Speed line advice

[Hddnis]

That is one reason we have the long bars, to cut the big Rhodies.

They do get as big as small trees.

Most of them are small landscape shrubs.

Mr. HE

 

[pdqdl]

Ok.

I know what Rhoadies are now. Being a colloquial expression, I'm sure you guys up in the PNW are more familiar with this than I am.




I might have picked up on that a bit quicker if it had been spelled "Rhodies"! I thought you might have had a bunch of stoned/wasted stage hands laying around under the trees.

 

[Tree Machine]

You can also leave a pile of brush in your landing zone for log pieces to hit if they are small enough, thereby decreasing or eliminating turf damage by log sections, if the pile is hit accurately.


Watch for the butt of the limb to jump up. Don't get hit.


If there is a belly in the rope, it won't load the rope/ anchors as hard when the limbs drop onto the line. This works more feasibly as you get a higher slideline angle.

Good stuff, Southsound.

I used one groundman on the 3:1, and one groundman to disconnect and stage brush for the chipper, and about 10 slings/ biners.

I have to remember, you guys have really big trees out there in the Pacific Northwest. You're probably launching some heroically-sized stuff.

I try to keep limbs in the arm-to-leg diameter and no bigger. Can I go bigger, yea. Do I go bigger, yea. But in talking to the readership it's wise to not go so big you get into trouble.

 

[outonalimbts]

I love the Speed Line, it is very helpful-

Y'all are right when you say it will tear up the turf, I was on a job late last month and was high on a hill removing a 60" Northern Red Oak, large and dead- every branch was zipped down fast until we got to the trunk chunks- then they were cut into 24" - 48" pieces and sped down the line.

The line itself is a 1/2" hank of arbor plex 450' long- We stretch it to an anchor point then I anchor close by where I am removing a limb or several. The number one thing I have found to be most important is having the groundies control the tension- as the climber doesn't always have the "purchase" while in the tree to not only lift the rope line but also to tighten it enough.

The picture just above here shows all the "loopies" attached to a carabiner, to the saddle, I do it similarly except I have the groundies attach each carabiner to another in a "daisy chain" then they just clip them into a throw bag hangin' down, it seems to be less equipment they have to keep at hand. Another carabiner gets saved from the endless numbers left at a job! When I only have 4 loopies left on my saddle, I have them send up the rest, I never run out. But the key here is organization, as I have the groundies, return each loop to the throw bag each time, so there is always at least 1 loop on the line if I need it.

Great stuff - speedlines

I just wish that one of the people that have video'd me doing it would give me a ****** link to a video!
:greenchainsaw:

 

[TackleTree]

thanks guys...don't have a grcs to tighten my line but a come-along might help eh? like the idea of using a hitch to keep tension....thanks for the pics especially...

We would just tie the rope to a skidsteer, back it up tighten the rope, piece zipping down drive forward to slack the rope. Lands right in front of the grapple. Kinda wild siting in the skid watching limbs and chunks coming at you. Works pretty well.

I agree it does tear up the turf this way though.