Large Slated removal becomes storm damage over night.

[TreeJunkie]

Yesterday my brother was slated to Remove this Large dying cottonwood from behind this house. Access is limited, extremely limited, thus a crane was going to be a must. A few days earlier the crane co. came out and looked it over and they decided upon the size which was going to be needed. From what i was told they agreed upon a 150 ton, w/ a 170 foot boom.
Well yesterday morning the crane showed up and the operator noticed the street light power line and said he couldn't do the job, do to clearance issues. Can't be near the power. Understandable, however the co. didn't bother to notice this on the walk thru, so it turns out to be a big inconvenience.
Anyhow the job was called off until the power can be dropped, which will be next tuesday.

Here's where it gets good last night we had a small bout of severe thunderstorms/ wind well, guess what happened? The tree came splitting down. Partially onto the house. This tree is quite large and the story even made the news a few times today.
I stopped by as I was out between jobs, and managed a couple of pics.
The guy in the pics is my groundie.

What would you charge to crane this big boy out?

 

[TreeJunkie]

The lead on the ground w/ Mauricio/ my groundie from Argentina.

 

[TreeJunkie]

a view

 

[TreeJunkie]

The Log

 

[TreeJunkie]

The News truck.

 

[glens]

Looks like it would be a good 15 minutes per image to fetch and view them.  Sorry...

Glen

 

[TreeJunkie]

Sorry Glen,,, I've just come to ass-u-me that the rest of the world is also on high speed. Sorry your not....

By the way don't try to click, unless you have high speed connection.

 

[glens]

I'm sorry for sniping like that.  What I immediately think when I see something like what you did is "here's a person who takes a bunch of pictures with their digital camera, uploads them to their Windows computer, looks at them in a viewer which automatically shows them a 4"×6" version, they like it, so they attach it to a post at A.S., then look at it in their IE browser which automatically shows them a 4"×6" version, and since they have broadband and an operating environment which tries to hide what it is they're doing from them, they don't realize what it is they've done."

What purpose does submitting an image sized for printing serve in a web-based forum?&nbsp; We're not using screens with 1200, 600, or even 300 dots per inch; they're either 72 or 96.&nbsp; To display a 4"&times;6" image on screen only requires an image 384&times;576 pixels, not 2400&times;3600!&nbsp; Is it <i>that</i> difficult to shrink it down to a reasonable and friendly size?&nbsp; I made and attached a batch file to a post in Murph's "boring" thread.&nbsp; You've got broadband, fetch the software package I mention in that post and use the batch file.&nbsp; It ain't a graphical interface but you'll be surprised how easy (and quick!) it is to use.

Glen

 

[a_lopa]

im on broadband and it still took a while not that im complaining.

 

[NeTree]

I guess that rules out any doubt over whether the tree should have been removed or not, eh?

 

[MasterBlaster]

I would put that tree between 5 and 7 grand.

It would help the dial-uppers if the pics were resized.

And jpeg is a good format, never post bmp's. Always reformat em in paint.

BIG TREE!

 

[Dadatwins]

From the amount of decay in that main crotch looks like that tree should have been removed a long time ago. Pathetic how people wait so long to remove a hazard like that. From the amount of electric meters looks like an apartment building so building owners insurance will probably end up picking up the removal bill. Hopefully no one was hurt and be thankful you were not working on it when it failed, that would have been real disaster.

 

[TreeJunkie]

Sorry about the pics size, i guess i didn't realize what size my camera was on when i shot the photos..OOps.
In regard to the Power line in question. Well it's not the one you are seeing in the pic next to the tree that is the problem. However it is the one in the front of building, that runs along the street. It is used to power the street lights.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Rocky wrote:

Rules are that you shouldn't physically touch this wire.

I can't auote scripture because my copy of the Z is at the office. The rule that you're thinking of is about EHAP certified climbers. Without being EHAP certified or a qualified line clearance tree trimmer you're not supposed to get closer than 10'.

I'll bet that there are few arbos on AS that are EHAP certified though. This is one of the many regulations of our industry that gets the nudge nudge wink wink treatment. Sad...

Cranes have a whole other set of regulations that they have to follow. Add on company protocols and it will probably be evident that the operator didn't chicken out. What good is a fried chicken to his family?

Tom

 

[SteveBullman]

Originally posted by glens
Looks like it would be a good 15 minutes per image to fetch and view them.&nbsp; Sorry...

Glen

i hear ya.....as much as most of my life revolves around trees, if im gonna wait that long to see a pic, it needs to involve at the mimimum a blonde, an asian chic, and an ambedextrous tool of some description

 

[Treeman14]

I remember as a kid, my mom hung our laundry on the service drop when the clothesline got filled up. I can still see her on her little step ladder pinning up wet blankets and stuff. The line was probably about eight feet above grade. Crazy, huh?

 

[okietreedude1]

In repsonse to the crane working over the house drop/220, in the tree pics I put up last week, that tree also brought down the house drop. The elec was still attached to the house, lights on and all. the craners said they couldnt work over power, regardless of size. Had to wait for elect. comp to come drop service. I didnt quite understand since the service was about 2' off the ground and not even touching the tree. The crane would have been 20' or more past. Its probably up to the crane ops a lot of times. Kind of like us. some guys here dont have any probs working around high volts wereas others wont go anywhere close.