How much wood can be dropped on concrete without breaking it?

[ddhlakebound]

I love the responses on this thread.........go to matress world & get a good tempurpedic, place directly under tree & bomb away........hell add the sofa & lazyboy for affect!

heres the best response!........why would you ask such a dumb &*^% question? really, rig the dam thing down & be a pro!




LXT............

Are you kiddin? When I first saw the thread title I instantly knew who started it. I mean, it was expected, and he's actually ahead of schedule.

 

[ForTheArborist]

Are you kiddin? When I first saw the thread title I instantly knew who started it. I mean, it was expected, and he's actually ahead of schedule.

How much concrete have you broken already?

 

[tree md]

I love the responses on this thread.........go to matress world & get a good tempurpedic, place directly under tree & bomb away........hell add the sofa & lazyboy for affect!

heres the best response!........why would you ask such a dumb &*^% question? really, rig the dam thing down & be a pro!




LXT............

LOL, I did a job last month as a sub for another service. They had bitten off more than they could chew on a very large removal. Dead Read Oak in a tight drop zone, 20x20 in between the house and out building, landscaped area with sprinkler heads all around. I placed buckets over every sprinkler head, lowered every piece and blocked down every chunk til I got the spar to around 40' which is what I was contracted to do. The service that contracted me took over at that point and put the spar on the ground and I moved on to another job that they contracted me to do the same on. I left my ramps there for them as the rounds had to be dollied out over a small deck in the back yard. When I went to pick up my ramps I saw where they bombed 8 and 10 foot sections of the tree that was 5 and 6 feet in diameter. I had left a pile of brush for them in the drop zone as they had requested and saw where they had picked up a mattress from the side of the road in an attempt to cushion the blow from the chunks. Total carnage... The ground and landscaped area was totally wrecked and a sprinkler head was busted. Three foot deep craters in the ground. They said something to me about the sprinkler head and I told them no way I had done it. I told them I covered them up with buckets so I could see to avoid them. The HO was right there and confirmed it.

I left and just LMAO. That brush pile and mattress didn't even slow those chunks down...

 

[ddhlakebound]

I think I might try that since I need all or as much as possible of that tree to be in the front yard and not down on the street.

Makes great sense....lower to the yard so you can carry to the street. :monkey:

 

[ddhlakebound]

How much concrete have you broken already?

None. Not one piece.

Dropped a nice size oak lead that was leaning to the 4" concrete drive last week. Landed it beside the drive without even touching. Woulda been fta'er to just drop it and hope.

 

[beowulf343]

Forget about blocking that down. Close off the street, notch and drop that right between the pole and the hydrant.

 

[ForTheArborist]

Forget about blocking that down. Close off the street, notch and drop that right between the pole and the hydrant.

Imagine the impression it can make on the sidewalk.

 

[ForTheArborist]

Makes great sense....lower to the yard so you can carry to the street. :monkey:

That HO wants the brush chipped beside his house. Instead of dropping it to the streets, and dragging it around, I'd rather lower it to the yard.

 

[beowulf343]

Imagine the impression it can make on the sidewalk.

Imagine the impression you could make on the homeowner if you had enough experience to be able to fell that without it touching the sidewalk. Keep it from jumping off the stump, and i'd be interested to see if that little hill would keep that stem off the sidewalk.

That HO wants the brush chipped beside his house. Instead of dropping it to the streets, and dragging it around, I'd rather lower it to the yard.

That's just dumb, does the homeowner know how much dust gets blown around when chipping? Having to clean dust out of window screens and then sweeping down the side of a house is always enjoyable. Chip it on the street, then dump it where he wants it.

 

[treeclimber101]

OH my god FTA that tree is joke , theres so much room there if you touch the concrete your an idiot , rip the top into the court and snap cut the wood out and THROW it down on the brush , when it gets too big bridge the concrete with some wood and bump the road with the spar , seriously get your #### together man ... I mean really If I got jammed up in a tree like that my old boss would have cut at the bottom with me in it thats TREECLIMBING 101 there..

 

[ForTheArborist]

There is no room to rip that top up there by the house. There's too few inches to between a water geyser and a pricey/fancy light pole out. The light pole is directly below the tree base. Trust me, of all people to think it that way, I thought that action all the way out. :chainsawguy:

....just rig it all down as fast as it will take.

 

[tree MDS]

There is no room to rip that top up there by the house. There's too few inches to between a water geyser and a pricey/fancy light pole out. The light pole is directly below the tree base. Trust me, of all people to think it that way, I thought that action all the way out. :chainsawguy:

....just rig it all down as fast as it will take.

Just post the pics or I'm done with ya! opcorn:

 

[pdqdl]

Forget about blocking that down. Close off the street, notch and drop that right between the pole and the hydrant.

I really think that would work.

I might drop some of the branches off to lay as a pad on the sidewalk, but it looks do-able to me. The side view shows the pole right between the tree and the street, so that makes it a pretty big window to drop it into.

Big fluffy pines don't fall too fast and hard, anyway.

FTA: give us an address, and we will look at the aerial and street views on Google maps. You'll get real good opinions then.

 

[tree md]

I'd drop that puppy in a heartbeat... :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[tree md]

I really think that would work.

I might drop some of the branches off to lay as a pad on the sidewalk, but it looks do-able to me. The side view shows the pole right between the tree and the street, so that makes it a pretty big window to drop it into.

Big fluffy pines don't fall too fast and hard, anyway.

FTA: give us an address, and we will look at the aerial and street views on Google maps. You'll get real good opinions then.

Right you are. And the boughs are going to cushion it from doing any damage. No need to lay any brush down. You want absolutely no stubs on the side that is going to hit the ground.

Lay it over nice and easy. Piece of cake keeping it off the sidewalk.

 

[Toddppm]

No way, it can't be done like that.
Drag some old furniture and stained mattresses to snobville and use them.
Take pictures.

 

[tree md]

That being said, looks like you're working in a culdesac. I love working in culdesacs. You usually end up getting more work if you do a good job. It might be advantageous to go ahead and do a technical takedown, put on a show. Might be worthwhile to do it on a Saturday when everyone is home.

 

[tree MDS]

No way, it can't be done like that.
Drag some old furniture and stained mattresses to snobville and use them.
Take pictures.

Especially of the logs bouncing through the sliding glass doors or some ####!

Sweet! :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[jefflovstrom]

That is a Torrey pine, FTA. That wood is very heavy. Honestly, I would find a bunch of old tires and lay them on the sidewalk and do a slow drop of the whole tree in the street. If you don't have a chipper yet, I can see why you wouldn't. That job would take about 2 hours for us. Torrey hinges really well.
Jeff

 

[TimberJack_7]

Wow now that the pics are up man that looks like a cake job! Brush pile and bomb it. Now that I have seen a pic that is. When you originally made this post I thought you meant there was concrete all around......C'mon now, blow it out, shouldn't take you more than 4 hours tops and that is working slow! Like someone earlier said, do it on a saturday, block it out like a pro and put on a show! You can do it!