It took me several tries too, but then I realized that if it were tip down, there would be a lot more sling showing between ball and butt. But after watching it make it to ground, it's definitely butt down. Even better, on the fall the tips raked across the ball and the ring sling he had girthed on the ball for his TIP. Raked across violent enough to leave a chunk of brush behind. Wow.
I'll just say this then shut up. If they had swung everything pendulum from horizontal to bottom, the swing would have only tripled the effective load seen because it's being absorbed into a long swing. So yes they could have picked it after cutting and swung it onto crane for only 3x the load absolute max. But, the short negative rigging scenario from a hung up top that is going to instantly shock load into a short piece of cordage could have been the real issue.
You're right. I hadn't rewatched it coming to the ground butt down. Sure does a lot of gyrating though.
Not quite likely, the top would have hung up in the canopy below breaking it's fall (and possibly limbs), the traditional lowering line could then be knotted and picked with the crane.
Why not just go for the easy solution, and take a larger pick? It is possible, if the operator of the crane is halfway decent, to take a piece that is higher than the boom tip. It simply has to be weighted low enough that it will stand upright, and the crane operator has to be able to keep it from getting tangled in the Pat line. With 6000 pounds of capacity, I would expect that such a cut should have been possible.
Agreed, but we don’t know if the 6k is will or SWL. But if possible HELL YES totally do able
There’s always a kernel floating around in the septic tank, and the brave might even find a wedding band stuck to the scum on the bottom
God aweful. How about speedline the top.
Got a gold tooth from one
Rule two tell the dumbass at the machine not to engage the winch until the all clear!
This is the new norm, bunch of yappin followed by some sloppy work. Looks like beginner work. Boom up, cable up ahh whats the difference throw me up a wedge my saw is stuck again. I agree 95% of these dudes need to put the camera away. The otherday, on another thread, I was accused of disempowering, whom I am not clear, when I said "most customers, climbers and tree companies dont know what bad work or unqualified looks like."This speaks to your comment of why these guys have twice the subscribers as Reg and August.
