the 'todays job' thread

[Mountain man]

Cheers dude, it wasn't particularly tall, I'd say around 70' I guess. Pretty broad though, and with it being heavily reduced in the past the timber was fairly thick.

 

All things considered it was a pretty easy climb, albeit with practically everything being rigged off over sheds, fences, and a kiddy play area.

 

The poor sods on the deck did the real work today.

 

Well said Joe, that sort of job is a nightmare for the groundies.

It's important for the climber on a job like that to think of how to make their life easier, ie make the effort to lower into the easiest garden if at all possible.

[Joe Newton]

Well said Joe, that sort of job is a nightmare for the groundies.

 

It's important for the climber on a job like that to think of how to make their life easier, ie make the effort to lower into the easiest garden if at all possible.

 

 

Absolutely. No point just roping stuff down straight over the targets. I love my redirect pulleys on jobs like this. Means I can spread the load across the tree, and rig bigger bits into open space.

 

Our trainee lad is a gem on the rigging. Pretty ambitious sometimes but happy to deal with larger limbs in a tight drop zone.

 

It's one of the reasons we like everyone to have a bit of experience both climbing and grounding. Makes for a much better rounded team member.

 

You should see his face light up when we start rigging big sections off the stem. He loves it, and makes me feel a lot more confident about cutting big lumps.

[atree]

That's a big tree Joe.

Fair play.

 

 

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Haha,Get out of your conny hedges mark!

[Mark Bolam]

Wash your foul mouth out Adam!

 

 

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[ArborClimber]

It was a protected tree, then it wasn't, presumably German tree consultants decided it's fate.

 

Sorry, bit late on getting back to this thread.

 

Absolutely correct Mr. Mountain Man. The company I work for has a big contract with the city council, with their own tree consultants and officers. One of them used some fancy measuring equipment, and obviously measured it at its thinnest point (about 2cm thick). Once it came down, the numpty admitted that reducing it would have been enough. But too late.

 

I thought it was a shame, but this particular tree officer doesn't like to be proved wrong. But I got a lovely pile of firewood though now.....

[skyhuck]

Sorry, bit late on getting back to this thread.

 

Absolutely correct Mr. Mountain Man. The company I work for has a big contract with the city council, with their own tree consultants and officers. One of them used some fancy measuring equipment, and obviously measured it at its thinnest point (about 2cm thick). Once it came down, the numpty admitted that reducing it would have been enough. But too late.

 

I thought it was a shame, but this particular tree officer doesn't like to be proved wrong. But I got a lovely pile of firewood though now.....

 

Better safe than sorry, IMO

[Mountain man]

Mine as well FWIW

[Ian Flatters]

The Avant needed a little bit of additional traction.

[biggarlogs]

My moneys on the JCB!!

[skyhuck]

The Avant needed a little bit of additional traction. [ATTACH]179418[/ATTACH]

 

Why did the avant not just lift it from the side?? or where you just staging a pic