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28th September 2007, 12:11 AM
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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|  Triple felling, mad man or magic? Well, haven't made a video for a while but thought I'd share this along with a barrage of BS from the "desk bound" crowd.  I do this a lot when a situation requires it and fits the fell zone. Didn't rope it today as breeze was around 7km/h side ways, used 1/4 cut technique to get simultaneous release. wedged the downwind side for security. This was a cut and leave, just get them on the deck, customer to re-cut and dump etc. Around 4mins and 18mb WMV http://www.palmtreeservices.com.au/v...plefelling.wmv
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28th September 2007, 03:47 AM
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| Over mature heritage tree  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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| Re: Triple felling, mad man or magic? Good one ekka  Shoulda gone for all 4!Does the customer feel like he got his moneys worth when it all looks that easy? Good luck to him dealing with the rest  |
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26th October 2007, 02:35 PM
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| Mature tree  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Portugal
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| Re: Triple felling, mad man or magic? Loved it Eric.  No madness there!Recognise the tune too: Mr logger logger!  Question follows from n?o Arborist: You cut out a small (Quarter) section at the front to give direction of fall and then make a cut in the other side and drive in a wedge/peg. Is this to facilitate a lean? What are you doing cutting at the back of the tree after you have driven the wedge/peg in? 
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26th October 2007, 03:17 PM
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| PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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| Re: Triple felling, mad man or magic? Clementine, the split back cut or quarter cut (as Eric calls it) is one of the safest of all tree falling techniques, it was how we were trained for commercial manual harvesting of complex and hazardous trees and is the technique we use all the time (because of the increased control it gives you). What Eric is doing is only cutting half of the back cut, then driving a wedge into that cut until it is tight, then he moves (around the back) to the other half and completes the backcut up to the thickness of hinge wood he has already decided is required for that particular tree.  Since the wedge is lifting the tree, there comes a point when completing the back cut (on trees with no back lean) when the tree is just tittering on its point of balance...with the tthree palms each with a wedge and completed back cuts the connection throught the interwoven fronds allows Eric to fall all three.....the only serious risk to Eric comes from the lack of desirable escape route due to the fence being so close to the stems. As with all tree falling techniques this should not be attempted by untrained persons, proper assessment of the suitability and safety of any individual tree to be felled can only be completed by experienced trained persons, with the appropriate equipment and PPE
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27th October 2007, 12:00 AM
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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| Re: Triple felling, mad man or magic? Very good. That logging video DBS put up has the odd moment when the guy multiple fells trees due to snags. Well worth watching. http://www.treeworld.info/f9/risk-ta...html#post11367 Also the second video called quartercut on this thread/post shows it close up! 1/4 cut cocos drop
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27th October 2007, 07:11 AM
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| Mature tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Portugal
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| Re: Triple felling, mad man or magic? Cheers Sean, I see now, thanks for the diagram. Watched the 1/4 cut video too Eric, looks easy enough so I'm off to fell a few meself..just kidding. I noticed in the triple drop vid that you was pretty light on your feet there when they decided to go.
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27th October 2007, 01:56 PM
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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| Re: Triple felling, mad man or magic? Dont let my size fool ya, it's all muscle. 
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