the 'todays job' thread

[5thelement]

Last couple of days removing these two 26 metre Douglas fir.

Yesterday was pretty still and hot but it was a squally and windy day today, which made lowering things a bit tricky due to the proximity of the neighbours barn. 
Attached the Eder winch for good measure on the fells.

Timber cut to 2.1metre lengths, they will be uplifted tomorrow by the local sawmill. 

[AHPP]

What a perfect example job to discuss multi tree rigging. Assuming the majority needed rigging at all, I would have limbed the left one up to a very small top and installed a rigging point. Then I would have rigged the right one down on that, pulling the pieces away from the wire and wall. I might have done it top down in sticklebrick pieces or bottom up in single/multi limbs or a mixture of both. I certainly wouldn't have done any negative rigging on the right one and very probably wouldn't have done any on the left either (since the lawn was apparently fair enough game for a massive top anyway).

 

Why did you cut out the rigging point furthest from the wire and wall first? Why were you negative rigging?

[5thelement]

8 hours ago, AHPP said:

What a perfect example job to discuss multi tree rigging. Assuming the majority needed rigging at all, I would have limbed the left one up to a very small top and installed a rigging point. Then I would have rigged the right one down on that, pulling the pieces away from the wire and wall. I might have done it top down in sticklebrick pieces or bottom up in single/multi limbs or a mixture of both. I certainly wouldn't have done any negative rigging on the right one and very probably wouldn't have done any on the left either (since the lawn was apparently fair enough game for a massive top anyway).

 

Why did you cut out the rigging point furthest from the wire and wall first? Why were you negative rigging?

The first one was stripped and topped on the first day with no wind or rigging required. On the second tree the wind started to pick up, quite blustery on day two. Rigging off the first one to lower the branches from the second would have created an unmanageable/unnecessary swing and the sidewind would have smashed them into the building which is 3 metres behind the tree. 
Everything  came down easy enough with no drama or damage doing it this way. 

Edited May 22 by 5thelement

[AHPP]

What would you have done differently if there was no wind on day two? Did you plan it the way you did it from the outset?

[5thelement]

1 hour ago, AHPP said:

What would you have done differently if there was no wind on day two? Did you plan it the way you did it from the outset?

The tree closest the road/wall/wire was the only tree that definitely needed some rigging. It was the simplest way to swing the limbs forwards and lower them down the front of the stem, and closest to the chipper, the wind when it arrived didn’t really interfere with the plan so we continued with what was working. 

[AHPP]

OK. Why negative rigging instead of dropping the 2.1s?

[5thelement]

8 minutes ago, AHPP said:

OK. Why negative rigging instead of dropping the 2.1s?

There was only one negative rig on the second stem after a few lumps had been chogged down, that piece was taken at the point we reached the 30cm DUB spec. 
There would have been a further nine 2.1’s to come off, easier and safer to measure and accurately cut that on the ground rather than in the tree. 

[AHPP]

Right o. Lovely looking job. Just the right amount of difficulty to maintain interest.

[Mick Dempsey]

4 hours ago, 5thelement said:

There was only one negative rig on the second stem after a few lumps had been chogged down, that piece was taken at the point we reached the 30cm DUB spec. 
There would have been a further nine 2.1’s to come off, easier and safer to measure and accurately cut that on the ground rather than in the tree. 

Did the sawmill give you a drink for the pieces, or were you just happy to get rid?

Edited May 22 by Mick Dempsey

[Mick Dempsey]

That pop I was talking about. 
 

Edited May 22 by Mick Dempsey