them crane jobs again

phill ellison

here are a few photos of a crane job removing a gum, we got Mushi up there doing the cutting, we use a 25t crane , owner only wanted some of the wood and the rest we got taken away on a truck with a hiab , job took 4 and a half hours.

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Garry Brockley

phil you really are the king of cranes. another great job done

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phill ellison

nar mate, credit go to the tree company that I work at and the work mates

TrevMcRev

Hey Phil, if you're doing what, a crane job every week you may as well buy your own crane. Have you seen the rigs a couple of guys in the states are using? Allmark & Mike Poors cranes are awesome.

phill ellison

LOL we wish, I think we need to get our self a few more things first before we go that far, like a bigger chipper

Garry Brockley

Why do you need a bigger chipper dont you keep everything to sell for fire wood?

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stirmantrees

nice job

stirmantrees

Looks like you guys know what your doing. I appreciate what it takes to do a job like that and have the yard look good afterward. here is a pic from a crane job we did a while back. got alot of pics from this one. maybe i'll post some on a thread. again good job.

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phill ellison

sometime its may be easyer to mulch the whole lot up if we can then we not have to worry bout doing all the cutting up the firewood which can take a lot of your time when you can start on a other job, we don't have much storage for fire wood as we have a large indoor yard. any how I think a bigger chipper won't be happering till later years

phill ellison

cheers stirmantrees, yes we try to clean up the best we can as the owner will appreciate it more, you should show some more of your photos

treejames64

Do you always use chains for rigging? My arms would give out trying to flip a big chain around the tree. Great shots.

phill ellison

I don't understand why people say that using chains is to heavy when it is the crane that holding the weigh not the climber, all we need to do is just hook it on, not beening a hero or anything but we never get buggered using the chains

Ace Master

crane's are so much fun

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treejames64

Usually when I'm taking a big chunk of trunk, I like to hook a choker or strap comming off each side so the wood comes off without tilting and shaking the crane. By the time I'm to this point I'm getting a little tired so having to swing around and wrap chains sound a little tough. Then when I go to hook the second strap or choker, the first one tends to slide down a bit and I have to readjust. All that wears me out. I thought it was the crane company choosing chains. Some of ours prefer chokers, some prefer straps. I like the straps because the chokers always end up with a few sharp strands of cable that cut up the hands and over time some get kind of twisted. Anyway looks like it works well for you, I was just curious because I don't see chains used in tree rigging over here and have never tried them. Sometimes the straps feel heavy to me.