The GRCS is a PRODUCTION Tool

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2024

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  • @johns3106
    @johns3106 Місяць тому +7

    When tip-tying large limbs and standing them up like you are, I’ve found it works best to back-cut a little,pull in line, back-cut a little more, pullin a little more line and so on until the limb is vertical. Ideally, I like to still have a bit of hinge attached when the branch is vertical, so it drops straight down when I cut the last of the hinge instead of swinging around wildly. But, as we all know,every branch requires a different approach!

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      @johns3106 for approach. That method wpukd load the rigging system woth more than the weight of the limb, but if you have the capacity to spare and the hinge is holding well, who can say it's wrong?! I personally wpukd prefer to have the limb swing around rather than drop onto the line. Its just an effort to avoid dynamic loading, but again, if you have the capacity for it, that's nit a problem at all.

  • @izzy123412457
    @izzy123412457 Місяць тому +3

    Prime example on how a pro works

  • @osagejon8972
    @osagejon8972 Місяць тому +3

    Nice job as always Zach! I see your tree rash on your left arm hasn't healed up yet. Something I noticed in this video since I have known you... your cuts for free falling and confidence in free falling over obstructions has gotten even better! Gotta get me a GRCS too.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      @osagejon8972 Thanks for taking notice! This video is actually froma cpuole weeks ago, and my arm is all better now.
      I've gone from cowboying free falls to being afraid of them to finally respecting them and getting better at making my judgements. I think there is a graph for it 😅 I believe it's called the dunning kruger effect

  • @havespurswillclimb
    @havespurswillclimb Місяць тому +2

    Enjoyed the video. Especially the view from the ground camera. Taking chances lifting up those big limbs with the GRCS and depending on hinge wood to control the butt. I would probably leash the butt ends to control the swing. This also protect s the climber from the wild butt swings. And use of a tag line is always a good idea whenever control of the limb is in question. JMHO (I like the idea of being hauled up by the GRCS. One time climbing up the tree per day is plenty for my old legs.😉😉

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @havespurswillclimb absolutely a solid idea. We did do it with one smaller one toward the end there. It seems like it doubles the set up time for a rig. That doesn't mean it's not worth it, I just try to balance production with safety and if I can make myself safe by getting away, I try to take that route. It is ultimately more risky though, you're not wrong.

  • @visinskiradovihn
    @visinskiradovihn Місяць тому

    Amazing work 👏
    One can learn a lot just by watching you work.
    Keep up the good work man 😉

  • @diegovd7215
    @diegovd7215 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you very much for the detailed commentary, that was great. Nice job! :)

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@diegovd7215 thanks!

  • @michaelwhiteoldtimer7648
    @michaelwhiteoldtimer7648 Місяць тому +2

    Really nice job, good explanation of cuts. Still going to Bunyon

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @michaelwhiteoldtimer7648 thanks! Yes, I'm planning on it!

  • @iduswelton9567
    @iduswelton9567 Місяць тому

    Very interesting and informative - I could have used the limb lifting method many times and the GRCS would have been great also - most of the trees I had to deal with were over 125ft. tall pine trees and oak trees and Cottonwood trees

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@iduswelton9567 The taller the better for this method. My biggest struggle is often running out of vertical space to work with.

  • @dankotos61
    @dankotos61 Місяць тому

    That's some cool Reagan man good job

  • @julianalderson3938
    @julianalderson3938 Місяць тому +1

    Love a tag line!

  • @julianalderson3938
    @julianalderson3938 Місяць тому

    Nice work always hard leave enogh hinge but let grcs pull it up. That millwalkee stuff powerfull. Thanks

