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This is a technique that I learned from my friend David Driver, the X Man, innovator of X-Rigging Rings and the Safebloc. It is a super interesting felling technique that allows you to double or triple your active hinge wood when felling trees. This is my first attempt at this technique, and I definitely didn't nail it, but it was a good example of how it works I think. Stay tuned all the way to the end for a link to a much longer tutorial on this felling technique from David Driver himself. Thanks for watching!! "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

There was a huge section of this tree that had already torn off in a bad wind storm. We took the rest of it down over a couple of days, lots of cutting and lots of rigging... "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

My friend Leonard had 2 Red Cedars from Alberta that he had grown from seed. When he sold his house he donated the trees to the local park in St. Thomas. These tree spades are so amazing, what a cool way to move trees... - Patrick "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Dug this one up from the archives... life is too short, have fun while you can! "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Looking at the basic concept of force multiplication on your tie-in / anchor point when using a base or basal anchor in SRT climbing. "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

This is how I saved a Blue Spruce in 2011 after it's top had broken off from being tied with a wire to a stake. Trees take so long to grow, let's maintain and preserve what we have! "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

This is how I use regular 2 inch trucking straps for tree work. I keep 2 of these in my rigging bag at all times. Get some... "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

I'm generally terrible at estimating the 1/5th stem height, but sometimes I get it. - From Chapter 17 of The Fundamentals of General Tree Work by Gerald Beranek, "Free-Falling the Wood, Ratio Factors", "One thing to notice about falling vertical lengths of wood off the top of the pole is that, when they tip off the cut, they don't stop turning. They will continue to tumble as long as they have room to fall. There's not much you can do to prevent this from happening, so the best thing to do is to take advantage of it. The amount of turns a length of wood will take before it reaches the ground is directly associated with the ratio of its length and its height above the ground... if you keep the face approximately 25 to 30 degrees and don't leave a beefy hinge to break, then these tumbling ratios will work for you... Finally, at a length of approximately .18, the sections will land flat on their back with the top facing the trunk. They will take a 270-degree turn and approach to the ground... Remember, the opening of the face cut and amount of hinge to break is a major variable. - Check out The Fundamentals of General Tree Work 25th Anniversary Edition here: https://amzn.to/3oOU67q "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

A nasty leaning Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo or Boxelder) that I smashed out with Tom and Kendal. Using the double SRT Bulldog Bone setup. Hope this all makes sense and you can get some value from it... For the gearheads in the crowd, the *amazing* Bulldog Bone mechanical device is available from Gordon Svedberg on the Treebuzz.com forum, where he goes by the nickname "surveyor". You can DM him for a Bulldog Bone, and tell him that Patrick from Educated Climber sent you :) "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Knut and Michoacan Climbing Hitches, for eye to eye hitchcord-based climbing systems. "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Transitioning to SRT Climbing with the ISC Rope Wrench. Here we cover: - Basic difference between Doubled Rope and SRT - What happens if you try SRT without a Rope Wrench, just on your hitch - Installing the Rope Wrench on a tether - Basic functioning of the Rope Wrench - Setting up your Rope Wrench system on a rope Keep in mind that I am NOT an expert. All I can teach you is what I already know, which is limited at best. That being said, I try hard to avoid topics that I am not familiar with or trained in, and always try to educate myself more before making videos for the internet. For more in-depth information from an ACTUAL expert, please check out The Fundamentals of General Tree Work 25th Anniversary Edition, by G.F. Beranek, available here: https://amzn.to/3zjV12I It's the Bible of Tree Work! Filled with over 400 photographs and illustrations, there simply is no more-complete reference on tree work theory and technique available. Simply put, if you work with trees and chainsaws, you need this book! Topics include: cutting technique wood fiber and hinging limbing and bucking equipment work positioning climbing rigging topping extensive instruction in felling and much, much, more... "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

