

Interesting. Still trying to grasp it. Why the increment borer?

 

[Jed]

Man them Germans (Austrians?) never miss a beat Willie--if it has to do with engineering. They're probably checking for rot just to make sure they've got good wood in the tiny part the'll have left for a hinge. ???

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

My guess, too.

 

[Mick!]

Yes, it's to check that the wood is sound, because a cut like this needs completely healthy wood.
(What they said anyway)

 

[pantheraba]

Good vid, Stephen...you bored the hinge!!! Good to see...I am starting to finally remember to do that.

Cool to see that top roped out, too. The quality of the video image is amazing.

 

[Jed]

Mick: Thanks for the translation.

 

[MatthewMMeckley]

Few videos of me dropping some back leaning spars https://vimeo.com/124523431

https://vimeo.com/124523496


https://vimeo.com/124523604


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[MasterBlaster]

THUMP!!!

 

[ch74]

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jr4DG95dXNA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> felling a tree few months back. Sorry for the view im still trying to get better at this. Hope u enjoy.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Plop!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nicely done. That was a narrow lay

 

[pantheraba]

Good fell...spot on.