Well got my Norfolk Pine crane job done today...
Feet up 9am ( I left a saw at home and had to go ALL the way back across the harbour...made me half and hr late
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No WAY I would have been done today if I had to climb those suckers, sorry guys, the crane was the way to go for me!
First tree, some branches were a good 12-15' long, weight was all backward towards the road, house and wires.
Dangled over the wires to cut the tips off the long branches so they would clear when dropped. Stripped the tree to the top, down, branches cleared up to upper level with crane, back up, one pick, then down and cut from the bottom
First pick was 6,000lbs, final cut butt log was 3,000. whole first trunk was probably 12,000 min without branches. 31" across the stump. Crane loaded sections
Lunch
Second tree, top picked with branches intact, then down and cut bottom
Third tree sling at top, then cut at bottom.
Strip trunks, cut sections, load trucks, rake needles, pile branches.
Beer o'clock 3:30
Pics tomorrow, I have to reduce the file sizes they are all 1Mb or bigger!
Feet up 9am ( I left a saw at home and had to go ALL the way back across the harbour...made me half and hr late
)No WAY I would have been done today if I had to climb those suckers, sorry guys, the crane was the way to go for me!
First tree, some branches were a good 12-15' long, weight was all backward towards the road, house and wires.
Dangled over the wires to cut the tips off the long branches so they would clear when dropped. Stripped the tree to the top, down, branches cleared up to upper level with crane, back up, one pick, then down and cut from the bottom
First pick was 6,000lbs, final cut butt log was 3,000. whole first trunk was probably 12,000 min without branches. 31" across the stump. Crane loaded sections
Lunch
Second tree, top picked with branches intact, then down and cut bottom
Third tree sling at top, then cut at bottom.
Strip trunks, cut sections, load trucks, rake needles, pile branches.
Beer o'clock 3:30
Pics tomorrow, I have to reduce the file sizes they are all 1Mb or bigger!
