some of my missfortunes!!...whats yours??

[Ruskins Trees]

I work in an office, hence not practical.

 

1) Helped the lads load up a 20-25cm girth tree by hand, we could not lift it on the truck, it was pointed out, I was standing on the tail end of the rope wound around the rootball to assist lifting. I am not light.

 

2) A 21ft scaffold pole, scaffold clip at one end. waiting for a team to return late due to the M25, thought I would help by removing the clip. I lifted one end upto make the undoing of the clip easier. I achieved this, but as I did, the scaffold pole fell, onto my toe, in much pain I went home where my brother saw me take off my sock, blood was building up behind the nail, he said leave it to me I can sort this, he heated up a six inch nail, pierced the nail, blood hit the ceiling. Went to A&E cause it was still hurting, they said who did this (relieving the pressure), they could not believe it was a (non medically trained ) brother using a 6" nail. It was end of a shift, all of A & E came to see as well as all of the new shift. Went home, (with broken big toe) told by brother, he then revealed he had only ever read about it.

[armchairarborist]

I work in an office, hence not practical.

 

1) Helped the lads load up a 20-25cm girth tree by hand, we could not lift it on the truck, it was pointed out, I was standing on the tail end of the rope wound around the rootball to assist lifting. I am not light.

 

2) A 21ft scaffold pole, scaffold clip at one end. waiting for a team to return late due to the M25, thought I would help by removing the clip. I lifted one end upto make the undoing of the clip easier. I achieved this, but as I did, the scaffold pole fell, onto my toe, in much pain I went home where my brother saw me take off my sock, blood was building up behind the nail, he said leave it to me I can sort this, he heated up a six inch nail, pierced the nail, blood hit the ceiling. Went to A&E cause it was still hurting, they said who did this (relieving the pressure), they could not believe it was a (non medically trained ) brother using a 6" nail. It was end of a shift, all of A & E came to see as well as all of the new shift. Went home, (with broken big toe) told by brother, he then revealed he had only ever read about it.

 

think your bro went overkill on that one.. we use 1mm drillbits heated up so hopefully sterilised and carefully drill just through the nail to relieve the pressure.

[RobRainford]

I just used a needle when I got my finger bashed by a hockey stick. Although I then found that I just had to stab the tip of my finger as it wasn't under the nail. Part of the nail was blak but just underneath.

[d-raittuk]

Felled a Cypress with an iron bar in it. Tree twisted 90 degrees took down some lv wires which went into the garden pond an electrocuted the pet duck.

 

The clients son was watching and said "thats the coolest thing I've ever seen!"

 

haha you couldnt make that up lol

[Stubby]

Sixteen and blagged it that I could drive a dumper so I could get the job.

Came to a corner and understeered and put the dumper through a brand new Citroen then panicked and oversteered and went across the other side of the road and ploughed into new Ford Granada....both were written off.

 

Thats a cracker !

[Stubby]

My buddie bounced a limb of the unshielded HV and blacked out the whole village .

[Shane]

Forgot one of the boards when stump-grinding.

Pushed ahead anyway on the basis that it 'should' be OK.

 

After a couple of minutes the customer came out and asked if it's possible my machine had done 'THAT' pointing at a nicely frosted patio window. As we went to look closer you could hear it (and see it) cracking more and more.

 

That day was a loss leader!

 

Once tied half hitch/timber hitch wrong and watched sycamore log drop in slow motion through a shed roof (even worse it was not in the customer's garden).

 

And more recently - rolling the chipper, kicking it back into shape while reading my signs saying 'professional tree surgery'.

 

Otherwise perfection.

[Gus McWilliam]

When I did work experience in college I was helping burn rhody on the quantocks. My boss used a blower to get the fire going and we went about our business. At the end of the day, we started looking for the blower and found a deformed lump of metal in its place. In that same fire we lost a sprayer and 2 pitchforks

[raker]

A few years ago when it was just a sideline i said i`d clear a mates building plot of a mix of dead elms and live rowans.Most were leaning the wrong way so i was roping them in the right direction.Held onto by a mate.

It was going great, but i was getting cocky.One of the trees i had previously discounted as it was out of my ability.It really needed climbing.

Threw a rope into it, and set to with my saw.It sat back on my saw, and the mate was shouting in panic.It was wanting to fall into a garden with a trampoline and shed in it.Both of us pulling was to no avail.

Fortunately the plot was next to a sportsground and some lads playing football came over and saved our bacon.Cringeworthy to be honest.

The only other time was a big conifer i was cutting and chucking.It was over a wooden deck and i`d said leave the brash while i drop a bigger branch on it expecting it to land on the soft end.It didnt and punched a hole through it.

Injuries: had a cheap multitool in my pocket that i was fed up with having to open up the whole thing to get the knife blade out.Decided it would be ok to leave it in the bottom of my jacket pocket.Forgot about it, and it stabbed me when i bent over to pick something up.

Glued it with superglue, and said to my lad not to tell his mum who is a nurse.He did as soon as she came in.Needed stitches really.Healed well with no infection though:thumbup1:

[doobin]

Felled a Cypress with an iron bar in it. Tree twisted 90 degrees took down some lv wires which went into the garden pond an electrocuted the pet duck.

 

The clients son was watching and said "thats the coolest thing I've ever seen!"

 

Just spat me coffee out! :lol: