Euc limb over lake

JesseHuffman

JesseHuffman

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF8ADPXcRT8

Here is your video of the day.
Thanks for putting up with all these.
I cant stop. I dont have a life when I get off work so this keeps me busy and out of the bars
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Jman.....oh nevermind

Ranger, it is the x170. Like Rupe said, not the greatest quality vid but the unit itself is solid and easy to use AND reasonaly priced.
The POV...now that takes some nice footage!
 
anyone know if the oregon scientific atc2k 307 would be a decent cam for climbing helmet? not sure if the video quaility is up to par.
 
can some one enlighten me again? Aren't large cuts like that going to take a long time to seal over which can introduce decay into the tree? Also taking that much from a tree put it into years of stress?
 
Yes and most likely yes. It depends on the clients request and why it was done. We don't have enough information to make an educated guess so I'll let him answer the full question. It sure does take away a lot of stored starches but if it was either removal or large reduction its a hard choice.
 
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can some one enlighten me again? Aren't large cuts like that going to take a long time to seal over which can introduce decay into the tree? Also taking that much from a tree put it into years of stress?

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I couldnt agree more. I told them that this could be the death of this tree and that I would have tried to sell reducing weight off the end and cleaning up the huge ripped stubs that were out there. Not only was that a HUGE wound, it was also like 1/4 of the entire tree. It was brutal. The sun will bake it next month when it reaches in the 100s every day. I apologize for what I was hired to do but again, it wasnt my idea. It will be interesting to see how it compartmentalizes and deals with what happened to it today.

Yesterday I did a Euc deadwood Crown Clean 1/2 inch and up...very scary climbing and no good tie in or rigging point for the 40 foot lead I had to take out(dead) After 3 hours of butt pucking climbing I took the ground cover away from the root collar, it was all wet and had a dank smell to it. I hope it helps. The landscaper that hired me then did some micro injections with iron. He seemed to think the tree was chlorotic. I didnt think so because the leaves were not yellowing at all. General die back all over the crown...wet at the base from the ground cover and dry as a bone out in the root zone. Ill bet water and mulch and a good excavation at the base would have been better than those stupid injextions the landcraper sold.

Just wanted you to know that I do other things besides kill stuff. Being a contract climber is difficult somtimes because its not always the work Id like to be doing nor is it always the best thing for the tree. I would refuse to top a tree...Its hard to know when or where to draw the line sometimes and like someone on here said..we dont know what led to this decision to be made...Im just a cog.
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anyone know if the oregon scientific atc2k 307 would be a decent cam for climbing helmet? not sure if the video quaility is up to par.

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I have the ATC3K. Its pants! Total rubish IMO.

Heres a test film I made with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_J27DwYhHo

Main problem for tree work is that the width of view is not wide enough to get a feel of whats going on. Thats where the X170 is really good.

The new contender on the block has got to be the new GO Pro Hero full HD camera. Thats next on my list!
 
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Jman.....oh nevermind

Ranger, it is the x170. Like Rupe said, not the greatest quality vid but the unit itself is solid and easy to use AND reasonaly priced.
The POV...now that takes some nice footage!

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Nice video! Good to see another x170 at work. I think yours pics up sound better than mine? Mine is faulty IMO, but I quite like the effect it gives.

Also you have yours set pointing further down than mine, I might try than next time.


I'll put my latest effort up in a new thread.
 
Hey Jesse.

Glad you didn't gaff out at 3:20
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Reaching over the bar without chainbrake & other hand still gripping the thottle would get ugly real quick if you did.

Natural instinct when you slip is to grab on, but your "grabhandle" would be the thing that makes the sharp bit spin round
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I get that its a big IF, but doesn't mean it can't ever happen.

I weren't "planning" on gaffing out for the 1st time in 10 years and putting a dead stub through my bicep either.

Not trying to tell you how to suck eggs
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Hey Jesse.

Glad you didn't gaff out at 3:20
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Reaching over the bar without chainbrake & other hand still gripping the thottle would get ugly real quick if you did.

Natural instinct when you slip is to grab on, but your "grabhandle" would be the thing that makes the sharp bit spin round
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I get that its a big IF, but doesn't mean it can't ever happen.

I weren't "planning" on gaffing out for the 1st time in 10 years and putting a dead stub through my bicep either.

Not trying to tell you how to suck eggs
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I didnt even have my gaffs on so the potential for this was worse than you might have thought. I appreiciate the input and couldnt agree more.
Duly noted.
 
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I weren't "planning" on gaffing out for the 1st time in 10 years and putting a dead stub through my bicep either.


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cool trev, do you have thread you posted on this?
 
It was a few years ago now...

I did have a thread somewhere, i think on another forum
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And not sure if pics are on this computer...

Anyway, stub was about 5" long & 1" diameter, with a sharp end from breaking, it wasn't something i'd cut. The unexpected slip put it straight into my arm, but not out the other side. I got out of the tree myself quick & good groundcrew were quick with 1st aid and getting me to hospital.

Hey Jesse, sorry bout the derail!
 
Dude no problem...that sounds painful!
Derail away...Ill definitly be thinking about that more now. Those broken stubs can ve brutal. My buddies ground guy fell and had a pine stub go into his bicep....GROSS!
Thanks again for pointing that out.
 
It is amazing how groundsmen sometimes don't get what's going on with rigging. It's as if they didn't get the memo. I too can get frustrated with this. But, I've learned to communicate everything I anticipate the load doing prior to cutting. And I understand, sometimes they still just don't get it...

Looked fun!
 
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