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ROCHESTER TREE SERVICE BLOG
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Tree Removal |
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| Landon Tree And Stump removal services uses the two most
common methods to remove trees; Arborist Techniques and Bucket Truck. A
bucket truck is the desired method for us to take down any tree as we
believe it is the fastest and safest method for us. Some purest in the
industry that specialize in arborist techniques believe otherwise, but
lets face it, we are not all the extreme experts in the field and we
each have to do what is best for us. Most tree services use a bucket
truck as their first option and for some it is their only option.
We believe a combination of bucket a arborist techniques are unbeatable. There are some jobs that the bucket truck can not be used for. Jobs
where we can not access the area with the tree due to fences or other
barriers and sometimes the ground is too soft and would damage the lawn.
In these cases we do have qualified climbers to safely remove the tree
using sound arborist techniques. These are also good examples of when
the MultiTrac is of special assistance to us. Being able to access areas
with just under four foot openings, its balloon tires, and articulation
the MultiTrac is designed to move the brush and wood out of the yard to
the equipment even on a wet lawn without permanent damage or rutting to
the lawn. (see MultiTrac) |
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BUCKET TRUCK
Most of our job are done using the bucket truck and are rather routine.
Our bucket truck used to be public utility truck and contains a jib used
by the utility workers when setting telephone poles in the ground. The
jib is a wench that is attached on the end of the boom and operated by
be cutter in the bucket. The jib has an arm that can be rotated up or
down by a motor and can be manually extended longer or shorter. In short
it looks like a mini crane. In the picture at the right, Aaron is
operating the jib from switches along the bucket top in front of him.
The jib is the white pole with the triangular shaped end on the right.
On the left of it is the wench housing.
In tree work the jib is handy to attach to a limb that is being cut
and once free, to swing the branch to an open landing zone with the boom
and lower it with the jib's wench. This can also be used as a "false
crotch" by the operator (see
false crotch).
In the photo graph Aaron is lowering the large log once he has swung the
boom to an open landing zone.
Since the jig is tied to the top of the log only smaller logs and
branches are taken to avoid overloading the boom when the log falls and
tightens up the rope, called shock loading.
For background on our bucket truck, how we purchased it, etc.
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For some examples of job we have done using our bucket
truck:
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feature of the bucket truck is the CRANE. When the boom is folded down
the folded end can be used as a crane. This is the middle of the boom
and would make about a 30' crane (without a wench). So you can lift
heavier objects with this part of the boom.... such as logs.
Problem is you need to position the truck so you can swing the item into
location with the arch of the boom. We use this feature to load logs
into our trailer that are too heavy for the MultiTrac, load boulders and
firewood racks full of wood. We have used this feature on time on a job
in place of the jib but found out that this was NOT the thing we wanted
to do. It was one of our earlier jobs and perhaps we were just
inexperienced but we never went back to try it again as it was too
unnerving.
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| ARBORIST REMOVALS
The best jobs are the ones that require us to climb the tree and lower
the wood to the ground. These are the jobs where you can use all the
skills you have learned and all the tools you have been carrying around
in your truck all these days. You have a climber in three, a ground crew
and lowering wood with friction devices... ah, it doesn't get any better
than that! We seem to get too much into a rut of just cutting down
trees; meaning that just fell them or put a climber in the tree and let
him cut the branches and let them drop to the ground. All of this is to
speed up the take down and provide more production. Where is the art? On
the other hand, I guess you do have to make money in a business. Trick
is to find the balance and implement the appropriate type of take down
that suits the customer.
For an example of good arborist job
For an example of a "cut n drop" job
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Tree Removal Test
| The picture below on the left was taken
when the job was estimated. |
The picture below on the right was taken
after the job was completed, as the crew was leaving for the last time. |
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Can you tell what is missing in the picture at the
right?
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