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    NZ Mash Up

    Conorjm10 posted a topic in Video forum

    Some mashed together clips of 8 months spent in New Zealand.. Heli work, crane work, rigging etc! The work out there is great! If your thinking of travelling over there then i'd definetly reccommend it!
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    Hi mate thanks alot! I put a block and the bollard in the Beech tree you can see in the background, Luckily it lined up perfect to not turn the stem to soon. I knew that section of stem would be full of nails, wires etc so i wanted to drop it as large as possible but the side building wasnt structurally sound so didnt want to cause any issues just dropping it. Then i used a 4 to 1 set up with 2 guys pulling on a rope to get it in motion. Whenever your doing this you want to get a decent amount of pull to get it going at first so you can leave a slightly larger hinge (helps to stop one side of the hinge breaking and turning the piece). Hope that makes sense!
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    Thanks again mate! I was but i drove out to Norway to work up until Christmas.. Started Monday and so far so good! Nonoe stop tree care out here! Good climbs to!
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    Thanks Reg!
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    Thanks mate! We was there 2 and abit days but there was also around 7 conifers we removed to (But who'd film that? ha!) We had another crew help us on the first day to get stuck into the conifers, then just 4 of us the rest of the time. Erm pretty sure the lombardys was 3 loads of chip and approx 5 trailer loads of wood although the customers kept the large piece that you see us fell in the video which i reckon there was just over a ton in that to. Thanks for the feedback!
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    Thanks very much!
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    Thanks mate! And the hook the chopper uses is real fancy, i aint entirely sure how it works all i know is the pilot hits a button and the gate opens on the hook and the strops fall away ha!
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    Hi mate! On this particular job there wasn't to much movement but i did one a few weeks later on some skinnier pines and yeah they had quite abit of movement but the pilot is real smooth. And he's got alot of experience working with arborists and he knows to take the piece away from the back cut, basically he has no door on his chopper and just hangs his head out watching. We also have a guy on the ground who is in comms with him letting him know the approx weights.
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    Thanks mate! Appreciate the comment and enjoy ha!
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    The nerves are definetly going on the first few lifts but then you seem to find a rythem, Most of the time we can send the helicopter to a different climber to try and keep a steady pace but on this job i had to do the last tree with back to back lifts as the pilot cant fly over other climbers with a load. To say it was the most intense half an hour ever is an understatement ha!
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    Thanks mate! Our maximum lift is 1250kg but we aim to keep it around the 700-800 mark. We pre-strop the trees before hand and the dogman communicates with the pilot giving him the estimations... It's real impressive how accurate he is!
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    UK to New Zealand

    Conorjm10 replied to a topic in Employment

    Hi mate, I've been over here for around 6 months now working in Auckland. I just have the stardard tickets and they are accepted here. There is a big shortage of skilled climbers over here so if you know what your doing then you'll easily find work. The company i work for have recently won all the council contracts in Auckland and they're pulling staff in from everywhere. If you like i could put you in touch with my manager and he could maybe offer you something? Otherwise join the facebook groups (new zealand tree climbers, etc) Always job offers coming up!
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    Thanks mate! And you sure did ha! Yeah think he's got around 17-18 hairs now ha!
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    Like i said in a previous comment im just one of the climbers, i just get told where to go and what to do
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    Here goes... We removed 22 trees and the land we was working on was a basically a small mountain and with us having to chip all wood on site (including the stem wood) it would have taken a to long, so the company decided to get the clearence team on the other side of the hill and fly the trees over which took 6 hours of total flying time (Around 120 lifts), I dunno the cost of the chopper as i dont do the pricing im just one of the climbers but it can lift max 1300kgs. Our average lifts was 4-600kgs but some stem wood we went around a ton. And unfortunetly not but that would have been cool hahaha!
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    I should have explained, the tree's we are removing have dutch elm disease which is a bio hazard here in NZ. It is protocol to chip all the wood on site and leave on site no matter how big the stems are (trust me ive done alot of ripping and chipping over the past month and its taking its toll ha)!
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    Video from a helicopter removal video we did in Remuera, Auckland. Most intense/fun day i've ever had at work!
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    Thanks for taking the time to leave the feedback Reg! I pretty much just did what i was told by the dogman but your advice makes perfect sense! I'll be taking it on board and thanks for your vids, pretty much watched all of them ha! They've learned me a great deal!
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    Yeah mate loving it! Yeah was a tough day i was ruined after it haha... And i was on comms with a guy on the ground, he called most of the shots but it worked out pretty well
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    Thanks mate! Really appreciate the feedback!3
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    Footage of my first crane job, got alot to learn but it sure was fun!
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    Nope that wern't are crew, think i did hear about it though
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    Thanks mate! I hope your keeping well to

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