theTreeSpyder
TreeHouser
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- Feb 12, 2016
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Still haunting me;
Local crew of 3 brothers; 1/untied thrown out of bucket while rigging off it.
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i, found myself standing there few months later closing a job at end of day;
With 2 brothers from neighboring job,
1 brother telling me how he watched his brother on fully extended bucket 60' arm
rushing to get done on under quoted 3 day job,
rigging thru pulley off the bucket he was in(which they did a lot);
He cut the large limb, when line took hit of fresh cut timber,
The 2/1 snatched hard down on bucket;
until line itself broke,
recoil flung the one brother upwards out of the bucket/wasn't tied in...
.
My ears where whistling shrilly as i listened to this man talk about watching his brother:
Being flung upwards, then streaking downward quickly,
Landing 20' from them,
head first,
eyes popping out,
body squishing as it liquefied when hitting ground,
until carcass devastation stopped at pelvis / like small throat chipper does.
.
Didn't seem like good time to scold,
or teach about ground control running rope as force relief.
.
Whatever you ride, ride it safely;
you are playing with power, just not always electrical!
Local crew of 3 brothers; 1/untied thrown out of bucket while rigging off it.
.
i, found myself standing there few months later closing a job at end of day;
With 2 brothers from neighboring job,
1 brother telling me how he watched his brother on fully extended bucket 60' arm
rushing to get done on under quoted 3 day job,
rigging thru pulley off the bucket he was in(which they did a lot);
He cut the large limb, when line took hit of fresh cut timber,
The 2/1 snatched hard down on bucket;
until line itself broke,
recoil flung the one brother upwards out of the bucket/wasn't tied in...
.
My ears where whistling shrilly as i listened to this man talk about watching his brother:
Being flung upwards, then streaking downward quickly,
Landing 20' from them,
head first,
eyes popping out,
body squishing as it liquefied when hitting ground,
until carcass devastation stopped at pelvis / like small throat chipper does.
.
Didn't seem like good time to scold,
or teach about ground control running rope as force relief.
.
Whatever you ride, ride it safely;
you are playing with power, just not always electrical!