Tree removal dilemma?

Funny analogy, Mike. I've seen crews do what you described and mean it. The ground crew never seemed to question it? Talk about doing it the hard way!

It is tough to just sit and watch. It does, however, open my eyes to some new thoughts about what and where training is needed the most.
 
From your description, I'd do the work between 10:00am and 2:00pm. Get the power company to de-energize the wires on atleast one side, preferably the street side and crane everything that way.

I think the danger lies in the dead or weakly attached branches, so I'd clean all that out with a bucket until only good sound wood is left for the crane. High power is a dang good reason to go nylon on all your rigging.

Sounds pretty knarly Mark, but someone has to do it.

Post some pics already and quit teasing.

Pay my ticket to Jersey and I'll climb for yu on this job.

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Can the tops handle being rigged into? If so the tops and branches first then small blocks into a speed line (zip line) onto the street where the chipper is that'll take most of it down. Then you might have to cut and chuck a few until you can flop it? Just an idea.
 
Wow, I coulnd't remember these trees for a minute there. That was a long time ago.

We were going to crane them down. Should have taken about 3-4hrs for both I believe. The power co. decided to have another company (under contract) remove them below proximity for us. All we had to do was provide a clean up crew during the removls and then remove the trunks and stumps.

Long story short, it took two crews over 1.5 days to remove them below the wires. We had to have a chip crew there for all of that time and then finish the trees at the end of the second day. It was a true nightmare. Ask Nick about it. I actually had him there just to video and take photos of their work. It was scary.

I'll dig up the photos.
 
HAHA AHAHAHA!!!!! I totally remember those trees!!!!! The contractors that ended up doing them were not very well trained in tree-cuttin'.

While working at Aspen, I was used to watching Mark, who pretty much has a black belt. These guys were like a blue belt. I could see they were going to get the job done...but I could also see that they were going about it like a bunch of bone heads.

I remember that they had a pulley, but they didn't have a sling to attach it to the trunk, so we loaned them one that I had spliced up. Then it was like you handed a kid a square peg to put through a round hole. They kept like sorta wrapping it around the trunk and looking at it from different angles...

Then I started explaining to the guy how to do a timber hitch (which I thought would be the easiest to explain) and he totally didn't get it. I'll post a pic later of what he tied.

One of Aspen's staff (that goes by the name "Chokey") explained to me that I probably shouldn't help them out because if they do something wrong, they could blame it on me/Aspen. I got what he was saying and just sat back and watched the show!

I don't remember exactly how they went about cutting the trees down, but I do remember wondering about the politics of how a crew gets selected to do the work.

Good times. Good times.


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We still joke about the traffic cone crash pad to protect the road. It didn't prevent the hole from developing, but I'm sure it helped. Well,....on second thought...

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Hilarious stuff Mark, cant wait to relay the story to the boys this week, they will just love the traffic cone crash pad.
Ive used the odd cone to protect in some way a small plant or sprinkler head, but that was just too funny.
S.S.,
-Grais.
 
The thing I think about most regarding that situation was how the guys that were put in the position to do that job were not prepared with the right gear or the right level of training. They were tricky removals and it could have went real, real quick. That needs to change.
 
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Uh.....guys, you do realize this thread is over five years old.

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I noticed the same thing.

Any how Nick's story of the crew was worth expounding a little more.
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Because at the moment my little 11 month old girl is figuring out how to put round objects into round holes, etc... So, I totally had a picture of these guys trying to figure out how to use a pulley with a sling.
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...while some outsider empathizes with the line clearance labor force, dragging them down further by agreeing they work in an unacceptable environment along with outdated gear. They offer no solutions to help them improve their work situation, their training, or their attitude towards their job because they can't do it.

I've seen line clearance people do exactly as described in the letter written by the UAA president. They were the bad asses of their world.

The open letter shows an organization that the line clearance people like Mark encountered can learn through to help them see things from an improved perspective. They can either waist their money on it, like some people would have them think, or improve their work ethics by applying the information they get from an organization like the UAA.

Stand alone and continue griping, fools will eventually follow.

Joe

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Is Joe still around? He sure was a wise one!
 
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