cedar dismantal

[wattie]

So of you may recall I posted some photos of a Cedar which had been struck by lighting but was waiting for some photos of the work. Have loaded a few but more on my facbook site just look for keven watt.

 

Good photos shows just how much damage was caused, also the size of mewp we got into clients drive.

 

Cheers

 

Keven

[turbull]

what was the day rate for the mewp ?

[wattie]

More photos

[wattie]

what was the day rate for the mewp ?

 

A lot!!!!!!! Got a deal but norm between £1500 & £1800

[Stephen Blair]

wow, now thats a bit of damage, great pics mate. good job

[Stephen Blair]

1500 to 1800, holy smokes, did the customer not have a heart attack when you put the price in, i would of definately climbed that and stuck the 1800 in my sky rocket, woop woop:thumbup1:

[scotspine1]

That's exceptional reach which looks like it could've gone a lot further......never seen that MEWP before.

 

£1500 - £1800 sounds about right for a piece of equipment that specialist, but it'd be hard work convincing most clients that it was the only answer to getting the tree on the ground, well done to your company, climber and groundies for getting the job and getting the tree down safely.

[Rupe]

Would you have climbed it Tim?

 

Did anyone test climb this tree before you quoted for the MEWP or did you decide on the MEWP straight away?

 

I definatly would have gone up to see what it felt like, and then planned the work method from there.

[scotspine1]

Would you have climbed it Tim?

 

Possibly. Difficult to say without seeing the tree/extent of damage and its situation in the garden.

 

Seeing the massive reach on that cherry picker would now give me the insentive to take a second look at the possibility of using a truck mounted MEWP from the street/driveway. Before seeing these pics I would have looked at the option of getting a spider lift into the back garden, if that wasn't possible I'd be working out how to dismantle it from a rope and harness.

 

Sometimes MEWPS arent the answer to these unpredictable removals due to positioning of the turret/boom restrictions and having to work from the bucket/basket under the tree etc.

 

Another very expensive option on that tree would have been to use a crane with the boom reaching over the tree and using the ball/hook as an anchor point for your climbing line.

[wattie]

That's exceptional reach which looks like it could've gone a lot further......never seen that MEWP before.

 

£1500 - £1800 sounds about right for a piece of equipment that specialist, but it'd be hard work convincing most clients that it was the only answer to getting the tree on the ground, well done to your company, climber and groundies for getting the job and getting the tree down safely.

 

Trees in the garden are all fall within a conservation area and where to close to fell, which was may first plan, Soina loves he blue cedar and walnut there was a path way to fell in one between the two if we felled her old apple and rodi's first she said no to that.

 

Looked at climbing and at a push think you may have got away with it, but why put yourself or staff at risk if the money is there to do it a safer way. PS mewp did not cost me that much.

 

Glad you like the photos and think machine cost at 500,00 to buy.

 

Regards

 

Keven