Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in
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Tree sefvice took down a HUGE maple in the neighbour's back yard
ratlier this year. They did it all with simple rope slings, most of
it coming down in chunks 4 feet long or less. The only power tools
they used were a chain saw and a big chipper out on the street. The
cutter went up the tree, cut off a few branches, tied on with his
sling, and cut off all the branched piece by piece, dropping them
with a rope sling, then went up the tree with spurs and belt,. and
cut chunks off above the belt- pushing them off as he went.
Surprising how fast that tree came down!!!!!

Always fun to watch experts at work. They certainly get things done
efficiently. :-)

Of course, then there's the experts who don't. I recall
seeing video on CNN several years ago of a tree service
using a crane to lift a large tree out of a backyard, over
the house. Since it wouldn't be news if it had worked as
planned, you know what happened next: the tree got dropped
on the house, causing all manner of damage.

There was some reason why it couldn't be taken down piece-
wise, but I don't recall what it was.

Around here the power company has been replacing poles. The
way they do it is to lift the new pole vertically with a very
tall crane, and thread it down thru the wires. Then they
fasten the wires to the new pole, detach from the old, and
pull the old one out vertically the same way. It looks like
there's any manner of ways that could go wrong, but they
don't seem to have caused any blackouts yet...

John