Bixler Treework Climbing & Cutting

[bonner1040]

You charged for video???????????????

 

[Bixler]

Yeah Bonner, the client mentioned he wanted vid and was willing to pay for it, around $250. Purdee neat! I also wanted to get some vid of Climber Madman Madrigali, and to sneak a couple plugs in there and call it good.

 

[Bixler]

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[Bixler]

Nick on a lakeside limbwalk.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Get out there!!!

 

[Jack]

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Get those tips man

 

[Tucker943]

Yeah Bonner, the client mentioned he wanted vid and was willing to pay for it, around $250. Purdee neat! I also wanted to get some vid of Climber Madman Madrigali, and to sneak a couple plugs in there and call it good.

Dude Ill jump out of the tree for an extra $250.

 

[Bixler]

Dude Ill jump out of the tree for an extra $250.

I feel ya Tucker Check this vid out...
HD and Crank that volume.
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link:http://youtu.be/phkHDSHAd38

 

[flushcut]

Sweet!

 

[NewGuyMA]

Nice work sir.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I always like these shots!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nice work Bix.... Dang that thing had some fatty limbs.. all twisty... Hella spread... Hearing the weights was really cool.
Well done.

 

[Bixler]

Thanks for watching guys, MB that's a neat screen shot - fancy stuff. Something neat about those shots. Did you watch the whole thing or still a little long? Stephen, hella spread for sure, crane guy did a good job that was a steep hillside and tough setup. I left in some longer clips on the cutting part too, just for fun.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I watched the whole thing... I'd keep them under two minutes.

 

[pantheraba]

I just watched the whole thing, too...well done. I almost felt like I was cutting the wood...good work with the camera...smooth, not jerky.

I had no idea a limb would weigh 800 - 1000 pounds. Those comms are excellent. Are they from PCTree?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I did not mind the long vid.. Not like I am watching Murph or something
Seriously.. I enjoyed every minute.

 

[Jack]

 

[Bixler]

Hahahaha cool, thanks guys... Yeah Gary, the radios work great, but I didn't get them from PCTree. Motorola, a little bulky but we manage. Heavy, heavy tree!

 

[Bixler]

Took down a wee little fir tree, I used the pry-bar technique to tip the top... learned that one from Bonner... thanks Bonner.
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[MasterBlaster]

Pry bar, eh? I musta missed that one from Nick... cool.

 

[Bixler]

True that Butch... pretty cool. Here's some Murphin' Vids... - thanks Murphy.
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http://youtu.be/opgArbbV1jk

 

[flushcut]

Splat!

 

[Bixler]

Pry bar, eh? I musta missed that one from Nick... cool.

Here it is Butch.

A neat trick when topping, especially on conifers, is to leave a stub just above where you plant to make your back cut... A foot, or two, depending on the diameter, makes a huge difference when you use it as a lever to tip the top off. You can throw a big piece with 18" of leverage, you just need to make sure you dont use too thin a branch thats too long and break it, if you get what I am saying... Its like having a crowbar.

I actually do that when I am flopping pines and spruces and such from the ground as well... Instead of putting a rope, using wedges or pushing it, I strip all the lower branches as SOP but leave one at waist level about 2-3' and tip that tree over.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Ahh, cool... now I can visualize it! Never done it, but it's in my bag of tricks from now on!