Big trees landed as planned. Undercut not immaculate, but it worked. I think that the vertical cut is to alleviate some internal tensions, as it seemed to sort out binding issues that he was having with the saw
I managed to get it at approximately 35 degrees from weighted direction, but with such advanced whiterot anything was a bonus. I really do think that any retention line would have to take the weight of the entire tree - as you noticed the fibres break as opposed to flex. Thankfully the job was a...
Vid I took yesterday of one of the beech trees I felled. All were heavily decayed, this one, although not the biggest at about 75ft, but was the furthest gone & nearly went sideways on me (hence the wedge as it was beginning to twist & break due to the asymmetric crown weight). Nothing exciting...
Nice job Jed.
Some nice rigging on the Japanese railways. I am impressed with the log stack at the end
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Some really creative rigging on a steep worksite. I understand that they usually have zero access to any big machines & everything is carried onto site
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyQfkhri1Q&t=3s#fauxfullscreen
Well I got around to getting a helmetcam at last. The tree was not the best for footage, but I did learn alot about filming & editing. Hope you like it.
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