Tree work pics

[blacksmith]

It’s a HEMTT which is similar to the LVS but does not articulate to steer. It uses the same engine and drivetrain but all 4 front tires steer instead of bending in the middle.

That's awesome! I couldn't think of what the name for the non-articulated was called but you cleared that up. I use to work on the LVS's when I was in the Marines. Those are some wicked vehicles, with 900hp engines. Fun to drive but don't go fast in rough terrain, it beats you up for sure!

 

[Uzi]

Took down this monster cottonwood last week. It was 105’ tall and 5ft+ at the ground. The flared part where the stems began is 10-12ft wide which is also the cut in the pictures. It weighed about 13,000lbs. There were 2 cuts below the flair that weighed around 3500 each. My wife’s out of work from the corona virus so she ran the crane I did the cutting.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Took down this monster cottonwood last week. It was 105’ tall and 5ft+ at the ground. The flared part where the stems began is 10-12ft wide which is also the cut in the pictures. It weighed about 13,000lbs. There were 2 cuts below the flair that weighed around 3500 each. My wife’s out of work from the corona virus so she ran the crane I did the cutting.
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I want to come to your house and mill stuff... got trees like these waiting myself.

 

[Uzi]

I want to come to your house and mill stuff... got trees like these waiting myself.

Come on out might be a little drive time between philly and Nebraska. But I’ve got enough big logs in the yard to keep you busy for months haha.

 

[Lightning Performance]

You would be like wtf if I show pics of my secret pile. Three acres half full three stories high. It took an hour to get good pics of what I want. The bottom logs are three years old and showed me all he magic this past six months. His machine only processes up to twenty inch logs

 

[Uzi]

2 years in a row within a 3 week window we’ve been hit with 85-90 mph straight line winds. I’m ready for a summer that’s not all storm work. The only good thing is there’s not not many weak trees left in my little town.

 

[Mastermind]

2 years in a row within a 3 week window we’ve been hit with 85-90 mph straight line winds. I’m ready for a summer that’s not all storm work. The only good thing is there’s not not many weak trees left in my little town.
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Be careful sir. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Uzi]

Some crane work and a monster cottonwood removal I’ve been working on this week.

 

[luckydad]

Some crane work and a monster cottonwood removal I’ve been working on this week.

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Tell/show us that track lift. That’s a beast of a tree !!


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[Uzi]

It’s a Versalift super arborist 53’. It belongs to my friend who’s also in the tree business we own the crane in the pictures as a 50/50 partnership. I’ve ran it quite a bit very solid unit. Not as tall as some but almost 0 sensors or electronic solenoids to shut you down. It’s 36” wide so it can do backyard gates very well and it’s dielectric insulated on both booms. That’s huge for us as we do a lot of power line contracts together. It has an upper tool circuit and joystick controls just like a bucket truck flys very smooth and fast.

 

[Uzi]

Another day of mush and slush in central Nebraska. Killing big cottonwoods and stacking them up.

 

[Hinerman]

It’s a Versalift super arborist 53’. It belongs to my friend who’s also in the tree business we own the crane in the pictures as a 50/50 partnership. I’ve ran it quite a bit very solid unit. Not as tall as some but almost 0 sensors or electronic solenoids to shut you down. It’s 36” wide so it can do backyard gates very well and it’s dielectric insulated on both booms. That’s huge for us as we do a lot of power line contracts together. It has an upper tool circuit and joystick controls just like a bucket truck flys very smooth and fast.View attachment 268675View attachment 268676

A friend of mine bought one of those lifts last fall; his is a 100' lift!!!!

 

[Hinerman]

Here’s a pic going 50’ up and 50’ straight out. No thanks, my feet will stay on the ground!!!

 

[Rotty781]

14 to go

 

[Uzi]

Today’s setup for a big cottonwood. It was growing too close to the house and started to push in the wall in the basement. Made about 60 yards of chips off this thing, I’m guessing half a truck load of stump grindings tomorrow.

 

[Mastermind]

Today’s setup for a big cottonwood. It was growing too close to the house and started to push in the wall in the basement. Made about 60 yards of chips off this thing, I’m guessing half a truck load of stump grindings tomorrow.

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Hell of a setup.

 

[Uzi]

Hell of a setup.

Thanks Randy it’s old iron by most standards but big hydraulics make things so much easier. The 2100xp with finger ports you did for me saw a lot of action on this job. Still makes me grin every time. I need to get my 3120 an appointment with you one of these days.

 

[Mastermind]

Thanks Randy it’s old iron by most standards but big hydraulics make things so much easier. The 2100xp with finger ports you did for me saw a lot of action on this job. Still makes me grin every time. I need to get my 3120 an appointment with you one of these days.

Have you been running it pretty regularly for these last 6 years or so?

 

[Uzi]

Have you been running it pretty regularly for these last 6 years or so?

Very regularly, it lives in my bucket truck and goes out 5-6 days a week. You ported it in 2015 I had a part time tree and firewood business then. I went full time with employees in 2016. It’s been our backbone big saw and now shares that duty with the 3120. I run with a 36” and sometimes a 42” bar. Occasionally it’s ran a 56” it’s impressive regardless of which bar is on it. I’ve put gallons and gallons of fuel through it, literally 100’s and 100’s of tanks. Still starts and idles well if you are man enough to yank the cord it’s 3-4 pulls cold to running. It’s a saw that homeowners regularly ask about because of the exhaust note and speed it holds in the cut. I can’t say enough good things about it. It’s showing 0 signs of slowing down but if it ever takes the trip I’d do everything I could to scrounge NOS or close to new parts for a rebuild. It’s a solid money maker and testament to your excellent workmanship.

 

[Thumper88]

Did a red oak with a massive lean and hook into the house today. Climbed it, popped the top and chunked it out.