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Old 14-03-10, 08:21 PM   #9 (permalink)
Jon Lad
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Re: Tales from tree work

A friend of mine was doing some powerline work quite a few years ago. This was back in the day when lets say it wasn't as essential for you to have all the right tickets to be working.
He was climbing a tree to be drawn back from the wires, there were two other lads nearby felling some spruce which were growing too close to the wires as well.
At the same time two contractors were up a pole just next to where they were working, doing some work to the cross member at the top of the pole.
One of the two lads felling the spruces, just stuck a back cut into one of the trees that was to come out - no gob or even a step cut and it fell the wrong way and the top of the tree landed on the wires, before bouncing and sliding off them.
One of the pole lads shouted down "What the f****** hell are you doing! A bloody tree surgeon shouldn't fell a tree like that!"
To which the lad who'd done it replied "Well I'm not a tree surgeon, I'm a baker".
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