I finished up that big Cottonwood with out a hitch. towards the end my lanyard wouldn't reach around the trunk any more, I switched to a longer one but it had me almost face first to the tree. I finely get to ground on it and I tell the boss this might be a good time to give the new guy some experence cutting a piece attached to the crane. (I'm burnt) He takes a 8ft 3000lb piece standing on the ground. Now there is just a 5ft stump and the boss has the kid do the V cut.(don't ask) He doesn't hit the two cuts and the stump isn't moving. I finely after watching for a half an hour or more grab my big stihl and am going to fix this mess so we can go home. The operator has been pulling, rocking, pushing this stump trying to break it loose the whole time also. I bore cut it in a place or two then back cut a section and wham, that thing shoots off the stump like a metor almost clocking me, it grazed my arm. I move pretty fast when I have to and I bolted leaving my saw still running as that piece bounces like a yo yo. I think wow I do this whole hazard tree and almost get taking out by the stump.
We got one more day there and have to remove some bays and a small dead cedar. should be an easy day. The 90 year old lady who owns the ranch was inpressed, I apologized for taking out her mail box(don't ask)and she said its no big deal not to worry. A wonderful day none the less