Fatty silver maple take down

[Ax-man]

Did you finish the job today ?? Any more pics???

Larry

 

[TreeJunkie]

Finished the job yesterday. Took 3 of us 7 hours to get that bastage out of there. Ended up having to use the scaffolding idea. It worked pretty well actually, however i'm sure it was a little hard on the saws.
The crane idea was axed in the long run. After talking w/ a couple crane ops. it was decided we would need at minimum a 50 ton unit, this was in order to pick the trunk in three pieces. That would have been fine except the only place to put it would have been right on the concrete drive. Too much risk of cracking the drive! Oh well scaffolding was alot cheaper, more $ in my pocket. Just a bit more work though.

I'll post the final picks tonight.

 

[pbtree]

Glad to hear that the tree is finally down. I would like to see the pictures of the scaffolding in use - sounds like a good soultion to a weighty problem.

 

[Florida16]

I would have just got a wood carver in there and carved a bear out of the stump. Good solution to a difficult problem.

 

[Florida16]

I would have just got a wood carver in there and carved a bear out of the stump. Good solution to a difficult problem.

 

[TreeJunkie]

great solutions guys!

Mike that's sort of irronic,,,that's actually what the husband wanted. Just the 6 rug rats would have had been seriously disturbed.

Any ways here's some of the final pics

 

[TreeJunkie]

Uno mas

 

[TreeJunkie]

What are mules made for...

 

[TreeJunkie]

getting closer

 

[TreeJunkie]

a day in the life of the 660

 

[TreeJunkie]

thats about all folks... a successful removal. No one hurt, no property damaged and everyone goes home w/ a few bucks...

 

[pbtree]

TreeJunkie,

Nice job!

 

[TreeJunkie]

wish i could have been in a few of the pics.. too bad my bro's so bent on the dollar. You know he thinks pic taking is a waste of time.

Had it been my job i would have had enough money on it to put a charlie pottorff in the tree for some decent shots.

 

[glens]

I believe I would have had the customer call me when the deck was dismantled, <i>then</i> remove the tree.&nbsp; They're going to have to do it anyway to grind the stump...

Good job, though.&nbsp; Way to earn a few cents!&nbsp; Few people would have stuck it out like that.

Glen

 

[TreeJunkie]

Thanks to some: thanks for nothing to others:

I believe if you start something you finish it. You keep your word! Whether you lose your ass or not at least you kept your word.

I've heard about enough impractical suggestions now to write a book. Lets get to the real situation though.

By the way tearing the deck apart was not an option,,,,it had just been built as of late, and as far as i'm concerned any half way skilled climber/ rigging team could have completed the task at hand w/ out damaged it.
If I'd told them to tear the deck apart they'd have had someone else do it.

Do you turn work done just because it's challenging. This is the kind of shiiiiiitttttt I live for....I get so tired of the day to day easy peasy b/s/.....Why not put your back into it and work for your money.
Money doesn't come easy and occasionally you should have to work for it.

So thanks for all of the great suggestions from those of you who would just tear the deck apart and notch and drop. Obviously your not giving the kind of input i was asking for or needing. Let me know when you can actually get one done which requires more than the one cut prune.
I love hearing such remarks from people who have actually never posted a pic of themselves even in a tree.

 

[glens]

Send me a camera and I'll post a pic of myself in a tree.&nbsp; I'll even include some fancy rigging, if you like.

I'd posted only twice in this thread regarding the specific topic up 'til last night and my story hasn't changed.&nbsp; How is the stump going to get ground?&nbsp; They can't leave it like it is.&nbsp; They have to rebuild the deck in at least that area even if they <i>wanted</i> to leave some stump under the deck, and that's no minor undertaking in itself.

Yes, I'm confident in saying I would have turned the job down or not even bid on it knowing what I do about residential construction.&nbsp; It would really piss me off busting my back and balls that way only to see them dismantle even <i>any</i> of the deck afterwards to do the rest of the required work.&nbsp; Trust me, they will.

But I still congratulate you for being honorable and tenacious, as I did in my most previous post, and which you somehow seem to have overlooked in your rage.

Glen

 

[TreeJunkie]

Good question about the stump. Well obviously these people aren't the brightest. They even think they're gonna be able to replant in the same spot...LOL My suggestion would be to leave the stump alone and build a large planter box over it. If you want a tree then,,, maybe a dwarf or ornamental. My brother has already told them he wants nothing to do w/ the stump removal. It would be a huge hastle, and it would take one hell of a machine to dig it as deep as these people want.

I say planter or something similar.

Glens i didn't mean to jump on ya like that.. I've just heard several times now how to do it. I think we'd have torn the deck apart if that was an option.

Why would you pass on a high dollar removal? If you have the skill and the equip to get it done, then go for it. Not all of us get our rocks off by doing some injections/consulting.

 

[TreeJunkie]

Originally posted by glens
Good job, though.&nbsp; Way to earn a few cents!&nbsp; Few people would have stuck it out like that.

Glen

You call this a congratulations? Seems more derogitory than anything. I don't think anyone walked feeling shorted.

 

[glens]

Does it sound any better if I make it "a few cents per hour"?&nbsp; :-<tt></tt>)

Glen

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I think you should hollow the center of the stump out and then make a planter out of it. Just a few more cuts down the axis of the grain.

I actually did it once, with a chiansaw and adz, and prybar, and...