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As it goes had a sliding doors moment today. As part of a bigger job, I had a 18/20 ft dead oak spar to take down today, surrounded by shrubs I put on the spurs and flip line and thought I’d run up and knock a few bits off. Then for some reason I thought ‘stuff this, knock it over and to hell...

Quite. As I understood it it was one tree hung up in another with a hung up branch that did for Jed. But yes, point taken, even the best can have fate chuck a curve ball at you.

I looked at it twice, looked like near zero damage.

Been around for a while, I don’t think that was a close call, I think someone got killed there. Edit, that’s not the one i was thinking of.

It’s great to be able to do it, without having to do it to pay the bills. I hope to give up running my own show/climbing trees in 3 years, then, for a year or three, just do days on the ground/drive a machine for others for beer money.

Very good!

The hanging/stowing thing is an issue I struggle with. I’m a hanger by instinct, cos that’s how I learnt. My nephew is a stower for the same reason. I sometimes try to habituate myself to stowing, it rarely lasts.

Nicely done.

Thats Guilty of Treason, a popular Internet personality, he seems a decent guy. He’s posted less than perfect content before, earning the wrath of Rico!

Gréât stuff for a Monday morning, thanks Cory

Was a throwaway joke thread that developed into a bit of a classic.

What’s the plan afterwards, Is the wood ruined or can it be used? Will there be replanting?

You’ll get that second album syndrome.

I remember something like this before, guys cutting high value walnut trees like this. If it wasn’t worth it, they wouldn’t do it (I didn’t watch all the vid btw, have to go to work)

I agrée, I See so much pointless big negative rigging of big sections, just for the Billy big bollocks stuff. The crane guy with the flipping chunk, I saw it coming, but from my armchair! A mistake for sure, glad it turned out ok.

Me too.

Well it was an interesting exercise, but If there wasn’t a better way of doing that then I wouldn’t do it. Loading all the wood (and sawdust) by hand is mind blowing.

Terrible music! Nice job, awkward situation. well executed If you want me to be critical I’d say there was too much big stuff being cracked over with the GRCS. Takes a while to set all that up, better off doing it in 3 or 4 smaller pieces, tie, tension, cut, swing, rinse and repeat. Keeps...

Those Japanese guys were good. Some of the stuff I didn’t really understand, but I wouldn’t be getting a lot of restful sleep the night before some of those fells.

Its ok. Plus 1 for a bit of spear cutting Done lots of this stuff over the years. I’d have done things a bit different. Pointless all this 5 cuts on each stem you cut, 2 for the gob, couple of snicks on the sides of the hinge then the back cut, waste of energy. It’s not going to split you in...