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I mean if your lowering spot was congested with trees, and you couldn't avoid banging against other limbs when bringing the load down. It just seems like the load might get kicked loose.....? No problem with a cable in that regard. I guess if you had one of those though, you'd learn your...

Two chokers seems good to prevent twist when you are lifting the tree and have some some strong limbs to attach to. Another thing we do with a single choker is to first wrap around a limb once to get a bite, then wrap around the trunk a bit lower and lock off. That pretty much keeps the tree...

Are those very widespread used in the Tree work industry?

Thanks, never knew such an animal existed. The jaw opens and closes by remote?

What's an R&R?

Haha...cranes are awesome. I like the feeling of getting raised and lowered by a crane...all that power under control, and it gets transmitted through the cable. The first time I rode the ball on the large crane, our operator must have said to himself, "OK, lets get it over with", and took me...

I guess the best way to describe would be to get a photo the next chance I get. Did a crane removal just today, but no room for the 24 ton with the shackle technique, so we rented a tight little 7 ton. Had a heck of a time getting it out of this wet bog we were working in, it took almost two...

Koa Man, That looks like a cool job, and they didn't spare on the man or equipment power. I've only seen a photo of one table made from mango. I take it that it's a fairly soft wood? Grain pretty? On another island, huh...obviously some guys know how to live! As far as making you a rocking...

Back to the shackle above the ball, or collar in our case. I only work with the same crane operator except on rare occasions. Generally he brings in the work and calls me up. Got a job on tomorrow :) He has looooong experience at treework, and came up with the idea to have the cable slide...

OK, I'll try again: There's the point where the crane cable attaches or goes through the ball. Right above that is where the large shackle gets attached around the cable. One eye of the 8 meter lifting cable gets attached through the shackle, the other end gets wrapped around the tree and...

What's your hesitation, MB, the stress on the cable where the shackle goes around it?

What we generally do is put a large shackle around the crane cable above the ball, and attach the lifting cable that hooks to the tree to that. The climber sets his safety around the hook, gets lifted into the tree top where the tree gets cabled off. Then by way of the crane cable sliding...