150 ft Redwood Removal - Italy

[Tommy_B]

Hell of a job from a well organised team. Hats off to them!! Great find!!

[Robert_S]

Great video and plenty skill on show there, some good pictures on his site

 

THE GREEN CORNER

[mdvaden]

That tree looks more like a 90' to 100' height more so than 150' after pausing earlier in the video, and later at 1:04.

 

Its got plenty of meat on its bones though. Thats one of my favorite genus.

 

[Mr Ed]

I thought the same Mario, did'nt look 150" to me. I must be cynical, because I did'nt find it particularly impressive, just looked like lots of backbreaking work. I would have insisted on a crane, and brought it down in merchantable lengths.

[Doug Blease]

I thought the same Mario, did'nt look 150" to me. I must be cynical, because I did'nt find it particularly impressive, just looked like lots of backbreaking work. I would have insisted on a crane, and brought it down in merchantable lengths.

 

I thought it was a good video. Bearing in mind how difficult it can be getting a crane into MOST sites, how do you guys know that "insisting" on a crane would have been even possible?

 

You have to presume that these guys are a fairly efficient crew, therefore I am sure it was done in the most efficient way possible.

 

Doug Blease

[Mr Ed]

There was a road right below the site. I would have got a road closure, put a 100 tonne crane in and been done in a day. A long time ago, I did a very similar tree a 130" high sempivirens, in a very similar steep roadside situation. With a 35 tonne crane cribbed up on the road, we had it down in 2 hours. ( must scan the pics I have of that job)

 

And I dont think slabbing a tree of that size down in such small blocks is particularly efficient.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Whatever the crane situation, I personally thought it was an incredible waste of good timber

 

150ft ?? Must have been worth a good amount

[AJarb]

There was a road right below the site. I would have got a road closure, put a 100 tonne crane in and been done in a day. A long time ago, I did a very similar tree a 130" high sempivirens, in a very similar steep roadside situation. With a 35 tonne crane cribbed up on the road, we had it down in 2 hours. ( must scan the pics I have of that job)

 

And I dont think slabbing a tree of that size down in such small blocks is particularly efficient.

 

Totally agree. Was a great vid but as you say the crane would have been the better option IMO! All that hand balling of the timber would have taken ages and cost £££££'s. Much more efficient lifting it off and into a trailer or flat deck.

[Mr Ed]

Whatever the crane situation, I personally thought it was an incredible waste of good timber

 

150ft ?? Must have been worth a good amount

 

Meant to put that in my first post, very good point. My dining table is made from sequoia, very nice timber.

[Mr Ed]

My post is not meant to denigrate the obvious skill shown in the video, of that there is no doubt. Its just I've done a few of these, and I dislike endless slabbing down of short lumps on ropes.