rbtree
Climbing Up
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- Jun 22, 2005
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And fun, too.....
The job was to remove a large, triple trunked gangly big leaf maple, (one large lead had fallen across the earthen roof of the underground home) The GRCS winch made the job go smoothly, along with our excellent crew. We left a 25 foot habitat snag, which saved a couple hours of wood cutting,as the trunk was close to 5 feet dbh...
Got the tree done in about 7 hours with a crew of four. We were able to crash out much of the back side of the tree, onto a downslope and hide the brush in the woods. Had to swing much of the wood uphill to the LZ per the customer's request.
The setting was above a meandering waterway..(wetlands) and overlooking the snow covered Cascade Mt's Still 2-4 inches of snow around, but none in the work zone, thankfully.
Here's a slide show...video to follow...
Dave subs for me, but I'm bummed I didn't ask him to don his helmet.....doesn't look very profeshunul.....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/sets/72157615171833380/show/
The job was to remove a large, triple trunked gangly big leaf maple, (one large lead had fallen across the earthen roof of the underground home) The GRCS winch made the job go smoothly, along with our excellent crew. We left a 25 foot habitat snag, which saved a couple hours of wood cutting,as the trunk was close to 5 feet dbh...
Got the tree done in about 7 hours with a crew of four. We were able to crash out much of the back side of the tree, onto a downslope and hide the brush in the woods. Had to swing much of the wood uphill to the LZ per the customer's request.
The setting was above a meandering waterway..(wetlands) and overlooking the snow covered Cascade Mt's Still 2-4 inches of snow around, but none in the work zone, thankfully.
Here's a slide show...video to follow...
Dave subs for me, but I'm bummed I didn't ask him to don his helmet.....doesn't look very profeshunul.....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/sets/72157615171833380/show/