clearance
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I cut and pasted the sheet of plywood leaning up against the house...the one at the base of the tree. It should be a pretty good guide for scale and 8ft. in height.
Pretty smart there. Gives a real good idea.
Climber Needed for Huge Take Down....
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Pretty smart there. Gives a real good idea.
Nailsbeats
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Glad it worked out Teamtree. I just moved in down the street and I'm looking for work. If you could send some my way I would appreciated it.
Why is that dangerous? Treeslayer was pulling out an uprooted stump.....big crane, steel chokers.
I use logging chokers often, including when we work most often with my guy who has a 23 ton truck mount. We've picked 7000-10,000 lb often with that unit.
jomoco
Tree Freak
I like steel chokers for crane removals, 1/2, 5/8ths and 3/4.
jomoco
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sort of...but the camera is pointed up, so the top of the tree is frurther away than the base, so those 8 foot segments should be inlaid progressively smaller. Yep, that tree was close to 100 feet tall.
I also don't think it was very wise of the company to do the tree the way they did....but, as the cutter was in a bucket truck, the risk, at least to him, was minimized.
Good luck on the next one, teamtree.
custom8726
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Its dangerous because if that root ball is still attached and you put 10-20-60 tons of force on it and the roots let go its going to shock load the sh!t out of the crane and pose a danger to everyone else in close proximity... If its not attached and you have the means to dispose of a huge root ball and stump then yes by all means pick it, If not GRIND IT!!...
Back on the subject at hand, definetly do-able with out a crane (safely) but its not a tree I would do for 1k either..
treemandan
Tree Freak
You know we were just pointing it out but you don't really need any special tools to tell you how tall a tree is just look around. Also ,Teamtree, thanks for thinking I am worth it but I couldn't take a 1000 just to climb that morning job, I really couldn't... cause they won't let me but boy do I want to.
Anyway, I see you made a carrer change, how long ago?
Anyway, I see you made a carrer change, how long ago?
Well once again a thread turns into a 'i can do it better than you' thread.
I appreciate all the comments but this thread is headed to the toilet.
Again, it was never a question whether some of you would climb it. I am sure there are tons of guys who would climb it...hell the tree was taken down with a bucket truck in less than 4 hours. Yes it could have been climbed and rigged down in small pieces.
I was wrong on my estimate of what was needed to take it down but I am not sorry I made an error on the conservative and safe side.
Good luck to all of you and thanks for your input.
I appreciate all the comments but this thread is headed to the toilet.
Again, it was never a question whether some of you would climb it. I am sure there are tons of guys who would climb it...hell the tree was taken down with a bucket truck in less than 4 hours. Yes it could have been climbed and rigged down in small pieces.
I was wrong on my estimate of what was needed to take it down but I am not sorry I made an error on the conservative and safe side.
Good luck to all of you and thanks for your input.
A couple of those ratchet straps (or TSC, probably the same thing) like they sell in the Sherrill cat would have been the way I would have gone.
Start taking smaller pieces, then by the end probably go bigger.
Just some thoughts - not trying to chest pound, lol
Oh, and if a tree has a defect with say two halves splitting I like a chain and ratchet binder.
Start taking smaller pieces, then by the end probably go bigger.
Just some thoughts - not trying to chest pound, lol
Oh, and if a tree has a defect with say two halves splitting I like a chain and ratchet binder.
treemandan
Tree Freak
Sorry, I was just saying how it is... was i mean. I think a lot of people, including myself have given you a lot just on this topic. No need to act so forlorn, really, no need.
i was going to mention this but thought fer sure they used em in the removal. i mean who wouldn't in a situation such as this
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ropensaddle
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Ahhhhh spiderman,superman, but me I would have bound it at least buti was going to mention this but thought fer sure they used em in the removal. i mean who wouldn't in a situation such as this
an elevator ride would have been all good too.
Appeared to be frost crack we get a few but not like ya'all!
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treeslayer
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Barely. A 60' work height maybe. IMHO
from the pics, this was very doable without the crane. or a bucket truck.
you made a good call. Because you didn't bid it low, half-a$$ it, or tear anything up cutting corners. better to lose em, than lose your a$$.
good post.
Seems this statement was misread by some. A 60' working height is about how far up I would have to climb to take it down. I guessed "barely" 80' total height, based on a picture. A lot easier to gauge correctly when standing next to it.
Teamtree came up with a 105' measurement, so I was only off by a little on the overall height.
my apology for the misunderstanding,
I'm not here to sound so critical of someone who's obviously a good climber.
Hence the reason I post In My Humble Opinion
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