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liked that John, cheers for posting

good job David, nice day for it as well. Did you make that vid by choosing a time lapse option on the vid editing software?

slo motion cutting couple of tops out. In the first clip I was aiming to land the top in between the two stems (just for fun) but in reality was expecting it to hit the top of the nearest stem and break in half so it was nice to see how it turned out , on the second one you'll notice I'm chasing the backcut too fast and the saw jams for a split second, enjoy...... [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpeeZF-FaAg&feature=youtu.be]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpeeZF-FaAg&feature=youtu.be[/ame]

cheers folks, was an enjoyable job when the wind stayed down and the rain stayed off. Rich, the block was set up by spiking up and clearing the lower branches off that tree (that tree was also removed as well as the other dougie firs you can see). The guy running the rope is Elliot Smith, a member here, also a climber. The tree in the vid was about 85ft. .

happy new year folks. first climb of 2015 - dougie fir removal...swinging branches and timber away from garage using nearby tree as rigging point - [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GV6LA26yvU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GV6LA26yvU[/ame]

nice vid, cheers for posting..... I'd only be using the backbone in this configuration, over both centre posts. It relies on always being under tension, if the branch got hung up on the way down and slack was created in the system the sling may undo itself off the single post which could spell trouble.

P. lateralis is moving eastwards from the west coast, might be worth getting someone from the FC (Forest Research) to take samples. Red dots show sites identified with lateralis on Lawson's Cypress. In many cases the trees have been felled and all material burnt on site.

the dieback could be Phytophthora lateralis. The fungi is probably saprophytic where is the tree Tom?

Nice work on the first vid Reg, don't fancy that height if the wind picked up strong, when you drop lengths of timber out at those heights is the client worried about damage to the base of the other trees? or is the priority just getting the dangerous trees down and accepting some collateral damage to the others growing around them? Only reason I'm asking is that the name Cathedral Grove gives the impression the trees/forest are of some value historically/old growth etc. .

would've destroyed the fence, but at least it wouldn't have hit his face.

expecting way too much from both the tree (hinge wood) and the pulling set up (mechanical advantage/floating anchor set up too slow). Looked liked the top was back leaning and the hinge gave way before it reached upright/C.o.G, also looks like he was chasing the cut to leave almost no hinge at all. Astounding - hope the guy is alright, looked a sore one. .

I suspect leaving monoliths was not a priority for the woodland owner David. This was job was arranged through an arb consultant and specified by the woodland owner. By the time I became involved any suggestion of leaving the trees as monoliths was of so little significance as to be almost completely irrelevant, a decision had been made to fell the trees to ground level. Climbing bat surveys were carried out prior to felling. They were arranged prior to me being contracted to remove the trees. I don't have an issue with leaving monos or carrying out coros et. Done it many a time. In fact I've removed so many trees in my time in treework I'd happily spend the next 20 years creating monos, wildlife snags, coronet cuts and fracture prunings if it meant even the smallest increase in wildlife. There is some standing deadwood left on site, a large naturally occurring Beech mono, a victim of a previous storm see below.

these 3 beech trees came down for safety reasons, the problem areas were in the crowns in case people are looking at the base cross sections and thinking, 'they look ok' anyway, just a quick vid of their final moments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4GZtHrM3Ho&feature=youtu.be

it's a Norway Spruce.

cheers folks More than likely the Heterobasidion annosum that was present, see pics of base below see still pic from vid below Morten, the stone wall. The pull line is added in so that as the top breaks off at the hinge the pre- tension in the line will physically pull the top away from the wall below, it's like extra insurance, that's all. Mark Lanegan and Duke Harwood - song is Pentacostal [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U1y-af2Q9E]Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood - Pentecostal (Black Pudding album) - YouTube[/ame] Rab, will use boat music next vid:biggrin:

No, me filming, climber/feller is a friend who I was grounding for that day, was his job, was nice to stand back and watch the climbing for a change. big tree for it's age (40years)

few short clips of dead Grand Fir coming down, and no, it wasn't possible to fell from ground level before anyone asks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN6NRIucKYk&feature=youtube

WD40 all the way here Mark, never liked graphite powder, someone told you years ago that graphite powder is the only thing you can use for biners and you believed them, they were wrong, WD40 is far superior. Bit late now though eh, looks like your done

if you lived in a very small close knit traditional society where your extended family was nearby at all times I'd understand how your idea would be plausible. I'd also understand you leaving your child in a nursery or kindergarten where you'd carried out all the necessary checks to satisfy yourself that your child would be cared for by qualified and experienced women. To suggest giving your child to a complete stranger in a random café whilst out shopping in 2014 is in my opinion a sign of mental illness.

always liked the positive click-shut of the closure mechanism on the ISC blocks, the new small block looks like a sensible idea and price, cheers for posting. .

if it was any of these guys who asked you, walk away, just walk away mate

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any pics of the tree standing? it looks very much like Scots Pine, does it have a very strong pine smell? even when dead the timber retains that distinctive smell.

kind of, I'm not that clued up on dynamic kernmantle, can't think of a situation where you would want to use it in treework. You'd need to investigate that on a rockclimber's forum. Static kernmantle which we do use in treework has roughly about 70% of it's strength in the inner core, this allows the outer fibres to do their job of acting like a shield, so if the outer sheath gets slightly damaged it wont significantly affect the strength of the rope. Also, generally speaking static kernmantle has a thicker sheath than dynamic kernmantle due to it's uses in caving, rescue, industrial rope access etc, this has it's downsides though - very stiff construction for knotting/hitches etc

single braid 16 strand is a single rope that gets all of it's strength from the outer fibres, the filler strands are there to keep the rope round when in use, that's all, they're not load bearing. Ever seen an old single braid 12 strand climbing rope? completely hollow. The 16 strand single braid is the same but with a filler. double braid is softer (goes flat easily when you pinch it) and is basically two ropes, outer and inner both load bearing