"T i m" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 May 2021 19:10:22 +1000, "Rod Speed"
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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

We don't call them that here.

a person?

Corse he was.

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.

What's so surprising about that ?

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

Yeah, that's what he did. He was skilful enough
to not have any land on the metal fence.

(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.

I couldn't see what they were landing on. Palm
trees don't have limbs, just fronds and the chunks
of the trunk arent as solid as with a conventional
tree. They were roughly 6' long chunks. Quite tall
palm trees, must have been about 30' to the top
of the trunk.

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.

Flying capstan must be another another unusual
term, nothing useful shows up with youtube.

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.

;-)