Until it is a biggie! Taking chances is part of the job, but when it comes to power, I prefer to hedge my bets. That said, I've dumped the top of a pine that I misjudged by literally 6" and damn near tore out a service drop to a house...bent the mast and loosened the waterproofing coming into...
No problem in the woods...especially on soft ground. But...in a residential setting, a friend of mine was taking out a tree. Made his undercut, busted it out and left it in the lay. Dropped the stick and the undercut flew out 90 degrees from the lay and smashed a big bay window on the client's...
Nice work. My only piddle paddle notification is this: move the busted out undercuts from the lay of the tree. I have it on good authority that they can cause unexpected problems. :/:
Got that right. I came home a while back to find him attempting to cut down a red oak I planted when Ryker was born...with a plastic file from one of those kiddie tool sets. I didn't know whether to be mad or proud :D
That vid shows the definition of a scare strap!
And you can really tell a nooblet by when they blast out the top of the tree....and then attempt to do the limbwalks after they tough guy out the good tip.
Man, what was that dude thinking? My favorite is that he gave up bucking that first log after 1 1/2 minutes. Something one of us would most likely have done in about 10 seconds. Though, I'm not so sure he was trying to buck it...I'm not so sure what he was doing in that whole vid. Sheesh.
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