Recent call out !

[Graham S]

On a call out recently that bearded munch and I received was a total road closure , police both ends and in between was a multi stemmed oak that brought down an ash tree about 60ft and straight as an arrow . It came out of a woodland resting on a stone wall and the main of the branches crossed two sides of the carriageway , we decided on further inspection to use the lights off the van and the police car to light up the arrear but after 5 mins of cutting the lights off the vehicles were blinding me so I decided to go with out any lights at all and believe it or not I found myself working in darkness ! Complete darkness but the job was getting done in a methodical manner me cutting and bearded munch dragging and chipping , after about 3 hours of cutting and clearing we had a good look with torches etc to see what was left , what was left was a treble stemmed oak and a single butt of Ash resting in a precarious position over a stone wall , between bearded munch & I the police and the stand by officer we decided that the tree / trees had to be dealt with there and then , after getting the ladders out and climbing up and onto the stone wall I could see it wasn't going to be as easy as I first thought , 4 ft drop into a void a resting tree/ trees on the wall dangling over the main road and all coming off a steep bank a mountain goat would have had problems keeping grip . I walked up to the up rooted root ball first to ascertain the situation , not good at all multi stemmed tree/trees resting on mud bank and walls , " umm how do I tackle this " I was thinking , as you know you can't go on a training course for this sort of thing this was just going to be a cut and pray job .. " Switch all torches off " I said as I was getting blinded I decided to go in blind so to speak I was cutting , clearing , praying , shaking the lot ... Crazy I know but I truly believe that night my guardian angel was with me ! The job could not of gone any better if it was on level ground in daylight ! Skill or stupidty ? .... What crazy things have you guys n girls done , lets hear them ! Stay safe ...

[Rich2484]

Joined the lifeboat. Still working out if I have a full brain or not.......

[Daniël Bos]

Without pics it didn't happen....

 

 

Sounds like you had fun though?

[kentjames]

Sounds interesting... If i were you i would purchase a head torch though.

 

Out of interest, how did you get the call? Was it through highways, private or the police? I am interested in gaining more of this work but unsure how to proceed!

 

J

[Pete Hart]

I hope you charged well for that graham? Sounds like an epic!

[Scott Walker]

Think he works for the council as Beared munch does. Does sound a risky one I would also invest in a head touch. Stay safe.

[Bearded Munch]

Never thought of head torches, are they any good, rechargeable or battery type, worth looking into.

[Hodge]

Always carry a decent head rich in the van mate, they are worth it.

[Gray git]

Petzl tibia xp, brilliant white light with different settings long life and can be charged up with a mini usb in the truck, worth every penny!

This tree was similar to yours with a 4ft stem that you could walk under, persisting it down and very slippery verges!

[bob]

Get any head torch ideally the little led ones and put it on your left hand like a watch and just loop the elastic a few times till it sits there

If using a saw it shines where your cutting

If chipping it lights where your hand goes and you can aim it anywhere without blinding others

We also have work lights on vehicles and hiabing that aim above eye level but light up the work area