MasterBlaster
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A couple baby pines to remove.
I would have kept 'em....
I would have kept 'em....
Easy day
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I went home.
I said it was an easy day.
I said it was an easy day.
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
This particular guy I was working with is kinda krazy.
Anybody else would have had me strip them out to 54' and let the crane guy take the logs.
No crane for this guy. He sliced and diced and hand-loaded the logs.
What a waste of wood and sweat.
Anybody else would have had me strip them out to 54' and let the crane guy take the logs.
No crane for this guy. He sliced and diced and hand-loaded the logs.
What a waste of wood and sweat.
Darn, I hate to see good wood go to waste. I got 5, fat , 12 footers out of this white pine last week. They`re at the local sawmill to be cut into paneling for the "Man Shack" , my wifes affectionate term for our garage where we fix saws and chill the Keg
Nice Work MB,
Glenn
Keg Nice Work MB,
Glenn
NebClimber
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Hey MB, can you give me some details?
I'm rehabbing my cut arm 10 minutes/hour, sitting at my desk job just waiting to get back in a tree. I wasn't at it long b/f I got hurt, but I absolutely loved it. I'll be cleared for tree work in 1 month. I have a few removals lined up.
These look similar to the pines I was asking about b/f I got hurt.
If you don't want to answer in this public forum, please reply in a personal message. Here goes:
How much did you charge for the removals, excluding stump grinding?
How long did it take?
Were you responsible for getting rid of everything?
How did you take the spar down down (the telephone pole left after taking off all the branches is called a spar, right?)
How did you tie yourself in when you were chunking the spar down?
If you had used a crane, how would that removal process have worked. E.g., does the crane pick it up after you knock it down, or do you tie it to the crane while the tree is standing and remove in pieces, or what?
Since you've provided nice pics, this would be a great learning opportunity for me.
Thanks,
Steven
I'm rehabbing my cut arm 10 minutes/hour, sitting at my desk job just waiting to get back in a tree. I wasn't at it long b/f I got hurt, but I absolutely loved it. I'll be cleared for tree work in 1 month. I have a few removals lined up.
These look similar to the pines I was asking about b/f I got hurt.
If you don't want to answer in this public forum, please reply in a personal message. Here goes:
How much did you charge for the removals, excluding stump grinding?
How long did it take?
Were you responsible for getting rid of everything?
How did you take the spar down down (the telephone pole left after taking off all the branches is called a spar, right?)
How did you tie yourself in when you were chunking the spar down?
If you had used a crane, how would that removal process have worked. E.g., does the crane pick it up after you knock it down, or do you tie it to the crane while the tree is standing and remove in pieces, or what?
Since you've provided nice pics, this would be a great learning opportunity for me.
Thanks,
Steven
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Heres how I'm tied into a snag when I'm working.
I don't have many pics so far....
It took me about three hours, letting the ground crew stay caught up. I had nothing to do with the clean up part, I just got them to the ground.
The snag you see standing got thrown. The other snag was bombed out.
Simple job, lots of roping.
With a crane you just hook it, come down and cut it straight through, starting on the shackle side.
Position the shackle where it is 90 degrees to the boom on one side or the other.
Make sure its a butt-heavy cut.
I don't have many pics so far....
It took me about three hours, letting the ground crew stay caught up. I had nothing to do with the clean up part, I just got them to the ground.
The snag you see standing got thrown. The other snag was bombed out.
Simple job, lots of roping.
With a crane you just hook it, come down and cut it straight through, starting on the shackle side.
Position the shackle where it is 90 degrees to the boom on one side or the other.
Make sure its a butt-heavy cut.
Good start on the pics, MB.
Steven and MB:
Craning involves tying off the log with a sling, coming down to apppriate spot, well below the crane's capacity, and cutting the log, while the crane tensions it, then lifts it away and sets it down where a log truck can pick it up.
However, those sticks are small, looking to be well under 800 board feet total. My 17 ton boom truck sub would do them for $215. He could easily handle a 50-60 foot stick, as each would weigh under 5000 lb, and the access looks to be mere feet away. Any larger crane would not make sense, due to the low timber value. With those trees, if the lawn and landscape allowed, I would drop some 16'6" logs (the minimum saleable length out West), till the sticks were down to a safe length to fall. Tires or other methods can be used to minimize landscape damage.
The best book to get for learning oodles about tree work is Gerald Beranek's "Fundamentals of General Tree Work", available at his site http://www.atreestory.com or from http:www.baileysonline.com
Gald to hear you are healing up, Steven. In 1990, I took a QuikKut (electric pole saw, 20000 rpm), to my wrist, resulting in three severed tendons, some bone, blood vessels, and the biggie , the ulnar nerve. I've had many injuries; it was by far the worst, leaving me with partial loss of movement and feeling. But my only real handicap was the effect of cold, especially a problem during winter, and my many years of action skiing and pro photography..at temps as low as -15.
Steven and MB:
Craning involves tying off the log with a sling, coming down to apppriate spot, well below the crane's capacity, and cutting the log, while the crane tensions it, then lifts it away and sets it down where a log truck can pick it up.
However, those sticks are small, looking to be well under 800 board feet total. My 17 ton boom truck sub would do them for $215. He could easily handle a 50-60 foot stick, as each would weigh under 5000 lb, and the access looks to be mere feet away. Any larger crane would not make sense, due to the low timber value. With those trees, if the lawn and landscape allowed, I would drop some 16'6" logs (the minimum saleable length out West), till the sticks were down to a safe length to fall. Tires or other methods can be used to minimize landscape damage.
The best book to get for learning oodles about tree work is Gerald Beranek's "Fundamentals of General Tree Work", available at his site http://www.atreestory.com or from http:www.baileysonline.com
Gald to hear you are healing up, Steven. In 1990, I took a QuikKut (electric pole saw, 20000 rpm), to my wrist, resulting in three severed tendons, some bone, blood vessels, and the biggie , the ulnar nerve. I've had many injuries; it was by far the worst, leaving me with partial loss of movement and feeling. But my only real handicap was the effect of cold, especially a problem during winter, and my many years of action skiing and pro photography..at temps as low as -15.
NebClimber
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rbtree:
Not to hijack this thread, but I lost the ulnar nerve also. Looks like the biggest problem is that I can't spread my fingers since this nerve turned on and off the muscles that allow this function. Essentially, as you know, certain of my hand muscles are now forever paralyzed. Can you spread your fingers now? My hope is other muscles will step in and take over this function. True or not? Or true to some extent? Did your surgeon speculate on the chance of that nerve regenerating to any degree? If so, has it? Also, how long until you were working again? What was the progression in terms of time?
Not to hijack this thread, but I lost the ulnar nerve also. Looks like the biggest problem is that I can't spread my fingers since this nerve turned on and off the muscles that allow this function. Essentially, as you know, certain of my hand muscles are now forever paralyzed. Can you spread your fingers now? My hope is other muscles will step in and take over this function. True or not? Or true to some extent? Did your surgeon speculate on the chance of that nerve regenerating to any degree? If so, has it? Also, how long until you were working again? What was the progression in terms of time?
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MasterBlaster
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Thanks, Mike, I didn't realize that.
SilverBlue
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Hey Butch, new camera?
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Har! Do ya think?
Its the crappy free one I got for sucking down Marlboros.
I WANT A BETTER ONE!!!
Its the crappy free one I got for sucking down Marlboros.
I WANT A BETTER ONE!!!
