shooting a cobra out of a tree

[Mr. Squirrel]

Shoot out the bracing... and then what?

Just not sure I see the logic in shooting out bracing, (besides it being entertaining) to then presumably either climb the tree to replace the bracing, or climb to dismantle the tree... It sounds like a hoot, but one way or the other, you're going to have to climb it...

[Tommy_B]

I assumed the bracing is holding the tree up and guaranteed that it will fail without it?

 

MEWP would be the more sensible (but desperately more boring) option

[Mr. Squirrel]

Just now, Tommy_B said:

I assumed the bracing is holding the tree up and guaranteed that it will fail without it?

 

MEWP would be the more sensible (but desperately more boring) option

Yeah, which presumably means if you shoot it out it'll fall apart. Which would make shooting it out a terrible idea, unless you can just deck the thing, in which case don't bother. 

Clearly a MEWP is a much better idea ?

[Mark Bolam]

Some people have no sense of adventure.

[Rich Rule]

We once tried to shoot a shovel out of a tree with a pump action shotgun.  The video is in here somewhere.  In the end the shovel handle fell off and as far as I know the shovel head is still up the tree.

[Dan Maynard]

The limbs are already snapped out and hung up in the bracing, I take it cut the bracing and they fall down.

10 screw together poles and a saw head but they are going to get bent.

[sandspider]

Presumably it's happened now? How did it go?

 

Also, is that Eddie Hitler presenting the punt gunning video?!