  • @benburns5995
    @benburns5995 Місяць тому

    Hi Zach, thanks for another awesome Tree Removal video. Appreciate all of the Voiceover to explain what was happening.
    Glad that you filmed the second day from the ground as we got a good view of the GRCS doing it's job of lifting the tree limbs. It was interesting to see how lifting it made the limbs swing out to avoid the house. Seeing the very top of that of that tree fall from the ground was great as well.
    Never realized the Wedge angles could make such a difference. Thanks for all of the explaining of that as well.
    That large trunk you cut in one piece looks like it fell perfectly on top of the other limbs on the ground to avoid extra lawn damage.
    Hope your arm is healing ok. Looks like you got some burns or other injury on your arm?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@benburns5995 I'm glad those things were helpful! I have to balance getting the job done and putting extra effort into filming to make the video good. I'm glad to hear the effort was worth it.
      It's an embarrassing story, but I took a little slide down a limb in another tree. I was helping a friend and let myself get in a rush. It's all healed up now

  • @br-dj2ti
    @br-dj2ti Місяць тому

    Beautiful work Buddy as always God bless stay safe

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@br-dj2ti thanks Bill!

  • @peacemaker54
    @peacemaker54 Місяць тому

    thats is massive work man

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @peacemaker54 thanks man!

  • @SaoPauloNX
    @SaoPauloNX Місяць тому

    another awesome job well done

  • @geoffreygreen297
    @geoffreygreen297 Місяць тому

    Just like that, in 20 minutes, the tree is done 😂 I always love the videos. Great job per usual.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @geoffreygreen297 haha yeah pretty much! 😂 there was a lot I didn't film because I wanted to focus on the GRCS stuff. Also, I was kinda playing games with the chipper and trying to film while it wasn't making too much noise.

  • @Tekkadan-IBO
    @Tekkadan-IBO Місяць тому

    how much do you think the largest weight of a branch you rigged was? Im trying to asses the weights of the branches. I do line clearance, and we don't get to do a lot of technical stuff. if its too bad, we get an outage or just cut the tree entirely as we are in a rural area and work primarily in the mountains.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @Tekkadan-IBO probably not more than 1,500 lbs. Thays just a guess in the dark though. That drill will lift 2,000lb with the GRCS and we definitely didn't have any that threatened to stall the drill.

  • @s.b.treeservicecincy
    @s.b.treeservicecincy Місяць тому

    Nice cutting Zack!!

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@s.b.treeservicecincy thanks Simon!

  • @JLMTreeService
    @JLMTreeService Місяць тому

    Hey great job man loved the video!!

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      @@JLMTreeService thanks man!

  • @gregbrown9271
    @gregbrown9271 Місяць тому

    Nice work 👏 zach what did you do to your arm

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      @gregbrown9271 Thanks, Greg! Ohh it's an embarrassing story. I was helping a friend who had a top break out of one of his oak trees. It was a weekday evening after work and in my haste I set things up poorly. I went for a little ride and grabbed the spar I was on even though my lanyard was on it and wpukd have caught me. I slid down the spar a little bit and it tore up my arm. I should have known better 😒

    • @gregbrown9271
      @gregbrown9271 Місяць тому

      @@zaccheus yeah the marks looked like something I'd seen before 🤟🙏

  • @SidonianTree
    @SidonianTree Місяць тому

    Nice work brother, thanks for the video

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@SidonianTree thanks man!

  • @dertyjerz3
    @dertyjerz3 Місяць тому

    Black oak is my favorite to take down. Plenty strong, good hinge properties, often interesting canopy structure. Good stuff man. What drill do you use with your grcs?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @dertyjerz3 I'm pretty sure this was red oak. I'm a little color blind so I do struggle with seeing the color of the wood. I thought black oak had a narrower profile at the base and a wider profile at the top of the leaf.
      I use the makita angle drill. I compared it to the milwaukee hole hawg in a video here: ua-cam.com/video/LOp-iATox24/v-deo.html

  • @born2climb2
    @born2climb2 Місяць тому

    Have you seen the optional strap plate sole by Sappy Supplies that allows you to remove the heavy strap winch and simply secure the GRCS with a heavy duty 4” ratchet strap?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @born2climb2 I haven't seen that. That sounds like an interesting idea. I like the strap winch on the GRCS quite a bit, but I can see how it would be easier to mount if the weight of the strap winch wasn't on it.

