heres a pic of a climbers rig for the crane. It sits a top of the ball around the becket. 17 ton screw pin shackle with a 24" friction saver with a steel kardon biener. This keeps your rope clear of the ball incase theres any burrs on it you wont damage your climbing line. Note do not exceed...
Im a firm believer in using either the proper amount of wraps or switching to a larger diameter rope for larger pieces. Larger diameter rope means more surface friction on the barrel. For instance one and a half wrap with a 5/8" rope might be the equivilant to lets say 2 or maybe 3 wraps with...
I didnt have much of an opportunity to take much action shots until the trunk pic. Since the stems were cracked and split I thought the safest course of action was to use a 3/8 grade 70 chain, 3" rattcheting strap, and a 9/16"x30' amsteel sling rated at 30,000 lbs with a 7/8" screw pin shackle...
I took us over an our to position and set up the sixty in the back yard. at some times there was only 3-4 inches between the crane and house and crane and garage. A relatively easy task when you posses 6 wheel steering with a fully independent hydraulic suspension. After the pic was taken the...
This is the ash that caused the S.D. It had a total of 5 leads that were all co-dominant. 3 fell the 2 left in the air were both cabled togeter bout 30 feet of the ground and the west lead was directly over a single phase primary
This was the original setup position, but after the operator arrived he deciced that the back yard was a better place. Might I ad it was a tight squeese for our bucket truck to navigate. But we did decide to setup here to clean up the logs from the storm damage after we put 11 g's of counter...