Nagano - Douglas Fir Roped Removal

[SoftBankHawks]

Just the branches I'm afraid, though there were a bizillion of them, camera man was at a different site for the trunk, shame, we cracked out some pretty big pieces.

 

[SoftBankHawks]

A photo of the last 3 trunk sections.

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

i really dig your videos SBH, always some neat rigging set ups and neat looking work environments.

 

[SoftBankHawks]

Thanks dude, doing it is one thing, filming and creating a video something other, hats off to my friend Sekine san, he has a great eye and ear. Can you hear the strange Japanese voice at the beginning, he slowed down the morning safety 'chant', also mixed my 'orrible whistle into the music!

 

[Steve Connally]

Great video and amazing tree. How long did it take?

 

[SoftBankHawks]

Up to the video end was a day and 1 hr the next day. You can't see it in the video but we were pulling the branches very close to a shrine and with the house behind plus tree height I wasn't happy to let anything free-fall. A trainee stepped up and rigged out the first lot of trunk sections the following day and I finished it off for him after his arms got too pumped!