Red Oak Dismantle

Nice Work with the video and tree. What cam are you using? I heard that those Red Oaks can break also close to ground due to rot, root rot, or butt rot.
 
Nice work. Were you aware of the extent of decay in the main stem?... it looked pretty significant after the post hit. I'm curious if and how it affected your rigging plan.
 
Thanks for the comments!

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What cam are you using?

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The V.I.O. POV HD. Worth the money.

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Were you aware of the extent of decay in the main stem?... it looked pretty significant after the post hit. I'm curious if and how it affected your rigging plan.

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I was surprised when it broke apart (and glad I wasn't closer to the guest house!). I knew the stem was hollow and rigged smaller pieces. Had the stem been solid (the crown was declining and decayed as well) I would have felt comfortable taking much larger sections. Though, with the light post near the trunk, I may have gone a bit conservative anyway.

FWIW, I had the logs as a crash pad protecting a small stone walkway. I believe this increased the impact force at that particular location on the stem. The wood above the break was quite solid for about 10' or so, then began to decay again in the crown.

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Arcade Fire - nice choice.

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One of my favorites.
 
Nice video man, takin care of business as usual!

That trunk smashing apart reminds of a Hackberry removal we just did, I had to rig out a back lead so we could fall it and a good section of trunk wood blew apart like that. Solid above and and around it for the most part. Still gives ya that funny feeling in your gut when you see that after you've climbed it lol.
 
I knew the decay was there. The lower (large) impact block was set a few feet above the decayed area (though, I did not know how far the column spread vertically at the time) I was honestly expecting more of the upper stem to be hollow. I set the small impact block where I felt comfortable taking the top out. Assessing from the ground, I wanted to take the top above the small block in one piece instead of two, and the left side limb in one instead of three... but the plan changed when I got up there!
 
Great video and great work plan.

Where the blocks in the same spots when you raised the unfilmed limb? If so, do you feel the forces were greater or roughly the same as the rest of the pieces from higher up? Lifting a piece just makes me wonder about different vectors created opposed to pieces getting a dynamic ride to the ground.

Again great video and great work as always.
 
Good question! I set the large block first, and then descended down to the low limb to get it out of the way. Set the small block after that was taken care of. I felt comfortable with the size/weight of the limb (300 lbs?, so roughly double that at the block give or take. The lead and fall were near parallel); if the lifting is smooth, controlled, and through a low-friction block, peak force (in relation to the piece) can be kept quite low while lifting. "Quiet Rigging" as Greg Good would say.
 
Ok. Good plan on that. It seemed if it were done the other way it would almost make a hinge point at the decayed section just below the large block causing an absolute catastrophe.

Right on brother and good work again. Thanks for the great response as well.
 
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