Hillside Fir take down

[Reg]

This 250 year old fir was unfortunately in the way of a soon-to-be house. There was also another biggish, be that, easy one on the site to be removed, along with a bunch of medium sized trees. The owners of the land were only prepared to pay for 2 x days work for 3 men. So the order was ‘get done what you can in that time and we’ll deal with the rest’. The Tree Company had to guarantee that all the trees would be down though....and the majority of brush chipped in that time. I was brought in on the second day to deal with the leaning fir.


Vid is 13 mins but worth a watch.


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[Bixler]

Tough location. You did good on that one Reg.

Double steel core worked great.

I would have been looking forward to falling it from the start!

It's good you mentioned that clove hitch redirect half way down.

The cut at the end must have been fun, what a crash, sure took a minute to settle.

 

[Mason]

So was the clove hitch just so you could reach your rope easier? Just wondering if so how come ya didn't dead end it there instead of the top?

 

[Reg]

So was the clove hitch just so you could reach your rope easier? Just wondering if so how come ya didn't dead end it there instead of the top?

I had to go up there anyway to take the top out right at the start. So with that in mind it's easier to set the line once at the start, rather than have to climb back up to reset it half way through the limbs. Yes the redirect was so i could reach the line easier, and also because it gave me the option to safely rig some lower heavy limbs if I so chose, without the worry of over-loading the skinny top.

 

[AndrewG]

3120..... music to my ears. Looks like fun

 

[Mason]

I see thank you for the advice you youtube guys show to many of your secrets

 

[Mason]

But thank you i appreciate it