General Tree pics

[timtree81]

Mountain rescue bring 2 in every year to be serviced in my uncles shop , I always. Drool over them when I see them

[Mark Bolam]

So they can lift a body then....

[paddyvero]

If its the same as ours, its a ton pull. Pretty good, be carefull of the wear plate beside the capstan, it will wear pretty quick if doing alot of long pulls, and can get very sharp and will cut ropes easy.

I find the nose cone more hassle than its worth.

My other tip is get as much lift as you can, the other tree mount is good for this, as the rope can be directed up the anchor tree, through a block and down to the load. Removes alot of the friction in the drag.

Good luck, it can get tedious waiting for it.

[Taupotreeman]

Today's job; playing with big boy's toys Four large Pines overhanging a 30-40m drop down to hot water stream which is a site of ecological sigificance apparently. Somewhere out the back of the Spa hotel for those who know Taupo. The local forestry outfit who were called in to remove the rest of the trees ran a mile when they got to these. Spent yesterday arvo throw balling through tree sized hangers setting pull lines to get the climbing ropes up today. Pulled up the winch cables this morning and then had the contractors drop the trees. What's hard to see is that the butt of the tree is about 5m down a steep pumice bank covered in blackberry. 11KV line spanning the gully right under the fall zone of the tree so no room for error.

[DrewB]

If its the same as ours, its a ton pull. Pretty good, be carefull of the wear plate beside the capstan, it will wear pretty quick if doing alot of long pulls, and can get very sharp and will cut ropes easy.

I find the nose cone more hassle than its worth.

My other tip is get as much lift as you can, the other tree mount is good for this, as the rope can be directed up the anchor tree, through a block and down to the load. Removes alot of the friction in the drag.

Good luck, it can get tedious waiting for it.

 

agreed, we used one on marum to pull our ropes up.we wore through 2 wear plates and a capstan pulling the ropes up due to the scoria, they do not like dirt at all. look forward to seeing how you get on ian, i can imagine it will make some jobs a lot easier.

[Stephen Blair]

Awesome pics there, love the skider!

[testcricket01]

heavy sycamore reduction from 1 of todays many jobs, looks very open because the whole back corner and whole middle was dead so had to be taken out. crown lifted slightly to allow removal lorrys and bin trucks not to smash into it. nice weather for it

[Joe Loggs]

First when I read your business name I thought it said James shoddy tree services hahah my bad! Easily mistaken tho

[testcricket01]

First when I read your business name I thought it said James shoddy tree services hahah my bad! Easily mistaken tho

 

 

only really noticed it since i put my name on here people started to notice for me never mind ill have to try my best to live up to the name

[Ian Flatters]

Is that on the Broads Ian?

 

What pull is it rated at?

 

Yeah, there spending loads of money on it as the amount of sediment build up is currently quicker than the extraction rate.

 

1T in a single line and 3T doubled up, going to see how far it will pull a tree tomorrow as im in a dry woodland tomorrow.

 

Might use it as a mini skyline but will film the lot to see how it works.