Holy chit, that was epic.
Well that was real cool and sure was a great way to answer questions.
In no particular order....
That was a fantastic videographic explanation of the ring placement to bolster the strength of the boom. Perfect placement it appeared to be.
As Mik said earlier (but it got deleted by the site reset) it was great to see a real world vid, something with some strife in it (he said it better than that). The piece you were pulling over and pushing on, that was awesome. Lordy we've all been there 50x's so it was fascinating to see it on vid. Btw, that piece, why did you tie the bull rope in the middle- to shorten it up, smooth the shock load, or what? Given that it was potentially sketchy, seems like a butt tie could have removed some of the excitement, also given that the ground guy didn't seem to let it down much. When I was first learning mid point tying, I got rather skewered in the shin with a long heavy horizontal limb; that got my attention for sure, ever after.
So that was definitely a great overall vid- fun to watch and educational. Would you say that one was 'real style?' If you agree it was a good vid then that throws more fuel on the question of which is better, real or Hollywood
But good answers to that question in the vid.
Hey the strobe vid in closing worked well. Its good in small doses
Definitely coulda used some longer footage of the stump grinding though
