Tree felling vids

[Bermy]

The ciggy up in the tree was a thumbs down from me.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

The intro to his vid about waiting for his ride and normally would take sn Uber wuth his explanation it was sealed the deal with me. That and tearing cuts on every cut for icing.

 

[cory]

Yeah I hear y'all, and I chimed in similarly, above.

But was thinking a bit more about this topic, especially in light of continued listening to this excellent book and I figure he's just like any of the rest of us, struggling with stuff like we all do, to one degree or another

 

[lxskllr]

The uber thing doesn't sound exceptional to me for a tradesman. Happens to whitecollar people too, but they generally have more money/resources to get around it. It would raise some flags, but if he was a good treeguy, it would be worth dealing with.

 

[Mellow]

Did you notice at around 18:00 when Nate does the thing, his climbing line is all buggered up with cuts?

 

[lxskllr]

Yea, I saw that. I also some tree cuts that looked like they were awfully close to his lines, with potential to cut through them. I'd have retired the lines with the amount of fraying I saw, but I'm pretty conservative.

 

[cory]

Um, jumping back on board, I strongly dislike the way he seems to prefer tattered lines and untaped rope ends.

Yes, he retired a sling in the vid but from what I've seen, his regularly used stuff is rife with significant nicks.

 

[cory]

The uber thing doesn't sound exceptional to me for a tradesman.

I remember when I was starting out In Maine, many if not most of the loggers had to be driven to the landing due to revoked licenses

 

[Tree09]

On my very first day as a fitter, they asked how many divorces and duis i had, when i said none they then asked what i was doing there In the trades it's so common they even have a thing called "they come as a pair." That's when one guy has no license but lives by a buddy who gives him rides, so they hire in and lay off together

 

[cory]

Smh, I love it

 

[murphy4trees]

The intro to his vid about waiting for his ride and normally would take sn Uber wuth his explanation it was sealed the deal with me. That and tearing cuts on every cut for icing.

He learned those rip cuts from me... They are vastly superior to undercuts and side cuts etc in many rigging scenarios. Have you tried it much?

 

[lxskllr]

I feel like the whole world is coming into focus with a new clarity. Is this what being born again is like?

 

[Tommy_B]

It's a toss up for me. Travor sucks but I think Human is fairly close behind. It amazes me that they can have such a huge online following and still be fairly poor. Even when they've made quite big mistakes there seems to be a tonne of comments about how good they are and everyone else who disagrees don't know chit

 

[murphy4trees]

biggest takeaway should be he needs to adjust his game. he knew exactly where the piece was going, so certainly not a matter of inexperience... those little Mistakes are huge red flags

 

[SeanKroll]

I'm afraid I'd make boring videos.

Too little drama, too few close calls.
Too little making things harder than they need to be.

 

[cory]

You never know till you try.

But yes, what you describe reminds me of the tree service reality shows on Discovery Channel. I pretty much eat up all things tree work related yet I couldnt stand to watch those things.

 

[cory]

Um, comments please:

 

[flushcut]

Ummmmmm yeeeaaaaaaaahhhh. Was the tree rotten or something?

 

[cory]

Yeah it was apparently rotten.

Maybe Ive been missing the boat using a bucket truck.

 

[flushcut]

Cory came in like a wreckingball. Says Miley.

 

[Burnham]

I am most obviously missing something vital in understanding the situation...but to me, I can see no reason why I could not have felled that tree directly towards the camera...have it on the ground and busted into a hundred rotten pieces, in less that 5 minutes.

So what am I not seeing?

 

[Tree09]

Then they couldn't charge 10k for it

 

[SeanKroll]

Lots of people can't fell trees, B.

 

[Burnham]

Hmmmm.....

 

[biggun]

My guess he was a logger not a climber. Or at least a climber not used to Broadleaf trees.

Not a bad idea using the crane as a TIP but to just be on the short sling as opposed to a climbing rope, lead me to the conclusion above.