I didn't see anything wrong with what the climber did, I DID however see the top suddenly stopped instead of slowed, and a guy yelling sorry who either probably wasn't paying attention, or had an equipment failure... so not sure why you would put the thumb up suggesting the guy in the tree is dumb... unless of course you didn't know any better
He is not dumb and he was ready: He shut off the chainsaw, let it hang by the lanyard and placed both hands on the trunk to brace in expectation of the inevitable sway. The "sway" was not supposed to be so violent and if anyone noticed it was not the climber, but the groundman shouting "sorry". He was sorry for not paying attention and instead of slowing arresting the fall of the falling branch, it was arrested abruptly causing the "rubber ball and elastic to paddle" effect seen here.
@nukeusa911x2 I'd like to see you 60 ft. in the air trimmin trees. One of that guy's balls amounts to about 5 of yours, ya pussy. Felling trees is real mans work.
@mianus11 calm down mister tough guy brute, i never called him a bitch you dumb shit i simply said he screamed like one so quit twisting my words you faggot.
Respect to a fellow arborist! bloody hell kicked like a muel!!! just goes to show why our work positioning tools and ropes are expensive and saved this guy from a short cut down to G zero. Thank Fuck we have safety wear and regulations testing what we buy!!!! Stay safe guys
When you drop a top in a controlled fashion, generally, you place a cinch strap around the tree with a biner, or pulley attached. Then, you run your lowering line through the block, or biner and tie your bowline, or clove,..etc. He did it right. The top was quite large and it did not "run" far enough down, as to cause less sway.
The top is rigged so that the guy running the working line can slow it down to a stop with almost no dynamic loading. When the top doesn't run, but stops suddenly, this is what happens. That is why he wasn't ready for it. There could have been something wrapped up in the rope on the ground to pevent it from running. Or the ground man wasn't properly trained to use a friction device. Things happens sometimes. Dumb arborist? Posting adverse judgements about things that you don't understand. Dumb?
@BlueFoxChick of course he had a rope tied to it. thats what you do in that line of work so you can control the speed that the tree top falls to the ground. you can't just be cutting shit down and letting it fall all over the place and land on peoples house, cars and kids.
for the people have no clue how it feels that high when you top a tree and it sways...this happens more than few times....if your not ready for it that will happen. the flip line attached to his saddle only goes around the tree...not attached to it so when you go toward the tree there is nothing holding your top of your body only your spurs which are on your feet and loosing footing easier than you think when that happens and thats the resault..doing this work is very dangerous
If I absolutely have to do something like that- I DO tell my ground crew either to let that top run a bit (less sway) or to be ready to treemans convertible - take the top of and go for a ride- but I always use a T.I.T.S. - so they dont need to worry - and I let them know that (tight LZ or other obstacles) my spykes can get loose!
if there is an arborist out there can they tell me............ 'if he didnt have the line tied from the top part of the tree to the main trunk, would the tree still sway like that from the release of pressure and weight? or is it that the top part tied to the trunk and swinging caused it to sway?
Releasing tons of force... it's going to be a hell of a ride. But not that much, however. The guy on the ground should have let the ropes run, this would have reduced the shock load and it wouldn't have shook him that hard. Not his fault, unless he instructed the guys on the ground to do what happened. Which I doubt, you can see he has a block attached to where his rigging point is, man knows what he's doing someone on the ground didn't.
@maxstanton1 ok man there is a huge difference in ground guys. I have been in the business 20 years. I learned how much help i could be on the line. You let it run slow, slower, quick, the slow to the ground finally. This climber who did nothing wrong, would not been rocked hardly at all with a guy like me on the line. Its just skilled expierence.
not dumb....just not ready. at that height, there is gonna be a lot of sway. he just wasnt ready for it, like he should of been. no one that fells tops from 60+ feet up is dumb!....believe me, even "dumb" people know better than to f around with real arborist work! this is a pro's job. no amatuers need apply!!!
@preshur If you watch someone do it correctly, the part they cut falls, it isnt attached by some strip of bark or rope whatever the fuck this numbskull had going on. He might not have been dumb, but that was definitely not done very well.
@omnitravis Actually, residential tree removals almost always necessitate lowering the "part they cut" with ropes. That's how it's done. The only time you don't have to lower things is when there is no fence, power line, roof, or anything valuable under the tree. If the rope would have been run properly, it would have been business as usual in the residential tree business.
@preshur it was the ground guy's fault. gotta let those tops (or anything) run a little bit instead of slamming on the brakes right away. the guy in the tree looked ready enough. dropped his saw and braced himself. ground guy's fault running the rope.
@caruptree maybe...can't tell what kind of tree it is...maybe a eucalypt in australia? But with doug firs, a top that big isn't really too much. IMHO.
@caruptree btw...if it is a eucalypt/gum/ash whatever you wanna call it, I hear those are pretty brittle. like a cottonwood. never worked on any taller than 10 ft. They don't get very big in NW oregon. so i guess taking a top of a cottonwood on a spar that big is pretty sketchy.
@Mr13born79 most eucs I work on hold on really well and break off with ease and are generally good to climb and cut. ( apart from cadaghies) but it doesnt matter what species, a section that big is just to much, he should of spent the extra 15 mins and taken it in 2 pieces. By the way, you should check the video response I did for this video ( how a tree should be lowered from the top).
