Treework in India

[Rowan the Bruce]

Some highway work Indian style, had 5 weeks away recently and was lucky enough to stumble accross this! They had a chainsaw to cut the fig up on the ground and to fell the stems. They had done about 40 of them already, nutters!

 

 

 

 

 

[redmoosefaction]

Way cool. I love India. Best thing to do as a tree surgeon is take the 5 weeks off in december and january, cos there's bugger all happening here.

 

This is proper health and safety stuff... for India... ropes? cranes? Whatever next.

 

Cheers for the photos. You have made me really jealous.

[Rowan the Bruce]

yeah - I missed the opportunity to photo some guys using jackhammers in flip flops/thongs, singlets and lungi's. The highway was between Mysore and Mangalore in Karnataka state.

[liamjordan]

thats sweet! love the pics

[tommer9]

Flippin Brilliant Tristan. Love those pics. Really makes me want to go away again.

Reminds me of a tale my mate told me from when he worked in a Brazilian ship yard, where the locals were using saws with 3' bars on them, the chain so loose you could get your arm between it and the bar almost, wearing flip flops and shorts. On pointing out the danger my mate was informed "you cant cut round corners unles you have the chain that loose...."

[danroker1987]

fair play,thanks for sharing the pictures!!!

[Rowan the Bruce]

Nice story that Tom, life is a little easier in some ways/ harder in others in those places. Is that a quote from Blade Runner on your posts?

[tommer9]

He he- well spotted. It is a quote from Bladerunner, its what Batty (one of the replicants) says just before he dies. Top film eh?

 

The best bit of the Brazil story is that my mate said he was a 'bit green' and when he pointed out the danger they laughed at him!

[liamjordan]

picture 3 reminds me how we have lorries and trailers loaded

[MattyF]

Quality pics wish i could of seen them with my own eyes !

 

Tom d that is one of my favourite quotes rutger hauer is awsome in that film evan if he is running around in his pants at the end ..