Tree Machine ... Jim Clark, inventor and ahead of his time

Ekka · 21st April 2007, 08:54 AM

Mate, that's the wrong pic! That's the NZ Kauri that's protected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sean Freeman · 21st April 2007, 08:56 AM

You're so right the crane rep will generally be able to tell you what size crane what price and if they've any proper tree/crane experience a whole lot of other very useful info on the proposed job. I'd forgotten their role since generally Steve does most of the organising before hand.

Tree Machine · 21st April 2007, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Ekka

Mate, that's the wrong pic! That's the NZ Kauri that's protected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OOPS!.... corrected, sorry. Posted the wrong pic.

OK, posted a video to test and see if everyone could receive it. Got onto crane stuff, but I think I derailed the thread.

What was this thread about?

Ekka · 21st April 2007, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tree Machine

Got onto crane stuff, but I think I derailed the thread.

What was this thread about?

Well, it started out us summoning you to TW. Then you promised to let us in on some of your climbing secrets so the title was changed as you develop some unique stuff.

Then we see a crane video point being time lapse photography and SRT.

And now we are here.

I suppose you can use this as your biography thread.

By the way, last week I used some of your solo climbing rigging ideas and even lowered limbs and retrieved the lowering line whilst in the tree.

Tree Machine · 21st April 2007, 10:05 PM

Cool. Thanks Ekka.

I might add the part about where after you summoned me, I thought it worked rather well and suggested summoning others who would be excellent guests - with the pretense of it being a beneficially, mutualistic symbiotic relationship.

And the video test, I really wanted to make sure everyone can view.

Can we do another time-lapse? and another crane shot? before we get back on whatever track we're supposed to be on (invented Arbo gear, possibly not invented yet) This stuff is rather enjoyable. Crane shot first.

The log in the pic below I donated it to the local hippie dudes / drum artisans who had gotten a few logs from me over time, hoping to eventually get a Woodmizer in and cut up some nice wood. This log we lifted out of the yard and to the other side of the street where the log arch was waiting. I put it on loan to him for the day.

They eventually did get a portable mill in and scored (literally) tons of great wood.

I love this picture.

Tree Machine · 21st April 2007, 11:19 PM

Here is another time-lapse. This video is near and dear to my heart. It is of a couple evergreens I took down more than a year ago, nothing so big at all. I was recovering from a nasty injury and this was my first job back. It was also the first job I ever used a ladder on.

I got to the top of the ladder, anchored the ladder to the tree with the climbing line, and then proceeded SRT, up above the tie-in, a little mid-air swing between trees to do the adjacent ones, and then back to the first set to finish blocking. I really had to hustle as it was mid-Winter, the sun goes down fast and I started really late in the day.

I'm calling this 'ladder_job_down_up' because I learned (as I was figuring out how to slow the frame rate yesterday) that we can forward/reverse the clip and then loop it so it plays over and over.

It makes for interesting time lapse when you can watch the climber put the tree back together after taking it down.

Click here for the time-lapse

Ekka · 21st April 2007, 11:37 PM

Cool

The sun doesn't get up off the horizon much there at that particular time of year it was shot.

No rigging by the looks req'd?

Tree Machine · 21st April 2007, 11:49 PM

No rigging. Not even slings. It was just a slice 'n dice, chipper right there at the base. I don't like ladders. I think them to be quite dangerous compared to being tied in and just working your way up a rope. Palms, of course, are different.

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Originally Posted by Ekka

I suppose you can use this as your biography thread.

The thread isn't about me, I think it's about what I bring to Arboriculture, especially the stuff I haven't spilled at ???????????? in all these years.

Maybe it would be good to make a list, and you mates can pick what looks interesting and we can mebbe get a thread dedicated to it in the gear and equipment part of the forum.

Some of the stuff is finished gear and I have never seen it on the market.

Some of it is prototype gear I fabricated and am using and have never seen it on the market.

Some of it is concept gear, I have created the prototype and have used is enough that I know what the next working model can or should look like. This stuff I have never seen on the market, nor has it yet seen my bench top.

Some is other manufacturer's gear that with a bit of redesign could work quite well for Treeguys.

Mebbe I should start with the oldest piece of unique gear first and work our way up to the things more recently developed, or maybe we should start with the things not yet invented, invent them together and then work backwards to the ones that are fully developed and highly field-tested.

