By the Hills

[Stihlmadd]

Dead Euc removal in a front yard by a sea side rental house down the coast from Adelaide.
main trunk sections being recovered for milling.
Griff the groundie/ apprentice climber photo bombed me so I hope he likes his mug all over the net

cheers Ben.

 

[monkeylove]

Nice vid Ben. Always look forward to watching you work.

 

[Steve Connally]

You go for s surf afterwards? As always a great video. You ever go home and find one of those little buggers in a pocket?

 

[MikePowers321]

Man you pump out videos like its your job, Ben. I'm lucky if I remember to turn the camera on, let alone conquer all that editing.

Nice work as always.

Have you ever had a Euc limb or wood slip out with only one half hitch? I see you generally use 2 half hitches on the smooth bark. Just curious.

 

[Reg]

another good one Ben. Dusty old job mate

 

[Tree-Taylor]

Ughhhhhh, sunshine and the beach. I'm severely deficient in both. What a beautiful location.

 

[Stihlmadd]

Nice vid Ben. Always look forward to watching you work.

Cheers Frank, twas a milder but beautiful day - always something about the air and light quality by the sea.

 

[Stihlmadd]

You go for s surf afterwards? As always a great video. You ever go home and find one of those little buggers in a pocket?

haha thankyou Cobber, no and yes - I didn't surf - not my thing on the south coast with 5 meter great whites about.
the geckos have hitchhiked home with me on occasion - you look up and there is one on the ceiling staring back at you.
I have a small colony of four living outside the front door now.
rent free
cheers Ben

 

[Stihlmadd]

Man you pump out videos like its your job, Ben. I'm lucky if I remember to turn the camera on, let alone conquer all that editing.

Nice work as always.

Have you ever had a Euc limb or wood slip out with only one half hitch? I see you generally use 2 half hitches on the smooth bark. Just curious.

thankyou Mike - it is def a hobby now, I used to occupy my spare time with bongs and playstation , tv and movies.
now I don't own a tv I haven't bothered to upgrade the playstation 3 to a four and the controllers on the three are dusty from no use.
glassware still getting a solid lookin though

long and short is it is a challenge to continue to learn new skills and expand the reportoire with the filming and editing and apart from the occasional weed run it keeps me off the streets and out of trouble.
otherwise I would spend that time on non positive things just whiling away the hours which was no good for me.

yes the single half hitch can fail to grab on the initial take up of the hitch closing / tightening and the piece can slip free
last time that happened to me was three years ago and cost me $400.00 so now I either timber hitch pieces and clove hitch the tag line or go to the extent of notching the timber with grips so if the hitch does slide before tightening there is a slot or grab for it to hold on -
even worse when the timber is wet.

cheers Ben

 

[Stihlmadd]

another good one Ben. Dusty old job mate

thankyou Reg,
" thats what she said " boom boom


cheers Ben.

 

[Stihlmadd]

Ughhhhhh, sunshine and the beach. I'm severely deficient in both. What a beautiful location.

thankyou , it is the seaside retreat down the coast from the city for the wealthy and were to do - places like the one I was at are being demolished and replaced with expensive million dollar houses.
kinda secret nook tucked away from the main stream tourist routes and I agree a beautiful location .
here is where I had my lunch


and a couple of Pics from the day.

 

[RIVIEZZO TREE EXPERTS]

Sweet video Ben. Can't wait to visit Australia one of these yrs

 

[Stihlmadd]

Sweet video Ben. Can't wait to visit Australia one of these yrs

thank you very much RIVIEZZO , if you do make it all the way to Australia I really hope you spend a wee bit more time and come to the bottom of the world and visit with me - you will be more than welcome.
cheers Ben.