Boom Lift Fatality

[Stephen Blair]

who took the pics on the job dave, really clear. i am surprised at you wearing gloves, dont you find them a pain with the prussik??

[Stephen Blair]

just cut them smaller dean save carrying manky old tyres about lol. i have seen me discing down 4 foot dinner plates before at an angle and they just slide straight off.

[Rich Rule]

I have a pile of twenty odd tyres down at the yard for chogging down onto, may get a few more for bigger stuff, after all, their free..

 

I know you work very local Dean, but you must have well strong arms to be able to chog a tree, chuck it and land it at your yard...

[Stephen Blair]

i spent 3 hrs on 1 limb before with an 088 over 4 garden fences. i cut the slices about 2 inches thick, there was no way of lowering it with out half a dozen guys, and ropes and pulleys everywhere. so i just disced the lot. there was over a hundred of them. nearly everyone on the estate took one for their garden. sweet

[skyhuck]

who took the pics on the job dave, really clear. i am surprised at you wearing gloves, dont you find them a pain with the prussik??

 

The customer, he had a REALLY nice camera, you should see the originals. I have to really shrink the resolution to get them to load.

 

The gloves do get eaten by my prussic some times, but its worth it for the extra grip.

[Stephen Blair]

i am struggling a bit with the vt and getting grip on the rope, since you lock off with your arm straight up, i must get a pair of those light grippy gloves

[Arbocop]

Never! Cranes are a totally different ballgame to mewp. I've done jobs with a crane in 4 hours that would take you a week without. You would never see that kind of efficiency made up with a MEWP.

 

this discussion is fun to read, is you whant to see why MEWPS can be efficient, look at utility LV gangs who cut several K of LV line in a day, many many many trees, were even the ardiest climber would struggel to keep up day after day after day.

 

its been said already MEWPS are a tool, like a crane , like a chain saw, like a hi-ab etc etc, where they make a job significantly safer, or moor efficent and cost effective to a poinr (cost v saftey) the y should be used.

 

as for driving one 120' in the air tell ya what its thrilling!!!!!

 

the case sigted is incredibly sad but is indeed MEWP 101, the ground must be appropriate to the mewp !!! know ya MEWP know your ground (70s tractor rip off)

 

it is very sad for any life to be taken premiturley.

 

if you are going to hire a mewp dont be afraid to ask the ycompany for site visit or advise on model, most decent companies will help,

 

As a finish, i love climbing trees, i love usng mewps, i love driving tractors, adore single feling big trees, thrill to the challenge of working with a crane, am entised by the challange of felling big trees with small saws, and buzz to get out the big saw and go to town, but i really chilll out planting trees and do some of my best thining sat on a ride on mower cutting failds of grass,

 

in short i love my job, but like to think im open minded enough to try anything and keep it in my tool box for when it will come in to its own.

 

stay safe, work with your brain not your ego so that you can go home safe to the ones that love you in the same state they entrusted you to the world at the begging of the day

 

kev

[skyhuck]

this discussion is fun to read, is you whant to see why MEWPS can be efficient, look at utility LV gangs who cut several K of LV line in a day, many many many trees, were even the ardiest climber would struggel to keep up day after day after day.

 

its been said already MEWPS are a tool, like a crane , like a chain saw, like a hi-ab etc etc, where they make a job significantly safer, or moor efficent and cost effective to a poinr (cost v saftey) the y should be used.

 

as for driving one 120' in the air tell ya what its thrilling!!!!!

 

the case sigted is incredibly sad but is indeed MEWP 101, the ground must be appropriate to the mewp !!! know ya MEWP know your ground (70s tractor rip off)

 

it is very sad for any life to be taken premiturley.

 

if you are going to hire a mewp dont be afraid to ask the ycompany for site visit or advise on model, most decent companies will help,

 

As a finish, i love climbing trees, i love usng mewps, i love driving tractors, adore single feling big trees, thrill to the challenge of working with a crane, am entised by the challange of felling big trees with small saws, and buzz to get out the big saw and go to town, but i really chilll out planting trees and do some of my best thining sat on a ride on mower cutting failds of grass,

 

in short i love my job, but like to think im open minded enough to try anything and keep it in my tool box for when it will come in to its own.

 

stay safe, work with your brain not your ego so that you can go home safe to the ones that love you in the same state they entrusted you to the world at the begging of the day

 

kev

 

:congrats:

 

Excellent post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rich Rule]

this discussion is fun to read, is you whant to see why MEWPS can be efficient, look at utility LV gangs who cut several K of LV line in a day, many many many trees, were even the ardiest climber would struggel to keep up day after day after day.

 

its been said already MEWPS are a tool, like a crane , like a chain saw, like a hi-ab etc etc, where they make a job significantly safer, or moor efficent and cost effective to a poinr (cost v saftey) the y should be used.

 

as for driving one 120' in the air tell ya what its thrilling!!!!!

 

the case sigted is incredibly sad but is indeed MEWP 101, the ground must be appropriate to the mewp !!! know ya MEWP know your ground (70s tractor rip off)

 

it is very sad for any life to be taken premiturley.

 

if you are going to hire a mewp dont be afraid to ask the ycompany for site visit or advise on model, most decent companies will help,

 

As a finish, i love climbing trees, i love usng mewps, i love driving tractors, adore single feling big trees, thrill to the challenge of working with a crane, am entised by the challange of felling big trees with small saws, and buzz to get out the big saw and go to town, but i really chilll out planting trees and do some of my best thining sat on a ride on mower cutting failds of grass,

 

in short i love my job, but like to think im open minded enough to try anything and keep it in my tool box for when it will come in to its own.

 

stay safe, work with your brain not your ego so that you can go home safe to the ones that love you in the same state they entrusted you to the world at the begging of the day

 

kev

 

 

edit - beat me to it Dave

Edited October 17, 2009 by Rich Rule
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[Dean Lofthouse]

I know you work very local Dean, but you must have well strong arms to be able to chog a tree, chuck it and land it at your yard...