Lad killed during tree felling acident

[Dr.Green]

was saying to my wife tonight that i was kind of guiltiy that my mate didnt get back in touch to do what possibly was that job , on the other hand ? who knows what could happen

 

i did see a pic of the snapped stem , and heard a ladder was maybe invovled but i cant realy say thats true , maybe he was up the stem cutting from above not doing a proper cut and the stem has snapped at a weak point with the weight.

 

shame , i remeber being 23 and never even thought of trees being dangerous.

 

on another note made me think about a poplar with a nasty crack i was going to take down soon- think il push for a cherry picker..

[treequip]

was saying to my wife tonight that i was kind of guiltiy that my mate didnt get back in touch to do what possibly was that job , on the other hand ? who knows what could happen

 

i did see a pic of the snapped stem , and heard a ladder was maybe invovled but i cant realy say thats true , maybe he was up the stem cutting from above not doing a proper cut and the stem has snapped at a weak point with the weight.

 

shame , i remeber being 23 and never even thought of trees being dangerous.

 

on another note made me think about a poplar with a nasty crack i was going to take down soon- think il push for a cherry picker..

 

Deeply tragic to lose such a young life.

 

If the picture in the mail is of the tree that did the deed, that's as good an example of a barber chair as you are likely to see.

[Taupotreeman]

Not such a big tree either. Sympathies to the family.

[tuttle]

Possibly he was cutting from the left, as it looks like as it split, the stem then rotated left, the tree looks in one piece on the bank below.

 

The bank also looks very steep.

 

Must have happened so fast.

[kieran connell]

very sad!it looks like he back cut it causing it to split and had no control over the fall. RIP

[tuttle]

looking at the pic, the split looks like water had been in there for sometime.

[treequip]

looking at the pic, the split looks like water had been in there for sometime.

 

Nahhh that’s a barber chair pure and simple, there is no sign of a felling gob, looking at the terrain the tree was probably phototropic into the valley with a good amount of tension in it.

 

Someone has put a back cut in and either didn’t know enough to chase it through or couldn’t get the speed to chase it through

[treesnatcher]

Nahhh that’s a barber chair pure and simple, there is no sign of a felling gob, looking at the terrain the tree was probably phototropic into the valley with a good amount of tension in it.

 

Someone has put a back cut in and either didn’t know enough to chase it through or couldn’t get the speed to chase it through

 

unfortunately you are correct. Pure lack of knowledge/experience RIP

[StephF]

someone up my way was killed during sometree work , 23 , was crushed and pronouced dead on scence.

 

whats a little worse is i have a friend who owns the holiday home next door , and he asked me to do some work the other week and put me onto the commity to do the whole place.

 

he never got back to me...

 

Yes, terible news; heard on local TV .

I think I delivered some logs on the site this spring, it is near the river?

[MATTMOSS]

Poor lad, no one deserves to lose their life trying to earn a few quid. Sobering thought just how dangerous treework can be and what can happen in a split second.