Exporting Oak

[Bixler]

http://youtu.be/n0vhrnp1nWw

 

[ginkobalboa]

Bixler, looks like you're knocking it out!

One of my previous supervisors would tell me to leave some brush (the top) on the spar I was rigging off of because it would help absorb some of the rigging shock. Maybe he was crazy, but it made sense to me. Just something to think about.

 

[Bixler]

Yep yep... thanks Levi.

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I think about that sometimes too Balboa...
but when I leave brush up there I get yelled at by Jomoco

Ya can't win em' all!

 

[jomoco]

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Yep yep... thanks Levi.

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I think about that sometimes too Balboa...
but when I leave brush up there I get yelled at by Jomoco

Ya can't win em' all!

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Well think about that rigging shock being something that top has never experienced before.

That violent side to side whipping could be all it takes to snap that top out and defeat the entire idea of controlled rigging. It might even nail you if you're in the vicinity?

jomoco

 

[Bixler]

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Yep yep... thanks Levi.

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I think about that sometimes too Balboa...
but when I leave brush up there I get yelled at by Jomoco

Ya can't win em' all!

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Well think about that rigging shock being something that top has never experienced before.

That violent side to side whipping could be all it takes to snap that top out and defeat the entire idea of controlled rigging. It might even nail you if you're in the vicinity?

jomoco

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Tru Dat! Your spot on Jomoco.... I find myself at the top of the tree thinkin' those exact thoughts. It's the side to side whipping that will make it snap, and when it snaps, there is no tellin' where it's goin'. Last week I was riggin' heavy blocks off a tiny Oak top and it held strong the whole time. I did take the head out of it of course... well... about %80 of it. After rigging out the whole tree off of it, I bombed the lead down the hill. It hit the ground, and the top snapped like a toothpick, several feet below my old riggin' point.

 

[BOTS]

Big Bix, nice removal bro!
glad you didnt get roof, close one....I removed 4 valley oak branches over garage last week, always risky business.

stay safe

 

[Adkpk]

Bix, we need to leave some trees for the squirrels.