CAMPHOR LAUREL REMOVAL .

[Eagleview]

Well , I know how much you guy's like pictures so here's some of today's dicing with death . These Camphor Laurels had to be removed for a property access road . They are way to big for my machine but I did it anyway . When you consider this excavator weighs 23 tonne/ton and is quite large , it's easy to see just how big these trees were . The vines I had to tear out of the trees before I could pull them out were unbelievable , at one point I had the front of the machine in mid air , just hanging on them . The things we do for money.....

 

[EddieWalker]

It's always amazing that no matter how big of a machine you have, it's never big enough!!

Great pics. Do you ever take them out by digging around the root ball and pushing them over?

Eddie

 

[Bird]

I think I might have been afraid of some of that falling and crushing me and the cab of the machine.

 

[Eagleview]

Yes Eddie , the next one I will be doing on Monday is twice as big , so it will be getting dug around and pushed over .

Bird , you are right I should have full cab protection on the machine for a job like this .

 

[ClearViewGroup]

i am amazed that the lift power of that machine....does that attachment do anything to increase your leverage? or is it all the carrier?

 

[DJ54]

Do they have tap roots..., or just surface..??

I've taken out a quite few with the ole' Kobelco 210... I'd cut all the roots I could, except the side I was pushing it towards. A little safety thing in my mind, in case I slipped off the trunk. Didn't want it crashing down on me.

Always thought it would be cool to have, and tried to talk the boss in to having a single shank root cutter/rock ripper about 2-3' long out of T-1 steel. Didn't happen, but could have used it a bunch..!!

With the quick-attach, it sure would have been sweet...

It seems we did find a ripper designed for rock in a catalog, which would have been great for when we were ripping shale for fill...!! But that's all we did... Find it, they wouldn't spring for one...

 

[EddieWalker]

Getting them on the ground is the easy part. Making them disapear is when it turns into work. Do you burn them? Haul them off? What do you do with them and how do you do it?

Eddie

 

[Eagleview]

i am amazed that the lift power of that machine....does that attachment do anything to increase your leverage? or is it all the carrier?

It was a strong machine to start with but Ive wound the pressures up a tad . Sometimes the reliefs crack under extreme loads and the boom will slowly lower . I just need to think ahead as to what I'm going to do with the tree and where I can place it before tackling it .


DJ54 , they are mainly a surface root tree depending on soil type . Most people have seen this photo but I'll put it in here for those who have not , it shows the typical root system they have . This is a more manageable size tree for this machine . I need a 30 tonner for the others , but don't want any more expensive garden ornaments .

Eddie , you are right , it is a mission to get rid of them . They are usually piled for burning or they are chipped , but I have to cart them away from this job . A local sugar mill is said to take them for boiler fuel . I will contact them tomorrow to see if they will pick them up .

 

[Eagleview]

This is how I am getting rid of the trees , 70 cubic metre/yard bins . Left bin for trash to the tip and the Right bin for logs to the Sugar Mill for "Green Energy" production . I don't know how I would manage without my "Talon" grapple with it's full length top clamp .

 

[Eagleview]

Take that !