How to rig sections of trunk onto itself | Arborist Rigging techniques

This is a demonstration of how to rig down sections of tree trunk by tying a rigging block onto the trunk just below the section to be removed.
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[@Engineering240]

I work in technology and watched my neighbor have a tree removed. Now I’m super into tree trimming. Never thought I’d be watching these kinds of videos.

[@Vscustomprinting]

You been practicing your knots?

[@toomuch9762]

All the knots and their uses are truly genius. So cool how people came up with all of them

[@mizzum3000]

I left my technology career to climb trees 😂😂😂

[@musicbyjova9104]

This is so awesome I'm not even into all that but I imagined there's so much that goes into it technically and safety wise. Thanks for this very great and educational content.

[@tree2climb839]

Thanks for posting your videos! I really appreciate how you take the time to explain step by step!

[@robpotter1355]

Shout out for the groundsman, never underestimate the trust you put into your buddy. Great vid, we salute you.

[@natoyilively9379]

this can never be overstated. Thank you.

[@johnemory8076]

absolutely! the most important man there. He can kill you faster than that tree can. He can make your day hell or make it butter. The best groundsman are always climbers.

[@30minutesLess]

Thank you sir I stay pulling ropes and keeping the job clean. And most importantly keeping my friend up there safe

[@kevino1489]

Im a groundman

[@paulorientetheluffaranch]

Cool video. Thanks for the tips. I've filmed a few different arborist on our channel. One arborist climbed/rigged and cut a 200 ft tree. The other used a winch from the ground to fell the tree. The climber had no way of felling the tree without damaging the concrete picnic benches. Sure takes a lot of skill to do this method.

[@professionaltreeclimbersp.9625]

Your a good educater! I appreciate your time , as a fellow climber!

[@ChristnThms]

It’s funny watching someone else do it. So much of that is automatic now, it’s hard to explain to someone who hasn’t done it. Thanks to your camera work, now I can show.

[@jimisnotunique]

Your videos are my favorites for learning. I'm a new climber.

[@ClimbingArborist]

🙏

[@jamesdurstine8892]

30 years for me GOOD JOB BROTHER. SAFETY IS OUR MIDDLE NAME.

[@furiousfire9927]

I've never performed this before but after watching it I sure would like to introduce this method into my everyday experience. Seems very efficient

[@irecycleable]

I normally don't like watching videos, but when I do, I prefer arborist videos! Stay safe my friend!

[@FrancesShear]

I used to love climbing trees on my grandparents farm. The key phrase here is used to.

[@kristoff1939]

Truly professional. Nice job and great rope skills. 👍

[@milwaukeegregg]

You have the balls of a dump truck, ace..That is dangerous work!

[@jomama5171]

Staying with the theme... Reverend, you've got balls as big as church bells.

[@davidbrown4868]

Nice explanation. If you were working with larger sections, I would recommend placing the back at least an inch above the horizontal notch cut. Otherwise, the wood hinge cannot help you control the direction as well and it can roll back on you. That is if the section was larger. As it is it is small enough to be easily controlled by hand. Thank you for a nice job.

[@brianhoffman5321]

He did a fine job. Another day at the office. I generally tell my clients they can have a hole a couple feet deep the size of a hula hoop in their lawn or spend an extra $3-400 to have the chunks roped out. You can either do this work or you cant. It takes balls but mostly it takes a sense of self preservation, to never assume, and good attention to detail. If you don't have those things you're gonna screw up and hurt something, someone or yourself. No amount of training will save you. Those failed guys are the "safety trolls" that tear apart all these vids. They wind up working for some union or government job as a "safety instructor" lol. Or if they do still work they are the overpriced guys that that cover up their fear and laziness by hiding behind safety. Again good work.

[@bobbrawley4466]

Are you saying that the production worker flunkys become, know it all inspectors?

[@brianhoffman5321]

Generally, yes.

