Felling leaning Sycamore with a tirfor winch and a chainsaw 

@sitdox You're right, an awful lot of hassle and a complete pain in the neck! We had to get these trees down as they were leaning over the neighbour's yard, and the prevailing wind would eventually knock them over and damage his property, especially if they got any bigger... Now they're down, we can cut the regrowth every few years without any messing around with ropes.

@sitdox Ah, hello! No worries :-) It was a lot of hassle though, you're right. Still, first time I've tried using this winch on a tree, so I was a bit wary... See you around in the woods soon... Hey, just watched your videos - are some of them in Grist Wood? I like the "sudden death of the oak tree"!

@mikepepler nope the that one is at Bixley lane at the Bixley woods regards

Thanks for that Mike. I have the same winch, with 11mm cable. Have you used a snatch block with that cable? I've read the block's wheel should be 18x the rope diameter, but that means a very big,expensive pulley.

They're made by Tractel, not sure where though as it's a global company.

When using a shackle on a running rope, put the pin through the eye, not like this guy. Because if the pin is on the running part of the rope, it is possible the pin could unscrew as the rope runs on it?

@sitdox OK let me put all it right 1 nothing rude or impolite 2 let me introduce myself it's Saulius who work for Tim 3 happy new year and all the best 4 leaving LT tonight in 30min so see all you soon back in UK Cheers

Please demonstrate proper use of equipment next time Mike. Don't wrap the pulling line around the tree and connect the shackle around your cable because it wears out the cable prematurely by putting side loads with a small radius towards the end of the wire rope. Use a sling around the tree and connect that to the thimble eye of your cable. Otherwise good video. Thanks.

@sitdox Well, still a funny video anyway! :-)

too much hassle on small tree lol