Some crane picks from today

[Fairfield]

http://youtu.be/J5ARyEcU488

 

[Symbioun]

Solid picks. A job well done.

 

[UrbanTC]

Good rigging.... good picks.....

How long did the job take?

 

[Fairfield]

The Black Cherry (first job/tree) was an hour maybe a little less not including rake up. And, the second job a dead Elm was closer to two hours with setup due to such a inclosed work area and having to take smaller picks inorder to not have large branches rain down on me the whole time. Did have one limb come down and hit me on my neck..... hurt like hell and now have a nice bruse across my shoulder to remember it by..... Crane operator was a great guy to work with. He is a one man band but does some smooth work on the controls.

 

[UrbanTC]

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The Black Cherry (first job/tree) was an hour maybe a little less not including rake up. And, the second job a dead Elm was closer to two hours with setup due to such a inclosed work area and having to take smaller picks inorder to not have large branches rain down on me the whole time. Did have one limb come down and hit me on my neck..... hurt like hell and now have a nice bruse across my shoulder to remember it by..... Crane operator was a great guy to work with. He is a one man band but does some smooth work on the controls.

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Awesome!!! Can't wait for more vid's...

 

[islandarb]

Now you see Fairfield, good smooth work and nice positive feedback. Keep the video's coming. Must be nice to use the crane for the dead elm. Good work.

 

[jomoco]

You may be a little green Fairfield, but you're not an amateur.

And I apologize for for insinuating you were one in one of your recent vids.

jomoco

 

[Fairfield]

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You may be a little green Fairfield, but you're not an amateur.

And I apologize for for insinuating you were one in one of your recent vids.

jomoco

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Ya, know..... sometimes I need a kick in the a@#. When I am wrong I am wrong. I needed to take a step back and just admit to it is all. It's all good

 

[DOOLEY]

Very nice...

 

[Adkpk]

That first cherry pick was niiice.

 

[Bixler]

Very nice Jomoco, very proud of you

. Hey Jim not bad for a Hack

...quick q... When using some of those longer fixed-loop crane slings, what sort of wrap or tie will you use when trying to balance out the weight of the pick. In other words, instead of girth-hitching and guessing lengths, do you do several wraps and then shackle it to secure the pick, a sort of way to shorten up those slings.

 

[Fairfield]

If I need to shorten the sling I will either place a half hitch before a chock or I will place an extra wrap around the piece before the girth (keeping in mind to place the final girth in such a way that pinches the wrap from wanting to slip back around. For this reason I do wish we had some spider legs, not that it would solve each problem. Then again where would the fun in rigging be if it was all straight forward??

 

[MisterSir]

Nice! About time for a new lanyard???

 

[Fairfield]

It would look that way but the steel core is still in great condition. although I do want to get a new one for crane work.

 

[Bixler]

I've been looking for a nice steel core lanyard maybe 14 feet or so, I do like those bright colors, mine is getting pretty beat up. I do like a big lanyard for big trees.

1 or 2 spider legs and you could probably get away with trying to use a sling every pick. I've worked with crane operators that don't seem to be comfortable trusting knots, it's probably just a mental thing.... usually you can just have them cable up 20,000 lbs and make sure everything holds, wait for the thumbs up.