cedar dismantal

[Rob D]

Nice job but wow that certainly is a few quid for the MEWP!

 

But like you say if the client will pay that has to have been the safest way of doing the job.

[wattie]

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.

 

Hi no access into back garden uness we knocked down a side wall and arbor, looked at a crane but there did not want to go on the drive, and could not set up in the road due to traffic carming in place and other trafic issues.

 

Regards

 

Keven

[scotspine1]

why put yourself or staff at risk if the money is there to do it a safer way.

 

Agree, its worth mentioning that your tree looked perfect for a MEWP removal but there are definatley situations where a MEWP would make the job more hazardous than climbing especially if your guys have little experience of work positioning out of a MEWP, add in poor ground conditions for outriggers and having to rig pieces down using the tree as an anchor point and you've got a perfect recipe for disaster. Its good to be a adaptable and always keep your options open particularly when dealing with storm damaged trees.

[scotspine1]

Hi no access into back garden uness we knocked down a side wall and arbor, looked at a crane but there did not want to go on the drive, and could not set up in the road due to traffic carming in place and other trafic issues.

 

Regards

 

Keven

 

Thanks Keven, always good to see how other folks are doing the job, cheers again for posting the pics.

[Stephen Blair]

certainly not knocking the mewp idea mate, i have done the same, the mewp i used could do 120 feet in any direction and it was £360plus vat including driver a day, so it worked out cheaper using it because of the targets below i would of needed at least 3 good groundsman an dit would of taken all day, the mewp got it done in about 2 hrs.

[timtree81]

that is awsome money ,im in the wrong game ,nice job tho bet the client choked with the quote !

[Mark Bolam]

Wattie,

 

Great job mate. Dangerous, nasty looking tree on the ground safely mate, which is the point at the end of the day, or am I missing something?

 

Was that a 43m Bronto you had there?

 

If so, was Mick Gregory operating it?

 

If so, remind him he owes me £20.

 

Ta.

[High Scale]

Amazing reach, was it an insurance job?

[wattie]

Wattie,

 

Great job mate. Dangerous, nasty looking tree on the ground safely mate, which is the point at the end of the day, or am I missing something?

 

Was that a 43m Bronto you had there?

 

If so, was Mick Gregory operating it?

 

If so, remind him he owes me £20.

 

Ta.

 

Cheers Mark,

 

Yes was 43 Bronto and no not Mick Gregory

 

Yes as you say got tree down safe. me and guys safe which is the point.

 

Cheers

 

Keven

[wattie]

Amazing reach, was it an insurance job?

 

Can you belive it but no as it was a act of god!!!!!!!!!! - but how about this

 

One large limb that came off fell onto neighbours shed where he had gas bottle's stored which went up, burnt the shed down fence and almost got to the house, one limb hit the neighbours roof as well so was quite an eventful day.

 

Neighbour got all his work done on insurance.

 

Regards

 

Keven