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Philmypower

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  1. We asked for a 55tonne crane but because of the wind & reach of the boom they sent us a 100tonne. We payed 800 plus vat & we collected the sleepers for his legs.

    Makes sense with the chains, really took it out of me wrapping them around the stems plus it snowed all day & my fingers we're freezing which didn't help.

  2. Yeah the first 1, took about a 2 tonne piece out of the top but had a little too much tension in the crane. The tree cracked open a lot earlier than I expected and gave me proper disco legs. Found taking the tops out a lot worse than the stem. The stem was fine, had some nice big lifts. One thing that took it out of me was them crane chains, there so heavy lol.

    Thanks again for all the tips and support, I have my next crane dismantle 17th April so looking forward to that.

    The bottom piece I plan to mill and will be my new coffee table.

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  3. Cedar is very heavy on the end of the branches. Make sure your limbs are well balanced. Keep your step cuts as tight as possible. On the big timber don't be scared to use wedges to keep the weight off the saw as you are cutting through.

    Also as it's you first, cut a small bit and communicate with the crane driver to get a ideal of weight. And ask him what weights you can lift with the location of the crane.

    Hope that somewhat helps.

    If you want to see some our work on a crane check out "tom organ arborist" on you tube

     

    Thank you very much, I'll check them out

  4. I'm looking at buying a new mid sized saw, I've always fancied a 441 but whilst I've been looking I'm getting drawn towards a 461.

    I'll be running a 25" bar on the saw.

    what would you goo for?

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