Hard day and a few close calls am i losing it?

[wrekin tree care]

Hi All

 

Thought i would put up a quick post. Been helping some guys out clearing trees over a lane and some were up on a sand stone cliff and most have cavitys hence why there being removed. Been there for 3 days and today i was whinching some over for the first 2 hours and them climbing for about 5.

 

Ill run thhrough the day was winching the first tree uo the bank started to go nicely then it reached its pivot point and broke sideways no damage just a pain the the arse as it took two hours to get it on the deck. Then when climbing went to fell a bow at the end of the day about 10 inch diameter 60 ft up and i just got the lean wrong and it sat back had to get a rope up and pull it off and the wind was making it rock thought it was going to come back at me.

 

Ive been doing tree work and climbing for 12 years just started up my own business so im more climbing than ever and my confidence is increseing:thumbup: never really had much in myself and i had one of those days that knocked me back and i started to think do other people do this ? why am i making these mistakes?

 

Just wondered.

[felixthelogchopper]

Had a holiday recently? If not, maybe you need a bit of a break.

[Andy Collins]

I reckon you just had a bad day, after 12years Id guess yu know the ropes by now. Days are like that at times, you may be putting yourself under more pressure now its your business, are you pushing too hard to get ahead? tomorrows another day, dont beat yourself up over todays issues, just learn and move on.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Have you been burning the candle both ends? Sounds like you made a couple of mistakes but all is well and good dont let it knock your confidence

[MattyF]

I reckon you just had a bad day, after 12years Id guess yu know the ropes by now. Days are like that at times, you may be putting yourself under more pressure now its your business, are you pushing too hard to get ahead? tomorrows another day, dont beat yourself up over todays issues, just learn and move on.

 

Can't add any more than what Andy said .... We should all learn by mistakes and move on

[Matthew Storrs]

Everyone has off days, but often its when rushing to get jobs done that things can go wrong. If you'v been doing it 12 years and you are still alive and well you must be doing somthing right!

[Alinicoll]

Sometimes you have days like that. Just make sure you don`t overwork yourself or you can make mistakes.

[Shane]

Agree with all of the above. Be honest with yourself when you are getting tired. I know there are a few phsychopaths on here who can do 25 hours a day gnawing through trunks with their bare teeth but most of us can't do that.

 

A couple of years ago there was a great article in one of the Arb' mags entitled -

Don't make your last cut your LAST cut!

 

Youve obviously got the ability, once self employed YOU must decide where to draw the line.

Just keep on enjoying it - **it happens, as they say.

 

A good, honest post. We can all always learn from stuff like this.

[Rob D]

We all make mistakes and misjudgements but they will always happen - it's how you deal with them when they do happen... sounds like you dealt with them fine

[tree monkey]

you made a mistake we all do at some point.But the important thing is your here writing about it with no casualities so a good day imo