chiselbit
Been here a while
Hit the hole but still broke
Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
- Start date
Hit the hole but still broke
AdkEric
Branched out member
- Location
- Adirondacks
Planned to do this yesterday but the wind and rain convinced me to put it off till this morning. Right side was leaning over the house and septic, fair bit of rigging. Sunday fun-day I guess. At least it was a no clean up job.
Fivepoints
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- East of Huntsville, AL
A rough terrain crane followed me home the other day. We needed a bigger yard crane to load our gmk counterweights and do other tasks around the shop. We also have jobs we have to turn down because even our gmk wont fit. This will allow us to get into tighter spots at times. Our crane op had to check out the various steering modes on the new crane.
Shadowscape
Been here a while
- Location
- far north
Very cool!
Muggs
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Canuckistan
Rigging off a live bollard today
Treemuel
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- Location
- Hancock, ME
Bendroctanus
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- Location
- Springfield
That’s the way, uh huh uh huh…
Serf Life
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Maine Island
Fuuuuck, good luck. Hope there’s a decent tree to rig with near it?
Nothing at all. Have you seen Regs latest video blocking out the big sequoia? It's going to be like that.
We will plywood a bunch of things, lower the limbs off, then use the brush to make a big cushion between the trunk and peak of the roof. That will be my crash-pad, and I'll firewood and toss the whole thing down one small piece at a time into that soft landing on the roof. It's a semi-old growth tree which always have rot, I'm hoping it is hollow or at least semi rotten inside, because that will make the wood a lot lighter. The customer uses a tiny woodstove so I may just be making 10" rounds in the tree, and if solid, halfing or quartering them on the stick before tossing them down. Negating rigging would be a pain here, and you'd then just have big wood on the roof to process while I'd be waiting in the tree, so instead I might as well be the one to cut it small to get it down, and into pieces that can easily get if off the roof.
We will plywood a bunch of things, lower the limbs off, then use the brush to make a big cushion between the trunk and peak of the roof. That will be my crash-pad, and I'll firewood and toss the whole thing down one small piece at a time into that soft landing on the roof. It's a semi-old growth tree which always have rot, I'm hoping it is hollow or at least semi rotten inside, because that will make the wood a lot lighter. The customer uses a tiny woodstove so I may just be making 10" rounds in the tree, and if solid, halfing or quartering them on the stick before tossing them down. Negating rigging would be a pain here, and you'd then just have big wood on the roof to process while I'd be waiting in the tree, so instead I might as well be the one to cut it small to get it down, and into pieces that can easily get if off the roof.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
I wonder if there is a way to rip half the trunk at a time, lowering quarters off of half or a quarter of the tree from an overhead rigging point, controlled speedlining over the roof or building a plywood chute on the roof and over the gutter.
That roof will be slick in the best conditions for a groundie/ roofie.
That roof will be slick in the best conditions for a groundie/ roofie.
Bendroctanus
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Springfield
Helicopter!!!
Matias
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Butte County
So, I didn't get any pictures, but I climbed my first truly rotten pine yesterday. It is amazing the difference in how I felt doing it with a very experienced and skilled climber in the next tree 25' away talking me through it, and a 55 year veteran of the industry on the ground telling me there was enough wood left in it. I wasn't scared this time. It was a Ponderosa about 90'+, and only the top was punky enough that it failed and went sideways while I was cutting. Lessons were learned, and my feet know what that feels like now!
Bendroctanus
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Springfield
Big nasty, Mondo Pondo’s. My favorite!
Bendroctanus
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Springfield
Beetle kill?
Matias
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Butte County
The roots were badly damaged because the previous owner penned up two wolves in there where the five huge trees were, and they burrow pretty deep. They had installed fencing with a 5' deep trench immediately outside the perimeter of the trees.
Then the town next to it burned to the ground, followed by years of drought. Then the beetles came to finish off the weakest 5% of the areas trees. Beetles are more often a symptom , not a cause.
TreeVB
Branched out member
- Location
- Boise, Idaho
My thoughts as well! Deal with all the brush and a few pre aligned picks for the helicopter. Doesn’t look like enough time to set up the logistics but that would be one way.
