Felling of a ~160yr old 25m tall Copper Beech Tree - Chiswick, West London

[Mark Bolam]

Maybe only had a 2’ bar?

[Mick Dempsey]

Yes, I think that was whittling it thinner so it was that was easier to ring down.

That time frame? Possible I suppose, depends on the drag as Mark says.

[Bolt]

Maybe sawdust was easier than rings to get out of the garden.

 

 

 

Especially as 23% of it probably lodged in the climbers pants.

[Stere]

Yes that might explain the time scale also

 

Whats the biggest tree you can fell with a  ms181 with a 14" bar  for a challenge kind of thing...?

 

 

^slight exaggeration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bolt]

We were doing a tidy up job once for Western Power, and we were told we could go home once the petrol had run out….. maybe it’s that. 🤔 

[Bolt]

1 hour ago, Stere said:

Whats  with all the chainsaw carving on the monolith?

 

It all looks abit like   picassos  cubism period

 

Someone must of  spent a day doing that maybe?

 

 

 

 

You can tell it’s cubism because it’s cutting edge design.

[AHPP]

8 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

No one is getting that down in a day, there’s not enough room on the ground.

The drag must have been horrendous.

 

I shifted the timber from a similar sized beech last year that a decent company took 4 days to get on the ground, albeit days were probably 8-4.

 

I would. 20-30 rigs for the crown, 5 or fewer for low logs, 3 or 4 high negative catches if that's your thing and then head down for some chogging. 10 minute per rig cycle time for the crown, based on 30 rigs over 5 hours. Obviously the ground has to keep up but I've had 3/4 men with one chip truck keep comparable gardens clear enough. Wood obviously a job for another day(s) but the important thing is that I'm on the sofa by then.

 

If a bad drag, clearly the aforementioned may not apply. Nothing looks especially bad from the video though.

 

Tell me you don't run back from the chipper without telling me you don't run back from the chipper, Mark.

Edited February 12 by AHPP

[AHPP]

Arrive 07:30. Gear in and bollard on by 08:00. Ropes set by 08:30. Five hours on, one hour off takes you to 14:30. Crown should be gone. Half an hour to eat for the last time and get the 661 out. Whinge like a bitch about your back from 15:00 to when the chogging is done. Drive home in the dark wishing you had a better job. Post about it on arbtalk the next day because it doesn't seem so bad by then.

[Will C]

40 man days? Duck me, does that include travel from new York every day? 

[dan blocker]

It’s a council job🤔