Ash tree removal

[Mark Paul]

Thanks for that ! Real food for thought. I imagine you had many a night staring at the sealing until you came up with that idea.

[Old Monkey]

nice one reg

this is not a criticism just something i started doing and makes loads of sense to me.

tie the tag line to the lowering line using a blakes hitch and your groundsman does not have to untie it and you don,t either and its always there and can be easily adjusted as bits get bigger or smaller and just does not seem to clutter me up

i am not trying to tell anyone how to suck eggs just something that really works for me and seems to make life slightly easier

once again nice to see jobs from climbers prospective how long was the job start to finish

 

I could see that working if you don't mind the piece spinning freely. If you want it oriented lengthwise it would be better to offset the ties.

[Lancstree]

Slick work man well done. How many ropes did you have up there at the most? I assume the floating pulley needs its own separate lowering line but as it isn't load bearing you might use something lighter like a length of 3 strand? I'm envious because I can't convince my employer to invest in more rigging gear so I can't play around as much.

[Glen Poole]

Excellent work, Really enjoyed watching the vids, I liked the use of screws, Never seen that one before, Definatly give it a try, Thanks for sharing your great work with us.

[High Scale]

I was surprised when reading Gerry's, Fundamentals of General Treework that lag hooks were being used.

[DrewB]

inspirational video reg.

[Rich Rule]

excellent video Reg. Smmooooove as ever and a great demonstration of quality tree work. cheers.

[Andy Collins]

I was surprised when reading Gerry's, Fundamentals of General Treework that lag hooks were being used.

 

Its good to see that there's nothing new in tree work, just re-shaping it a little to meet our modern requirements.

Just a thought on these lag hooks, if you are using a rated system for rigging, do the lag hooks have a rating stamped on them? If not, I suppose it would invalidate the entire system? (in event of a failure)

[MasterBlaster]

I had the same concern as Darin. Great inventive thinking on a PITA job!

[RC0]

Its good to see that there's nothing new in tree work, just re-shaping it a little to meet our modern requirements.

Just a thought on these lag hooks, if you are using a rated system for rigging, do the lag hooks have a rating stamped on them? If not, I suppose it would invalidate the entire system? (in event of a failure)

 

Andy, the lags weren’t load rated but they were welded and tested to my satisfaction on the actual tree in question. I understand enough about mild steel to know that those 4 lags could have probably picked up that entire trunk if it were possible to secure them adequately in the wood, which is the real issue. Different timbers, holding qualities, condition, alignment etc, etc….

 

I made a judgment-call based on the risks involved. I’m certainly not going to use an approved method that presents more risks or is perhaps just not feasible at all, just because it is approved or recommended by the company/s that advise the HSE….Id be more than willing to go to court in the worst case scenario. As far as I can see, nothing is actually recommended for when a situation like this presents itself (lowering rings). Or perhaps it is simply to flatten everything underneath and fix it all up afterwards. Whatever, it just doesn’t ever seem to get a mention.

 

I actually sent the video link to company xxxx who I gather advise the HSE, to show them how the situation was dealt with. I’ve yet to receive a reply but it sometimes takes time as the guy often works away or is tied up with other stuff.

 

I said in the initial post that it’s not a technique that I’m promoting or encouraging, only that I judged it the safest option on this occasion. Clearly there’s plenty of scope for fine tuning and establishing boundaries etc. Although under the right circumstances it clearly works, perhaps there’s too many variables for someone to risk putting their name to. I’ll let you know if I hear anything. Thanks