[TheForge] Brainstorming -- Trouble with trees (OT)

[wmullett at bright.net]

I had to look up a Vine Maple - non around here.  But it says they are: "Maple Family (Aceraceae). Vine maple is a native, deciduous shrub or small tree that ranges between ten to twenty feet."  

If only 20' tall it seems like they can't be too dangerous.  I have seen a 20" Dia plus tree rotate about 180 degrees when cut while still standing on the stump.  Scared the heck out of all of us.  There can be some real built-in stresses in some tress.



---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:34:55 -0000
>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net (on behalf of "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>)
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Brainstorming -- Trouble with trees (OT)  
>To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>
>There's nothing inherently wrong or hairbrained about your ideas Bruce. I 
>don't know of any robots or rov trimmers but a feller buncher is a darned 
>safe and sure way to kill trees and there are rubber tired models. The 
>helicopter mounted vertical limb trimmers are on safty release and clutches 
>so they won't drag a helo out of the sky. I'm pretty sure though they aren't 
>the tool for beside the house.
>
>Maple is one of the most dangerous trees there are, especially vine maples. 
>They have unpredictable grain and they're VERY resilient, organic main 
>springs that is, even bucking slash can do you a fatal mischief. It's an 
>occasion hiring pros is probably called for. If you don't cut lots of trees 
>AND have experience with maple there's NO maybe about it.
>
>The ROV sounds interesting in the extreme and fun to boot. A while ago I saw 
>pics of a limber buncher that walks and can climb, it looks like a demented 
>insect with a cab and guy wearing a hardhat.
>
>Jer
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com>
>To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored 
>by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 10:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Brainstorming -- Trouble with trees (OT)
>
>
>> Eeek!
>>
>> I can just see that chain getting caught and yanking the copter down
>> into the trees!  I certainly HOPE they had some redundant fail-safes
>> on that rig!
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> 
>> wrote:
>>> Bruce,
>>>
>>> A couple years ago we were at my daughters's house when we saw the power
>>> company trimming the trees along the high tension lines. They were useing 
>>> a
>>> helicopter with a 20 or 30 foot chain looped down form it, kind of like a
>>> chain saw without the bar. They got the chain moving and just flew real
>>> slow along the right-a-way cutting off all the limbs that hung over the
>>> line. I have no idea what they did if they got the chain stuck, it might
>>> have been designed to release if ran in reverse.
>>>
>>> There is also the electric chain saw on the end of a long pole that some 
>>> of
>>> the trimming services use.
>>>
>>> Robert Ehrenberger
>>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>>
>>> ---Original message ---
>>>
>>> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:40:37 -0500
>>> From: Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Brainstorming -- Trouble with trees (OT)
>>>
>>> That certainly clarifies the problem and focuses attention!
>>>
>>> Now, does ANYONE care to discuss my harebrained scheme for a limb & tree
>>> lopper?
>>>
>
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