Treeslaying Illinois style

[John Paul Sanborn]

I have planted way over a hundred and have yet to have one freeze here... Too bad you cannot rely on them.

I have found you just have to put up with June discoloration where they look terrible but that is a small price to pay.

Stellata is the best around here. If I look out on an April morning morning to see frost on the neighbors roofs, I know that there will be serious bud damage on most soulangiana and grandifolias.

Cornus kousa is an herbaceous perennial here

 

[treeslayer]

100' Bucket truck

We are almost done fabricating the "bucket" for the ladder truck.

The guy building it that works with us builds airplanes in his shop, and has built me one hell of a basket, to my specs and size.
4130 chrome moly aircraft tubing, mig welded and very lightweight, yet VERY strong. easily rateable at over 1000 lbs, and his airplanes are rated for 9 g's.:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[treevet]

cool, how does the basket pivot with the different angles of the boom/ladder so you are standing on a flat surface?

 

[treeslayer]

gonna be a riot, 100' is a lot of reach, the ladder and bucket will place me at a 50' elevation around 75' + off the truck. thats reach!

 

[ropensaddle]

gonna be a riot, 100' is a lot of reach, the ladder and bucket will place me at a 50' elevation around 75' + off the truck. thats reach!

Cam made you look alien:monkey: E treeslayer:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[treevet]

Crane baskets I've worked out of have a swivel in them on 2 pistons (to slow the rock down) and then when you self level you can lock them in with a lever.

 

[treeslayer]

Ours sets up with 2 big pins and self- levels, we might modify further after test flight tomorrow.:hmm3grin2orange:

I have used several different setups on crane buckets and man baskets, and Steve, the fabricator, is outrageously good. he gets $20,000 per plane kit he builds, and has made this his baby.

the connection brackets, bolts and pins which connect to the ladder itself are phenomenally strong, will post pics tomorrow.

 

[ropensaddle]

Ours sets up with 2 big pins and self- levels, we might modify further after test flight tomorrow.:hmm3grin2orange:

I have used several different setups on crane buckets and man baskets, and Steve, the fabricator, is outrageously good. he gets $20,000 per plane kit he builds, and has made this his baby.

the connection brackets, bolts and pins which connect to the ladder itself are phenomenally strong, will post pics tomorrow.

Sounds like you got a master mechanic on it should be great post them pics slayer.

 

[treeslayer]

And todays little job

A piss elm, with lots of branches was a fun lil thing.

 

[treeslayer]

Crane baskets I've worked out of have a swivel in them on 2 pistons (to slow the rock down) and then when you self level you can lock them in with a lever.

I like this idea, got any pics or care to sketch it?

 

[ChiHD]

I like this idea, got any pics or care to sketch it?

nice pics slayer...would love to have that fire truck!!

always good to have a custom fabricator handy too.

 

[treevet]

No, and it has been a while so the sketch is a no go (no talent anyway) but what I picture is a steering damper on a crotch rocket motorcycle. I used to regularly rent a 75 foot crane with the 2 man open metal frame baskets. Both my cherry pickers have built in leveling, but the crane leveling seems like it would apply to your set up.

Maybe your fabricator can make something. Man, good contacts are everything in this business. Can't wait to see picts.

Re. Post #173

 

[treeslayer]

always good to have a custom fabricator handy too.

here's a few of his toys. I love this guy. both the tractor and the trike run 350 chevy motors. the tractor runs 65 mph.:crazy1:

:crazy1:

 

[fireman]

Everything our fabricator builds is topnotch.The tractor trike and old hard tail he built from scratch.He is one of the best guys you will ever want to meet.Treeslayer had fun today blowing the tops out of the piss elm today.Had power line fences septic and well heads in the drop zone not including 1\2 of the tree over the house.he also likes dragging me about 30 ft across the lawn it was fun.

 

[treeslayer]

Ladder truck bucket.

Fabrication done, my test flight tomorrow. (paint was not dry, PI$$ED me off)
:hmm3grin2orange:

Crane job tomorrow morning, and I got my peltors tuned up, and a new camera.
Got a hot little photographer, too.

here's some bucket shots.

 

[Brimmstone]

just don't fall out. You'll dent whatever your head hitshttp://www.arboristsite.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

 

[treeslayer]

and for the usual nitpickers, this was built out of 4130 chrome moly steel aircraft tubing and mig welded beyond belief. It weighs less than 30 lbs, and could come close to matching the ladder tip rating of 2000 lbs.

Steve builds these babies; less than 700 lbs, over 100 mph, and rated for 9 g's.

 

[treeslayer]

now picture this.

park it anywhere, set and elevate the 100' + of ladder.


turn it off.

and continuously run up it, step over and drop.

all day. with an audience.
Generator, floodlights, and a banging sound system.

picture that, if you love this job.

:hmm3grin2orange:opcorn::kilt::kilt::kilt:

 

[treeslayer]

just don't fall out. You'll dent whatever your head hitshttp://www.arboristsite.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

So bring your big airbag arse up here!

 

[Brimmstone]

If I showed up there we would probably shut down all the competition within 100 miles. Especially considering Fireman and I are probably the only people who can one hand an 880 or 3120