General Tree pics

[AJarb]

Nice load of pics mate. Keep em coming!

[Barney]

Nice collection there Nev, good for the portfolio!

[scotspine1]

This was a job in Pickering

 

Nev, this shot, the climber riding the ball/hook - were you using someone to set the slings and a separate cutter in tree?

 

Thats how I learned crane work, havent seen anyone else use it recently. One guy would get hoisted up, set the slings, descend from the ball using his regular climbing line, pull his line out, then the other climber in the tree would do the cutting, branch gets lowered then repeat the whole thing again.

[Stephen Blair]

this was this mornings job, i topped this 10yrs ago and it was time for another trim, i wasnt expecting it to be too pretty, but was quite surprised that it looked not bad. it is only there to hide a dual carriageway and factory. the old boy is 84 so to fell and replant wasnt an option.

[Frank]

planted this as a seedling in 2007, took this picture in august 08. Slightly out of focus but can you tell what it is??

[Husqvarna King]

planted this as a seedling in 2007, took this picture in august 08. Slightly out of focus but can you tell what it is??

 

Quercus ilex?

[Andy R]

Nev, this shot, the climber riding the ball/hook - were you using someone to set the slings and a separate cutter in tree?

 

Thats how I learned crane work, havent seen anyone else use it recently. One guy would get hoisted up, set the slings, descend from the ball using his regular climbing line, pull his line out, then the other climber in the tree would do the cutting, branch gets lowered then repeat the whole thing again.

 

We use this method wherever it is plausible...easier on the climber. Of course it is not always the best method but especially on the job above it is ideal...(if you have enough bodies on the job of course)

[Stephen Blair]

planted this as a seedling in 2007, took this picture in august 08. Slightly out of focus but can you tell what it is??

 

evergreen oak?

[ClimbingNev]

Nev, this shot, the climber riding the ball/hook - were you using someone to set the slings and a separate cutter in tree?

 

Thats how I learned crane work, havent seen anyone else use it recently. One guy would get hoisted up, set the slings, descend from the ball using his regular climbing line, pull his line out, then the other climber in the tree would do the cutting, branch gets lowered then repeat the whole thing again.

 

Hi mate. No I basically got the crane driver to put me at my anchor point. Then just swung to each sling point, then dropped down to cut. At the end climbed up, attached the sling to the last piece then dropped down, pulled my rope out and was ready to cut the last piece. worked quite well as I could climb into position while the crane lowered its load. Would defo use a sling climber if the size of the tree required it though so your quite right, just not really needed in this situation,

Nev.

[Rich Rule]

not really a tree pic more of a stump... and a hole. tree was a mature horse chestnut over hanging a road. over the years the tree had lost a couple of large limbs and there were some large cavaties in the trunk at height with the rot ... well you can see.

 

didn't have time to take pics during the job, tree was dismantled using a crane and MEWP as it was cover from tip to toe in Ivy.