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Thanks. I am glad to see some interest, and good input about such a topic. Pete I couldn't agree more on the back-cut:thumbup1: Just a thought about something I said in the video....the part about it being easier to match you cuts by doing the diagonal first where no room for overlap exists, quite obvious really. But that's not to suggest that its all that difficult to cut the horizontal first either. Furthermore, if you're using the site-lines to aim a tree, the better results come from setting the horizontal first....especially on big stuff. Just

COB = centre of balance in this instance. I have seen so many guys making a meal out of chunking down over the years. Heres some video and pointers which might help, I hope. Watch in HD. Thanks [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ga2cxCg0B0]Blocking, undermining COB - YouTube[/ame]

Yeah I did change it Stu, sorry. 250 661 3183

Are you serious ? Mate, do you think I would messing about about like that on a removal ? It's all in the opening post, Mark. Simply a way of safely hanging limbs by your self as opposed to cut and hold. Independent. hands free. Swings towards the rigging point. Good for pruning, you just set your line and its there if you need it. If not then, (bad word) it.

Many an occasion its just not practical to rig trees conventional style, when they are just being pruned. Like - poor communication or visibility; no ground-workers; limbs too light v weight of the rigging line; risk of damage to foliage being retained down below; snagging, and so on. a useful technique for rigging small to medium sized limbs through the canopy of a tree. One man operation being the point. The wet weather made it hard to make a good vid, not that it could ever be exciting to watch anyway, but you get the point. Once in the flow it actually works pretty well. Watch in HD: Thanks.

I was referring to the clientele Ben. The tree lads are sound....never had a problem there. Cheers

Id rather deal with Australians, if Im honest....for the reason I said earlier. I mean, I work with some great lads here, but have also come across many more bad payers and liars than anywhere else.

Well I'm way more experienced than I was back then, so its gonna be easier now regardless. Apart from that its hard to say. Conifers v eucs....like oranges and apples. Technically conifers are predominantly single stem so less complicated to deal with. Plus they generally have better holding wood. But with the same reasons, you tend to push your luck that bit further to the point where you're on a level playing field again.... its human nature. I'd rather climb a dead euc than a dead fir any day. I wouldn't be here if not to work on the west coast though. Central and eastern Canada wouldn't appeal to me at all.

Thanks guys, glad it made yous smile..... Easy to forget that theres way worse jobs to be in than treework. Yet it sometimes its only when you take a step back, or watch someone on youtube even, and think, yeah thats pretty cool....I do that job. Sawteeth, yes its a helmet camera. Drift HD. I got on good working with the Aussies, be it a long time ago. They were loud, vulgar, and brutally honest. The constant competitiveness got a little trying.... but above everything else good and bad, your hand shake was like taking an oath. It couldn't be bought, or sold Treequip. no I never worked in Germany mate. Couple of opportunities came and went, and so I missed out

You too Mark, and keep trying mate, sooner or later. Im at about 1 in 20, gets a smirk of sorts.

Joking aside. The truth is it was a totally underbid tree, started at 3:30 pm, going dark and snowing. Only 3 meters from the house. 3 stemmed western red cedar. We just had to put it down, Scott and I both climbing, but still a tall order in the dark. At one point Scott was blocking down one of the outer stems about 25 feet below, and I had to throw a big top from the central stem right over the top of him. One of the few times I really regret not having the headcam at hand. He tried to get it on the iphone, but with the poor light, and then his phone rang right at the critical moment which automatically stops the video running. Dam:biggrin:

Thanks alot. The footage was actually put together for to show at a trade show I was at last month in the US, with Stein....but without the 'Fat Les' tune....not sure they woulda got it. But such was the good response I thought it good enough for youtube. Gray Git, the two men in the tree was simply where my colleague wanted to try out his new camera. He spurred up, I took out the top, then he spurred back down. Stevie called it right Tom, call it a TPO felling. Had to wait until after hours though, so the bylaw offices are closed and everyone gone home. Better that it was dark also.

