Was clearing for a Barn and hung one up. Figured to drop another on it to free it up. Set up and dropped a nice 20" cherry perfectly on the hanger and was gawking instead of moving. Sure enough the hanger was good and stuck and the Cherry Butt came up, hit me under the right ribs and kindly tossed me a good distance into the greenbriars.
It was more of a sudden heavy shove than an impact and I just was bruised up pretty bad. Things coulda been a LOT uglier.
Got in a hurry and didn't think things through, then got tunnel vision on the hanger. Focus or die was the lesson that day.
Then there was the tree trunk I dropped on my spray rig.
The Red Oak had broken off 40' up in the straight line windstorm we got back in 07' and darn near killed me and my tractor. I never even gave thought to the trunk bieng damaged, but that tree was split internally and I never made the back cut to the hinge before it let loose 45degrees from the face cut.
It flattened a 100gal spray tank and cradle like a boot stomped beer can.
Ever try to get rid of an old spray tank? LOL!!!
It's considered hazmat.:censored:
The Irony of it all, is that tree was spared during clearing because it was a Perfect Red Oak 30" DBH, and would have been a specimen tree next to the new barn. I just didn't want to take it down for milling or firewood as it was just too "Nice". Then it nearly killed me, took out my spray rig, AND cost me hazmat disposal for the rig. LOL!!! Just a MEAN old tree!
http://www.arboristsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=100108&stc=1&d=1243834950
Stay safe!
Dingeryote