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[27RMT0N]

All these tracked lifts and cranes are so cool. Meanwhile, I spent all day climbing up and down a hillside all day winching brush. Not exactly the glory work!

 

[Treetopflyer]

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Pouring rain the whole time of course. Must be a nice gig Dillion has sitting in his heated and A/C’d glass cab..


*Dillions actually one of my best friends if you can’t tell, real piece of shit that guy.

Dan , what type of rigging slings are hanging from the hook of the track crane the climber is setting? Round slings and a shackle?

 

[davidwyby]

All these tracked lifts and cranes are so cool. Meanwhile, I spent all day climbing up and down a hillside all day winching brush. Not exactly the glory work!

I figured out how to double line speed with a pulley the other day…

 

[Winchman]

I figured out how to double line speed with a pulley the other day…

Unfortunately, doubling the line speed usually involves pulling harder.

 

[Matias]

All these tracked lifts and cranes are so cool. Meanwhile, I spent all day climbing up and down a hillside all day winching brush. Not exactly the glory work!

Whatever gets it done! I prefer to keep my overhead low and do it like you, at least for now.

 

[Cereal_Killer]

Dan , what type of rigging slings are hanging from the hook of the track crane the climber is setting? Round slings and a shackle?

Exactly that yes, it’s foolproof. I prefer rope slings but at a larger company like this with a language barrier between myself and some of the climbers I use the slings that I don’t have to explain how to use. I also have a set of chain slings that I sometimes like to throw on.

 

[Treetopflyer]

Exactly that yes, it’s foolproof. I prefer rope slings but at a larger company like this with a language barrier between myself and some of the climbers I use the slings that I don’t have to explain how to use. I also have a set of chain slings that I sometimes like to throw on.

I feel you there. I sub out with my truck frequently and have encountered that issue myself.

 

[davidwyby]

Unfortunately, doubling the line speed usually involves pulling harder.

15,000lb winch…

 

[Matias]

15,000lb winch…

 

[davidwyby]

Trash panda XL

 

[Bendroctanus]

Trash panda XL

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Hell yeah…

 

[davidwyby]

Most of this will probably be held over the dump trailer or bin with forklift, cut into rounds, and delivered as camping firewood unsplit since it's smallish. I guess this is kinda the wrong forum for this...

"turning liabilities into assets..."

 

[Bendroctanus]

Most of this will probably be held over the dump trailer or bin with forklift, cut into rounds, and delivered as camping firewood unsplit since it's smallish. I guess this is kinda the wrong forum for this...

"turning liabilities into assets..."

Nah, I like it. I think it’s good stewardship. It could just lie and rot. Or you could give it another life. Utilize it and not waste. Rock on.

 

[davidwyby]

It would be going into a landfill. No bueno

I don’t know why there’s no greenwaste program here

 

[27RMT0N]

Small solo no cleanup job today. Set a pull-line in a big grand fir snag from the ground, notched and used the truck winch to fell it where it needed to go, then shot a climb-line in an OG doug fir to remove a dead grand fir along side of it. Nice weather and views all day.

 

[davidwyby]

@Matias thoughts? Eucalyptus

I think reduce the regrowth limbs length by 50% and remove the really poorly attached ones.

 

[Winchman]

@Matias thoughts? Eucalyptus

I think reduce the regrowth limbs length by 50% and remove the really poorly attached ones.

Looking forward to see how that turns out.

 

[Colin1234567]

Small solo no cleanup job today. Set a pull-line in a big grand fir snag from the ground, notched and used the truck winch to fell it where it needed to go, then shot a climb-line in an OG doug fir to remove a dead grand fir along side of it. Nice weather and views all day.

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Sick bumper

 

[Matias]

@Matias thoughts? Eucalyptus

I think reduce the regrowth limbs length by 50% and remove the really poorly attached ones.

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That sounds like a reasonable approach if you can find good branches to cut back to. All those big sprouts at the ends are gonna suck to thin, and you don't wanna restart the same growth pattern again, so it may be less work over the next 3-10 years (not sure what growth rates are gonna look like in that exact species/location) if you focus more on reducing the crown hard, but not too much shoot thinning on this go- I would be aiming for ~20%, and then revisit in a few years to finish thinning, and make sure that nothing is making new suckers. I seldom try to do a 100% restoration on a badly topped tree in one go; they're already stressed out, and with how close those branches are to eachother, the innermost areas are extra prone to sun scald, and making good cuts is so hard, you may struggle to not leave stubs, which will have a tendency to make new suckers if too much sun gets in there. Definitely post the afters when you're done!