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Nice one again David, noticing any unusual wear on the main line that is being used for the highline? are you just running the rope though natural branch unions or do you have something else set up at the 2 highest points?

Here's the facts Mountain man..... Stihl MS200T - a pro saw used by professionals. Stihl MS201T- a substandard hobby saw used by amateurs and people who dabble in treework. Husqvarna T540 - a small, frail and inferior homeowner logging saw for cutting conifers and other softwoods

very basic vertical speedline from a conifer removal job earlier this year. The speedline was used to stop the pieces bouncing away toward the road. running bowline at top of tree, Buckingham port a wrap at base (but on opposite side of where the pieces land). Set sling in rigging line using rigging krabs, tension portwrap, lock it off, cut.......obviously the nearer to ground you get the you can just start free fall cutting without the rigging. [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FdyVOfBaEY&feature=youtu.be]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FdyVOfBaEY&feature=youtu.be[/ame] .

expertly done there Rich, quality dismantle in a very tight spot. See the snatch type rigging on the main stem at the end, that's where I'd never use antal or x rings, they'd increase the risk of rope failure and decrease the rope's life expectancy re cycles to failure.

too much talk in this thread, here's bottom line Cut down the right tree - Professionals Cut the wrong tree - Amateurs end of discussion.

from a development point of view that harness is a step backwards

you're too young, you wouldn't understand the cultural reference

what? in Bullseye? didn't know it was still on the telly

not specifically Lime or Beech with kretzch but probably beech with gano, or oak with dryad's saddle, beech with merip, chesnut killed by armillaria, dead elms- so many different variables/situations/extent of rot, weather conditions, can't remember coming down any specific trees but probably have and for good reasons - the choice to climb is very subjective, based on experience/skill level and some book knowledge VTA etc as well as loads of other variables such as targets under the tree etc. Making decisions based on feelings about the strength of a tree or it's rootplate is so subjective you'd never really learn anything from discussing it. One person might think it's unsafe to climb a particular tree, the next person might think it's perfectly fine, the first person who thought the tree was unsafe might be happy to do another similar tree somewhere else but the second person this time thinks it's a bad idea. The two different approaches will be based on two different experiences over time in treework. I think it would be sickening to see someone killed climbing a tree that could've been felled at ground level though. There are climbers out there who would've climbed that lime in your vid. But just as an example of variables and different approaches had they made the first cut here (red line) knocking out that centre stem (for whatever reason) they may just have unbalance the tree enough to rip the rootplate right up, down goes the tree with them in it.

did you hear about the trumpet tree they planted in Hampstead Heath? they had to rootatoot nice work as always David .

The Eager Beaver? is that the same guy who used to call himself The Arbor Barber? think it might be, Mark Bolam is his real name, he's a member here.

nice one, good job

here's the solution, members of the public and cowboys should only be allowed to buy this chainsaw tool and if they can't do any woodcutting or tree surgery with it then that's their problem -

I had that album round about the time it was released, long lost now though.......good old youtube eh....some decent tunes on it [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTKoWXcrxbo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTKoWXcrxbo[/ame] .

good work David, well put together vid. Like the set up for the highline.

you could work position off a doubled static line

I'll still use doubled petzl Ascensions and the rock exotica dualcender for the occasional footlock

Dean, these purpose made chocks? are these ok?

next time I'm near the tree will get pics, wouldn't expect to see much change though, was only about 18 months since was last there. Cheers

great pics in Stirling Tom, nice bit of the town there. how did they get the main trunk down on that slope? rigged, vertical speedline? or just felled at base? also, what was up with the Chestnut? why removal?

The X rings look good David, good luck with them, did you get the idea of using Antal rings in treework from this Arbtalk thread posted in 2011? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/rigging-roping/37049-antal-low-friction-rings.html

for a quick bail out method you could do something similar to what Kevin Bingham does in this vid or adapt some kind of slip hitch for quick release - [ame= ] [/ame]

Nice one Barry, was Mark out as well?

nearly right, went to bakers but they said you'd been in earlier and emptied the shelves, Ben, I love it when a flan comes together, heard you'd joined the Ku Klux Flan in Long Island, any truth to those rumours? do you guys wear flowery pillow cases with the eyes cut out?

I'd experimented with cable ties last year before a similar job. It's variable how much hold you need so you need to find just the right size of cable tie, or two small ones etc. I'm only using the flipline/lanyard for a bit of extra stability with work positioning, it's never taking that much weight. Also used the method before when working on other storm damaged/dead/dangerous trees when tied into a taller nearby tree.