Couple easy pine removals W/crane

[bigden]

ps bigger

bigger is always better:greenchainsaw:

 

[treeslayer]

first off a boom on a truck is called a boom truck not a crane. and that is a 90 ton linkbelt in that pic with no counter weight so it is like a 40 ton with a lot of boom and a multi part line on trees, no way it gets hung up. hmm
that by the way is a real crane not a boom truck.
please learn your hand signals they work all over the country all crane operators know them you should to.

Its called what I call it, wherever I am. a crane is`a crane. Semantics.
And that's a 90 ton crane, regardless of counterweight. that's what they charge for, we paid for, and if it needed more counterweight they would have put it on.

why use hand signals when you have voice activated radios on everyone?

 

[bigden]

I'm sorry you missunder stode me if it is on a ford,peterbuilt,mack. then it is a boom truck. if the Carrier is made by linkbelt then it is a crane. sorry for the mix up.

 

[custom8726]

Its called what I call it, wherever I am. a crane is`a crane. Semantics.
And that's a 90 ton crane, regardless of counterweight. that's what they charge for, we paid for, and if it needed more counterweight they would have put it on.

why use hand signals when you have voice activated radios on everyone?

Looks like a crane to me!!

 

[arborworks1]

Cranes Are the best bet in most situations. Charge for the use and you are not out of pocket. Move on to the next job.

I think the ultimate crane setup is the Groves, mayer tree service uses. Small, agile but still have high lift capacity.

I'm always worried that I will overload the crane we use on a regular basis.

 

[treeslayer]

I'm sorry you missunder stode me if it is on a ford,peterbuilt,mack. then it is a boom truck. if the Carrier is made by linkbelt then it is a crane. sorry for the mix up.

Nope, still don't get it.
I know what a truck is, but if it's got a winch and a boom and picks stuff up, then its a crane.


but anyway, I like cranes and crane operators who do tree work well.

 

[bigden]

nope grove even calls them boom trucks like there national boom truck.
the best crane for tree removals is the grove gmk 3055 140 ft full power boom can reach most tree with no jib and on three axles all wheel steer. the best crane in my opinion for tree removals

 

[(WLL)]

im not understanding your cutting technique either. looks like u back cut 3/4 threw and than make a small front cut. i like ta meet in the middle or just cut strait threw. not sure what u r doing. whats with the poor placed chokers?:greenchainsaw:

 

[(WLL)]

nope grove even calls them boom trucks like there national boom truck.
the best crane for tree removals is the grove gmk 3055 140 ft full power boom can reach most tree with no jib and on three axles all wheel steer. the best crane in my opinion for tree removals

that would be the offroad crane, no? imo the old cranes are the best fer tree work. careful not to mess with the scale cable, could be bad with a load on the boom and the crane wont move. when we rent the owner of thackry comes out with the big ol crane from the 60ies he said its all ass and just a better machine to run. the sixty tonn offroad is my fav

 

[custom8726]

im not understanding your cutting technique either. looks like u back cut 3/4 threw and than make a small front cut. i like ta meet in the middle or just cut strait threw. not sure what u r doing. whats with the poor placed chokers?:greenchainsaw:

Looks are aparently decieving then! I never back cut 3/4. I might make a small face cut 1/3rd or less but generally I just cut strait through finishing at the boom on strait/balanced pics anyways. As far as the poor placed chokers read the text!! I posted that as an example of how bad placement of the chokers off sets the load and how it could have been avoided. I figured I would get some sh!t over it but alot of guys on here never work with cranes and I felt a picture of a moment of bad judgement on my part might help someone down the line.

 

[custom8726]

crane work can be very exhilarating,things can get ugly real fast.when using the crane things will happen in front of you more so than below you, u must be careful and its wise to have someone teach u than ta figure it out on your own. we have our own crane and it gets used every way we can. we will rent if practical and most of the time there is a 4hr minimum charge. practise makes perfect. nice job
there is no i in crane work

What kind of crane do you own again??

 

[treeslayer]

nope grove even calls them boom trucks like there national boom truck.
the best crane for tree removals is the grove gmk 3055 140 ft full power boom can reach most tree with no jib and on three axles all wheel steer. the best crane in my opinion for tree removals

ok, ok, I get it about the truck part.

and the best crane is the one somebody else is paying the rent on.........

 

[(WLL)]

 

[bigden]

wow cool pic those buts are very heavy.now that is a boom truck with a lot on it.the gmk3055 is an all terrain crane street and of road it does both awsome 60 ton machine.

 

[treeslayer]

here's a grove GMK3055 for only $170 !!













http://store.extremecustomtoys.com/grgmcr.html

 

[treeslayer]

And a real one. does look like a beast


BTW, its a 55 ton, not 60. as also specified by the model # 3055

 

[custom8726]

JLG makes a nice boom, I use to run a 60' JLG that looked similar to that one. What model is it? 60'? 80'? 12-14 ton? Do you register it as special comercial or comercial?

 

[treeslayer]

I've used numerous different JLG snorkel lifts, nice machines.

 

[epicklein22]

I've used numerous different JLG snorkel lifts, nice machines.

My work has a 15 ton crane and a 23 ton crane. The 23 goes out everyday and is accompanied by a chip truck and a 24" morbark. The 15 goes out occasionally. Nothing cooler than taking an entire tree and feeding it straight into the chipper.

The 15 is a tough unit and gets into tight spaces pretty well. It got bent over 10 years ago, got it fixed and it is still working well as of this day.

While bigger is usually better. I think a good crane operator is just as important. Operators who have climbing experience are the cat's meow.

 

[custom8726]

My work has a 15 ton crane and a 23 ton crane. The 23 goes out everyday and is accompanied by a chip truck and a 24" morbark. The 15 goes out occasionally. Nothing cooler than taking an entire tree and feeding it straight into the chipper.

The 15 is a tough unit and gets into tight spaces pretty well. It got bent over 10 years ago, got it fixed and it is still working well as of this day.

While bigger is usually better. I think a good crane operator is just as important. Operators who have climbing experience are the cat's meow.

I have always said the best crane operator for tree work would be a current or former climber/operator. The three Crane OP's I usually work with don't climb but they all have been doing CRANE/TREE WORK for years and are very good at it.