Spot the mistakes

[felixthelogchopper]

12 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

I’d heard you were a fan of the monkey fist.

 

[felixthelogchopper]

23 hours ago, Wonky said:

I,d say both, Jesus"…and Amen, I bet he's glad he only filled his pants. ?. ? ?

Given the severity, I suspect his socks were in danger too.

[Shooter]

4 minutes ago, felixthelogchopper said:

Given the severity, I suspect his socks were in danger too.

Perhaps he was wearing these

 

[felixthelogchopper]

1 minute ago, Shooter said:

Perhaps he was wearing these

 

If he wasn't before, he was after.

[carlos]

he might of of got away with the rigging mistake had he put in more pulleys in the tree to support the leggy anchor point.

not really a freak accident more a case of overloading the system to the point of a failure.

[Woodworks]

I dont climb so probably shouldnt comment but looking at both of those it does make you wonder about some folk. First one the tree is clearly dead and so the hinge is more than likely to snap. Showed Mrs Woodworks and she said the same. I get that it might be a bit iffy to climb higher to give the line a better chance of doing it's job but it's your life on the line so why risk it. Second one ermm is that piece a tad too big? ?

Edited August 28, 2018 by Woodworks

[Joe Newton]

9 hours ago, Jonny69 said:

That is a terrible idea. Have you ever used a pole chainsaw off a set of spikes? More likely to end up getting knocked on the head when you can't get out the way. Or worse, get hit on the head and drop the pole saw, they are really expensive. Even if that tree was live, i'd call 50/50 chance with the rope height of the same thing happening. 

 

The tree was rock hard and could have been spiked up so it could be cut and chucked. Or the easier option, put the pull line in higher and go steady with the back cut. For reference below, this was like spiking up concrete. 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBvYTEex2_l/?hl=nl&taken-by=treeworx1

 

r.e the second video, I'm guessing that's an experienced climber who has made an error in judgement. To be fair he was trying to rig off a good size bit of wood. Hopefully no one got hurt. 

Safe your breath mate, either person who won't accept they might not know best, like the poster of the second vid. 

 

And if memory serves you did most of that tree from a telehandler, then sent me up it!

[Haironyourchest]

9 hours ago, Jonny69 said:

That is a terrible idea. Have you ever used a pole chainsaw off a set of spikes? More likely to end up getting knocked on the head when you can't get out the way. Or worse, get hit on the head and drop the pole saw, they are really expensive. Even if that tree was live, i'd call 50/50 chance with the rope height of the same thing happening. 

 

The tree was rock hard and could have been spiked up so it could be cut and chucked. Or the easier option, put the pull line in higher and go steady with the back cut. For reference below, this was like spiking up concrete. 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBvYTEex2_l/?hl=nl&taken-by=treeworx1

 

r.e the second video, I'm guessing that's an experienced climber who has made an error in judgement. To be fair he was trying to rig off a good size bit of wood. Hopefully no one got hurt. 

I do it often, I'll give you real ones are expensive, but you can get one in Lidl for €150 or Pound equivalent. I said small bites mind, like something you could handle dropping on your head. I've dropped lots of stuff on myself, it's no problem when it's small/light and hasn't fallen far enough to gather momentum. Oh well, to each their own.

[Jonny69]

10 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Safe your breath mate, either person who won't accept they might not know best, like the poster of the second vid. 

 

And if memory serves you did most of that tree from a telehandler, then sent me up it!

Almost right. I did the tree climbing. 6-9  months later customer runs out of firewood in the store and says........next time you are here working can you go up that and knock some more off for the log burner. Next time we were there involved a telehandler for a load of hedges so i knocked some lumps off into the basket.  I did try and explain that this was not the most cost effective way of getting firewood!

 

Can't remember why you went up, probably just cause you love to climb so much. 

[carlos]

59 minutes ago, Haironyourchest said:

I do it often, I'll give you real ones are expensive, but you can get one in Lidl for €150 or Pound equivalent. I said small bites mind, like something you could handle dropping on your head. I've dropped lots of stuff on myself, it's no problem when it's small/light and hasn't fallen far enough to gather momentum. Oh well, to each their own.

i cant really think of many situations that i feel having a polesaw up a tree would be of benefit, execpt mega wide hedges and even then using them in a horizontal manner is tough on the shoulders.

but if you feel it helps then why not.

carl