Ever tried this?

[kevin37b]

Ever tried this ? NO ! By yourself , ladder in bucket ,20 ft off the ground and a 12 " piece of wood at 600# . You are truly a genius and I hope you stay warm . You are not Darwin are you ?

 

[Henro]

At minimum you should have tied the top of the ladder to the tree, so it would not have been knocked away from the tree when hit by something...

I have used my bucket to support a ladder, but not when using a chain saw...I have also used a chainsaw when on a ladder, but had the ladder tied off when the branch sprung back and knocked the ladder bottom away from the tree. The ladder stayed against the tree and I stayed on the ladder...

As stated by others, a chain saw on a ladder is not a good idea. Sometimes it may be the only option, other than not doing anything (the safer option!).

Bill

 

[aczlan]

Around here, $165 gets you a 35' manlift for 24 hours. Well worth it (IMO) in many cases. Just an ambulance ride to the ER will be over 10 times that.

Aaron Z

 

[robbyr]

Didn't use ladder in bucket but did use chainsaw on a platform and lifted up on forks to top a dead tree in back yard that was too close to house and storage building to fell. Was really careful but kinda nervous at same time. No issues but your project looks a whole lot more dangerous.

On a lighter note I did use a ladder in bed of truck to pick mustang grapes on the dirt road for jelly.

 

[robbyr]

Last June a local guy I went to high school with was killed while he supposedly was cutting on a tree with extension ladder leaned up against it.

 

[bcp]

What could go wrong?

Bruce

 

[dickfoster]

I'd have been too skeered to do something like that.

BTW You have heard of the Darwin awards haven't you?:laughing:

 

[Buggs67]

If I did something that dumb, I wouldn't post it here. At 60 yoa you should know better. And you won't get to know about the "close one" that takes you out.

 

[BigBoyToys]

Kinda...but not up a tree. I needed to lay a ladder on one of my roof pitches to get at a dormer. From the ground you need a 32' extension ladder to get to it. Using the tractor bucket I was able to use one 16' section and use the bucket to angle the ladder and lay it on the roof. My wife just stood there shaking her head :muttering:...but it worked!!! :yes:

 

[stuckmotor]

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Women definitely live longer. I will not even break out the chainsaw without someone else here.

My guess is that the electricity to that light was turned off at the breaker box. BTW my dad who put the ladder on the hood of the car also used to stick his finger in a socket to check for electricity. He died from complications from a stroke after 7 years as an invalid. Probably would have been better off if the electricity had killed him.

 

[tjkubota93]

I have cut a tree from a ladder, but won't do it again. I drove by a man doing that on my way to the hardware store. On my way home I saw the ladder sitting crooked where a tree branch hit it and an ambulance there. He is still alive, I think he just broke some bones.

 

[Omega Woods]

Like I tell my kids, just because nothing went wrong doesn't mean it wasn't a stupid idea. :confused2:

 

[MossRoad]

 

[beckmurph]

I would guess that there are lots of OSHA inspectors having coronary's after seeing this little project.
:shocked: :laughing:

 

[CalG]

I needed an elevated work platform at one time. Put 2X10s across the raised bucket and the Roll over protection frame.

I used the ladder to get up on the scaffold planks. Only about 6 1/2 feet , but worked just fine. I didn't take a picture at the time because there were no safety rails or fall harness secure points. (self incrimination and all that) I'll snap a shot next time.

ETA Make that bottom cut first, it keeps the limb from splitting as the pic shows. Got to watch for (plan for) the main limb spring back when the branches cushion the fall. It'll carry the ladder away with you on it!

 

[s219]

If you know what you're doing with a top handle saw and have a better arrangement than a ladder in a bucket, this sort of thing can be done pretty safely. I do not see evidence of that here!!

 

[dstig1]

Have a neighbor that had a poplar fall in a storm last year (pulled out the root ball) and was asking me about how to take it down as it was hung up maybe only 30-40 degrees off vertical. He said "I was thinking of grabbing my chainsaw and then putting a ladder up.." STOP!!! I told him flat out, the words chainsaw and ladder should never be uttered in the same sentence. So he asked what to do, and I said we pull it down, then you cut it up on the ground. I had a co-worker that retired a couple years back get killed doing the chainsaw and ladder routine, and it was only small limbs in his case.

If you were looking for support for what you did here, I'm afraid you ain't gettin much. It's a bad idea. All the way around.

 

[stuckmotor]

Last time I cut a tree from a ladder, the ladder and I both fell from the tree. I broke a rib and my head only missed a log by a few inches.

 

[Ford850]

I hope this was an early April fools joke to get lots of reaction on here.
It's threads like this when I find myself looking at the member's profile to see where they are from.

 

[the old grind]

... Make that bottom cut first, it keeps the limb from splitting as the pic shows. Got to watch for (plan for) the main limb spring back when the branches cushion the fall. It'll carry the ladder away with you on it!

I make a bottom-cut ~1/4 the way up when limbing 'pizzelms'. (Straight down 'drops' without fail.)

Ice storm two yrs ago did a lot of 'trimming' for me but I went further up, as far as 20 footers (high) on a ladder (rung/feet at 14') but stopped when I stripped the driven gear in the $50 electric saw. :confused3:

Doing much better with the 30'-reach+ Terex/Ford, and totally stoked on the 12" ECHO top-handle saw that I can set on the floor of its bucket. Haven't bashed the truck yet, but it could happen.