Watching a crew in Portland handle a huge maple removal with just a 65-ton crane changed my whole view on setup zones.

They cleared a 30-foot radius, used a GRCS for the rigging, and had the whole thing down and chipped in under 4 hours, which made me realize we've been over-complicating our own site prep for years.

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rileyb6124d ago

Clearing a 30-foot radius isn't always possible in tight neighborhoods. That setup is a luxury most of us don't have on residential jobs. Your view changed because you saw a perfect scenario, not the daily grind.

mila_harris24d ago

Yeah, but seeing that setup made me try something different on a tight lot last month. We had maybe 15 feet to work with around a big oak. Instead of a full clear, we mapped just the drop zones for the crane and used the GRCS to swing limbs over a garage into the only open space. It cut our prep time in half because we weren't moving everything twice. Sometimes you just need to see a clean job to question your own routine.

theac6321d ago

Fifteen feet of space around an oak and you still got a crane in there? That's wild. I would have assumed you'd need at least double that for any kind of rigging setup. How big was the crane you used?