please be careful!!!

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The cut that broke the sling was the one at my feet. nothing left on it but the crotch material it was four feet long at the notch. I will add the finished pic tomorrow evening. once again these pics don't do it any justice. I will also post a pic of the broken sling
 

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See the man put's his money where his mouth is. Good for you Jeff. That is a big tree in a tight spot. And the lady has a nice garden going on there, see why she did'nt want things distubed. Thanks for the photo's, not that you had to, it sure does put things in perspective. Nice. As I said earlier I believe ya bro.
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Jeff,
That tree looked really nice, why did they have it removed? Just curious. Nice work, I believe your tale - sorry for the mishap, we all have them sometimes. Glad no one got hurt.

Can't blow up the picture enough to tell, you wearing that Sequoia SRT still?
 
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223, apparently you don't know Jeff. He's a solid dude, and a badass tree man that knows the business well. You throw insults around pretty easily, I bet you wouldn't do it if you met the man.

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I agree Tom!
 
nah i sold it to a gal climber in town to rec climb in. the dying looking top where i was tied in had been struck by lightning three different times and was on its way out. The tree had hypox in the main trunk from the past woundings. That and the gals that owned it just were plain scared of it after the lightning strikes and the last limb that fell out of it. They had their minds made up. the tree was a challenge. probably the second most challenging tree i have removed. thinking i'm going to buy a 1" hobbs block and a 1 1/4" amsteel dead eye sling around 25' long to rig big into. thought about a 1" amsteel loopie anybody got any suggestions?
 
I think a dead eye is much more versatile than a loopie, however Amsteel has a reputation as being very slick and not holding knots well. It is extremely easy to make loopies out of though, takes about 5 minutes bury splices included with a coathanger and some scotch tape.
 
believe it or not, I stood on top of the trunk and diced it tic tac toe style with a husky 390 with a 32" bar then cut the cookie off 2ish" above the bottom of the rip cuts and shoved it of one little piece at a time on to a deep crash pad at the base of the tree with crash blocks around it worked like a charm. it was kind of a pain to do though. we rented a mini lift and hand rolled it into position with lots of plywood, the grcs, and four guys with strong backs and weak minds :-) (just kidding guys). cut it like that until i could stand on the ground and cut it into 12" cookies with the War Pig aka, husky 3120 with 44" bar and full comp chain. I will post the final pic of the job in a minute along with one of the broken eye in the sling and one of the damage the half hitch did to the rigging line caught that this morning.
 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExlaAnSkEq0

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That was such a great video. Thanks for the link. It ought to be posted over in buzzbuster videos if it hasn't been already.
I used to have one of those Volvos!!

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Apparently I have not been using my grcs to its full potential, and will endeavour to increase my piece size by a factor of about 20. If the groundies don't like it, tough there's always more no minds to drag brush.
 
Cool job Jeff, guess they only have little trees in your neck of the woods
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You and your guys get a big "atta boy" on that job. Makes me appreciate all the toys we have and the clients who don't mind us using them.
 
Isn't it truly amazing how the sawdust can pile up? It still gets me every time. Then again, I try my best to mill logs to remove them, rather than the slice & dice. Milling probably creates more sawdust than not...

Nice work, Jeff. You really did think of ALL the factors on a large removal with a tiny DZ.
 
Milling definitely makes a ton of sawdust! It's that super fine powdery stuff too. I hate cleaning up afterwards but luckily it's only around my house. ;) I'm not sure I'd want to mill at a customers place unless I could leave most of the sawdust.

Eric, what kind of milling setup do you use?
 
The best thing to do is lay down a tarp on the powerhead side of the mill (at the very least) to catch most of the chips, then use a blower/vac to finish the cleanup. I usually make a few trips to the truck during a milling to keep things tidy.

I use an old 394XP or a new MS660 coupled to a Granberg Alaskan with a 36" throat. The bar is over 40", but a good deal of useable length is chewed up by the framework, secondary oiler, and the second sawyer's handle at the tip.

I like to bring in a frame and cribbing to set up over the log for the first cut. Nothing is attached to the log, I just measure from the pith to the frame one one log end and match that measurement on the other end. If you're slabbing, just pull the frame off the cribbing and off you go. To make a cant, just make the first cut, remove the frame and set the mill to the cant depth, and make the second cut riding down the first face. Roll the log 90 degrees and repeat. This is the most cost effective way to create lumber without heavy equipment being involved...except my truck!
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I recently had a guy order a solid 2'x2'x5' cant for a coffee table in his shop. He came and picked it up from the site with his truck and winch. Nobody will be spilling any coffee when they accidentally bump the table anymore!
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Oh yeah, and "please be careful!!!!" out there when you're milling, guys.
 
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