Bermie's crane job

[Nailsbeats]

Great job Bermie. You do a heck of a job for a woman, no offense but you know what I mean. I bet you can really shimmy and shake being light and all. Nice pictures too, with that sweet blue sky to set them off. Excellent.

One question, what size bar do you have on that 260 you were running? Thinking about adding one to my stable.

 

[oldirty]

You tied into the ball the whole time OD?

I like to do a little clean up while the pieces are on their way. Started doing crane removals in the mid 70's and never stopped.

just tried to send you a pm. either too full or dont want to hear from me.


not the whole time. no. but when i set the slings and go to the cut spot i am. do you tie into the tree after you set the slings or rappel to your cut?

that is alot of crane time sir!

and by ball you mean shackle above the ball right? lol.

 

[treevet]

just tried to send you a pm. either too full or dont want to hear from me.


not the whole time. no. but when i set the slings and go to the cut spot i am. do you tie into the tree after you set the slings or rappel to your cut?

that is alot of crane time sir!

and by ball you mean shackle above the ball right? lol.

It is a pleasure to hear from you anytime OD. I will go to a post with your name on it. Box is full and Treeseer was on me about something so I just left it.

Rappel to the cut off the ball/shackle (my bad) after choking. I often use a 3/4" one ended splice and timberhitch or R bolen into the piece. esp out of the bucket so not essentially a choke sometimes.

 

[tomtrees58]

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[ropensaddle]

Great job I am dern jealous of all these nice cranes and great gear everyone has I don't even have a handsaw I used to have an old fanno I want a silky bad, nice to do the twigs with. I do have a silky pole saw and a nice marvin pruner. Way to go Bermie keep up the fine work and picks.

 

[ddhlakebound]

Nice job and nice pics Bermie. I'm still waitin on my first crane ride, so I'm a bit jealous.

Someday tho...

 

[ropensaddle]

just tried to send you a pm. either too full or dont want to hear from me.


not the whole time. no. but when i set the slings and go to the cut spot i am. do you tie into the tree after you set the slings or rappel to your cut?

that is alot of crane time sir!

and by ball you mean shackle above the ball right? lol.

Hey OD I wonder do you choke then get set in place for the cut and leave your rope and bag with the pick? I can see where that would save enormous time just snap in with flip line un button clime line and let it swing for the pick. Then he can bring it back to you for the next pick.

 

[oldirty]

if i am reading you correctly, no to sending out your climb line with the wood. one way to be faster is to just rappel to your cut flipline in and make the cut and then deal with the rope as the piece leaves.

i cant recommend it to you. in fact i dont even recommend wearing spikes or a flipline for that matter on a crane takedown! lol

do whatever is safest for you. dont worry about production and results. the only thing that matters is your safety.

the old me would spike into the tree after rappelling to the cut spot and then flipline in and then pull my line out and set that up too. tied in twice. bang.

 

[ropensaddle]

if i am reading you correctly, no to sending out your climb line with the wood. one way to be faster is to just rappel to your cut flipline in and make the cut and then deal with the rope as the piece leaves.

i cant recommend it to you. in fact i dont even recommend wearing spikes or a flipline for that matter on a crane takedown! lol

do whatever is safest for you. dont worry about production and results. the only thing that matters is your safety.

the old me would spike into the tree after rappelling to the cut spot and then flipline in and then pull my line out and set that up too. tied in twice. bang.

OD are you ridin it pard lol Or just carrying it for emergency I done the repel and just flip lined when I did it.

 

[oldirty]

safety first rope. you know that!

 

[ropensaddle]

safety first rope. you know that!

Lmao your riding that sob aren't ya I can't say I wouldn't with the right op lol

 

[oldirty]

riding the piece out is against all that is ansi 133 related brother. you talking to a legitimate tree climber. a hard hat wearing, safety first type of guy. you wont find me riding that piece out unless the the tree is deemed too unsafe to tie into.

