Crane removal mistake

[Sciadopitys]

I personally would love to get some experience at dismantling with cranes! Anyone know any good literature or official guidelines so i can do a bit of reading into whats involved?? Any info bout dismantling with cranes appreciated folks! I think we should start doing more work with cranes in the UK. When i was over in the States the guys i worked with were all experienced with cranes, wish i'd quizzed them more about it to be honest. I suppose the key is getting the slings in the correct position. Doesn't matter how bigger pieces you take if the crane and slings can handle it - but balance is surely the no. one issue?? Got my hands on a video called cranes in Arboriculture with Mark Chisholm, foot-locking guy from NJ - it showed some video footage but didn't really go into any details about how to work with them. How many of you guys are experienced with cranes?

 

Ed

[Andy R]

We as a company have been involved with quite alot of crane work, on our own jobs and as subby to another firm. Myself as a groundie lots, as a climber only a couple.

I think the key is, with most things arb related, experience. It opens up a whole new realm of possibilities.

 

We use a small 20t crane that is locally owned and operated in a host of different situations, we used it to take down a collapsed, hung up ash across a road just to anchor the climber whilst he shed it down and the groundies cleared as we went. We used it in a churchyard to remove a broken lateral limb over some gravestones, it didn't have the reach to put the climber in the tree but we could send a guy up on the hook to sling the branch and abseil down, leaving the climber with only the job of standing at the fork and making one cut.

On the flip side we have used Jay and Davis on a number of occasions with machines upto 90t. Biggest lift so far was over 7 tonne...pretty impressive stuff.

[Sciadopitys]

So no books or anything out there folks?!?!

[Frank]

I do a fair bit with cranes my mate, and the crane driver I work alongside is amazing he knows exactly what his machine will and wont do, has the chain where he wants it before I can scramble across sometimes. Balance is a major factor, bouncing weight is no good. Your cuts need to be right as well so the crane can lift big stuff off the tree as if it were lifting off the ground, not having to yank or strain to snap off timber.

[Frank]

Got a job in pipe line that I will get you involved in matey, 2 big beeches. Would be really nice dismantling but I want the timber in BIG pieces so may aswell have crane do the lot. we could have tandem climbers with crane assist. Dueling ms200's haha

[Frank]

2 most recent crane assists.

[Simon Rotheram]

Think I'd have moved my Porche.....or not taken it to work, its a nightmare getting the Sawdust out of the carpet!

[Buzz]

I never got to do a crane job, something i've allways regretted

[Big dog]

While exciting, crane jobs quite often scared the crap out of me. Mainly because if we had to have a crane, it meant it was too difficult to do it using conventional methods for one reason or another and subsequently, more dangerous. maybe i was just a pussy!

[MasterBlaster]

So no books or anything out there folks?!?!

 

Alas, no books. But you can ask me questions, I've been working with cranes since '92. I love em!