DMM Keanu: High Line rigging, English Reeve

Arborist high line / highline rigging with the dmm Keanu trolley. Skilled crew removes oak precarious location

[@troythompson2798]

Nice! The fact that it was a pin oak makes it even more impressive! Those things have hands and will put up a fight all the way to the chipper. Very enjoyable to watch.

[@therealzigzagman]

👊👊

[@TreeMuggs_PatrickM]

Beauty setup dude. I'm making my own trolley out of steel plate to do something similar. Don Blair used to sell a rigging trolley that weighted 8 lbs, he said the weight helped to keep the lines from twisting and fouling up, keep everything aligned. This is one way I plan on using it - with nice long crane slings. Hell of a job. - Patrick

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏🙏🙏 thank you dude. Much appreciated!👊

[@norbertriojas]

You’re a master of your craft my friend. Thx for your time in editing and sharing this vid

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏🙏👊

[@acutabovetreeservice3934]

Been there, Dunn that, you're right. All the guys need to be on the same page.

[@gregbrown9271]

Outstanding job right there zigzag 💪

[@seandavid9287]

Really awesome to see. Love the technical rigging really good demo of the Keanu. Appreciate your work.

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏🙏👊 thanks for watching dude!

[@jmester_atc]

Nice work. Good explanation and footage. Well worth the time to setup for as smooth and efficient as it went

[@therealzigzagman]

👊🙏 thanks dude! Took more time to setup than to get the tree down!

[@ryanlewis1834]

First video in years ave seen something new that works! The English Reeve you used is interesting to say the least cheers bro keep up the good work, 👍

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏🙏

[@seandavid9287]

Awesome rig system n execution

[@therealzigzagman]

Thanks dude

[@baronvon8407]

Very professionally executed and all round good job guys well done

[@therealzigzagman]

Thank you 🙏👊

[@mfahim1995]

Super technical set-up man! Doesn’t hurt to have 10k in rigging gear lying around lol. Nice work, takes a ton planning and communication as a crew to make that kind of job happen 👍🏼

[@therealzigzagman]

👊👊 yeah there was quite a bit of $ in gear there 😂. Thanks dude 🙏👊

[@1975dbryant]

What hurts, is to not have $10,000 in rigging gear when you really need it.

[@therealzigzagman]

@@1975dbryant 🤷‍♂️

[@chrisschultz9166]

Impressive work. Well done!!

[@therealzigzagman]

Thanks dude 🙏🙏

[@EricJemAndes]

Awesome explanation, and awesome work Bro!

[@therealzigzagman]

Thanks dude!

[@alotl1kevegas860]

Such a sweet video man. Would like to see another video featuring this setup.

[@1975dbryant]

Some crazy preparations and money cuts happening here. Glad I didn't hold back on the $ for rigging gear. Hope I don't need it for anything like this any time soon. Experienced ground guy's are worth a fortune and in high demand in my neck of the woods. Hope to find or shape and mold one soon. Takes the fun out of it when your the only one who understands what need's to happen.

[@therealzigzagman]

Training is hard dude. Takes a ton of patience. I’m learning as I go. 🤷‍♂️

[@marcoperez4858]

Wow that was awesome!

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏🙏

[@tyt3809]

Was hoping you would put together an explanation video. Killin it man 👏

[@therealzigzagman]

👊👊👊 thanks dude

[@treeglidertas8336]

Nicely done.👍👍👍

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏🙏🙏

[@treeculture9249]

Super great great job👏👏👏

[@therealzigzagman]

Thanks dude!

[@Ryan-zn8ys]

Awesome, thank you

[@JohannesPotter]

Such a good video

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏👊

[@drltreecare7353]

Great work nice set up

[@therealzigzagman]

Thanks dude

[@jonathantedrow4635]

Nice work bro!!

[@therealzigzagman]

👊👊🙏 thanks dude

[@fumagoo1986]

beautiful oak shame it had to come down. one of the best videos ive seen lately

[@therealzigzagman]

Thanks dude! Appreciate you watching!

[@leviwoodal6023]

1:54 what a Picasso 🤣

[@therealzigzagman]

😂😂😂 that’s my second grade art class applied to real life

[@accurateclimber8062]

I see you Brother. Good job my friend!

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏🙏🙏 thanks dude

[@trunkmonk6972]

Brilliant

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏🙏🙏 thanks dude

[@203_climber]

beast !

