Stunt fell

[Tom D]

We felled this big poplar on tuesday, it had a historic heave and was leaning out over a house and the road. There was an LV power line running up the slope under the canopy and a BT line running under on the other side, we had a lane closure as we couldn't get a road closure, SSE dropped part of the LV line but were unable to drop the rest, this prevented us from partially dismantling the side over the house. We took down a fence on the far side of the road and then felled it between the power line and house on one side and the BT pole on the other, you can't really see the BT pole in the video but the power pole has a blue bag hanging in it from the lines mans earthing kit.

 

After felling it was a frantic rush to re-open the road so there was no video of anything else...

[tony w]

nice one tom . no mucking about get her done. where was it mate recognize the building , hows work going for you?

[Stubby]

Good shot Tom !

[Craig Johnson]

nice one

[Mark Bolam]

Fair old lane closure there Tom!

Bet your ring was twitching....

[Big J]

Bugger that - I'll stick to forestry work where the worst I can do is hit a tree I want to keep! Good work Tom!

[MattyF]

She went with a bang !!

[timtree81]

Was the road closed ? That's a large fell across the road , was the surface of the road damaged. , nice work

[j r hartly]

Fairplay, looked like you could've been blind to some of the obstacles

 

trees, waves and cakes!!:-)

[Pete Mctree]

BOOM!!!! Now collect that cheque

Edited August 8, 2013 by Pete Mctree