Yep that thing was amazing to work with! Like I told you, tree unclimbable (unless you wanted to try - be dead when the first hanger let go!) unable to get a bucket truck or crane in. Insurance job so after I paid the owner of the lift I still made $. Oh yeah one dead smacked up leader was over a busy railway track ! Old cn railway hydro/utility lines below! All went well! 3 other companies said 2-3 days to do it. We started at 8, pulled out of the driveway at 230! Grcs came in handy and lifted that one section right off the shed, Lowered it down where we wanted with ease! Will post pics when I get home from the cottage.Still doing clean up from last weeks storm in Beaverton. Deevo is working here today as well. Had Peavy Tree bring downq their spiderlift. Man that thing is cool. Devon had a smile from ear to ear.
I want a new toy!
Good job Chris! Looks like we all had a good day, interesting jobs respectively !Sugar maple went nice and easy. Getting the bucket just right was a bit of a trick, had about 2 inches clearance under the rain gutter. Trunk was about as rotten as could be without falling over. The leads were all beat up by wood peckers so I chained and ratchet strapped the co doms together for a little added strength. Lot of dead all through it so I had a few pucker moments as the tops busted up on the trunk below me. Took all the precautions, plywood over the skylight, taking small pieces and used a lot of clove hitches to back up the dead stuff. It looks bigger than it really was, about 36" dbh, was able to drop a good sized spar once I got the bucket out the way. Another day in the office.
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One more good storm and I might be the third person in Canada to own one! All in all was a great last week with all this storm work. Long Long days and some nights but well worth it! What did you think of my small brother ?Still doing clean up from last weeks storm in Beaverton. Deevo is working here today as well. Had Peavy Tree bring downq their spiderlift. Man that thing is cool. Devon had a smile from ear to ear.
I want a new toy!
not really sure how this works but I have a new crane op to train, the guy ran a crane for a roofing co. lifting **** up to the roof tops, never even seen a tree cut down in his life, and on his first day he is supposed to be running the crane for big takedowns??? I mean hell I was on the crane crew for over a year before they even let me touch the controls to do small removals and I paid freakin close attention to almost every pick how it was cabled how it was cut... doesn't help that we had a new to crane removal bucket guy either. needless to say but it was a slow and scary day today and if I have to tell this guy one more time DON"T PULL HARD I'm gonna kick him in the neck :msp_biggrin: I tell dude boom left a little apparently that means boom so freaking far that the stick looks like a sideways fishing pole and to top it off add a little cable up to boot even after I'm screaming stop stop stop
not really sure how this works but I have a new crane op to train, the guy ran a crane for a roofing co. lifting **** up to the roof tops, never even seen a tree cut down in his life, and on his first day he is supposed to be running the crane for big takedowns??? I mean hell I was on the crane crew for over a year before they even let me touch the controls to do small removals and I paid freakin close attention to almost every pick how it was cabled how it was cut... doesn't help that we had a new to crane removal bucket guy either. needless to say but it was a slow and scary day today and if I have to tell this guy one more time DON"T PULL HARD I'm gonna kick him in the neck :msp_biggrin: I tell dude boom left a little apparently that means boom so freaking far that the stick looks like a sideways fishing pole and to top it off add a little cable up to boot even after I'm screaming stop stop stop
I can only imagine. O and to boot I wacked myself in the face with a small hanger that broke off the one pick, I watched that baby slide all the way down the boom right into my face didn't even flinch lol, I forgot to duck, wasn't a big piece at all maybe an inch in diameter and 3 feet long with lots of 1/4" sticks on it.opcorn:
opcorn: Woo hoo what's next?
Nice, never thought of using a hammer to wedge the spar over, axes sure get heavy.Is that blower battery operated or a plug in?.Sugar maple went nice and easy. Getting the bucket just right was a bit of a trick, had about 2 inches clearance under the rain gutter. Trunk was about as rotten as could be without falling over. The leads were all beat up by wood peckers so I chained and ratchet strapped the co doms together for a little added strength. Lot of dead all through it so I had a few pucker moments as the tops busted up on the trunk below me. Took all the precautions, plywood over the skylight, taking small pieces and used a lot of clove hitches to back up the dead stuff. It looks bigger than it really was, about 36" dbh, was able to drop a good sized spar once I got the bucket out the way. Another day in the office.
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If you were going to cable a tree how far up would you go, 2/3rd's right? Same concept on a removal. Start higher and work the straps down if needed.
True. It's like a box of chocolates. lol.
I just did the deed. I decided to just keep it mellow and be professional about it. He said he "kinda sensed it wasn't going well". Hahaha, I wonder if it was the steam coming outta my ears!!![]()
Mike, the blower, I think, is the BG55 or 65, not sure. I'd like to own a backpack blower someday but to be honest, There's no more room in the truck.
That was Holden commenting on the blower. I think I have the same one.
You have to winnow the chaff to get the good bits out. Quite often it is not about the competency of the worker, but how he fits on the team. Maybe hire two the next time and tell them only one will stay
Got a buddy who is mellow, but tells people that he is a hard man to work for, and they may not make it through probation. A lot of people hire labor on as part-time/temporary so that when let go there is no problem with the state labor relations. "if things work out maybe I can make a place for you" inferring that they have to work hard to deserve it.
thats all we use is the 55 i never saw much point in buying an expensive blower its only used for like 5 min at the end of the day to blow sawdust around. the other big advantage to it tho is we get a few of them and lock the triggers on when we are burning stumps turns the stump pile into an incinerator with all the air blowing into the bottom of it and diesel fuel getting sprayed on top.
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