About wierdest gotcha i had was a slow drop, still connected to stump and water at stump;
Roots were wrapped around pipe, stump was controlling fall anchored to roots, shifted and broke pipe with no ground damage.
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Damage to customer side of main so i fixed.
Here, with main broke before meter, would think city fix.
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Another time i had worked 2 days rigging massive live oak branches from over house;
every move, rig perfect, people watching etc.
This thing was massive, i had even put this off some. Largest limb was almost U shaped over house.
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Final cut, i maid was a stob from previous tree guy, simple 20' from ground, at tree, simplest/lowest/smallest thing cut in 2 days.
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That damn stob, fell, walked to side, end over end tumbling, between 2 bushes;
then walked up 3 stairs and then the kamikaze threw itself into a $600 plate glass window like some perfect storm of forces!