    • @born2climb2
      @born2climb2 Місяць тому

      @@zaccheus I have the visor on mine, so it’s a breeze with the ratchet strap and two wing slots.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@born2climb2 I gotcha, I use the visor plate too. It's definitely a good investment. I tore up a few pads before I got it 😂

  • @eclipsearchery9387
    @eclipsearchery9387 Місяць тому

    To get the hinge to hold on for the maximum time...first do a bore-cut (bar width is enough) through the limb on the plane you want your hinge on.. Then cut your wide open face cuts to meet either end of your bore. So now your face has a bar width flat in it - instead of the face cuts meeting. That flat will give you max bend before fibers start breaking :)
    Thanks for the entertainment :)

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @eclipsearchery9387 I think I know what you're talking about. I might try it, but when you have exposed fiber face, you risk loosing control of the direction the limb goes in.

  • @masongreen1871
    @masongreen1871 Місяць тому

    Is the 500i worth it? Been eye balling them but have a 661 and some other ground saws already

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @masongreen1871 if you're doing a bunch if big bucking on the ground, I'd go 661. If you want something good to climb with or for a little bit of everything, I'd go 500i because it's a good bit lighter and has only a little less power. My 500i is the only big saw I own and I'd even say it's the most versatile. I can throw a 36" bar on it a fell a big old tree or I can leave the 25" bar on there and have a saw thats still manageable up in the tree. I do almost all of my work with a 500, 201, and now this little milwaukee electric saw.

  • @Gillteixeira
    @Gillteixeira Місяць тому

    Do you feel the difference between the forge battery and the high out put one ?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      On the top handle saw, no. It does seem to run a little cooler which is good because the HO batteries overheat more than they die in hot weather. The battery level indicator is way easier to see which is good, but the saw has its own overdraw protection so it will shut itself down before the battery can offer its full performance. The forge batteries are supposed to make a real difference in the new 20" saw though. It's designed to use their full potential.

  • @dancutting8940
    @dancutting8940 Місяць тому

    I’m curious about what you did for ropes overnight. We have debate about leaving them in vs leaving throw line. If you do leave them, on the pulley and cambium saver, or natural crotch and reposition in the morning?
    Would have enjoyed seeing you go out on a couple more limbs. People think it’s a simple move, but if you don’t see others techniques, you don’t pick up different tricks to use. One guys standard move is another’s trick, when you see it for the first time.
    Enjoyed the video, thanks for the on going effort.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      @dancutting8940 well the appropriate answer is that you shpuod never leave anything in a tree overnight. I think there is an ANSI standard that talks about it. I left the ropes in the tree and just put the ends in rope bags and got them off of the ground so nobody could mess with them and get hurt. Short of getting struck by lightning, nothing about leaving the ropes up is bad for them. The thought is simply that unattended ropes could be dangerous for curious children or someone pulling something down on themselves.
      Thanks for that feedback. I tried to include some of that in this video, but a lot of the footage is very dizzying with all the head movements I make while looking back and forth. I'll have to take a mount uo in the tree and fix the camera somewhere it can see me go all the way out and back.

  • @Pupperpats
    @Pupperpats Місяць тому +1

    You could make a HUGE bonfire out of all this.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      @wyattcensored9361 haha you're absolutely right! You might have to stand back a few hundred feet to cook your hot dogs though 😅

  • @michaelevans7447
    @michaelevans7447 Місяць тому

    I love the "Sonic The Hedgehog" style music on these videos xD

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@michaelevans7447 haha thanks man!

    • @bobber55
      @bobber55 Місяць тому

      That wasn't "Sonic", it was the brush chipper. 😂

  • @julianalderson3938
    @julianalderson3938 Місяць тому

    Have broken a anchor point before with the drum but yer always think bout it.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @julianalderson3938 I've never broken a rigging system. Alot of it has to do with understanding force vectors

    • @julianalderson3938
      @julianalderson3938 Місяць тому

      @@zaccheus yes we didnt

  • @ClellWise
    @ClellWise Місяць тому

    Really enjoyed this one Zach. Nice to see a bit more of the rigging process. Yep no doubt about it, GRCS is worth every penny of its cost. Good stuff as always. Hey quick ? Do you know if OsageJohn might be coming to Bunyan?

