Lets get this party started...

[NeTree]

all gone!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Whadaya mean, all gone? It looks like the hard part comes next... cleaning it up!

 

[NeTree]

 

[MasterBlaster]

Another TD. It coulda been done with a 17 ton, but a lotta reach was necessary. We had to break out the Big Guns!

 

[MasterBlaster]

This is what caused them to ever even look at the tree. If they just woulda paid some attention to the tree beforehand, they coulda seen how bad off it really was.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I coulda stood up in this hollow.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It had fallen into a VA cemetary.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It was wicked, you can see how one of the limbs has stabbed into a grave. When the limb was lifted it pulled the ground up about three feet before it let loose, and the dirt plopped back down. No bones that I could see.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Crappy pic, but I am in there, somewhere!

The big limb on the left is a piece I had just cut and the 80 was getting ready to set it down.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Another crappy pic. I just can't get good photographers anymore.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Trees Company woulda LOVED this!

 

[Dadatwins]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
Another TD. It coulda been done with a 17 ton, but a lotta reach was necessary. We had to break out the Big Guns!

Looks like a 65 ton ? crane, nice rig. Had one of those follow me around for a month after Isabel, just hook up and cut. Took longer to set up all the outrigger pads on the jacks than to make the 6 cuts that thing could lift.
Unfortunate to let tree go so far that it failed and fell into cemetary, hope they can repair any damage.

 

[rbtree]

Dad,

I think Butch said it was an 80 tonner.

Nice job as usual, MB....why did you say a 17 tonner coulda done it, was there possible closer access?

Umm, you reckon TC's almighty daddy woulda just run up and pieced her out....in a couple hours.......




..haha...not!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yea, that's what I meant. If it coulda pulled right up next to it, a 17 woulda done just fine.

Tomorrow I'm doing an even bigger one with the same crane, even in the same cemetery, but two different jobs! I should have some pics to post.

 

[Dadatwins]

Originally posted by rbtree
Dad,

I think Butch said it was an 80 tonner.

Nice job as usual, MB

Opps sorry didn't see the 80, ditto the nice work MB

 

[MasterBlaster]

I worked three hours.

 

[matthias]

Crappy pics are way better than no pics at all. Keep 'em coming!!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Okay.

Another crappy pic.

 

[Dadatwins]

Hey MB here in Va the power company would have a fit putting a crane that close to power lines without some covering or killing power. Was the crane that close or just seems like that in picture?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hey Brian, good to see you here! When are we gonna see some of your action shots? You know, some new shots of the squirrel in action? None of that old stuff, eh?

LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!!