West Coast Faller v Mancunian Hacker

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I have never cut a notch and needed to hit a spot, dead on, without walking out and inspecting the notch from a distance.

This was fun. I was confident, but still lost.

Thanks Reg!

We need to change stuff up to make it fun again.

You win brother.

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You know David, even in a wide open space you should always aim at something. just toss something out there be it a stick or rock, whatever's at hand.

And with a humboldt cut (in the vid) you cant see $hit from out front anyway, so you're just relying on the sights.

My stronger side seems to be with the powerhead pointing down, for whatever reason.

Keep the saw dogged in and when the sights line up just left of the target, STOP. Thats where its going.

If you take the saw out and then put it back in again it never quite sits nor looks right. An inch out on the sights can equate to feet by the time the end of the log lands, depending how long or short it is, and assuming its a straight pole of course.

Good footage for a phone, thanks for posting.
 
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This was a fast video edit and render.

But it rejuvenated my video interest none the less.

Treebuzz needs some of us veterans posting videos again.

Reg, how about if I pick the next theme and post, then you post in return on the same theme, then you go next?

We gotta get back into the videos.

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I'd love to, of course....but you know David I tread such a fine line, as is the workload day-to-day....that we're always rushing and chasing the jobs.

I'm sorta tempted to suggest who can wedge the biggest top video, but that'd probably be setting very bad and dangerous example. And I guess that would kinda favour my location more than it does yours. But I'd be glad to see more falling videos added here....it seems to be a skill and subject that gets largely neglected by a lot of arbo's here out there for sure.
 
Don't be givin' me pointers boy...
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My style is: I use everything that's available, that includes walking out and inspecting the notch from a distance. It's actually company policy, which is LAW.
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Now if I was felling timber in the woods, I wouldn't be doing that. But felling a tree through a gate in a picket fence, I would.

Are you ready to get back into the videos?

If not, you will be lost.


What's up? Ready to step back up? You have to man and I have to.

I'm sure your new stuff is way better than anything that has been posted; I know mine is, we are always improving...
 
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Don't be givin' me pointer boy...
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My style is: I use everything that's available, that includes walking out and inspecting the notch from a distance. It's actually company policy, which is LAW.
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Now if I was felling timber in the woods, I wouldn't be doing that. But felling a tree through a gate in a picket fence, I would.

Are you ready to get back into the videos?

If not, you will be lost.


What's up? Ready to step back up?

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Its not a pointer, I'm just sharing information, of what works for me.

Out here, if you have to walk out and look into the stump, your a pu ssy. Not my rule, just the way it is....but I'm cool with it all the same.

I had a very good reason to make all those videos, in the past.
 
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I'm sorta tempted to suggest who can wedge the biggest top video, but that'd probably be setting very bad and dangerous example. And I guess that would kinda favour my location more than it does yours.

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F' that dangerous example crap! It can be done safely, just like everything else.

Everything can be done safe if the right precautions taken.

But remember it's my turn NEXT.

you've done a lot of crane removals in the past, way more than me maybe.

scan through the videos and put together your best crane picks.

just the picks, no bull crap waste of time of seeing the saw started and the whole cut.

I have not attempted to edit such a video, but have thought about it.

People think I'm a rigger, but I can do other things too.

What you say?
 
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But remember it's my turn is NEXT.

you've done a lot of crane removals in the past, way more than me maybe.

scan through the videos and put together your best crane picks.



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My old pov headcam doesn't even work anymore....and all the old stuff from craning is on memory cards. And even if it were, do you know how much $hit I have that I'd have to search through, lol. It'd take forever!


its a shame I dont do any cranework now or I'd just record the next job that came along....that'd probably be good enough.

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One time there was this huge tree and this other guy walked a hundred feet out and set two footballs on the ground about 20 inches apart and said, "see if you can put it here" and I closed my eyes and cut the tree and it smacked down right between them and it was really cool. Then later, I found out they weren't even footballs, but a human baby and a puppy dog.
 
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Perfect response to follow Daniel. I was going to think up something similar, but you already did. Perfect. Thanks!

(No thanks Daniel, I won't even look at it)

But to answer your question, I perform great in that situation.
 