The Quick Hitch is my favorite way to send a rope up into a tree. I first learned it from Jeff Jepson's classic book "The Tree Climber's Companion", published in 2000. In this video we take a look at how the Quick Hitch works and compare it to the alternative, The Slippery Sheet Bend. Hope you can get some value out of it! If you want to learn more about tree work, please check out The Fundamentals of General Tree Work 25th Anniversary Edition by G.F. Beranek, available here: https://amzn.to/3zjV12I It's the Bible of Tree Work! Filled with over 400 photographs and illustrations, there simply is no more-complete reference on tree work theory and technique available. Simply put, if you work with trees and chainsaws, you need this book! Topics include: cutting technique wood fiber and hinging limbing and bucking equipment work positioning climbing rigging topping extensive instruction in felling and much, much, more... "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Experimenting with a removable X-Ring rigging sling in a Walnut. Lots of rigging and roping in this one... For more detailed information on these techniques from an actual expert, check out "The Fundamentals of General Tree Work 25th Anniversary Edition" by G.F. Beranek. It's the Bible of Tree Work! Get your copy today: https://amzn.to/3zjV12I "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

A young man's first experience climbing a tree with ropes and saddle. Hope you can get some value out of it... "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Simplistic example of using the Daisy Chain Hitch with a long tail... ...to him that hath ears let him hear... "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

This little guy just would not come out of that hole.... don't worry, squirrels are tough as nails, God made them that way! - Patrick Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

This is a fun job from a couple of years ago in Windsor, Ontario, across the river from Detroit. I was subcontracting for Erik at Green Tree, taking down 3 massive Cottonwoods right on the waterfront. This is footage from the 2 larger trees. This is some monstrous rigging and masterful roping, I think you will enjoy it! To learn more about tree work, please check out "The Fundamentals of General Tree Work 25th Anniversary Edition by G.F. Beranek", now available in paperback. It's the Bible of Tree Work. With over 400 photographs and illustrations, there simply is no more-complete reference on tree work theory and technique available. Simply put, if you work with trees and chainsaws, you need this book! Available here: https://amzn.to/3zjV12I "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

If you want to learn more about tree work, please check out The Fundamentals of General Tree Work 25th Anniversary Edition by G.F. Beranek, available here: https://amzn.to/3zjV12I It's the Bible of Tree Work! Filled with over 400 photographs and illustrations, there simply is no more-complete reference on tree work theory and technique available. Simply put, if you work with trees and chainsaws, you need this book! Topics include: cutting technique wood fiber and hinging limbing and bucking equipment work positioning climbing rigging topping extensive instruction in felling and much, much, more... I hope you will check it out!!!!! - Patrick "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

The Bible of Tree Work! Get your copy today: https://amzn.to/3zjV12I Filled with over 400 photographs and illustrations, there simply is no more-complete reference on tree work theory and technique available. Simply put, if you work with trees and chainsaws, you need this book! Topics include: cutting technique wood fiber and hinging limbing and bucking equipment work positioning climbing rigging topping extensive instruction in felling and much, much, more... I hope you will check it out!!!!! - Patrick "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

This is a simple, traditional tree climbing lanyard setup. You'll notice that it's just the modern doubled-rope climbing system but on a shorter rope. "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Rigging a big top and some chunks of wood down on a nasty hollow Silver Maple... - Patrick "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Fillin' the yard....so hard...... "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Forming a Girth Hitch in a Rope Sling onto a Piece of Hardware - 3 Different Ways "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick

Building a Z-Rig 3:1 Mechanical Advantage Hauling System In this video we take a look at the basic concepts of mechanical advantage with ropes and pulleys, how and why it works, and then how we use those concepts to build a z-rig 3:1 hauling system. "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway Make sure you subscribe, and hit the bell to get notified when I upload new videos! Follow Educated Climber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/educatedclimber/ Follow Educated Climber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EducatedClimber/ If you are liking Educated Climber and getting value out of this, please tell a friend or 3! Climb High, Work Smart, Read More. - Patrick