pantheraba
More biners!!!
You made a right proper mess there, Sean...looks good.
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
Wait til you see the pile with the last of the chips, and 100' of fir added.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Barely got the chipper out with the loader, as the rain started a bit. Been dry for the project, which sure helps with easy natural crotch self- rigging.
All wood on the ground, more than shown. Firewood to cut from today. 60 hp grinder subcontractor coming Thursday afternoon. No stump haul out.
Ripped 5 dead stumps out, and a couple tarps of dirty rakings in the trailer, ready for the dump.
3% of firewood moved by hand.
Everything out but the loader and trailer.
Bid requests from 3 neighbors so far.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Is that an original wrench I see Sean?
MasterBlaster
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Such a shallow underbed!
Clearly
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Zk1, a step up from the wooden rope wrench pre-zk1
HH1,
Pantin 1 (&2),
Old school. Ya right.
HH1,
Pantin 1 (&2),
Old school. Ya right.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Macro-notch. I thought about beating it over, or burying a pull rope in the mud, but thought better of it.
Did work for the neighbors today. Other nut job neighbor got overly worked up about a new cedar fence that will cost $3 for me to buy, and four screws out and back in to fix one board. Somehow a branch broke the cheapest, thinnest fence board on the market.
Hope I can find more.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
I was just putting it out there kinda joking. I know it is.
Sean you?ve always been such a big HH man. That?s the only reason I commented. I?m a huge fan. Use both the Hh1&2 quite often. I now own two wrenches as well that I?ve never really used in an actual climb. Also just acquired a zig zag that I did use in a work climb on day one. I?m still going with bomb proof daily
Pic kinda cut it off but I’m on the HH2. Put roughly 500’ of assent on it today.
Sean you?ve always been such a big HH man. That?s the only reason I commented. I?m a huge fan. Use both the Hh1&2 quite often. I now own two wrenches as well that I?ve never really used in an actual climb. Also just acquired a zig zag that I did use in a work climb on day one. I?m still going with bomb proof daily
Pic kinda cut it off but I’m on the HH2. Put roughly 500’ of assent on it today.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
More fun on the ROW.
My crew doing their best to keep up while trying to keep the property owner some what happy. Everything is cut so small because someone didn?t send the proper paperwork out yet so we can not move a swing set out of the ROW. It?s almost 1000? to the chipper from where my access point is. A royal PITA. I did have a decent view I guess
My crew doing their best to keep up while trying to keep the property owner some what happy. Everything is cut so small because someone didn?t send the proper paperwork out yet so we can not move a swing set out of the ROW. It?s almost 1000? to the chipper from where my access point is. A royal PITA. I did have a decent view I guess
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
You can see the top of the HH2!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Ya, just joking here, too.
I keep my HH on 120' of 1/2". Daily Flyer!
My RW zk1 is on my 250' thinner, new rope, rarely used. Base-tied the fir removal...thanks APTA!
The ZK2 did a rock star job on the Rig-and-wrench when my occasional laborer flaked the other day.
I keep my HH on 120' of 1/2". Daily Flyer!
My RW zk1 is on my 250' thinner, new rope, rarely used. Base-tied the fir removal...thanks APTA!
The ZK2 did a rock star job on the Rig-and-wrench when my occasional laborer flaked the other day.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
A great idea!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Had Sub for the big work. Vermeer SC60 with a Alpine Rhino wheel.
Did a madrone removal and stump up the slope. The ramps gave good traction, and kept the engine more level than without, ensuring oil to the oil pump.
Did a madrone removal and stump up the slope. The ramps gave good traction, and kept the engine more level than without, ensuring oil to the oil pump.
MasterBlaster
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Making all that easy coin!!! 
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Nice goal shot Sean!
Did this one and then got hailed on, so went back on it today. Ground got too soggy. Spent 1/2 of today fixing ruts.
Camera was not working right, only got a stump shot. Pulled it over with the 4wd ford. Wanted 90 out on a side lean, wood too compromised so 45* was it. Nutting broke, all well. Nasty thing. Hard to believe it even had green on it a year ago.
Grey pine.
Did this one and then got hailed on, so went back on it today. Ground got too soggy. Spent 1/2 of today fixing ruts.
Camera was not working right, only got a stump shot. Pulled it over with the 4wd ford. Wanted 90 out on a side lean, wood too compromised so 45* was it. Nutting broke, all well. Nasty thing. Hard to believe it even had green on it a year ago.
Grey pine.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Great grinding pics Sean.
What is the HP output of that one?
We have been subbing all our big stump work out to a company with a 140 HP grinder.
They do it so cheaply that we make better money subbing it than doing it ourself.
Noe we are in the process of selling our Bandit grinder to a local arborist we occasionally work with, then we'll sub all the small stuff yo him.
No more Stump grinding for us.
We have been subbing all our big stump work out to a company with a 140 HP grinder.
They do it so cheaply that we make better money subbing it than doing it ourself.
Noe we are in the process of selling our Bandit grinder to a local arborist we occasionally work with, then we'll sub all the small stuff yo him.
No more Stump grinding for us.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
60 hp.
140 OMFG!!
140 OMFG!!
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Removing two big oaks these days. Took about 4 hours to get this one back to basically a spar...now we still have to either block down the spar wood or find a way to gin pole some big pieces off a nearby tree...hoping we can do that. Negative rigging big wood is not something I like much.
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MasterBlaster
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That looks FUN!
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Ha! Kinda at times...we did take some big pieces...the sweep has made it interesting.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
speedline/ vertical speedline the wood to a crash zone ( onto brush if needed)??? Protect other trees with plywood as needed from a funky bounce.
Maybe you can use a speedline attached to a tree in the woods, to an anchor close to the load-out zone. You can control the speedline from the climber's position, pretty easily.
When I'm self-rigging, sometimes I just run the rope such that I can cut it, and if I can't/ don't want to grab the rope, I can just push the rope against the tree with my palm (fingers/ thumb tight together) to stop it. A Figure 8, munter hitch on a carabiner or munter hitch on a stub are all easy options with variable set-up and holding power.
Might be easier to redirect the control line to a neighboring tree, and back to you, if you can set it remotely. Gives you more 'breathing room'. Maybe you have more trees to come down next to this one??
Maybe you can use a speedline attached to a tree in the woods, to an anchor close to the load-out zone. You can control the speedline from the climber's position, pretty easily.
When I'm self-rigging, sometimes I just run the rope such that I can cut it, and if I can't/ don't want to grab the rope, I can just push the rope against the tree with my palm (fingers/ thumb tight together) to stop it. A Figure 8, munter hitch on a carabiner or munter hitch on a stub are all easy options with variable set-up and holding power.
Might be easier to redirect the control line to a neighboring tree, and back to you, if you can set it remotely. Gives you more 'breathing room'. Maybe you have more trees to come down next to this one??
