skyking1
Senior Member
Thanks for the weights. Who knows I may have to take some trees down some day.
Welcome. If you ever do, there's wet wood weight calculators. They'll actually get you pretty close. You put in the average diameter, species, and length. If you measure with a tape they'll normally get you within 300 or 400 lbs. Your calculated pick weigh is not supposed to be beyond 60 percent of the net capacity of the losd chart to allow for the overages. Crotch wood weighs more than straight wood as its grain is more dense.Thanks for the weights. Who knows I may have to take some trees down some day.
We try not to cut up good logs but sometimes you have to or it's not worth the effort to deal with it. On jobs without the cranes it can be very hard to deal with loading and moving them depending on size and access.That's good to read. I really dislike it when beautiful, straight, clear logs get cut up into firewood. So many beautiful pieces of furniture can come from one log.
On a side note, I have a 4 ft tall stacked and stickered pile of cherry board 15 inches with with no knots.That's good to read. I really dislike it when beautiful, straight, clear logs get cut up into firewood. So many beautiful pieces of furniture can come from one log.
It's very wet here right now from multiple storms. We had a large pecan tree land on this house and had to get setup in the front yard.
Yeah they have definitely made it a hassle. I've found the state code for exempt from bridge law. I'm going to print out copies and put them with the insurance paperwork in each crane.I've got a set of 12 of the 4'x8' plastic mats, and I'm pretty impressed with what they will carry. They are night and day difference from plywood.
Sorry about the state boys, I find it helps if I walk them through the key phrases "Special Mobile Equipment" and the special subsections. But a lot of them have the attitude "I know and you don't "- which I don't care if the guy actually does know his stuff, but a lot of them don't know what they are talking about.