Helicopter Elm Tree Removals!

[Conorjm10]

Video from a helicopter removal video we did in Remuera, Auckland. Most intense/fun day i've ever had at work!

 

 

[se7enthdevil]

why was all that lovely wood just shredded???

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Great vid, thanks for posting.

 

I would love to have been there at the pricing stage to find out the calculations that meant a chopper was the best/most profitable way to do it.

 

 

 

[Steve Bullman]

Fantastic mate, i'm quite jealous!  I was only just talking about this a few days ago with a friend.

 

Few questions....

 

Why was the helicopter necessary?  Drop zone looked quite clear, I assume the area was inaccessible to vehicles?

 

HOW MUCH did that cost for the chopper?

 

How much can it lift at a time?

 

I guess you weren't allowed to ride the ball into the trees

[Conorjm10]

1 hour ago, se7enthdevil said:

why was all that lovely wood just shredded???

 

I should have explained, the tree's we are removing have dutch elm disease which is a bio hazard here in NZ. It is protocol to chip all the wood on site and leave on site no matter how big the stems are (trust me ive done alot of ripping and chipping over the past month and its taking its toll ha)!

[Conorjm10]

39 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Fantastic mate, i'm quite jealous!  I was only just talking about this a few days ago with a friend.

 

Few questions....

 

Why was the helicopter necessary?  Drop zone looked quite clear, I assume the area was inaccessible to vehicles?

 

HOW MUCH did that cost for the chopper?

 

How much can it lift at a time?

 

I guess you weren't allowed to ride the ball into the trees

Here goes...

 

We removed 22 trees and the land we was working on was a basically a small mountain and with us having to chip all wood on site (including the stem wood) it would have taken a to long, so the company decided to get the clearence team on the other side of the hill and fly the trees over which took 6 hours of total flying time (Around 120 lifts), I dunno the cost of the chopper as i dont do the pricing im just one of the climbers but it can lift max 1300kgs. Our average lifts was 4-600kgs but some stem wood we went around a ton. And unfortunetly not but that would have been cool hahaha!

[Mick Dempsey]

Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense.

[se7enthdevil]

6 hours ago, Conorjm10 said:

I should have explained, the tree's we are removing have dutch elm disease which is a bio hazard here in NZ. It is protocol to chip all the wood on site and leave on site no matter how big the stems are (trust me ive done alot of ripping and chipping over the past month and its taking its toll ha)!

 

 

controlling disease i can understand but the wood is not infected with it. it's just under the bark. 

[Mack]

2 hours ago, se7enthdevil said:

 

 

controlling disease i can understand but the wood is not infected with it. it's just under the bark. 

easier to just chip the stuff that mess around stripping and cleaning it im sure!

 

Cracking job there fella.  I'd just love to do that

[se7enthdevil]

you don't need to strip the bark off you just mill it on site and straight line edge the boards.

 

i know i'm in the hippy area of we should use all of the timber rather than waste it but i don't like to see lovely timber like elm wasted...