Buttcatch

[Oxman]

Here's a dead Douglasfir with a manicured landscape in the drop zone. We had to lower everything, including brush & wood. The wood was dry and lightweight.

 

[Oxman]

Here's a shot of the drop zone. The Port-A-Wrap and 1/2" Hi-Vee rope was a bit on the light side for this heavy work.

 

[Oxman]

This is a close-up of the 5/8" block & 3/4" Tenex sling, with the facecut in. Ready to rock 'n roll ! There was a slight swale to the trunk, so pushing the slightly leaning pieces over wasn't a big deal.

 

[Oxman]

Loking down on the facecut with the camera held high overhead. Looking up is Glen Decker, whose job I was helping on. After a while, we were able to talk John (holding the rope) into putting on his hardhat.

 

[Oxman]

Notice John, who was dazzled by dreams of stardom, has donned his hat. This piece smoked the Hi-Vee line where it ran across the lowering device. They were cut a bit shorter after this one.

 

[Kevin]

Nice pictures Mike, thanks.
What size of pipe on that lowering device?

 

[Oxman]

Didn't look at their gear too close. 1 1/2" or so, I spose. The PW had 2 different sets of marks where someone had wrapped it the wrong way, once upon a time.

Here's a long shot view from below. Think this tree could have been saved?

The tree was way up on a hill behind the house. 30 steps zig-zagged up to the terrace. Newly planted Aspen and Cherry in the bed just below the tree would've been mowed down like a lawn if one of these logs had gotten away from us.