Rob Murphy
ArboristSite Operative
How they used to top trees(Forestry) downunder. Gutsy effort!!
put this on chainsaw forum as well..
put this on chainsaw forum as well..
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CoreyTMorine
User Formerly known as BlueSpruce
wow. do you suppose he was going to install a bat-house? seriously, are they going to use that tree for a spar or what? why is he topping it, maybe to prevent the log from splitting?
36 springboards to where he started setting doubles. at 2.5 feet per = 90 feet. + 15 for the platforms = 105' Man, thars a big tree.
if it takes 2 or 3 minutes to chop, haul up, and set a springboard, thats an hour and a half or more likely 2 hours to get up to platform height. then 15 or 20 minutes per platform, another hour. that seems fast, maybe a 10 minute rest every hour or so, 3.5 hours to get set to start working!
He will probably have to set a platform around the whole backside of the tree to cut it + lunch, so another 1.5 hours.
then a 1/2 hour to top it, an hour to get down and remove all of the spring boards.
then an hour to fall the pole.
= 7.5 hours +packin all those boards in and out. I'm guessing they worked in 2 man teams?
anyway does that sound reasonable? a two man crew could do one of those trees per day?
What do you suppose their accident rate was? 1 in 500 workers dead I'll bet.
36 springboards to where he started setting doubles. at 2.5 feet per = 90 feet. + 15 for the platforms = 105' Man, thars a big tree.
if it takes 2 or 3 minutes to chop, haul up, and set a springboard, thats an hour and a half or more likely 2 hours to get up to platform height. then 15 or 20 minutes per platform, another hour. that seems fast, maybe a 10 minute rest every hour or so, 3.5 hours to get set to start working!
He will probably have to set a platform around the whole backside of the tree to cut it + lunch, so another 1.5 hours.
then a 1/2 hour to top it, an hour to get down and remove all of the spring boards.
then an hour to fall the pole.
= 7.5 hours +packin all those boards in and out. I'm guessing they worked in 2 man teams?
anyway does that sound reasonable? a two man crew could do one of those trees per day?
What do you suppose their accident rate was? 1 in 500 workers dead I'll bet.
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Elmore
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Looks like a traditonal South Seas bungee jump platform being built.
Rob Murphy
ArboristSite Operative
Maybe to stop log splitting ,maybe for fire tower? See his hut below maybe it was just toooo close to his hut/\
M.D. Vaden
vadenphotography.com
Looks like the type of thing that needs a catchy nickname comparable to a big knife being an "Arkansas Toothpick"
How about an "Australian Pin Cushion" ?
Very interesting photo.
How about an "Australian Pin Cushion" ?
Very interesting photo.
Bodean
ArboristSite Member
Imagine the rock of the stick when the top goes. You think he had a flip on?
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