working out at max reach

[pctree]

OK so we did a job last week, 3 30" dia pops 100' tall behind house. Furthest stump was 80' radius. Job went well and we had to get creative with a couple of the back leads that were just too far out for my crane.

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[pctree]

Heres another technique we use, were ball was attached we were only good for 1100# so we notched it up and stood her up. where it ended up we were good for 2200 and limb was 1700

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You know a funny thing about standing up leads like that, often times right at the end of the lift when the piece is vertical you can see zero load on the crane. Now think about that, we have put a notch in top of lead, fat notch obviously and undercut it and lifted so bent all of those hinge fibers 90 degrees but they will still support thousands of pounds. Best not to over think stuff when you are doing it, we just know from experience that it works. Problem with crane work is mistakes tend to be big.....


We are constantly pushing the envelope with tiny baby steps

 

[pctree]

oops sorry supposed to be in crane use

 

[Tony]

I always try and line up similar cuts to be in line with the boom like that. As it lifts you get more head room and a better chart. Nice work

Might as well dismantle a tree working to the strenghts of the crane.

I have always lifted a lot when doing crane work. Comes from when we started the only crane operatos around were steel rigging guys. All they had were wire chokers.

Can't do it as much now as I generally work with a k boom now. One of the things I miss about working with stick booms.

Tony