New to the site but not tree work

[custom8726]

Coulda been anybody, I suppose. Seemed like everyone and his brother with a chainsaw was cuttin' up there after the storm.

There is so many different companies around here now its hard to keep track.

 

[Nailsbeats]

Kickin ass with the crane. Love it.

 

[custom8726]

Kickin ass with the crane. Love it.

Love the crane jobs!!! Makes removals so much easier with the right equipment.

 

[oldirty]

looks like another breath of fresh air finally around here- no offense anyone, lol.

i hear you dude. we neeeeeeed more working guys posting their sh1t here.

so your the owner/operator or what custom?

 

[oldirty]

Kickin ass with the crane. Love it.

telling you nails you dont know what your missing when it comes to the crane work.

the only problem is the higher they take you the harder your grip is on your knot.

lol

 

[custom8726]

i hear you dude. we neeeeeeed more working guys posting their sh1t here.

so your the owner/operator or what custom?

Yes, I am the owner operator. I recently took on a buisness partner to help with the daily chaos!! LOL.. It seems like a 25hr a day job keeping up with customers, equipment and employees. I run the buisness end of things and do 90% of the climbing and bucket work. He keeps the equipment up to par and helps out anywhere else he is needed on that particular day. We are looking to expand a little more this year and hopefully take on some new talent in the climbing department.

 

[oldirty]

We are looking to expand a little more this year and hopefully take on some new talent in the climbing department.

good deal with adding another set of hands to help keep that ship afloat, thats gotta help any which way you look at it.


and regarding your looking for talent you showed up a tad to late here bub. i'm moving to alaska.

 

[custom8726]

good deal with adding another set of hands to help keep that ship afloat, thats gotta help any which way you look at it.


and regarding your looking for talent you showed up a tad to late here bub. i'm moving to alaska.

Alaska huh, Sounds a bit cold for me. Are you moving there for buisness or personal reasons? As far as the extra talent, I believe good climbers are a rare bread, There are plenty of guys that can spike up a tree and hack limbs and tops. I am looking for some one to lighten the climbing load on me a bit but not at the cost of quality of work or professionalism. I have had the opportunity to work with some great climbers in the past and have learned a great deal from them that I would like to pass down to a capable and willing climber. I would also gladly take on a seasoned veteran with the right attitude, I am open to learning different techniques as well as teach. Sorry for the long Rant I just get rambling some times.

 

[jomoco]

Love the crane jobs!!! Makes removals so much easier with the right equipment.

Rigging your picks to hang straight up and down off the crane hook can have many advantages for three members of the crew, first is the climber for rigging it that way increases his ability to predict exactly how the pick will move and which direction it should take as he makes his final releasing cuts. Knowing what the pick should do each time increases a climbers safety and confidence levels.

Second we have the crane operator whose job is to safely maneuver the pick to the chipping or processing area, sometimes these areas are very limited in size, and many have breakable obstacles surrounding them that must be avoided with each pick. Consequently having minimal diameter loads presenting themselves to his obstacles makes his job easier and safer, particularly when his processing area target zone is tight.

Thirdly the hardworking groundmen love having the crane lift and move all that weight off their backs and actually feed it straight into the chipper for them if at all possible. With today's wholetree chippers, that can be done if the three, climber, crane and groundcrew work together as a team.

Straight hanging picks can be fed straight into a large chipper by having the crane aim the load about 3 or 4 feet behind the chipper feed table and slowly spool down as two groundmen push the butt off center and onto the feed table as the pick is slowly lowered. If they quickly grab a saw and perform a few choice calculated cuts to the lowered pick, he can then enjoy watching as that huge branch gets fed through the chipper by the crane rather than him. This method is great for ensuring the ground crew doesn't get totally buried, they hate that.

I know that some removal climbers(but no crane ops) like to purposely try to make their picks wide and balanced for whatever reason including the irrational fear of getting out there and rigging tricky branches by their tips to make them hang straight.

Guessing is nice, but knowing is better and safer for all the crew.

Nice work though, post some video of your jobs so we can razz yu some more out of envy that you have the whole ball of wax in one crew.

I'm assuming that you use radio communications between the climber and crane to enhance safety when the two are out of each others line of sight, right? Peltor's Pro Comm Plus hardhat comm. systems are great in that respect.

jomoco

 

[custom8726]

Rigging your picks to hang straight up and down off the crane hook can have many advantages for three members of the crew, first is the climber for rigging it that way increases his ability to predict exactly how the pick will move and which direction it should take as he makes his final releasing cuts. Knowing what the pick should do each time increases a climbers safety and confidence levels.

Second we have the crane operator whose job is to safely maneuver the pick to the chipping or processing area, sometimes these areas are very limited in size, and many have breakable obstacles surrounding them that must be avoided with each pick. Consequently having minimal diameter loads presenting themselves to his obstacles makes his job easier and safer, particularly when his processing area target zone is tight.

Thirdly the hardworking groundmen love having the crane lift and move all that weight off their backs and actually feed it straight into the chipper for them if at all possible. With today's wholetree chippers, that can be done if the three, climber, crane and groundcrew work together as a team.

Straight hanging picks can be fed straight into a large chipper by having the crane aim the load about 3 or 4 feet behind the chipper feed table and slowly spool down as two groundmen push the butt off center and onto the feed table as the pick is slowly lowered. If they quickly grab a saw and perform a few choice calculated cuts to the lowered pick, he can then enjoy watching as that huge branch gets fed through the chipper by the crane rather than him. This method is great for ensuring the ground crew doesn't get totally buried, they hate that.

I know that some removal climbers(but no crane ops) like to purposely try to make their picks wide and balanced for whatever reason including the irrational fear of getting out there and rigging tricky branches by their tips to make them hang straight.

