Rigged a tree limb into a counterweight near Chattanooga yesterday

I was setting up on a tight residential lot in Chattanooga and my outrigger pad started sinking into some soft ground. My 50-ton Grove was starting to lean maybe 3 degrees off level. I swung the boom over to a big oak, tied off a 4-foot limb with a choker, and used it to balance the load while I reset the pad. Has anyone else had to get creative with counterweights on tricky ground?

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3 Comments

river_thompson4d ago

Done that with a 60-ton on a hill in Georgia. Sketchy but it works.

johnson.eva4d ago

Kinda wild nobody's mentioned the tire slip factor yet - on a steep hill that 60-ton will start walking sideways before you even feel it in the hydraulics. That's the real puckering moment right there.

wade_anderson4d ago

Used to talk junk about it. That changed my mind quick.

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