Hillside Fir Take down

[Ian Flatters]

i must have watched the bit from 11:32 on like 5 times. awesome!!

[Marc Lewis]

Excuse my ignorance, when you tie on each branch and send it down, how do you get the strops back again for reuse and how many do you have attached to you at the start??

 

Usually just tie them back to climbers main line. May have 6 or so at a time, your choice really. I dont know if this is how reg does it.

[Secretarb]

was is it me or when the fast forward bit plays i thought reg had fallen down the stem

 

nice vid by the way

[Ian C]

was is it me or when the fast forward bit plays i thought reg had fallen down the stem

 

nice vid by the way

 

No that's Reg on speed!

[edwood]

Usually just tie them back to climbers main line. May have 6 or so at a time, your choice really. I dont know if this is how reg does it.

 

i don't think that shopping bag on his harness is for his butties and a flask of lady grey, might be wrong but i think he takes a shed load up with him. i really enjoy your vids reg, do you miss doing more broadleaved trees? i watched a big beech video you did near a house from back in the uk, some cracking rigging went on and bit different from what you seem to do now

[Marc Lewis]

i don't think that shopping bag on his harness is for his butties and a flask of lady grey, might be wrong but i think he takes a shed load up with him. i really enjoy your vids reg, do you miss doing more broadleaved trees? i watched a big beech video you did near a house from back in the uk, some cracking rigging went on and bit different from what you seem to do now

 

Reg has alot further to haul them back up so more makes sense.

[atree]

Cool Reg.Nice spot to be working

[RC0]

i don't think that shopping bag on his harness is for his butties and a flask of lady grey, might be wrong but i think he takes a shed load up with him. i really enjoy your vids reg, do you miss doing more broadleaved trees? i watched a big beech video you did near a house from back in the uk, some cracking rigging went on and bit different from what you seem to do now

 

I take 10 or 11 up the tree at a time, when theyre used up the ground worker ties them back on my climbline. I was using some extra long slings within the bundle for this tree, and they kept wafting about and getting snagged while hanging off my belt. So I asked for the shopping bag to stop that from happening.

 

I still get my share of broadleaves, but not so much rigging. I dont really feel like Im missing much to be honest....and afterall I moved out to BC because it was time for a change. Being a contract climber means I get enough variety to keep me honest. I was view pruning and removing trees today for a new development at Cowichan bay. Last thing this afternoon I had to spur up and old growth hanging over the ocean. Not too much taller than the tree in the vid, and similar form....but a big fatty. Its a different type of skill required to scale tree in such a way, but a good workout nonetheless. Tomorrow I have to reduce some poplars I believe. And i think thurs I'll be doing the same to quite a congested but long limbed Douglas fir over a house and wires. That one stands at about 110 or more. So you see I get plenty to go at. I should make some climbing vids really...not just killing. Thanks again.

[David Humphries]

Would really like to see you filmed from the perspective a drone cam Reg.

Wouldn't particularly care if it was tree killing or not.

 

Must be a contact or three in the Americas that would see you as an interesting film project.

 

Make it so

 

 

 

 

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[TIMON]

Another cool vid Reg. How did you initially access the tree? I couldn't see a mainline or a strop while you were getting past the ivy on the first part of the climb.

Thanks for sharing.