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[Mark Chisholm]

Can't wait to see them. I know that there were some fat pines coming down there.

 

[chainsaw47]

one of charlies victems the top was 8000#

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Chainsaw, is that your co. Sonny's?

That Terex looks like a 75 Ton. Is that right or am I off?

I like the pdf slide show. Thanks! /forum/images/graemlins/applaudit.gif

 

[chainsaw47]

no mark it is a 40 ton, and no i just run the crew for sonny we started chaseing
storms after hugo
here is a slide show after charlie we no longer have the bus, sonny just bought
3 38 foot tralors each tralor is a duplex we are leaveing for ivan friday


ken owens

 

[chainsaw47]

this is a migrant camp 4 trees fell on tralors the workers would not return
untill all the trees were gone we removed 26 trees


ken owens

 

[treemann]

with long laterals i usually use longer slings. I have the crane take me out to where i want to atach the sliing thet I lanyard in and atach the sling. Then i have the operator raise the ball until the sling is almost snug and move the boom as close to the trunk as possible then i use that as my tie in point and return to where i want to make the cut.

 

[Sawdust]

Here's the tree we split. Taller poplar up on hill was rigged and a smaller oak to the right of tree had a rope in it. Crashed all the wood up the hill till we could drop trunk. Hot and humid as a mother f... I got good excersise running up and down that ivy hill as rope man... couldn't wait to get up in the tree.

 

[Sawdust]

pictures tell a thousand words... but leave out 2 thousand

 

[Sawdust]

He just wanted me there to see what would happen if a piece took off somehow and smashed that renovated mill thing down there.

Those trees are taller than they appear. Especially the 2 we rigged out of.

 

[Sawdust]

You didnt have to tag team this, but when the money is there.....

 

[Sawdust]

couple more pics.

 

[Sawdust]

I know it's not crane use but...

 

[Sawdust]

Just Imagine a piece lettin loose...

Later

I forgot to tell you we sling shot this trunk up the hill with 2, 1in. lines with a pick-up and that loader linked together on one rope and a backhoe/ front end loader on the other. It was only going one way...

 

[Colin]

Sweet! We can't always use a crane, eh?

 

[tophopper]

heres a big cottonwood removal I did last week. picture doesnt do justice, was actually much bigger than it looks. Aren't they always? /forum/images/graemlins/jawdrop.gif

 

[Colin]

That looks like a nice tree, too bad they wanted/needed to remove it. I guess their utility bills were too low, eh?

 

[tophopper]

It was a vigorous, healthy tree. But you know cottonwood...
kids bedroom was right beneath it. The bummer about the tree was it could have been flopped with a couple of side limbs removed, but homeowner didnt want us to bend any grass blades /forum/images/graemlins/flag_bs.gif

 

[jefflovstrom]

Sent my pics to the Oxman-- what happened?
Jeff

 

[cory]

What's the cost difference between flop and take it apart??

 

[Teti]

about $3.00