[@robbob_the_climber]

Absolutely awesome brother! Do you ever run the zigzag in SRT what’s your favorite rope if you do I’m in the market for a new one and looking at the Petzl flow or all gear Cherry bomb

[@therealzigzagman]

I haven’t run it srt very much. I usually use a rope runner for that. Of those two ropes, I’ve only used the flow, and found it very, very bouncy. I wouldn’t imagine it’d be good srt.

[@arboreapoda]

Brilliant vid! Content , comments and music! Did you actually buy the keanu for this job or had used it before, btw you have a new sub! Cheers from Spain!

[@therealzigzagman]

I bought the keanu specifically for that job. It’s such an expensive piece of gear that rarely gets used. Thanks for the sub!! 🙏

[@zaccheus]

Super cool stuff. I've been wanting to get into some highline stuff and just haven't had the right opportunity yet. Do you have any thoughts on knowing how to determine tension on the white rope in your system?

[@therealzigzagman]

You want it as tight as you can get it. We had 300 ft of rope in that system, so tons of stretch to pull out. It needs to be tight to maintain the height in the system.

[@therealzigzagman]

Important to know the ratings of the rope, and the power behind what you’re using to tension it

[@zaccheus]

@@therealzigzagman I didn't even think of pretensioning the stretch out of it 🤔 I've always been worried about the tension that rope sees when loaded. I understand that you used a remote anchor on the high side so that the force application on the tree was mostly downward. How much load do you think was reasonable to put on that system. The tension on the white rope has the potential to multiple times the load on the red/white rope right?

[@therealzigzagman]

@@zaccheus the more important thing is the direction of the force. We have estimates for what we think it saw, but the important thing is being safe with force direction, and starting small with stuff if you’re unsure

[@zaccheus]

@@therealzigzagman good thoughts, thank you

[@slaxxx]

Epic work man. How long did it take you to setup that whole system?

[@therealzigzagman]

Setup took about 4 hours. 3.5 hours start to finish getting the tree down

[@slaxxx]

@@therealzigzagman ya I figured it would have takin me like 5 hours to setup. Nice work bud

[@shanebrewster2384]

The Keanu is awesome! Looking at adding one to my kit for this lake front property. All the wood and brush needs to go up hill. A high line with the Keanu would move the loads. Which high line and load lines have you found to work best with the system?

[@therealzigzagman]

Static stuff for the highline ropes. Yale double esterlon is a good choice.

[@treeup3450]

Dear Bro. Thanx a lot to share this exp with the community. This was a very good job. I would like to start to buy same staffs for highline. How long they would be in tour experience? Thanx very much. Bye from Italy. Renato

[@therealzigzagman]

Most of the ropes used here were 300’, but it really depends on how far you need to go. Best to measure the job site and see.

[@small-town-southern-man3573]

Do you have a video explaining the reeve system in detail? As in which ropes perform which functions? And how the piece is lifted and held while being transported?

[@therealzigzagman]

I don’t 🤦. That would be sick tho. If you look up DMM OFFYA BIRD ISLAND here on KZbin, that’s a pretty sweet edit that shows what you’re looking for

[@BradleyTree]

Very cool shit

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏🙏

[@danc3868]

The keanu could be used to pull things up hill right? I need to have a play with one. Got a bunch of ash on a crazy steep slope to deal with.

[@therealzigzagman]

Yes absolutely. You’d need a GRCS or something of the like to pull the haul line for sure

[@jacobhoppe8756]

Looks very similar to logging under a tower shotgunning

[@therealzigzagman]

I’m sure the principle setup is the same. The only difference with logging like that, is you’re dealing with rated anchor points and relatively known weights, or at least weights you can put down if too heavy upon lifting.

[@jeffschroeder9089]

Tile roof?

[@therealzigzagman]

It was some kind of tile or something. It was old, i know that much.

[@samuelluria4744]

Where you guys located?

[@therealzigzagman]

The Ohio Valley

[@samuelluria4744]

@@therealzigzagman- Haha, that's vague Bro.😆

[@samuelluria4744]

@@therealzigzagman- Haha, that's vague Bro.😆

[@therealzigzagman]

@@samuelluria4744 Bellaire Ohio is where the company’s home office is

[@samuelluria4744]

@@therealzigzagman - Cool! Have a great weekend!

[@timothynault7171]

fantastic job with the set-up, great commentary, the video was very helpful in explaining the purpose behind the choices that were made in the setup. the music was a tad louder than your voice, making the only down side of this video... and yes lack of thought and planning with kill you.. well done

[@therealzigzagman]

🙏👊 thanks dude