You can pay for a crane or pay for a section of fence...

[IHateTrees]

Told the homeowner I could bid it with a crane rental or bid it with them replacing a section of fence. Managed to miss the fence with this super gross guy. Only thing holding up most of the limbs was the vine.

 

[jefflovstrom]

FTA is back!!!!!!!
Jeff

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Oh, deary me.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Lordy.

 

[sac-climber]

Might have been easier to burn it as it stood

 

[gorman]

I can't even tell what I'm looking at in that picture there's so many vines

 

[arborjockey]

.....and a trim saw that's being used on the ground.

 

[treeclimber101]

Trimming doesn't happen at ground level ?

 

[TC262]

No, never! That's why I never keep a top handle next to the chipper on nearly every job!

 

[KenJax Tree]

A top handle is only as dangerous as the guy holding it.

 

[treeclimber101]

I take 3 with me daily along with a mid size and something big . To each his own I guess

 

[woodchuck357]

Fifteen to twenty minutes total time to take down and put back a section of chain link fence.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Never really got the whole never use the top handle on the ground thing. It's a tool. Use it safely. If you can't use it safely on the ground, don't really want to see you up in a tree with it either.

 

[TC262]

I'm was hoping you guys got my sarcazum on that one. There's always one next to my chipper.

 

[arborjockey]

Money to burn is cool if you have it. Using a $600+ saw to do the job a $300 saw can do seems silly. Especially when the $300 saw has more power. It's definitely preferences but my ears burn when I hear a trim saw on the ground.

Why i posted a little frustrated because Friday I pulled up on the job and there's 2- 201's running wide open on the ground (dull chains and no its not my job site). But why when the job site has 4 ground saws. My guess is girly arms thinks the others are to heavy

 

[IHateTrees]

I keep a pretty much burned out 201 and 200 for jobs like this where you do a lot of wading through stuff. In this case digging through the vines to find the log so we could cut it with a ground saw. In short, top handle saw used on the ground when the owner or foreman says so.

 

[miko0618]

I cant imagine not having a top handle on the ground. I buy them used when the come through the shops. I get 192's for about $100. They know my climbing saws are hands off. For processing small stuff on the ground, you cant beat them.