stuff you see while driving around town

[Louie_Hampton]

Before we left Dallas, I was driving down Royal, a busy street in the North side of town, and I see a little tree work going on. Since I've see a truck parked on the grass earlier int the day, I figured I'd see if something interesting is going on.

 

[Louie_Hampton]

I pulled over to fire up the camera, it looks like there might be something worth taking a picture of. Always looking for those "how not to.." photos for the guys at work.

 

[Louie_Hampton]

I don't want to stop and sit for long, but this is amusing, in a scary kind of way. Royal is a busy street and catches a lot of overflow from I-635 just a little further North. At least they had some cones out.

 

[Louie_Hampton]

There are just so many things wrong with this job, it's hard to know where to start. On one hand you want to stop and offer some advise, on the other, you don't want to be anywhere in the area. How they got through this thing without getting crispy, or turning to mush on the grill of someones car. or a pancake on the asphalt, I'll never know. They lived, and they will mutilate again another day.

Louie Hampton

 

[Louie_Hampton]

I think I need to learn to resize my pictures, sorry guys.

Louie Hampton

 

[Colin]

Wow, climbing with no gear. El stupido!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Last week I was driving around and heard a stump grinder. As I drove past I saw the stumper going with the operator standing behind the glass screen...no head, ear or eye protection. by the time I made a uturn the other half of the crew was edging towards the grave. The cutter grabbed a saw, jumped up on the bucket of the material handler and got a ride up to knock off the lower limbs of the tree. No PPE or harness to attach to the bucket grapple. I got pics but they're in my laptop. As I was snapping pics a woman walked over from the job. She asked what I was doing. I replied that I taught safety in the tree care industry and I like to have pictures of how not to do work. She smiled and said, 'So...what are they doing wrong?" My mind conversation was the same as Louie's... be careful and polite. During our conversation she realized the they should have PPE because she has seen all of the FEMA contractors working in town with vests and proper PPE. She wasn't upset with the workers.

 

[treebear]

Nothing surprises me anymore, definately not the huge number of accidents in our industry. Just have a look at youtobe at all the brag videos posted there probably by people who actually think they´re doing a good and safe job.
The main impression is; no PPE (real men don´t wear ppe), topping too low on the stem which may lead to stem failure and working from ladders, grapples, excavatorscuffles or whatever possible to climb in nearby. I guess the same blokes also drives without a seatbelt and eat junk food at McDonalds, drink methanol and play russian roulette in their time off!
(Sorry about this outburst, a bit emotional in the Christmas)
Svein

 

[Treespotter]

It's refreshing to see how the old tree owners knew what, or even, if they should plant a tree on that spot. And it's refreshing to see how you can play the regs for roadworks.

At least the ladder (for the ON THE road work) was 'color coded Cone Red'

I'm gonna spray paint my ladder too and forget about all the roadsigns and cones.

 

[skew]

After a bit of heavy snow I had to dig out all the tools and go back to work over the holiday. While driving around I saw my main competitor out working ground for one of his guys without a helmut. I pointed it out to him immediately as a major osha violation. He sort of smirked. It really pisses me off that this guy holds himself up to the community as this authority on all things tree. Meanwhile he is darting around underneath a severly storm damaged tree with a guy bombing stuff down all over the place. Jeez- this guy needs a wakeup call. I reckon it aint my place to give it. But one thing is for sure with me and anyone that I work with- the minute you step out of the truck on the job you WILL have that hat on ya head. Moi does not go without chapeau.

 

[Alves]

Really, I feel naked without my PPE, that may be because i am, but still

 

[ramiro74]

I, sometimes,feel nervous even with my P.P.E. I guess there is something in the back off my brain that recognizes probability; unfortunately not everyone has that ability. People who climb without gear don't think of the likelyhood of falling and getting hurt.

 

[glens]

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I think I need to learn to resize my pictures, sorry guys.

Louie Hampton

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Here's a zip file (barely more than a quarter megabyte) containing all of them downsized. (early morning hotel high-speed access allowed me to fetch the originals)

 

[Morningwood]

Here's an interesting technique discovered while driving around with SCOTTYFL in his hood. Yes, that's a step ladder!

After the homeowner refused a bid that was too "pricey", they contracted a couple day laborers for $50 each to raise some branches off their roof, etc. You get what you pay for...Thankfully nobody was killed!

 

[SCOTTYNC]

Hey I thought I was dreaming. You forgot to tell them at least they tied off the ladder to the tree.
Be safe be happy Scotty

 

[Bermie]

Good pics, not to mention they are lion tailing those trees

I was driving past a site, guy in the road with a hi viz & some cones looking up at the bank above. I heard a saw, so I drove around to the entrance and took these pictures. Guy has no rope, no harness and is cutting with one hand and holding with the other. They had a pulling line but almost lost the top backwards when the wind gusted!

 

[Colin]

Now that's about STUPID.

 

[Bermie]

Tell me about it, but when they don't kill or hurt themselves it makes my job harder to bid for doing it properly!

 

[Hammer]

Some nice examples of excavation done "Right"

 

[NickfromWI]

How's this one...he's about 3 stories up..