There was no need to use the winch, but it was way more fun and ergonomical better to use it instead of dropping those peaces in small parts to the ground.
Winching these big peaces is a relief for the climber and gives the groundie something to do as well ;-)
We had some fun and cause we had to winch some branches away from the little shed and out of the canopy of a willow standing nearby we thought we could as well winch some bigger peaces just cause it's nice and easy to do. We had lots of time on this job and to our own surprise we did it in about a third of the time my co climber (groundie on the video) estimated.
Winching saves def some time and even when you think it takes longer the climber can stay all the way up en no need to refill and get a larger saw up there. So actually it saved time on this job
The peaces couldn't be dropped in one peace and the bird eyes view makes it kind of strange to get a realgood idea of the angles involved on this job. The neighbours property and trees we could not touch or damage is about right under the half canopy, on the other side there is a little shed and the only part where we could drop something was shown in the final peace we felled right into it. The base of this tree was filled with decay and the roots where partially gone, except for the last pole (rigging point) standing.
All together, a job we could have done different but the choices we made were the right one in this perticular situation. And we came up with some footage as well to let you all enjoy it also ;-)
Climb safe