Redwood (director's cut)

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I've been in business 30 years


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you've come a long way in the last 30 years, it's just a shame all of it has been downhill


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For me change was a matter of survival. A redwood in a backyard is just that, but the difference in markets are vast... Your turtle techniques could never long term compete with a drug dealer washing money through a tree business, with a 100 ton crane (one of three cranes), multiple 75-100' bucket trucks, a huge marketing program that promises to offer the lowest price etc.. Mine can..

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WOW. Thats funny. Cause my turtle pace and spikers pace both compete with the same guy you do. And both our businesses are thriving. HUH. Thats funny. So I guess I dont have to be reckless to keep up with the Ricks' of this world. Ill stay right in my comfort zone if thats what it takes to survive.

Oh by the way Nice job Grover. I really like the plywood on the sunroom. I bet the site was better when you left then when you arrived. Thats truly a great job.
 
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Further, there are no claims to being fast by Grover and I don't think that was the point of the video either.

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I didn't say there were... don't have a problem with the work, (other than the undersized LD, the 50 lb pieces getting rigged, the life line crossed under the rigging line, and the blocks repeatedly smashing his lanyards)... I just put out that there were other faster and easier options, and got called a clown and amateur etc.. What guys like Grover and jomooc call lazy and amateurish etc is really just above their skill level... They have been rude and nasty in their criticisms of my work, but their actions demonstrate their ignorance...
 
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And your explanation for dropping that tree towards the client's house and windows rather than climbing out of your bucket and doing the job safely is?

Come to think of it, I've never seen a vid of you doing any high level strategic climbing removals period.

Which leads me to believe you're a bucket bound clown throwing rocks at your betters from a glassed in sunroom.

jomoco
 
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Dan doesn't need to show us his awesome technical rigging removals, because none of us are worthy.

Good job once again Tim.
 
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I dont think we would understand it if we saw it Ben... We would probably just get confused by it all.

It is better that we dont see it because we might try to emulate it and end up getting hurt.
 
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I hope I didn't hurt poor Daniel's feelings?

All right, maybe asking for a vid of ole Danny boy in action above bucket height is asking too much?

So how bout just a pic? Nothin fancy, just a pic of ole Danny boy in the tree above bucket height?

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You can do it Daniel, can't yu?

jomoco
 
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Just watched the vid! NIce and smooth!! It's always nice when you know you can count on the men who are running the ropes!
 
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Job went smoothly, nothing broken, client happy and hopefully made some money. Nice job.
 
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Did these three monsters in 2010 Joko...
Stop your trash talk bro... and get out of the 80's with your climbing gear and technique

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5bt6NJEVAI
and a few more insomnia busters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isj8N5o6IkU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuBRXDTpzFE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNV5gnZpMSo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fme7HPNDUQk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr7FxOpsgyI

Now we can get back to everyone telling grover how great a job he did leaving his lines crossed and smashing his lanyard repeatedly with the block..
 
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First link didn't work Danno.

For the rest I'll give yu a C=.

You're a decent feller, but a third rate climber.

But at least you can climb.

jomoco
 
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Like I said, third rate Danno.

I've got a lot of respect for John Paul Sanborn though.

If yu see him tell him I said hi.

Can you block down trunks as smoothly and safely as a pro like Grover though?

This is his thread yu know!

jomoco
 
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Like I said, third rate Danno.
Can you block down trunks as smoothly and safely as a pro like Grover though?
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Once again, you and grover are talking crap without any shred of support... its easy to throw mud without substance... not quite so easy to put up a video worth watching.. Grover at least gets credit for that.. you don't... Let's see your vid Joko.. show us all something more!

And of course I can block down as smooth and safe as grover.. although we really haven't seen how smooth the complete process is.. all we see is the blocks falling into the rigging. Given his sloppy habits of allowing the block to crush his lanyards and leaving the climbing line under the rigging line, you gotta wonder what other bad habits he has. Same with you, climbing on true blue, double Ds, and steel snaps...

I do a lot of negative blocking and have worked to hone the process, making it as smooth, and efficient as possible, shaving any wasted seconds... Getting it down to a method that is so automatic, its like tying your shoes.. Every step of the process is streamlined, (un)tying the block, making the cuts, lacing up the line.. generally these days that is from the bucket... when I climb I use a rope guide which is fast and easy.

With a little lean to the spar, a sharp saw, and a good groundie, I can keep the cycle to near 2 minutes on anything under 18-20", from the bucket. And that's 8-10-12'+ when there's room. I don't cut 4' at a time. How 'bout you?
 
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Firstly, thanks to everyone who enjoyed watching the vid, I appreciate the positive words from fellow treeworkers. As Riggs said it was just a straightforward removal that went well, I just so happened to take a camera along because we rarely work on Redwoods, glad I did, cause now I've got a permanent record of the job.

Secondly, great pic Jomoco.


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Given his sloppy habits of allowing the block to crush his lanyards and leaving the climbing line under the rigging line

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Dan, I use the cow hitch for attaching the block to the tree, it doesn't run down the stem when loaded like a timber hitch does. So with that in mind my lanyard may get slightly pinched but certainly not 'crushed'. If I needed to descend quickly and the block was still loaded I could easily just cut my hitch cord on the lanyard and descend using my lifeline.

As for the rigging line running over the climbing line as you see in the vid, as I said it's not good practice to have it happening but it sure as hell aint anywhere near as life threatening as you make out with your melodramatic posts.

Everyone is fallible, I never seen a perfect tree removal. We all aim for the perfect job, but sometimes we just fall a little short, that's life.
 
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