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6 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Nice work Reg. Why the harness at 4 minutes?

Steve, Mark, theres some nasty drop-offs that you cant see in the vid because of the undergrowth. You often think the ground but then you find out you on the edge of a cliff with a tree growing out the side. Really awkward and unsafe to get a foot hold for making a face cut at times. Also not unthinkable that the whole rootplate could lift when cutting a heavy leaner. Itd be a bad way to go. Cheers

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I remember a groundie trying to scramble up a rock face as I was chasing the hinge on a big oak I was felling and I could feel the ground lifting.  I soon learned that day to rope in and leave the groundie up top.  I was trying to teach him how to be more aware, think it worked!  Great work as ever Reg!  Needs your wits about you on those trees!

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Brill vid Reg ! Have you finished that job ? It looks a marathon not a sprint. It’s hard to rely on adrenaline for a long time like that. Body language say’s your enjoying the challenge and enjoy having the skill to do that job.

  That first tree drop, a biggish secound tree came with it, was that one planned or a surprise ? Ther the classic ones that can catch us out , if we’re not fully alert to surroundings. It only takes one in a thousand ! Or one stray branch from up high.

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3 hours ago, Mark2 said:

Brill vid Reg ! Have you finished that job ? It looks a marathon not a sprint. It’s hard to rely on adrenaline for a long time like that. Body language say’s your enjoying the challenge and enjoy having the skill to do that job.

  That first tree drop, a biggish secound tree came with it, was that one planned or a surprise ? Ther the classic ones that can catch us out , if we’re not fully alert to surroundings. It only takes one in a thousand ! Or one stray branch from up high.

It had uprooted/hung up in the tree I was cutting, so it went to plan. They were quite tall for young trees at approximately 140, so you have some time to escape before they make it to ground.

One thing I should add that's not so evident from the hillside work is that we spend a fair bit of time cutting brush and logs for a planned escape route from each tree. Sometimes you're still in a precarious situation with the terrain, but even if it helps a little is better than nothing.

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3 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

High stumps.

The forwarder will knack it’s tyres.

Disgraceful.

Its all staying up there mate, to rot and regenerate. The high stumps mean less cutting and give the fallen logs something to rest on.

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Thanks Reg, Reminded me of a job I did- - 260 dead Elms bark dropped of half of them so pretty far gone, growing out of the top of a small cliff top ! a lot had grown a u shape saddle before growing upwards. I had to get out there make front n back cuts get the hell out. Before winching. We learn a hell of a lot from jobs like those. Even to watch the video gives people a chance to figure out the risks. Is the job finished? 

 

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4 minutes ago, Mark2 said:

Thanks Reg, Reminded me of a job I did- - 260 dead Elms bark dropped of half of them so pretty far gone, growing out of the top of a small cliff top ! a lot had grown a u shape saddle before growing upwards. I had to get out there make front n back cuts get the hell out. Before winching. We learn a hell of a lot from jobs like those. Even to watch the video gives people a chance to figure out the risks. Is the job finished? 

 

Not finished. Some of the biggest still to do. Plus some small stuff on the cliff edge. Back up there tomorrow for 4 days. Its a pretty remote place. No phone or internet. Leaving Victoria at 3am to be in site for 7:30

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