Pine takedown. Head-cam footage

[treesnatcher]

nice vid, safe steady working with a system HE is happy and proficient using, was waiting for a shot of the cavity at the end!!

[Rupe]

Nothing wrong with it, but depends on how many slings you have? I couldn't tell from the video if you just had the one big lowering sling? (I could see a second holding the top pulley in place).

 

The whole point of slings is to speed things up, so you can sling the next branch while waiting for the rope to come back up, and the next and the next etc. You can even clip the slings to the line before it get pulled back up as long as you have something big on the end of the rope (I have a gizmo for that called the gimp!)

 

So the way we decide weather to use slings or not is dependant on the ground crew. If there is only one groundie than the speed of the job is slower anyway, you have to wait for him to move the branch, maybe cut it up etc. so slings dont really help, you have plenty of time to tie the branhces on while he's dragging/stacking/cutting etc. then you also get the more purist and relaxed way of doing it.

 

If you have extra groundies and one of them is purely lowering, nothing else, then you need to keep the job moving faster, so dig out as many slings as you have and get them all lined up, then the lowerign rope should be up down up down quick as anything.

 

The only problem with those big slings is that they are expensive, so using them when not necessary is just going to muck them up quicker.

 

So, thats not a critisism, just my observation.

[welwell]

nice vid, safe steady working with a system HE is happy and proficient using, was waiting for a shot of the cavity at the end!!

 

Yeah I know, it's called the wonders of modern technology. Batteries went flat and daughter had raided the camera case for new batteries for her. Pesky kids!!

[Ian Flatters]

Good vid, really enjoyed watching it and the higher perspective view of goape was pretty cool too.

[welwell]

Good vid, really enjoyed watching it and the higher perspective view of goape was pretty cool too.

 

Thanks for the positive feedback. My wife has done this course and couldn't believe how much higher than the bridge I was at times.

[Ross Smith]

nice work wayne.

 

hope you are well and busy mate.

 

need a catch up beer soon.

[White Noise]

Nice work guys Cool little vid .

[welwell]

nice work wayne.

 

hope you are well and busy mate.

 

need a catch up beer soon.

 

Cheers Ross, how's life treating you?

[welwell]

Nice work guys Cool little vid .

 

Thanks apbell. Glad you like the vid, what did you think of the soundtrack?