River Wear Tree Job ( plenty pictures hopefully )

[Marty O Hare]

Been lurking on arbtalk for a while now so thought I'd better try a picture thread.

 

We ( EA) had a job last week to help the council taking a couple of trees out of the river that they were going to drop in due to bad access.

The site had a good landslide recently knocking a big beech over and damaging an oak, also their was a decent size beech to come out aswell due to a hollow and rotten base and being close to busy footpaths and previous landslide.

 

The council lads felled the trees in and we pulled them out to the opposite bank with better access.

 

Damaged oak at front and beech behind

 

 

 

 

Sunken Oak

 

 

I had a quick dip to put the strop and winch rope on to pull it into shallower water whear I could touch the bottom and break it up a bit to winch it up the bank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full of metal to keep us on our toes.

 

 

Beech in next

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[s.varty]

Nice set of pics mate:thumbup1:

[Marty O Hare]

Cheers Steve just glad they worked, first time I've tried loading them up with the app.

[Gray git]

Just love that winch you lads have, I had a good look at it when it was parked up in the farm down the road to me a month or so ago, I would hate to have to pay for a replacement plasma line for it as must be well over £750 for that size.

[silky fox]

Fantastic stuff Marty...thats opposite the racecouse...i spent all my childhood playing down the woods there.....Durham City is my Hometown....

[Marty O Hare]

Think you could at least double that £750 it's a canny length tho, think its 60m

 

Was a nice spot to work silky fox, always like working at durham.

 

We were spoilt that day with the boat / platform, first time we've used it up in our area, normally the breast stroke accross lol.

Edited March 11, 2013 by Marty O Hare

[Gray git]

Ahh just been looking for some to grace the 6ton winch on the front of my new truck but as not sure of its true pull aint ordered any yet and the prices can be shocking.

Bet the lad in the water was happy when all was finished and he got to get walmed up, was it a short straw day for him?

[Marty O Hare]

That was me in the water , I enjoy it realy, plenty natural insulation to keep me warm not to bad if you can keep busy when your in.

 

The plasma ropes are good, only down side is they fray easily on stones, need to use a plate or handy log when pulling over a hill crest. And the Cost !!!

[Gray git]

Sod that, way to cold! its not when in thats the problem its when you stop and start to get out the cold hits you and you start to wounder why..... why me.....

[Ian Flatters]

That beech hitting the water is awesome!