Beech take down again!

[Mark Bolam]

Nice Rupe.

 

Rigging plate has been on my wish list for a while. Come on Santa!

 

Tell the guy on the saw in the last pic not to bend over too far. If he falls over with that much bling round his neck he might do himself a mischief!

[Mozza]

 

Tell the guy on the saw in the last pic not to bend over too far. If he falls over with that much bling round his neck he might do himself a mischief!

 

I thought that was a spare riggin plate!!

[Rupe]

Another thing about slings.........when you cant fit the sling round the wood with a half hitch as well then its time to move up to 2 slings, when you cant fit one sling round the wood its time to stop using slings altogether and get a bigger rope!

 

We swithed to 16mm rope for the larger pieces and stopped usign the slings. They are great and convenient but have limitiations and they add additional karabiners to the system which adds to the possibility of failure.

[Dave D]

root damage or residents sick of leaves on their drives:sneaky2:

very nice job:001_smile: looked like great fun but allways a shame to see such a grand old tree leveled.

looking forwad to seeing the action shots:thumbup:

[tommer9]

Great pictures Rupe. That first pic in post 29 is pretty striking....a lot of sky all of a sudden. Look forward to lots more.

[Rupe]

root damage or residents sick of leaves on their drives:sneaky2:

very nice job:001_smile: looked like great fun but allways a shame to see such a grand old tree leveled.

looking forwad to seeing the action shots:thumbup:

 

They are all quite upset about it going. They paid for 3 seperate surveys, boring, resistographs etc etc, all said it should be removed within timescales varying between 3 months and a year.

 

I've seen the reports and I'm trying not to think about what they say while I'm lowering, but it actually feels solid as a rock!!

[tommer9]

It'll be very interesting to see what the stump looks like.

 

Apologies if you've already said, but if the residents didn't want it down yet they're paying, who ordered the job?

[Rupe]

The residents committee ordered it as a result of the three surveys which they had as a result of their insurance requesting a survey.

 

The first survey said fell it. Because they didn't want to they got two more surveys just to make sure. They said the same thing. Committee had a chat about it and decided it should go.

[High Scale]

I use those endless slings exactly like you do Rupe, but without the rigging plate, I just have the sling chokered onto a Big Dan,( Yes I realize this affects the strength) then clipped straight onto the eye of the lowering rope.

[High Scale]

So, they must have paid around a grand or so to try and save the tree with surveys etc?