[@bobbrawley4466]

Brian Hoffman And by typing "hiding behind safety" does that mean the productions worker is hampered by so many safety regulation that look good no a legislature docket but is not practical in the field? Is your entire comment a suggestion that the wits of the tree worker is paramount to safe operation in a very dangerous job Im not asking a loaded question , I merely want to understand your interesting comment. "You can either do this work or can't" which I take to mean, wit ,or ingrained aptitude with no experience in the field is what is needed for a tree worker canidate

[@brianhoffman5321]

bob brawley We could over-intellectualize this to the end of time and I'm smart enough to play this game with you but I lack the interest. You can train anyone in safe practices, but you can't fix stupid, or lazy, or unrealistically timid. Women can't be Navy Seals, and careless people can't be tree workers. Infantilizing the workforce with redundant "safery" rules has not helped. According to the state of Hawaii for example, as safety equipment has gotten better, the injury rate has gone UP. I intuitively understand why this is but once we go through the liberal looking glass, this issue can be over-intellectualized and taken in any direction one wants to take it....

[@bobbrawley4466]

Brian Hoffman I'll leave it with your last comment . I think i catch on "stupid" "liberal: I will end it there , Thankyou

[@verticalhurt]

I have a lot of respect for arborists that work safe and dont over due the size of their fall. Way to many idiots with chain saws in far to much of a hurry dropping 10ft sections of tree. I watched a guy years ago cut off a good 12ft section of oak trunk, trunk had to weigh 3000lbs at least if not more, took the grounds man straight off the ground and damn near sent him to the moon.

[@ClimbingArborist]

Thanks bro, really appreciate your comment 🤙

[@verticalhurt]

@@ClimbingArborist my pleasure bro, stay safe.

[@kosinskiarek]

I respect your work and appreciate this video, stay safe!

[@artstudio9673]

I love the way you showed the half hitch into the running Bowline stating around 2:20 . I watched that 10 x or more! pointing out how to know distanced and not crush feet was also a great tip lol! great Vijayo my friend!!!!!

[@colfax.]

AvE fan?

[@artstudio9673]

@@colfax. Yes he is just the best!

[@HorizonTreeServices]

Good vid. nothing wrong with backing up any knot with a stopper knot, especially when impact loading. You have to always prepare for the worst, so that if a knot or piece of kit fails, the outcome is not fatal. When coming down a spar, have a loose lifeline wrapped, double wrapped or choked around the trunk, as a back up to your lanyard. Doesnt hinder your progress significantly on average girth trunks and could save your life. Like Cheedz said it HAS happened, and can happen.

[@jimisnotunique]

Great info, thanks It looks like he has a backup line below his lanyard. When running a saw near my lanyard, it's nice having a backup like that

[@MrStreetboy80]

I have my rigging training next week. Not come across many arborists that bother to get this qualification. I’m looking forward to it. I do like a technical dismantle.

[@jrapanut0]

Excellent video ! just wanted to share, its always nerve rattling. when the piece your cutting. stops when the slack run out knowing its only falling a foot or so. And the limb less tree shakes a little :-)

[@kennethsizer6217]

3:39 one of the most valuable tips ever! Always play the movie in your head: How does this scene end?

[@markcarey8426]

Clever stuff. Great work. Excellent vid. I've cut trees down but never anything like this. Always on the ground with somewhere to run is my style.

[@thrillsbreh]

Why do they climb the tree? Isnt it safer and WAY EASIER to just cut the tree from the ground?

[@markcarey8426]

@@thrillsbreh Probably because there is no room to drop the tree safely. So they have to take it down in bits, small sections at a time.

[@thrillsbreh]

@@markcarey8426 i figured but why not use a crane too

[@markcarey8426]

@@thrillsbreh Cost. Cranes cost a bomb. If you can do the same thing with rigging you can do it at your own pace and save a lot of money. Equals- make more yourself.

[@thrillsbreh]

@@markcarey8426 makes sense even tho climbing a 40 feet tree seems so dangerous, imagine having a heart attack up there

[@jacobzjm]

thanks a lot for this good shot.the day after tomorrow have an exam,hope to do the same as you did.

