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ArboristSite Operative
Even the pros make mistakes:
My neighbors called in a tree service because a 120 +ft white pine was leaning dangerously towards their house. The crew cabled up the tree and the guy with the saw made a good notch. When he sawed the felling cut, the guy in the skidder must have stopped paying attention for a moment because the tree began to lean towards the house. It leaned and leaned and leaned some more. My neighbors looked ashen. The guy with the saw ran towards the skidder and shouted, "Go, go, go!" I think the skidder must have been in neutral. He threw the skidder into gear but it looked like it was going to be too late as the tree gathered momentum and pulled the skidder backwards. Finally, the skidder grabbed the cable and pulled the tree in the right direction. It fell close to where they wanted it. A very close call.
My 12 year-old son and I watched the whole thing. He's just started to really work on firewood with me and it was a good thing for him to see. He registered that in logging there is very, very little margin for error.
My neighbors called in a tree service because a 120 +ft white pine was leaning dangerously towards their house. The crew cabled up the tree and the guy with the saw made a good notch. When he sawed the felling cut, the guy in the skidder must have stopped paying attention for a moment because the tree began to lean towards the house. It leaned and leaned and leaned some more. My neighbors looked ashen. The guy with the saw ran towards the skidder and shouted, "Go, go, go!" I think the skidder must have been in neutral. He threw the skidder into gear but it looked like it was going to be too late as the tree gathered momentum and pulled the skidder backwards. Finally, the skidder grabbed the cable and pulled the tree in the right direction. It fell close to where they wanted it. A very close call.
My 12 year-old son and I watched the whole thing. He's just started to really work on firewood with me and it was a good thing for him to see. He registered that in logging there is very, very little margin for error.