Our biggest tree yet!!

[Colin]

Crikey, I shore don't like that sling placement!

 

[JesseHuffman]

I wondered the same thing...why is he tied into the peice that is rigged to the crane? I think choking your main line around the trunk (along with flipline)below the cut would be safer...or an adjustable false crotch.

 

[Colin]

That's no big deal staying tied in like that, I do it all the time on big cuts. It's easier to maneuver around. After 1/2 or 3/4 of the cut is done I'll go on lanyard and retie my climb line.

I'm more concerned with the sling placement.

 

[rangerdanger]

Thats really what it was for. The tree had such a large diameter (he guessed around 5ft up where he is making the cut) he used it to get around. Then when it has 3/4 done, he pulled it out.

 

[JesseHuffman]

ahhh...I my self have never been aloft making cuts that big.
my bad

 

[theXman]

holy smokes!

I never saw that picture.

Yeah, sling placement looks real bad.

I do understand sometimes a still picture with only one view can make it look worse than it is.

But with just one sling around BOTH leaders, and that left side being so short, and all that loose bark... yikes!

I made some adjustment to the picture, so he'd be safer:

cut away the loose bark and made a little ridge for the slings to stay in (because there's not much room and if they slip they are off of that thing). And gave him two slings of course.

also decided I didn't like that little stub near his original cut, wanted to give it more meat in that crotch area. So I started the cut a little lower. Would have been best to just drop that stub to the ground instead maybe. But I'm guessing the picture just made it look like not much meat in the crotch attachment area.

gave him a ART ropeguide with climbing line attached to it, but probably best to stay on the crane untill it's 3/4 of the way cut, i agree.

Those slings can slip up a bit, right MB?

 

[rangerdanger]

Yeah, I get you there. This being our second job and all, we didn't really have everything to do a proper tie in to the crane. Got everything together now though, so maybe next time.

 

[Cameron]

I've seen it actually burn into the sling, can't be good.

 

[ROYCE]

Thanks for the pictures Rangerdanger. I think its great that your posting them and taking all the criticism. Thats how you will learn the safest and most efficient way of doing things. Some of the guys here have TONS of experience with this stuff!!!!! Mad props

 

[theXman]

We all get better and better.

If I had a lot of pictures posted, the buzz board folks would find stuff that could have been done better and safer too.

But we aren't going to learn anything if people don't share and make comments.

 

[theXman]

dang, royce beat me to it.

 

[magicmarmotB]

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This just doesn't look to safe. Is anyone else doing anything similar to this when using cranes

when you tie into a piece being removed by a crane, it seems that you are tieing your fate somewhat to the fate of that piece. Any number of crazy things could happen, and the margin of error with big wood is probably very teeny tiny bro. Drop that topline and lean back on that wire core.

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[Colin]

I do believe we've discussed that pic already.