Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Coastal N.J
One day we will work together I hope Steve !
Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
- Start date
Another crane day and 5 more trees. 2 large black locusts, 2 box elder, and a good sized silver maple with a 40'' or so base diam. The 2 box elder were single picks and the locusts were about 4 picks each. I wasn't counting...LOL. I did all 4 of them and the tag teamed the maple with the new climber. I set slings for him while he hung around the union and made the cuts.
One of the locusts gave me an issue. @nd to last pick was set and I descended down to cut. Trying to toss my flip line around, while still tied to the ball, I disturbed a honeybee nest in a cavity. I couldn't cut any higher because we needed butt weight. I couldn't cut lower either. It would have practically been at the base making the pick to heavy for the reach the 50ton was stretched out. I got my flip line around and cut about 2' above the nest hole. Of course I was 180* on the back side. There were some limbs taller than the spar negating the base weight. One limb was 8'' dia and 10-12'' above my cut. After I started cutting, i had to stop. That lower limb developed a fissure at the crotch. I let our crane OP know the 8'' leader proably wouldn't hold. I pondered for a bit for a solution. Said to myself, ''see what happens..." and stuffed the saw back in the cut. Released the pick and the limb held.... for a bit. It let loose into the box elder we were planning on removing. The elder cradled the limb while the butt landed on the spar.
For now, I'll keep a small figure 8 with me for an emergency bailout on spar work. Didn't have the option today. Instead of using my climb line as a second flip line, I let it hang from me. There was no sense in disturbing the bees more. Eventually I'll pick another mechanical for both SRT and DRT.
To make it worse, it was decided the last 12-14' of the spar had to come down. I wanted to leave the bees be.
The slings had to be positioned around the nest entry. I preset them over the top of remaining spar lowering them slowly. Had the OP tighten them up before bombing to the ground. Made the base cut with the MS881.
Somehow, I never got stung.
One of the locusts gave me an issue. @nd to last pick was set and I descended down to cut. Trying to toss my flip line around, while still tied to the ball, I disturbed a honeybee nest in a cavity. I couldn't cut any higher because we needed butt weight. I couldn't cut lower either. It would have practically been at the base making the pick to heavy for the reach the 50ton was stretched out. I got my flip line around and cut about 2' above the nest hole. Of course I was 180* on the back side. There were some limbs taller than the spar negating the base weight. One limb was 8'' dia and 10-12'' above my cut. After I started cutting, i had to stop. That lower limb developed a fissure at the crotch. I let our crane OP know the 8'' leader proably wouldn't hold. I pondered for a bit for a solution. Said to myself, ''see what happens..." and stuffed the saw back in the cut. Released the pick and the limb held.... for a bit. It let loose into the box elder we were planning on removing. The elder cradled the limb while the butt landed on the spar.
For now, I'll keep a small figure 8 with me for an emergency bailout on spar work. Didn't have the option today. Instead of using my climb line as a second flip line, I let it hang from me. There was no sense in disturbing the bees more. Eventually I'll pick another mechanical for both SRT and DRT.
To make it worse, it was decided the last 12-14' of the spar had to come down. I wanted to leave the bees be.
The slings had to be positioned around the nest entry. I preset them over the top of remaining spar lowering them slowly. Had the OP tighten them up before bombing to the ground. Made the base cut with the MS881.
Somehow, I never got stung.
Matias
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Butte County
smooth as silk
Bendroctanus
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Springfield
I’d mill that…
The forest got to keep that one! I thought something similar but this was a no equipment and no clean up job.
I only photo the worthy ones(winky face)
this one back leaned a bit toward the home and septic field. hand pull got it, after some adjustments on the double cut. 372 was shredding today
I only photo the worthy ones(winky face)
this one back leaned a bit toward the home and septic field. hand pull got it, after some adjustments on the double cut. 372 was shredding today
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One of my favorite times of the year. I love watching the trees in bloom.The flowers on the big madrone by my house are pretty wild right now, and the ground is so covered in them it almost looks like snow
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Looking forwards to seeing the old growth black locusts here at home in bloom. They need to come down.....
They have at least one more season to show themselves off.
I mentioned my little $160 2511-clone saw the other day, and put it to use on a multi-stem madrone removal (which doesn't happen very often). Honestly it worked well and felt largely like the real thing, if a bit heavier and yet more plasticky. I need to mess with the carb as the chain speed was pretty low, but it did everything I asked of it and expected of it. Still, I'd only recommend one for a laugh or if someone was really on a tight budget. Still, one of these for $160 and a $290 clone 200T could get a lot of work done for very little money.
Steve Connally
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Suffolk, Virginia
I was just looking at old threads about the 151 last night. I need to get a small saw for pruning work. 201 is way too much saw for what I'm doing. Some of the guys at work are using Echo, some Stihl. Not sure what directions I wanna go when I have the money to spend. Regardless looks like at least a muffler mod on any of those choices.
I don't personally have any experience with the Stihl 151, but it doesn't seem to get much love for whatever reason. I quite liked my 2511T (before it got lost...) especially after swapping to a 1/4" bar/chain, and then an Eagan pipe on woke it up quite a bit, but HOLY COW it was loud. I don't think I'd want to subject people to that one in an urban area, not sure about the noise from the other performance mufflers, nor the effect of modding the stock one.
I do quite like the Echo 2500 battery saw, again made much better with a 1/4" bar/chain. A truly tiny saw for pruning assuming you don't need to make many cuts over like 6".
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
I use my 2500t as much as possible, barring situations requiring fast release.
CS2511t, MS 193tand 200t as other on-truck options.
CS2511t, MS 193tand 200t as other on-truck options.
davidwyby
Branched out member
- Location
- PNW to SoCal
davidwyby
Branched out member
- Location
- PNW to SoCal
Euc gazebo posts
Desert walnut
8’ house tree
Winchman
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Southwest Georgia
That's a Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V12 engine. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/rolls-royce-eagle-viii-v-12-engine/nasm_A19610135000
The location and story: https://forums.sassnet.com/index.ph...rles-f-webber-and-colonel-francis-c-marshall/
The airplane was probably a De Havilland DH-4
The location and story: https://forums.sassnet.com/index.ph...rles-f-webber-and-colonel-francis-c-marshall/
The airplane was probably a De Havilland DH-4
flyingmosstreen
Participating member
- Location
- Rochester
Exciting to build this chip box. First moves towards more self sustaining tree work.
Flying Moss Tree Preservation (work in progress)
Still working the full time job with the company but this is what I can get started with limited funds.
Boards were milled from my cousins fir trees. Fence post and U-bolts. Custom flatbed but working on finding a fabricator to convert to telescoping dump.
Again, starting small here. General Liability insurance and commercial auto.
Flying Moss Tree Preservation (work in progress)
Still working the full time job with the company but this is what I can get started with limited funds.
Boards were milled from my cousins fir trees. Fence post and U-bolts. Custom flatbed but working on finding a fabricator to convert to telescoping dump.
Again, starting small here. General Liability insurance and commercial auto.
