Removal

[Mark Chisholm]

Went up to CT last night to work on this removal today with a friend (Brain).

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Some lowering of limbs.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

The lowering pile.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Here's the canopy after about 1/2 the limbs are gone.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Here's Ray loading some of the limbs.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Almost a full tri-axle load of limbs.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

After nearly 5 hrs. of hard labor by many, the finished product (for now).

 

[Colin]

Awww, I thought you were CLIMBING it...

 

[Dan_Horhut]

MB that was a cheater to get in and out of the tree... Right Mark /forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Dan

 

[IJB]

I would never pass up the oppertunity to climb a beauty like that... way too much fun.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

No way, bucket whatever possible (removal wise that is).

That tree was nearly 90' tall. Climbing it would've added 3-4 hrs. to the job. And when it's over 90* and you have a 3.5 hr drive home, shave time wherever you can!

 

[schwabisch]

where in ct?

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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where in ct?

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Hmmm, good question. Right off 95 close to RI? Does that help any? I think that it was only a few miles from Mystic, near a submarine plant.

 

[Norm_Hall]

Dude, you believe in cutting large pieces. Was that an Endura Braid lowering line? It didn't look all the big in diameter. Nice pics. Gotta love the bucket. Invaluable for parkway removals.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

That bucket was a friends bucket up there. When there is a big tree to come down, lots of co.'s flock to see it. It was great. A 75' bucket and a prentice just for the price of being part of the show!

Yeah, when the tree is big and there are static loads, I'll go as big as I can. When I butt-hitch, I go wayyyyy smaller!

 

[treehumper]

Beautiful job Mark. Looks like it would've been a very satisfying piece of work. I'm curious what sort of price would be charged for a tree like that?

 

[Mark Chisholm]

I don't know, but around here it would be around $4K.

 

[IJB]

Man... that's it: I'm moving. Here I Ontario (Oshawa area), today I just climbed a 95 foot Carolina Poplar with a trunk which my 10 foot lanyard would just barely fit around at 12 feet up. We had a 28 ton crane which I was working with, who was there for 5 hours, and our usual total of 4 man crew... all wood and brush removed and gone: $2000.

I hope to have photos of the removal up soon actually... though unfortuneatly I didn't see the camera out while I was making that last cut 12 feet up with my STHIL 066. Now that's a tree saw! /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Toparboring]

Mark I am not sure but I think that is Groton CT, nice removal good pics.
As i say I think that is the area cause I new a couple of buds in the navy and they had a mech. depot in Groton CT and that is close to where you descibed.

 

[Toparboring]

Why did the tree have to come down and what kind of tree was it?