Good morning all. Merry Christmas. I put some clips together from the last couple years, squashed together actually. Seems to work. I do miss the subtleties of British communication, the humour especially....where its not so much what you say but how you say it, the slightest of expressions or tone can speak volumes. Canada is a wonderful place, and I have come across some great people in the last few years....but its not where Im from. I have lots of awkward conversations here, where Im just not connecting with the other persons....my best attempts to make people smile often leave people with a bemused look on their face....with a few exceptions. I do really miss having the craic with the lads at work, or over a night out. I'm sure a lot of the other guys who are members here and are living abroad will relate to what Im saying. Anyway, I keep trying. Im not going to change. Enjoy the vid. Edit: Volumes a little low [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpZ7DmF9_RE]Reg Coates - Channel Trailer - youtube - YouTube[/ame]

So, did you cut em all down already? If not, you should tell these guys where they are hiding : NJDEP New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection They've got nothing on registry over 130....and only a handful over 100. Thanks for the vid. Keep em coming:thumbup1:

Tough day today Wrecking some cottonwoods on one of the gulf islands here, but what a nice way to wind down at the end. Theres the guys from harbourview tree experts.

Thanks Dave, Josh. I wouldn't really use anything more than 200 ft. I had a 200 ft line but accidentally cut it down to about 170. I also have a 150. Often is the case that I'll take the whole line up the tree in a back-pack, if I'm stripping it on the way up. With that in mind a 200 ft line is a lot of extra weight. For jobs like the tall grand fir (pruning), I have a 220 static line that I'll set with the big-shot, purely for getting up and then back down later....on that particular tree it was set at 90 feet with a base-tie. I used my short line to work the top 60 ft of canopy. Thanks again.

Started the day with some weight reduction of this tall grand fir. We estimated the height to be around 150....which is tall for the species as they usually grow a big heavy top that blows out a round about the 100ft mark. I guess the growing conditions for this one were just about right. So with a multi-top tree like this, with pretty good unions it was just a case of some thinning and maybe 3" diam cuts to shorten the leaders. We tag teamed the tree to speed things up. The mist had cleared by the time we got down. Second job was to drop a bunch of Western red cedars. All about 90 ft, @ 10 ft from the house and in amongst a lot of delicate shrubs and powerlines. Not hard work, just cut and hold, but you're really concentrating hard on your aiming and rotation of the limbs so not to damage anything. One in particular my topping cut was no more than 3 in diam, such was the lack of room down below. Its not hard to imagine the wobble being at that point in a tree of that height, and only 2 foot a cross at the bottom. The homeowners were German....funny couple, great sense of humor. The mans confidence seemingly indicative of his nationality....where failure is just not possible. I was able to leave the poles at heights of 40-50 feet. Couple had a slight back lean, one had a side lean, the other 2 fair standing. I knew they would wedge over, but nonetheless Im right up against the building and having to thread the needle between the other trees and shrubs to be retained. Most home-owners, workers even, would get the hell out of falling distance.....but this guy stood within 5 feet as i felled each one....2 feet when he was checking my site line on the saw, lol. Had to chuckle to my self. Anyway, I was never going to miss....and I think he appreciated the kind of confidence and accuracy I put on show for him. German standard.

Josh, thanks. Yeah that was all a bit silly, but.... well now Im afraid to say anymore for fear of upsetting anyone:biggrin: I'll just assume that there's far worse than this gone on recently. Carry on, dont mind me

Wouldn't you rather be saying 'well done' as opposed to 'well said'? again. Which actual threads are you referring to? Thanks

Can you post some examples, John, Mark, Dave? Being moderators you obviously read way more than most. There's been lots of threads like this in the past that seem to have very little effect in the long run. So why not just give say 5 examples of the type of stuff you're not happy with? Shouldn't offend anyone because you're only re-posting stuff that's been said already. Name the posters also....that way they too can consider whether or not it was an appropriate and good spirited contribution. Getting stuff off you chest is all good and well, but without action or specifics its soon forgotten or even ignored altogether.

Thanks a lot It generally works the opposite way. With experience, knowledge and repetition you get calmer....or at least that's how it is for most people, I think. I still have bad moments....usually on dead firs for one reason or another. Calm but heightened senses is where you want to be. Focused but level headed. But you know, its often the easy ones that'll get you,....when you drop your guard or turn your back.

Pulling a back leaner. Tree was about 80-85ft. Scott used the pole saw from the roof to shorten some side limbs that would've clipped the gutters on the way passed. Shaving the bark previously, bogged up the air-filter on the 390. I otherwise wouldn't make a habit of trying to clean it during a falling cut. I switched to the 3120 to get a fast accurate back-cut. Fitting the trunk through the intended gap was easy enough, but we had to carefully consider and study the longer limbs high up, in how and where they might impact the shubs near the end of the garden. Thankfully we judged it right. We used a Warn Truck winch for the pull, set about half way up the tree, with a back-up line set high in the top. Thanks [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOexpdiEf5s]Back leaner web - YouTube[/ame]

Topping and falling dead trees today. Not nice.

Nice clean cutting Tim. Good work