Spike Kickout!

[Mani]

This is my last video highlighting safety issues.

 

Skip forward to 35 secs in this vid, the guy is cutting a small biscuit from the top and goes to throw it without making sure his spikes are well stuck into the stem, the extra weight of the log causes spike kickout -

 

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[Paul Barton]

Whoops.

 

Now are you going to post lots of videos of you showing us how to do it properly?

[Mozza]

The first time i did that i absolutly Sh*t myself!!

[Ian150482]

Whoops.

 

Now are you going to post lots of videos of you showing us how to do it properly?

 

 

Ha. Im sure he'll appreciate that commment.

[ecolojim]

well it aint ideal and it aint fun

 

but isnt it why we double wrap our strops?

 

and has it not happened to nearly everyone?

 

theres a fair argument that stomping your spikes in repeatedly does more damage to you over time than a few brown boxers moments.

 

not saying it 'should' happen, but ive never heard anyone say it happened to them followed by 'if i did this it wouldnt have'

[Mike Hill]

Its going to happen.We have all been walking for years but somtimes we trip over,safe chainsaw use and two attachment points (lanyard and rope around the stem) help minimise the ammount of skin you'll loose.But thats alsopart of the job I'm afraid.

[Ian150482]

So true Mike. Its happened a few times to me, and it isnt a nice experience, pulled my groan when i slipped last. My knee was up by my forehead. Ouch.

[Steve Bullman]

only happened to me once, that was spiking very dead elm poles where the bark was flaking off.......hadnt been climbing all that long either, oh, and i was bare topped which didnt make the experience much nicer!

[Mani]

theres a fair argument that stomping your spikes in repeatedly does more damage to you over time than a few brown boxers moments.

 

If you've got good boots and strong legs you'll be fine. however, if your wearing flip flops and have chicken legs your probably right.

 

not saying it 'should' happen, but ive never heard anyone say it happened to them followed by 'if i did this it wouldnt have'

 

You dont believe in learning from experience then?

[ecolojim]

If you've got good boots and strong legs you'll be fine. however, if your wearing flip flops and have chicken legs your probably right.

 

 

 

You dont believe in learning from experience then?

 

never heard of impact and shock based knee injuries then? not to mention extra leg strain from having to pull the spikes out when youve got them jammed well on in there

 

and how the hell you got that i dont believe in learning from experience from what I said, I'll never know. Id rather learn from other people's experience than have to have something like that happen to me,

 

regardless...

 

It's not happened to me yet, but I dont doubt for a minute that it will at some point. Yes I'll probably do something different afterwards, but what if making my movements less natural in reaction makes me more susceptible?

 

and here's another thought. what if that was the first time it had ever happened to him?

 

 

what Im also not saying, is that you were wrong to highlight a possible cause of injury that the arborist faces, but you do seem to see everything as very black and white. One little slip condemns a person indefinitely, but accidents by their very nature, cannot be eradicated.