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  1. rbtree

    A simple storm job

    I used to be a legend, too..... ....in my own mind.... .. till I got all wrinkled and stuff
  2. rbtree

    A simple storm job

    Nice vid by Dave. I've braced trees in that fashion a few times, though I've used a simple tripod, fashioned with 3 4x4's, and lashed together at the top. Works well when there's no overhead gin pole available.` And, Murph, that tree was a slam dunk. I could have done it a few different ways. I...
  3. rbtree

    A simple storm job

    Can't you guys get anything right?! It's foamS.........
  4. rbtree

    A simple storm job

    Gotta love a poseur, eh? Yup, at $3500, it better be, eh?! That, and Magic Lantern has a hack that I might get around to running. It allows the camera to shoot Ultra HD video, in raw, at 3840x 2160 P !!!! But I'd need to buy an expensive video editing program. Of course, I'll want to be...
  5. rbtree

    A simple storm job

    Murph, I knew exactly the movement that last cut was going to cause, which is why I was moving as soon as the cut was done. And there was no chance of the line coming off until the section was briefly in line with the rope. At that point, the stub was all that held it. Granted, it should have...
  6. rbtree

    A simple storm job

    Not unexpected at all, Murph... the version on my FB page has another second left in.. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201743926212653&set=vb.1015832528&type=2&theater the 2nd edit misses that, sadly. Had the line slipped off, it could have fallen toward me, but I was backing off pretty...
  7. rbtree

    A simple storm job

    Didn't even have to climb to set the rigging. GRCS all the way! The fir had major root rot, due to poor drainage and wet ground. The rigging is in the fir just right of the failed tree, and left of the tree that the GRCS is set on. It's not very large, and deflected a few feet as we tensioned...
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