Tree removal help

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Just to clear it up..I was referring to Mr. Greene, not you Daniel.

Mr Greene I was serious tho about my offer. I would come up there for a couple of days. Show you the ropes. You were a lineman so you should be familiar with spikes. ( gaffs, climbers, or hooks) whatever you lineman call them. The rest will fall in to place with time and proper training.

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All other harsh words aside, thats the professional training you should be seeking. If you dont pursue this offer I wouldnt expect much more help from the forum members.

The opportunity to have a pro spend even a few days introducing you to the tools and techniques would be a huge advantage for you.
 
Johan,

With regards to your derrick digger winch line... Did you buy it new or has it been used previously? This is an ultimately important question.

Sincerely,
GP
 
The technique shown in that video is not one used very often. Usually it's just as fast to let your ground man lower the limb. In the video, it is totally safe because the limb is, frankly, tiny. In your scenario, the tops you are taking potentially weigh a thousand pounds or more. Bringing that much weight to a sudden, jerking stop is gonna take a toll on your ropes. Or break the stem they're tied to.

Glad you stuck around. Take some time to look thru the old rigging threads on this site. There's so much info on here, it's better than a college course sometimes.

Browse the videos section too. Tons of video of takedowns using all kinds of rigging setups.
 
EZ the master of deception, where is that elusive man of besmudgery...hope he comes out of his long sabbatical or just maybe HE HAS.... S my B's ZIMMY.....
 
ratherbecliming: tried to call you...

nick: as always. stfu, for the love of god stfu please.

goodpredator: new. I was fortunate enough to get it for free from my previous employment.

bucknut: no disrespect truely! The rope I'm using is about the same limb to rope ratio. ponder what im saying please. If there is something I'm missing here school me all day long. no joke. Big limbs yes but this is a monster rope. Seems alot alike the vid. just on a larger scale. I really can't imagine shocking this rope, 40' limbs included. I've seen these ropes put 5 ton units on two wheels without any visable harm to the rope itself.

boreality: couldn't agree more. Just using the tools at hand brother.

tomthetreeman: no clue what you are saying bro. Even looked into who Stephan Zimmerman was still don't get it.
 
If you keep cutting 80 foot trees in half and shock loading the butt hitch, somethings gonna get destroyed. Bottom line. Could be your truck, could be someones house, whatever. If your rope is the strongest part of the system, that means the next logical failure point is the standing stem that the top is tied to, right? What happens when the bottom 40 feet snaps at the base?

Maybe you're overestimating the size of your trees, and that's why we're all picturing these nightmare scenarios. Let's hope.
 
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Because of the bucket reach, you need to cut at around 40 feet high at the highest. This leaves almost the same length limb above the cut.

Due to the height of the tree, you have no room to let the limb "run". You are hinging over a very long piece.

so, you want it to pretty much stay put near the notch while it hinges over, then once it settles, you will lower and lay it out with groundmen.

Is this drawing now correct?

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Xman: I've said it before. Your diagrams are classic. You could be a computer art hero. This one with the bucket man is great. Totally captures the emotion of working in a bucket!
 
Ginko: only thing missing is The branch doesn't get lowered. After it drops, the entire section becomes within my reach at this point I simply cut it into managable chunks untill its all on the ground.
 
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Ginko: only thing missing is The branch doesn't get lowered. After it drops, the entire section becomes within my reach at this point I simply cut it into managable chunks untill its all on the ground.

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hopefully
 
I would get online and get some 3/4 in dynasorb. It's tensile strength is 23,000 lbs with a working load limit of 2,300 lbs. It is super elastic and will absorb a lot of the shock you are putting the ropes through. oh and its lighter.

Mr Greene I sent you a PM.
 
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you are probably under estimating the weight of a 40 ft top. if it was pine roughly 10 inches in diameter you would still be at 800 lbs for a 40 ft top.

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Plus limbs and foliage, I wouldn't be surprised if you were at near double that in weight. Multi-ton shock load, no thanks!
 
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