Rupe
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Only two so far. The big one behind the one we are on now is having a survey soon so we'll see?
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Ok. After that last video, the batteries ran out but I got a bit more clearign done that day. I've edited this a bit quicker cos it might get too boring. Here we are just continuing to rig into the space created at the back of the tree and as that space get bigger we are moving round to the front where we started. Notice the low branch left in position to "catch" the swinging branches. It works quite well and helps flick the brash the right way so it lands facing the chipper. Thats groundie skills! It doens't always work but generally does, he makes it look easy while I'm faffing around gettign my saw stuck etc! We will be back to it tomorrow if the weather is ok. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q67H3T-rDk0]YouTube - Beech rigging work 2.wmv[/ame]
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And in the background are three more big Beech from the same row. It is of course a shame they are coming down, not my decision or recomendation of course.
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And heres a pic of the one that we felled already. Very similar!
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Check out the tree behind the one we are felling. Its a monster! Beyond it WAS the one we felled a couple of years ago, and they are near identical "clones" from the same seed tree I guess.
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Cheers, and yes I do like Beech, its by far my favorite tree to climb. I've not put my spikes on yet, but they are on in the next clip cos it got wet. Generally I'd leave them off as long as possible. The only big trees we have here are Beech and Poplar, with the odd lime and oak. So I do way more poplars than Beech but don't like them enough to bother posting!
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More to come yet. My groundie is the best (good climber too), this video shows his skills at my attempts to overcomplicate everything!
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Then we switch the rigging over to the other blue pulley so we could rig form the opposite side. I cleared a load of easy branches to make a space to rig into, then we rigged everything into that space. This short bit is just switching the rigging. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlqUXRxiUo]YouTube - Beech rigging switch.wmv[/ame]
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Monkey who?? So, that was the bit over the front entrance done.
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So, theres nothing broken, you finished the tree (good man!) and then went to hospital on a trauma bed?! WTF, that must have been more embarassing than anything else? I have only really worked with one kiwi (owen) and I would have had to break a few major limbs before he would get me the first aid kit let alone an "ambo mate". I genuinly do hope you are ok!
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Ok, so the red pulley is quite a way out on the edge of the crown so I put a redirect in there for me to work off, also it helps keep my rope away from the rigging line. I then went down lower to cut off the low branches and the rigging point was much further out than where I was cutting so that enabled us to swing the stuff out over the driveway entrance. Nothing huge, but just about big enough to fit in the small landing area. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o77UJlwtSA]YouTube - Beech rigging start work.wmv[/ame]
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Waiting on you tube now!
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So now its time to let loose my video editing skills!! This is a bit long, hope it’s some use to somebody. This first bit is just setting the rigging. Start with yellow top pulley, left hand blue and fairlead, then right hand blue and temporary red. Please let me know if it makes any sense? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oevR56p_t5w]YouTube - Beech Rigging set up..wmv[/ame]
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Split ash has a nice clean creamy colour but with tint of pink. Anything too pure and whiter in colour is possibly Poplar. If you don't get all Ash then its shouldn't be problem, a mix of hardwoods is ideal for the fire. What you don't want is a load of Poplar pretending to be ash, so the best advice I can give is for you to learn what poplar looks like. It is very similar to ash apart form it not having the pinkish hue on inside, and the bark is much tougher on young ash and even more so on old ash, whereas poplar bark tends to flake off easily. I've been on many forums just for advice from the extperts available there and on every one there is every type of personality you could imagine, just like real life! I don't go to the pub expecting everyone to be freindly and helpful, i expect some grief, some micky taking, some lies and maybe a fight now and then.
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They are based on the same industrial estate as me. I have used them a bit, they are good for embroidery and corporate stuff. They do minimal tree work stuff to, supplied by fletcher stewart so they could get you anything and embroider it for you! Gloves etc. Sevsafe have a better range IMO. I use Mapa ultrane gloves at 1.66 a pair, they last for ages, well a couple of weeks or so.
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Its just under the right of the canopy, just touching. So will need to take care but shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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Looking from inside the garden. This is roughly the intended set up, although it actully runs diagonally away from the veiwpoint so the right hand blue and red are further away and the left hand blue is closer. Yellow is a large ISC pulley. This will be the final pulley for large lumps. The two blue ones are medium ISC pulleys. These are the actuall lowering points, away from the trunk and one for each side of the tree. The red one is then the extra temporary lowering point, and this will be moved or removed as required. The tail end of the rope goes through a fairlead pulley and down to the winch. One this is set up it can be easily reversed to work the other side. This method is great for distributing weight throught the crown.
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So the first thing I wanted to get done was this overhang over the front entrance. I've marked the section I want to remove first. The red upright is the stem overhanging the front and I want to remove whats above the red T line. I've done it in red cos that matches the pulley I'll use for that section. This should all become clear eventually!
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The main targets below are the railing fence and the nice expensive cotswold stone pillars! The tree overhangs these railing quite a bit. To the rear it is easier but still there are shrubs and hedges to be avoided. What I would usually do it start at the easiest point and make a space in the crown and then rig all the tricky stuff round into that space. Problem here is that that space would be 20+ meters away from the tricky bits which are too low to swing round that far. Also there is a risk of us getting delayed by weather (thats why I'm home today typing this!!!!) and the easy stuff is all away from the house and I promised the client that if we left it un finished that we would not leave just the stuff overhanging the house!
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As you can see the crown is quite dense, not massively tall but quite wide.
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After some delays with planning issues and weather we finally started this Beech tree removal this week but are off due to snow again today. So I'll post the whole lot so far. This may be really boring but I'll try and explain what is going on so that it may be of interest to some and load of old hat to others. Start off with nice pictures of the tree!
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Chucking it t down here again! Much warmer and wetter than last time though, hopefully it won't last!
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Not exactly new. I've had the same avatar for about 6 years or more, thought I'd add my new work logo to it for a slight change!
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Hope you mend soon! What have you actually damaged? Srt might put extra force on the anchor branch, but the back up of the other branches must compensate for that. That anchor was weak either way, so srt was good choice under the circumstances.
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He's got good feedback etc. I agree, he's just not very good at selling.
