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two day cottonwood takedown

Ben

Loving it

https://youtu.be/q7YyGBu3U5E

two day Oak prune late last year.

nothing major nor dramatic

just about a beautiful tree and some great climbing.

cheers Ben.

Some really heavy tip heavy limbs to cut, not easy for sure & I'd say good job but you kept on nailing the house

and loved every minute I spent lining that house up for the shot too...

Awesome stuff Ben, bet that was a fun job!

Keep them coming mate.

Thankyou Mark,

the first site was spread over a couple of days and a slight hitch with a koala going up my last tree before lunch time so I could only work one side and had to come back on the saturday once He had vacated the tree.

the second site I was offered a generous bonus to put the tree down in one day no questions asked just get it down in pieces a 50 ton excavator could manage.

it was an ambitious ask requiring a good knowledge base as the Aleppo pine timber is the worst one I personally know of for doing all kinds of crazy reverse logic shite and yes having a fairly respectable set of jewels also contributed to the overall success of the operation.

phoned the bossman at 4.30 pm told him it was done.

He replied " you are a demon and we will be using your services again"

happy days

Terrible hinges and fibre-pulling.

Timber ruined.

You're a disgrace, Sir. A disgrace.

Good man Ben flat out cutting!!!

 

Big hairy stuff!!

How will that be tidied up?

the first site they chipped up as much fluff as could be man handled down to the street and the timber is being left for the excavator to deal with.

the second site they had two larger excavators to fight over all the material including ripping out that 5 meters high stump.

the main timber will go off to the sawmill and all the secondary timber and or all the fluff not chipped will go to a processing site for turning into mulch and compost.

Pure Smashdown...

the title speaks volumes,

two different demolition sites over two days combined into one video.

Ben.

Nice big smooth rigging.

At a guess because the logs looked like they were flying off dangerously, possibly more of a slope than it looks from the vid.

thankyou Mick,

yes there was a slope down to the kerb from the trunk on the second tree.

if I could have trusted citridora more i would have tried a deeper face cut on the large logs but it is not a timber that I trust so much as to risk it.

Ben

Well done bud, just asked you that on tube before I'd seen your post on here, are the helpers guys you normally work for and are friendly enough to help out on your own jobs?

thank you Gray Git, the rope man is a close friend and fellow climber Adrian.

the chipper operator is my mums partner Pete.

the other two people working on site are the engineer Matt who got me the job and his apprentice Chris who were working for all the fire wood from the job.

bit of a contra deal between the customer and himself to reduce the labour costs.

Adrian and Pete I get in when I need them and depending on the job requirements.

I have worked for Matt and his father before on several different properties so I would call them repeat customers of mine.

Ben.

Glad to hear that mate. You really ought to put it in the title of each vid at this stage. It all helps with Web searches in your area. Good work too by the way. Looks dried out there.

 

One question. It appeared that some logs you were dumping/free falling, then others you were rigging over the same patch of beat-up ground. Was I seeing that right? What's the thinking there ?

Okay Reg ,

I am def new to the business promotion angles and it shows

there was a small mulberry tree that the customer was quite attracted to so any thing that could have bounced or rolled at it I took the extra time to rig out.

you can see the tree to the bottom left of the photo.

X-ringing it in

two day job removing two Eucs on the same site, only X-rings used in the rigging.

working for myself - first Astons Arborists video .

I recently purchased one from treegear here in australia.

so far it has been excellent especially the surprise at how much reach it does have when using a top handled saw.

only draw back so far was operator error on my part when I forgot about the extra length the bungie makes and let my ms 200 down onto a limb below me snapping the chain brake handle off.

like I said my fault for inattention.

has already saved me on a snag up with a tooth getting caught on a red gum log and I did not feel anything as it stretched out then released from the log .

I'm working in the West Midlands. Birmingham and Coventry mainly.

Lived in Wales for many years though,

okay , was asking cause there was a pic on IG the other day from the Welsh countryside of a Arborist so covered in mud up to his knees it was hard to see the cutter pants and boots.

He told me that it was typical of working in that area.

Always enjoy the vids and rigging solutions on those broad spreading eucs.

thankyou Mick , the double block rig out was my favourite part , really multiplied the strength to the rigging point and the rope while increasing the level of control the rope man had on the piece.

