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Yeah its not the best place to be, lol. The whole tree is so wobbly when its dead like that also. Least I had the sense to get a wedge in the kerf before I cut too far:001_smile:

Topping some dead trees earlier in the week. The owner of the land was away and wanted pics, so there. I should get more, but often dont think till after. All need wedging. About 40ft tops. I even took some back weight out of the last one and it still sat back. Had to stack 2 wedges driven most of the way in to tip it.

I set it and the climb-line about 20 ft above each time, and worked my way up. If you set it too high then the groundworker has to flick it back to you each time, and since there was only two of us he had enough to deal with down there.

There was a lot of wet line hanging below me Pat, pulling on me. Having the wrench in there is not a big hassle, but not a help either, so I take it off. Thanks

sorry mate, missed that....201 yes, modified

Things ok John, thanks for asking

Oh I see Dave. Yeah I can just about squeeze the imori out when its dry but it was still wet and my hands were numb at that moment. Mark, I think she's still saving up to have it done....be in the new year probably.

Thanks. I could have hit him easy with a log if Id wanted David, much closer than it looked. Tree was probably between 14o -150ft, you never quite know. Looked nice and clean in the vid but I edited it that way. In reality, looking up from the ground in the wind, with lots big dead snags and stuff it had a bit of menace to it. Dave, I'd blocked down several chunks between the last topping cut and descending down the tree (not in the vid), and always take off the wrench for that, but leave the karabiner tied on. I never really thread it through. Thanks again

We took out 3 big Grand firs on this job and 3 smaller ones. Some headcam up 2 of the big ones, the majority of brush was ziplined, along with lots of messy deadwood which was cut and thrown. The very low stuff below and just above the powerlines was a little tricky....beyond that was straight forward enough. Biggest worry is always the wind....got away with it this time. I had about 7 slings at a time, should have been more really. We had such a steep line angle towards the end that the branches were almost free-falling. Sorry its been a while. Thanks Turn youtube setting to HD Edit: Volume seems a little low. Might have to turn it up a little

Its like deja vu....I even have the same yellow strap. Nice work Dan

You know what I haven't even checked, chain is almost new and yet to be sharpened.

I'd just turned 17. My dad told me on a tuesday night, said he'd got me a job and I started tomorrow, he didn't know what the job was, just that I'd be working outside.

A big part of the business was transplanting. Mark (company-owner) used to get asked to to locate and supply a certain species and size of tree/trees to install and aftercare....guaranteeing the survival for x amount of time after the transplant. He'd basically go driving around Sydney looking in peoples gardens for a tree/trees that fit the profile. He'd then approach the home-owner and make them an offer on the tree. Very labour-intensive work and long hours e.g. one particular installation in the city we set off from the yard at 11pm friday and didn't finish until sunday morning, straight through without sleep, just trying to move a big root ball part-way up a building by hand. Crane would only reach so far in you see....so about 5 of us, couple bobcats, boards, rollers and digging tools. It was hard in the heat but I didn't care, barely out of my teens and homesick, I didn't have much else to do outside of the job at that time. I learnt a lot, but didn't realise it until quite some time later. The big treespade in the earlier pics was Marks, one of only 2 in Australia at that time. Nice TaupoTree

Thanks for the replies. Now keep the photos coming....common I'm tryin here, A few more, of the same kind. Funny I went without taking anything 6 months into the time in Oz for about 14 years, then I discovered the net, Treebuzz and others and got some enthusiasm again. I did get some from NZ 99-2000 but there was nothing much to shout about where I was in Auckland. First photo is a couple of guys I worked with on occasion, Tom and Doug. Tom was a terrifically strong guy, Doug was kind of a Bullchitter....be-it a charming one at least. Last one is the ladder tree from the first batch.

Anyway, all you 40s +, get your photos on here....big or small stuff, doesn't matter

I was put straight to work mate, not to fool around

Nope, I still dont follow!

Thanks that was a huntsman Steve Ben what is a drop-beard? Rich, that was Mike a guy I used to work with (his company). He thought the top was coming over in that particular moment. Mike had an amazingly high opinion of his own appeal to the opposite sex....I mean he really believed it. Amazing man he was. James I was 20 in all of those pics, I think 21 with the poplar crane shot. Edit: atree I was in Sydney and a little time in Brisbane

Scanners are better than they were. We have one on the printer and its a big improvement on the old one we used to have. I've been scanning some of my old pictures just in case they ever get lost or anything. I mean, I never had a good camera or anything but you can see whats going on well enough. In regards the lack of PPE, well, it was a different time and place back then, so don't worry about it. I got lots more to scan but I started with some of the better ones. If you have any, put em on here lets have a look.

Yes, different saw altogether

Ignition timing, outlet port, muffler,and tuning cost between $150-175 or there abouts.

Switch youtube settings to HD Some footage from a fir take-down. The blurry screen midway through the film was due to resin that dripped on the camera lens....took me a while to notice. The noise post-mod is a bit much for the camera-mic also Hard to tell appreciate due to the wide-angled camera lens how the saw just eats up the 5ft doug-fir log after being ported. To hands-on feel the difference before and after, its hard not to be mightily impressed....talk about a time saver. The work was undertaken by D&J Walker Power Equipment, Victoria, BC. Check out their website....they take overseas orders no problem. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSPuIJB_VlA]Husqvarna 3120 chainsaw - modified - YouTube[/ame]

I looked into them things, to shoot us topping out some big firs in the sticks....but they dont go very high, and I could just see them flying out of remote range and crashing somewhere. Somebody on here need to try one though....just set it over the top of the tree and then time-lapse mode perhaps....are you there Flatters:thumbup:

Jonsies show? Is that the rec-climb?