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Ctx100 and the reliable 650tx ready for tomorrow morning. Only work related pics I’ve taken in a while. There are a couple hundred pics of Tim McGraw and Winona Judd that my wife took last weekend while we enjoyed the concerts
I was hoping to see some rigging pics from you guys! Just saying…
P.S., or equipment picks… something!!![]()
I like it. Not built as tough as the old ones though. Got to be a bit more gentle or the hood gets dentedView attachment 1105926
Ctx100 and the reliable 650tx ready for tomorrow morning. Only work related pics I’ve taken in a while. There are a couple hundred pics of Tim McGraw and Winona Judd that my wife took last weekend while we enjoyed the concerts
you can thank PD for that, ruined the funSome nice action shots though it feels like crickets around here!
I'm curious to hear what the difference is. Did you have problems with too many people on the smh10?Some nice action shots though it feels like crickets around here!
Nice crane job tomorrow with a 55 ton. Steep grade. Will require some significant cribbing. Pretty easy hemlock and some ash. Everyone's got senna 33i now. After spending 2500 I'm hoping it's better than the smh10.
Yes. It feels like a miracle when you get 4 together. The 33i or whatever it's called has mesh tech so they say you can get up to 16 together automatically. This morning we are using my smh10 crane set in the mix so I can't really test it out yet but we'll see!I'm curious to hear what the difference is. Did you have problems with too many people on the smh10?
wedge mats make a great start on something like this.Yes. It feels like a miracle when you get 4 together. The 33i or whatever it's called has mesh tech so they say you can get up to 16 together automatically. This morning we are using my smh10 crane set in the mix so I can't really test it out yet but we'll see!
Check out the progress on this cribbing job!
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I don't remember the weights of those picks but I do think the butt log was around 4k. The online green log weight calculator is very helpful for those nice excurrent trees.im gonna try and guess some weights, brush pick: 2100#, log 3800#
was I close? when im in the tree I can guess within about 200 pounds usually
had one a while back where the climber asked the crane operator about a pick, figured the weight should be fine but always want extra eyes, operator gets off the crane and walked over to look, "yup its good cut it"
im over eating pizza (on break between picks) and hear the crane operator yell "oh sh*t" and then a very solid thump (felt and heard)
somehow a pick nearly doubled in weight ( shorter log, maybe 2" diameter increase) and ended up putting the crane 900# over his chart, put the LMI into freakout mode to the point he couldnt even cable down or boom up with it, when the piece flopped (snap cut im guessing, I wasnt in the tree) it must have put the crane over capacity well over the actual tipping capacity, so the 85% chart plus a few thousand momentarily
the thump was his outrigger slamming back into the driveway, no clue how far it lifted but it felt like a solid foot or two,
maybe a knot or something, no rot in previous cuts, but for some reason this one log was atleast double the weight than even my calculator said it should be, id like to know why that is, first (and hopefully last) time I see this
one more reason I want something bigger than a 30 ton, not trying for bigger picks but bigger safety margin (we cant handle anything over 2K on the ground anyways)
i've got one on my phone, apparent it cant be downloaded anymore (at least on android). The online green log weight calculator is very helpful for those nice excurrent trees.
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