Easy friday!

[Colin]

Err, sorta!

 

[Colin]

Get ready, boys...

 

[Colin]

I must be respectful!

 

[Colin]

It's an old rope, but I don't wanna stick it.

 

[Colin]

A few years back I raised the limbs on this tree. That was fun then, and I'm glad I did it now, considering.

 

[Colin]

I loves me a split top pine! /forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Colin]

Getting there...

 

[Colin]

Almost on the ground! /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Colin]

She's ready for the crane monday! /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[cory]

Nice post and pics MB...Yes, we all must be respectful! The more respect, the better for everybody!

2 questions MB:

Why not crane it all instead of just the trunk?

What the heck did you do with yourself before the advent of internet tree sites?!?

 

[Colin]

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Nice post and pics MB...Yes, we all must be respectful! The more respect, the better for everybody!

2 questions MB:

Why not crane it all instead of just the trunk?

What the heck did you do with yourself before the advent of internet tree sites?!?

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Ha. Climbed more trees, probably. A tree of that size is better stripped first. It woulda taken a massive crane to rent just to take a big pick. Much more cost efficient to strip em first, then snatch em with a smaller 17 ton crane. It only took an hour.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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A tree of that size is better stripped first. It woulda taken a massive crane to rent just to take a big pick. Much more cost efficient to strip em first, then snatch em with a smaller 17 ton crane. It only took an hour.

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And that statement shows your intelligence! /forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif Too many accidents happen in crane work when someone tries to over-use the crane they have. Bent booms come from trees that are too tall! I've even heard of a snapped loadline from jumping a top into a crane. And we all know what happens when we cut too heavy of a peice that is hooked to a crane. /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Smart way to do the job MB.

 

[Colin]

Cranes are the best thing to happen to us, yet!

 

[Mark Chisholm]

That looks like an 18K pick.

 

[Colin]

Pretty easy sunday, too!

 

[Colin]

And notice how the pics are friendly sized JPEGS! /forum/images/graemlins/elefant.gif

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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And notice how the pics are friendly sized JPEGS! /forum/images/graemlins/elefant.gif

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Thanks. Ha.

Not sure how this job looked up close, but it looked like there was plenty of room to fell those boys. What do you think?

 

[Colin]

Oh, I dropped 70% of it, the rest got craned. The crane didn't even show up until I had gotten to the 2nd pic. There were a lotta freshly planted live oaks around em.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Gotcha. I never doubted ya!

 

[R_Schra]

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Oh, I dropped 70% of it, the rest got craned. The crane didn't even show up until I had gotten to the 2nd pic. There were a lotta freshly planted live oaks around em.

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I just removed the fresh planted Linden at this site. Much easier and faster then rigging all poplars down.

start

As you can see the young Linden are removed.

finishing up

I topped the first two Poplars and the rest just by felling. Last (left) two poplars needed wedging. one day job and half a day to fill up a low part behind the dike with soil and putting back the Linden. One of the few sites where i didnt wack a lightpole /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif