Today on the Skagit side, a faller was hurt. He was falling a tree, looked up, and right when he looked up, a limb came down--broke his hardhat (plastic) and took a chunk out of his cheek. They didn't know whether his jaw was broken or not.
Earlier he'd been stung by bees. Not a good day.
Able to operate and heat my home with a WEPA and EPA certified woodstove and probably could do so with one hand tied behind my back.
That's a tough day for sure. I never did like thinning all that much. I hope he's ok.
Hooker (i.e chokesetter) got bit by a copperhead Tues. Didn't get him too bad I guess, didn't get the real bad sickness/ swelling. Overnight in the hospital though, for monitoring.
evil little ####ers.
The auto sensoring sure is convenient.
hug 'em and cut 'em
I hate snakes! I remember being deathly afraid of water moccasins the first week or so when I was sent by Columbia to cut timber in the swamps of Florida.Originally Posted by hammerlogging
every time a stick would float by I would jump. I finally realized that the overstory of the timber, combined with working in water and mud, was a hell of a lot more dangerous. Hope that guy will be alright.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Cody
I hate Copperheads, and Cotton Mouths. They'll sneak up on you and bite you just for meanness. At least the snakes around here rattle at you before they bite. At my elevation there's nothing but an ocasional garter snake.
Andy
Environmentalist have Redwood decks.
How's that faller doing?
I hate those plastic hard hat's.
Andy
Environmentalist have Redwood decks.
They had a piece about the snakes in Texas being a lot worse than usual due to drought conditions this year. Snake bites are way up.
Be safe out there, guys.
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they arent quite to this elevation yet,but we were out behind c. walkers place logging a couple years back in 16 sprngs.elev.7000to7500and we came accross a very large diamondback that meant businness,charles said he had never seena rattler up that high before,now he sees them all the time,keep your eyes peeled...it caught us by surprise,luckily noone got bit!
I haven't heard. But I think worse than his dad thought. They have not worked since. His dad thought they'd be right back at it. Their chaser went back to football practice so without the injured guy, they are too short handed.
Able to operate and heat my home with a WEPA and EPA certified woodstove and probably could do so with one hand tied behind my back.
We are 3 weeks into a 6 week vegetation management project. I didn't work the first week but one of the swampers cut his arm with the saw. It took (I think) 10 stitches on the inside and 20 on the outside to put him back together. He talked a big game but cut himself the first week. He was put on another job this week and I guess he didn't do anything quite so stupid.
BTW when I got back to my truck yesterday there was a dead snake hanging on the mirror.
"Faster by seconds, and slower by minutes." Slamm
"Work...I'll take it with a smile." Sam
"The prissy "New Age" GOL lace panty style of cutting is no replacement for the tried and true old school methods." RandyMac (who else?)
"...honorable helpful dirty hippies." Serial Feller
"Watch out for the ones you don't see!" lone wolf
Yeah, this draught has the weather all screwed up, I think that's what's bringing the snakes this high. I've seen a few in Carr Gap (just across the ridge from Walker's). Used to, the only time you'd see a rattler was if it hitched a ride on a load of hay, or chillies coming through.
Andy
Environmentalist have Redwood decks.
The ranch I lived on stored all its hay in an old barn. The loose hay was always scary to walk through during the summer.
"Faster by seconds, and slower by minutes." Slamm
"Work...I'll take it with a smile." Sam
"The prissy "New Age" GOL lace panty style of cutting is no replacement for the tried and true old school methods." RandyMac (who else?)
"...honorable helpful dirty hippies." Serial Feller
"Watch out for the ones you don't see!" lone wolf
He came back to work today, after a trip to get the stitches out. I guess he also got x-rayed because his jaw was still sore, and it is fractured. He didn't know for sure whether he needs to buy a blender or not.
He said he looked up to see that the tree was going over right and got nailed. He's got a nice new plastic orange hardhat.
Able to operate and heat my home with a WEPA and EPA certified woodstove and probably could do so with one hand tied behind my back.
OUCH!
ah man,what a bad day that was!
thanks for the news and update.
hope he has a full recovery.
dangerous job felling all day.
loggers have it tough at times.
all prayers and hopes for the best from an arborist.
god bless and be safe fellow woodsman.
Licensed First Class Landscape Arborist & First Class Utility Arborist, by the state of Maine.
according to my boss from when he broke his jaw,he said the doc told him if you break your jaw it breaks both sides pretty much everytime,he was working the blender for quite some time,his wife told me she really enjoyed having his trap wired shut!shes a real sweetheart!lol anyways hope the faller is o.k.injuries are no fun
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