Redwood Blocking/Rigging

[lyons e]

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.

 

I'm going to have to a go , did u clamp it to your hAt

 

 

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[Robert_S]

No tarp for the sawdust mr pine? I bet there was a few bags of dust off that tree. Good video that, the song is better when shellac do it

[scotspine1]

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

 

no problem Adam, it was a good question, if you pause the vid at 2.43 you can see how close the tree is to the conservatory, just too close for a vert speedline. The pieces of timber would've been free-falling from a long way up.....fast and heavy bits of timber bouncing around near near a glass conservatory, no thanks.

 

 

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

 

yeah, got loads of treework footage here, regularly take the camera out on jobs it's just finding the time to edit it together, cheers.

[Jack Price]

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.

 

im really suprised with the quality of that little camera! i hate blocking down like that though! my least favourite job

[scotspine1]

I'm going to have to a go , did u clamp it to your hAt

 

no, just held it in my right hand while pushing the timber off. It's also why you dont see any cuts being made in the vid. You could try clamping it to your hat somehow, never tried that. A Gopro or Drift would be better though as they have wide angled lenses so you can see what's happening right in front of the climber when he's in the tree.

 

I bet there was a few bags of dust off that tree. Good video that, the song is better when shellac do it

 

couple bags of sawdust yep, will check out that version Rab, cheers.

[lyons e]

no, just held it in my right hand while pushing the timber off. It's also why you dont see any cuts being made in the vid. You could try clamping it to your hat somehow, never tried that. A Gopro or Drift would be better though as they have wide angled lenses so you can see what's happening right in front of the climber when he's in the tree.

 

 

 

couple bags of sawdust yep, will check out that version Rab, cheers.

 

Think I'm going to have a look at what I can get , got a big lime reduction on Friday think ill have a go then

 

 

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[Dan Earp]

Not try Zip ties as a quick fix?

 

 

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[gibbon]

Good job. It always looks so grey and over cast in Scotland

[Old Mill Tree Care]

That was some nice work by the groundie. Keeps it comfy for the gear and the climber.

[Tony.Price]

Very impressive video.

 

Was there no option other than putting the bollard anchor or other at the base of the tree to increase the life of the rope. From the perspective of the video the fall factor would be very high especially with larger sections and a shorter rope as the stems is reduced.

 

How much damage does this sort of work do to the rope and how many loads like this will it withstand?

 

Food for thought!