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I am looking for any pointers from all of you experienced climbers out there. I have been using a crane guy that is some what local to me and he is a great guy charges me $125 an hour for a 28 ton crane with 137' of main stick. I have been just hiring in a contract climber recently, but the climber is starting to slow down and sand bag me on crane removals. So my crane guy said that he would help me out and do a removal for free if I rode the ball up and did the removal. I have never done a crane removal and he said that he is willing to talk me through it but I was looking to get some pointers before the removal comes around. So Vet, Ducati and anyone else that has done crane removals any pointers for me? The removal he is willing to do for free for me is a 52" silver maple with a canopy spread of about 60' and 55-60' tall and it is all wood. trees were topped a while ago and it is just sucker growth on the tips of the logs. Crane is able to be within 10' of the trunk of the tree.