Justifying crane use

[tophopper]

Thanks, but I think Id be too skeered.

 

[treeclimber1]

close your eyes and take baby steps

 

[classictruckman]

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That piece would never stand vertical with all of the lower limbs, it would off set to the heavy side then the butt would fly at the climber. On that particular tree the operator was blind. Being a climber and certified crane operator lifting limbs on there hinge is very difficult. It is very easy to put extra pull on the load. The technique showed works very well and if the climber has a solid skill set it is quite quick.

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you could have taken that in two lifts, with two slings each at the C of G. that way you put less stress on everything and if your crane operator has any skill the pic won't fly anywhere.


James Gardiner
ISA ID# ON-1134AT
Ontario Certified Arborist
15 Ton Hoisting Engineer Apprentice
www.treedoctor.ca

 

[treeclimber1]

very true with the spider leg setup pieces can be tied and cut with great precision if a piece swings at all in my opinion either me or the operator did something wrong. For instance when taking wood i would tie the rope so one not was on one side and then tie another with the not totally opposite. You can leave one alittle looser then the other to make it sit away alittle. I had one operator rip the piece off before i was done cutting scared the sh$t out of me i mean dam the piece splintered at the cut he ripped so much, but then when the very next cut did the same thing i hit the ground we needed to talk

 

[classictruckman]

Ya back when i was learning to climb i had a few is adventures like that mostly due to miscommunication. My operator is my dad who has been operating cranes to remove trees since 1976 and he vas a climber/ bucket operator before that

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

Welcome James Gardiner!

 

[treeclimber1]

nice thats awesome