Beech felling with crane

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We took down this mature beech at the end of the summer. The weather turned miserable, which at that point made the crane invaluble.

A predictable and steady job, but worth a look all the same.
Although the saw does nearly get squashed on the very last piece, totally my fault, I must have gone into in a trance, or something!

The footage is 8.14 mins 20.7 MB. The video host is 'mydeo'- free for the first month then $7.00 per month there after.

http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=22150&CID=59934
 
Cool stuff. Come on guys 40 views and no comment?

Good to see another using chains on the crane, see not just me.

Noticed it was drizzling coz the lense got a few dots on it.

what's the deal with that car alarm sound when the crane picked the last big log????

Regarding the host and video etc ...

It opened up my Windows media player, buffered and played. Which is great coz you can alter the size and stuff around a little to the settings.

Only negative thing was when I clicked on "File" then "save as" it wasn't an option so the host must do that.

I wouldn't pay $7 a month for video hosting though, for that sort of money you can get some pretty generous server space that can be used for a multitude of things.
 
Very nicely done, good work at finding the balance points on those horizontals. I wouldn't trust myself and would probably use a balancer system.

That beeping noise is odd. If I were to guess, maybe an audible indicator of say 85% of load capacity.....or over load capacity?
 
Thanks guys.

The bleebing noise is in fact a load warning, but was out of sorts that day. The last section was just over 7 tonnes so we were safe enough.

The chains are safe, fast, good for cradling and the groundsmen seem to prefer them, although the slings are much easier to position on large diameter sections ie the last piece shown here.

[Tonk a pom] Nice touch Ekka, you couldn't resist could ya mate!
 
Last day tomorrow, they batted well today but a couple of quick wickets just before day out has the poms on the back feet again.

We have to bowl them out tomorrow, cant see them batting 300 odd, maybe if they stick in there all day or it rains or something they got a chance ... other than that the ashes are back (for good!)

It's been a remarkable series ... for Australia. lol
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Media is going off.
 
Thanks Treeco. Although only 8 mins or so long, the editing turned out to be harder than the actual job. Andrew (camera man)is the worst ever. It was however, his job, as was the poplar/crane on the other post, so perhaps he wasn't as focused/positioned as an impartial person may have been. Some great shots of both trees were missed, which is a shame.

Ekka, believe it or not, I like it when England lose, dont know why but just I do. Except of course, when its to the convicts. I'm just glad its happening over there and not here, enjoy. Oh yeah, Kostya Tzyu's gone a bit quiet these days mate? Remind me, where was that lad from who gave him a hiding. Cheers
 
That was a nice job on the removal heads up to the guys around you for being on th ball last section getting hauled out almost cost you a saw. Great job and great vid .
 
Contract, do you ever ride the ball?

Does your top anchor point not get in the way of the branches being craned?

That last piece looked way too heavy for that crane. It looked like wrecking ball in slow motion.

Were you using the saw left handed for the last section?

Nice work!
 
AxeKnot

We're not insured to ride the crane's here in England. We can work out of a cage but thats it the last time I checked. Thats not to say that it doesn't happen though. Although the crane operators have enough on their plate as it is. Those guys have my complete and utter respect for the resposabilities they take on every day. I wouldn't dream of burdening them with a task they weren't comfortable with.

The anchor point can get in the way a little, but having an escape route-pendulum which is independant from the crane, in my humble opinion, is worth preserving. I just spend a little time at the start establishing it into a pole (becomes less obstructive) by doing some small lifts. After that its usually fine, but every tree/access is different.

The last piece looks bad on the film but with the crane being so close we were good for over 20 tonnes which that section clearly wasn't. The tape actually ran out on the cam corder at that point, which is why the film ended abruptly at a point when the crane does appear to be struggling, but it was fine. To take it in half would have been a greater risk due to the top weight in the fork.

The poplar/crane/google post which I put on previously shows a good example of where it would have been safer to take a bigger section than what I eventually decided on. Although only a branch, we had quite a wobble on the crane. Totally my fault, as when I was cutting, the initial twisting caused be the foliage/weight displacement was trapping the saw so I didn't establish a completely overlapped step cut, which is why it didn't come of as cleanly as I wanted, even though it did eventually balance up ok.
Although as a result, and what you cant see on the film, is the crane wire gets snagged behind the second hook. Not a major stress but it still wasn't planned. I should have made the section bigger and cut into thicker, more manipulable wood. But you call it as you see it at the time.

The left handed saw thing, I haven't yet looked but probably yes and with nothing to gain. I could argue that I'm a pretty competent operator but thats not really a legitamate exuse and would be setting a bad example if I tried to use it. We all get into bad habbits, and I for one don't mind having mine pointed out. Thanks
 
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