Drone filmed Crane Removal, Tree growing out of House

knothead said:
Haunting, Brady. Do you have the remainder of the job on video?
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Thank You, I'm glad you used that adjective, my sentiments exactly about the music. I've been looking forward to getting some video that would be worthy of some heavy/haunting music, and with the drone footage this one qualified. I do have alot of footage from this job between the gopro, ground cam, and a little more drone footage. There were 13 removals in all and five were with the crane. I havent figured out what to do with it all yet (still having to reformat some stuff so it will upload to iMovie); it can be daunting to try to do it justice. I love the compilation style videos partly due to the ease of editing as well as the ability to keep up with people's short attention spans for watching videos. Depending on how much time I want to spend on editing, I might just make an action packed compilation video.
 
therianclimber said:
So what's the story behind the tree? Not everyday you see a white pine growing out of a roof.
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Simply put: an oversight by the homeowner (original homeowner). I suppose you could say that they had something unique and special for a great many years as the camp was last renovated in the 70's, but just like everyone who builds a house around a tree (it actually happens quite a bit up here, this was my second "house tree" removal in 2 years) there comes a time when the magic of it gives way to the lingering worry of it's imminent demise. I'm just glad they decided to pull the trigger while it was still healthy. Craning out crispy dead pines are worrisome and stressful.

The dimensions of the tree were appr. 120' tall and 28" in diameter at the roof line (where I cut it); we took the tree in 4 picks.
 
Nice video Brady. Love the music choice.

Something you might want to consider for your next crane job: If you break the bark on the back side first, then cut thru from the front side, the picks will lift off a lot smoother.
 
Jeff said:
Nice video Brady. Love the music choice.

Something you might want to consider for your next crane job: If you break the bark on the back side first, then cut thru from the front side, the picks will lift off a lot smoother.
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You're probably right, something like a snap cut right? Normally they come off smoother than the one that was shown in this vid but I equate that to the number of long limbs on the tree thus making it harder to estimate the weight of the pick and how much to pretension.
 
Jackjcc said:
Do you have your operator pre tension the load prior to cutting?


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Always. It's alot easier to dial in the weight of the piece when it is a single stem. When picking pieces with several limbs (long limbs at that) it gets trickier. The pick shown through the gopro footage wasn't the smoothest and thats just the way it goes. Some come off smooth as silk, some get over tensioned, and some get under tensioned. It's always a guessing game. It is safer to be a little under in my experience; overtensioning will shock load the boom after the piece is cut and can actually bounce back down onto the stem. This crane operator is very professional but he doesn't do a ton of trees. Some of the veteran crane operators out there might look at what they see and consider it sloppy, but all in all the job went very smooth, and I always feel safe working with this guy.
 
Brady Chapman said:
Always. It's alot easier to dial in the weight of the piece when it is a single stem. When picking pieces with several limbs (long limbs at that) it gets trickier. The pick shown through the gopro footage wasn't the smoothest and thats just the way it goes. Some come off smooth as silk, some get over tensioned, and some get under tensioned. It's always a guessing game. It is safer to be a little under in my experience; overtensioning will shock load the boom after the piece is cut and can actually bounce back down onto the stem. This crane operator is very professional but he doesn't do a ton of trees. Some of the veteran crane operators out there might look at what they see and consider it sloppy, but all in all the job went very smooth, and I always feel safe working with this guy.
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There's no way to keep it from moving since those picks are vertical and slung from one side. I was just curious, amazing video and nice work.
 
flying french man said:
I know nothing about crane removal.. how much time did you had the crane on the job? And how many time did you spend on te job?
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We spent almost a week on the entire job. There were 13 removals in all, and none of them were easy. We used the crane for 5 of them and he was on-site for 6 hours. All the trees could have been done without a crane, but for what we spent, it was a no brainer. Using a crane takes out a significant amount of risk and man hours, not to mention wear and tear on my body. 3 of the trees taken were leaned out over the lake at a 70 degree angle and they were on a steep bank on the water's edge. It would have been an insurmountable amount of work to tackle them with out the crane. I'm gonna do a video on some of the other work done on this job so stay tuned. Thanks!
 
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