Crane MEWP or Climb?

[Mark Bolam]

I'd always look for the fell as the first option, but TM aside punching a shattered stub through a service would spoil the party a bit.

 

 

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[Johny Walker]

That would be quickest and safest.. Shut road, gobs back cut, tidy up... I hadn't even considered that...

 

Sunday morning job.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Crane, you will be done by lunch. Therefore minimise disruption.

 

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Same here , with a good climber maybe 2 hours down and out. With a Mewp you're still holding , throwing or something.

[Chris Day]

Sunday morning job.

 

Yep and price a new street light into the job and book some local civils lads to be there by 0930 when your just blowing the sawdust up to fit the new light!

 

I bet a streetlight is cheaper than a crane!

[Johny Walker]

 

Yep and price a new street light into the job and book some local civils lads to be there by 0930 when your just blowing the sawdust up to fit the new light!

 

I bet a streetlight is cheaper than a crane!

 

Plenty of room between the lights.felling in a oner is not for everybody:001_rolleyes:

 

[T14EES T14UNK]

I think it looks like a decent central anchor.

Why not price it with a mewp and/or crane involved. And traffic management maybe.

If you get it, I think I'd opt for climbing slow and steady over the day and think of the ££.

But if you keep seeing it and losing sleep, then at least you've covered you're arse. 👍🏻

[Ropechucka]

Just fell it. Mind that bird with the pushchair though.

[Pete Mctree]

If it is dead, I'd leave the chipper at home & take a few extra rakes 😎

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

As you said it was dead since 2015 I personally wouldn't risk the straight fell as dead elm tends to shatter quite spectacularly on impact.

A decent climber should have that reduced to a pole by elevenses.

I think a crane is overkill. But if your client is willing to pay the extra for the cherry picker then why not?

[Marc]

A 35ton crane is not much and you may deal with it in a safer more efficient way making it just as competitive, a decent sized mewp for that round are way is almost 3/4 the price of a crane so wouldn't even factor for me.

 

Looks a good place to site the crane as well.

 

The climb does look that bad either but it depends on how dead and fragile it has become, doubt a GRCS will be much use on that over a normal rigging device.