I bought this combo unit and got to try it out on a tree leaning on the house! what a GREAT Piece of equipment to use! It worked just as the video shows! Can't say enough about this combo unit....it was a great investment and I can see the work I can now Take on.
The butt can come back toward u fast in that kinda situation. I like how u kept the limb attached to the tree. That's when good ground men pay off also. Top shelf work!!
I came for the knowledge and those final minutes from the ground were great. Set the tension and then backed it off some. I was curious how a shock(?) load might do on a super tight line. I’m super green, but I find the work really extraordinary. Thanks for the demo!
Awesome work Reg, looks like you've got a dam fine team on that job. I'd be up for for coming over to work with you again some day. It's a fucking long commute from south west wales, but to work with you again and catch up would be a real experience. (Nick)
Dear sir i would also like to purchase the Arborella. In black with white lettering. My wife just walked in she would like to purchase one too but in white with black lettering when will they become available for the public. Thank you for your patience. Mark Molina. Flint Michigan. USA
First: great job you know what you are doing!!! Second: after 3 years all the sistem is ok or you have had some problem? how is the fatigue turning the handle of the winch? thanks in advance
That's a bloody workhorse if ever I saw one ... some bits of kit just seem hardly worth the effort to use them but this one blatantly pulls its weight and some ...
Just curious - on the branch at around 4:25 or there abouts - are you slinging the branch to the inside of the cut / towards the stem incase it snaps off and to stop it swinging out in an uncontrolled manner?
Not trying to be presumptuous here but am quite sure that he also does it for reasons of line-management, specifically that if you used the wrong length of slinging to a limb then that limb's butt/end can bump-into the rigging-line on its way down, either snapping it or causing a jam (it's explained in his speedline-info video), so you've gotta place the sling either closer to the limb's collar or further-out but not at that "danger spot" where the length of sling allows a 'perfect fit' for the log to butt-into the rigging line :) (so far as control, as he said it's dependent on so much but you'd never make a cut that'd swing if you weren't anticipating that it was going to swing & how it was going to swing, this is by notching it properly and an advanced technique I hope to feel comfortable enough with soon, right now I play it safe/conservative and do sections at a time IE just taking longer on the job because I'm going slower for safety's-sake both my own & property!)
As a tree worker myself id say yes 🤣🤯 some of the gates places I've had to drag or reverse things through is very interested to say the least. But if the job was easy it wouldn't be as rewarding
@@Recoates good for you there still rubbish even the bollard is rubbish it’s to short and has no pre directional rope captivating points ,you can’t stand anywhere and not worry about rope coming off the drum you can make your own device for 1/4 of the price that is way better,not trying to be negative it’s just for the price it’s junk
@@jakeharris4465 evidently there's thousands worldwide that disagree with you Jake. And the fact that you took the time to make these statements is obviously deliberately negative, contrary to what you just said. Keep talking on the videos our kid, because I get paid for them too. Thanks mate
@@Recoates it’s a poorly built device that’s a fact, people have no choice but to purchase them as most cannot build one to begin with and there are not many lowering drums on the market to get instead,the pins are so short on the bollard that retain the rope and when you stand back more than 10-20 feet from it the rope can jump off and this causes you to have less wraps and lots go’s wrong from there if you know what I mean,one should not have to worry about the rope coming off and you should also be able to stand at a safe distance for big dead branches so they don’t rain shit all over you,my personal experience with these devices is that they are rubbish have a great day
@@jakeharris4465 it's a 5" drum with 4 Fairleads. You can wrap it in either direction, but a sensible person would always go to the furthest side from the rigging point. The line must always pass behind both rear Fairleads on the first wrap. Thereafter it is at the discretion and judgment of the worker to decide how many wraps is required for the desired amount of friction. The groundworker should always stand at angle and never directly side-on, or the wraps my overlap when running. Generally within 130 degree radius is safe. The ground workier should always hold the line taught in anticipation of the load engaging, but with the correct amount of wraps he can still release the line with ease if he wants the load to run. The last part is rigging 101 for rookies. It's a standard practice for obvious reasons. Perhaps the most frequent complement were have heard through the past 14 years is how simple and predictable the device is. I actually built it with simpletons in mind.....you either wrap one way, or the other, but always behind both rear Fairleads. I've trained imbiciles to use it seamlessly with just a 2 minute demo. If you can't master such an uncomplicated device where thousands of others have, then that's on you. And I know they have mastered it, because of the feedback we've received, from the dealers, at the tradeshows face to face, online, and by the fact they keep selling and being used without incident. The numbers dont lie. And to say people don't have a choice is just ill-informed silly talk.
I bought this combo unit and got to try it out on a tree leaning on the house! what a GREAT Piece of equipment to use! It worked just as the video shows! Can't say enough about this combo unit....it was a great investment and I can see the work I can now Take on.
Thanks for the vid. I wanted to see the unit at work and this was great!
The butt can come back toward u fast in that kinda situation. I like how u kept the limb attached to the tree. That's when good ground men pay off also. Top shelf work!!
Certainly lends itself to tip tie and lift technique, extra control seems nice !
Great work by a great crew. It takes team work and care. Good job!
I came for the knowledge and those final minutes from the ground were great. Set the tension and then backed it off some. I was curious how a shock(?) load might do on a super tight line. I’m super green, but I find the work really extraordinary. Thanks for the demo!
Good work. Very controlled. Seems like the RCW is a good investment hey! Some big shock loads there too.
