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I believe you Reg . I'm a believer .

Just wondering how you knew what was safe to rig with the lags ?

I'm a believer because I saw it , but I'm not buying it for the same reason .

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I screwed a lag into the base of the tree, found some healthy tissue. I had a lever bar with a hook near the end that I placed in the lag. This gave me about a 8-1 leverage. I figured I could produce at least 100kgforce by yanking on it with all my weight + the mechanical advantage of the bar. I did this over and over until I was satisfied. Up the tree I tried it on some smaller slices at first just to get the feel for it while I still had a rigging point way up above, a couple were to help me narrow the trunk anyway. The rest was as you saw, I put 4 lags in per-slice because I needed to be sure and it was a first for me anyway. The crotch was set on the fence side rather than the building just in case.

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Buy it Riggs because it is the truth, on the lives of my wife and loved ones, so help me God. I can offer no more than that.
 
It's all good, Reg. Ignore the naysayers.


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I don't think Reg has to defend shyt!

It worked very well. We weren't there to fully see the whole scenario, however, with the video I can see that it was a very tight location.

I will store the technique in my brain and use it if I ever get into one of those tight spots.

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Great video Reg, interesting to see the process. It looks like the system worked very well for the situation.

I have an idea for another method to secure short pieces like this that I'll draw up and post in a bit.

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I'll second that. Riggs I don't understand why you have a problem with someone else's techniques that are obviously effective. If someone else reputable could have done the job in a day or whatever they would likely have had the job...but Reg did it using methods he deemed appropriate and got the job done safely. That's what it's all about.
 
I don't know why there is a problem with saying I didn't like it . Was everyone hugged a little too much as a young climber ? I might be the only one who said something about this technique but don't be naive and think I'm alone. Reg handles himself just fine , he doesn't need a support group to keep his feelings in check . You are right he doesn't have to defend it , but when you place that video on an international tree forum you have to expect some one to ask to explain it more . At least I do so as myself and not an annon poster . So since everybody is all touchy feely right now , here's one more spin to ruffle your feathers.
If that was a job you bid on , and one of the bidders told the customer that they are going to remove there tree , with an new technique , safe , and innovative and would take a few days to do it , right. The next bidder tells the lady , he's gonna bring in a crew and remove the tree in one day , maybe a day and a half using the same techniques that have been around for decades . Than you get the crash and burn estimate . The customer made the right choice because her tree was removed in three days safely . Maybe they had the money , maybe there were no other estimates , maybe they knew no better . Didn't move me , like my posts moved Jesse , who still hasn't said anything. Other than that nice job Reg . Keep innovating , please. It's just tree work .
 
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The next bidder tells the lady , he's gonna bring in a crew and remove the tree in one day , maybe a day and a half using the same techniques that have been around for decades .

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I'm taking Reg for his word. He said it could not be done the traditional way. And that is why he did what he did.

That is what you need to understand.
 
I'm with you on this one Riggs.
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It looks way too labour intensive for that tree but that's not to say Reg doesn't know his profession.
I admire his innovation but it's just too time consuming for the application in my opinion.

I think Reg has a good idea with letting the rope run from behind but it can be done without the lags.
 

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I don't know why there is a problem with saying I didn't like it . Was everyone hugged a little too much as a young climber ? I might be the only one who said something about this technique but don't be naive and think I'm alone. Reg handles himself just fine , he doesn't need a support group to keep his feelings in check . You are right he doesn't have to defend it , but when you place that video on an international tree forum you have to expect some one to ask to explain it more . At least I do so as myself and not an annon poster . So since everybody is all touchy feely right now , here's one more spin to ruffle your feathers.
If that was a job you bid on , and one of the bidders told the customer that they are going to remove there tree , with an new technique , safe , and innovative and would take a few days to do it , right. The next bidder tells the lady , he's gonna bring in a crew and remove the tree in one day , maybe a day and a half using the same techniques that have been around for decades . Than you get the crash and burn estimate . The customer made the right choice because her tree was removed in three days safely . Maybe they had the money , maybe there were no other estimates , maybe they knew no better . Didn't move me , like my posts moved Jesse , who still hasn't said anything. Other than that nice job Reg . Keep innovating , please. It's just tree work .

