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  1. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    Stig, just click the little 'ignore' tab by his name. It will really clean up the threads and you won't have to read the stupidity.
  2. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    With a line in place a climber should be able to repel 35-40 feet in less than 5 seconds. If you go fast enough you can get past the fire before it begins to affect your rope. I certainly wouldn't want to be fidgeting around if I were in that position.
  3. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    The ladder was the first clue that something was about to go terribly wrong.
  4. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    The scene at 2:30 is exactly why I refuse to cut anything if three guys are pulling on the tag line. It is also why I never put a tag line in anything any more (unless I can set it, make the cut, then go pull it over myself).
  5. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    This was one of the biggest factors in me getting my first bucket truck with a material handler. The absolute worst part of my job as a climber was having to depend on some half wit on the ground to safely rig down a tree, all while he tried to kill me in new and imaginative ways on a daily...
  6. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    No Facebook, can't see it. No, I'm not signing up for Facebook.
  7. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    That's all I saw as well. Guy had no idea what the risks were so he was afraid of everything. He was trying to figure it out as he went because he sure didn't know what to do next.
  8. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    What I don't understand is why he was so hell bent on taking such a big piece anyway. For all the time it took to rig that mess, he could have false crotched it off itself in 2-3 cuts with a lot less drama.
  9. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    Worked for me. Cool trick, Willie. Did you use a special camera?
  10. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    Right between the goal posts! Nice shot.
  11. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    Always looking forward to another yarn spun by Jerry B. :)
  12. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    Yup, that was the one where he dropped a tree on his own truck, right?
  13. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    I think Burnham's signature line applies here. ;)
  14. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    No the guy in the video is another popular character from the old Arboristsite days.
  15. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    He's just like 80% of the tree guys I've ever met around here. Worked with way too many like that.
  16. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    Doesn't look like enough wind to snap it over backwards unless there was a Dutchman like Willy said.
  17. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    I don't have big enough tits to make money on youtube videos. :(
  18. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    Just ask Google.
  19. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    Very cool. Much of Florida is flat like that also, most visitors are bothered by the lack of terrain.
  20. SkwerI

    Tree felling vids

    Too funny, Tim! :lol:
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