[@thexmanjdd]

Our difference is in the definition of a stopper knot I think. It's good to tie the tail after a bowline back around itself in half hitches or whatever. My definition of a stopper knot is a knot in the tail on the tail itself, like a stopper knot in the tail after a prussic friction hitch. Which is something you don't want with a bowline because if something pulls hard on the tail of a bowline it can flip out; takes a lot of force though.

[@urbantreesteve2805]

Excellent training video! Thank you for sharing. Very well done and nice safe methodical technique mate

[@moh2o]

I've tried a lot of harnesses, and there is no harness that does not compress the femoral arteries that I know of. But some do it less. Right now I am using a 'Tree Motion' harness. This guy is good. I almost bought the harness that he has on. The Glide Light, or 'Ergovation'.

[@cannonball9478]

Hi Dan, many thanks for posting this video. On my CS41 Rigging Course and this has been a great asset to reference. Cheers dude. Alex, Oxfordshire

[@johnemory8076]

dude, go work for a few tree services. I cant tell you how many people i run into that take a course and think theyre suddenly climbers.

[@TheWilliamlaundry]

Good Job! Slower is Better and Safer, You Live to Climb another Day! I myself have been cross cutting manageable logs in from both sides leaving 3/4 of an inch hold in between, clip saw, snap and throw the log. I only rope large limbs and drop catch them myself, had 1 or 2 close calls over 24 years ago by a ground man not allowing enough slack for clearance and my safety was put at risk. But everyone does what is best for them self and safety. Once again Good Job!

[@richardfederico1672]

Thanks for sharing this very interesting point of view (pun intended)! Glad there are people who can do this sort of work because I am totally useless at anything higher than 12 ft. involving a tree, ladder.or narrow walkway.

[@320iguy]

Brilliant mate. Here in America you would be lucky to see that quality of safty. I have seen so many destroyed lawns and dimpled driveways because of free fall drop methods.

[@thetruth7046]

Won’t lie, I misjudged the length of the drop once. Life lesson never forgotten.

[@ClimbingArborist]

👍

[@carytowncat]

So enjoy these vids. Jist found out my friend Joe does this , and he gave me free firewood, which i am sitting by a fire made from it as i type :)

[@palletjack612]

You earn your money man. God bless you and protect you.

[@aaronroberts6782]

I thought about it but I changed my mind. Y'all can have this one! This is for the big dogs!

[@myspacecomaffwj]

Man that last tree was intimidating

[@weazunit]

you do a real nice job with your videos , thanks for posting

[@TrapDaddy65]

This stuff always fascinates me!

[@KimWood_Durable_Goods]

damn!! this is no joke!!! Skilled badass

[@wryipx]

Super informative. THANKS. I'm never doing this, but how do you prepare for trunk vibration ? Cut small enough pieces they don't swing wide ? great camera work. ?

[@Limbwalker1000]

Great job dude !! Nice and safe and no property damage..!! and don't pay no attention to the comments from Texas tree service....ur doing just fine the way ur doing it...stay safe my fellow tree dogg..!!

[@gildardojimenez2231]

Love looking at ur videos. I learn alot from them.

[@xpumax1]

Great video! I found this part pf the job very very difficult when the main trunk is back leaning and is necessary to rigging it. Difficult to climbing and positionating with the spikes and difficult to work with the chainsaw and to do the rigg

[@sweetkellymay]

Great description of the knots....

[@fancentral4662]

Was watching another arborist recently teaching similar technique. He showed tying a rope onto the tree, then to his harness so if he lost his footing, he wouldn’t fall. Looks like this has similar, just didn’t talk about it.

[@gypsyboy7215]

Great work on the larger one

[@donzmilky5961]

that's gotta be a hell of a feeling knowing every time you push that log off the top knowing the tree is about to shake the shit out of you.

