Overall, looks like a very efficient job.
Personally, I really, really like "Gord's 'magic cut'" for chunking down vertical spars. Ropes are way too much work, add wedges in there, add tying up one or two groundies, add have a second rope ready to send up while the first is being unburied or climber waiting for rope to be freed to then have up two rope (hauling line and pull line), then get the climb line tail managed. No bashed ropes.
Frequently, residential work doesn't allow a lot of good line angles when pulling chunks, as yards can be small/ obstructed. Groundies exert a lot of downward energy, losing efficiency. Alternately, if you can get a good line angle by backing up, where the rope runs more horizontally, you have more rope to carry and manage.
This climber maximize their leverage by choking on the back side and running over the top. My impression is that this technique is virtually as easy as choking on the front, yet often not done. Helps keep the knot from getting pinned under the log, more often.
They were dropping wood in to a tight hole, with a bad bounce that would have hurt that house.
The magic cut: Deep facecut, undermining the center of gravity, full dutchman, low back cut. Tips itself off with a surprisingly decent amount of directional control for no hingewood. Only the climber involved, no excess pulling up excess ropes, groundies processing wood rather than trying to bend/ break a hinge and overcome the center of gravity of a heavy chunk.
Save time, take a break.
