Best job i've ever done! More NZ Heli work!

[Conorjm10]

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Very good, thanks for posting.

 

What would your maximum pick weigh? And was the copter pilot happy with your estimations?

[Steve Bullman]

Awesome mate.  Is it an unnerving experience?

[Conorjm10]

15 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Very good, thanks for posting.

 

What would your maximum pick weigh? And was the copter pilot happy with your estimations?

Thanks mate!

 

Our maximum lift is 1250kg but we aim to keep it around the 700-800 mark. We pre-strop the trees before hand and the dogman communicates with the pilot giving him the estimations... It's real impressive how accurate he is!

[Conorjm10]

13 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Awesome mate.  Is it an unnerving experience?

The nerves are definetly going on the first few lifts but then you seem to find a rythem, Most of the time we can send the helicopter to a different climber to try and keep a steady pace but on this job i had to do the last tree with back to back lifts as the pilot cant fly over other climbers with a load. To say it was the most intense half an hour ever is an understatement ha!

[Con]

Fantastic watch. Very professional.  Including the filming. That was like a Hollywood production.

 just off to reduce another conifer?

[Conorjm10]

19 hours ago, Con said:

Fantastic watch. Very professional.  Including the filming. That was like a Hollywood production.

 just off to reduce another conifer?

Thanks mate! Appreciate the comment and enjoy ha!

[stihlmadasever]

Seen this vid on youtube.

Looked like a great job mate.

Nice one

Cheers

[Erik]

Beautiful work, and one of the coolest vids I have seen in a while. 

I spent a couple seasons Heli logging back in the day, but never had the chance to work with one as a climber.

Thanks for sharing Conorjm10!

[Baldbloke]

Great stuff! Really impressive piloting. Does the tree move much while the slack is taken up or is the pilot that sensistive? How does the pilot know which way your cut is taken, or do you as the cutter start on the opposing side to the copter?