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À few minutes spent looking up a tree for potential stinging insect nests doesn’t hurt. I cannot see how flipping and spurring up a tree that size can be considered ‘slow’ Once all the gear is on it’s just a walk up the tree, what could be simpler?

Don‘t sweat the opinions, it all worked out and we had something to discuss tree/felling wise, which makes a change these days.

Surely you’re applying/wasting more inward pressure on the two pulleys? I reckon a straight line and one at nearly 90 degrees is better. Just speculating of course.

As an aside, I used my Avant winch to pull some pretty decent back-leaners from over a house last week, radio coms with the winch operator, pulley for MA, all the whistles and bells. All went well, sorry no pics, too hot busy etc. I said to the crew, I don’t think you’re human if you don’t get...

It certainly worked, but seemed like a risky strategy. Too……..dynamic

Yes, a lift would have been handy. I won’t get one though, might as well become a window cleaner then.

It was ok, Avant made it better. Fibre cable and house underneath made it tricky, one of those jobs that’s been sitting around for a week or two, mostly coming to the forefront of my mind at 3.30 am for an hour or two. I passed by it a couple of times recently and ran through it in my head, I...

Decent size oak removal, brushed it out yesterday. Logged and felled then moved across the road for a firewood merchant to take.

Puts me in mind of the Arkansas buzz wagon from Wacky Races.

They are often used by tree companies in the UK, bit of a status symbol for some.

My nephew in the UK, doing his first ’crane’ job.

Grinder is swoony!

He’s my groundsman (started October last year) The last one left, which while I breathed a sigh of relief the drama was over, left me in the lurch. I advertised on FB and Jaques had an interview, I initially thought him too young to be insured on the vehicles (18 years old) but my insurers were...

30 Odd black locust to be felled, and winched up the slope for stacking.

Max are you the climber on that poplar? Or the guy in the yellow helmet?

Deodar we did for a local landscaping firm. They supplied two guys and two trucks so we caned it basically. Enjoyable as much as work can be.

He’s been asked that before, iirc its not his responsibility, he gets them on the floor and it’s the city authorities job to get tractors/lorries in to deal with it

I’m very against solo working, pay a $100 for someone to untie a rope, fill a saw, call an ambulance.

One day stripping out and chipping, one half day getting the wood out. Local motorcycle trials club took the trunk sections to practice on (organised by my groundy who’s a local champ) 10 minute turnaround instead of an hour and a quarter. Saved a lot of time and money. Made some very good coin...

Think it’s a maritime pine.