Private work: your own pictures

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Jack,

you will find out in time that even if you have signage cones etc and are wearing hi viz, cars will always get passed any one standing in the road.

Just a note of caution

 

Whilst working in the London Borough of Brent I was wearing hi vis, the area was coned off etc etc, I had to stop traffic just as a precaution to a section fell. Although I was stood in the middle of the road and had seen the car coming from some distance it kept coming.

 

I stood firm and realised i had now got eye contact with the driver, he drove straight at me, i asumed he was testing me, he was not and as he drove into me i stepped aside and in a moment of anger I slapped his roof as he drove past me.

 

he stopped and this silver back of a man got out and asked me what i thought i was doing, this is a more complicated story....

 

Dont assume that people will stop, take it from those with experiance of this, I have had eye contact with at least three drivers who drove straight into and would have gone through me had i stepped aside.

 

It takes some guts to stand firm when they test you, and test you they will. It isnt so much what you do you have to worry about, it is what others do that will cause you the BIGGEST problems!

[jacktaylor]

thanks for your complement james

[jacktaylor]

hamadryad: i understand what your saying clearly, thanks

[jamesw]

It takes some guts to stand firm when they test you, and test you they will. It isnt so much what you do you have to worry about, it is what others do that will cause you the BIGGEST problems!

spot on!

[Stephen Blair]

good on you jack, nothing wrong with that work. some cones wouldnt go a miss but a gutsy fell onto a clever wee brash matt. i would get that on the stunt fell thread mate:thumbup1:

[felixthelogchopper]

Whilst working in the London Borough of Brent I was wearing hi vis, the area was coned off etc etc, I had to stop traffic just as a precaution to a section fell. Although I was stood in the middle of the road and had seen the car coming from some distance it kept coming.

 

I stood firm and realised i had now got eye contact with the driver, he drove straight at me, i asumed he was testing me, he was not and as he drove into me i stepped aside and in a moment of anger I slapped his roof as he drove past me.

 

he stopped and this silver back of a man got out and asked me what i thought i was doing, this is a more complicated story....

 

Dont assume that people will stop, take it from those with experiance of this, I have had eye contact with at least three drivers who drove straight into and would have gone through me had i stepped aside.

 

It takes some guts to stand firm when they test you, and test you they will. It isnt so much what you do you have to worry about, it is what others do that will cause you the BIGGEST problems!

 

Never underestimate the stupidity/arrogance of the general public

[Stephen Blair]

been attempted rammed before by an idiot in nissan prelude, need i say more lol

[18 stoner]

From the pics it appears the first tree would have had two cuts to get the top out towards the retained tree, then flop the stem.

 

The second tree would have clear felled where the mondeo is parked.

 

Just my ten. Pete.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

been attempted rammed before by an idiot in nissan prelude, need i say more lol

 

What stevie doesnt say though is that this guy had got stevie in to do a reduction the week before! LOL:lol:

[jacktaylor]

My horse chestnut (medium fell) at college: my tutors told me i was to fell it into the pit!!!!!!!!