Ailanthis trees

[ClimbingFool]

This project was suppose to be a crane job. At the last moment the owner of the parking lot threw a tizzy, so the project ended up turning into a labor intensive rigging and prune that will last about three to four days.... Day one. In the first pic, if you look at the highest crown in the back ground, those are the tree to be worked on...and the rest of the pics are as follows,... Sorry the pics are kinda blurry, was using my cell phone.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Parking lot bastid!!!

 

[pantheraba]

hahaha...that is a CRAZY job....through the kitchen??? What a MESS!

 

[Burnham]

Stupid choice by the client, looks like from here.

 

[SkwerI]

Last minute, unreasonable changes affecting the job costs will result in unscheduled changes in the amount charged to the customer, or more likely the instant removal of the job from my work schedule. If I bid a job based on using a crane and win the bid, I'm not taking it up the ass if the customer wants to throw a hissy fit when the crane shows up. I hope you flopped those trunks across his precious parking lot without the benefit of a crane to catch them.

 

[ClimbingFool]

Brian, $$ have definitely been tacked on... It's kind of a crazy situation. The parking lot is owned by one person, the bar which we had to move material through owned by another and the land yet another... It was the land owner we were doing work for. The parking lot owner was being an Ass..

 

[NickfromWI]

Ailanthus altissima? Why not cut them ALL down?

 

[sotc]

 

[pete mctree]

crazy, silly job!

 

[Old Monkey]

Junk trees and junk parking lot owner.

 

[treesmith]

Looks like a tough one, Greg! No envy here!

I'll not mourn if I never have to deal with one of those trees again. I still have spots of that sappy residue on a couple of my ropes after the 7 that Carl and I took out months ago.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

What a logistics nightmare Greg. Good on ya though pulling it off.

 

[Tucker943]

Id pound their wallet with no mercy for that maneuver.

 

[gf beranek]

Do what you have to do. This job is one for the books. and to be told over many a brewski.

Job well done, Greg!

Good on you!

 

[ClimbingFool]

Do what you have to do. This job is one for the books. and to be told over many a brewski.

Job well done, Greg!

Good on you!

Especially when drinking one there....

 

[top_notch]

Looks like you did a great job. Never heard of those trees before, is Ailanthis trees their common name. Did you end up removing all of them?

 

[Marc-Antoine]

I 'd like to see that, interesting job.
Unsual shape for me. I removed only 2 ailanthus and they were plain light trees, not tall for their 3' diameter, with a wide spread crown.
Fast growing tree, puts baby trees all around.
It's a heavy but crappy wood, very brittle and the fungi attack it quickly and deeply.

 

[ClimbingFool]

Looks like you did a great job. Never heard of those trees before, is Ailanthis trees their common name. Did you end up removing all of them?

More commonly may be known as Tree Of Heaven. We only removed five, but are pruning the rest for weight reduction and dead wood..

 

[squisher]

Crazy job. Considered a garbage tree arond here, very invasive and messy.

 

[canadiantreeman]

I fight with em all the time, though they don't get near as tall as the ones you pic. Go figure.

Good on ya!