The things that we do and why...

   / The things that we do and why... #21  
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..:)
 
   / The things that we do and why... #22  
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.
 
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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.
 
   / The things that we do and why... #26  
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".
 
   / The things that we do and why... #27  
If you do it once and it does not work out , that is ignorance . IF you do it again that is stupidity .
 

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