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Says the 39 year old...![]()
NOPE past the age of 40 {
I have probably done some dumb things and probably done some moderately intelligent things. When involved in doing something dumb I usually have a bad feeling in the back of my head and try to be on the alert for as many 'gotchas' as I might be able to foresee.
completely agree, sometimes things are done that are not the safest thing for a human. Some of us have $$$$$$ to pay while others have to find other means. There are thousands of ways to move a log, some safer then others, but no matter what the operator still needs to have a lick of sense.
Ultimately it's about risk management and making an educated game plan for the task/problem at hand.
:thumbsup: This is why I say no matter how much safety equipment is involved, in the end the operator is the one doing the deed. If the operator relys on safety devices to keep them alive......, well I quess we'll be seeing them on the other side.
Just last weekend, I was shown a dead oak tree that is leaning towards the gravel drive (far away from anyones home)
It is a LARGE and very tall oak tree and it's also in the woods. There is no way this tree is going to come down without causing other casualties (tree) during the process. Now we're debating do we wait and allow the tree to fall on its own, however unpredictable (anyone care to drive through the fall zone twice a day?) or do we take it down so we can focuse our attention to the moment it falls?
Fortunately, I have an industrial backhoe so I might be able to clean something out or after it falls, help muscle it around. Unfortunately, this tree is up a sharp bank and there is no real way to get my machine up there so it's essentially useless.
Fortunately (part II) my brother in law has a bulldozer. It could make it up the embankment but I don't think it can get through the woods to get to this tree without having to run over other trees.
Upper branches have already started to fall, noticed one with a diamater of maybe 8-10 inches laying on the ground (in the woods)
You can't eliminate risk in life so what I try to do is (hopefully) manage it and fear what can happen to me if I fail (thereby causing me to perhaps keep a sharper eye on it?)
If this tree is where it may fall on someone then I would say....TIMBER..... I have delt with many trees, leaners, they are not much fun but once down I have a sigh of relief. How many folks walk around looking up? Do you think someone would look up or around if they heard something in the woods?