Almost topped myself.

[CutHighnLetFly]

It probably would have sucked this much.

Well, maybe not that much.. that guy really shit the bed.

Damn, that was almost real bad

 

[Drewtree]

This one is my favourite though, groundie comes in at mach four, 10 feet off the ground.. luckily only injury sustained by all parties was a broken arm. Could have been K.I.A. for both involved.

 

[Drewtree]

Great examples of what can go wrong for sure. Although it's a little bit of a mystery as to what they're doing in that video. Giant stubs left all the way up? Taking a massive section of trunk down into the remaining canopy? No helmet on the climber? No apparent block installed, or friction management device?

At least the homeowner saved a bit of coin by taking the lowest bidder! /eyeroll

 

[treehumper]

Glad you're ok. I've managed to avoid that scenario by talking through my checklist and touching each line. A few seconds worth a lifetime.

i kinda miss those backyards!

 

[Drewtree]

Glad you're ok. I've managed to avoid that scenario by talking through my checklist and touching each line. A few seconds worth a lifetime.

i kinda miss those backyards! View attachment 34285

No you don't. Don't lie to yourself.

 

[treehumper]

Seriously! A tight backyard where I work is one with a single gate instead of a double!

It gives you opportunities to do some cool rigging vs. bombing everything.

 

[Drewtree]

True, it does present some exciting challenges.. I've rigged off of support cables for communication lines before, also built floating anchor points between two buildings to rap into a hazard tree that was unclimbable and inaccessible for the bucket truck. I guess it's a "Grass is greener" scenario. I was up in the country last week doing some tree removals near a cottage.. no wires in sight, just dropped all of the trees and bombed the only one near the cottage in 4 chunks with a vertical speedline. It was a nice breath of fresh air.