Wall of Shame: Wannabe Experts

[flushcut]

Well I certainly feel dumber for having watched those two videos!

 

[pantheraba]

15 minute face cut....did they ever dump the tree?

 

[woodworkingboy]

Before burning up the saw?

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Yes, they did.
But be patient, just add 8 minutes more to finish the face cut
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[pantheraba]

Thanks....I think.

 

[stig]

It is amazing how they can turn a 3 minute job into a drawn out affair.
And that pretty much goes for both videos.

 

[squisher]

Holy f-ck! That was brutal!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I think I see their.problem, too much crack on the job right there.

 

[flushcut]

Is that ass crack or the drug? Or perhaps both!

 

[cory]

Hard to see such a fine tree being tooled by rookies

 

[MasterBlaster]

More ladder stupidity!

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[Limbrat]

It's amazing how much more consistently gravity works than some people's brains

 

[treetx]

This should cross post to the great gun debate. These rocket scientists surely need firepower!

 

[Limbrat]

Maybe homeowners should be banned from using chainsaws, nothing in the constitution about that

 

[MasterBlaster]

I started a thread a long time ago about having to have a license to own a chainsaw. I can't find it...

 

[woodworkingboy]

Suspenseful vid. Funny how a lot of people don't take that stuff very seriously.

 

[flushcut]

Well said.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

People are not often actively taught good decision making/ critical thinking skills, it seems, nor feel the results of their actions in such a direct way.

 

[woodworkingboy]

It seems that trees in particular don't get the respect that they deserve

 

[Mick!]

People are not often actively taught good decision making/ critical thinking skills, it seems, nor feel the results of their actions in such a direct way.

How would one go about teaching that?
Look, we see this stuff a lot, it gives us a laugh and if no one dies all the better, however if you videoed me fixing my vans or roofing or even trying to do something related to IT and put it on the appropriate trade forum you'd get similar comments. I suspect the same could be said for most of us.

 

[bonner1040]

How would one go about teaching that?
Look, we see this stuff a lot, it gives us a laugh and if no one dies all the better, however if you videoed me fixing my vans or roofing or even trying to do something related to IT and put it on the appropriate trade forum you'd get similar comments. I suspect the same could be said for most of us.

Very true!!!!

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

https://www.google.com/search?sourc...ing skills &aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.8299j0j7 ...teaching decision making to middle schoolers.

I had decision making as part of outdoor leadership training in college.

 

[Mick!]

Seems a bit daft to me.

 

[woodworkingboy]

I don't qet the comparison. Most trades don't have the myriad of variables and inherent dangers that tree work does for the novice. Being so casual about it as to take on tasks without some reasonable level of experience or at least study, is damn foolish. Doing it can be one way to learn that, though. Most newspaper archives have news about somebody getting it by way of a tree.

 

[squisher]

Yah I would disagree that I would look like a dangerous dumb ass doing other types of 'stuff'. I find quite the opposite to be true, that I am overly cautious when doing things outside of my normal activities. Atleast until I'm satisfied I understand what the dangers and risks are. I don't just fumble forth blindly on a blind faith that I won't be seriously maimed or killed.