Rigging direct into a trailer

[forestboy1978]

4 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

There was a vid on FB recently doing just that (Stateside if memory serves.) 

 

No reason not to - where circumstances permit.

 

Circumstances don’t often permit though. 

Reading your recommendation of the art or rigging right now. Gonna do an hour a night. It's a bit much. Not in a bad way. It's just ultra complicated to comprehend from a text book. 

[Vespasian]

Watched a random vid by Human earlier today, utuber who does tree's.. he was doing that, though to the side of his dump trailer..   if you're asking me though, I'd be thinking of getting the RC arb trolley..  

 

I suspect one of these in the armory and you don't need spend time dreaming of speedlineing  tree's over a house and into your trailer..   

[Rough Hewn]

I've rigged directly into a winched bandit.
Worked well.
4 man team.
Climber cutting, man 1 below on the capstan lowering down zip line.
Man 2 on chipper winch to release tension and turn chipper on.
Man 3 unties strop and pushes into chipper.
Man 1 pulls strop back up zip line to climber.
Repeat.
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This:

[Rough Hewn]

At the point the camera stops the winch is released and butt end is lowered into chipper.
We had 20+ tons of hardware attached to the heavy winch.
Wouldn't try going heavy with a transit.

[Vespasian]

19 minutes ago, Vespasian said:

Watched a random vid by Human earlier today, utuber who does tree's.. he was doing that, though to the side of his dump trailer..   if you're asking me though, I'd be thinking of getting the RC arb trolley..  

 

I suspect one of these in the armory and you don't need spend time dreaming of speedlineing  tree's over a house and into your trailer..   

Oh, forgot to include the vid LOL....

 

[forestboy1978]

Yeah looks good. Dunno where I'll fit it though. Gotta jo beau in the van. It'd have to go in the trailer somehow but that is problematic whcih I'll show you a pic for the reason later. 

[Dan Maynard]

When you have a JoBeau a wheelie bin is more useful, tarp down then quicker to stuff that lot in the chipper than stack onto an arb trolley, and wheeling chip out drops no leaves at all. End of job I stuff tarps into the bin and throw it up on top of chip with a ratchet strap.

[Vespasian]

11 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

When you have a JoBeau a wheelie bin is more useful, tarp down then quicker to stuff that lot in the chipper than stack onto an arb trolley, and wheeling chip out drops no leaves at all. End of job I stuff tarps into the bin and throw it up on top of chip with a ratchet strap.

Good points there... but

 

Aint it heavy when the bins full to the brim.. and how do you go about emptying the bins?..

 

Whenever I've used that trick, its something of a nuisance to empty the bin..  I went back to spading off.   on the other hand, I was gonna make some contraption that would allow me to sit the bin in a jig of sorts and empty em out that way..   

 

 

 

[Dan Maynard]

I agree that emptying the bin is the worst bit, tempting to fill all the way up but it's a bit heavy so I just stop at about 2/3 full. Roll up the ramps on the trailer which the chipper came down and then upend it. I have experimented with a wheelbarrow and greedy boards, is easier on grass and easier to tip but less manoeuvrable down narrow garden paths. Still working on the design...

[forestboy1978]

I'm more talking about logs than brash but the wheelie bin is a damn good idea that I may steel. 

 

Current finished job I just removed a fence panel and opened a whole in the hedging behind the fence to access was 10 meters approx from tree to chipper so no issue. 

 

Tree officer mentioned the whole in the hedge as it was council property. I said, literally, are you saying I can't tie back brambles? He said no, just no cutting anything out, which I hadn't and he did have a look but was cool. Actually quite a nice guy he seemed.