Great vid and good music to boot.

 

Job looked like an interesting puzzle. Nice weather too. Forgotten what it's like to be warm and dry 😎

Thank you very much new guy ti ,

yeah I rolled up on the viewing of two photos on my phone and a description of the job.

we were working next to a B and B with the guests arriving at 6pm that night.

thankfully all done and dusted rolling out the gate at 5.30 pm so mission successful with a great day amongst the vines.

are you working in Wales?

You're vids are always enjoyable to watch mate.

 

You obviously have great crack at work, and it comes through in your videos.

Thank you very much Joe ,

somedays not many mind but some days I would do it for free just cause the particular job / tree is such a kicker.

years ago a man told us arb tragics that to document the journey was important because once that tree was gone you would be the last person to climb it and see that view...

I second that sentiment.

plus I get to make some epic messes and don't clean them up any more so win /win.

Enjoyed that one mate.

 

I love it when you turn up on site and have to make a plan on the fly. Or basically make it up as you go along.

 

The most enjoyably type of work for me.

 

Good stuff.

thank you Rich Rule, I most def agree - best days are seat of the pants on the fly rigging solutions with what ever is at hand or you can scrounge together (and occasionally beg)

gets the gears turning and a real buzz at the end when the plan all comes together.

Looks like you're throwin goodly size chips Ben!

 

Good stuff mate.

 

Jomoco

Hand sharpened it myself ,

Thankyou Jomoco , as a fellow tojo fan here is a pic of the cruiser's clocking 400,000 km's last week -

treated it to new drivers seat , new door trims and a visit to the auto electrical workshop plus a major service and some new seat covers

still working on the winch.

Ben

Naughty Eucalypts

hung up Red gum being removed from a Mana gum .

ended up removing both trees

some interesting rigging applications but not a massive job or a tall tree.

have fun,

cheers Ben.

Two kids now so no more hobbies or spare time. Have to get up at 4am so I can get some arbtalk time.

Steve

Ohh , well I will have to wait it out until the free time comes around again - do enjoy your work and the scenery in your videos is great as well.

4 am ouch - thats some dedication Steve.

I haven't laughed like that for a while watching the rope man do the full pants waddle down the drive with one of those big chunks, bravo nice work sir.

yep good fun vid, is that a beech? supposed to be heavy - never even climbed one let alone seen a specimen face to face.

Great news Ben on starting Astons Arborists.

 

I still remember the epic Mega Pine movie from years ago. Hopefully you'll still have time to put up the occasional video when you're hard at it running a business full time.

 

Where did the 'Astons' part of your business name come from? Somewhere in SA?

yeah I am in no rush to do a removal that big any time soon.

I will keep up the videos - gives me a hobby in the spare time.

the astons part kinda does come from SA , my family name and it sounded like it had a sterling silver ring to it without being a obvious grab for the first spot in the telephone directory.

And thank you Arborlicious - you have been subscribed for a long time now and I appreciate the comments from yourself as well as watching your work though not as frequent as mine it is still enjoyable when the next one drops.

Ben

Top man for going for it, if you can still mix it up with helping out other firms either as you are now or as a whole crew in the future it can really help with cash flow, I have no doubt that you'll make it with the commitment to the job your videos put across

Best thing I ever did was make the transition to being my own boss, not easy by any means but well worth it!

Keep the videos coming and keep us posted how the business venture progresses 👍

Thankyou Gray git , it is a move somewhat overdue.

I am going along the path you are describing for now , have a good reputation for not poaching on site so the companies I do sub out to know I am not stealing their potential work / customers and that helps keep the bookings coming in.

Will def keep up the posts on the advancement of Astons Arborists (registered business name in Oz)

cheers Ben.

Good man thanks for posting always learn a lot from watching your vids.

You are welcome iana and thank you very much.

cheers Ben.

I always watch these well produced vids in HD and with the volume cranked up....interesting angles,sounds and soundtrack as usual.

thank you very much silky fox - trying to keep it lively and interesting otherwise it is just another day at work.

but I do personally love my job most days - funny how that came about with me not cleaning any of the shite up any more , don't know how that happened Eh?

cheers Ben.