Jed
TreeHouser
Double agreed. Swhat I meant.
Tree felling vids
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murphy4trees
TreeHouser
pure stupidity!
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
Cause we did it over years and it only took him the better part of an afternoon!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
I don't think anyone is beating him up. Truth hurts, maybe. I only have observed fact-based observations about him/ his work from people.
mdvaden
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About 45 seconds or so, is that guy cutting as close to his rope as it looks? Once, if not twice?
Next question ... past 11:00 when it shows the section swinging around and almost whacking his head, then the trunk, should a good ground person have held the rope tight as shown, or seen the problem coming and released a good amount of rope when it was still on the opposite side?
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
No and yes.
The groundie should have let it run more, no matter what property damage occured.
And the climber shoulda rigged it out in smaller pieces.
The groundie should have let it run more, no matter what property damage occured.
And the climber shoulda rigged it out in smaller pieces.
mdvaden
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Ah ... you answered the 3rd question I was going to add, but didn't. About the size. I was wondering if some guys like him go too large to impress on-camera, or maybe just out of habit and time-saving.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
He could have safely gone that big if he would have rigged it differently.
FTR, I woulda watched it and jumped around to the other side of the tree.
Don't EVER let yourself be "stuck" in a position.
ALWAYS be ready to GTF outta Dodge, FAST.
FTR, I woulda watched it and jumped around to the other side of the tree.
Don't EVER let yourself be "stuck" in a position.
ALWAYS be ready to GTF outta Dodge, FAST.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Never wear blinders...
Work with a Tiger's eye!
Work with a Tiger's eye!
Wow that was scary to watch, he almost got killed twice! used a couple of his cat lives for sure.
All I can say is at least he fessed up to doing something that almost got him killed, and he's put it out there in super slow motion for us all to see. That takes something.
But, there were ways he could have avoided it. Hopefully it is a learning experience for him and for people who watch it.
All I can say is at least he fessed up to doing something that almost got him killed, and he's put it out there in super slow motion for us all to see. That takes something.
But, there were ways he could have avoided it. Hopefully it is a learning experience for him and for people who watch it.
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
Yes, but only very occasionally... like once every couple years... if you are doing it on a regular basis, your rigging game could use some improvement...
If the groundie had let that piece run it could have killed the climber.... 6" to 6' would have been disastrous...
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
I think that the groundy didn't let it run at all. The rope's length seems just the size of the side reach of the limb.
First drop is tensioning the rope, then horizontal swing until the butt jumps off the cut, then "verticalising" the rope while the swing continues around the trunk. I can't see any slippage of the rope (not able to see a 6" though).
First drop is tensioning the rope, then horizontal swing until the butt jumps off the cut, then "verticalising" the rope while the swing continues around the trunk. I can't see any slippage of the rope (not able to see a 6" though).
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
Absolutely its clear that the groundie didn't let it run at all... might have saved dude's life by holding tight..... angle of the dangle makes a lot of difference in how far a groundie would need to let that piece run to safely clear the climber.. could have been 15' or more. Just hard to tell with that set up.... maybe too far to clear the play house... And there is no way it makes sense to put your life in a groundie's hands when there are so many other options
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
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sotc
Dormant hero!!
sawman
TreeHouser
You drop your wedge willie
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Man... I miss flying a bucket and doing that stuff.
Don't miss climbing so much, but from a bucket...
Don't miss climbing so much, but from a bucket...
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Monstrous wood! Good video.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Digging the crunch. No habitat tree for ju.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Swut you say, that butt log had a yellow jacket nest in my face cut!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Homewrecker 
