In the latest episode of “Idiots with chainsaws”

[rico]

 

[data farm 26]

"Freak accident" lol

 

[data farm 26]

Actually might be lucky that it bc'd in a way, if that thing peeled off he mighta had his guts squeezed out his arse.

 

[Njdelaney]

He just sat there cluelessly waiting for either nothing or the end of his life. And good job from the guy filming giving advice after the fact.

 

[Shadowscape]

the guy filming giving advice after the fact.

That was classic! Still laughing my ass off. I immediately pictured Murphy in my mind saying that. Just made it that more funny.

 

[Njdelaney]

It's so funny that you say that because I guessed it was going to be one of his clips based on the title and the fact that @rico posted it

 

[rico]

It's so funny that you say that because I guessed it was going to be one of his clips based on the title and the fact that @rico posted it

I love Daniel Murphy, despite his rants, raves, and insanity...

I think that I (the pot) might just have called the kettle (Daniel) black?

 

[rico]

The fella in the vid had a 50/50 chance of dying...he was very lucky indeed...

 

[rico]

That was classic! Still laughing my ass off. I immediately pictured Murphy in my mind saying that. Just made it that more funny.

The "intentional barberchair" just might be the Murphman's legacy..

 

[evo]

The fella in the vid had a 50/50 chance of dying...he was very lucky indeed...

My thoughts too…. Damn those odds

 

[ClimbingTN]

Someone explain to me why he didn’t just climb 20-30++ more and take the top. Seems sketchy to me but, I wasn’t there. I also saw another with an 80ft top and he was only 12-15ft off the ground and next to a house. Both looked pretty risky.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Someone explain to me why he didn’t just climb 20-30++ more and take the top. Seems sketchy to me but, I wasn’t there. I also saw another with an 80ft top and he was only 12-15ft off the ground and next to a house. Both looked pretty risky.

Lazy, unskilled, overconfident, unintelligent, etc

 

[rico]

Someone explain to me why he didn’t just climb 20-30++ more and take the top. Seems sketchy to me but, I wasn’t there. I also saw another with an 80ft top and he was only 12-15ft off the ground and next to a house. Both looked pretty risky.

There are times when taking a large tops is the safest and most efficient thing to do, but that is assuming the person in the tree has the experience to be making these cuts. When I am taking bigs tops I usually open up the intersection of the undercut to keep it from closing for as long as possible, and if i am really worried i will use a modified coos bay.

70-80 foot top at around 130-135 ft

 

[cory]

'Biggest possible safe cut'

 

[evo]

If he was better on that saw I doubt the barber chair would have happened. He could have at least gotten ahead of it, instead he nibbled and took the saw out of the kerf likely when he felt a pop or saw the bark check.

 

[rico]

It's really hard to tell, but it kinda looks like he undershot his back cut by multiple inches. If so, this top had no choice but to do what it did.

Is it just me, or does anyone else want to find the man running the camera and give him a gentle slap in the ear?

 

[Matias]

And then there's these fucktards that try to act like they didn't just hat rack those trees.

 

[RogerM]

The fella in the vid had a 50/50 chance of dying...he was very lucky indeed...

The "fella" in the second video had way better odds, way better

 

[Bart_]

Damned if you do and damned if you don't: calling the balance on such a spreading top vs having lots of weight bias and risk of barber chair. Looked pretty lean-y.

Matias, my neighbours across the street found another "arborist" to coat rack their front yard maples because I refused to hack their trees. My daily view. yay. I put some odds on overprune death vs watershooting back to life.

Rico, you're a better man than I.

 

[Matias]

Damned if you do and damned if you don't: calling the balance on such a spreading top vs having lots of weight bias and risk of barber chair. Looked pretty lean-y.

Matias, my neighbours across the street found another "arborist" to coat rack their front yard maples because I refused to hack their trees. My daily view. yay. I put some odds on overprune death vs watershooting back to life.

Rico, you're a better man than I.

I have two folks in my neighborhood that have done the same kind of bullshit, and I guarantee I offered to do it for less money, I just don't have the capacity to remove the cuttings from the site.