some never learn even with a clip under the ear..................... and over the head. Is there a brain in there.?..needs a frontal labotomy. LOL
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some never learn even with a clip under the ear..................... and over the head. Is there a brain in there.?..needs a frontal labotomy. LOL
I have a little different approach to things
I have used the loader of my Ford 755B with the forks attached to pull out over 50 mesquite trees so far some with a 20 ft deep tap root
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I true great who must have had me in mind when he wrote this song
https://youtu.be/1t8kAbUg4t4
By the way he had the correct initials as well LOL
Absolutely Hilarious!!
Frank the Crooner's parents had some deep premonition, he born ~30 years earlier...Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
Nice compilation of difficult and perfect tree fells.
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That's experience at work!
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Wow. What a use of mortise and tenon.
Boy Howdy! I wished I had seen that 3 years ago when I had a big hickory hung up and we had to pull it with a tractor That's a good idea!
And a great bit of thinking on keeping it hung up until the second leg on the left side gets cut away from the stump. Pretty ingenious thinking there. This I will remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by neilbourjaily
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This is zip-lining not sliding a log. Log sliding is taking the butt out in a controlled direction when cutting in dense wood or dealing with a hang-up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mayne4ujJE8
When I first saw the photo to start this thread, "Zipline Rigging a Tree Limb" I instantly imagined a Darwin Award applicant.
But that is actually a very good way do that job.
The guy in the woods has some skills also. He is not just a weekend lumber jack.
It is the way to limb and top a tree in close quarters. A man took down a spruce planted 70 years ago right next to our house that eventually leaned against the house. It was about sixty feet tall and thickly limbed with much of it overhanging the house. He set a zip line and brought it down in an afternoon with one helper to keep the landing area clear.
Another great reason for zipping limbs is to move the ground work area from under the tree to a safe distance away. I would do this often when I had a lot of limbs to cut. I'd haul up a dozen straps and caribiners and it would take a few minutes to position each individual cut, so it gave my groundies time to disconnect, cut and chip the branch while being safely away from what is normally the drop zone. About the time they were done, I was ready to send another. The chipper was about 10-20' from the end of the zip line.
On a normal job, I would spend half my time positioning and cutting, then the other half waiting for a drop zone that was free of humans. Zipping saved enough time that it was worth the effort. Less grunt work all around. Dragging branches 50 or 60 feet all day can wear out the strongest ground crew.
Watching a very good tree feller is like an watching an extemporaneous poet!
What made him think that was a good idea.
