chrism3513

Thanks , it's not a term Iv heard before

especially as Eucalyptus is a genus not a species. what do they mean by wind throw?

Or use your work rope or access line (if set) or a throw line to retrieve it and lower to ground...

Fair enough... I reckon you should practice your cuts from both sides It can sometimes catch you out a bit if they dont line up perfectly, but you just have to take the time fixing the scarf if thats the case . youre above mentioned technique for bigger trees sounds fine, but in time you should be able to judge it a little better; id say on 70 - 90% of fells i do (including some big eucs, we get em big in here in Victoria!) i can get the pull rope tensioned up how much i want (usually on a 4wd or similar), do the back cut from both sides, with a wedge or two in as a precaution. then get the hell out of there and signal for the ute to pull it over once im a safe distance away. sometimes itl start going whilst im finishing the 2nd half of the backcut, in which case i try and keep cutting for as long as i can so im not left with a huge hinge on that side, but once the tree has moved a few degrees its a case of get out of there! By the way, forgot to mention. Video is entertaining to watch / well produced. good work!

why did you cut those sections out the sides? id have just cut my scarf or face cut out from both sides with the big husky, then 1/4 from the rear. you may have found if the weight was pulling over that side, having the shorter hinge would have allowed it to fall that way regardless, even if you had lined the hinge up perfectly. the edges of the hinge are the most effective & you cut them away.

Id say a decent climber has training that has been obtained over a few years, and then a few further years experience. 55k a year self employed with all the costs and negatives that go with that... nothing ridiculous about that to me. my little sister just got a job driving horse trucks around (based in england but a fair bit of driving in europe) and shes on 35k a year, just for comparison id say being self employed and doing a more skilled / dangerous/ physically wrecking job than that deserves to be earning a little more coin..

I remember the firm my cousin used to work for in the south east paid his top climber/s 120 a day... that was on the books, and that was back in 2007/8 . If i could get 120 on the books, to me there is no point being a self employed contractor for an extra 30 quid a day?? end up making less money at the end of the year! So i agree with you, UK contractors def need to be charging more!

whats a subby in the uk worth? im charging $500 a day here in Melbourne... some people moan but actually its at the cheaper end of things... some guys charge $600 +, i know of a couple who are at $800-$1000 a day.....

Ideas man

only problem... think about most domestic tree jobs. you reverse truck & chipper down customers drive and drag branches to the chipper. if the chipper is sandwiched inbetween a trailer and the front half of the landy... its going to be a pain in the backside!

Cheers everyone! Im surprised nobody has picked up on me all but cutting through the hinge when i scarf the log over at the end... thats why it doesnt behave quite right as it tips over! skyhuck, funnily enough I was using a standard 201 for a while and hated it, it was a pos compared to my old 200. But this one I have now came from a guy in america who mods them , not sure what its had done but he makes a business of modding & selling them new. Anyway it goes hard as, heaps better than both my old 201 & the 200!

thanks for the responses guys

Dont usually post on here i normally lurk around reading But this video i thought puts a slightly different angle on it than your usual head cam footage. It was a reasonably wide tree , probably 15m W x 20m H. But the guy i was working for (owner of drone) didnt start filming til the last hour or so. Tree is located in Mt Eliza, Victoria. Cheers, Chris.

What is the main differences between spider jack & lock jack? i climb on spider jack but apparntly the lockjack doesnt have a brake. surely it wears through cams super quick?

Also forgot to mention, I have CS30, 31 & 38 from my time in the UK. Now have a Cert III in Horticulture (Arb) studied at NMIT in Melbourne. Thanks

Hi guys I know this is very early notice but just putting some feelers out there! Im 26, been climbing since I was 21 & been living in Victoria, Australia for the same amount of time. Just booked flights back home for a (working?!) holiday, but don't have enough holiday pay to cover me for the full 6 weeks il be away so looking for some extra work whilst im in the UK. I'l be bringing basic climbing gear with me, harness, spurs, rope, couple of throwlines etc but not everything. Obviously won't have my own 020 to use. I have a lot of experience in both removals & pruning, often in far larger trees than we have in the UK. Pruning wise, we tend to do more weight reduction / dead wooding / structural pruning sort of work here, so I don't have so much experience in reductions as are common in the UK. Will be available for 2 or 3 days a week in August, or perhaps a full week if it fits in with my actual holiday schedule! But that can obviously be arranged nearer the time. Il be staying at my mums near Robertsbridge in East Sussex but will have a car so can travel reasonable distances if necessary. Thanks for reading, Im looking forward to coming home, first time in 4 years! Chris