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helps if you put a link dude....

thankyou Ben. and it only took 180 odd people before someone spoke up too.

ahh crap- yes that would be very helpful probably would be a goa if it had a link.

Interesting, I see you threw a line over a far away branch and used a groundy to pull you over.

Looked hot, was it?

I tell them to think of me as a throw bag and try to redirect me over the limb then let go and I dump on the hitch.:big grin:

wasn't hot yet as we started in the early morning but was hot by lunchtime that day.

morning pruning large blue gum

morning pruning large blue gum

no problems with that here Rich it was deliberately a bit over the top and will be toning it down on the next couple of vids.

I had just purchased a couple of new bells and whistles so like any big kid I wanted to give them a run.

Cheers Ben.

three day Radiate pine tree smash down.

easy and cheap version is wondershare but I use Final Cut Pro X

okay I did have it happen once but in all fairness the bloke I was working for at the time marked 6 trees to be removed with pink paint and the one tree to be pruned with the same pink paint so when I had finished removing all the trees with pink paint on them and went to prune the other tree I could not find it. I may not be able to count very well but I am not colourblind so I phoned him up an said that He could explain what went wrong to the HO and left. lesson learnt.

ask Krish and Woodie, tell them ben says Hi.

I am a contract climber in Adelaide. if you have any questions etc get krish to give you my number and I will help out where ever I can.

Ben.

and nice work on the Euc - power lines suck.

looks like you are in Adelaide there Nathan, who are you climbing for? and yes friday was a stinker alright.

I once managed to swing right round whilst trimming the top of a connie hedge and nip my butt cheeks. I was wearing my chainsaw trousers but there ain't no protection in that area!

Cheeky

http://youtu.be/oZw9Seb41bc

Half failed Elm with compromised rootball removal with a crane.

http://youtu.be/oZw9Seb41bc

half failed Elm with compromised rootball removal using a crane

here is two pics a lad who is now working else where sent me.

enjoyed the megapine video bet you were glad to finish that one.

Thank you very much Scott.

yes after 8 days slog to get that girl down to approx 80 feet of trunk, I felt a great relief when the last top section was gone and I looked out to the ocean.

then I made the mistake of turning around to the sister tree Megapine 2 and promptly dismissed the thought and went back to enjoying the last sail down.

yep 6 months later I was back thankfully only to prune this time.

cheers for sticking it out tis a long vid and will probably be the biggest tree I ever tackle so the music is overdramatic on purpose but seriously a marathon of a climb

Ben.

Tidy vid. River red gum are they the ones that can shed branches suddenly? I remember a workmate telling me that when i was over there but cant remenber which type if tree

found you a photo in the archives from last year.

I enjoyed it, the music bopped along nicely to the pace of the work and I was there right until it started snowing - crazy white powder from the sky business.

ia that a pinto spacer you are running above the prussic?

if so will the fixed eye splice pass through it? looks like a cool idea.

Some big bad ass lifts there great work

Thanks mistahbenn thats listening to Reg in pictures proof, 1 complete turn just like it is supposed to, nice...

cheers for the comment glad you enjoyed that one

I like your vids mate, but the camera angles on that one and the dirty lense (I think) wasn't for me.

 

I'm working my way through your YouTube though, great fun!

Sweet Joe, it is what it is , the lens smear I am guessing was my oily thumb :thumb down:

the camera was me trying out the new go pro and what I can do with it.

I am glad that you enjoy my work and thank you for the honest yet very friendly comment it is always appreciated when someone takes the time out to speak with me

tis good to hear that you are going through the back catalogue,

cheers Ben.

Tidy vid. River red gum are they the ones that can shed branches suddenly? I remember a workmate telling me that when i was over there but cant remenber which type if tree

You have remembered it correctly breffni, the other Euc's will experience sudden limb drop or shed but it seems the biggest single ones are usually the river reds in the middle of summer when the water demand becomes unsupportable then a hotter northerly wind will pick up and Bam away it goes.

Thankyou for watching and commenting much appreciated sir.

Ben.

River Red Gum Removal at Yankalilla South Australia.