BigWood
Participating member
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
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I know Bigwood has tons of experience in these types of areas. And my perception (generated by the practices of one of TO's contractors) is that trees in these areas are better brushed out via climber/bucket then the only the wood is picked as it is easier to land.
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Comparing what I and the "contractor" do doesn't work. The contractor uses cranes to speed production and therefore reduce cost to the municipality on trees that are roadside with normally one major obstacle, hydro. As demonstrated by the size of machine used 15-22 ton. Perhaps over simplified but close enough. I on the other hand, spend most jobs snuck into a spot, reaching over or behind something and 50% of the time only able to talk to my climber over a radio. As demonstrated by the capacity of my machine 30 ton, and its too small. My jobs aren't about needing a crane to take the tree down, it's about needing a crane to put the tree in a spot where it can be processed efficiently. This could be a matter of moving a tree 2 feet away from a house or moving it from back yard to the road out front. In the latter case it means nothing that my rig will pick x amount at 6' what I care is that at 80 feet I'm good for 2000lbs, which unfortunately is where most of my work lives.
So in a rather long winded way I'm saying if you don't need a crane to brush a tree out, do you need one at all?
Knowing where you're going to use a crane, what you're using it on and why, you may be buying a very expensive ticket to a show you shouldn't be at. For an example, I have a week of street tree removals. And with my machine it's going to be like squirrel hunting with a bazooka. Outriggers short stacked road side so I don't block traffic and 60 feet of boom out. The trees will not be brushed out because its not an hourly contract. I'm gonna back down the tree and pick whole tree sections into my 18R to limit clean up.
I know Bigwood has tons of experience in these types of areas. And my perception (generated by the practices of one of TO's contractors) is that trees in these areas are better brushed out via climber/bucket then the only the wood is picked as it is easier to land.
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Comparing what I and the "contractor" do doesn't work. The contractor uses cranes to speed production and therefore reduce cost to the municipality on trees that are roadside with normally one major obstacle, hydro. As demonstrated by the size of machine used 15-22 ton. Perhaps over simplified but close enough. I on the other hand, spend most jobs snuck into a spot, reaching over or behind something and 50% of the time only able to talk to my climber over a radio. As demonstrated by the capacity of my machine 30 ton, and its too small. My jobs aren't about needing a crane to take the tree down, it's about needing a crane to put the tree in a spot where it can be processed efficiently. This could be a matter of moving a tree 2 feet away from a house or moving it from back yard to the road out front. In the latter case it means nothing that my rig will pick x amount at 6' what I care is that at 80 feet I'm good for 2000lbs, which unfortunately is where most of my work lives.
So in a rather long winded way I'm saying if you don't need a crane to brush a tree out, do you need one at all?
Knowing where you're going to use a crane, what you're using it on and why, you may be buying a very expensive ticket to a show you shouldn't be at. For an example, I have a week of street tree removals. And with my machine it's going to be like squirrel hunting with a bazooka. Outriggers short stacked road side so I don't block traffic and 60 feet of boom out. The trees will not be brushed out because its not an hourly contract. I'm gonna back down the tree and pick whole tree sections into my 18R to limit clean up.
