Speedline wizards.

newguy18

i just saw this on youtube and thought i would share.

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Eric Frei

That's not true speed lining.

More a tyroline traverse come flying fox to move load.

True speed lining is done from the tree for each part cut. That climber just made a mess and they moved it, simple as that.

Jerry really needs to get some new music too.

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jim1nz

Suppose it worked ok, with 6 or so blokes running around and a big hiab crain truck you would hope they could get it done. More like a forestry hauler rig i reckon.

Therrin

Ahhh, I see the vid was made by the guy NG is gonna probably end up living with once he gets over here

Looks like they've done it alot at least.

Coulda sworn I saw the guy only using one flipline at one point, then released it to move up and reset it.

Did make a mess though, letting the stuff fall straight off like that. With that crane thing they had it wouldn't have been hard for the climber to speedline it straight from the tree, with the guy at the crane re-tensioning it each time. For the dead stuff the dia might have been too small for the upper half of the tree though, I dunno.

jim1nz

There looked like there was plenty of trees behind the one or ones coming out to set a main line from...

George Hayduke

Arm chair quarter backing going on here

Dumping directly to a speedline generates HUGE loads. Do the math before you consider this practice. Having the line tensioned by the KB and adding loads would likely damage the KB.

There are many more pictures of the site and the job at tr ee bu zz dot com

After watching the vid I see the merit in putting everything on the ground up top then piling for transport. Much quicker and safer overall.

newguy18

Live with him?Just going to meet him i don't take that kind of offer.

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TREEMONKEY

You can speed line without dumping heavy loads on to the speed line.

With the speed line slack you can Use a block or natural crotch and a separate rigging line dump the heavy load on the block then tension up the speed line after and use original rigging line to control the speed of the traverse.

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jim1nz

Good call treemonkey.

Yea the way they did it in the vid is much quicker and safer if you dont know how to speedline correctly... Oh and you have 5 or 6 spare blokes to clean up the mess

George Hayduke

TM,

A load transfer line is a different setup. It takes the slam-dunk out of the rigging. In this scenario I think that I'd do exactly what they did.

Angus

From memory I think Xman was saying one reason they couldn't just let the loads rip down the line was because the mess it would make, and the limited space they had to make that mess. There is a description on the buzz... I better check I haven't got my wires crossed...
Interesting job IMO.

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crowntree

Hey, I'm new here and I have a question about speed lining. I have a spruce behind a garage that I am taking down next week. I thought this would be a perfect chance to use a speedline. However, there is no tree at the end of the driveway to anchor it to. Would it be alright to anchor it to the frame of the chipper and tension the line with the truck rather than using pulleys for mechanical advantage? Never done that before. Anyone out there ever done something like this before?