Everything finally lined up for us to use a boom truck for 2 different tree jobs. We finished taking down a tall big pecan tree we worked on a few months ago. Had 1/2 the tree left... Gittin' started. We carried 5 saws with us. Echo 2511T, MS18 and Husky 55 were used on this job in the basket. Echo 2511T worked great for trimming MS 180 dropping some nice logs Husky 55 was used for anything over 12-14" dia Starting on some more tall stems Husky again Echo for the top drop Almost maxed out on boom length... MS 180 cutting the bottom wedge Husky 55 finished of the last stem The stump will be taken down later. They feel a lot safer now Got another trailer load of wood...there is 2 short pieces of oak from the next job on here We started on this tree about 8:30, 11:00 we were done and moved to our church, for the next part of the fun day. We had a dying oak, a big sweet gum and 2 spars to take down...all 5 saws were used on this job, added the XS029BB and the MS461 - 28" bar The oak had a big limb over the security light and line feeding it Almost to the church roof Had a young man in the basket with me to help handle the chunks... Dropping the main trunk...https://youtube.com/shorts/9Dd17gOMCGM?feature=share The big sweet gum, about 28-30" dia... Taking down the limbs... The young man did a good job. He finally decided we were as high as he wanted to go... His dad got in the basket after a water and gas break... A little off the top, please... Starting on the last limb Down to the main trunk
Starting on the main stem...Husky 55 dropped this chunk... Needed the grunt of the XS029BB now XS029BB - 20" bar buried in the trunk Got it down to manageable size, truck work done Another member brought his JD tractor and grapple, helped with the clean up. Stump cut off... Cleaned up, parking lot blew off equipment put up at home by 4:30. Got a little good oak also.
Some impressive work Jeff. Looks like fun. You always wanted to be closer to God! Did you have an oxygen tank with you being up that high? I like the boom truck better. The generic trailer ones around here only go 35' or so.
Not having cut on high before, would it have been easy to buck to length from up there? Just thinking about dropping 4' pieces just to have to buck them on the ground later.... Sca
Nice work Jeff. Will you keep the sweet gum? Don’t think I’ve ever seen a bucket truck with a crane and basket. I like it. I can envision all the OSHA and safety officers I’ve dealt with writhing on the ground in despair. I like it.
Very nice! Awesome job Jeff. Looks like some real nice wood you got there. Should keep you busy for awhile.
Equipment can make all the difference! Bet you enjoyed yourself. Nice job on the trees and for being such a good example
I'm old, I needed the O2 tank anyway...... It was a fun day. Might have gotten to the 70's, good tee shirt weather
We had a good group of guys from church helping. And the truck operator was very smooth. It was almost maxed here. Numbers on the boom that I can see are 53, and it's past that. I know it looked like a few seconds for a piece to hit the ground...
It's easier to measure and cut straight on the ground, plus less pieces to pick up. Time was a concern as well. Needed to get both jobs done while we had the truck.
Pecan is good wood for cooking/smoking or heat. Didn't get much oak. Some limb wood and 1 trunk section. Might go back and get another section if we get desperate for wood...lol...lot of punky on the bottom trunk and high gas $$$
