Stress Head crane ops

[jefflovstrom]

In 2003, ANSI approved riding the ball.
Jeff
At least in California, not sure for the rest of ya'll.

 

[treevet]

In 2003, ANSI approved riding the ball.
Jeff
At least in California, not sure for the rest of ya'll.

What I meant was that ANSI/OSHA does not apply to a company owner who is not technically an employee therefore not under their jurisdiction.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Wonder if they play that game if you the owner op.

Which is why my own crane is on my equipment list, though it's a few years out. Wouldn't want to get no dinky 17 ton jobby, you know?

A lot of my op's fear in letting me ride stems from the fact that it's very difficult to obtain a license to operate a crane in this state. Only 1 other guy out of the 50 that tested with him actually passed. This causes him to deliberately stay out of any gray area.

 

[treevet]

Which is why my own crane is on my equipment list, though it's a few years out. Wouldn't want to get no dinky 17 ton jobby, you know?

I was wrong it is you the meathead.....you have no idea in your arboricultural infancy just what you can do with a 17 ton crane that booms to 90 plus feet. You are destined to go in hock outta ya ass and start with a huge crane (if anyone dumb enough to lend you the money) when you could earn a big one with the smaller one. Oh well :bang:

A lot of my op's fear in letting me ride stems from the fact that it's very difficult to obtain a license to operate a crane in this state. Only 1 other guy out of the 50 that tested with him actually passed. This causes him to deliberately stay out of any gray area

.

Just as I suspected.....your unfortunate op has no confidence in his own intelligence. Prob rightly so....

What you doin up so early boy? :newbie:

 

[tree MDS]

Hopefully Oldirty is editing some video this weekend.. I got my pencil sharpened and a fresh notebook!

 

[treevet]

Hopefully Oldirty is editing some video this weekend.. I got my pencil sharpened and a fresh notebook!

me too. think i'll wait right here.

 

[prentice110]

Dirty DIRTY!!!

I love the hell outta this thread!!! DIRTY!, at this point, I would PAY your boss to work with you. Curiosity is killing this cat (Im a Leo). I believe it, but I feel I need to show some of you out there up. More to come later, gotta sell some firewood and got employees waitin on me..... They used to call me Matt the cat in a tree. Ive seen better climbers, but never one that can move like me. contortionist style. peace, be safe.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I love the hell outta this thread!!! DIRTY!, at this point, I would PAY your boss to work with you. Curiosity is killing this cat (Im a Leo). I believe it, but I feel I need to show some of you out there up. More to come later, gotta sell some firewood and got employees waitin on me..... They used to call me Matt the cat in a tree. Ive seen better climbers, but never one that can move like me. contortionist style. peace, be safe.

Wow, you really love yourself.
Jeff

 

[tree MDS]

Wow, you really love yourself.
Jeff

Hey, at least he's not crying in his beer about that broad!

 

[Blakesmaster]

Just as I suspected.....your unfortunate op has no confidence in his own intelligence. Prob rightly so....

What you doin up so early boy? :newbie:

There was money to be made today.

I saw a nice vid of a 17 ton loading some firewood on youtube the other day. It was AWESOME! There was a whole, like, 3 skid steer buckets worth of wood on it...in ONE PICK! I couldn't believe it! lol

You know me TV, borrow, borrow, borrow. That's my motto. lol

In all seriousness, I'm sure you can do a good amount with a little crane like yours, I'm just not interested in one of that size. Nor am I of one like Marquis. A 28 ton will get most of the trees I have in this area efficiently, if I need bigger, I'll rent.

 

[Blakesmaster]

And like I said, it's a few years out. Don't wanna go the fixer-upper route with a piece of equipment like that.

 

[treevet]

There was money to be made today.

I saw a nice vid of a 17 ton loading some firewood on youtube the other day. It was AWESOME! There was a whole, like, 3 skid steer buckets worth of wood on it...in ONE PICK! I couldn't believe it! lol

You know me TV, borrow, borrow, borrow. That's my motto. lol

In all seriousness, I'm sure you can do a good amount with a little crane like yours, I'm just not interested in one of that size. Nor am I of one like Marquis. A 28 ton will get most of the trees I have in this area efficiently, if I need bigger, I'll rent.

Get ready to drop at least $80K if you ever wake up from your pipe dream lol.

If you think that is all my "little" crane can pick from what you saw being "fitted" into a cord order of wood while lurking on my vids.....

this 18 ton I sub often may open your infant arboricultural eyes lol...

 

[treevet]

And like I said, it's a few years out. Don't wanna go the fixer-upper route with a piece of equipment like that.

yeah you already went the "fixerup" route with that pos chipper you got lol.

Maybe sometime we take a little time and discuss what I have earned with the "pieces of equipment like that" (you'd be amazed)....

and what you got and what you might hope to earn in the future.

Obviously the "equipment" I got is a vastly different entity in the hands of a way seasoned vet such as myself as opposed to being in the hands of a relative new guy such as yourself.

 

[Reg]

Beowulf, treemandan, going back to the original topic. I left it as long as I could because he is cheap, and yet a good rigger and crane-op for the best part of 40 years.....so I respect him, dont want to lose his service, so left it for as long as I could until the end where he took it too far. We're ok now. Here's yesterday's oak, his son Ross (26) was the op....on the contrary cool as a cucumber. More photos to come in a minute, although far too many lifts to show them all. Long day actually.

 

[Reg]

5 more with more to follow

 

[Reg]

Next 5, last 2 to follow

 

[Reg]

Last 2. The tree had shed a couple of large limbs in the last year, but still didn't justify its revoval IMO. However, the owners wanted it gone and wouldn't budge on the matter, so that was that.

 

[Blakesmaster]

yeah you already went the "fixerup" route with that pos chipper you got lol.

Maybe sometime we take a little time and discuss what I have earned with the "pieces of equipment like that" (you'd be amazed)....

and what you got and what you might hope to earn in the future.

Obviously the "equipment" I got is a vastly different entity in the hands of a way seasoned vet such as myself as opposed to being in the hands of a relative new guy such as yourself.

lol. Your equipment must be your weak point. Them's some low blows. You really like pointing to that wallet and waving it around, screaming about how damn rich you are when you get poked at a bit, huh TV? What's with that? And 80K will only put me in a 10 year old unit that's halfway to the scrap yard. I've been there, I've done that, if and when I get a crane I won't be doing it that way. Because a "piece of equipment like that" doesn't have the luxury of being able to fail on the jobsite.

Nice pics btw Reg, and I thought any type of argument relating to cranes was on topic for this thread.

 

[treevet]

lol. Your equipment must be your weak point. Them's some low blows. You really like pointing to that wallet and waving it around, screaming about how damn rich you are when you get poked at a bit, huh TV? What's with that? And 80K will only put me in a 10 year old unit that's halfway to the scrap yard. I've been there, I've done that, if and when I get a crane I won't be doing it that way. Because a "piece of equipment like that" doesn't have the luxury of being able to fail on the jobsite.
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"Scream rich when poked a bit by a novice?" What's up with that?"


And just how do you tell who is the best at what they do anyway? Ain't seen no tree removal contests anywhere, have you? One would think you win one by posting vids and picts if you encountered these threads.

When you get together the $120k or whatever give me a holler and I will fly on over and check it out ok BM? (I mean sprout wings and fly on over there not take a plane lol)

"A 10 year old unit half way to the scrap yard"? Don't challenge any rocks to IQ tests my friend.

 

[Mike Cantolina]

Thanks for sharing the pics Reg, I'm surprised the leaves are still on over there.

That had to be a work-out on that one!