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The touchy feely feathers hugging comments are just not necessary Glen. I can’t explain it any better that I have, even added a comparative video to show why it was impractical to fold over big chunks, still not enough. Perhaps with more guys on the floor, and a bigger capacity chipper etc (this one was just 6in) the job would have most definitely been finished quicker….but there weren’t and it wasn’t, so processing takes as long as it takes. I can’t rig down more or bigger branches when nobody is ready for them. Without the room or resources, new or decades old techniques must still wait their turn. Black and white!

Whether you realize it or not Glen, I’m actually a pretty confident treeworker, and not just in the comfort of my own backyard, I was able to set-up and well establish myself as a freelance climber in other counties outside of Europe as well as this one. I’ve had my fair share of challenging situations, but companies keep calling me back for more, so its all good and I must assume that the decisions I make still seem pretty logical and time-saving to others.

I never said the technique in the last video was about to break any world records, it was a first for me after all. Maybe next time I’ll cut the twice as big if the situation allows it, there’s always room for improvement/development….Hopefully I won’t have to it at all. Innovating no, adapting yes, like you said its just treework. To the elders in my family, I’m actually regarded as a disappointment and the underachiever, because I do treework, so I’m under no illusions.

I found a day later that after all that effort to preserve the asbestos roof, Steve stood on it while finishing off the stump and smashed it anyway. Well, at least not on my shift. No hard feelings.
 
Hey Reg,

Great work as usual! VERY precise, controlled work you do.

That was a great hobbs video. When you are butt tying logs (e.g. 10-15 feet long, no branches), it looks like you are tying them with a marl not close to the butt but instead 2-3 feet up from the butt. Is that just for security or is it to get a little better balance from the pieces?

How are you liking the Hobbs after several months of use?
 
your right , no trees could ever come down unless you screwed lags into the log . Who got screwed more the tree or the homeowner? Please make me understand.
 
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That was a great hobbs video. When you are butt tying logs (e.g. 10-15 feet long, no branches), it looks like you are tying them with a marl not close to the butt but instead 2-3 feet up from the butt. Is that just for security or is it to get a little better balance from the pieces?

How are you liking the Hobbs after several months of use?

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Cory its never a bad idea to include as much rope as possible with dynamic loads anyway.

But yes a little of both, to push the first hitch a way up makes it easier for the grounds person to lay it down flat, especially if they’re on their own.

The truth is I’m delighted with it. I’m a sucker for all thing’s original anyway and from what I’ve since read and been told, Mr Hobbs was the genuine article. Now days, in the tree industry, if a person merely discovers a knot or rips off someone else’s idea they’re hailed as an innovator, inventor or some other grand epithet.

Anyway, the H.2 model is just terrific….an extremely conscientious design with fabrication and material quality to match….needless to say, great performance. Congratulations to the folks behind it. I should have bought one years ago, if only I’d not been so pig-headed. Never mind, I got there in the end.

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Ah, the brotherhood.

Nice job and video, Reg! I've used lags a few times, not exactly like you did, but the times I did use them bolstered my confidence that the work wouldn't roll out of the line. Crotch cuts, big cookies sometimes are tough to rig through knots alone, and feel confident about it when the dynamics take place.
 
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Hey Reg, judging from your avatar, you could pass for Simon Cowle, true?????

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Are you saying I look like him?
 
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Hey Reg, judging from your avatar, you could pass for Simon Cowle, true?????

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Are you saying I look like him?

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Yes, I thought so, but now with the new avie, I guess not.

You just looked alot like him in the sideview of your old avie.
 
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