Stunt Felling. The advanced course.

[Big 'Ammer]

Surely it would have been better to climb first and remove the tops before felling. It would have remove alot if the stress and danger when felling.

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I am just asking a question. I am not trying to say that the way Tom did it was wrong. I was just curious to the reasons of why.

At the end of the day every body went home safely. A good says work.

 

The point I was making was that when the circumstances are right, you have assessed the job correctly and you know what you are doing, then the 'danger' is minimal.

 

In most other circumstances a dismantle would be the preferred option to tackle a tree like that.

 

But, theres no need to dismantle a tree when its not necessary.

 

Its nice to see some different tree work on the forum.

 

A lot of people will never get the chance to tackle something like that.

[bob]

did you think of doing it as a dog tooth so you could of got all the cutting done and set the hinge ect then released it.

I also wondered if rope rather than ratchet straps as they would of had a bit more give and it would of been interesting as to what had of happened to the rope but in reality we generally use ratchet straps as easier:blushing:.

Its certainly a while since we have done stuff that big with the crappy unions.

Nice one tom and cheers for sharing:biggrin:

[Tom D]

did you think of doing it as a dog tooth so you could of got all the cutting done and set the hinge ect then released it.

I also wondered if rope rather than ratchet straps as they would of had a bit more give and it would of been interesting as to what had of happened to the rope but in reality we generally use ratchet straps as easier:blushing:.

Its certainly a while since we have done stuff that big with the crappy unions.

Nice one tom and cheers for sharing:biggrin:

 

It was a dog tooth Bob, well, bore and release anyway, order of cuts as follows: gob, bore left, bore right, bore rear, and then simultaneous rear release cuts.