Late to this vid. Absolute banger!
The price shown at the end is how much it would cost for the plywood these days 😅.
That's what I'm talking about , Tha best of tha best of tha best.fine job
that's a cool bit of kit I have used similar devices but not this stein one.
If I had the money, I'd bought it. Great work.
Awesome work Reg, looks like you've got a dam fine team on that job. I'd be up for for coming over to work with you again some day. It's a fucking long commute from south west wales, but to work with you again and catch up would be a real experience. (Nick)
Nick Cooper I was at the APF Nick. Was waiting for you !
Dear sir i would also like to purchase the Arborella. In black with white lettering. My wife just walked in she would like to purchase one too but in white with black lettering when will they become available for the public. Thank you for your patience. Mark Molina. Flint Michigan. USA
Next version should have an attachable electric motor for the winch.....yeah? Thanks for the video.
excellent vidio Reg ..
Do all Brits go out to the Americas to manage trees?! Must be the third I've seen in as many days watching videos on this topic.
good price . better than 3000$!!
Thanks for sharing!
Like the plywood.
Great video!
great video.
First: great job you know what you are doing!!! Second: after 3 years all the sistem is ok or you have had some problem? how is the fatigue turning the handle of the winch? thanks in advance
That's a bloody workhorse if ever I saw one ... some bits of kit just seem hardly worth the effort to use them but this one blatantly pulls its weight and some ...
Good job !
Cool Tools
Nice
Did you consider using a camed device instead of a friction hitch at all, to make it faster? Would it not hold up to the weight involved?
+Joey Malin You're right mate, I should make one....have to be rope friendly though.
Just curious - on the branch at around 4:25 or there abouts - are you slinging the branch to the inside of the cut / towards the stem incase it snaps off and to stop it swinging out in an uncontrolled manner?
hey reg how come you always tie in the middle of the branches it causes them to swing alot and they could kick up and hit you
I tie them that way if I want them to swing. And, whether or not they kick back at you depends on which cut you use
Not trying to be presumptuous here but am quite sure that he also does it for reasons of line-management, specifically that if you used the wrong length of slinging to a limb then that limb's butt/end can bump-into the rigging-line on its way down, either snapping it or causing a jam (it's explained in his speedline-info video), so you've gotta place the sling either closer to the limb's collar or further-out but not at that "danger spot" where the length of sling allows a 'perfect fit' for the log to butt-into the rigging line :)
(so far as control, as he said it's dependent on so much but you'd never make a cut that'd swing if you weren't anticipating that it was going to swing & how it was going to swing, this is by notching it properly and an advanced technique I hope to feel comfortable enough with soon, right now I play it safe/conservative and do sections at a time IE just taking longer on the job because I'm going slower for safety's-sake both my own & property!)
Did all of this material have to go out front through that tiny ass gate?
As a tree worker myself id say yes 🤣🤯 some of the gates places I've had to drag or reverse things through is very interested to say the least. But if the job was easy it wouldn't be as rewarding
Just could not go from using a dewalt 60volt right angle drill on GRCS to this,the Stein is just nowhere as good it really is just not
And it's nowhere near the price. That was the point and incentive behind its production. And we've sold truckloads through the years 👍
@@Recoates good for you there still rubbish even the bollard is rubbish it’s to short and has no pre directional rope captivating points ,you can’t stand anywhere and not worry about rope coming off the drum you can make your own device for 1/4 of the price that is way better,not trying to be negative it’s just for the price it’s junk
@@jakeharris4465 evidently there's thousands worldwide that disagree with you Jake. And the fact that you took the time to make these statements is obviously deliberately negative, contrary to what you just said. Keep talking on the videos our kid, because I get paid for them too. Thanks mate
@@Recoates it’s a poorly built device that’s a fact, people have no choice but to purchase them as most cannot build one to begin with and there are not many lowering drums on the market to get instead,the pins are so short on the bollard that retain the rope and when you stand back more than 10-20 feet from it the rope can jump off and this causes you to have less wraps and lots go’s wrong from there if you know what I mean,one should not have to worry about the rope coming off and you should also be able to stand at a safe distance for big dead branches so they don’t rain shit all over you,my personal experience with these devices is that they are rubbish have a great day
@@jakeharris4465 it's a 5" drum with 4 Fairleads. You can wrap it in either direction, but a sensible person would always go to the furthest side from the rigging point. The line must always pass behind both rear Fairleads on the first wrap. Thereafter it is at the discretion and judgment of the worker to decide how many wraps is required for the desired amount of friction. The groundworker should always stand at angle and never directly side-on, or the wraps my overlap when running. Generally within 130 degree radius is safe. The ground workier should always hold the line taught in anticipation of the load engaging, but with the correct amount of wraps he can still release the line with ease if he wants the load to run. The last part is rigging 101 for rookies. It's a standard practice for obvious reasons. Perhaps the most frequent complement were have heard through the past 14 years is how simple and predictable the device is. I actually built it with simpletons in mind.....you either wrap one way, or the other, but always behind both rear Fairleads. I've trained imbiciles to use it seamlessly with just a 2 minute demo. If you can't master such an uncomplicated device where thousands of others have, then that's on you. And I know they have mastered it, because of the feedback we've received, from the dealers, at the tradeshows face to face, online, and by the fact they keep selling and being used without incident. The numbers dont lie. And to say people don't have a choice is just ill-informed silly talk.