Just a good tree video

[AHPP]

 

 

Been watching this guy for a while. Seems like a decent bloke. Certainly one of the calmer American presences on tree youtube.

Decided to post here because of the quite striking stuff about the root zone at 0:38 and 5:05 but it then turns into a video of just him quietly doing a good job. Particularly enjoyed the gobs pointing in all directions for lifting, lowering and swinging hingeing. He knows how to use a GRCS.

[peds]

Like that nice chunky piece at 07:30? 

Great watch, thanks for sharing. 

[Mark Bolam]

Very nice!

 

Try doing that with a capstan!

[sime42]

Very good. Shame he looks depressingly like a kid!

 

 

[maybelateron]

Impressive stuff

[Mick Dempsey]

Yes very good.

I may have used the fork we see to the end as the rigging anchor point, moves you a couple of feet further away from the wire.

 

But that’s armchair quarterback stuff.

[AHPP]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

Try doing that with a capstan!

 

Video wouldn't have been very long if he'd just left that fancy bullshit in the van and cut it at the bottom.

[AHPP]

2 hours ago, peds said:

Like that nice chunky piece at 07:30? 

Great watch, thanks for sharing. 

 

Yep. Lovely example. Anyone who watches that and still says, "Lifting is for fannies. Never needed it. I can do that with three strand and a crotch." needs to look around at everyone else while they're riding their horse to work.

[Rich Rule]

Nice vid.

 

Regarding the directional gobs…. How would you have done it?  I would have thought they were pretty obvious.  
 

I use gobs quite a lot to steer limbs.  Don’t often use a GRCS I just pretension with a fat Groundy or two and then use that to hold the limb and let the hinge and gravity do the hard work.

[Steve Bullman]

2 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

Regarding the directional gobs…. How would you have done it?  I would have thought they were pretty obvious.

An overly thick step cut can do just as good a job if not better for standing limbs upright. Never used a GRCS but would often use that method fro crane pics