Re: Tree safety incident - a long story barely mad

Posted by RodInNS on February 26, 2006 at 09:19:38 from (142.177.6.4):

In Reply to: Tree safety incident - a long story barely made sh posted by williamf on February 26, 2006 at 08:10:14:

You're very lucky. I've had a few come back on me with a D4H Cat. Luckly it's got the full forestry package, so they just bounce off the sweeps. The worst one I ever had was a 50' dead spruce spar. It was tangled in a hardwood I was man handling, and the top broke back and fell on the roof from 40' up. It hit so hard it knocked the foam off the roof of the cab. That was scary because I never saw it coming.
When you go screwing with those big trees, always cut the tree first. If it needs to be manipulated in a certain direction, and doesn't look like it will fall that way, set up with the hoe, and reach up high and put a strain on the tree to send it where you want, and then cut it. I do that at times with the D4 because it can't handle a lot of big trees like that either, and some can't be trusted to go in the right direction near a power line. The machine tips the balance... Be careful.

Rod

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• Re: Tree safety incident - a long story barely mad Mike (WA) 09:33:01 02/26/06 (1)
  • Re: Tree safety incident - a long story barely mad RodInNS 18:36:45 02/26/06 (0)

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