helicopter lift

[Barry_Skyland]

Sorry to jump on this thread but did you see this really slick video

 

 

Wow, That has gotta be the best tree work video around! I had to keep checking if I had 3d glasses on!

[Timbermcpherson]

max lift was about 950kg turn around time a 90 seconds so you can move a lot of wood/brush in an hr.

 

So even when the cost is $2000/hr it was cost effective

 

That bit lifted in the vid has to be less than 200kgs, its way under the 950kg capacity of the chopper, not a good look for effeciency to be honest as it means more cuts, more stropping and more turns to do exactly the same thing.

90 seconds per turn plus the 30 seconds cut time you see, gives you 30 turns max, or $66 of company $ per turn.

$66 will get you about 4 hours of strong samoan groundy time, it would have to be hellish access (which I assume it was) for the bird to be worth it doing light lifts like that.

 

of course this is just BLIND speculation from a laptop, Im sure it was very different on the job!

[Tree services]

''Max lift''was the biggest lift of the day.NOT WHAT EVERY LIFT WAS.950kgs pushed that machine to the max and all most put it into the Waikato river

 

Macrocarpa must weigh a lot less in Wellywood

 

cost wasn't a problem on this job, the lodge charges up to 15k a night

[Mike Hill]

Might be being thick, but every time i have used cranes in the past i had a ride up, cut, it got lowered, i waited for the slings then belayed down and cut.

 

Just think its putting yourself in unnecessary danger. Am i wrong or missing something?

 

Depends on the state of the Tree Ian.Some times its less dangerous to come off with the pick,than to stay attached to a compromised stem.Ie,split,rotten etc.