Monday = Crane Day

[Slvrmple72]

Silver near power about 80', will take load of pics! 2 climbers, I am setting the chokers and other guy is making the cuts. Will be my first time working with him so we will see how it goes.:yoyo:

 

[Rickytree]

Sooo How'd it go? When you said that you would be setting the chokers and someone else cutting, are you doing this from a bucket?

 

[Nailsbeats]

Sounds good Slvr., looking forward to the pics.

 

[Slvrmple72]

Well, it went quick! 3 hours to be exact on an old Grove with about 80' of boom. I tied in on a steel d above the ball, got hoisted to the spot, choked the limb tightened it off and flew down on my line. Made me remember my younger days climbing up the ladder to go down the big slide at school. Dan, the other climber made the cuts and apart from one that popped off really dynamically things went smoothly. He was cutting high but still had to duck for that one. I have some pics of the tree before the rest of the crew showed up and didn't get any from the ball. Gave my camera to the one groundie to take some pics and it broke. I cannot blame him though, its a cheapy kodak digital and Ive beaten it up pretty badly. I have to glue it back together, download the pics, resize them, and post them later this week. Wait till you hear how much he bid this job for! I will spring that on ya when I post the pics!

 

[treemandan]

jeez, sometime would be nice. YA got us all worked up and now you are acting frigid

Over or under? The suspense is killing me.

 

[epicklein22]

Sweet, I really like working with the crane crew. Big trees, big saws, big chippers, big cranes, lots of firewood. The operator makes the biggest difference, a good one will make the job easy for the groundie(s) and the climber, but a junky operator can make some jobs just hell. Sounds like you had just enough stick.

 

[Rickytree]

jeez, sometime would be nice. YA got us all worked up and now you are acting frigid

Over or under? The suspense is killing me.

Quick someone put a leash on this animal! Easy Boy!

 

[M.Green - SVTS]

I still remember my first crane job. 9 100 foot pines about 8 feet from a house. The trunks had to be 8 feet wide the roots were ruining the foundation and practically crumbling the house.

Grinding those took longer then the actual crane work.

In regards to the first post. Are you saying you had two people in the tree? The way we do it up hea in Maine is we hook the climber to the crane, hoist him up. He chokes the top and signals the crane operator to get it tight. He then climbs down about 10'-15' has the operator tighten up some more and cuts over his head. He then sits on the top of the tree and enjoys the view until the first chunk is limbed, chipped, and set where the log truck can get it.

If you had two people in the tree, can I ask why?

 

[Slvrmple72]

I was just the hired help not the one running the rodeo. Me thinks the job was underbid a bit and the boss was looking for the most expedient use of the crane. Probably saved about an hour or two on the crane. -Kevin

 

[LTREES]

This is history 4 days ago. BIG CRANE JOB you got us all jonesing for some pics.

 

[Slvrmple72]

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[treemandan]

A plus plus.

How close to the wires did ya have to get?

 

[landrvrnut22]

I cannot remember his name, but I have used that old man and his crane. He does work all over Summit County. Just used him on my last project to erect a steel canopy.

Where was this job at, looks familiar.

 

[Slvrmple72]

It was over on Woodridge. In that development behind the old Young's Restaurant. Bud Miller was saying the last job he had done was hang some trusses. Things are still slow. He was 80/hr for 3 hours on this job. My first time working with him, very smooth. Dan, I think 20' was the closest I got to the power setting the chokers but we had the ground crew stay clear of the crane on a few picks for fear that it would be energized by the primary.

So anybody care to guess how much he did this job for? Or at least for the amount he told me? He had removed two other trees in the backyard that he said were easy money so I figure he cut the old guy a break on this one.

 

[Slvrmple72]

This is history 4 days ago. BIG CRANE JOB you got us all jonesing for some pics.

Sorry to have kept you waiting LT (see the injury thread).-Kevin

 

[Rickytree]

It was over on Woodridge. In that development behind the old Young's Restaurant. Bud Miller was saying the last job he had done was hang some trusses. Things are still slow. He was 80/hr for 3 hours on this job. My first time working with him, very smooth. Dan, I think 20' was the closest I got to the power setting the chokers but we had the ground crew stay clear of the crane on a few picks for fear that it would be energized by the primary.

So anybody care to guess how much he did this job for? Or at least for the amount he told me? He had removed two other trees in the backyard that he said were easy money so I figure he cut the old guy a break on this one.

I'd say $800 to $900. Depends what he made in the backyard. The lowest I could see on that tree is $600 no stumping.

 

[tree md]

Nice work.

28 is about as low as I go for crane work.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Holy wires, Batman. That woulda been no fun w/out the crane. Looks good though.