On Sat, 15 May 2021 19:10:22 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

T i m wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Peter Johnson wrote

Saw a chap take down a big conifer four/five years ago. He used
four saws to do the job. A small one at the top, then working down
until he used the big one to cut the trunk. Very impressive to watch.

Yeah, watched a pro take down a whole line of very big palm
trees along a neighbour's back fence line with no access at all.

None?

Yep, none. That neighbour had no access
to the back yard at all for other than people.

So wasn't the tree surgeon a person?

So did he only take them down level with the top of the fence?

They werent that close to the fence, easy enough
to cut them off right down to the ground from
beside the trunk along the fence.

Crikey.

He did it with spiked boots

More likely strap on 'spikes' / 'irons'.

and a belt chain

Wire strop.

and a chainsaw,

Much quicker than a bow saw ...

starting at the top

Best place when chogging a tree down. ;-)

and then taking off big chunks

Chogs.

We don't use that term here at all.

Ok.

You can either lower the chogs down (slow, can be risky but often done
when over buildings or breakable surfaces (like paving slabs, bowling
greens etc) or just slide them off (or tip them over, depending on the
height) the remaining trunk and either straight onto the ground (if
it's rough) or onto something that will break the fall / spread the
load if it's someone's fancy lawn, like a bed of brash (the light
stuff you have already cut off), some thinner limbs or even some old
tyres.

Daughter and b/f took a large ash limb off over a patio laid with
Italian marble slabs and so they had to be *very* careful and lowered
them down with a rope and flying capstan.

Daughter and I took down a fairly big conifer for next door and all of
it was over her shed. It was one of those with several main trunks so
we dismantled all but the last using it as a high anchor for the
lowering rope. Then she took the top 1/3rd out of the last in one go
with it tethered on lowering rope then chogged / lowered the rest
down.

She was climbing and cutting, I was groundie and the Mrs was helping
feed the chipper. ;-)

of the trunk as he came down the trunk.

Std practice.

Should have videoed it.

Have you heard of Youtube? ;-)

Nope, never heard of it at all.

;-)

Cheers, T i m