Just got off the phone with my brother. He was cutting wood by himself saturday. He was bringing down a 100 ft tall poplar that was dead.
He said that it fell into another tree, that broke off several of the dead limbs, that came flying back at him. He said that he saw a 10' x 3" branch flying at him and side stepped it, he said that he didn't see the one that hit him.
He was struck on the face at his left eye. His eyelid was torn loose and glasses smashed. He couldn't see out of his left eye. He found one of his lenses and held it and a rag up to his face, while he drove himself to the landowner's house.
The landowner is a Dr, so she did some preliminary assessment, then they took him to the emergency room.
The left eye was scratched, but the vision loss was attributed to blood clouding the fluids, blocking light.
The retina is OK and Dr said that vision should return in a few days.
At that same time, 70 miles west, I had a 100 ft dead locust get 'hung up'. It's refusing to fall. I tried to pull it down with the PU. I was not alone, but we couldn't get it down. The vines have it stuck! It's still hanging. I know that if I try to cut the tree it's stuck on, it will splinter and try to kill me, then the big one will fall where I would be working..
I'm going to get the biggest, nastyest chain 'come-along' I can find today and pull the base till it comes down. I managed to get it off the stump, but it won't fall.
I told Jack that if we get nothing else done today, that tree was going to hit the ground.
The tree is located 100 ft up a hill, so the only vehicle we can get near it is a 4 wheeler. We were using 100Ft wire rope hooked to the pickup to tug it.
The chain come-along is supposed to be here in 1/2 hour.
WATCH yourself!! Try to take someone with you when you cut! Trees are dangerous!
He said that it fell into another tree, that broke off several of the dead limbs, that came flying back at him. He said that he saw a 10' x 3" branch flying at him and side stepped it, he said that he didn't see the one that hit him.
He was struck on the face at his left eye. His eyelid was torn loose and glasses smashed. He couldn't see out of his left eye. He found one of his lenses and held it and a rag up to his face, while he drove himself to the landowner's house.
The landowner is a Dr, so she did some preliminary assessment, then they took him to the emergency room.
The left eye was scratched, but the vision loss was attributed to blood clouding the fluids, blocking light.
The retina is OK and Dr said that vision should return in a few days.
At that same time, 70 miles west, I had a 100 ft dead locust get 'hung up'. It's refusing to fall. I tried to pull it down with the PU. I was not alone, but we couldn't get it down. The vines have it stuck! It's still hanging. I know that if I try to cut the tree it's stuck on, it will splinter and try to kill me, then the big one will fall where I would be working..
I'm going to get the biggest, nastyest chain 'come-along' I can find today and pull the base till it comes down. I managed to get it off the stump, but it won't fall.
I told Jack that if we get nothing else done today, that tree was going to hit the ground.
The tree is located 100 ft up a hill, so the only vehicle we can get near it is a 4 wheeler. We were using 100Ft wire rope hooked to the pickup to tug it.
The chain come-along is supposed to be here in 1/2 hour.
WATCH yourself!! Try to take someone with you when you cut! Trees are dangerous!
