Failed Syc

[Highland Forestry]

Had a call last night to go out today to a 'branch' hung up on a fence and was told it would most likley take 5 mins to snip off, sned up and chuck over the fence into the woods... easy peasy.

 

Little did I expect to find half the tree snapped out and the remainder in a dangerous state with another tree blown over and resting on to it!

 

Anyway here's the pics, they're not very good but I didn't get much time to take photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Will Hinchliffe]

Looks like that took a bit of thought. Tidy.

[Peter]

Sweet. You get all the good stuff!

[Red.Squirrel]

Wow, if that's a branch ... what does a tree look like to them?!

[John Hancock]

Who did you get called-out by fella? Just curious - do you manage the woodland? Did the tree fall onto private land ? Questions, Questions!

[Stephen Blair]

i got asked to go to perth and tidy up a branch years ago overhanging the spey, when i got there the gillies all burst out laughing when i said i was here for the branch, it was on the biggest oak i had ever seen, lucky i had the 088 with me. dont you just love the customers accuracy over the phone, good job mat.

[Highland Forestry]

OK... Questions...

 

The tree was inside the boundary of a wood which is managed by a large management company, and the call out was from them.

The ''branch'' fell onto private land, and so the land owner will be footing the bill.

 

Good job I had all my climbing kit with me and all the saws, could easily have gone out with just one saw to tidy a branch... the contract manager actually said last night on the phone it would probably be just a 5 min job and would be done just to keep the owner happy.... lol.

 

Peter - It's nice to get some good stuff now and again.... you should see the s**t I have to do normally!

 

Phenom - I like having jobs that take a bit of thought and planning.. makes things more interesting.

 

Shreks Wee Brother - Cheers... I thought so too. Tried something a bit different today, used my lower D rings on the harness, must say... much more comfortable than the side D's on the hips.

[Mesterh]

Its always one extreme to the other when someone 'not in the know' describes a job. Usually "a massive tree that looks dangerous" (20 foot sorbus) to a "small branch that needs tidying" (as you well know from the pics)

 

 

Your groundie needs to get her(looks like a she from the pic) hands out of her pockets

[Andy R]

Not overly keen on side d's either dude...nice work:001_smile:

[Highland Forestry]

Its always one extreme to the other when someone 'not in the know' describes a job. Usually "a massive tree that looks dangerous" (20 foot sorbus) to a "small branch that needs tidying" (as you well know from the pics)

 

 

Your groundie needs to get her(looks like a she from the pic) hands out of her pockets

 

 

The lassie in the pic with her hands in her pockets is the owner of the property the tree fell into... she was offering us a cuppa and a biccy, but I declined due to the fact I was up the tree and only coming down with it!!