Tree felling vids
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murphy4trees
TreeHouser
That was my impression too. BUT i's not just the piece.. the ball is swinging too and probably heavier than the piece.. He could have hung the top with a short strap, before swinging it away...
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Some times need must, and that piece was way within limits.
Still doesn’t make it right though. Topping out and hanging it before slinging to the hook would have been preferred. But then it was a tight area and I very much doubt the would have been able to hang that top with out breaking limbs lower down... risk of damage vs getting it done with two smaller pieces?
Personally, I would have left that bit out of the video.
Still doesn’t make it right though. Topping out and hanging it before slinging to the hook would have been preferred. But then it was a tight area and I very much doubt the would have been able to hang that top with out breaking limbs lower down... risk of damage vs getting it done with two smaller pieces?
Personally, I would have left that bit out of the video.
Agreed about possible damage. Which reminds me, doncha just hate jobs where it's so tight that tossing down the face cut wedge/pie/block is risky??
Good on him for including questionable stuff. It provided lots of discussion fodder for us folks!
flushcut
TreeHouser
Ok wouldn't a drift line have been a better option than just dumping it and letting it swing over?
biggun
Monkey for Hire
SeanKroll
Treehouser
First day with a new machine, having to instruct the operator, and getting that close to capacity...seems reasonable. Not really.
Would they tell the HOs and neighbors that they were being that dicey?
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
To Joe and Jill homeowner, tree is down, looked dangerous, they are heros today.
Getting that close to capacity in construction would require a ncco operator (to turn it on you need that in construction), prelift planning done by an engineer, and multiple walk throughs. You can overload a mini, a skid steer, e.t.c , but not a crane. If you don't understand that, may God help you.
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
Guy down the road just tipped a bucket truck with him 40ft in the air ! Ground must’ve been compromised - Hope the guy makes out alright but that’s a long ways down
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Hope he makes out alright!
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
I guess he survived .... but his back isn’t in too good of shape
Jed
TreeHouser
Rich, dude, I don’t even work with them boys but one in a blue moon and almost never on crane crew. I don’t really do crane work now at Eastside, and when I do I offer no advice, because they definitely have their own show going there. I don’t like it. Super boring. Feels like construction work to me, which I already quit to do tree work.
Jed
TreeHouser
U.K. Rich: Sorry mate, I still haven’t Figured out the multi quote thing yet.
I think that Jake has been climbing for about seven years. Something like that.
I think that Jake has been climbing for about seven years. Something like that.
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
That's why I keep a lot of cribbing and mats on the bucket truck.... If there is any question about the soil, we throw down a 3x8 mat under the cribbing
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
As it turns out ... questionable soil was precisely the reason given for the accident ... Outriggers worked until the tipping point was reached and sank into the muck causing the accident ... Deploying Cribbing and mats may have spread the load enuff to avoid the accident ... For falling 40 feet to the ground the guy is going come out relatively unscathed except for some back issues
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Jed I was saying that to let you know my opinion and apologizing to you for say that about the company you work for, knowing you were not part of that.
I will show the crane op Wednesday and I already know he’s gonna tell me I won’t be doing that with his crane. Exciting day by the way. Killing power to 31 homes for this removal.
Jed
TreeHouser
“Killing Power to 31 homes”... That’s what I’m talkin about!
Oh, and just so everyone on here knows…. Never be afraid to badmouth something that out crane crew does. That’s one of the reasons them boys splay out their stuff all over the stinkin interwebs (Butch’s)... so that guys’ll weigh in and go: “Dude... yer a dumbass.” Or else, “ Dude, you guys are awesome...”. or whatever.
I ask you gents... what ELSE is the internet good fer?
Oh, and just so everyone on here knows…. Never be afraid to badmouth something that out crane crew does. That’s one of the reasons them boys splay out their stuff all over the stinkin interwebs (Butch’s)... so that guys’ll weigh in and go: “Dude... yer a dumbass.” Or else, “ Dude, you guys are awesome...”. or whatever.
I ask you gents... what ELSE is the internet good fer?
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
The residents are already in an uproar. Neighbor signed off on use of her half of the shared drive is throwing a fit now. Said she’s not moving her vehicles. I let the city know to get her in check before tomorrow. I have a crane coming. I’ll set the damn things in someone else’s yard if they’re in my way
Yippeeeee! Its not me!!!!!
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
I know Kyle. But wouldn’t it be fun
Burnham
Woods walker
I had to do the "screw the public, they effed up and now I have to make it happen so we can work" thing, a time or two.
I right now am recalling three little commuter sedans, way outside of their proper operating parameters. Parked dead center, back to back, on a heavily snowed in full two lane wide FS road that accessed a popular hot springs trailhead. Me and my two fellow FS field technicians came up behind that mess with our snowmobiles on a trailer behind one 4x4 pickup, and the required second 4x4 pickup ahead.
Our job was to ride out deep beyond the trailhead (where no road tracks continued) and collect grafting scion from select trees. I served as front man on the snowmobile/gear sled...and sharpshooter. It was a fun job about 10 percent of the time. The rest was just about as close to deep and dangerous winter survival requirements as anyone ever might wish to venture near.
Sooo...back to the blocked road
. One after the other, we winched those little cars off the road and deposited them in DEEP snow drifts off the side on steep roadside fill slopes. Left a level 2 LEO ticket on each one (that being one more of my special certifications ) explaining their law-breaking, and my generous choice of not leveling a steep fine and required court appearance.
Motored on past, and did our work. The cars were still buried in the drifts when we left near dark that afternoon...but there were a few really sad looking lameos standing around the cars. I waved.
And we passed a big 4x4 tow truck coming in as we were going out. No idea how they made contact...no cell service, nor many cell phones at that time. Probably begged someone who passed by to make a call for them once they got to town.
That's a $800 tow bill, for each car, even way back then in the early 1990's.
It sux to be stupid
.
I right now am recalling three little commuter sedans, way outside of their proper operating parameters. Parked dead center, back to back, on a heavily snowed in full two lane wide FS road that accessed a popular hot springs trailhead. Me and my two fellow FS field technicians came up behind that mess with our snowmobiles on a trailer behind one 4x4 pickup, and the required second 4x4 pickup ahead.
Our job was to ride out deep beyond the trailhead (where no road tracks continued) and collect grafting scion from select trees. I served as front man on the snowmobile/gear sled...and sharpshooter. It was a fun job about 10 percent of the time. The rest was just about as close to deep and dangerous winter survival requirements as anyone ever might wish to venture near.
Sooo...back to the blocked road
. One after the other, we winched those little cars off the road and deposited them in DEEP snow drifts off the side on steep roadside fill slopes. Left a level 2 LEO ticket on each one (that being one more of my special certifications ) explaining their law-breaking, and my generous choice of not leveling a steep fine and required court appearance.Motored on past, and did our work. The cars were still buried in the drifts when we left near dark that afternoon...but there were a few really sad looking lameos standing around the cars. I waved
.And we passed a big 4x4 tow truck coming in as we were going out. No idea how they made contact...no cell service, nor many cell phones at that time. Probably begged someone who passed by to make a call for them once they got to town.
That's a $800 tow bill, for each car, even way back then in the early 1990's.
It sux to be stupid
.
