August told me he likes to be "in the treework fray"

[Daniel]

This was actually over email... here's the excerpt:

I work deliberately.
I don’t worship safety redundancy because I like to be in the treework fray on purpose.
I think you’d be a mile away from every falling tree if you could.
That’s not love, but have at if you like it that way.
Love to me is feeling those fibers with the extension of the heart known as the saw.
To each his own Daniel but I was made for this.

Here you can see in this video that his "like to be in the treework fray" had him standing there looking up at the falling tree, like a rookie that thinks he's going to live forever..

August if you read this:
We all get our little warnings... you've had yours... next time don't just stand there like you're gonna live forever... and fyi: hard hats only work on the little limbs... Is your mention of "using hard hat" before the mention of "getting farther away from the stump" a sign that you missed the lesson here?

and for everyone else... one lesson here is that looking up is no substitute for getting away from that stump early and often... You're not going to outrun a falling limb, even if you do get lucky enough to spot it coming. So don't just stand there looking up when the tree can throw something back at you. Make the cut, turn around and get out of there.

and yes, of course, I AM trying to stir up trouble as some heated conversation on the subject could end up saving a life... just maybe...

 

[TreeCo]

Like your signature says:

"Don't be a silly cunt your whole life...
Reg Coates"