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Using a crane is sometimes the safest and most economical way to remove large trees. Watch as some highly skilled arborists remove a huge maple tree from Dave's backyard.

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Dave Epstein: I’m Dave Epstein. This is Growing Wisdom. We’re in my yard today and I’ve got tree specialist that would be arriving soon. Unfortunately, they’re going to take a tree down, and you guys know me, I don’t want to take trees down. I plant trees all over the place, but this guy is leaning, it’s in close proximity to the house, if it were to come down, it’s going to cause a lot of trouble to the gardens. So, it’s just time for this to come out, so instead of having someone to come in, you know bunch of guys come in, they climb the tree and they take down piece by piece and haul it away. We will actually have a crane come in and take this all out in one felt swoop, chipped it out and it will be done. Right, so I’m here with Christ Orchard, great name for a tree guy by the way. You must get that a lot. From Tree Specialists, and Chris tell me the process about what we are doing. Christ Orchard: Well, basically we brought in the crane and we got it set up in the side yard and we’re going to use the crane to take the tree out because it got to the point that it is so large that if we were to take it down by hand, climbing the tree, then all of the material would have to be taken out by hand. In this way it can all be process out in the driveway, where the crane will set it down. It’s a lot safer also for our guys, because there is no danger if anything going wrong back here as far as the tree goes. It all can be dealt without in the open. The crane is not always the best way to go, but in certain situations, it’s the safest. It is the most practical; sometimes it can also be the most cost effective. Dave Epstein: What are they going to do here? What is he doing? Christ Orchard: Basically the crane is bringing the climber up to the tree, and those two red things hanging down off of the tail of the crane are called slings, they will set up on the canopy of the tree, and then the climber will descend down from the point that he set those slings. Tie himself in to the tree, and make his cut. So that now all of the pieces fully suspended and will be swung out and around to where we can process it. You don’t want it to flip over, coz then the climber is in jeopardy while his up there. So each piece needs to try and stay straight as possible and swing out the way that is cut. That will take out all of the brush first, up at the top of the canopy, and then we will move down in to the wood trunk section. Dave Epstein: Then what will you do with the brush? Just out of curiosity. Christ Orchard: The brush is processed by the chipper. Dave Epstein: Could you recycle the brush? Christ Orchard: We do reuse the woodchips. We make our own mulch. Dave Epstein: So we are standing where there was a tree and you know when we talk earlier some of us thought this is 40, 50 years old, but its almost a 100 year old tree that we just took out. Good thing is, is that I’m noticing a lot of these woods got to go off to be firewood, we’ve recycled it, and its also less dangerous for the house. Perhaps a crane is right for you if you are taking out some bigger trees. I appreciate you watching this edition of Growing Wisdom. Come back every week for all of our tips and helps at GrowingWisdom.com.