08.12.2016

Installing the Capitol Christmas tree

A JCB 507-42 telehandler and a 22 tonne P&H Century series Rough Terrain crane helped erect this year's Christmas tree on the lawn of Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA.

The 24 metre high, 84 year old Engelmann spruce, was cut down in early November at Little Ski hill near McCall Idaho, in the Payette National Forest. It was supported during the cut and lowered and loaded onto a trailer by two truck mounted cranes belonging to Seid Crane of Kuna, Idaho. A large National Crane equipped with a work platform and a four axle Grove.
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Two cranes from the Seid Crane fleet help harvest the tree at Ski Hill, McCall, Idaho

The tree was loaded onto a long trailer and taken on a 4,000 mile road trip to Washington DC, towed by a specially painted Kenworth operated by local company Amoth.
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The specially decorated truck

Once in the capital, the JCB telehandler and the crane - owned by the Capitol maintenance crew - went to work to install the tree in front of the world famous landmark of the United States Congress building, officially kicking off the Christmas period.
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A JCB 507-42 helps erect the Christmas tree on Capitol Hill, Washington DC