If he makes a proper cut, he'll likely take out a low voltage (220) line and a bit of that white building. If he's tied in...good enough, he'll probably survive long enough for a fire truck ladder rescue. I knew a tree trimmer in San Diego that wore a pole climber belt instead of a tree climber saddle. The palm he was trimming was big and old enough that the palm fronds above him sloughed and came down on him, still woven/wrapped around the tree. He's trapped and yells at his mom, she comes out, he tells her to call 911, he tells her how high up he is. Fire dept. shows up, ladder's too short, next truck shows up, ladders too short, third truck shows up for body recovery. So, tree climber saddle stays around your hips. With the pole climber belt, he was shoved down until the belt was around his chest, stopped by his are pits. slowly suffocated. Pro climbers are a lot less expensive than possible alternatives.
Shit, the tree service here charged me $1350 to cut up and chip a 75 foot pine that was already on the ground after being blown over during our last big wind storm a few months ago.
I got really lucky earlier this year. I got hooked up with a tree guy that took down 7 Ash trees all over 70'. He split all of the good stuff and took most of the bad. It left me with 4 or 5 cords of wood (there was a lot of bad wood) and I paid $1900.
I know it sounds crazy, but it's the truth. He's been in the tree cutting business 35 years. The guy was in a bad way because his 22 year old son just died in a bike wreck and he just wanted to keep busy.
If you're near Collegeville Pa, let me know. Dude's got no insurance, but he did good work!
Just watched a herd of Mexicans cut down a very tall pine tree that got hit by lightning. The one that went up had a cowboy hat on & that was it, no safety gear at all. I wouldn't have hired them to trim my azaleas.
Hats Off for his CAN DO attitude! (...if he survives...)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure OSHA will be right on that...any minute now...yeah...soon
ReplyDeleteOSHA did stop by and told them to tie the top of the ladders to the tree.
DeleteThat photo gives me the heebie jeebies just looking at it.
ReplyDeleteNice photoshop
ReplyDeleteYou sure you don't mean AI?
DeleteLooks like he's tied off purty good.
ReplyDeleteIf he makes a proper cut, he'll likely take out a low voltage (220) line and a bit of that white building. If he's tied in...good enough, he'll probably survive long enough for a fire truck ladder rescue. I knew a tree trimmer in San Diego that wore a pole climber belt instead of a tree climber saddle. The palm he was trimming was big and old enough that the palm fronds above him sloughed and came down on him, still woven/wrapped around the tree. He's trapped and yells at his mom, she comes out, he tells her to call 911, he tells her how high up he is. Fire dept. shows up, ladder's too short, next truck shows up, ladders too short, third truck shows up for body recovery. So, tree climber saddle stays around your hips. With the pole climber belt, he was shoved down until the belt was around his chest, stopped by his are pits. slowly suffocated. Pro climbers are a lot less expensive than possible alternatives.
ReplyDeleteWell the tree service wanted $1,200 to take it down so...
ReplyDeleteIf that job was for a complete tree removal, I think your estimate might be a teensy bit low.
DeleteShit, the tree service here charged me $1350 to cut up and chip a 75 foot pine that was already on the ground after being blown over during our last big wind storm a few months ago.
DeleteI got really lucky earlier this year. I got hooked up with a tree guy that took down 7 Ash trees all over 70'. He split all of the good stuff and took most of the bad. It left me with 4 or 5 cords of wood (there was a lot of bad wood) and I paid $1900.
DeleteI know it sounds crazy, but it's the truth. He's been in the tree cutting business 35 years. The guy was in a bad way because his 22 year old son just died in a bike wreck and he just wanted to keep busy.
If you're near Collegeville Pa, let me know. Dude's got no insurance, but he did good work!
Just watched a herd of Mexicans cut down a very tall pine tree that got hit by lightning. The one that went up had a cowboy hat on & that was it, no safety gear at all. I wouldn't have hired them to trim my azaleas.
ReplyDeleteSo far he's dropped at least three big limbs without damage to fence or power lines, so MAYBE he knows what he's doing.
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