Cherry Pickers

[clearance]

The only advantage on a technical rigging job is that with a bucket you can move your redirect blocks around with so much more ease.

Or you can just cut the branches smaller, move the boom and throw them down beside the chipper. Or you can cut blocks, move the boom and throw them down in a good spot. Or you can hang the top and then cut and throw the branches while using the boom. You can also rig logs that would be retarded if you were in the same tree, you can do lots with a boom. Two men who can both climb and run the boom can produce like crazy on a hazard tree job, been there many times.

 

[tree MDS]

Or you can just cut the branches smaller, move the boom and throw them down beside the chipper. Or you can cut blocks, move the boom and throw them down in a good spot. Or you can hang the top and then cut and throw the branches while using the boom. You can also rig logs that would be retarded if you were in the same tree, you can do lots with a boom. Two men who can both climb and run the boom can produce like crazy on a hazard tree job, been there many times.

Yeah, not knocking the climbing, but.. with a bucket and a good climber running it, its alot more like surgery alot of times, other than alot of senseless dragging yerself around. Again its all about who's running the thing really. The other day I tiptied a log onto that tree with the rot hole that I would've never climbing- just started ripp cuting it and swung away and waited...sure enough it finished ripping off on its own, it was sweet when that thing let go and I was 15' away from all the action just waiting. The other thing I like with the residential is when ropeing wood if you're good you leave just enough hinge so that you can fly up to the top and push the piece over and then watch all that action benieth you saftely. Truck is cool, trust.

 

[880]

A lot of good replies here, thanks fellas . In Australia, we seem to have a lot less climbers, and more *bucket trucks*, hehe, I'll soon be a yank..lol. I guess that probably comes with the different types of trees, and locations, and even maybe the fact, that a lot of the trees the grow in suburbia, are mostly smaller, or have been cut down years ago. The places you do see the odd giant, have big yards or on farms. Thanks again for the replies...TL

 

[a_lopa]

A lot of good replies here, thanks fellas . In Australia, we seem to have a lot less climbers, and more *bucket trucks*, hehe, I'll soon be a yank..lol.

I doubt that VERY much,there is way more climbers here than what you think in ratio to buckets..

 

[Mikecutstrees]

advantages to climbing for me are: No runts, No huge payments, Only having to bring one truck, Not having the truck sit when doing groundwork, being able to work anywhere, and I stay in shape, saving on fuel . I like climbing too. I may one day get a lift though but then I'd need two trucks, two drivers, it makes things more complicated...... just my 2cs...... Mike

 

[880]

A lot of good replies here, thanks fellas . In Australia, we seem to have a lot less climbers, and more *bucket trucks*, hehe, I'll soon be a yank..lol.

I doubt that VERY much,there is way more climbers here than what you think in ratio to buckets..

Bring your services down to Tas mate, these arn't many climbers here.