9 foot plus poplar comes down!!

[Roger_Barnett]

Huge poplar being removed by Seattle Tree Preservation. Some vid from yesterday, day 4 of probably 5, plus stump grinding! Wow! 2nd costliest removal I've ever heard of. #1 was a 35k tree in New Zealand years ago.

They rent my 13 hp ported 3120 now and then. I brought it over, and stuck around and played cameraman! Great crew. Too bad the crane broke. It'll be fixed Monday, but they have to move the wood a good 15 feet to get to a reasonable radius for their new old 23 ton National. Over the house with a 23 tonner? Yikes!!

The tree was about 150 feet tall, and 9'4" in diameter. Produced close to 100 yards of chips.... will probably be 3 40 yard dumpsters of wood... and a another big load of stump grindings....though, as can be seen in the vid, it's way rotten!



http://youtu.be/0-c3G7VjHVs

 

[Jeff_Cochran]

Very nice

 

[scott_baker]

Nice documentation of that tree Rog. Despite a 40' x 20" trunk that failed in the recent winds...I would have to say that basal failure was the biggest worry (~140'tall) and also the cost for the "owner" to keep her beloved tree... 10 years of maintenance estimated = to removal cost now. I learned a lot seeing the tree dissected and your video was a great addition!

 

[SuperK]

Trees are truly amazing thats alot of chips lol.

 

[Winch]

Roger,

Who did your 3120 modding? Did you do it new? Can we see a picture of the mods? How much of a performance difference did it make?

Just really curious on this, I want to get a 3120 done sooner or later. If you have the good connection, I wouldn't mind getting one shipped across the US if necessary.

I used to think, "why mod? it makes everything louder - i'd never do that!" But then I think about how loud the big saws are, and really, i guess it doesn't make a hill of beans difference.

Thanks for any and all info, and thanks for sharing! Bigun!