Tree felling vids

Thanks, ya'll. I should have took another chunk out of it before I fell it. But all went well. I actually milled two of those logs into 1'' thick planks for my house flooring. The planks I ripped oout of it is for experimenting with the cure time and cracking. Used the 590 echo on it and just fattened up the H jet a lil to help keep it cool. Worked out nice. Cursed that was the 590 echo, I used that 3/4 grip for the first time on that tree.3/4 grips are so Awesome.
 
I got a clinometer app so I can accurately measure the relative height of spars to the lay, from the ground, or when working down a spar. No need to ask the groundie for a questionable assessment of the height. Sometimes you get down and have a little less certainty about fitting it, and certainly don't Want to climb back up.

I downloaded a compass app for working in tall brush, either to lay it right, or follow a property line, etc.
 
Little live oak we did yesterday. Did a blue oak removal as well today on the same property. Both mistletoe laden. HO opted for removal and leave 8' - 10' spars for a carver to make some yard art out of.
Anyway... Probably broke my GoPro today... it started acting up and first would not shut off, then not come back on. :(
So here is yesterdays footage. More Nichelle training on the ropes.
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SouthSoundTree- said:
I got a clinometer app so I can accurately measure the relative height of spars to the lay, from the ground, or when working down a spar. No need to ask the groundie for a questionable assessment of the height. Sometimes you get down and have a little less certainty about fitting it, and certainly don't Want to climb back up.

I downloaded a compass app for working in tall brush, either to lay it right, or follow a property line, etc.
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Wow! Yep! Kewl!


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Matthew: Dang, that ground was frozen on that last one!!!

Stephen: Nice job. Can't beat the price of the old 360t. Oils like a geyser. :rockon:

Sean: That's sweet, man. Just don't be a dumb ass like me and fail to account for how far forward a Humboldt can push that pig off of the stump. :O
 
thanks guys. Nichelle's timing is getting better and better
She did real good with the KK bollard on the second tree. I hope I can save the footage and reboot the GoPro. See about it tonight.
 
inbredJed said:
Matthew: Dang, that ground was frozen on that last one!!!

Stephen: Nice job. Can't beat the price of the old 360t. Oils like a geyser. :rockon:

Sean: That's sweet, man. Just don't be a dumb ass like me and fail to account for how far forward a Humboldt can push that pig off of the stump. :O
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It is actually an opened up 330t. Outperforms my last 3 360s. Oils like the Valdeze
Lol
 
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So here is the second tree take down on this account. A decent size blue oak you could see in the back ground behind the house on the last video.
We left the trunks up at 8 feet or so for a carver that will carve them from 4' up to represent a bear or wolf standing on a pedestal or ledge.
KK bollard was used for this pone for pre-tensioning of the picks. They were heavy covered with bunches of mistletoe. RIgging points could only take so much. Over lapping limbs dictated order and redirects. We bolted the KK bollard to the tree with lags rather than cut a shelf since the spars were saved for carving.
Nichelle was being trained on the KK and this was her first time running ropes on it. It is way more versatile in adjusting the friction of the rope to surface than a porty. The close ups in the beginning you can see the different ears and pins that help with that. The bollard does turn so you can even lift with it. We lost that footage since the GoPro had to be rebooted to work again. I have no idea what happened that made it go nutz.
Sean.. at 6:07 on part two, you can see where we pulled a limb up and away from an ornamental it was over to keep from damaging it. She held the limb aloft until I could reposition my climb line away from my rigging so she could lower it.
Here goes....... Best I could render with all I got.
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Here is part one of two..
I have limited rendering ability in Linux on my old lap top. Even You Tube hates me.... :lol:
HO had this declining oak over structure and ornamentals etc. So much mistletoe you could hardly even get in the dang thing.
He had access to a man lift and the tree was about 20 or more foot taller than the lift could get at. So I cleared one large limb out of the way, climbed out of the bucket and got to work on the tops reducing them down to wood the lift could get at. SRT with no gaffs.
Zip line was on a 3-1 set up over 100 feet away.
Hard to tell from the video, but the back of the property drops off quite a bit...
Enjoy... Part two should be done tomorrow....
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Thanks :)

Day two was a really short day. 2 hours with set up and rigging it down. Home owner showed up after going to breakfast to help out.
I goofed on the camera a bit so there is a bit of more banter than action. Some odd angle I just went ahead and kept. Cutting roof floor got a tad slippery. :lol:
Anyway... HO clean up and we took our pay and went on to the next task.
Sold some more work to a fella up the street at the Brahma ranch. See what comes of it.
Hope you enjoy :)
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I also had Levi and Lilly with me this day and took them up in the lift for the first time ever. They had fun! Lilly is fearless. Wish I had got some of that footage! Left the dang camera on the ground :(
 
Here is a fir tree that uprooted at a boyscout camp in the mountains. It pushed heavily into a slightly smaller tree. I faced them up, bored to set the hinges and put chains on them. The front tree wanted to slab, you can see it briefly in the video.
https://youtu.be/KFosGa1p2Sk
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hahahha....gawdamighty!! Cool under fire, for sure...superb efficiency of movement, coordination, timing, setup...so many elements masterfully put together.

Excellent...thanks for taping and showing that.
 
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