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Re: Tree safety incident - a long story barely mad
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Posted by Richard Scott on February 27, 2006 at 18:20:18 from (216.155.210.17):
In Reply to: Tree safety incident - a long story barely made sh posted by williamf on February 26, 2006 at 08:10:14:
You don't have to be doing anything but be there to have a tree fall on you. It had been a breezy weekend, but was dead calm on Monday where I was evaluating a stand for harvest. I started my increment borer into a tree when I heard off to my right "pow!", like a gun went off. Then, after 10 or 15 seconds, "pow!" again, and in a few seconds more, again. Then a 120 ft. tall silver fir started to fall, landing about 20 feet from me. Checked out the root system and concluded it was the roots breaking that I heard. There were 3 large roots on the tree on the side away from the direction of fall and they had broken in tension. Wood is very strong in tension, which is probably why they made the noise when they broke. I have been in the woods for 30 years now and have seen several trees go down, but never with the noise that one made.
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