Wall of Shame: Wannabe Experts

[Kaveman]

Looks like a bad swage from here...lolz

 

[Burnham]

I actually would feel much better about that failure, knowing it was not bad material, but rather bad installation of the swage. Poor quality cable you cannot fix...poor quality assembly, you can.

 

[treesmith]

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[Burnham]

I can't decide if that one is sad, or funny. Both, I guess.

 

[Kaveman]

I like how shutting down the machine was the last priority.

I'd still like to know how these kinds of folks can be successful, while I'm eating ramen. Maybe because I'm risk adverse, I don't know.

 

[davidwyby]

I actually would feel much better about that failure, knowing it was not bad material, but rather bad installation of the swage. Poor quality cable you cannot fix...poor quality assembly, you can.

I agree. I will put a new eye on it and use it for an extension or something. The new cable is not galv, (oily messy) and much nicer and more supple. Longer too,

 

[davidwyby]

Was it spliced then swaged?

I don’t think so

 

[davidwyby]

I like how shutting down the machine was the last priority.

I'd still like to know how these kinds of folks can be successful, while I'm eating ramen. Maybe because I'm risk adverse, I don't know.

I’m pretty chill but that makes me feel very un-chill.

 

[Kaveman]

To whip the dead horse...

 

[Mick!]

That bloke doing the talking head stuff knows considerably less than my dog about that.

I think the thing that fascinates us about this is the ambition of the guys involved. This is a very very high risk operation performed by people who, ostensibly at least, seem to know what they’re doing (trucks, bobcat etc)
It’s not the usual homeowner/ladder/supermarket saw comedy.
I just keep asking myself “what were you thinking?” It doesn’t make any sense.

 

[Burnham]

You hit the nail on the head, Mick. It boggles the mind.

 

[flushcut]

Well, I think they have been lucky until now. A few jobs in made some money, bought some iron, got cocky, and the tree gods said “not today boys”.

 

[flushcut]

Plus the last two big tree mishaps the tree came off the stump.

 

[Mick!]

Plus the last two big tree mishaps the tree came off the stump.

Yes, very similar to the house demolition vid.

 

[flushcut]

Poor technique plus ego, bad things happen. Just a matter of time. And what’s up with that pile of spaghetti up in the tree? Can’t tie a knot so tie lots.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Sadly, at least in my area, there is so much demand for tree work, that anybody with a little motivation can get by on the less technical jobs. Some of these guys start growing faster than their knowledge should allow. There is also the money factor. That could usage been a $5,000 tree from an experienced and qualified co that they lowballed at $2,500.

Speaking of growth by tree cos, the number of AT cranes, Palfingers, Merlos, Sennabogans, and spider lifts around here is mind boggling.

 

[davidwyby]

My grandpa used to say, “You don’t know what you don’t know”.

But if I don’t know how much umph that tree needs and how much that rope will hold, I will find out first.

Not having the motivation or desire or the realization of the need of that knowledge is the problem.

People that are “knowledge resistant” instead of seekers.