    • @osagejon8972
      @osagejon8972 Місяць тому +1

      I want to go this year Clell kinda depends on how the work load is at the time. I've missed the past two years and need to go.

  • @Buggy13061985
    @Buggy13061985 Місяць тому

    Cool 👍💪😃

  • @bioniclife
    @bioniclife Місяць тому

    I wonder how many of those winches have been sold thanks to your channel.

    • @MrEvanb93
      @MrEvanb93 Місяць тому +1

      Atleast 1 I got mine after watching him an Kevin

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @bioniclife I don't know man, but I really wish I couod get an affiliate link for them 😅 it's an awesome tool and I wish everyone could have one, but they're made by a small business with tight margins already and so there aren't many discounts out there for them.

  • @ArcaneArborWolfe
    @ArcaneArborWolfe Місяць тому

    Nice bro!

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@ArcaneArborWolfe thanks!

  • @robertvannicolo4435
    @robertvannicolo4435 Місяць тому

    Zach, great job as usual. Once again, people buy houses with trees and then decide to remove them all and put in a pool. You would think they would consider it before purchasing the home to begin with. Is it the same house you dropped the big oak. Is that hand crank or is a drill used to put tension on the rigging rope.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @robertvannicolo4435 Yep! This is the same place where we felled the white oak in the front yard. I have the guys on the ground use a makita angle drill. We tested it once with a load cell and we were able to produce 1,950lb of lifting force with the drill and I was o ly about to get another 100 or 150 pounds pur of it with the crank.

    • @robertvannicolo4435
      @robertvannicolo4435 Місяць тому

      Sweet would come in handy great with drill had guy that made one out of boat winch early 90s was alot of cranking to lift a load

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @robertvannicolo4435 absolutely. I was only born in the 90s but I k ow enough to know that cordless tech wasn't great back then

  • @larryenticeher
    @larryenticeher Місяць тому

    6:44 Great video as always! If you remember the size and brand of rigging line you used let me know, I really like the color scheme and could use an extra line

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      @larryenticeher It's 5/8 raging red sold by all gear. 19,500lb ABS I believe which is pretty good compared to 5/8 stable braid at 16,000 MBS. It milked a lot at the beginning but it's good now. It keeps it's color which I like. Stable braid always fades quick.

  • @marymulrooney1334
    @marymulrooney1334 Місяць тому

    How did you scrape up your left arm?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @marymulrooney1334 Ohh it's an embarrassing story. I'm ashamed of it to be honest. I was helping a friend for free and in my haste I rigged something uo poorly and took a risk and it gave me a ride. I grabbed the tree with my arm, but got pulled down the stem and is scraped me up good. I shpuod have known better 😒

  • @personwhoexists4491
    @personwhoexists4491 Місяць тому

    What diameter rope were you using?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @personwhoexists4491 5/8 raging red from all gear. 19,500lb ABS I believe.

  • @marymulrooney1334
    @marymulrooney1334 Місяць тому

    How tall was this tree was by your estimate?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      @@marymulrooney1334 I never measured, but I'm guessing it was 85 or 90 feet

  • @AverageHouseHusband
    @AverageHouseHusband Місяць тому

    I would love a GRCS however as a hobbyist I think I will have to stick with my Maasdam rope puller and a friction device.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      Fair enough, it does take a number of trees to pay for a GRCS. An inventive fellow climber who does trees on the weekend emailed me some photos of a device he made. I believe it's a 12v bumper winch that he mounts to the bottom of the tree and uses a prusik to pull down on the rigging rope. He was taking pretty big pieces with it 🤷‍♂️

    • @AverageHouseHusband
      @AverageHouseHusband Місяць тому

      ​​@@zaccheusSounds like the same method I use with the rope puller with less manual labor, haven't found out if the puller or the prusik slips first but I know it won't keep up with the GRCS, totally jealous, I'm sure it will pay for itself soon enough.

    • @Sethhaun78
      @Sethhaun78 Місяць тому

      ​@@zaccheusyou talking about Dan dan..

