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Crane is awesome where needed. I just wouldn’t wanna become a one trick pony and start needing a crane for every little tree. Lol.
Nobody who’s seen your work thinks you are Paul.
Glad to hear you made the bank.
That tree was nasty.
Cranes are nice though. Even my fat ass can take a tree down with one lol.
Without gaffs, I hate gaffs.
 
Thanks.
How can you not like spikes, though, don’t get it?
When I was climbing it was mostly prunes on rope. Never got comfortable on spikes then moved into spraying and found my niche. Never looked back. Then again, when I got started, Pete was the worst tree man on the face of the planet. Nice guy, good arborist, but a tree man….not so much.
Local friend of mine just got his crane going so that may change in the near future, at least on the weekends.
 
Local friend of mine just got his crane going so that may change in the near future, at least on the weekends.

E seems like a decent kid. Good family. I just don’t understand why anyone would wanna put the cart before the horse with an endeavor like that. Especially with no tree experience to speak of. I guess they’re just trees, though, no biggie. Not rocket science.
 
This was a continuation of a tree. Short story: Took off the two outer stems a month or so ago. Middle stem was a pickle for multiple reasons. Primary reason being -8’ to 8’ from range of hitting power line (meaning potential to hit transmission lines) and unfortunately because of the compromised base and trees weight/lean, also meant it could break landing further uphill of the lay, hitting a separate power pole with a junction of lower voltage lines, and also possibly me if it crumbled into its base. Fire damage and rot. High face on this cut was to both clear the remnant of the left side stem and because the rot extended up into what looked like sound wood.
Holding wood was a little higher than I would’ve liked, but it helped with the heart rot and didn’t cause any issues. It was also an extremely difficult spot to reach.

So I delayed cutting this tree, urging the client to have the power company evaluate it. The company, surprisingly, came out within a week, deemed it a threat, and topped it. You can see they took some branches that would have helped the tree go over way easier on the lay side.

The client took some photos and video clip, without me knowing, thankfully. It was a long session of eating dust despite my mouth being closed!
 

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Tree the day I cut the first two stems.

The last photo is a few feet over from where the power lines run.
 

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E seems like a decent kid. Good family. I just don’t understand why anyone would wanna put the cart before the horse with an endeavor like that. Especially with no tree experience to speak of. I guess they’re just trees, though, no biggie. Not rocket science.
Yeah he is. He got a stupid deal on it with a blown motor. Nobody could test it out so it wouldn’t sell. The guy practically gave it away.
New engine, cable, slip ring for the turret, guides in the boom, and a few other things I’m probably forgetting and he’s got about 75k in a 35 ton crane.
I keep telling him to put his time in and get his crane license and forget the trees. Picking AC units off the ground, knowing what they weigh seems to be a whole lot safer then guessing a picks weight when it’s in the air.
 
Yeah he is. He got a stupid deal on it with a blown motor. Nobody could test it out so it wouldn’t sell. The guy practically gave it away.
New engine, cable, slip ring for the turret, guides in the boom, and a few other things I’m probably forgetting and he’s got about 75k in a 35 ton crane.
I keep telling him to put his time in and get his crane license and forget the trees. Picking AC units off the ground, knowing what they weigh seems to be a whole lot safer then guessing a picks weight when it’s in the air.

Putting 75k into a 35t crane? That don’t seem like a good idea
 
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