Video .. Helmetcam

[Ekka]

That's right, I strapped a camcorder to my head and took down 2 palms.

It's a little rugged etc but may be of some value to some viewers. The camera ran for 51 minutes but I have cut it down to 6mins and 6MB.

This is live action, you may not agree with all things witnessed and feel compelled to voice your criticism, that's OK providing you don't do it here! I am a qualified arborist, I am aware of all OHS regulations etc so you do not have to preach to me but I do reside in the real world and get things done efficiently and safely. So with no further ado those who wish to
view video without criticism click on here and those who wish to live by the rule book click here

 

[Lifesabeach]

Aww man I couldn't pull it up. Tried a couple of times, probably an issue at my end. Maybe if it was on another format besides WMP. Also if you are viewing it right now on your system it might not be available.

Thanks for the effort, I'll try again later.

 

[Ekka]

It's in wmv format, you should be able to click on it and perhaps as soon as your video player comes up hit the stop button on it, that way the file has time to load into your temp files and buffer. I just checked the link and it's good.

If you have viewed previous videos then you should have no worries with this one either.

PM me if there's a problem.

 

[pmuscato]

Looks good to me,if there's another way I don't know of it. I agree, a real world take down.What was the critter on that frond you lowered?

 

[darkstar]

ohhh almost made me choke up me breakfast mate ... palms nasty ... nive work though you proably have a future in show biz.... dark

 

[belgian]

Hey Ekka,

I think your posts are a great contribution to this site. Very impressive.

One question that hounts me : I am quite impressed by the way you guys handle a chainsaw up in a tree. Is there a chance that you might accidently hit the ropes with the saw being attached to in a tree ? How do you secure yourself against that ?

 

[Ekka]

Hey Ekka,

I think your posts are a great contribution to this site. Very impressive.

One question that hounts me : I am quite impressed by the way you guys handle a chainsaw up in a tree. Is there a chance that you might accidently hit the ropes with the saw being attached to in a tree ? How do you secure yourself against that ?

Great question, and with the experience of cleaning and cutting down thousands of these I have learnt the hard way.

I have always said that palms are dangerous to work on, everything is central and you are always cutting close to ropes and yourself.

In TD's I use 2 x wire cored lanyards, try to always have the saw running flat out at full revs when commencing the cut and try to cut away from you/ropes, and hold on tight to that saw.

THe contentious fact here is one handing the saw, you witnessed the amount of junk in the palm head and how it falls apart in like layers of crap. Well those pieces are heavy and can break roof tiles, fences etc so you get pretty handy at catching them all ... with your free hand. Also the rule of not cutting above your shoulders can pretty well get thrown out, so potential for accident is high if you are unweary.

I must admit, whenever a new guys comes along etc and they have to do a palm I cringe ... the risk is through the roof. Timberbeast spent some time with us, never cut a palm in his life till he got here, he hates them too now and sees the danger.

Oh, and the critter was a ring tailed possum.

 

[stehansen]

My browser freezes as soon as I click on the link.

 

[darkstar]

thank the lord there are no palms in tennessee

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Very Innovative! A view opf werk life few see! Dang palm berries are decieptfully heavy, hard to show that!

What about weight considerations to tiny neck from helmut cam if ya get slung? Or better chance of helmut getting slung off?

 

[stehansen]

Very nice, what kind of bird was that?

 

[Ekka]

Check out an extract that's better quality, Belgian, you'll see how close you get to ropes here.

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?p=304576#post304576

 

[Jumper]

There may be a career for you as an air to air photog-all you need now is a parachute!

 

[Toddppm]

Very cool, post more if you got em'!

Did you really strap a whole camera on your head? I've got a helmetcam from http://helmetcamera.com/ for when we ride dirtbikes. Works great, mounting system is rugged and the best part is you carry the camcorder in a small backpack instead of on your head!
Price isn't bad and maybe can be beat but these guys were good to work with and are kind of local to here I'd imagine they would ship one to your locale?

 

[Ekka]

What a good idea, and they're not that expensive anyway ... but my Mrs would kill me if I bought one. Here's a pic of how I did it.

 

[belgian]

Check out an extract that's better quality, Belgian, you'll see how close you get to ropes here.

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?p=304576#post304576

Jeeez Ekka, you're an artist.
Scares the h*ll out to me, though.


Now you continue to be carefull up there, you hear!

 

[mikey100b]

Always great stuff and info you add, I think i'll stick th e oaks and maples and leave the palms to the pros. Then again not much call for palm work here.

Great little film

Thanks :blob5: