A couple of recent jobs

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Flatters1983

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 so it was light and slow rigging as the drop zone was about 2-3ft wide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmAUXrpGp5g&feature=channel&list=UL
A simple Beech removal, minimal rigging as most of it was just free to drop off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN4qRr_OcMQ&feature=channel&list=UL
Finally just dropping a conny out to make it fit in the garden.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7W7LUAxdRE&feature=channel&list=UL

Hope you enjoy them.

Ian
 
The first video looked like fun. A few of the pieces look like they should have been but tied instead of tip tied. Especially the piece at 1:30 that took the rigging line over the climber's lap.
 
Those were nice videoes. I have a few concerns but will keep them to myself. I'm sure enough other people have nothing else to do except tear you a new one.

What kind of helmet cam was that? Seemed to do a pretty good job. I'm interested in getting one just haven't decided which one.

Good job on the vids!
 
I love the little chipper and big removals in england. That's a sweet little combo. what do you do with the wood? I'm assuming fire work. Nice work and good to see the wrench bombing around.
 
1st and third vids were fourth rate mate. But as long as you have liability and health while you develope better techniques and methods for protecting your client's front windows and home from flying wood as you bomb away onto the wood pile?

Just make sure the residents aren't home that day like a true pro would now, yu hear?

I have a picture, rather gruesome, of a climber that burned his index finger off making the same mistake you made in your first vid mate, heavier wood, more height, but the same mistake.

You can't make those kinda mistakes in this biz and reach old age.

I do hope you improve, and take constructive criticism well from others who wish you well as a fellow climber.

jomoco
 
Yo Flatters! -Thanks for posting some new stuff. Soooo fun working over water, makes me want to set up a rope swing
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I think I get what your trying to do when you tip tie those, just looks sketchy when they jump back at ya. I'm a big fan of that mid-balance point rigging, and it's nice when you can pick that perfect spot using one tie. I like when you put two slings on those pieces for balance, and it looks like your ground guy in the first vid was attentive. Is Targetrees your company? Cool name either way. Thanks.
 
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, the truck was parked between the clients house for the beech so no timber could reach it.

Umm i decided to tip tie as much as possible over the river as i promised to not damage the quay heading so tip tie and tension was the idea rather than butt tie and swing.

The cam is a Gopro Hero 2 on a petal hat.

Bixler, hi, yeah Target Trees is me. I found that using the two slings with separate plates can improve efficiency especially when its not big stuff and just requires a quick rig to get it out of the way. I prefer to spider balnce on larger sections but found 2 slings and a rigging plate x2 is quick as theres less waiting time on stuff.

Cheers for the feedback everyone,

Ian
 
Thanks for the response. Have only heard good reviews about the Hero 2, seems to do a good job. Might be the one I get.

I had a concern about the tip tying in the few clips that were shown. From what I saw the actual drop and swing is greater than if you had simply butt tied the pieces. I think unless the piece can be brought up or swung around so the rigging rope and the load are inline with each other a different option is probably a better choice. Not sure if that makes sense, hopefully it does. I don't want to blather on too much so I'll end it at that.

I imagine all of us have had a piece fall in our lap at one time or another, you're not the first.

Keep the vids coming.
 
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 like the times anyone i know have things go wayward is when its a light-ish bit of tree and we almost go into a auto pilot mode.
 
Control is key to optimum rigging from tree to chipper Flatters.

And I just know you can do it nice and smooth like a pro bro!

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jomoco
 
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