Double sling pick.

If you look close there is a rope through the crane to the saw. The ground person can hold the rope so you can get the saw started in the cut level
 
allmark said:
View attachment 43345 Here is a pic showing notches in the wood to keep the slings from slipping.
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Slightly off topic...but Mark how many employees were used on this job? Considering your doing the climbing and operating. Would this method be suitable for a company that has tons of work, but can not find any reliable help? Or is it better just as a way to get by until some more help arrives?
 
ROYCE said:
Slightly off topic...but Mark how many employees were used on this job? Considering your doing the climbing and operating. Would this method be suitable for a company that has tons of work, but can not find any reliable help? Or is it better just as a way to get by until some more help arrives?
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2 employees on site then a 3rd showed up with the grapple truck. I think you mean the method of me climbing and operating not the notching method?
It works well for a company with tons of work or with lack of reliable help...some times it is quicker to have a good climber in the tree and me just operating the crane. I do it both ways depending on help available and job set up.
 
craneguy1 said:
Do you always pin the safety latch closed on the hook?
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Yes
Although I have only had that hook for a month since I did a construction job with a free swinging man basket.
But now that I have the hook it is a better way to tie in with the master link which requires a latch that is locked.
 
allmark said:
2 employees on site then a 3rd showed up with the grapple truck. I think you mean the method of me climbing and operating not the notching method?
It works well for a company with tons of work or with lack of reliable help...some times it is quicker to have a good climber in the tree and me just operating the crane. I do it both ways depending on help available and job set up.
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Yeah, you answered my question! I have a national crane...thing is awesome. Why? Because we are a removal company and it allows us to remove large trees in a short amount of time. I have one climber...who can also operate the crane and myself, who can operate the crane and climb. However, if one of us has to be somewhere else then the crane work comes to a stand still. We can not find another skilled climber to hang off the crane. Everyone looks at crane work as being easy...yet when we trial guys they take ...FOREVER.. to get the piece slung, and then cut.
If I traded my national in for a crane like yours it would allow myself or my climber/foreman to do the high work as well as operate. Essentially getting rid of the need for another climber full time. This would also allow us to team up on the larger jobs where one of us could operate and the other climb.
I see the value in your crane as you can operate it with only one person. With my crane to do tree work I need two qualified personnel!!
 
In theory I'd like the best of both worlds .... two trucks. K-booms rule in their own way but a big stick can put you in the back yard from the street. Now with a grapple saw in the mix it gets really hard to choose one or the other.
 
96coal449 said:
In theory I'd like the best of both worlds .... two trucks. K-booms rule in their own way but a big stick can put you in the back yard from the street. Now with a grapple saw in the mix it gets really hard to choose one or the other.
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I think the biggest thing with the K-boom is not having to rely so much on employees. With the grapple saw you could take a very green employees (say 1 month) and the two of you could go out and still produce a very decent amount of work in one day. I do like stick booms myself too....hard call.
 
With a two man partnership and those two trucks any job is easily accomplished. But that's a lot of investment especially with buying one more large piece of equipment or both. Like you said Royce ... I prefer the truck with less limiting factors even if it requires another man ..... but a grapple saw ... OMG!
 
ROYCE said:
Yeah, you answered my question! I have a national crane...thing is awesome. Why? Because we are a removal company and it allows us to remove large trees in a short amount of time. I have one climber...who can also operate the crane and myself, who can operate the crane and climb. However, if one of us has to be somewhere else then the crane work comes to a stand still. We can not find another skilled climber to hang off the crane. Everyone looks at crane work as being easy...yet when we trial guys they take ...FOREVER.. to get the piece slung, and then cut.
If I traded my national in for a crane like yours it would allow myself or my climber/foreman to do the high work as well as operate. Essentially getting rid of the need for another climber full time. This would also allow us to team up on the larger jobs where one of us could operate and the other climb.
I see the value in your crane as you can operate it with only one person. With my crane to do tree work I need two qualified personnel!!
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what about hiring a dedicated crane op/equipment guy and keep the climbing?
 
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