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Aye, this one was against the clock though, rush hour was approaching. Or so the rumor goes..

Yup. Those slings and shackles are rated x5 anyway, so will fail around 30 tonnes, when new. A big tractor wouldn't come close to breaking them in any scenario. I had one job involving a 5 tonne digger and probably a three tonne cypress lying on the ground in muck. 3 tonne chain and the weak link was a little 1 tonne no-name shackle (rated though, allegedly). Thought the tree was cut into thirds but my cuts hadn't gone through all the way, as we discovered. The digger guy went feral, against my request for caution, and dragged the whole tree out, branch stubs in the dirt and all, digger bucking and pitching 45 degrees etc. the shackle was attached to a hole in the bucket, side loaded, probably twisted, and it held. It did suffer some deformation. Gave me a new faith in the strength of rated rigging gear.

So true. Weakest link at the puller end, always. Dyneema pull rope is nice and safe. If I was in a position to own big machines for tree work I'd have some, with Soft shackles etc.

In terms of winching, and speedy dropping, on rewatching...quite honestly they could have pulled the hung up crown down with just the tractor and a rope, *maybe* (install the rope remotely in the problem tree high crotch and brute force it sideways back along the road). Wasn't that massive of a tree. Guessing 14 inch at the ground, weak root system, not much holding it in the other tree. Cut a sideways hinge in the root end if necessary. Assuming they had pull rope..

They were imported by Biden in 2022. Bending the rules for third worlders, as per no borders policy. Their stay was "supposed" to be 2 years but we all know they would never ever have been repatriated under a Dem administration, or a Republican admin minus Trump. The 2 year period has now expired and Trump is sending them home. So, it wasn't really the "right way". Not in the sense they applied to immigrate through an embassy and were accepted on their merits etc.. It was legal, but not "right". And what Trump is doing is legal. And, arguably, right.

We don't need to justify anything. I don't bother anymore as it's never ever accepted. Nobody is changing their mind so what's the use? If people want to keep on heaping scorn and hate on a beloved president and his team, majority elected, if they want to parrot debunked leftist media talking points, ad tedium...well, fine. Expect to be trolled like for like.

Just watched the video again. He cut the tree about half way up the stem, essentially buckling the tree. Ok, he was top roped off another tree, apparently the idea being he would swing out of the way as the tree buckled. Forgot he was stropped to the problem tree. This is the working theory. But even if he had not been stropped to the problem tree...how could anyone think they would get away with this? The swing is one thing. A hell of a swing. But the buckling top was bound to come back at him. Even if he had swung "out of the way" there was a good chance it goes hits him as it comes down. The top is what crushed him after he landed. Any way I run the "model" that half top of the tree is going to come down in an unpredictable way. Combined with an uncontrolled massive swing as the escape route...? It doesn't compute at all. I can't fathom how an apparently experienced and capable guy could think this would ever, ever work out. I'd like to hear a retrospective analysis with the chap when he's recovered. It could give fascinating insights from a psychological standpoint. What makes people do these things? What was he thinking/feeling at the time. What led up to this?

That chap will almost certainly have lifelong disabilities on account of this. A bloody shame, and he was just after buying his own home at 25 as well, which he had to sell. Hope he finds his new vocation soon. A thought occurred: when a guy is actually killed by a tree, in situations like this, what happens to the tree? Someone else has to finish the job, right? What happens to the timber after? Would anyone want it for firewood after it had crushed someone to death? It's would be sort of cursed timber, in a way, no? Do they leave it in the woods or what? Thankfully it's a rare enough event there's probably no unwritten rules about it so each tree service or county council clean up crew will deal with it differently, one presumes. What would we do with it? I think I'd probably leave it for habitat.

I approve of his golfing. Anything that keeps him halfway healthy and prolongs his life and time in power is ok by me. Hope he goes for a third term as well.

Reciprocating saw with a pruning blade? https://youtu.be/558oa_ekoK8?feature=shared

Approval of the Democratic party is lowest in recorded history (since early 90's) at 28%. Was north of 60% under Clinton and trended downward ever since. According to CNN poll.

Sounds like a nanny state on steroids. Do they test 750kg domestic trailers as well or just the heavy ones?

He won the popular vote, so...

Too complicated. To make it valid there would need to be trailer registration as with cars. VIN numbers stamped on all trailers etc etc. Domestic and light commercial trailers are too "mobile" to be plugged into the system, bought and sold, borrowed etc, ergo the onus is on the towing party to ensure whatever trailer they are towing is roadworthy. Nothing to stop anyone getting a mechanic to check their trailer. But they're so simple anyone can reasonably assess their roadworthiness. Bearings. Hitch play. Structural rust. Mudguards falling off. Lights. The only thing a mechanic might* pick up what an average person wouldn't is the condition of the overrun breaks. If a person caused or contributed to an accident, on account of their trailer being unroadworthy, that would be grounds for denial of coverage. Hence it's in our interest of self protection and the common weal to ensure our trailers are that. And visibly dangerous trailers enforced by police or similar. But to enforce a mandatory test cert system would be too difficult. Too much scope for cheating.

With flashlights, high CRI (colour rendition index). The higher, the closer to full spectrum sunlight. For headlamps where you are actually working with the light for hours and hours, it makes the world of difference. 99% of internet lights and 100% of shop bought lights go for lumens over CRI.