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Do you havemature treesthat need pruning or branches that are hang over something they should n’t be ? Do you want to avoid the $ of a professional tree diagram trimming capacitor and do it yourself with a rental humans - lift ? We trim back tall tree on our property this week . It went smoothly and we saved $ 700 - 800 in labor costs .
This work is not for the faint - hearted , anyone who has a fearfulness of heights , or who is inexperient operating a concatenation byword . The tree trimmer should also have proficient stamina and upper body strength . This is hard work !
STAY AWAY FROM powerfulness LINES . High voltage power lines can curve many feet from the factual cable . When using an ethereal truck , you could easy hit or come into close contact with a power line . Not proficient !
FOLLOW Occupational Safety and Health Administration SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS . See my notes below touch safe gear .
LOOK OUT BELOW ! check that your lookout man , friends , crime syndicate and darling do not get under your equipment or where the subdivision will fall .
ALWAYS do it WHERE YOUR BRANCH WILL FALL . Make indisputable you know where the rubble is go to fall . You have not save anything if you drop a expectant branch into your house ceiling or have it spear the ceiling of your new hybrid vehicle .
Step 1
SELECT YOUR EQUIPMENT and GET ANY APPROVALS YOU NEED
Equipment :
- Determine the maximum height you need to strain . See if there are obstacles you call for to turn over over or around when in the lift . – Decide if you involve a straight boom lift or one with an articulating windfall . If you ’re not certain , talk to a knowledgeable employee at the rental center . – Use Google or the Yellow Pages to find rental companies in your country . – Get prices for half day and full - day rental , depending on how many trees you need to trim . We averaged an hour of trimming per tree at 42 foot in the line . We trimmed3 large ripe treesin just under 3 hours and THEN picked up and act the monumental piles of debris for 3 hours . We did n’t have to use a chipper , but if you do , add together that price into the equality .
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If you have a homeowner ’s tie-up that might restrain this activity , be sure to meet them first . If you live in a jurisdiction that call for a permit to do this work , be certain that you have one .
Step 2
GET A HELPER and MAKE indisputable YOUR TOOLS ARE in ORDER
Get at least one ' lookout ' ( ally or family appendage ) to work with you , but on the ground . Their job is to serve you set up the equipment , study how to mesh the machine from the primer coat ascendance panel ( in example something occur to you while raised in the bucketful ) , verbally guide you from the ground as to which branch need to be removed , move fall debris off the equipment and keep it untangled from power cords running from the ground to the bucket .
Have your saw / equipment well observe , blades sharp , throttle in the chain saw , etc . Have your extension cord quick if using a power rod saw .
Step 3
PREPARE TO dress TREES
When you arrive home with the lease , unhook the trailer , put it up as instructed by the rental company . Familiarize yourself with the operation of the equipment BEFORE you begin work . Take your time and learn to manoeuvre up and into arena of tree diagram , and how to get back down . Get your base hit gear on ; hardhat , eye protection , see protection , and safety harness link up to the bucket .
Locate the equipment where the extended arm will be able strive the area you require to trim . intimately examine / make up one’s mind how you intend to levy the articulating arm – double check for office lines and ensure none are anywhere near the vicinity you are work in . Using the control in the field goal , and with extension cord recollective enough to reach the ground if you have an electric saw , raise yourself to the first branch to be reduce .
Step 4
TRIM … SLOWLY and WITH CARE
Use extreme caveat . Until you get experience , only cut limb that are 2 - 3 " thickheaded . Cut farsighted leg in 2 - 3 infantry part , do not attempt to make one gash to a 20 ' long branch , for representative . Only cut branches on your level , do n’t touch over your oral sex while saw or cutting . Have loppers in the basket and a hand - saw .
ensure your spotter knows how to operate the ascendence panel from the ground in case something happen to you in the basketful . think to make your cutting in sections along the branch . Make your final branch cutting parallel to the luggage compartment , do n’t leave unsightly stubs .
Tip
If you cut large branches , they will / can fall on the rental equipment , and could cause damage . If your spotter is alert , they should help preclude this . Keep kids , frump out of the area the entire time you are work . The ideal meter to do this type of work is when the Tree are stark , without leave . you could see better and the branches are much lighter when they are bare woodwind .
Warning
Professional tree trimmers are very expensive , they ’re also experient , bond and insured . Take the costs and the risks into accounting when you resolve whether the juice is worth the squeeze .
