An electric drill (drill motor, as Jomo used to say) and drill bit should be on the estimator's truck. That base should not have been one bit of surprise, hope you're just being facetious. It should have been drilled 4+ times for measurement of Sound Rind Thickness after thumping and finding a drum at the estimator's inspection, IMO.
Just a regular tree climbing saddle (not meant for fall arrest, I know), with a tight lanyard to the bottom of the bucket to prevent a fall will be a million times better than being catapulted.
The famous Eyes of Steel. One-eye Bob survived a career of logging in the PNW, second or more generation of loggers (this being Junior, not senior), without losing an eye without safety glasses, oh yeah, until he was about 60, Lives 3/4 of a mile. One-eye Guy made it until about 40 something, hinge splitter to the eye, tree was already felled, and he didn't backchain the hinge whiskers off the stump or log, not sure. One-Eye Levi, our old TH friend only made it until 12, and eye accident. Injured-Eye Jed, our esteemed hinge-artist friend, got it one day, thankfully recovered, I think. One-eye Moss on TB, had the guy who he was helping by giving work to, make a bad decision and his recovery has been partial and presumably terrible. Its all fun and games.
If you are posting these pics on your business facebook, you're documenting a lot of bad work practices/ illegal perhaps, unless you guys don't have OSHA or whatnot in your neighborhood.
Leg pro? I know, its hot, its hot. Cough, Coolvests, Cough, Cough.
Full disclosure, as an owner with no safety rules or insurances covering me, I wear leg pro when risk are elevated, not everyday, and I can't think of the last time while climbing (my saw pants are too tight for climbing, and I've never gotten others). My reflex if I slip with a saw on the ground is to throw it away from me. F the saw. Never broken a saw, or even close. Can't really remember throwing one, even. I've very getting-hurt-averse, VERY. Once, about 3 years ago, I slipped in the rain and should have thrown it. No harm. Also, I take my hand off both throttle and throttle-interlock while walking, if I retain a grip on the pistol grip, and never put the bottom of the saw on my body. And no F-it cuts. Just saying, I'm not perfect by a long shot, safety wise. I've had my employees do stuff that nearly killed me once and blinded me once (Yay forest screens!!!).
