Wrong place at the right time.........

[gwiley]

Hello mx842 - I live in Goochland 1/2 way between Richmond and C'ville. Glad you are ok. I started wearing chaps and a helmet/face shield after visiting the ER 3 times in a quarter for crud in my eye and then reading a few fatality reports involving chainsaws. At 45 I am planning on making it past 50 by using that sort of thing. Might be worth a little inconvenience to start wearing the PPE.

 

[mx842]

Thanks!! Sad story there......It's always sad when someone leaves this world before their time especially for their family. I have a sorry azzed brother in law that wouldn't take a lick at a snake if it was about to bite him. He was laying on his big fat butt while my sister was out cutting firewood to keep his sorry azz warm. She had no business messing with the saw in the first place but she is an ol country girl that would rather get what's needed to be done rather than fuss about it. I had cut the tree down but was in a hurry that day and couldn't cut it up. It was hanging over a light line and her pool shed and she was afraid to cut it down. After I got it on the ground I told her not to mess with it that I would be back either later that day or the next morning. Well I didn't show up that afternoon so she decided to cut it up herself......what's the worst that can happen??? She hates to ask anyone to help her but 45 or so stitches and two front teeth later that question was answered. The saw kicked back in her face and although she came out of it okay she still bears the scars today and still happy that she can tell the story about it. My brother in law is still as sorry as he ever was but at least he got off the sofa and called 9-11 for her.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Sounds like the title should be Wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[mx842]

Sounds like the title should be Wrong place at the wrong time.

:laughing: I always get cornfused with that saying. Either way you want to put it I still think that tree was standing there for who knows how long waiting for me to come within range so it could fall on me. In that case, for the tree anyway....it was the right time. For me however it for sure was the wrong time. My neck and head where it hit that pile of wood on the ground still hurtsuch:

 

[TrippleT]

I am sorry to hear about the saw accident. Equipment can be dangerous even when we have experience.

 

[texasjohn]

amazing....wonder if trees or death by lightning is more common?

 

[Mace Canute]

amazing....wonder if trees or death by lightning is more common?

Three times more deaths by trees than deaths by lightning.

 

[mx842]

Three times more deaths by trees than deaths by lightning.

Thanks, for that tidbit of information. I wonder if that number is rooted in facts or just something you came up with while singing in the shower.:laughing: It makes sense though cause there are probably way more trees per sq ft all over the world than lightning strikes I guess. I just never thought about putting a number on it.

 

[texasjohn]

Pretty amazing...you can find unverified statistics all over the net.

2015 Real Time Death Statistics in America

All the way at the bottom of the list is

death by tree 29
lightening 16

totally precise, long list of links at bottom...dunno how true any of it is.

 

[mx842]

Pretty amazing...you can find unverified statistics all over the net.

2015 Real Time Death Statistics in America

All the way at the bottom of the list is

death by tree 29
lightening 16

totally precise, long list of links at bottom...dunno how true any of it is.

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out when I get some time. I like stuff like that and sometime you find out some pretty interesting stuff. :drink:

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for sharing what happened. It's amazing how timing works, even when you are doing everything right, the possibility of the impossible comes along. Glad to hear you didn't get hurt, I'm not sure which was more scary, what the treed could have done to you, or the chainsaw.

Eddie

 

[mx842]

Thanks for sharing what happened. It's amazing how timing works, even when you are doing everything right, the possibility of the impossible comes along. Glad to hear you didn't get hurt, I'm not sure which was more scary, what the treed could have done to you, or the chainsaw.

Eddie

Yeah, both are killers. If I had my choice I think I would prefer being crushed by a tree than ripped in half by a chain saw. The tree didn't hurt too bad it was the free fall to the ground and hitting my head on the pile of cut wood laying on the ground that got my attention. I had two different knots on my head that hurt for like two weeks. Then where the tree grazed my head it took a little hair and skin with it and it did something to my neck and that is still a little stiff. I'll probably end up at the chiropractor before it's over for a good neck cracking. Other than that everything is good.

I told my wife the other day that my neck was still stiff from where that darn tree fell on me. You know what she said? Too bad it didn't hit you somewhere else!:laughing: The nerve of that woman.:irked:

 

[MotorSeven]

Glad you got lucky Mx. Looking out across my forrest all I see are hundreds of dead/dying Ash trees that the Emerald Ash Borer has done a number on. As soon as I can I am going to get out there and start dropping the ones that are anywhere near our trails ans cutting them up for firewood.

Just remember, one of the most dangerous trees that you can cut is a standing dead tree. Branches and tops just fall off from the saw vibration, or as soon as the tree begins to fall. They also don't follow the felling directions rules and many times go in opposite directions than planned. Wear a helmet, plan more than one escape route, and watch out from above at all times.

 

[mx842]

Glad you got lucky Mx. Looking out across my forrest all I see are hundreds of dead/dying Ash trees that the Emerald Ash Borer has done a number on. As soon as I can I am going to get out there and start dropping the ones that are anywhere near our trails ans cutting them up for firewood.

Just remember, one of the most dangerous trees that you can cut is a standing dead tree. Branches and tops just fall off from the saw vibration, or as soon as the tree begins to fall. They also don't follow the felling directions rules and many times go in opposite directions than planned. Wear a helmet, plan more than one escape route, and watch out from above at all times.

Amen brother, that's good advice for anybody that plays or works in the bush. When I do cut that dead standing stuff I always cut me a long pole that I can use to shake the tree a little before I mess with it. Most of the time it don't take much shaking to get the really bad stuff to break off and fall to the ground before you start cutting it. You still have to be careful when cutting those things though because they have a mind of their own it seems and are waiting to zap you if they get a chance.

 

[jrclark]

I told my wife the other day that my neck was still stiff from where that darn tree fell on me. You know what she said? Too bad it didn't hit you somewhere else!:laughing: The nerve of that woman.:irked:

Haha! She's definitely a keeper.

Friend of mine and I were hiking the Loyalsock trail in Pa a couple years ago. Weather was warm and sunny with no wind whatsoever. After scaling the last big incline late in the afternoon (we were tired), a huge tree limb fell immediately behind us. We stopped, looked at each other and just laughed. If we were about 2 seconds slower....

 

[mx842]

Haha! She's definitely a keeper.

Friend of mine and I were hiking the Loyalsock trail in Pa a couple years ago. Weather was warm and sunny with no wind whatsoever. After scaling the last big incline late in the afternoon (we were tired), a huge tree limb fell immediately behind us. We stopped, looked at each other and just laughed. If we were about 2 seconds slower....

And I bet none of you had hard hats on either.

 

[doxford jim]

Haha! She's definitely a keeper.

Friend of mine and I were hiking the Loyalsock trail in Pa a couple years ago. Weather was warm and sunny with no wind whatsoever. After scaling the last big incline late in the afternoon (we were tired), a huge tree limb fell immediately behind us. We stopped, looked at each other and just laughed. If we were about 2 seconds slower....

Nah - that was Bigfoot just warning you that it is his territory you are in