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  1. Kevin

    today's job "Step cut 3"

    Re: today\'s job \"Step cut 3\" Too much line tension here, the limb just about takes him out. I have had that happen to me usually when raising a tip with the GRCS. For lowering like that a butt line would have been better.
  2. Kevin

    step cut

    I think most "sure" things in tree work will sooner or later be followed by "I would have never expected that"!
  3. Kevin

    step cut

    No, I get it. You are leaving your truck under a compromised top while you drop down in the bucket below the compromised top then move your truck. You and your truck are at risk until you can get out of the bucket, in the drivers seat and move the truck. You might get away with it several times...
  4. Kevin

    step cut

    [ QUOTE ] you need to put a wide open face in a big top, and are worried about the top therefore over-rotating, and the but kicking back past the trunk, [/ QUOTE ] I can't see how this cut has any effect on the top coming back or rotating. All the cuts are lower than the apex which won't stop...
  5. Kevin

    Brass screws

    I had a friend install it on his roof, I thought he said copper but it could have been zinc, I'll ask him.
  6. Kevin

    Brass screws

    They use copper strips on roof tops to kill moss growth on shingles.
  7. Kevin

    step cut

    [ QUOTE ] I've used it once to pull a large backleaning top into the only possible drop zone, which was right where the bucket was parked. [/ QUOTE ] Granted, but could you not rig the top down in the same amount of time it took to come down and move the truck? The question comes back to the...
  8. Kevin

    step cut

    This method doesn't swing the tree to that extent, it does act like a dutchman and will swing the tree without the dangers of dutching. It uses the standing weight of the tree to pull the tree ahead because there's nothing left to support the weight. I don't know if they have been using this in...
  9. Kevin

    step cut

    That soft dutchman works but it's unpredictable as to how far the tree will swing. I used it a few times last year and it works well in the woods. It's much like imploding a building with explosives, as the tree begins to fall the weight of the tree collapses in the kerfs and sends the tree off...
  10. Kevin

    step cut

    That worked ok for what was intended as saving some grinding time on the stump. Taking a bit of a chance with the narrow drop zone though in my opinion but you aren't the first to do that here.
  11. Kevin

    Who's This Guy?

    Re: Who\'s This Guy? Where was the gym, Cuba?
  12. Kevin

    GRCS Self-Tailer Problem

    That's how I bent my side fair lead. I always use a block and bring the rope in the top now.
  13. Kevin

    Removing Overhaning Dead Limb From Porch

    The only thing I would add is a tag line to control the limb, good work by the ground man. Boreality, you should change the "We" to "I". [ QUOTE ] We don't take the illegal alien thing so serious in Canada. [/ QUOTE ]
  14. Kevin

    don't try this at home

    Re: don\'t try this at home [ QUOTE ] Looks like it was from another trunk, already removed [/ QUOTE ] You're right, thanks.
  15. Kevin

    don't try this at home

    Re: don\'t try this at home I didn't see this cut below the felling cut the first time, this looks unstable and dangerous. What was the reason for the lower cut?
  16. Kevin

    Opinion on dropping a tree

    brutal
  17. Kevin

    don't try this at home

    Re: don\'t try this at home I can see where you wouldn't want to leave your truck below it, I assumed you had climbed it.
  18. Kevin

    don't try this at home

    Re: don\'t try this at home Why didn't you just top it when you were up there?
  19. Kevin

    Mt Shasta dead 175' Ponderosa removal

    Re: Mt Shasta dead 175\' Ponderosa removal The tree wasn't faced properly. It missed the opening by several feet. That could be from a long day and being tired.
  20. Kevin

    Potsdam Man Badly Injured by Chain Saw

    Cutting branches, sounds like kick back.

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