mikey
ArboristSite Operative
Hello everybody,The son of a friend has pestered me for a while to take him on a job,so last wed.I did.I was very careful to explain and demo the correct operation of the chipper(vermeer 625) to him before we started and worked with him over an hour before moving to a seperate operation. Everthing is going fine,I'm cutting,he's dragging and chipping.He puts a top section of a sweetgum tree into the chipper backwards (small end first) and ,a stub caught his pocket and ripped the front of his pants almost completely off.We were 45 mi. from home and finnishing up so I offered him duct tap (only thing I Had)to assist with his problem.The tape didn't hold very good,it was funny watching him work,Its hard to drag brush and hold up your pants at the same time.He was a good sport about it.I've never heard of or seen this happen before.Take care,Mikey