Fun with Rigging

And taking it away....

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You can see the anchor point for the Traverse line to the left and the redirect pulley to the right. That made it much easier for the crew to pull the pieces over to the DZ.
 
End of the day we left a snag about 20' tall for the woodpeckers. The crew did an amazing job of efficiently and carefully moving the brush first from the tree to the DZ then into the forest down slope where it was distributed. The client was amazed at how we made it all disappear!

They loved the results. We were thrilled at how well it all turned out.

I love when a plan comes together!
 
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It was a matter of the lesser evil coupled with a client dedicated to restoring this property. For 12 years they've not only restored and nutured the site but have championed the idea to others with similar properties.

It is really inaccessible for any other approach and lowering directly under the tree would've led to a significant amount of destruction to the established plantings of trees, shrubbery and, ground cover. Going with the traverse vs. a zipline also made more sense given the distance out from the tree we had to go in order to clear all the understory and get the brush to the DZ. Not a cheap solution by any means but I'll certainly find other opportunities to use the gear. Some of it came in handy for the following job where we used a load transfer or drift line to bring the pieces over to a relatively close DZ. Oh and the 5:1 was put to good use in pulling a leaner uphill.
 
Good job! Not just the execution, but the planning, recognizing the possibilities and being able to sell that idea to a client who sees the value in it.

It would be interesting to know what other aproaches were given by other competing companies for the same job...
 
Drop it and fix the damage or rig it normally. Not really a good option as it would've undone too much work and meant reestablishing the trees. There is a fence running about 20' to the east of the tree and access from the neighbouring properties. Since nothing left the site costs were offset by the elimination of chippers, cranes or any other costly heavy equipment. Trunk wood sections were laid end to end resembling a fallen tree near the base and under the Dogwood and raspberry cane. The log helps to reduce erosion and accumulate hummus. It's really cool to see these sites when completed. From barren Norway maple grove to juvenile Carolinian forest.

Here's the website for the company I worked with on this job. The first project shown is the actual site

http://ufora.ca/pastprojects.htm
 
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Good job! Not just the execution, but the planning, recognizing the possibilities and being able to sell that idea to a client who sees the value in it.

It would be interesting to know what other aproaches were given by other competing companies for the same job...

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X2!!

Never done anything quite like that, but looks like like a great time. I'm still trying to figure out that setup... It will come to me eventually!
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Nice job with the rigging looked fun to do. Maybe this weekend if it nice (storms rain wind) I can get some tree work done around the house, Have a walnut about the same hieght and shape to remove behind the old pole barn next to neighbors fence to pasture.
 
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