Beranek Working Climber Series 3 Part 1 on USB Drive
Felling the Tree
The Working Climber video series by Jerry Beranek aims to teach you safety and proficiency in the procedures of climbing and working in trees. Every aspect of practical tree work has a long list of risks and hazards associated with it, and through this series Jerry points out literally thousands of things one needs to know to minimize the risks and maximize their proficiency. Mistakes are costly and unforgiving in this work. Work smart, work safe, and leave nothing to chance!
The Working Climber video series is essentially the Fundamentals of General Tree Work in video format. It’s a lot of video to sit though, and to ensure you dont miss anything you need to watch it several times over and listen real carefully, because it is impossible for most people to take in all that’s covered in this series through the course of a single sitting.
There is a lot of early helmet-cam video from 2003 to 2007 and the video quality is not great. But the quality of the video isn’t as important as what Jerry is saying while the video is rolling. Thousands of hours of field work went into making this video set.
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Important Note: This USB drive will plays on laptops, desktops, and most portable devices with USB ports. Compatible with USB 3.0 The content and descriptions are the same as the DVD Series which is no longer available. Popular MP4 video format. No skipping, stuttering or freezing issues common to DVD playback devices.
Working Climber Series 3 Part 1: Felling the Tree
Format: USB 2.0
Run Time: 6 hours and 4 minutes
- Primer to Tree Felling (2 hours and 6 minutes) Examining the Tree, Considering the work Environment, Understanding Wood Fiber. Trees are highly variable and hold many natural defects, which a sawyer must recognize before taking any steps to fall them. Hazards abound in our work environment and to be truly safe in it a sawyer must be aware of everything around them. Insights to how wood fiber works– to hold a tree to the stump, while guiding it to fall to a lay.
- Mechanics of the Felling Cut (2 hours and 18 minutes) Undercut, Diagonal Cut, Back Cut. The mechanics of tree felling as practiced in the Pacific Northwest forests. The theory of how the felling cut is applied to fall a fair standing tree is discussed in broad detail in this title. With the notion that if a beginner can grasp the basics first the more advance theories and techniques will come easier. It all starts with the basics.
- Prompting the Tree (1 hour and 40 minutes) Wedging the Tree, Jacking the Tree, Pulling the Tree. The wedge is an essential tool of the modern tree worker. Tips and techniques on using the felling wedge to prompt a tree to the lay are presented. The modern hydraulic tree jack is powerful and has far greater lifting range over the wedge. But despite the fact the tree jack carries certain risks if used unwisely. Pulling is the most sure means of getting any tree to a lay. Yet is is not a fool proof method. A sawyer must appreciate the importance that line angles play to gain leverage on a tree and lead it to the lay.
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