Tree felling vids

[CurSedVoyce]

I have been pruning a tree before and really wished I had spurs when at certain places on the trunk or a sweeping upthrust limb..they would be useful there.

I suspect that as they are worked with they will become more useful as ideas on ways to use them develop.

That reminds me of a trick I often forget. Use of a loop runner for a foot stirrup on a spar.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Ok, some more vid of the fellow when I get a chance. I can only assume that he must be the best climber pertaining to tree work in the country. Totally self taught too.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Bad technique but lucky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JRZc2CfLSDw

 

[MasterBlaster]

Lucky bastid.

 

[pantheraba]

Start watching at 1:25...pretty close call.

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[flushcut]

I wonder what happened? Did he cut through the hinge or ??

 

[stig]

What hinge?

 

[Jed]

Hate when that happens.

 

[Burnham]

This is pretty funny, if it wasn't so scary. You need to stick it out to the very end, but it's not all that long...couple of minutes.

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[Tucker943]

Laugh all you want. We got the job done and made a few bucks. I couldn't find a sharp file, that's what had my saw draggin so bad.

 

[Burnham]

Now this one...what could possibly have been the thought process?

It's sideways too, but short enough to not be too bothersome.

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[stig]

Thought process?

 

[Tucker943]

That's just scary. I mean, it doesn't take a professional to see what was going to happen there. Some people cant grasp simple physics without a trip to the hospitol.

 

[Burnham]

Good point, Stig. Same applies here. To loosely quote the genius behind the camera, "It makes no sense that it fell the wrong way, except that it probably was leaning that way to begin with."



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[pantheraba]

In the ghetto that is called one lucky mofo.

 

[pantheraba]

This is hard to believe...you won't believe the charlie foxtrot (clusterfook) at the end where they found a good use for a ladder. Just think, you could be driving down the road and someone like this could be felling a tree towards you.

In the credits they thank their neighbors for "helping hold the tree up" so it didn't destroy the 13,400 V power lines.

This is some crazy stuff. The middle is tedious with all the goofy cutting but the end is memorable.

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[Burnham]

Go back a couple of posts Gary, to my last.

 

[pantheraba]

Yeah, I saw that after I posted it... found it by drilling down from your original post...you got your video posts out LOTS quicker than those guys cut down those trees.

I'm just following your lead, Mr. B.

 

[Burnham]

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's amazing how many fools are out there.

 

[bstewert]

Burnham, (or anyone), let's say you got the call to take over, now that the tree is leaning into the high voltage lines. How would you proceed from there?

 

[Burnham]

Call the power company.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It wasn't making contact, right? I'd finish it with a bucket truck.

 

[bstewert]

I knew you were going to say that!

How would they do it? And how do they deal with the potential of somebody's generator backfeeding in to the lines, even tho the power is supposedly cut?

 

[Burnham]

It was laying on the lines, Butch.

I don't know, and don't intend to find out, Bob. I do trees, not electricity .