Importance of having falling object protection.
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deezler
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Gosh, that's horrible knotweed, really sorry to hear about that.
However that seems pretty random, being that he was just out mowing the lawn as normal. Could have just as well been sitting in a chair, playing with the kids/pets, etc. Scary stuff though.
On the other hand lots of us are out in the woods intentionally using our CUTs to push dead-fall and brush around. There's plenty of vines in my woods, and tons of dead ash trees. I have to really be smart and never feel too "comfortable". And always wear my hard hat!
However that seems pretty random, being that he was just out mowing the lawn as normal. Could have just as well been sitting in a chair, playing with the kids/pets, etc. Scary stuff though.
On the other hand lots of us are out in the woods intentionally using our CUTs to push dead-fall and brush around. There's plenty of vines in my woods, and tons of dead ash trees. I have to really be smart and never feel too "comfortable". And always wear my hard hat!
creekbend
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Sincerely sorry about your Brother.
We fished together for the last 7 years and were looking forward to my retirement in 2015 so we could fish even more.
Thanks for the thoughts.
Pine Strip
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More then one way to skin a cat.
Good Luck !
Good Luck !
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Gary Fowler
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Been there, done both. I even took a pallet and attached some legs to it so it is about even with the top of the cab on my RTV900 and stand on that and let my brother in law drive me under the limbs so I can use the pole saw and cut them as high as we can. I also have used the FEL and back hoe to reach up and knock off limbs, more than one of which pulled down more dead limbs that fell on the FOPS of the tractor. I would not feel safe at all in the woods without some kind of falling object protector. Vines in trees can pull dead limbs from several feet away so a ground man has to be on his toes if he is any where close and get back a safe distance. A hard hat will help but may not be enough for some of the larger stuff.
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Sorry to hear of your brother. That is about as bad of luck as one can have what with being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It is certainly bad when a bone head move causes a death but that act of God must have been about the worst thing possible.