Tree on a truck

Ozarker · Nov 3, 2002

I don't know the story behind this picture but I'm sure there is a safety lesson there somewhere. I found the picture on the internet and though I would post it for all to see.

jyoutz · Nov 3, 2002

I can't hardly believe it, but during my forestry career I have seen this happen twice. Both times by professional fallers that smashed their own truck.

DUMBDOG · Nov 3, 2002

Some professional logger here in town dropped a huge cottonwood on a house in a new subdivsion. It was one that they decided to leave and then changed their minds and had it removed. The people had just moved into the house three days before. Needless to say they are now in a different house.

s1120 · Nov 3, 2002

That picture was posted here about a year ago. Ya its a good one. By looking at the smile, you can be sure the guy in the truck does not own it./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

cstocks · Nov 3, 2002

Or maybe he does own it and is happy the tree fell on it so he can collect the insurance and get a better truck!

njrqs · Nov 3, 2002

yes had seen it here too.

Didn't notice the last time, but maybe he is smiling because of the big log between his legs??????

TimSullivan · Nov 4, 2002

Several years ago I was having a dead tree removed in tight quarters. The fellow doing the cutting was very good but the rope man was not. He took out three windows and twenty square feet of siding with a few mistakes. One of the pieces hit the wall so hard it cracked the plaster on the interior wall. There was over $3000 damage done but their insurance covered it all.

Ozarker · Nov 17, 2002

I know how that is. When I was a kid, my dad and grandfather use to cut trees on the side. (Anything to make a little extra money) When I got old enough, I got to be the monkey with the limb saw taking out the tops. That was before little chain saws and it was done by hand.

Anyway, cutting trees in the city meant that you always had to take them down a piece at a time to keep from hitting houses. Once, when I was about 14, I was the rope guy and dad was cutting the limb. The limb we had the rope looped around broke when the cut limb came loose and the rope dropped to the next limb.....but now it isn't looped and I'm the only anchor against the weight of that limb. Needless to say, it jerked me off the ground before I let go and the limb went crashing into the side of the house.

riptides · Nov 17, 2002

Speaking of insurance and trees, my company will not cover for the proactive removal or pruning of limbs/trees.

They will cover damage if one lands on the house.

A little odd? No?

-Mile Z.

beenthere · Nov 17, 2002

The insurance coverage is one reason to get a professional (with insurance!) to cut your yard trees. Without it, anything can and probably will happen.

I wonder what "proactive removal" is? Maybe I don't want to know, but it sounds like legalese.