Topping and falling

[RegC]

A job from this week. Not too long. Nice views. A phone perhaps a little small for watching.

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[cory]

Loved it, thanks for posting.

Y'all are a paragon.

 

[Mellow]

Y'all have some tall skinny trees out there. How tall are they? Looks like 100' or more but I may be way off. Here in Florida, it's rare to see a pine tree over 80'-90'.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Never liked those tall skinny ones - especially on a windy day!

 

[RegC]

Y'all have some tall skinny trees out there. How tall are they? Looks like 100' or more but I may be way off. Here in Florida, it's rare to see a pine tree over 80'-90'.

There was a couple in the group around 120, but everything else was less. Very rocky terrain in that neighbourhood. A couple miles east and the same age trees are perhaps 30-40% bigger.

 

[Mellow]

The tallest tree I ever climbed for removal was a Tulip poplar in New Jersey in 1983. That was right before I moved to Florida. It was about 120 feet tall and I had an 80 foot drop zone. I spiked up to the first live limb at 60+ feet and dropped the top from there. My 120 foot climbing line left me about 5 feet from the ground when I descended. This was before SRT; we used the ole taut-line hitch, two over, one under. Or was it two under, one over? That was a long time ago.

 

[flushcut]

Lotsa wood!
Good video!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Refresher Pic

Feel free to save this to your HD.

 

[cory]

Speaking of all that wood, I'm guessing you are getting rid of it via log truck, do you need a tractor to make some of it more accessible? Or are they going to saw hell out of it and keep for fw?

 

[DMc]

Raining wood! Nice video, Reg.

 

[Mellow]

Feel free to save this to your HD.

Haha, thanks for that. I'm pretty sure I could have figured it out if I had the rope in my hand; after tying it about 10,000 times over the years. I wonder how many running bowlines I've tied; maybe 50,000?

 

[RegC]

Cory. The owners dealing with it. Theres no shortage of chainsaws and fireplaces along that street. Ive done a lot work around there.

 

[Mellow]

I love it when the homeowner says to leave the wood. NO PROBLEMO! It's all yours!

 

[treebilly]

Nice work Reg. That first spar looked like a tight one.

 

[cory]

The one with the big sweep looked interesting, possibly dangerous.

 

[Burnham]

Reg, my friend...that is a fine video. "Money for nothin', and the chicks are free...maybe get a blister on your little finger, maybe get a blister on your thumb" comes to mind .

Credit to Mark Knopler .

 

[Tree09]

Insane sweep on that one, amazing work as always, and amazing video too!!! Thank you for sharing that, really cool.

 

[RegC]

Reg, my friend...that is a fine video. "Money for nothin', and the chicks are free...maybe get a blister on your little finger, maybe get a blister on your thumb" comes to mind .

Credit to Mark Knopler .

Yeah Ive never did like gloves. Thanks all

 

[flushcut]

So do you wear gloves to count the cash, other wise it might stick to you pitchy fingers?

 

[ruel]

Is that a day's work for you Reg?

 

[RegC]

So do you wear gloves to count the cash, other wise it might stick to you pitchy fingers?

Havent been paid actually. Guys away for a week

 

[RegC]

Is that a day's work for you Reg?

No, we were there 3 days, which also included several trees not on the vid, pruning a big Madrone around the side, and some work for a neighbour. Just me and one other. Lot of chipping. Those poles had to be felled in specific sequence too, to limit their movement on impact.

 

[forestkeepers]

So do you wear gloves to count the cash, other wise it might stick to you pitchy fingers?

Tub o' Towels works on tar & pitch, as well as grease & oil (incl. poison ivy). Our main climber doesn't wear gloves either, like to feel the rope & tree.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Ugly gloves increase my gripping strength substantially.