  • @natemiller5346
    @natemiller5346 Місяць тому

    What chipper is being used?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      @natemiller5346 mmm a smaller 7 inch morbark I think? I work for this fella often, and he has tackled some huge jobs with that little chipper. Dude is a hard worker.

  • @deadmanswife3625
    @deadmanswife3625 Місяць тому

    I've been wondering about trying to angle branches to go sideways it's a lot to think about I'm still thinking LOL

    • @johns3106
      @johns3106 Місяць тому +2

      Practice somewhere where you have a drop zone free of any obstacles…it takes a fair bit of practice. Different species will have VERY different hingeing characteristics, and even different diameters of the same species will respond differently. But, like so much that we do, it’s not rocket science and most climbers will learn how to do it fairly quick.

    • @Demodad68
      @Demodad68 Місяць тому

      You're investment in the GRCS has definitely been worth the money.

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 Місяць тому

      @@johns3106 ty

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 Місяць тому +1

      @@Demodad68 he could have eaten that four grand up on pizzas and going out to eat and through the drive-thru

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @deadmanswife3625 it's a really handy approach for some limbs, but it can be risky which is why I wanted to try out this tree before it mattered. Species, size of limb, and time of season can all contribute to how well it works. You also can't to greedy on the angle. I have a video about what happens when it goes wrong if you haven't already seen it 😅

  • @austingriffith1118
    @austingriffith1118 Місяць тому

    You could have a 30' tag line and tie the butts to the trunk so they can't go wild when the hinge wood breaks.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @austingriffith1118 Excellent idea. I do use a tag line occasionally, but I've found it to be a little faster and more reliable to put myself out of harms way up there if I can. Some situation definitely benefit from a tag line though

  • @jeffschroeder9089
    @jeffschroeder9089 Місяць тому

    Rope burn on arm?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      Ah, I was afraid someone would ask. I was doing some evening work for a friend for free and in my haste to get a broken top out of an oak tree I set things up poorly and took a risk, and went for a ride. Grabbed the spar out of reaction (my flipline was on it and I didn't need to) and slid a few feet. Tore up my arm 🙄 I should have known better. I was rather disappointed in myself after it happened.

    • @jeffschroeder9089
      @jeffschroeder9089 Місяць тому

      @@zaccheus sheesh

  • @RC-Heli835
    @RC-Heli835 Місяць тому

    That is so awesome to be able to take down huge limbs like that!😧

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @RC-Heli835 Absolutely! I love it. Sometimes the ground crew hates it 😂 but thays how work is 🤷‍♂️😅

  • @crawfishcray
    @crawfishcray Місяць тому

    i wonder if tree work channels like this benefit the company ,does a social media presence legitimately bring in more local customers?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      Nah, I've only ever gotten a job or two from it. It has been really beneficial for networking within the industry, though

    • @crawfishcray
      @crawfishcray Місяць тому

      @@zaccheus I see , what do you mean by networking within the industry?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@crawfishcray I do a lot of contract climbing. My client is the tree service. I've worked for a few tree services that found out about me after watching my videos. It's also been handy when meeting people at trade shows and the like.

  • @AngelTorres-cq9zu
    @AngelTorres-cq9zu Місяць тому

    Nobody is mentioning bros akimbo is not fully closed on the adjustment lever

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      Thays because it doesn't matter. The adjustment lever on retains cam position when the device is open the cams are trapped in their position when by the side okayes when the device is closed.

  • @julianalderson3938
    @julianalderson3938 Місяць тому

    Sometimes tie the but off so cant drop.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому +1

      Yep, Yep! The trick is just determining when it's necessary and when it's not.

  • @marymulrooney1334
    @marymulrooney1334 Місяць тому

    19:47 Seeing how little you look here, puts it all into perspective. You look so small up high and shows how tall the tree was.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @marymulrooney1334 it was a big tree! I never measured, but I wpuodnt be too suprised if it was 85 or 90 feet tall

  • @nicolaisvlog8701
    @nicolaisvlog8701 Місяць тому

    4:31 can it be a bad feling to have success

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Місяць тому

      @@nicolaisvlog8701 haha, I guess not 😂