emr
Cheesehead Treehouser
Well, I am about to become a man. I am going to be part of my first crane removal. Last summer I looked at a tree for removal. It is a fairly big Ash that has a deck built around it and part of the canopy has a second story deck under it. The tree was in pretty rough shape and I think it had several cables and rods in it. I didnt feel that it was practical to climb it so I referred a guy we know who does crane work. The customer finally got around to approving his bid and he is hiring us to be his ground crew. It will be the first time I have worked around a crane so I am pretty excited about it.
The climber used to work in Minneapolis for Davey where he did crane work on a regular basis. I have seen some pics of the guy in action and it seems that he knows what he is doing. We wont be doing any climbing, just grounding for him but it still will be fun. I will try and take some pics of the job which will occur in mid May and post them here.
Any suggestions for a ground guy? Everyone seems to always have advise for guys in the tree, but I assume there are things that I should know as a groundie. I will be having this same conversation with the climber before the job, but I might as well post here first.
The climber used to work in Minneapolis for Davey where he did crane work on a regular basis. I have seen some pics of the guy in action and it seems that he knows what he is doing. We wont be doing any climbing, just grounding for him but it still will be fun. I will try and take some pics of the job which will occur in mid May and post them here.
Any suggestions for a ground guy? Everyone seems to always have advise for guys in the tree, but I assume there are things that I should know as a groundie. I will be having this same conversation with the climber before the job, but I might as well post here first.