[@GoomerNotABoomer]

The 75ft altec bucket I used has a fast upper boom that shakes the shit out you if you get used to that the tree is similar

[@GoomerNotABoomer]

@James Ammons the butterflies is when my anxiety starts to spike I did a dead ash sat I flew outta the tree and told them we doing 3 to 1 pull I'm not climbing that and then yelled at my estimator for calling it a spike job . Stay safe 🙏

[@cgfitnessandarboriculture]

Not necessarily an aggressive shake every time. In some scenarios you may "go for a ride" especially if there is not any room for letting the piece run or just free falling. But if that isn't the case and you have room from where you are to whatever obstacles you are trying to protect underneath you, many climbers will tell the rope person to "let it run" in a controlled manner to reduce the shock and therefore the shake of the stem. If the rope person is well trained and knows how to run the ropes and work a porta wrap you can significantly reduce movement of the stem when rigging tops / pieces of wood. It's a delicate business and the climber is putting their trust in the person working the rope.

[@cgfitnessandarboriculture]

@James Ammons I know what you mean. I had one that was pretty good sized that was horizontal at the bottom then elbowed up vertically and then went near horizontal again and from the ground looking up at the underside it looked solid, but once I got in the canopy the top side had a fairly good size hollow and was filled with water close to the trunk. Needless to say that limb came down.

[@arsal4085]

What an amazing technique

[@ClimbingArborist]

👍

[@smith45acp]

This is much slower, and much safer than when I get to cuttin ;) Good work!

[@boxinmetalx]

best harness ever tried for me is the edelrid tree magic..it is light as a feather and really comfortable, worst iv'e used is komet dragonfly 2

[@randallpiper3116]

It’s called butt hitching. A southern name. Ive been doing those kinda techniques in ATL for over 25 years. Everything is tight quarters. Great demonstration

[@GooglyMcDoubleface]

My stomach wasn't as numb from another video.

[@megatronman79]

Wow. The armchair quarterbacks on this thread crack me up!

[@mttpsg00]

another day at the office... MAN, HARD WORK !

[@xxsnipzsquadxx976]

Even with logs 10x size of that we just not the rope round and get 1 to 3 people to pull it the right direction and let it hit the floor

[@ClimbingArborist]

👍

[@anncates2168]

Wondered how they cut down trees that are close to houses. Nice job

[@bendonner5265]

Excellent job! Have you ever used a whoopie sling for your pulley, I use one, I like it because it prevents the need for a knot and makes it much easier when having to reset the pulley as you go down the tree. Thanks again for the video, nice job.

[@boondocksacres4397]

as a veteran of over 20 years taking trees away from power lines, I have seen my share of homeowners that think cause they bought a Poulan from Walmart, they are a treeguy now, only to be in the hospital a few hours later. I have to wonder how many have watched this video and thought they were experts now and tried the knot.

[@johnemory8076]

lol

[@julianalderson6996]

few people not keen, i like the slow n safe ways.

[@thanxx]

Hi mate. Been watching through your vids. very informative. just done my 30/31 and aiming for my 38/39 shortly. just wondering where your main climbing line is in this vid? sorry if i sound like a noooob lol. ive actually learned quite a lot from you.

[@kanaloakalaluhi9307]

The last one u kinda cut thru your barbor chair use a small wedge to push weight over

[@Retrogamer2600]

That’s definitely impressive, so you have another pulley tied to the lower section of the tree and someone keep intention on the rope? I was just wondering about the trunk coming down, pulling the person holding the rope

[@mikehunt2667]

When do you stop the tree work and become a fulltime KZbin star ?

[@desertlogger2062]

Nice point about the feet getting crushed

[@dividedbytreason]

Great demonstration and nice comments.

[@tomthompson7400]

great video , ive never seen a running bowline tied like that ,,, very handy

[@michaelbrum007brumbelow9]

The running bowline as tied in this video is not done correctly. The bowline knot itself as shown is somewhat dangerous. If you will notice the working end of the rope finishes outside the loop of the bowline. This is wrong, the working end should finish inside the loop of the bowline. Numerous knot tying videos showing the way to tie a bowline, caution that the method shown is this video should be avoided.

[@anythinguploads2161]

I enjoy your videos. Thanks for the time. I have seen many of your videos. Do you have a video if this , but doing it solo? Was wondering how the rigging block would be set up solo.

