just paused the vid for this comment, laughed loud enough to wake my wife. i will be clipping jerky into some of our biners now, what a great surprise in the tree.
Out East, we can't afford jerky...too many uninsured illegals..... can you send us up an empty jar of peanut butter, so we can wipe it clean with our finger?
That is a tall madrone. You have similar trees like where I live. Norcal, Madrones, Big Leaf Maple,Tan Oak, Doug fir, Ponderosa pines, dogwoods. Do you have Black Oak up there, (quercas kellogii)? Nice tree work, you like going big I see. Good ground crew.
Your Crew and Yourself are totally smooth and in sync. If I was in the U.S. or you was here in the UK I would love to work for you Top Job August always love watching your Vids
I love those madrones. Beautiful trees. heavy, dense wood. good for carving. Wish they grew up here in portland more but i only get maybe 1 per year and they are usually kinda small.
August. Big fan of your vids! I have one question - when it comes to the rigging on the euc you only use the krab only with no 1/2 hitch. aren't you worried that it may slip out ? esp euc being a slippery kind of wood.
Tree:TmenT Tree Services It’s madrone. Yes also quite slippery. You’ll notice sometimes I half hitch and sometimes I don’t. On the times that I don’t, the anatomy of the tree (swells and bumps and attachment location) ensures the choke will not slip. This may not be easily obvious on film but it is in person. I don’t follow standards or rules for the sake of the rule or the standard but instead just focus on doing necessary things. Hope that explanation helps and people don’t lose faith in my experience (those that have it) but that’s how I roll.
August Hunicke You know what you are doing. Experience teaches us what we can get away with. Keep the vids coming! I watch them before I do big stuff to get in the zone.
Damien on that rope 👌. Hey August back in the days did you ever used two way radios to communicate with grounds guys? I eventually want to buy the planpfanner protos helmets with the sena built in but too costly at the moment for 4 of us, so was thinking of using two way radios/wakie talkies. What's your though on that?
August. Please start using a half hitch before your termination hitch (carabiner) in rigging. Just to show good practice in the industry. Its like me making a beat out of time. it is ugly!
Great video, as always! :) One question: How do your groundsmen tention the rope of the speedline? Do they attach a pulley to the other tree, so they get a mechanical advantage? Thanks in advance =)
Too many factors to discuss in this comment. It’s important to understand the dangers of speed lining before you apply tension, anchor, and load the line.
Good job! I never enjoy those trees. Brittle fiber. Poor hingewood. These trees can have many dangerous defects that can get you in trouble. Stay safe👍
Hey August, did you sort out the comms coming through on the video??? All your voices are very clear, can hear everything that is said, sounds great. Good stuff and thanks for posting up another great video. Randy
my speedline kit was about $2,000 .....200' of 1/2" AmSteel, around $200 of anchoring hooks and clevises, another $300 of anchoring slings, and a set of 6 sliders, which consist of 2" Omni-Blocks on 60" "medium duty" nylon loop slings... this is for when we have builders who insist upon waiting till AFTER a foundation is dug, to finally have that massive tree taken down....or when we need to cross a creek ..., etc....
Victorious! - I hear what you're saying, but sometimes we need to slide 1,300-1,700- pound sections of tree, across a foundation, or footing.... it is not fun, trust me, as the wealthy contractors could not care less, how much work we need to put into each yob....
