Ash Tree Removal w/ Light Rigging

Tr33Climb3r

Tr33Climb3r

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Hey guys and gals,

I have another video up for you all to watch. The first part of the video was lost because my helmet cam got caught in a branch above me that I didn't see, popped off my helmet and fell to the ground where the SD card and battery flew out. Had it put together and sent back up and it worked.

So here is the second half of the removal. Nothing too complex. This tree is also next to the tree I removed in "Spruce Removal" that I posted earlier.

So Happy Friday and good luck to all the Wisconsin hunters this weekend. Opening of Gun Deer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEEbSkF_ISM&feature=channel_video_title
 
Yay! I could watch this one on my iPad!

Lookin good Casey, very smooth, very controlled, very nice.

Love the choice of music halfway through, Foster the People rocks. Just bought that album.

Keep up the good work, and get another episode of tr33climb3r out!!
 
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Yay! I could watch this one on my iPad!



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Thanks a lot man

Yea I looked into the phone thing and iPad thing and all of my videos are set to play on those devices but because of the choice of music some do not play. Think it is a copyright thing
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Still strugling with the step cuts I can see.
First make the upper and finish of with the lower one....
that keeps you being in control ;-)

what about setting up double pulleys for the first little branch you rigged ?? didn't get that one. looks like it just made the piece coming closer to the rooftop.... but maybe I don't see the whole picture.

Nice video and cool sound :-)

Keep them coming !

climb safe
wouter
 
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Still strugling with the step cuts I can see.
First make the upper and finish of with the lower one....
that keeps you being in control ;-)

what about setting up double pulleys for the first little branch you rigged ?? didn't get that one. looks like it just made the piece coming closer to the rooftop.... but maybe I don't see the whole picture.

Nice video and cool sound :-)

Keep them coming !

climb safe
wouter

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For the step cut thing. This video was from the same day as my spruce removal so I haven't had the opportunity to change. I am in school all week and go home on the weekend to work. My first post points that out but may have not been clear.

For that first cut there was more room than what may be seen. The fisheye lens will do that. Maybe you can explain the double pulley thing. I think I know what you mean but am not sure.

Thanks for the input
 
What I didn't understand why you used 2 pulleys up there for the first cut ???

When I read it back I understand I'm not explaining myself clear but I'm not used writing down in english ;-)

After reading the first post I understand it was the same job, sorry bout this....

climb safe and keep up teh good work !

wouter
 
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What I didn't understand why you used 2 pulleys up there for the first cut ???

When I read it back I understand I'm not explaining myself clear but I'm not used writing down in english ;-)

After reading the first post I understand it was the same job, sorry bout this....

climb safe and keep up teh good work !

wouter

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Well it was the first cut in the video but not of the job so that pulley was there for the branches that went over the house so we could stand them up with a tip tie and then lower them. Also was there to keep it away from my pulleySAVER to not run the rigging line over it for that particular cut.
 
Good habit is to call "stand clear".
With your ground dudes call back "all clear"
One day you won't have an eye on them but atleast your ears will know.

Practice shootin those butts, Ash over tea kettle, so the groundies are a safer distance to drag them away before the next drop. Plus they will love you for the effort it takes to nudge em over. Best thing in the world is to hit the ground and the brush is all gone.

I play a game in my head. It is caber toss or hip shot the six shooter.
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Greatest job/play in the world plus we's get paid!
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Nice job. I have two things that i liked that you did. Showed your getting good training and experience. One, you cut the corners of the notch when you took out the top. That habit could end up saving your life some day.
The second is that you keep your thumb locked around the handle-bar of the chainsaw. These are two small things that are often over looked, and its the small things that separate the good from the great.
Another thing that i feel separates the good from the great is getting the trunk wood to land flat. You can do this with out doing by pass snap cuts. Its a combination of three things, and takes some time to master and some practice. Its the size of the piece (length), the distance you are from the ground and the degree of your notch. Kinda hard to explain with out showing you. Higher in the tree I take a large piece, maybe eight feet, with a very narrow notch, then just back cut and just watch the piece flip once, and then land flat. As you move down the tree your take smaller pieces and open up the notch to get the pieces to flip once, and land flat. Your ash tree is a perfect tree to practice on, because it is small. Think about chunking down a 30" red oak, handling all those pieces with snap cuts will "wear you down". With this technique your letting gravity work for you, and you just sit back and run the saw.

Good job, your on the right track!!!
 
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Nice job man. What helmet cam are you rocking again?

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Drift HD 170

I will answer all of your questions and comments come next week. Will be busy this weekend. I really appreciate the positive comments as well as the concerns.
 
Hey Royce, a formula I learned from Gerry in his videos to make a piece land flat is to cut them at 1/5 intervals. So the piece you cut is 1/5 the total tree height. With a standard 45 degree notch, and the pieces 1/5 the total height, they should land flat each time.
 
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Hey Royce, a formula I learned from Gerry in his videos to make a piece land flat is to cut them at 1/5 intervals. So the piece you cut is 1/5 the total tree height. With a standard 45 degree notch, and the pieces 1/5 the total height, they should land flat each time.

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Right on RangerDanger, a very useful formula indeed. I have found that it only works with trees that are standing straight. Any tree with a lean and you have to play around with the notch degree and the size of the piece. Also limbs that are horizontal!!
 
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Casey, I noticed in both this video and in MS 200T Debut video that during spar work you are not giving yourself a quick retreat to the ground should an accident occur.

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This is a good point and I will look into putting something together. Although the lower lanyard is my climb line on my lower d's so I would descend if I had to. Would just be limited on having the rope over a little stub.

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Good habit is to call "stand clear".
With your ground dudes call back "all clear"
One day you won't have an eye on them but atleast your ears will know.

Practice shootin those butts, Ash over tea kettle, so the groundies are a safer distance to drag them away before the next drop. Plus they will love you for the effort it takes to nudge em over. Best thing in the world is to hit the ground and the brush is all gone.


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On the stand clear remember that with the video editing most of that gets cut out because the video starts and ends while the chainsaw is running or the music is over it. But I will admit that I miss a few now and then when I can see them looking at me. I do need to improve on this.

The ground crew that I had that day was not who we work with on all the time. It was more of a sub contracting thing or helping out a person that called us and his grandson was the guy on the ground. So they are a little in experienced with the ground duties and also don't know how to run our chipper/ we don't suggest that they do. So things got backed up.

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Nice job. I have two things that i liked that you did. Showed your getting good training and experience. One, you cut the corners of the notch when you took out the top. That habit could end up saving your life some day.
The second is that you keep your thumb locked around the handle-bar of the chainsaw. These are two small things that are often over looked, and its the small things that separate the good from the great.


Good job, your on the right track!!!

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Thanks for the positive comments. I have been watching my dad since I was very young and seem to have picked up all the good things.

The step cut thing I will continue to practice when I have the opportunity. Also when it gets to the larger diameter stems I don't plan on using step cuts. Just cutting straight through and placing a wedge on a sting on the back side to not pinch the saw.
 
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