Will Hinchliffe

I dont like putting my cinch in like that because you are loading the oval caribiner with some twist. A swivel on the bridge would eliminate the torsion.

I think we could have easily gone harder on the left stem. It should be enough to reduce the likelihood of the stem failing but the height may need reducing again in the future. Fired the bigshot to just above the main fork. Most of the branches slope down so I choked the branch with an alpine butterfly and ascended the single line with a kong backed up with a prussik and a pantain. Then used my normal system.

Before, after, during and the view.

Sorry I thought I had added pictures

Cool pics Tom very blue sky!

Today we were reducing and bracing a Wellingtonia in Warminster. I had climbed it before to inspect the union and remove the deadwood. The tree has lost a large limb at the union of the two stems and there was a cavity at the union. The two stems had been braced before the owner moved in in 1983. The union and bracing had not been inspected since. The two stems are at 90 degrees to the south westerly winds. When I climbed it to inspect it the cable bracing was going slack then taught with a twang in the wind. We decided to reduce the left hand stem by 2 meters and install additional bracing above the existing steel bracing. The bracing was set slack with a shock absorber in it to allow the stems to continue to flex and put on growth in response to stress loading. The bracing should limit how far the left hand stem can move and reduce the likelihood of failure. The job took about 3 and a 1/2 hours. The works carried out were minimal. Would you have done more or less?

Nice work Highscale.

Has the wood been over thinned ?

Its good for you:001_tongue:

Nice straight single stemmed conifers that you get to spike up and cut the branches of as you go then rig down the stem. I like them because you can be really systematic and work them in a very calculated way.

The rest of the beech felled and moved to a stack on site. The hotel grounds staff even helped with the sawdust:thumbup: The forwarder couldn't lift the sections in 8 foot lengths so we had to cut them in half.

Yes it was:thumbup: I dont think you could fell it field side without a decent winch. And my boss he say climb. Its a Hobbs block we are using.

The area underneath the tree is a hogging car park. Destruction of the rooting area due to the construction methods used for the car park has resulted in crown die back and the removal of the tree. Most of the crown was lowered and the stem will be felled.

Cheers dave

Rigidiporus?

I reckon a full wrap handle would be pretty handy when using a big saw in the tree.

Very nice. Do you use your 10mm lanyard as a flip line? I find it harder to flick over things than a standard one. Have you tackled the stem yet and will it all fit on your truck in one load?

What are half wrap handles?

Excelent post Gmann:thumbup:

I hope that spiral split stump from that windblow didn't get cut down. Great photo Mr spanners.

How long are treemotions serving for before being replaced ?

You are all wrong:001_tt2:

Lovley jubly:thumbup:

Nice job Deen. We did ours last year, but it didnt have any shims fitted on the small bearing end we spent ages hitting it with a bar and sledge hammer trying to get the bearing to settle untill we phoned up timberwolf and found out about the shims. Nice set of bearing pullers:thumbup1:

Nice video great to see your crane in action.