Nice vid Reg, Jared seems like a good guy.

On a serious note

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Out here, if you have to walk out and look into the stump, your a pu ssy. Not my rule, just the way it is

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Dont conform too much to chants of 'that's just the way it is' or you'll lose the ability to think critically.

Let's face it, it's a stupid rule that could cost the company and homeowner a lot of grief, all for the sake of a few seconds to walk out and double check your aim, that's what being a professional is all about afterall.
 
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Dont conform too much to chants of 'that's just the way it is' or you'll lose the ability to think critically

Let's face it, it's a stupid rule that could cost the company and homeowner a lot of grief, all for the sake of a few seconds to walk out and double check your aim, that's what being a professional is all about afterall.

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too many times in this industry we make up a "rule" because of what someone might think of us, not with safety front of mind. Im not saying I have not done this, because I have. But we need to stop worrying about what someone else thinks of our walk out to check the face cut and do it because it is safest (and only takes a minute).
X I think your idea is great, maybe once a week or month come up with another topic and have at it. Doesn't have to be just videos either. I think still pictures could work for a few topics too.
 
Geez you guys stay up late. Just send me you vid and I can do it before it's gone forever.

It's good to see you guys loosening up a little with some of the latest vid.
 
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Here's my entry to the pissing contest... Told the climber to leave it long on purpose... its one thing to trust your skill when aiming for stones, bottles and sticks in the ground. How do you perform under pressure when there are hundreds or thousands of dollars of fixtures on the line? There was curb along that street and the tree was crooked..

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A fine shot Dan, but an old one so it doesn't count. And i'm betting you walked out front to check the face. Not allowed.

Get something from today if you can. And I trust you wont video lots of trees and then just pick out/ enter your best shot.

We work around hundred thousand dollar structures every day....its the nature of the job, everybody knows that.
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alright I AM gonna try the puppy dog with your eyes closes stunt fall... like the blind golfers aim by sound... maybe even left handed...

ps.. that's not a hundred thousand dollar structure, that's a glorified out house, There's not much to go wrong dropping a straight fir away from a structure with a humboldt..
AND OF COURSE mine counts.... ITS ON YOUTUBE!
 
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Get something from today if you can. And I trust you wont video lots of trees and then just pick out/ enter your best shot.

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Great idea... never would have thought of it on my own..
Its rare for me to drop trees in such tight DZ's these days.. the 75' bucket makes rigging so much easier the risk vs rewards do not play the way they used to.. That said, I AM still looking for the blind puppy... just in case...
 
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i'm betting you walked out front to check the face. Not allowed.


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the goal of treework (especially around property) is to reduce the risk of damage, not increase it, by walking out to check the face and the bigger picture you may notice that your aim needs a slight adjustment, this adjustment will have reduced the risk of damage to property.

Also, walking out to check the notch direction is a luxury we have when falling timber on the ground that we dont have when we're in the tree, we should'nt waste it.

Just on a more general note about how the west coast fallers view walking out to check the stump, as so often is the case in life, the supposed experts couldn't be more wrong.
 
Grover and Flying squirrel, relax, he was poking fun at me in a way, responding to how I was acting. I'm sure if there is a tight spot, he doesn't mind walking out and looking at it from a distance.

It also helps on viewing tree shape, lean and if any remaining limbs might hit something. Length too.

If we all had the ability to do a LIVE FEED (like 15 second delay) that would be fun for contests, wouldn't it?. WOW, a web designers nightmare likely, but wouldn't THAT BE AN AWESOME ADDITION FOR TREEBUZZ. (Mark and Tom, I can let you talk to these kids to see how difficult that would be). I know some guys/college kids that want me to do that on some of my jobs.

That would stop the picking the best video and editing to hide stuff.

Daniel, that was what I meant about not wanting to view your video, it wasn't falling in the same nature of Regs "on the spot" theme.
 
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But I'd be glad to see more falling videos added here....it seems to be a skill and subject that gets largely neglected by a lot of arbo's here out there for sure.

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I've always planned on doing a strictly felling video compilation anyway. I'll get on it. Won't be too hard to just pick out those moments from the job videos.
 
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