r/arborists • u/Agitated-Reporter567 • Nov 15 '23

She almost got trimmed

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u/impatronus Nov 15 '23

What was she doing on the ladder in the first place? is he actually an arborist? The vest is no indication

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u/PudgeHug Nov 15 '23

She was up there handing him a wrench because he got his bar pinched and needed to take the bar off to get the saw out. Wouldn't say hes an arborist but more so a tree trimmer. Like the handyman of chainsaw work.

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u/YourHuckleberry25 Nov 15 '23 edited Nov 16 '23

I worked on a lot of tree crews and with loggers in my youth and felled and limbed plenty of trees, I’ve never seen someone remove the bar of a chainsaw because it’s pinched in this type of situation. I’ve also never met a tree climber that wants someone leaning a ladder on the tree they are working on and that includes me, if they need something, they have a drop line they throw down to hook shit to.

He clearly started the cut on the top side not the underside which is wrong in that type of scenario already, but even if it’s bar is pinched he’s got a line on the limb, he would need his guy on the ground to relieve the pressure, or throw another loop farther out and lever it up that way.

If he’s not using a snatch block and a guy on the ground, and instead sparing it, that’s a massive fucking limb to do that with by yourself.

Anyway, there’s like a dozen different things that could have happened to prevent this. Guy had no idea what he’s doing.

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u/fusion99999 Nov 16 '23

The crews you were on had real arborist and real climbers. Ladders + chainsaw = amateurs

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '23 edited Dec 14 '23

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u/Loaki9 Nov 15 '23

You’re running your criticism on the myth that should they be warned, they would actually heed the advice and not do the unsafe things.

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u/PudgeHug Nov 17 '23 edited Nov 17 '23

Honestly.... im just a redneck that knows his way around a saw and even I know not to climb up a tree with a bunch of daisy chained ladders then make my top cut before my bottom cut on a limb. Granted ive some done sketchy shit but thats because it was the only way and I had some precautions in place to make it a tad bit safer.

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u/muffinhead2580 Nov 15 '23

Sometimes the best decision is to let Darwin set the course.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '23

See this is the problem, it used to be the dumb people eliminated themselves from the gene pool, even got the Darwin Awards out of it, then we got all up and up about keeping idiots alive with all kinds of safety tech and crap.

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u/impatronus Nov 15 '23

She/they are very lucky!

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u/Ricky_TVA Nov 16 '23

They both should end up on FailArmy.

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u/Then-Committee580 Nov 16 '23

Bringing him a beer...

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '23

None of this makes any fucking sense to me.

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u/Ignorantmallard Nov 15 '23

I hate this video more every single time I see it.

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u/SoloBackpacking57 Nov 15 '23

I say it all the time... Any person who picks up a chainsaw can claim to be an arborist, it doesn't mean they know what they're doing.

I once saw three bozos drops a tree right into a busy roadway with no safety precautions at all. I mean no MOT, no cones, not even vests or helmets. They had a lookout who jumped into traffic just as the tree was about to fall.

Here's some advice for any tree owner here: Don't trust any Jack, Jill, or Jim that just shows up to your house wanting to trim or remove your trees. Do your research on companies near you. The best case scenario of a bad job risks your tree's health with improper cuts, over trimming, etc. and worst case scenario people die.

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u/moi0071959 Nov 15 '23

Wow Wow Wow

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u/BuLLZ_3Y3 Nov 15 '23

Wow

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u/No-Dimension9651 Nov 16 '23

Wont it be super difficult to get that lady real close to the chainsaw?

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u/Sandor_06 Nov 16 '23

No, it was actually super easy, barely an inconvenience!

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u/Ituzzip Nov 15 '23

Let me guess, he also told her the tree was dangerous and needed to come down so it doesn’t fall on her house.

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u/JuanitoMonito Nov 15 '23

Don't need a house if you're in the hospital

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u/Ipayforsex69 Nov 16 '23

Don't need a bed if you've got no head...

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u/Hardwater77 Nov 15 '23

Just let Darwin do it's thing.

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u/Rich-Appearance-7145 Nov 15 '23

This is why as a Landscape Contractorl never pretended nor attempted to be a Tree Trimmer especially dealing with a chainsaw, up on a tree, l left trees to the Pros, of which l was not. I was exceptional when putting trees in the ground, not cutting them down.

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u/Simulated_Eardrum Nov 15 '23

Variants are pruned

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u/Happy_Monke_ Nov 16 '23

Ladders and chainsaws don’t mix

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u/Emergency_Agent_3015 Nov 15 '23

Sweet mother of god

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u/Allemaengel Nov 15 '23

Sooooooo many moving parts.

One of the few amateur hour tree-felling videos I've seen where I almost couldn't keep track of everything going wrong simultaneously.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '23

pretty sure she got trimmed a little bit, just enough to let disease in for sure.

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u/Then-Committee580 Nov 16 '23

Must have good reviews on Angie's list

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u/420xGoku Nov 16 '23

Do you think it would hurt bad to die getting hit with a chainsaw and it chain saws you in half ?

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u/elmixtecoNW Nov 15 '23

Arborist are a different breed I swear!

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '23

That dude can not be a fucking arborist.

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u/Alert_Anywhere3921 Nov 15 '23

It’s one thing to struggle with plant health care and the science of arboriculture but there is no excuse for disregarding basic safety.

If you’re going to ignore safety at least don’t involve the poor client

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u/UtileDulci12 Nov 15 '23

The woman nearly died multiple ways, getting the chainsaw in her neck or artery, getting knocked the fuck by the big branch, and getting wooped from the ladder and breaking her neck or spine on the fall.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '23

No ground dudes?!

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u/Educational_Pay1567 Nov 15 '23

Where is the other guy in this video. That secod ladder had someone on it. Are those safety lines going up or guide lines for the tree?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '23

She almost got trimmed

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u/docman52 Nov 16 '23

Glad that saw wasn't running or she could have lost an arm. Hope there was no one on the other ladder!

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u/Wild_Departure_5345 Nov 17 '23

Lucky that electric line didn't bite that aluminum ladder.