Lime Speedline

[scotspine1]

Recent job - very rarely use a speedline but the tree and the situation lent itself to the technique. We had some issues with tensioning the speedline for the bigger sections near the end which were lowered using regular block rigging to avoid shockloading the speedline. Ran out of batteries for camera near the end so unfortunatley missed a few of the last sections.

 

If anyone has any questions about the job I'd be happy to answer them.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9FC3ahGwtI]Lime Speedline - YouTube[/ame]

[Rich Rule]

Nice work and vid, Tim.

[timtree81]

good vid ,i see what you mean about the line tension ,i use a block and tackle or you could use 2 small isc pullys and 2 prussic loops to do the same thing ,that way you can move the speedline rope around the tree easy ,you can slack off and tension up in seconds

[scotspine1]

good vid ,i see what you mean about the line tension ,i use a block and tackle or you could use 2 small isc pullys and 2 prussic loops to do the same thing ,that way you can move the speedline rope around the tree easy ,you can slack off and tension up in seconds

 

we were using a Buckingham Portawrap with 2 people to tension the line at the ground end of the speedline, then releasing it after the branches had slid down the line allowing me to move the anchor point around the tree easily.

 

Your right though, a block and tackle system would've helped for tensioning the line to allow the bigger pieces of timber to run down easily over the obstacles at the end of the vid.

 

The problem with speedlines in general is that you are trying to avoid side loading the tree anymore than needs be. Everything has to be as light as possible.

[WeeDee]

Nice work - and what a song!

[woody paul]

Pulley blocks, tree mans little more tension on any rope. Hows the finger????

[mistahbenn]

Good to see you back on here mate

[josharb87]

Nice Vid and work Tim, Beautifull day you had too!

[scotspine1]

Pulley blocks, tree mans little more tension on any rope. Hows the finger????

 

yeah, we'll have a simple block and tackle system set up attached to the Porty next time.......

 

finger is fine thanks, Silky scabbard is broken at the end meaning the saw sticks out with a few teeth exposed, reaching down to free a branch and knicked ma finger on the exposed teeth.

 

cheers for the positive feedback everyone.

[Simon Rotheram]

Good work Tim