[@drew856856]

good job ive done it without a pully but that pully saves your rope.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Clean cuts my friend!!👍🏼

[@maryogilvie3464]

That's beautiful. I love knots!

[@vqgav7680]

ring slings are so much more helpful then takin 2 minutes puttin that pulley on up there like a brake

[@treeremovalspokane]

Great professional work!

[@penguins9645]

Dumb homeowner question if I may: Instead of rigging, if I just cut the trunk down in 6" sections so they're light enough to safely free-fall, is that acceptable? I know it will take all day, but I literally only have one tree to do, so doing it as safe as possible is my priority. Will be renting a scaffolding and setting that up next to the tree so I won't have to do any climbing.

[@weets69]

That was sweet.

[@barneygoldstein7103]

great instructional video well done mate

[@delawareteacher1182]

Awesome, thank you for the great video!

[@spelunkerd]

Outstanding video, thanks for sharing.

[@TreeBoi4Life]

5★ Video. Rigging made simple.

[@crustyspaghetti3749]

May God Bless those ropes!

[@ridged8]

Damn impressive shit man...thank you for your time

[@ClimbingArborist]

Appreciate it , glad you enjoyed it

[@patdalyjr]

Well done!

[@dpeterbannister]

Good video, as are your others. Thanks for posting. Ive always used a running bowline for this application and I think most UK and North American riggers do. But I wonder why we dont use a cow hitch as an alternative primary knot as well..Ive done so on occassion and not had a problem with it. Any thoughts?

[@thekettle2]

yh i was thinking the same thing, just incase it slips, it wont take you with it

[@robertrichard3401]

Good negative rigging vid. Thanks

[@thexmanjdd]

there is no "stopper knot" for a running bowline tail. But, it's not like it was going to catch on anything, so it doesn't matter; plus I realise you just wanted to get it out of your way for the cutting. Decent video. I was going to be impressed with your bigger diameter at the end, until I saw it was only 3 to 4 feet long. But hey, smaller pieces are safer. thumbs up for trying to teach.

[@claudeanthony468]

Good job mate. I normally rig it all up first specially if the tree is rotted out just in case there is no integrity in the guts of it and it fails. but you can usually tell if its solid enough to put the scarf in first. Is that a go pro camera ?

[@GreenShiva-Lightfoot]

Great vid! Make it look easy!

[@godbluffvdgg]

No job's too tuff when you know your stuff! :)...

[@johnnyboypdq]

Well Done! Good video too!

[@ethanbrasch7801]

Can you tell me what size ropes are pulleys you are using in this video? and that looks like an ISC rigging block, what size is that and how do you like it? I love your videos they are very helpful and you are great at explaining what youre doing as you go!

[@laoyaotzu3071]

hi Dan, I have a question. I have listened tos ome other people that specify your climbing line and lanyard should be above your rigging rope and therefore outside the rig)ging system(the rope which the arb block is attached to - cow hitch with a better half). I noticed you have your climbing line and lanyard attached underneath this rigging point. Can you give me some clarity around this. Thankyou

[@RuthlessRipReaper]

textbook, good work man.

[@johnemory8076]

what book are you reading man lol

[@TheCheedz]

It ain't gonna slip but on the other hand the lanyard may pop of the top of the tree when the rope snatched the log.

[@Dan-jg7zl]

The first example I wouldn't even bother wasting time rigging as you could safely chog the main truck and handheld drop the logs on the lawn. Good clear instruction though.

[@adamcoleman4001]

Great job, I learn a lot watching your videos! What size rope do you use for rigging?

[@whosindahouse7113]

omg we do this all day but about 20 times faster n safe to boot!! at least your teachin the right stuff...nice job

[@SuperHyee]

Thanks and respect !

[@LS9TBSS]

Haha you might wanna add in that the ground guy roping is supposed to let it run a little bit to help avoid hitting your feet and going for a ride. I wouldn't want that dude on my rope if I was topping anything

[@TheToolnut]

One wrap too many I'd say.

[@CalebYang]

awsome video！thank you

[@ClimbingArborist]

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