Guessing is nice, but knowing is better and safer for all the crew.

Nice work though, post some video of your jobs so we can razz yu some more out of envy that you have the whole ball of wax in one crew.

I'm assuming that you use radio communications between the climber and crane to enhance safety when the two are out of each others line of sight, right? Peltor's Pro Comm Plus hardhat comm. systems are great in that respect.

jomoco

Our crane operators (2) are well versed in proper picking techniques but there are many factors to rigging for the ideal pick/picks. Certain picks require different techniques, It is not always ideal to have the leader butt heavy. We do utilize headsets to comunicate with the crane while working were visibility is limited. You sound educated in the field and I appreciate your comments but you can only evaluate so much from a photo with out knowing all the factors. As far as the ground crew and chipper we have a 1890 Brush bandit with the winch so the ground crew utilizes that option if the terrain permits and the crane operator can not reach the chipper which is sometimes the case. If the crane operator can reach there has to be a balance between chipping a whole tree or simply the branches and keeping the logs for the mill or fire wood. If its a matter of the climber and crane operator waiting to pick due to the ground crew not keeping up, the whole tree will be chiped. Lumber and fire wood is worth more then chips. I would imagine that is not much of an issue in CALI, as far as the fire wood but here in N.Y. its a very profitable side buisness for the winter months.

 

[oldirty]

when he's not posting in the political forum jomoco will hop into the commercial thread on the odd occasion, usually if he see's something amiss and usually pertaining to cranes.

i dont go to the political forum myself but from past readings of his posts he knows a little bit about the crane and its techniques, the others may break his balls but i think he might know a thing or two.

anyway

i am going to AK to do some res work and see what the world looks like, doing what i am good at and doing what i love. so i guess it business and pleasure.

but, better than all that bud.....i am a rare breed.

lol.

maybe on the way back east we'll hook up.

and i say this with the best of intentions that i wish you good luck in finding that climber who can make a difference for your company/crew.

 

[custom8726]

when he's not posting in the political forum jomoco will hop into the commercial thread on the odd occasion, usually if he see's something amiss and usually pertaining to cranes.

i dont go to the political forum myself but from past readings of his posts he knows a little bit about the crane and its techniques, the others may break his balls but i think he might know a thing or two.

anyway

i am going to AK to do some res work and see what the world looks like, doing what i am good at and doing what i love. so i guess it business and pleasure.

but, better than all that bud.....i am a rare breed.

lol.

maybe on the way back east we'll hook up.

and i say this with the best of intentions that i wish you good luck in finding that climber who can make a difference for your company/crew.

Thanks!! Hope you have a safe and positive experience there, I hear its beutiful

 

[Nailsbeats]

telling you nails you dont know what your missing when it comes to the crane work.

the only problem is the higher they take you the harder your grip is on your knot.

lol

Alright, alright, stop rubbing it in. I want a crane ride

 

[oldirty]

Thanks!! Hope you have a safe and positive experience there, I hear its beutiful

thanks, i heard the same thing.

Alright, alright, stop rubbing it in. I want a crane ride

sub one in on the next monster you get. just make sure the guy running it has a clue about tree work. and make sure your cuts are to the boom.

lol

 

[Nailsbeats]

thanks, i heard the same thing.





sub one in on the next monster you get. just make sure the guy running it has a clue about tree work. and make sure your cuts are to the boom.

lol

No worries, my old man will be the only one running the crane if I am in the tree. He can bring it on down. We have got to bring one in, all the pieces are in place.

 

[squish9173]

where abouts in cny custom? im in lowville.welcome.im new also.

 

[custom8726]

where abouts in cny custom? im in lowville.welcome.im new also.

Wow, my first thread from nearly a year ago coming back around. I live and work in the capital district (ALBANY AREA).. I am not familiar with Lowville though..

 

[custom8726]

when he's not posting in the political forum jomoco will hop into the commercial thread on the odd occasion, usually if he see's something amiss and usually pertaining to cranes.

i dont go to the political forum myself but from past readings of his posts he knows a little bit about the crane and its techniques, the others may break his balls but i think he might know a thing or two.

anyway

i am going to AK to do some res work and see what the world looks like, doing what i am good at and doing what i love. so i guess it business and pleasure.

but, better than all that bud.....i am a rare breed.

lol.

maybe on the way back east we'll hook up.

and i say this with the best of intentions that i wish you good luck in finding that climber who can make a difference for your company/crew.

Hey O.D. did you ever visit Kenai while you were in Alaska? Its 150 miles from Anchorage. A few of us just booked a fishing trip there this July, We are going after Salmon and Halibit but I am more interested in seeing Alaska then anything else, but the fishing looks pretty awesome aswell...

 

[oldirty]

yup. took down a bunch of cottonwoods in Seward. tell you what man. its beautiful that area. jagged mountains right next to the deep water, its crazy. bald eagle out there like pigeons in the city. i saw a couple grizzle's. moose and otter. you going in the summer? bring your shades for midnight, lol.


have fun and take pics.

 

[custom8726]

yup. took down a bunch of cottonwoods in Seward. tell you what man. its beautiful that area. jagged mountains right next to the deep water, its crazy. bald eagle out there like pigeons in the city. i saw a couple grizzle's. moose and otter. you going in the summer? bring your shades for midnight, lol.


have fun and take pics.

If July is summer there then yes I am going in summer. I have been checking out the town on line looks like there's a strip club 2 minutes from camp Lol!! Good time Charlies, Been there? I go on a trip or two a year usually hunting in the middle of no where, so when I looked up the seward Area I was surprised to see all the recreational activities available. Should be alot of fun and yes I will be taking lots of pics..