the 'todays job' thread

[swinny]

Slow down Ian, Norfolk needs some trees left you know

 

Worrying isnt it

[Mark Bolam]

38" Dbh Oak 60ft to dismantle. Clear all around so could just drop everything. Up about the 25ft mark with a 14" limb off to the right. Climbing rope 15ft above and slightly to the left. 3m steel flip not long enough to allow me to run around the stem, so had that on a limb slightly above and 2 feet around the stem to the left, on the lower D,s on my Treemotion. On spikes.

So I had a bias pulling me to the left. Put the lanyard around the limb to be cut in at the stem to allow me positioning for the cut, aiming to cut about 2ft out. No other limbs to use nearby.

7" deep undercut, side cuts. Chainsaw detached from my harness as the limb was long and heavy.

With about an inch to go on the downward cut inboard the branch let go, and then tore as a thin wide strip, running back to the stem and about 3ft down.

Instant pull in to the limb at stomach height, about 3 or 4 seconds later the lanyard burst and the limb fell free.

 

 

Didn't gob the underside as I wanted the limb to fall clear of the stem.

 

Ouch, Bugger.

Threw away the lanyard and finished the job. If I'd come out the tree I think I wouldn't have gone back to it.

 

 

Nasty stuff mate, thanks for having the balls to post it.

And still having your balls!

Was it freezing?

[Steve Bullman]

38" Dbh Oak 60ft to dismantle. Clear all around so could just drop everything. Up about the 25ft mark with a 14" limb off to the right. Climbing rope 15ft above and slightly to the left. 3m steel flip not long enough to allow me to run around the stem, so had that on a limb slightly above and 2 feet around the stem to the left, on the lower D,s on my Treemotion. On spikes.

So I had a bias pulling me to the left. Put the lanyard around the limb to be cut in at the stem to allow me positioning for the cut, aiming to cut about 2ft out. No other limbs to use nearby.

7" deep undercut, side cuts. Chainsaw detached from my harness as the limb was long and heavy.

With about an inch to go on the downward cut inboard the branch let go, and then tore as a thin wide strip, running back to the stem and about 3ft down.

Instant pull in to the limb at stomach height, about 3 or 4 seconds later the lanyard burst and the limb fell free.

 

 

Didn't gob the underside as I wanted the limb to fall clear of the stem.

 

Ouch, Bugger.

Threw away the lanyard and finished the job. If I'd come out the tree I think I wouldn't have gone back to it.

 

You got lucky there by the sounds of it mate!

[Pete Mctree]

Not good Jim. Too close for comfort & glad you walked away

[TIMON]

Think this is going to fail my next LOLER inspection.

 

 

 

Pulled through an Art Positioner as the Fishermans knot burst. One of my 9 lives took a battering.

 

 

Sounds like an eventful afternoon.

Did the lower "D"s on the tree motion buckle?

[Thesnarlingbadger]

38" Dbh Oak 60ft to dismantle. Clear all around so could just drop everything. Up about the 25ft mark with a 14" limb off to the right. Climbing rope 15ft above and slightly to the left. 3m steel flip not long enough to allow me to run around the stem, so had that on a limb slightly above and 2 feet around the stem to the left, on the lower D,s on my Treemotion. On spikes.

So I had a bias pulling me to the left. Put the lanyard around the limb to be cut in at the stem to allow me positioning for the cut, aiming to cut about 2ft out. No other limbs to use nearby.

7" deep undercut, side cuts. Chainsaw detached from my harness as the limb was long and heavy.

With about an inch to go on the downward cut inboard the branch let go, and then tore as a thin wide strip, running back to the stem and about 3ft down.

Instant pull in to the limb at stomach height, about 3 or 4 seconds later the lanyard burst and the limb fell free.

 

 

Didn't gob the underside as I wanted the limb to fall clear of the stem.

 

Ouch, Bugger.

Threw away the lanyard and finished the job. If I'd come out the tree I think I wouldn't have gone back to it.

 

 

Sound like it could have been a lot worse mate. Pleased your ok.

Had a similar thing happen to me not to long ago. But it was on a willow and I had a gob in the underside, deep ear cuts under the gob but the limb was a little to heavy and the peel went all the way in to the heart wood. Undid the flip line just in time and swung back in to the main stem. Lid came off and had a couple of bruised ribs but other than that completely fine.

Makes you realise just how quick things can go wrong and certainly keeps you on your toes in future.

[JimM]

Nasty stuff mate, thanks for having the balls to post it.

And still having your balls!

Was it freezing?

 

 

Yes it was freezing. We wondered if the cold had a hand in it. The rest of the limbs came off fine.

Going to have a thorough check of my harness etc in the cold light of day.

[Stephen Blair]

The cold may of played a part in all the poor desicions made in the tree but wouldn't affect the timber .

Offset anchor, wrong place for 2nd tie in and not cutting through the wood fast enough.

I can just see you stretching uncomfortably lopsided with your wee top handle!

Bet your top cut was Infront of the bottom too! And since you were stretching your undercut was at a downward angle, so leaving that little strip of compression wood that lead to the tear!

If there's a bit of weight either match it with super fast cutting(or behind the bottom cut.

You know I love you Jimbo

[JimM]

Was nicely comfortable and didn't have to stretch Stevie. But I reckon you're right on the slow cutting.

[Ian Flatters]

Slow down Ian, Norfolk needs some trees left you know

 

 

But they block the views. 😁😁