Very difficult to access cherry...

treeguy347 · Jul 22, 2006

Wow ASD, that machine is massive!!! I just talked to the neighbor, whose dirt area in front of his garage is the access 80' away. He says no go for using that area to park a crane in. The nearest access on my customer's property is 115' to center of the machine. Now, how big of crane to rent is the figuring for monday. Then the only thing left to plan is how to catch the customer when she faints upon seeing the price... Thanks a lot for the input everyone. We'll keep you guys posted and hopefully have some good pics.

ASD · Jul 22, 2006

Adrpk said:
That crane isn't for picking a tree is it? Looks like your going to lift the house. Really looks like a big for a tree job. Got any pics of the lifting?

the pic are from a tree removal job we did last year in san francisco the houses on that street have common side walls (no side yards) so we got the big one out their and reached over the house and picked out 3 90' tall euck's in 2500-3000 lb. piece's and flue them over a house 5 doors down the block and into the street
setting up the jib

Adkpk · Jul 23, 2006

Awsome, I would have bought tickets to that event.

kkottemann · Jul 23, 2006

Sounds to me that a crane in this situation is a must. Now I am not crane operator so I cannot say what size to use for sure, but sounds like a 60 ton + would get it done. I am an arborist and use cranes at least twice a month on jobs. I am constantly lifting trees over houses from backyards. The crane service I use has a 60 ton with 182 feet of boom which can reach over 2 story houses and pull one half of a 80 foot pine out. Sounds like the neighbor is being a pain. You need to get complete cooporation from him or like somebody else said just bid the job for what it is worth. I would word the bid proposal is such a way that it read something like this " This bid proposal is valid contingint upon gaining access from the neighbor X insured property to safely remove customer Y ihazzardous tree from insured porperty" Something like that to convey to them you need complete cooporation from all parties involved. here is a pic of a hurricane katrina damaged oak flying out of a backyard.

treeguy347 · Aug 9, 2006

We're settled on a plan now. 33 ton National 1400 series crane. I have operated cranes before and am confident in my ability to run and set up the machine safely, especially after spending some time getting trained on the computer system it has. We also figured out how to cut our load radius from 110' to 90' Now it's down to the logistics of payment. The customer and neighbor are talking about splitting the cost, due to it endangering the neighbor's home. Should be fun!