The things that we do and why...

[k0ua]

Thanks guys.........Guess it wasn't my time. BTW, the power company guys did a great job of restoring electricity....in less than four hours. The nice thing about downed and dead trees ...............It's Fall Party & Bonfire Time!!!
Cheers,
Mike

Glad you are still around Mike, roast a hotdog for me later..

 

[gsganzer]

In almost all the cases, someone failed to first make an undercut when cutting a limb off, so they lost control of it and it landed tip first. Properly cutting a limb typically requires three cuts. The first two cuts are to remove the limb and are slightly out from the final cut. The removing cuts are an undercut, and then a top cut slightly out from the undercut. This should result in the limb breaking off cleanly and landing butt first (or nearly so). After the limb is removed, a final cut is made to remove the stub at the "branch bark collar".

This is also true when using a manual pole saw. Sometimes you have to adjust the blade (change the angle or flip it around) so you can make the undercut first.

 

[PILOON]

Smart men learn from the mistakes of others, not so smart men learn from their own mistakes, and idiots do not learn from either.

LOL, and you can't cure stupid!

 

[Oldpath05]

In almost all the cases, someone failed to first make an undercut when cutting a limb off, so they lost control of it and it landed tip first. Properly cutting a limb typically requires three cuts. The first two cuts are to remove the limb and are slightly out from the final cut. The removing cuts are an undercut, and then a top cut slightly out from the undercut. This should result in the limb breaking off cleanly and landing butt first (or nearly so). After the limb is removed, a final cut is made to remove the stub at the "branch bark collar".

This is also true when using a manual pole saw. Sometimes you have to adjust the blade (change the angle or flip it around) so you can make the undercut first.

I was thinking that the limb might of come down better that way to, but that high up on a ladder, I don't know, still might of went wrong if Murphy was there.

 

[Redneck in training]

Smart men learn from the mistakes of others, not so smart men learn from their own mistakes, and idiots do not learn from either.

Idiots learn from each other.

 

[CalG]

Of course the true idiot ignores all the evidence and experience of others , and gets in his automobile and drives less than 3 miles to his death.

Familiarity is often a supplement for the sense of safety. As I heard it best (and still rings true) "Keep your wits about you".

 

[kevin37b]

If you do it once and it does not work out , that is ignorance . IF you do it again that is stupidity .

 

[PhysAssist]

If you do it once and it does not work out , that is ignorance . IF you do it again that is stupidity .

However one of the definitions of insanity is repeating the same action expecting a different outcome.

 

[gsganzer]

Idiots learn from each other.

I think you're right there. They also seem to breed pretty fast.

 

[Oldpath05]

I wonder which one of the TBN member's this is, making an educational video of trying to cut down a dead tree?, I know it's not me.

How NOT to cut down a rotten tree - YouTube