Linden on roof

Nice pics! At least the damage was only minor it could have been a whole lot worse. I guess luck was on the home owners side after all. The GRCS can be a real life saver and time saver (thanks Mr. Good). Congrates on a job well done!
 
Sweet Norm! Here's a similar job w. a catch. The catch is there's no other tree close enough to rig to or attach a GRCS. And in a backyard. How do you do it without doing more damage to the house? Anyone?
 

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I called up Greg G. cuz he recently did a job similar to it (One w. big wood on the house and no rigging points or crane access)

Can anyone guess how he did it, or think of another way?
 

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Norm, on your linden....

were the lines on the sides anchored w. port-a-wraps? And you take the slack out as you crank it back? I get lost on that part.
 
John,
Good one there.

I think I would try to secure the trunk to the stump as good as possible. Maybe rig some type of bracing with 4x4's, maybe a tripod set up over the trunk a few feet from the roof line. Then remove everything from the roof by walking on the roof.

One a side note, I bid a big Sugar Maple that landed on the 3rd story roof of an office building near my house. It was an easy crane job that could have been done with little to no further damage. Insurance co. didn't want to pay the $1600 and hired "billybob" treecutters. They brushed out the top down to about 18" dia., from the roof. Next step was to tie a rope on to it and then to the truck in the side yard. I couldn't actually see it but all I heard was smashing and crashing. They ended up tearing a dormer right off the building. The insurance co was happy that it was done cheaply but the building owner and the people sitting in that office weren't.

Was on a job last year in NY. Similar situation but we had a place to rig from. The desion was made to tie a rope to it and just pull it off instead. Ripped the gutter off and flattened the mature landscaping underneath. Very impressive.
 
Nice pics everyone and great thread.

Norm, when I clicked the very first pic it was like errr that's not too bad, then it got a lot bigger really fast.

That was a big codom with included bark hey? Maybe, if they'd bolted and cabled or reduced etc it wouldn't have happened. Good job, and it's good to use all those toys.

Johnmeiszner, that was pretty nasty tree, the last 20' of trunk didn't look too good at all. I wonder how stuffed the roof was after that whack.

It's funny to me after storms when you go out and see what happened.

Many times you see the inevitable. I think both of the above were relatively predictable with reasonable VTA signs that may have been read and some work done to improve the situation. It's the trees down the end of the block without targets around them that you can more so ignore than the ones near your house.

The mentality over here on examples like above is ... "Ah, why should I spend a dime on these trees, if they fail insurance will cover it." So there is very little hazard assessment and mitigation done, and the insurance companies are forking out to clean up the mess.

Some question to be asked are ...

Were there VTA signs?
Was the failure predictable?

I think the day is coming and may have already arrived in some places where insurance companies are asking for reports on trees over a certain size within striking distance of the building ... and fair enough.
 
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I called up Greg G. cuz he recently did a job similar to it (One w. big wood on the house and no rigging points or crane access)

Can anyone guess how he did it, or think of another way?

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If no crane access, we would have constructed an "A" frame.

On the side swing control ropes, what a silly question, of course we used port-a-wraps. The tension you have to play be ear or common sense. Constantly checking the tension on each. We loosened up 1, but didn't have to on the other.

Thanks fellow Buzzers for all the kind words.
 
John;
I see a few options.
Crane would be one of the first, if not, can you get a backhoe in there to apply lift and support the tree while you cut it back?
Cribbing under the tree would be a final option but doable.
 
you guys all pretty much had the solution, to support it underneath. Greg used "jack posts" (the kind used for jacking up houses). Said it worked like a charm. I was underbid on that job, but maybe that was a good thing.
 
Come on Eric,you and I used the GRCS on a hickory in NY, and that oak behind the house in NJ. Both jobs went well I thought. Hope all is well with you and family.

Corey
 
Corey,

Good to see you Buzzing! I always liked working with you, always a pleasure working with good people. Did you get a GRCS?

My family's doing well and has adjusted to the move, thanks for asking. How's your family doing?
 
Corey,

I was just thinking, I know if you were on the job I mentioned above, things would have been much different.

Hope to see you around here more.
 
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