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    SRT - Lockjack/Rope wrench drop tests

    So i've posted this on a couple of other forums so sorry if you've seen it before. Basically we did some drop tests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-vh3dFt-0
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    A couple of recent jobs

    I know what your saying. Just sometimes we focus on a way of doing it and other options and techniques don't cross our minds. Thinking about it a bit more it might of been better to have mid-tied them to create a balance turning the logs dimensions to horizontal rather than vertical. It seems...
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    A couple of recent jobs

    Hi Everyone, I knew i made a few mistakes in some of the videos and decided to add them as i thought id be honest with them rather than edit them out. A few look worse than they are although the section over the river was a bit of a " up" ands a lesson learnt from it. Hi Jomoco...
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    A couple of recent jobs

    Hi, A few jobs over the past couple of months: This was a willow reduction we did from the river to allow tour boats to navigate the broads easily. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZuk4WJBnw&feature=colike This one is at Pensthorpe where we had to remove a alder above a boardwalk in a bog...
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    A bit of crown retrenchment pruning

    You should of heard it with Sonny and Cher. Yeah this is around the 5th residential one i've done in 3 years. Im due to go grab some photos of one we did 12 months ago to map its development over 5 years.
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    A bit of crown retrenchment pruning

    [ QUOTE ] then what? [/ QUOTE ] The tree lives happily ever after It does increase the life span in the same way with limes, beeches and plane trees over here as pollards. Heres the chart used to identify how much should be cut...
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    Cherry Removal

    [ QUOTE ] Looks good. What is the benefit of the prussic and ring over feeding the working side tail through the alpine butterfly? [/ QUOTE ] It removes the wear and tear factor away from the rope and allows the alpine to be a back-up rather than the point of connection.
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    A bit of crown retrenchment pruning

    Hi everyone, So i did some retrenchment pruning of an oak incorporating tear cuts and coronet cuts. Just a bit different to the normal day to day tree work so thought it was worth a share. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhyBYcSPUvk If you want to know a bit more about it heres a link to...
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    Cherry Removal

    Hey, a quick Rope Wrench video, i used multiple anchors as i worked to give me a better work position and took some close up footage of the retrievable anchor setup. Hope you enjoy it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru1Wqa5dZik
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    Control

    wow, that person has either a lot of free time or some serious skills.
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    Letting the apprentice loose

    Hi Ricky, yeah i made sure he did, seen it and had it tear down the stem on myself a couple of times.
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    Letting the apprentice loose

    Hi everyone, I have a freelancer who's very, very green and has worked his way up from the bottom. Im now allowing him to take out easy trees and practice his pruning cuts on the removals (if he flush cuts theres no harm done this way). So I got right above him and filmed. He also my other...
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    Rope wrench rigging job

    Nice work Mat, I've recently been playing with the top anchors and finding easier ways to retrieve them. Ian P.S The new GoPro works well.
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    Rope Wrench Ruminations

    Ah makes sense i mislead myself in the reading thinking how the heck does he manage that many re-directs.
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    Rope Wrench Ruminations

    [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] mine is all I use, no more DdRT, say it together now...NO MORE "Doubly- difficult Rope Technique" ! ;) [/ QUOTE ] What? Okay, how are you dealing with a big tree trimming where you need to have your tie in point change several times? If you choke the tie in...
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