Dead ash tree-crane-removal

[Shansen]

Nice job.

[Ian150482]

:thumbup:Nice 1 Reg.

 

I'll havet to get one of those shorcut keys for my keyboard.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Reg

 

Does the crane driver give you some guidance on the size of the timber piece being cut or is that down to your experience after he has told you what the given max weight for the outreach of the crane at that time.

 

In other words, once he sets the crane up and ends up on max outreach and say the weight limit is 1 tonne is it up to you to guess or does he go, bit lower mate, more still, more still.

[Ian150482]

Reg

 

Does the crane driver give you some guidance on the size of the timber piece being cut or is that down to your experience after he has told you what the given max weight for the outreach of the crane at that time.

 

In other words, once he sets the crane up and ends up on max outreach and say the weight limit is 1 tonne is it up to you to guess or does he go, bit lower mate, more still, more still.

 

 

 

That happened to a mate of mine dismanlting a tree, the crane driver told him to keep taking a bit more, bit more and then when the crane driver was happy to make the cut. Apart from it tipped the crane over. There was a row of terrace houses below, just missed them but took all the power out. Mixed opions from people as to who's fault it was, but the climber came off with the compensation. The hse got involved and the climber was questioned under caution. Turns out the crane company he hired, gave him a mechanic to operarte the crane so he wasnt qualified to operate it anyway.

[High Scale]

 

Chains are quick to tie/un-tie, are easy to use on vertical sections but are not as reliable on horizontals i.e. if a branch rolls a little after its been cut, one of the chains usually slackens right off and come undone if you’re using open hooks. Thanks

 

I have only done three crane jobs and on my second, a Beech dismantle, the branch rolled as Reg describes and carried on rolling out of the chains, through the tree and landed on the quiet (Phew!) country road.

[Peter]

That happened to a mate of mine dismanlting a tree, the crane driver told him to keep taking a bit more, bit more and then when the crane driver was happy to make the cut. Apart from it tipped the crane over. There was a row of terrace houses below, just missed them but took all the power out. Mixed opions from people as to who's fault it was, but the climber came off with the compensation. The hse got involved and the climber was questioned under caution. Turns out the crane company he hired, gave him a mechanic to operarte the crane so he wasnt qualified to operate it anyway.

 

Is there a video of that on youtube?

[Mr Ed]

Is there a video of that on youtube?

oh yes....

[RC0]

Reg

 

or is that down to your experience after he has told you what the given max weight for the outreach of the crane at that time.

 

In other words, once he sets the crane up and ends up on max outreach and say the weight limit is 1 tonne is it up to you to guess .

 

Thats the one Dean

[Ian150482]

Is there a video of that on youtube?

 

Yer there is, type in a search on youtube 'crane failure', and it'll be up on there somewhere. People have mixed opions on who's fault it was.

[MattyF]

nice job reg really enjoyed that one...being dead i bet it made it a bit more fun!