The recently posted gallery entry Spiderjackery has drawn more international notice, as several overseas websites have linked to the video below. For German speakers, the ART website is worth looking at: ART are the manufacturers of the Spiderjack, as well as a range of other high-end equipment used by into trees.
Many thanks to Angus McMahon of Sherbrooke Tree Service for the camerawork. The video can be viewed in HD by visiting the YouTube page.
The picture above shows Matt Weatherhead from Tree Designs removing some of the standing timber from a dead mountain ash in Upwey. The branches were lowered off the tree, and then the timber felled in sections into a clear space near the trunk.
Working with Angus McMahon of Sherbrooke Tree Service at a property near Kinglake, pruning or removing trees damaged by the Feb 09 bushfire. If you look along the horizon, you can just make out the office-blocks of Melbourne – I know where I’d rather be.
