Extraction of Tree from Distant Pond
A large tree located far from the home and driveway needed extraction from the busy canal area of Lond Pond. A series of steps were devised to safely remove this without damaging the surrounding grounds despite its inaccessability.This project took a five man crew 3.5 Hours including travel time. They do not always work out this smoothly.
The base of the tree where it broke off was about 19' It went almost half way across a well traveled canal on Long Pond.
The only access was over 200' away.
Snatch blocks were set high on the trunk of a stable tree.
The tree began to move.
Slowly she creeps back to land.
The 2 Bull ropes have to be re positioned with every pull.
A ½" smaller line is used on a second block for big lateral branches.
The piece is cut and taken to the log loader by the 20H.P. John Deere with forks.
We took 10' of but we still have a lot of tree left in the canal.
Without the log loader this scenario would not be possible.
The tree is getting smaller. We have to clean up what we drag before we pull more tree in.
The chain is tightened to get more of a pull as the tree gets smaller and lighter.
Not much of a drag zone.
We almost got it. Not much left now.
There she be the top of the tree.
<img src="18-Crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" title="Need to Climb" alt="1. Work contiues"></a></li>
<li><a href=""><img src="images/18-Crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="All the remaining leaders need to be climbed as the crane has a longer reach it must take smaller pieces." title="18-Crane.jpg"></a></li>
<li><a href=""><img src="images/19-Crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="The drop zone must be clear before the next pic is lowered." title="19-Crane.jpg"></a></li>
<li><a href=""><img src="images/20-Crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Some pics hang straight" title="20-Crane.jpg"></a></li>
<li><a href=""><img src="images/22-Crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Some pics hang the way the weight commands" title="22-Crane.jpg"></a></li>
<li><a href=""><img src="images/23crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="This pic is about 35' in length and about 17" in diameter at the base" title="23crane.jpg"></a></li>
<li><a href=""><img src="images/27-Crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="The tree is getting much smaller." title="27-Crane.jpg"></a></li>
<li><a href=""><img src="images/28-Crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="The lower portions of the trunk are to big for the chipper and have to loaded on the log loader." title="28-Crane.jpg"></a></li>
<li><a href=""><img src="images/29-Crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="The base of this pic is larger than 18" in diameter." title="29-Crane.jpg"></a></li>
<li><a href=""><img src="images/35-crane.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Even the small pic's are bigger than ropes can handle." title="35-crane.jpg"></a></li>