Rope Controlled Flop

[bonner1040]

http://youtu.be/TwuzTG26uQc

A time lapse example of a rope controlled tree felling. The first tree was brushed out on spurs then used as a rigging point. Afterwards the first spar was fallen into an area where it could not have been dropped with the brush on it.

A GRCS was used to do the initial pulling with an additional rope on a Port-A-Wrap. As it is being lowered a come along was used to pull the tree away from the house and the save tree in the middle of the yard.

The rope seen on the right at a 45 degree angle is a climbing line that was left in just in case.

I arranged the jets just for show.

Have at it.

 

[oceans]

Nice job from what I could see. I liked the swing to the side before the final landing.

How much did the fly-bys cost?

 

[bonner1040]

Personal favor from Obama.

The side pull at the end was to pin it between the house and the maple in the top right of the frame.

 

[Rickytree]

Good vid! But how was time for set up compared to just climbing it?

 

[bonner1040]

Thanks, seeing as we brushed the 1st one out climbing, we just had to swing over and rig the top of the right hand tree. With only 2 guys its a fair race, add a third and you might have climbed it faster but then still would have had to drop the spar..

For our situation rigging it out in one piece with both guys on the ground then flopping the spar worked out best.

 

[bonner1040]

To boring huh? I liked the silhouette!

 

[Bixler]

Nice flop Nick, thanks for the show!