Holm Oak Pollards

[gibbon]

Still trying to get to grips with the head cam. This job was to reduce back these badly managed Holm Oak pollards. These trees were crown raised to 10 or 12m when the flats were built in 2002. Since then the tops have been declining and we decided this year to repollard them. It was a fidly job as we had lv lines under them for a few hours before wpd arrived to drop the wires. There was limited rigging pionts and we had to get some of the tops to jump the lower fluff. Using a grcs a good grounds man can remove quite a lot of slack from the system as the tops are falling and still let them run out.

[gibbon]

Here

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRt1_5Qt5G4]YouTube - EDTC Holm Oak Pollards1.wmv[/ame]

[testcricket01]

smooth video that, with smooth rigging. had me watching every second good work. looked like a top place to work that

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Considering the branch the pulley is on there, would you not have gotten away with a lighter 45 KN pulley? seems like overkill to me?

[scotspine1]

Excellent work, looked like a nice place to work. What cord are you using with the Fly?

[Mark Bolam]

Badly managed pollards? Christ, be sure to post a vid in 30 years time when you re-do them!

 

Good work. Good job it's strong stuff!

[j r hartly]

nice vid, looked like warm work!

now i understand why everyone wheres a square watch in the head cam vids:001_rolleyes:

[arbclimber]

Excellent. Watching you work is a pleasure.

 

Very skilled cutting IMO. Nothing fancy, just accurate cuts and effective rigging.

 

Well done that man.

[Eagle]

Excellent work there!

[gibbon]

Thanks for the comments. I'm using 8mm roblon on a distel on the side strop. Mark, These are TPO'd and felling them wouldn't be an option here. All the Holm Oaks will now be under a pollarding Cycle, I suspect these will be done again in 10 or 12 years. Hama, I use the kit I've got, there lots more I'd like to have, I do have a 45kn swing cheek but it was used a redirect above the grcs, I don't think they are desinged to be used as a top block for snatching.

 

It was the guys on the ground you did the best job. Felling some of the tops towards the rigging piont meant that they had to remove slack quickly and still let it run out blind as the lower shoots blocked the line of site between me and the lowering drum. They are really very good.