a crane virgin

[shillo]

got my first crane job coming up and im a bit nervous to be honest, any words of wisdom from all you older and wiser than i?

 

i got 4 big monterey pines over a road to dismantle.

 

bit unsure of the procedure for for stroping sections, strop ratings, connecting to crane, step cuts or felling cuts? section weight estimating?

[gibbon]

Are you using the crane to take off the brash, or just timber?

[Pete Mctree]

Shilo, search "crane" on the forum, there is a wealth of material, especially some of the videos and picture threads out there.

[Buzzsurgeon]

absolute doddle easiest tree work you will ever do, let the machine do the work, just enjoy cutting!! You can get fat using a crane all the time!

[Scottie]

Just think about balance and don't take too much off in 1 go. If the crane driver knows his stuff it will be easy. Enjoy!!

[Billy]

If, i have worked with cranes a few times, not with tree's, but some drivers are brilliant and some are useless and dangerous!

[Yorkshireman]

make sure you get an experienced operator who can use comms to you, check your insurance cover with them, if it goes wrong who covers what , Cranes are expensive & you dont want to end up with it on its side, as if you exceed its lift capacity at sufficent distance etc

[Mr Ed]

got my first crane job coming up and im a bit nervous to be honest, any words of wisdom from all you older and wiser than i?

 

i got 4 big monterey pines over a road to dismantle.

 

bit unsure of the procedure for for stroping sections, strop ratings, connecting to crane, step cuts or felling cuts? section weight estimating?

 

err...

if you need to know basic stuff like that, you need to get in someone experienced and learn from how they do it.

crane work is like some other treework operations - someone who knows what their doing will make it look easy, but if you DONT know or understand the extra forces involved, the risk of damage or injury is exponentionaly greater.

[Andy R]

err...

if you need to know basic stuff like that, you need to get in someone experienced and learn from how they do it.

crane work is like some other treework operations - someone who knows what their doing will make it look easy, but if you DONT know or understand the extra forces involved, the risk of damage or injury is exponentionaly greater.

 

I agree...you should at least have someone on site who has some experience, imo.

[stetson]

get someone with experience in, never use felling cuts as this will add extra swing to the removed limb, the crane is a lifting device not a winch.

With cypress the ends of each limb will be considerably heavier, so you will need to put the slings/chains toward the end. sounds like you got alot of climbing to do even with a crane on site.

Good luck and be safe