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Hi all. I have been promising to post a few pictures of the most recent crane job we did so here we go.
A couple of years back I removed two Tuarts (e.Gomphocephala), one of which was 28 metres tall from a HO's back yard. Big tree,small yard,new baby, you get the idea. Then a year later, removed five Tuarts from the next property over which had dropped a 150kg branch right through the guest bedroom. This exposed another Tuart to the prevailing wind and as this tree had already done $$$$$ damage to a neighbours house they called us in to remove it.
The trick here was the drop zone was 1.2 metres wide, the trunk was 700mm from the fence and the neighbours house, hit once already, was 1.9 metres from the trunk. Oh, and the tree had been badly pruned over a period of twenty years and was full of nasty epicormic growth. Given this situation I told the HO the only way I would remove this tree was by crane from an EWP. He agreed and so it begins....
Its 7.15 am and we are clearing out the owners and setting up exclusion zones. We dropped letters and knocked on doors 2 weeks before so everyone knew what was going on. There are actually 5 trees in the back yard 2 Tuarts and 3 small Jarrah.
On the left is the counter weight truck and on the right is the 90 tonne crane we used. Operating at 38 metre boom lengths you need some serious muscle and this baby has got some real lift.
Setting up the crane. You need a lot of counter weights to get good lift at long boom lengths. Paul the rigger makes it look easy.
Is it just me or is this photograph strangely phallic. The 60 metre cherry picker is run by Danny our favourite operator. This is the second crane job we have done with him and as well as running the bucket he makes the cuts. You need a good team to get a good result.
How did this photo get in here???? If you squint you can see the phone number of a really good tree work company........
This piece was longer than the truck and chipper and weighed just under 1 tonne. The great part about using all these machines is how easy it is to run a 12 metre, 1 tonne "branch" through a chipper. Winch up to the apron then pass the 440 down either side removing a few side branches for ease of passage and hit go. No issue with the saw too close to the ground, the branches drop straight down and are facing the right way to be picked up and tossed in afterwards
We build em strong in WA!
I am the unsafe goon on the right. I agree it was an unnecessary risk to stand so close with our hands under a block this big but.... even safety nazis like me want to do the occasional stupid thing. The crane driver weighed this piece at 2.2 tonnes. Tuart is really dense timber.
We put about 6 tonnes through the chipper as the market here is good for mulch and awful for firewood. This lot stayed until Saturday when we picked it up in the truck with my Toro skid steer and dropped half at recycling and the other half to one of my wifes crazy relatives. He is going to break this all down with a 190 and then split it by hand?! Eeek. Give me a gas fire any day....
And th th th th that's all folks.
We don't get a lot of crane jobs but when they come together it's a lot of fun.
A couple of years back I removed two Tuarts (e.Gomphocephala), one of which was 28 metres tall from a HO's back yard. Big tree,small yard,new baby, you get the idea. Then a year later, removed five Tuarts from the next property over which had dropped a 150kg branch right through the guest bedroom. This exposed another Tuart to the prevailing wind and as this tree had already done $$$$$ damage to a neighbours house they called us in to remove it.
The trick here was the drop zone was 1.2 metres wide, the trunk was 700mm from the fence and the neighbours house, hit once already, was 1.9 metres from the trunk. Oh, and the tree had been badly pruned over a period of twenty years and was full of nasty epicormic growth. Given this situation I told the HO the only way I would remove this tree was by crane from an EWP. He agreed and so it begins....
Its 7.15 am and we are clearing out the owners and setting up exclusion zones. We dropped letters and knocked on doors 2 weeks before so everyone knew what was going on. There are actually 5 trees in the back yard 2 Tuarts and 3 small Jarrah.
On the left is the counter weight truck and on the right is the 90 tonne crane we used. Operating at 38 metre boom lengths you need some serious muscle and this baby has got some real lift.
Setting up the crane. You need a lot of counter weights to get good lift at long boom lengths. Paul the rigger makes it look easy.
Is it just me or is this photograph strangely phallic. The 60 metre cherry picker is run by Danny our favourite operator. This is the second crane job we have done with him and as well as running the bucket he makes the cuts. You need a good team to get a good result.
How did this photo get in here???? If you squint you can see the phone number of a really good tree work company........
This piece was longer than the truck and chipper and weighed just under 1 tonne. The great part about using all these machines is how easy it is to run a 12 metre, 1 tonne "branch" through a chipper. Winch up to the apron then pass the 440 down either side removing a few side branches for ease of passage and hit go. No issue with the saw too close to the ground, the branches drop straight down and are facing the right way to be picked up and tossed in afterwards
We build em strong in WA!
I am the unsafe goon on the right. I agree it was an unnecessary risk to stand so close with our hands under a block this big but.... even safety nazis like me want to do the occasional stupid thing. The crane driver weighed this piece at 2.2 tonnes. Tuart is really dense timber.
We put about 6 tonnes through the chipper as the market here is good for mulch and awful for firewood. This lot stayed until Saturday when we picked it up in the truck with my Toro skid steer and dropped half at recycling and the other half to one of my wifes crazy relatives. He is going to break this all down with a 190 and then split it by hand?! Eeek. Give me a gas fire any day....
And th th th th that's all folks.
We don't get a lot of crane jobs but when they come together it's a lot of fun.
