nice litle pine take down in not so nice location !!!

[combined tree services]

im enjoying the job in the cemetery for sure , we finnished friday off by starting to take down a 70-80 foot monkey puzzel !!! not nice at all . i should have some pictures on here on monday , i wolud have put them on sooner but im currently in the middel of moving house and getting it in the neck right now because im on arb talk and not loading the cooker and washing machine into the truck lol !!!!!! any way i look forward to seeing some of your picks Mozza .

[Mozza]

There's 2 pretty big monkey puzzle to dead wood on the site im working on mate, The climbers cant wait haha

 

Ive been meaning to get a few pics for a few days now, just keep forgetting the camera, Hopefully ill bleeding remember this week

[penfold]

how did the woody do cts? is it as good as bazbro is saying?

[combined tree services]

the wody did realy well Penfold , i will post some pictures next week , we took some a few but not many , as for the woody lowering device we were shock loading roughly half ton sections of timber onto it and to be honest i was suprised how well it did , the Woody only moved on the last section (but the section of timber was well over half a ton lol) it did not move to much really , it was nore a case of the straps flexing because of the load force so i think next time we will cut a chanel into the tree for the woody and maybe ease off on the shock loading lol . but i still highly reccomend that anyone who cant afford one of the more well known blocks gives a woody a try as we are really impressed with it

[scotspine1]

as for the woody lowering device we were shock loading roughly half ton sections of timber onto it and to be honest i was suprised how well it did , the Woody only moved on the last section (but the section of timber was well over half a ton lol) it did not move to much really , it was nore a case of the straps flexing because of the load force so i think next time we will cut a chanel into the tree for the woody and maybe ease off on the shock loading lol . but i still highly reccomend that anyone who cant afford one of the more well known blocks gives a woody a try as we are really impressed with it

 

You're not selling it very well. Why do you think it moved on a piece which was over half a ton despite the double straps? Thought the SWL was nearer 1250kgs? the fact that its moving at around 500 kgs is a bit concerning?

 

 

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Edited September 20, 2009 by scotspine1

[skyhuck]

You're not selling it very well. Why do you think it moved on a piece which was over half a ton despite the double straps? Thought the SWL was nearer 1250kgs? the fact that its moving at around 500 kgs is a bit concerning?

 

 

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He did say "shock loading with a piece of 500kgs" so, distance dependent, he would be exceeding the SWL by a fair way.

[scotspine1]

He did say "shock loading with a piece of 500kgs" so, distance dependent, he would be exceeding the SWL by a fair way.

 

Taking that into consideration, lets say the makers of the device worked on a safety ratio of 10 : 1 when testing the device - that means the device and straps should be able to withstand a load of 10 tons so why it moving on the stem at lets say 1500kgs(15Kn) for a shockloaded 500 kg piece?

[skyhuck]

Taking that into consideration, lets say the makers of the device worked on a safety ratio of 10 : 1 when testing the device - that means the device and straps should be able to withstand a load of 10 tons so why it moving on the stem at lets say 1500kgs(15Kn) for a shockloaded 500 kg piece?

 

A little harsh to find fault with the device when we do not know if it was being fitted and used in accordance with the manufactures instructions, IMO.

 

Also I would imagine SWL are over loaded to determine at what load it will "fail" not "move".

 

I doubt very much that an "overloaded" device would fail its test for "movement".

[scotspine1]

A little harsh to find fault with the device when we do not know if it was being fitted and used in accordance with the manufactures instructions, IMO.

 

I doubt very much that an "overloaded" device would fail its test for "movement".

 

The straps that attach the lowering device to the tree act like static loops, which means they wont choke to the stem in the same way a Portawrap does under load. Any significant movement of the straps could send the device hurtling upwards toward the climber and send the piece of timber crashing down out of control towards the groundies, house or property.

[combined tree services]

after reading tims posts i would like to point out that the lowering device was fitted correctly and find it verry hard to see how the setting of the device can cause the straps to flex !!! we could have set the device in a "cut in" but this is also quite hard to do so because of the tensioners !!!! personally i think that the origional post made by tims stating that the device was not positioned properly is a load of crap, and can not se how anyone could come to that conclusion so easily !! any way the woody really did please us and as stated i highly recomend getting one . plese feel free to see how the lowering device was situated in the picture at the begining of the thread