 

[ropensaddle]

riding the piece out is against all that is ansi 133 related brother. you talking to a legitimate tree climber. a hard hat wearing, safety first type of guy. you wont find me riding that piece out unless the the tree is deemed too unsafe to tie into.

I know, I know just trying to see why the bag is such a commodity to ya. I used a short hank of rope when I did it so it was easy to get clear in a hurry. Unfortunately the guy I was working with was not doing it right I did not ride nothing down though.

 

[oldirty]

me neither man.

but this is bermies thread and ive said enough. sorry to bogart your thread bermie!

 

[ropensaddle]

me neither man.

but this is bermies thread and ive said enough. sorry to bogart your thread bermie!

+2 Bermie :yourock:Keep posting them picks ya hear?

 

[Bermie]

'sallright fellas....its interesting what side discussions can emerge from any thread.

If I did one of these a week, maybe I'd leave my handsaw behind, but...not yet!
I was thinking that once I rappeled down to the pick cut I would leave my line on the ball, but changed my mind and kept it with me...spiked down to the next cut, etc. and then reattached to rappell to the ground. My groundie did a good job of keeping that line clear and free at all times.

I gashed my finger doing the 'duh' thing...a little bit of wood got jammed in between the bar and chain, after I got it out...with the tip of my handsaw mind you!...I rolled the chain around a bit to make sure it was free, and yup, my hand slipped and now I have a nice cut...

Like your picture of St. Georges Tom, I live down that way...

I've never seen a true pro work a crane job, I'd probably slink away and hide...then delete this whole thread...

 

[ropensaddle]

'sallright fellas....its interesting what side discussions can emerge from any thread.

If I did one of these a week, maybe I'd leave my handsaw behind, but...not yet!
I was thinking that once I rappeled down to the pick cut I would leave my line on the ball, but changed my mind and kept it with me...spiked down to the next cut, etc. and then reattached to rappell to the ground. My groundie did a good job of keeping that line clear and free at all times.

I gashed my finger doing the 'duh' thing...a little bit of wood got jammed in between the bar and chain, after I got it out...with the tip of my handsaw mind you!...I rolled the chain around a bit to make sure it was free, and yup, my hand slipped and now I have a nice cut...

Like your picture of St. Georges Tom, I live down that way...

I've never seen a true pro work a crane job, I'd probably slink away and hide...then delete this whole thread...

No Bermie your picks are very much pro keep posting you do fine work.

 

[treevet]

the old me would spike into the tree after rappelling to the cut spot and then flipline in and then pull my line out and set that up too. tied in twice. bang.

That is the ticket IMO but all made simpler by using a 40 foot climbing line with a safety knot in the end, all the movement you need, and you can lose the rope bag.

 

[tree MDS]

Sweet job Bermie.

Thats a Norfolk Island Pine?? sappy bastards eh, i remember them from FL, once cut you better load them before the sap starts flowing if I remember correctly.

 

[oldirty]

That is the ticket IMO but all made simpler by using a 40 foot climbing line with a safety knot in the end, all the movement you need, and you can lose the rope bag.

yes indeed. but what about high capacity cranes? 40ft of rope is not going to get you anywhere near the cut spot.

i say rope bag because then you do not have to worry about your line getting caught up on anything or itself on the way to your cut. i absolutely freak out when i throw my line out the tree and it knots itself up and then gets tangled in the brush. cant happen if the rope bag is still on your hip.

38ton with 127ft of main boom, the short rope is no good. i hear what you are saying and i lived by that for quite some time too. in fact i still have the 50ft rope that i do medium to smaller manual takedowns with. also on bigger manual takedowns that line comes up with me for a second lifeline, all coiled up hanging from the back of my saddle out the way. as we speak i have 200ft of double ended spliced line in a rope bag that sits on the hip for our cranework.

absolutely if you are not comfortable doing the crane gig, then by any means necessary do what it takes to feel safe.

treevet, you clean up a spot for a pm yet? (i'm worried BCMA is reading this thread! lol)