Dead ash tree - crane - removal

Awsome. Lovely crane work Reg,shame you had to drop those couple of brances, (free fall) but your
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the man in the tree. Where there 2 more smaller dead tree,s to? looked like Ash again? seemed a lot of dead stuff all over the place from you,r helmet cam. Anyway nice work keep them vids cum,in. Think i,ll have to get me a helmet cam.
 
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Awsome. Lovely crane work Reg,shame you had to drop those couple of brances, (free fall) but your
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the man in the tree. Where there 2 more smaller dead tree,s to? looked like Ash again? seemed a lot of dead stuff all over the place from you,r helmet cam. Anyway nice work keep them vids cum,in. Think i,ll have to get me a helmet cam.

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Bob

I wanted to retain that tie-in point to access the hotizontals etc but the crane would have snagged those high bits while trying to reach that last and longest horizontal....most probably they would have broken out and headed towards me so I obviously wasn't going to risk it and got them out of the way first.

Yes there was a a dead sycamore and Horse chestnut adjacet to the Ash. We took them out right after. No obvious signs as to why those 3 mature trees, and the boundry-hedge below had all just died
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Great, smooth operation. Review part 2 video. It appears as though your saddle line has visable cuts or abrasions. One good,long view at the beginning & another at the middle of the video. My apologizes if I'm mistaken.
 
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A dead ash tree removal, yesterday. That mark in the climbing rope is just where it snagged on a fence, that’s all.


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Must have been a barbed wire fence
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I have a rope that looks like that....merely a flesh wound.
 
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The crane op. looked to be just a kid, but seemed really smooth!

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My thoughts exactly when he turned up….we usually get his Dad. As it turned out we were very happy with work.

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Great, smooth operation. Review part 2 video. It appears as though your saddle line has visable cuts or abrasions. One good,long view at the beginning & another at the middle of the video. My apologizes if I'm mistaken.

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Those lines are about 6 months old. We often work on boundary trees where people have used a tree as a fence post so there is often barbed wire and nails sticking out all over the place. It was actually a bar wire spike that did the climbing line, only the spike had an extra lip on its point which made it worse….but they’re fine, I’d have to be quite stupid otherwise. Thanks
 
Nice vid Reg, that tree looked long-dead.

You showed a lil bit of climbing in it, love to see MORE climbing!
 
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Are the hand signals in Europe different than the U.S.? (For crane work)
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I wouldn't know to be honest. I exaggerate all the singnals anyway, especially if we're having trouble seeing each other....but more importantly, I always have a good talk with the guy before we start so he knows almost the exact order of things to come. Ive never had a misunderstanding with a crane-operator.

Cory, I do as little climbing and cutting as what I can get away with....trust me, you're missing nothing. Thanks
 
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Reg. Have you seen these hand signals before? Standard Hand Signals For Crane Operation

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Yeah I've seen them Jamin....but when I'm in the tree, obstructed and hindered by position, equipment, clothing, limbs, foliage....rain on the operators windscreen etc, I'll keep things a little more simple and easy to recognize.

To rely on the slight and varied wagging of fingers and thumbs amidst a tree work environment is not one I'd be comfortable with. Besides, Ive never, ever had to use more than 7 basic signals: 4 for direction, raise/lower and stop, but mostly its just lower, raise and stop.

The script has already been well established before a single limb has even been cut, so I just have to get to each attachment point and have the operator drop the ball right in front of me. I never get tempted to start directing/interfering him either....best to see how he does on his own and then cut in only if need be. Lower, Stop, Raise, Stop, Raise, Next! Easy
 
I agree with you, Reg. Using the trade standard hand signals for crane operators while working in a tree is difficult at best. First, a lot of the signals require two hands and that right there eliminates the chance to use half of them.

I've never used one, but a wireless headset always seemed like it would be useful in lieu of hands signals. Anybody?
 
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Cory, I do as little climbing and cutting as what I can get away with....trust me, you're missing nothing. Thanks

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Didn't see any slings getting set for example. The ground perspective of that would be nice, but of course that requires another camera man.

I just like to see some smooth climbing, and climbing using the modern hitch and tending-pulley...old news to most climbers on this site but I'd still love to see it.
 
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I've never used one, but a wireless headset always seemed like it would be useful in lieu of hands signals. Anybody?

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I used them alot when I started doing crane work and they were great. Haven't used them in a long time but they of course would be key when working in the blind.
 
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