Tree removal with Helicopter

[Paul Jenks]

Did you get a vid Paul?

 

 

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Na. We didn't use the heli in the end. We were going to use it for the wood extraction but it was such a small garden and the tree, a big(8' across at the base) horse chestnut, didn't lend itself to stropping bits quickly.

From memory it would have cost about £1kph. The travel time from their base was only about 10 minutes.

To justify using it we'd have had to have all the wood in 700-800kg bits stropped and ready. As is usually the case the garden was a pocket handkerchief and the tree was over 50 metres from the road, through the house so a crane was a none starter(insurance premium of £10k+).

Took 5 guys a week.

[colemanjessenz]

Great Work Jesse! Good job for the new saw

 

the new 661 is an absolute beast bro.

[Nick Connell]

That is awesome!

 

Would be cool to use a Chinook to lift it out in a oner!

[RC0]

Good job. Like everyone else, looking forward to seeing more.

[Darrin Turnbull]

i had pre slung the whole tree but the wood was much heavier then anticipated so we furiously were re slinging on the way down also. that top was in at 800 kgs and it took just over an hour of flight time i think.

 

the travel time to a nearby field was around 30 seconds so the fact that the helicopter was also bringing up supplies for a landscaping company gave us a little room to breath.

 

I think it's heavier than Oak , the Wellingtonia trees i did back in England were. you'd get a buzz doing that

WELL DONE

[josharb87]

Awesome!!!!

[Stubby]

Wow!

I'm working on a vid of us barrowing some conny out of a wet garden.

 

 

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Now we are cookin'

[silky fox]

What a Buzz Jesse! Could you feel the down draft of the helicopter much? Can't wait to see more.

[colemanjessenz]

What a Buzz Jesse! Could you feel the down draft of the helicopter much? Can't wait to see more.

 

yeah the go pro didn't pick it up really.

I think the strong wind messes with the mic in the waterproof case a little but its intense and a cool feeling . towards the end of the tree when it was just down to the barrel i could feel it pushing my bar down a little when lining up cuts but it wasn't to bad.

[Rich Rule]

Great job mate.

 

Not something you see every day.