How do YOU cut this pick?

[Norm_Hall]

View from front.
4 brush picks, 1 spar pick.
Crane will set where the roll off is. Roll off was moved to the other side of the house.

 

[chris_girard]

Look forward to seeing them Norm.

 

[surfarmer1]

sounds right on

 

[MikePoor]

What's the plan for cutting the brush picks? Tie to the trunk (stable enough?) tie to the crane? Or second crane?

 

[dbl612]

just a safety thought, after making brush picks, depending on ground conditions, when the crane takes a strain on the spar it might want to go back to vertical depending on root ball weight. just a thought, work safe. tom

 

[luckydad]

where is this tree located? looks like tornado damage in the back ground.

 

[Norm_Hall]

Well, the tree was removed using 4 brush picks and a spar pick. I wound up doing the work and had someone to take 'stills' and 'vid', but they left after the 1st pick.
I did notch it to stand it up vertical.
I went back this morning and took some stills of the stump and spar.
The crane co. showed up with a 70 ton Link Belt.

 

[Norm_Hall]

Stump cut.

 

[Norm_Hall]

Spar cut.

 

[Caballos]

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Seems like the shelf/ "notch"/ snapcut combo would work best if the piece doesn't want to roll side to side, whereas the regular hinged notch would give resistance to side-to-side roll.

Thoughts?

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I think that if the pick is going to roll then, I'd either pick the limbs off that would make it roll or rig it so it wouldn't roll. If the hinge is keeping the piece from rolling then it's going to roll when you cut the hinge.

 

[Norm_Hall]

It depends on where the 'choke' is, if you're using a choker.
I used a 'red roundsling' and choked it on top of the spar. Had the CO hoist slow and swing towards the stump. When it was vertical, the hinge broke and it didn't roll a bit. The CO said it was the nicest 'tree pick' he's ever done. No shock load to the crane. He loved it.

 

[dbl612]

it doesn't get any better when ____both the climber and the co are happy!