Redwood Blocking/Rigging

[scotspine1]

job from last aug, all the the branches were lowered, top was rigged out, timber rigged down, which is what you see here -

 

made this vid is for fun, it's not an instructional video.....enjoy

 

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[Pete Mctree]

you got a good rigger on the ropes there

[Gray git]

I love the fact you have ply wooded the whole conservitary. Nice rope running by the groundy.

[Ricsydney]

I like that a lot! Real smooth!

 

 

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[scotspine1]

pete,

 

yeah that guy running the rope is a very experienced climber which always helps when rigging for other climbers

 

graygit, ply was excellent for stopping the small bits of dead debris and cones that came off the branches as they were rigged down.

 

ricsydney, cheers, glad you liked it.

 

if anyone's interested, rigging gear was a Buckingham Port A Wrap III, Samson rigging line, Yale slings and ISC block and a good pair of thick leather gloves

[Jack Price]

nice video man!

[Adam Bourne]

Great little video there Tim, real smooth negative rigging.

 

Obviously there were reasons behind the stem being blocked down, which I'm not sure of but was a vertical speedline not an option? I can only see the lawn you were protecting, sorry mate don't mean to sound rude

[lyons e]

Good video, always great When U got a good ground ie , what sort of head camera do u have and how much do they cost

 

 

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[scotspine1]

cheers lyons, jack,

 

lyons, it wasn't a headcam, hand held Canon Powershot 3300, about £70 from Asda.

 

 

Obviously there were reasons behind the stem being blocked down, which I'm not sure of but was a vertical speedline not an option?

 

Hi Adam,

 

rigging the timber down off the stem like in the vid is straightforward and controlled, with vert speedlines - the lack of control (you dont know how the piece will land) increases the risk of serious damage to property. Vert speedlines do have their uses, just not on this job.

[Adam Bourne]

cheers lyons, jack,

 

lyons, it wasn't a headcam, hand held Canon Powershot 3300, about £70 from Asda.

 

 

 

 

Hi Adam,

 

rigging the timber down off the stem like in the vid is straightforward and controlled, with vert speedlines - the lack of control (you dont know how the piece will land) increases the risk of serious damage to property. Vert speedlines do have their uses, just not on this job.

 

 

Thanks Tim,

 

It's always hard looking from a climbers view especially from a camera lens, getting the scale and map of the garden from just one view often leads to these type of questions being asked,

 

Will we be expecting anymore videos in the future? It would be a shame not to now you started

 

Good stuff mate

 

Adam