Arbor X Tree crew in action

Gerald_Beranek

Gerald_Beranek

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A very well organized crew and operation

Was that Xman himself on the controls?

Weather looked pretty gloomy, could have been filmed here!

Great vid Jerry, thanks for sharing
 
Yeah, Reg, that is David, and the weather was a bit gloomy, cold.

I had never been on a job like that one, that long of a speedline, and what a setting

It was a fun few days. I was treated like a King. Xman is very safe and treats his crew with the utmost of respect. They will do anything for him. Never was there a single discourging word. Can't say that about every job that I have been on.

Would work for him anytime.
 
I made a long version of the video for David, like 50 minutes. Which was gleaned from 3 hours of tape.

This short version is 100 MB, just the limit that You-tube will allow. If I had a better compressor it could have been a little bit longer.
 
So thats what you were up to!


Hey Ger, did the crane take up the slack on the speedline by raising the boom?

And how did they process the brush?

Thanks for posting that

Frans
 
Yeah, Frans, raise and lower the boom, simple as that. I didn't stick around for the cleanup. But Dave did have a min-skid with a grapple to pull the pile apart.

The span to the anchor tree at the top of the hill, I think it was over 300 something feet. Short compared to some of the yarder roads I worked on, but this was longest speedline I've seen work to date. Dave did a good job there.
 
Nicely made video.

Using the KB like that made moving the wood much easier. It could just as easily have been slid and dropped right into the back of the truck.

A couple of things that caught my eye...the ground crew was standing downhill and very close to the dropzone. A wild drop or exploding pieces could have hit one of them.

There were some one-handed cuts that could have been done two handed easily.

OK...the wet blanket is rolled up now. :)
 
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Using the KB like that made moving the wood much easier. It could just as easily have been slid and dropped right into the back of the truck.

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I thought that was the plan when I saw the truck taking up the slack. It would have reduced handling of the brush.

Never the less, it was a creative way to get that down hill!
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Working on slopes isn't fun without a speed line.
 
Tom. The distance in some of those angles was fore-shortened by the lens. As far as reaching down and tripping that one cut with a one hand grip on the saw...... you going to turn Dave into the Safety Nazi's for it? Here we go.
 
Gerry,

Thanks for explaining the setup. I figured that the distances may have been different than they looked.

Who's turning anyone in? Just an observation...besides, I rolled up the wet blanket :)
 
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