Negative Rigging

[RC0]

You miserable bastard, Bolam !

[Darrin Turnbull]

 

And Well Deserved.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Oh sorry wrong thread

[Mark Bolam]

Quite apt Darrin.

Reg must have thought I'm a miserable bastard at least that many times.

He'd be right, like.

 

 

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[Tom D]

Lovely vid that Reg. Nicely shot.

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Nice one mate. I like you camera angles, and the music make it seem like a very calm bit of work. Makes a difference to the normal drum&bass and sound of chainsaws revving at full pelt. Good work.

[Darrin Turnbull]

I'm not 100 % sure , but why didn't he let the first two pieces run more.

[RC0]

I'm not 100 % sure , but why didn't he let the first two pieces run more.

 

They probably ran about 20 ft, although it's hard to see from the camera right underneath. I think there's a couple missing too, where he forgot to hit record.

 

I always anticipate the first few being less than perfect though.

 

That pole was probably 85ft or more, so yeah he had plenty more room. He pulled most of them up quicker than need be....not that it mattered so much, apart from scuffing the rope here and there.

 

A good thing with rigging tall conifers is that you get to use up lots of rope. That and the fact that they bend and Sway about so much, a shock load feels much less....shocking, if you know what I mean.

[Mark Bolam]

This 'running' sections is a relatively new phenomenon.

I spent many happy times rigging lumps off manky oaks and pops with topping down strops and 3-strand, locked off with trunk wraps.

Never did me any harm.

Harmed a fair few pairs of pants, like.

 

 

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[scotspine1]

nice vid that Reg. Good camera angles. Job well done.

 

For anyone interested in negative/pole rigging, few clips from a recent Grand Fir we did - it's just the usual stuff but filmed from a nearby tree

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9UhMrc9u-YVSGJGam5xRWpheU0/view