stihlmadd

On 3/24/2018 at 17:42, Mick Dempsey said:

Outstanding, as usual.

 

Some big low swings there, tricky.

Thankyou Mick,

it was certainly a challenging spot to bring all that tree down into.

euc removal in a toight LZ this week

Ben.

20 hours ago, silky fox said:

Real good quality resolution and some fantastic camera angles as always Stihlmadd.Always enjoy your work.

thank you very much Silky Fox,

appreciate the props good Sir.

22 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Trees in Australia and New Zealand are in a different league to our small uk trees.
Great videos stihlmad.

thankyou very much Rough Hewn,

its those Beech trees in the UK that appeal to me, never even seen one let alone climbed one...

short compilation video of some jobs I have knocked out this year.

a compilation video from tree work this year to feature the 
Full reach and Big Boss chainsaw lanyards from Reecoil.
this is a non paid friendly endorsement by me to assist a fellow climber Dan Dass
in his new business venture.
disclaimer ( I did get a T-shirt and a couple of new lanyards)

4 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Epic stuff, that one just went up and up!

 

Good rope work on the ground, regular guy or employed by the tree firm you subbed for?

Thankyou Mick and sadly he is happily employed by the tree firm...

14 hours ago, billpierce said:

Another ace vid. Thanks.

They them xtra big x rings your using? ( can someone remind me where to get them pre spliced into a deadeye?)

Also was that branch on fire? Wtf!

You show a split in the tree but couldn't tell where about it's was height wise ?

thank you billpierce,

The Beast size X rings are ducks nuts for big stuff - both the bend radius and the omni directional rigging angles .

- XTRA LARGE 38X28

the burning limb was the beehive getting swiftly taken care of by the ground guys .

about 50 feet

4 1/2 day Dead Euc removal,

last half day with a 40 ton Terex Crane.

Enjoy

Ben

2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Great vid, tricky looking balancing of horizontals.

Thankyou Mick,

if you have had the pleasure of cutting lemon scented before you would appreciate the unique weight and density of this misbegotten timber.

crane op and dogman were quite surprised - I laughed , good times.

3 hours ago, silky fox said:

Expertly done as always! .Beautifully filmed too.

thank you silky fox,

the contractor and I agreed due to the inclosed nature of the tree and the limited access that the crane was the only way to fly.

ironically I had pruned the whole tree three months before the customers decided to go ahead with the removal.

Two day crane assisted removal over a child care centre .

Ben

On 8/15/2017 at 17:52, Steve Bullman said:

Pleasure to watch as always 

thank you Steve,

the new site is quite the treat to come back to after another long working stint.

Winters Fall

I'm ok thanks, Ben. Glad to hear things are going good for you mate. How tall do you think the red gum was ?

we measured it at 48.3 mtrs height and 7.63 mtrs around at 1 meter off ground level.

and cause you once said you wouldn't be able to recognise me at a petrol station line up with out my gloves on here is a rare selfie I took near the top of the Red gum I pruned.

Pruning vid says unavailable here mate ?

 

Watched the previous one though. Good work.

 

How's it going there ? Still sub contracting or ?

really - that blows , I paid music bed reasonable coin for the copyright use of the music ,

thank you for letting me know I will have a look into it.

still subbying but at half my own work and half others ,

the last two videos are jobs I quoted for my business Astons Arborists .

works quietened down but steady and the winter weather has kicked in but Im trucking on for now thank you for asking.

how about yourself?

three day prune up on a River red gum - the tallest and biggest Euc I have worked on so far.

enjoy

Ben

double Red gum removal over three days,

some interesting rigging moments and a few good drops.

Ben

Stone pine removal over several days including a first for me - rigging out a tree house.

nothing fantastic or massive.

Ben

Great video Ben. Those Eucs look so much fun!!! 🖒

thankyou SamTree,

apologies for the late reply - feel very rude in taking so long to get back to you.

been busy like an arse kicking olympic contender.

It's Gotta Go!

Tasmanian Blue Gum Removal

What is the advantage over the roller?

it creates a self tending VT hitch by removing the setback which leads to a number of advantages when climbing such as one hand tending.

Can you take a picture when you get a chance mate, never easy to see in the vid

sure thing Tommy_B

that is the mountain bike tyre tube on the left and the zip tie version on the right

the fixed eye still attaches in the middle hole of the Hitch pulley

Nice video. Whats the idea of the rings above the hitch?

thankyou breffni,

the ring above the hitch is an idea I stole from Jesse Coleman,

it acts as a heat sink to stop burning your fingers when bombing out and lets you index your hand on the hitch while stopping the gloves ( for some climbers) being dragged into the hitch.

apparently it does the glove thing with the zigzag as well.

Ben