Posted by Bob Kerr on September 19, 2007 at 07:00:50 from (205.188.116.73):
Hi Lanse, I posted about being careful around trees with your tractor the other day. Well Guess what! I almost got taken out of the big picture by a big hickory limb that decided to go parachuting and forgot the chute. I had just passed (In low gear)under that tree which is over 80 ft tall when not more than 10 ft behind me I hear a crash. The limb never hit any other limbs on the way down and I did"nt hear it break off because it was so high up and the H was pulling a hill. I was at least 15 ft away from the tree and there was No wind either!. The limb just decided to let go! Almost at the right place at the wrong time. Even us old timers who are careful can get hurt around trees. It reminded me of something I told someone years ago. All these trees and tree limbs in the woods will eventually land on the ground one way or another, you want to be far away when it happens.
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