Then there's a couple pieces of gear that I have found exceedingly worthy that I didn't invent, but are not comonly seen in our treeguy industry and I know where to link to their websites.

When I claim a piece of gear to be worthy, it means it pays for itself over, and over, and over, or it makes some facet of our job much easier and efficient or it has 'coolness factor', or it can multi-task.

How do we want to do this?

Tree Machine · 21st April 2007, 11:57 PM

We could start with my personal favorite piece of unique Arbo gear that I use most often and find most useful and that, since it's not on the market, I am the only one using and gaining joy from it.

I just think six pages into this we should maybe get into what it is we're supposed to be getting into.

a_lopa · 22nd April 2007, 12:06 AM

I like the planned clean ups,tarps the "treemachine"loaded up and hauling the chipper!

Tree Machine · 22nd April 2007, 01:51 AM

Was that where I had a sawdust-covered yard and I got all the sawdust in the area in a pile in front of the chipper in 25 seconds, and showed it in real time?

I remember the video you're talking about, Lopa.

a_lopa · 22nd April 2007, 02:05 AM

And the one with the tarps out under the tree.

Tree Machine · 22nd April 2007, 08:20 AM

........OHHHhhhhh, this one? Lots of tarps down for this extremely dangerous clip.

Tree Machine · 22nd April 2007, 08:23 AM

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

Silly bugga!

TreeCo · 22nd April 2007, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Tree Machine

........OHHHhhhhh, this one? Lots of tarps down for this extremely dangerous clip.

That was great!

You crazy fugger.

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Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,868	You're so right the crane rep will generally be able to tell you what size crane what price and if they've any proper tree/crane experience a whole lot of other very useful info on the proposed job. I'd forgotten their role since generally Steve does most of the organising before hand. __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

21st April 2007, 11:37 PM	#82 (permalink)
Ekka Admin - Dip Arb & Hort Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 7,734	Cool The sun doesn't get up off the horizon much there at that particular time of year it was shot. No rigging by the looks req'd? __________________ Arborist Training in Australia\| Your Free Helping Guide Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory .... Yes, I also SEO (Optimize) and build websites that fly high in Google Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane - Gold Coast Tree Care, Consulting, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

22nd April 2007, 12:06 AM	#85 (permalink)
a_lopa Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 992	I like the planned clean ups,tarps the "treemachine"loaded up and hauling the chipper! __________________ Free Tree Industry Link Directory

22nd April 2007, 02:05 AM	#87 (permalink)
a_lopa Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 992	And the one with the tarps out under the tree. __________________ Free Tree Industry Link Directory

21st April 2007, 11:19 PM	#81 (permalink)
Tree Machine Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 714	Here is another time-lapse. This video is near and dear to my heart. It is of a couple evergreens I took down more than a year ago, nothing so big at all. I was recovering from a nasty injury and this was my first job back. It was also the first job I ever used a ladder on. I got to the top of the ladder, anchored the ladder to the tree with the climbing line, and then proceeded SRT, up above the tie-in, a little mid-air swing between trees to do the adjacent ones, and then back to the first set to finish blocking. I really had to hustle as it was mid-Winter, the sun goes down fast and I started really late in the day. I'm calling this 'ladder_job_down_up' because I learned (as I was figuring out how to slow the frame rate yesterday) that we can forward/reverse the clip and then loop it so it plays over and over. It makes for interesting time lapse when you can watch the climber put the tree back together after taking it down. Click here for the time-lapse

21st April 2007, 11:57 PM	#84 (permalink)
Tree Machine Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 714	We could start with my personal favorite piece of unique Arbo gear that I use most often and find most useful and that, since it's not on the market, I am the only one using and gaining joy from it. I just think six pages into this we should maybe get into what it is we're supposed to be getting into.

22nd April 2007, 01:51 AM	#86 (permalink)
Tree Machine Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 714	Was that where I had a sawdust-covered yard and I got all the sawdust in the area in a pile in front of the chipper in 25 seconds, and showed it in real time? I remember the video you're talking about, Lopa.

22nd April 2007, 08:20 AM	#88 (permalink)
Tree Machine Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 714	........OHHHhhhhh, this one? Lots of tarps down for this extremely dangerous clip.

22nd April 2007, 08:23 AM	#89 (permalink)
Tree Machine Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 714	Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk! Silly bugga!

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