thanks for your input guys....
We did the tree this morning and things went well.
I apologize for not wording my question in a better fashion and not providing a picture.
My suspicions were correct, the basket hanging from the crane did spin or was unstable while cutting and pushing the blocks over, but we just had to take our time. We had two guys in the basket. I would prefer a bolt-on man basket.
We were able to drop all the blocks on a bed of tires so no rigging was necessary.
As I said the tree was just too dangerous for me to put a climber in. No money in the world would be able to bring a climber back from death. I personally feel that it is not worth. Why should someone take that much risk because they did not want to cut the tree down right after it died. By the way, the RV park will probably sue the lot owner to recover fees associated with the removal. The lot owner refused to pay to have the tree removed. Whether others would do it.... I don't care, they don't work for me.
The two crane deal is noted but was not necessary.
The all terrain lift was a good idea but it would not work well in this situation due to some hazards (i.e. electrical, drainage issues, water hydrant). Plus the price to rent a 85-100' is about the same after delivery charges. I checked prices for both. I have used a 100' all-terrain lift in the past and it works well if you the conditions are right.
As to the question on why a crane would work and a bucket would not...well i got a 60'/65' Altec with about 49' feet of side reach at 44'. The power company tried to come in from the bottom side with the their bucket and could not get high enough in the tree. On the upper side, it is about 50' to the parking lot from the tree, so we could not get close enough.
Here are some pics of the tree. I forget to take the camera up in the crane.
Again, I appreciate your input....it helps to bounce the idea off of you guys.
We did the tree this morning and things went well.
I apologize for not wording my question in a better fashion and not providing a picture.
My suspicions were correct, the basket hanging from the crane did spin or was unstable while cutting and pushing the blocks over, but we just had to take our time. We had two guys in the basket. I would prefer a bolt-on man basket.
We were able to drop all the blocks on a bed of tires so no rigging was necessary.
As I said the tree was just too dangerous for me to put a climber in. No money in the world would be able to bring a climber back from death. I personally feel that it is not worth. Why should someone take that much risk because they did not want to cut the tree down right after it died. By the way, the RV park will probably sue the lot owner to recover fees associated with the removal. The lot owner refused to pay to have the tree removed. Whether others would do it.... I don't care, they don't work for me.
The two crane deal is noted but was not necessary.
The all terrain lift was a good idea but it would not work well in this situation due to some hazards (i.e. electrical, drainage issues, water hydrant). Plus the price to rent a 85-100' is about the same after delivery charges. I checked prices for both. I have used a 100' all-terrain lift in the past and it works well if you the conditions are right.
As to the question on why a crane would work and a bucket would not...well i got a 60'/65' Altec with about 49' feet of side reach at 44'. The power company tried to come in from the bottom side with the their bucket and could not get high enough in the tree. On the upper side, it is about 50' to the parking lot from the tree, so we could not get close enough.
Here are some pics of the tree. I forget to take the camera up in the crane.
Again, I appreciate your input....it helps to bounce the idea off of you guys.
You are an inspiration to all us veterans who now know that if you are the guys who are going to be replacing us when we get older, we have nothing to fear. You'll all kill yourselves off! I think joesawyer said it well-i've worked with guys who started climbing before there was such a thing as a bucket truck. They will be the first to tell you that they are glad there are better and safer ways to do things. The only reason they did some of the things they did and took some of the risks they did was because there was no other way. There are usually other ways nowdays. And like ropen said, we've probably all climbed some trees that are as bad or worse, but most of us who have been around don't brag about it-we thank the lord, or our lucky stars, or whoever we believe in that we got away with it. Besides, what are you even doing in commercial? Do you do treework for a living? Have you even climbed 10 trees? Go back to the joke forum please.
