The things that we do and why...

[k0ua]

Thanks guys.........Guess it wasn't my time. BTW, the power company guys did a great job of restoring electricity....in less than four hours. The nice thing about downed and dead trees ...............It's Fall Party & Bonfire Time!!!
Cheers,
Mike

Glad you are still around Mike, roast a hotdog for me later..

 

[gsganzer]

In almost all the cases, someone failed to first make an undercut when cutting a limb off, so they lost control of it and it landed tip first. Properly cutting a limb typically requires three cuts. The first two cuts are to remove the limb and are slightly out from the final cut. The removing cuts are an undercut, and then a top cut slightly out from the undercut. This should result in the limb breaking off cleanly and landing butt first (or nearly so). After the limb is removed, a final cut is made to remove the stub at the "branch bark collar".

This is also true when using a manual pole saw. Sometimes you have to adjust the blade (change the angle or flip it around) so you can make the undercut first.

 

[PILOON]

Smart men learn from the mistakes of others, not so smart men learn from their own mistakes, and idiots do not learn from either.

LOL, and you can't cure stupid!

 

[Oldpath05]

In almost all the cases, someone failed to first make an undercut when cutting a limb off, so they lost control of it and it landed tip first. Properly cutting a limb typically requires three cuts. The first two cuts are to remove the limb and are slightly out from the final cut. The removing cuts are an undercut, and then a top cut slightly out from the undercut. This should result in the limb breaking off cleanly and landing butt first (or nearly so). After the limb is removed, a final cut is made to remove the stub at the "branch bark collar".

This is also true when using a manual pole saw. Sometimes you have to adjust the blade (change the angle or flip it around) so you can make the undercut first.

I was thinking that the limb might of come down better that way to, but that high up on a ladder, I don't know, still might of went wrong if Murphy was there.

 

[Redneck in training]

Smart men learn from the mistakes of others, not so smart men learn from their own mistakes, and idiots do not learn from either.

Idiots learn from each other.

 

[CalG]

Of course the true idiot ignores all the evidence and experience of others , and gets in his automobile and drives less than 3 miles to his death.

Familiarity is often a supplement for the sense of safety. As I heard it best (and still rings true) "Keep your wits about you".

 

[kevin37b]

If you do it once and it does not work out , that is ignorance . IF you do it again that is stupidity .

 

[PhysAssist]

If you do it once and it does not work out , that is ignorance . IF you do it again that is stupidity .

However one of the definitions of insanity is repeating the same action expecting a different outcome.

 

[gsganzer]

Idiots learn from each other.

I think you're right there. They also seem to breed pretty fast.

 

[Oldpath05]

I wonder which one of the TBN member's this is, making an educational video of trying to cut down a dead tree?, I know it's not me.

How NOT to cut down a rotten tree - YouTube

 

[bcp]

I wonder which one of the TBN member's this is, making an educational video of trying to cut down a dead tree?, I know it's not me.

How NOT to cut down a rotten tree - YouTube

Followed by Part 2

How not to cut down a Rotten Tree part 2 - YouTube

Bruce

 

[rd_macgregor]

I never thought of Channel Loks as an essential forestry tool before.
I usually reserve accordian felling for smaller trees; I think I would have just dragged the butt out with a truck or ATV winch or something.

 

[Rara Avis]

This is why you hire a tree removal specialist...

 

[Oldpath05]

This is why you hire a tree removal specialist... View attachment 472445

I watch this a bunch of time's trying to figure out another way to cut that tree using a ladder, I draw a blank...............

 

[bcp]

Cut it ALMOST all the way (leaving a good hinge), get down, remove ladder, THEN pull on rope.

Bruce

 

[rd_macgregor]

It is hard to tell from the video clip, but it might also have been possible to reach the cut line from the roof. When you are on a ladder, there is no clear line of retreat (I don't count "down" as a clear line of retreat!).
There are lots of videos online of ladder-felling disasters.

 

[PhysAssist]

It is hard to tell from the video clip, but it might also have been possible to reach the cut line from the roof. When you are on a ladder, there is no clear line of retreat (I don't count "down" as a clear line of retreat!).
There are lots of videos online of ladder-felling disasters.

Or start by taking off all the limbs and trunk above there and then take down the trunk in shorter sections.

 

[Oldpath05]

Cut it ALMOST all the way (leaving a good hinge), get down, remove ladder, THEN pull on rope.

Bruce

We'll maybe but where does the rope go and how did it get there,?, the ladder didn't look to tall. I could pull a 100lbs. so how thick is a 100lb. good hinge, I suppose if the neighbor comes over half in the bag and says hold my beer, that would increase to 500lbs. of pull, depending on what brand of beer......

 

[Oldpath05]

(I don't count "down" as a clear line of retreat!)<<<<<<<<<<<good point, me either........

 

[Oldpath05]

Or start by taking off all the limbs and trunk above there and then take down the trunk in shorter sections.

That plan might require a different taller ladder, but that also sounds risky. I beginning to think from what I've seen, cutting trees or tree parts from any ladder is a bad idea and or unsafe, but can be funny if no one gets hurt.