Cranecrazy

[Pete Mctree]

A few pics fom this weeks job, working for big-amer (Nigel). My first crane job and i loved it. the job was 5 hybrid100ft plus poplars to fell in 2 days. The learning curve was steep, and my adrenal gland worked overtime on ocassions, especially when the wind picked up. We had a 50ton crane the first day and a 60 the 2nd, so plenty of lift and the limiting size to the picks tended to be the size of my kahunas:scared1:

 

More pics to follow......................

[David oakman]

Some more poplar firewood to mix in with the good stuff nice pics:001_smile:

[Steve Bullman]

its not poplar, its yellow ash

[Andy R]

nice pics pete, looks like a perfect little job for the crane, nice and straight timber.

 

Biggest lift of the job??

 

what have you slung the trunk with on the last pic btw, are they chains?

[Pete Mctree]

It was slung with chains, I switched to slings on the 2nd day which i found more managable. The biggest lift was a 5.3 ton stem, i think the biggest top was a little under 2.5.

[scotspine1]

Excellent work pete, first time I did a crane removal was nerve racking, but well worth it when you see how quickly and easily a big tree can be brought down. Good idea to switch to the slings. What cuts were you usng for the vertical sections?

[Andy R]

certainly easier using slings. Could probably lift 8 tonne+ from that position. We lifted a 7200kg lump of oak out of a barn with a 60tonne crane, awesome sight seeing the driver manouver it around like it was a bleedin conker on a bootlace..Looks like nice weather there as well, today we took down a large willow with a 35tonne crane in the pouring rain, really really unpleasant.

[Pete Mctree]

Unfortunatley the weather did not hold, the wind shut us down early on tues, after being borderline for a couple of hours. The last pick was at about 6.45pm yesterday in the wind and rain.

 

Tim - step cuts on the verticle sections, i'd be tempted to use a single cut next time as it would perhaps make seperation smoother

[Buzz]

Nice work McTree

[Dean Lofthouse]

Pete, or anyone else.

 

Would it not be possible just to have cut the trees at the bottom and lay them over with the crane??

 

Why dismantle them, there looks to be enough room. The butt could have been left resting on the stem taking some of the weight off and just use the crane to lower slowly to the ground.

 

Or am I just being silly