Ouch.

[peatff]

Obviously big boned boys like you should not be doing it Mark [emoji16]

That's very polite of you [emoji3]

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, skyhuck said:

If you look at the original vid the piece he removes is  huge, looks at least as thick as his waste where he cuts. Watch the way it partly goes and then stops, it looks pretty solid to me, there's a lot of smallish stuff still attached . I'd have gone up the limb and knocked off all the branches, then pieced it down on my way back.

I would have knocked it out in a oner, but without any rigging.

[Marula]

Cool, Thanks for the explanation, I remember the one in that vid didn't look like concrete though as he's pulling bits off with his hands !

I get what you saying, but each case is different obviously and by the looks of it that tree has been there for a few decades. Imagine climbing a dead tree which has been standing a few decades in the uk, it probably wouldn't even be upright if we're honest.

[Pete Mctree]

The running of the rigging was a massive factor by the looks of things, & the selection of kit did not help either. I hate using rigging blocks on dead or compromised trees - the extra force can be destructive.

i really hope the guy survived to fight another day.

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, Pete Mctree said:

The running of the rigging was a massive factor by the looks of things, & the selection of kit did not help either. I hate using rigging blocks on dead or compromised trees - the extra force can be destructive.

i really hope the guy survived to fight another day.

So do I, but I think it unlikely.

[Marc]

11 hours ago, Tom D said:

Very scary video, he'd of been fine if he just bombed it out though. As for the climb high thing, I wouldn't fancy it, I once threw a line up a big dead elm and when I gave it a tug to test it I ripped out an 8" thick section. That could have been nasty. I have dismantled plenty of dead trees though. This was one of the biggest.... didn't rig it though..

 

There are trees whose properties I’d feel comfortable with climbing dead, Beech is not one of them.

 

We’ve rigged down dead horse chestnut probably the dumbest thing we have ever done it was like polystyrene.

 

To be fair that’s a job I would of walked from...

[beechwood]

Very scary video, he'd of been fine if he just bombed it out though. As for the climb high thing, I wouldn't fancy it, I once threw a line up a big dead elm and when I gave it a tug to test it I ripped out an 8" thick section. That could have been nasty. I have dismantled plenty of dead trees though. This was one of the biggest.... didn't rig it though..
 

Tom

I notice that video is from 2009.

Can I ask when you look back at it do you think what was I doing climbing that or would you climb a similar tree tomorrow?

Regards Neil

[carlos]

not sure what the voice over in the vid is going on about the amount of wraps for imo if too many wraps results in half the tree failing with you in it then the amount of wraps is way down the list of errors going on.

carl

[Khriss]

...or he could of just felled it  .... and walked away .... what a sad end for the poor sod K it

[Joe Newton]

If you look at the original vid the piece he removes is  huge, looks at least as thick as his waste where he cuts. Watch the way it partly goes and then stops, it looks pretty solid to me, there's a lot of smallish stuff still attached . I'd have gone up the limb and knocked off all the branches, then pieced it down on my way back.

why though? What's the risk worth? A grand?

Mark hit the nail on the head? Why put yourself at risk to save some dickhead a few hundred quid!