16,000 pound piece of fire wood

[joesawer]

One pick on this crane tree weighed 16,000lbs.

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

It's difficult to appreciate the size of it until you get to the last picture.

WOW.​

EDIT: It was supposed to be a thumbs up, not a frown - up there in the top left corner...

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[Nailsbeats]

Wow, I am impressed. That would take some hefty rigging slings and whatnot to lift. Wow.

 

[CharlieG]

Wow, the must have been working that MS200T really hard opcorn: .

 

[custom8726]

How many ton crane was that?

 

[oldirty]

i cant see the leaves. what kind of wood is that? cottonwood?


somebody is cutting in circles! great pics, thanks

 

[Former Saw Builder]

Who's the hottie with the ponytail... Oh awesome pics.

 

[skid row]

WOW!! Great pics, I just dont think I would be standing under that.

 

[wanab]

WOW!! Great pics, I just dont think I would be standing under that.

WOW!

thats exactly what i was thinking!
kinda' looks like he was talking on the phone in the one pic.




LMAO!

 

[Jkebxjunke]

and they were putting it into a dumpster....

 

[gafirefighter]

and they were putting it into a dumpster....

Thats what I was thinking also.

Adam

 

[joesawer]

The crane is a 90 ton crane from Able Crane. They did an exellent job.
The rigging was a triple line block on the crane, two 10,000 lbs slings and two 1 inch steel chokers.
The pony tail girl is......... well she might not want me to put her name on the net.
The tree is a black oak.
The wood is going in a roll off dumpster but it is not going to the land fill, it is going to be made into fire wood.
There was five of these loads.

 

[joesawer]

15,000 pound pick of the butt. It was 66" dbh.

 

[custom8726]

90 ton crane must be nice to work with. We use a 22ton and a 50ton crane on a regular basis but I have wanted a bigger crane on a few occasions thats for sure.

 

[AngelofDarkness]

Not quite 16,000 pounds, but not too far away!

 

[oldirty]

nice butt log! is that thing going for firewood too?

 

[joesawer]

nice butt log! is that thing going for firewood too?

Yep, it is full of tramp metal.

 

[AngelofDarkness]

nice butt log! is that thing going for firewood too?

Yeah, eventually, if I ever get it cut up. I wanted to sell it to a sawmill but none of them have equipment to handle a log that size and they also said they won't mill anything that grew along a road. It eats chains for breakfast, one cut through that thing and I gotta touch my chain up. All of the blocks will have to be quartered before I even think about splitting them, and I need some serious wedges just to finish my cuts, or else it will close in on the bar and trap my saw!

 

[oldirty]

Yep, it is full of tramp metal.

ahhh, residential trees. too bad about that.

 

[WidowMaker]

How are you determining the weight on those???