Time lapse oak crane removal

TheArborMan

TheArborMan

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAPsoK49B58

My second attempt at time lapse. I think it turned out pretty good, aside from being a typical grey Michigan day.

The tree was heavily lions tailed maybe 5 years ago. You can't see the sprouts from back by the camera but it was a mess. The lead I started on and the lead heading out to the right in the video were just out of reach to balance the brush. Had to catch them and then lift. The whole tree leaned away from the crane and sat up hill about 15'.
 
what was the idea of rigging the branches into the tree and then lifting it out of the tree with the crane?

Was it because the tree was just out of reach of the crane?

Just guessing here I haven't done crane work before and haven't seen this technique before.

Cool video though! I liked it a lot!
 
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The lead I started on and the lead heading out to the right in the video were just out of reach to balance the brush. Had to catch them and then lift. The whole tree leaned away from the crane and sat up hill about 15'.

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Thanks banjo for that. My stupid moment.
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I can't believe I read over that. At least my thinking was sort of right.
 
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Thanks banjo for that. My retard moment.
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I can't believe I read over that. At least my thinking was sort of right.

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No problem mang.
 
The crane was a 28ton manitex. We had the jib on for everything until the last 4 log picks. The first few pics were at about 80' out. At that point the op told me we were only good for 800lbs. With a bigger crane the first 3 pics could have been 1 pic, balanced nice and smooth... but it would have been about 2000lbs. We needed another 10-15' to get out and balance the first 3 pieces I took. That was my first time catching pieces like that, next time I will try and find a bigger crane javascript:void(0). I think we were at about 65' out for the top. Still needed the jib for height. Top was 1200lbs, log pics were all 2500-3000lbs, except the butt, I heard the buzzer for a sec which meant it was a touch overweight..
 
Couldnt you have moved the tree closer to the crane
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I used to have to do that with the tops with my old crane. I have also rigged pieces into a neighboring tree with another climber then picked them. Its a good method when out of reach. The video was deceiving with respect to the distance. Good job.
 
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The crane was a 28ton manitex. We had the jib on for everything until the last 4 log picks. The first few pics were at about 80' out. At that point the op told me we were only good for 800lbs. With a bigger crane the first 3 pics could have been 1 pic, balanced nice and smooth... but it would have been about 2000lbs. We needed another 10-15' to get out and balance the first 3 pieces I took. That was my first time catching pieces like that, next time I will try and find a bigger crane javascript:void(0). I think we were at about 65' out for the top. Still needed the jib for height. Top was 1200lbs, log pics were all 2500-3000lbs, except the butt, I heard the buzzer for a sec which meant it was a touch overweight..

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I hear ya. It would be a lot of energy to do it. But, you pulled it off nice.

I use a 40 tonner weekly. It would have been the perfect size crane for that scenario.

Wait. I forgot. If the crane isn't over a 400 tonner, I probably shouldn't offer any comments or suggestions. In fact, if anyone here doesn't have that kind of experience, we shouldn't comment.
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What's your technique for rigging the branches? Are you running them through a pulley and down to a porty still? Or going for a ride bombing them onto a big sling?

I do it a lot when your in an awkward spot with a lift, or it's too short.
 
The time lapse is set for a frame every 5 seconds.

Ya the bigger crane would have been nice and saved a lot of work.

For rigging the branches I had a couple of blocks in the tree and ran it down to a porty.
 
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