Ouch!

[Camofurever1]

I wonder if this guy learned his lesson? Trying to cut down at least a 24" diameter pine tree with a forestry shredder designed for a 8" max. diameter tree? I'll bet he had the tree tied off to the shredder and then tried to push it over. No skid marks on the ground. Tree snapped off and it pulled the track loader over right onto the sharp trunk. He was aiming for a Darwin award.

Man pinned by tree 'miraculously' freed in Lawrence County

A man was "miraculously" freed after being pinned by a large tree in a machine in Lawrence County, Tennessee.

fox17.com

 

[scootr]

Wow - don't know what else to say...

 

[CliffordK]

I can't imagine one would tie a tree to the machine before pushing on it.

The mulching head is resting just above a group of branches. Perhaps something snagged on the branches and pulled the machine over as the tree crashed down.

 

[mrmikey]

What runs thru your mind as your machine starts lifting up and then proceeds to fall down over a high stump.

 

[CliffordK]

What runs thru your mind as your machine starts lifting up and then proceeds to fall down over a high stump.

I'm doubting this went in slow motion. Probably a few curse words popped up the the top of the mind... or just one. He may not have realized how close he was to being skewered until the stump came crashing through the front window.

 

[garry1p]

Hold my beer and watch this

 

[CliffordK]

The machine looks awfully bright and shiny.

He's probably thinking... glad this one was a rental. I just have no idea how the windshield broke, perhaps a stress fracture. Good thing he opted for rental insurance!!!

 

[mrmikey]

Be hard to explain the stain on the seat.

 

[BleedingOrange]

Darwin never stops helping some folks from getting attention .

 

[D&D]

I wonder if this guy learned his lesson? Trying to cut down at least a 24" diameter pine tree with a forestry shredder designed for a 8" max. diameter tree? I'll bet he had the tree tied off to the shredder and then tried to push it over. No skid marks on the ground. Tree snapped off and it pulled the track loader over right onto the sharp trunk. He was aiming for a Darwin award.

Man pinned by tree 'miraculously' freed in Lawrence County

A man was "miraculously" freed after being pinned by a large tree in a machine in Lawrence County, Tennessee.

fox17.com

Yea, I think he had the boom full up with both drives fully engaged when the tree gave in.
Extremely lucky person

 

[CliffordK]

The guy had a lot of praise for GOD, but seemed to have forgotten EMS that safely extracted him from the predicament he put himself into.

 

[thankyouTBN]

I wonder if this guy learned his lesson? Trying to cut down at least a 24" diameter pine tree with a forestry shredder designed for a 8" max. diameter tree? I'll bet he had the tree tied off to the shredder and then tried to push it over. No skid marks on the ground. Tree snapped off and it pulled the track loader over right onto the sharp trunk. He was aiming for a Darwin award.

Man pinned by tree 'miraculously' freed in Lawrence County

A man was "miraculously" freed after being pinned by a large tree in a machine in Lawrence County, Tennessee.

fox17.com

Wow, if I had seen the photo without the caption and was asked “do you think the guy survived“ I would’ve said no possible way he would’ve been able to survive that. That’s really scary because everybody messes up sometime.

 

[olenjohn]

I wonder if this guy learned his lesson? Trying to cut down at least a 24" diameter pine tree with a forestry shredder designed for a 8" max. diameter tree? I'll bet he had the tree tied off to the shredder and then tried to push it over. No skid marks on the ground. Tree snapped off and it pulled the track loader over right onto the sharp trunk. He was aiming for a Darwin award.

Man pinned by tree 'miraculously' freed in Lawrence County

A man was "miraculously" freed after being pinned by a large tree in a machine in Lawrence County, Tennessee.

fox17.com

Skid marks in his pants.

 

[dodge man]

So what exactly happened? He pushed the tree over or had something on the front that broke the tree off then he nosed over on the stump?

 

[terramiteman]

I wonder if this guy learned his lesson? Trying to cut down at least a 24" diameter pine tree with a forestry shredder designed for a 8" max. diameter tree? I'll bet he had the tree tied off to the shredder and then tried to push it over. No skid marks on the ground. Tree snapped off and it pulled the track loader over right onto the sharp trunk. He was aiming for a Darwin award.

Man pinned by tree 'miraculously' freed in Lawrence County

A man was "miraculously" freed after being pinned by a large tree in a machine in Lawrence County, Tennessee.

fox17.com

two things pop in my mind; AWWWSH...T, THE OTHER is when Murphys law (anything can go wrong and will go wrong) , and Theoredicly, (theoredicly this should work)come together, theo and murphy take over and its not good for whos involed.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

I'm doubting this went in slow motion. Probably a few curse words popped up the the top of the mind... or just one. He may not have realized how close he was to being skewered until the stump came crashing through the front window.

Having survived a few pucker factor moments: To the outside observer time runs normally. To you time dilates, and it takes a couple of hours.

Stupid teenage years, I jumped seventy feet off a tower into Lake Mead. Physics says just over two seconds of free fall. Felt like several days, and lots of time to think about how stupid that was, and think about how much it will hurt if you screw up the landing, etc. And, then half a day pulling for the surface and wondering if you will get there before you run out of air.

Had the right front suspension buckle, on an SCCA racer, in a hard left at around 120-mph. Dug in, flipped end for end twice, and did three full twists in the air. That took at least a week in personal time, watching the car come apart around me, and think about how good of an engineer good ole dad is, because everything, is coming apart, except for the drivers cage he designed to protect me. And when things finally came to rest, I unbuckled the six-point and walked away. Passed blood in my urine and stool for a few days. But, I walked away.

 

[sunandsand]

I have this rule . . . If I'm not familiar with the machine, if I don't know how it works, if I've never seen it run, if it is big, ugly, rusty, has lots of horsepower and makes lots of noise, has lots of sharp edges, has exposed rotating gears, chains and shafts, and has dirt and blood on it, if I have to climb up or down into it, and I have never RTFM - I ain't touching it. Not only that, I will stand back at a safe distance from it even when it is parked and not running.

Call me a live coward if you wish, but the buzz word here is "live". On my next birthday I'll be 80 years old (how did THAT happen?) and I still have pretty much all the appendages I was born with, undamaged.

This guy was really, really lucky. He should go buy a Powerball ticket.

Best Regards,
Mike/Florida

 

[Aquabird]

Hard to believe he is alive

 

[Hay Dude]

The guy had a lot of praise for GOD, but seemed to have forgotten EMS that safely extracted him from the predicament he put himself into.

That’s because a TRUE believer in God recognizes that God is in control and decided that, right, wrong, or indifferent, he allowed the operator of that machine to live.

I would also profusely thank the EMS people and probably make a nice doantion to their rescue unit