Horse chestnut carnage!

[Adam Bourne]

I Was contracted in this Tuesday just gone to get this chestnut down to a standing 30ft stem. I'm not to sure of the in's and outs or whys as the guy I was working for I had only contracted to a handful of times before, so didn't really want to come across like a nosey bugger

There from old stock tree work from the days of Dutch elm disease when men where men and trees where........well trees of cause.

Johns a little hard of hearing so if you wanted something then you had to ask several times, which is why a took my time and had the tree done in a couple of hours. We where pretty much done with the chestnut and John asked about taking down another tree on the same site and being as though we hadn't had dinner yet how could I refuse. So a long came a little birch dismantle, nothing to strenuous just had to dodge a few ornaments that where around 150 years old!! That couldn't be moved! That looked very expensive, that could of broken if we gave them the slightest of taps!!

 

Anyway that's another video, here's the chestnut, enjoy in HD hope you like the different taste in music

 

[TIMON]

Great vid, Adam.

Is that a 346xp?

[mendiplogs]

I Was contracted in this Tuesday just gone to get this chestnut down to a standing 30ft stem. I'm not to sure of the in's and outs or whys as the guy I was working for I had only contracted to a handful of times before, so didn't really want to come across like a nosey bugger

There from old stock tree work from the days of Dutch elm disease when men where men and trees where........well trees of cause.

Johns a little hard of hearing so if you wanted something then you had to ask several times, which is why a took my time and had the tree done in a couple of hours. We where pretty much done with the chestnut and John asked about taking down another tree on the same site and being as though we hadn't had dinner yet how could I refuse. So a long came a little birch dismantle, nothing to strenuous just had to dodge a few ornaments that where around 150 years old!! That couldn't be moved! That looked very expensive, that could of broken if we gave them the slightest of taps!!

 

Anyway that's another video, here's the chestnut, enjoy in HD hope you like the different taste in music

 

 

Hi Adam nice one there mate well done 👍thanks Jon 👍

[tree-fancier123]

so how is that done the quickest then? Can you take off the lower ones first on the way up so the top stuff doesn't get tangled as it drops? Or is it dependent on the saw change?

[Joe Newton]

Nice vid, one of your first thy I could watch through the arbtalk app.

 

Do you find yourself often going straight from the "one-fiddy" to the 346? Bet your poor toppers feeling left out!

 

Looked like a cold hands day.

[Adam Bourne]

so how is that done the quickest then? Can you take off the lower ones first on the way up so the top stuff doesn't get tangled as it drops? Or is it dependent on the saw change?

 

 

The idea when I first see the tree was to strop in and spike from the base but on further inspection there where some high limbs that where tangled with some lower limbs. I decided to you the base anchor to get into the top so I could make a secure tie in point first, then used the 150 to cut away most of the small stuff that wasn't tangled up. That way I could on the way down I could view which limbs needed to be removed first to help stop any getting caught up, what we wanted to avoid at all costs was the potential to get one caught up and butt swing into the footpath or busy road below.

 

It wasn't really the cutting that was slow I just decided to move around a little slower on the tree. Getting into a good work position ect. I just wanted john to know that I was comfy.

[Adam Bourne]

Great vid, Adam.

Is that a 346xp?

 

 

 

Hi Adam nice one there mate well done 👍thanks Jon 👍

 

 

 

Nice vid, one of your first thy I could watch through the arbtalk app.

 

Do you find yourself often going straight from the "one-fiddy" to the 346? Bet your poor toppers feeling left out!

 

Looked like a cold hands day.

 

 

Thanks guys

 

To be honest joe it's been nice lately, trees haven't been so big but normally I would start with the 346, depends really. The 200t is still in bits and I'll get round to that when I get chance. Until then I'll carry on as I am mate it bloody was cold though until I switch the heated handles on haaa.

[TGB]

Nice vid, Nice music, nice saw.

[Stubby]

Nice vid, Nice music, nice saw.

 

Amazing the effect you can have on people with just a repeated 3 chord progression ....

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

The idea when I first see the tree was to strop in and spike from the base but on further inspection there where some high limbs that where tangled with some lower limbs. I decided to you the base anchor to get into the top so I could make a secure tie in point first, then used the 150 to cut away most of the small stuff that wasn't tangled up. That way I could on the way down I could view which limbs needed to be removed first to help stop any getting caught up, what we wanted to avoid at all costs was the potential to get one caught up and butt swing into the footpath or busy road below.

 

It wasn't really the cutting that was slow I just decided to move around a little slower on the tree. Getting into a good work position ect. I just wanted john to know that I was comfy.

 

 

Nice vid Adam. How long were you on it start to finish? Did the ground team wade in and sort out the pile on the floor at the end? Footpath and road look to be within a couple of feet of the drop zone for some limbs / chunks. That would have made me nervous in case of a chunk bouncing out into the road.