Actually what happened here was not the climbers fault but the ROPERS fault, that tree should of never been stopped in mid air ,if the roper knew what they were doing they would of known to allow run on the weight so it would not swing back into tree and cause this kinda excitement.
@preshur yea if you let the rope run and come to a slow it wont slap the tree back like that youll get the bend forward but it slowly comes back there not that moment of free space that causes the "ride" a good rope man is hard to find, i would have went up and pieced it down or took a smaller top
Lol I had that happen to me but I wasnt tied off. Lucky tree swung at me first instead of away I grabbed and bear hugged it and hung on for a few. I then climbed down and changed my shorts :)
true, an experienced groundman could have let the top run without shockloading the tree. but I also wonder if the climber could have climbed a little higher and just rained smaller pieces down. :T
After the cut, the climber re-tethered his saw lanyard to the short clip on his belt. The saw had minimal motion during this swing. Lots of climbers drop the saw 3' with lanyard fully extended after the cut, in a hurry to push the block off or because of using a lanyard without one. Short clipping the saw saved was his best move. However, putting a chin-strapped hard hat on over a flimsy sun hat is better than just wearing a flimsy sun hat. Rather have a sunburn or fractured skull?
i think that was his hardhat that fell at the end. but i agree with lughole, he knows what hes doing. no "dumb" person could cut the top out like that. he has skill
you are right treecowboy, dumb groundsman. I used to work with this guy and he did nothing wrong the groundie stopped the falling branch instead of slowing its decent
YEEEHAW. Take the top off and go for a ride as they say, but make sure your ground man understands dynamic lowering if you plan to low the top. More like, dumb ground man or bad communication, or a multiplicity of other issues. I couldn't see close up, but maybe the guy planned to top wrap it and lower it himself, in which case I would agree that it wasn't a great plan. YEEEEHAW. At least he didn't get pulled out of the tree as others have when throwing tops without removing climb line.
@treecowboy YEEEHAW is right! That guy went for a ride! Like you say; the kid on the ground has never been up there and doesn't understand how you have to take the load gradually and prevent that.
after doing this type of work for over 13 years i know how easy it is to get complaisent and mess things up, altho he didnt seem to be doing much wrong imo.
For anyone to say the climber is an idiot,, it goes right back to ya`.
The only thing he did wrong is using the chainsaw above the waist area.
Never use the saw around the vicinity of the throat. You have less control over the cut and you have little leverage to push the top out after the cut is made. Not to mention if the saw kicks back, you're mortally wounded.
This was fault of the groundie. And even so, I've worked with the best groundies and still have gone for rides. No harm no foul.
After the cut, why was the top not able to fall to the ground? Was this a controlled fell? Either way, the top never should have been anchored to the tree itself.
am I being a wee bit dumb but did he leave his main anchor point up there and when finished his back cut he went down with the tree? video aint good so cant realy tell what the groud crew gota do with but im sure i might be wrong.
Russelltree's theory is probably right. That was an ambitious cut, but no matter what skill level this guy or his ground crew is, you're a dick for calling him "Dumb Arborist." I don't know him or you, but i'm willing to bet you know nothing about arbor work. The energy stored in a tree is massive and predicting exactly where that energy will go is not always possible, even to the most experienced. I'm sure he became a better climber from this, but you, who posted this, still suck.
groundmans fault- should let that top run a little futher- and that haller in the end ("I'm sorry) aint going to take bruises away- fire that dummy!) And I am a certified arborist how bout you preshur?!
al9rupter has it right. The ground man did not let the lowering rope "run" through the friction device. Instead by holding it tight all of the force of the falling tree top was shock loaded into the lowering system and this was responsible for the violent shake of the spar.
This was not funny one bit to me. This is a simple display of what can happen at your house if you dont hire a properly trained climber. This man has no ground crew to blame for this. He is a lucky novice that is hopefully still alive being this dumb!
It wasn't the climbers fault - the groundsman who is operating the lowering rope should have let the rope run through. That would of avoided the sudden jerk as the rope tensioned.
grounds mans to blame ,but so is the climber ,why not just climb a bit more then theres less weight to remove .i bet he knows next time ha ha .. i love it.
dum ground man , he put to many wraps on the porterwrap ....which places friction onto the rope ..the wood needs to run quickly to the ground without shocking the tree
You're assuming that the guy had this thing rigged with a friction device. It's the climbers job to make sure the guy on the ground can run it out. He sure seemed casual and surprised though. So he probably assumed it was going to run. I've taken that ride more times than I'd care to admit.
falling off wasn't the stupid thing, the rope's did their work. (though he should of braced for it) what about the one handed chainsaw use, if that kicked back that would've a good tube vid. ask Sean Bennyworth at The Tree Company in london about that, he has a chainsaw cut across his nose. Oh yeah!
After 13 years aloft I got several ribs cracked from doing just this. Production workers rag doll just like this video at least once a week. whats the big deal with all these views and condecending comments, oh yes i am C.A. and spikeless 13 yrs/
there were 2 ways to prevent this , first off but slower the climber could have gone higher and pieced it out, second and what should have been done in this case the roper should have decreased the speed of the limb more slowly so that there wasnt such a rapid shock he lets it run to keep it off the climber but the he shells up and stops it slamming it into the base of the tree. also that was his hard hat that fell not the saw.
and I thing he had intentionally roped the top portion to the rope because they dont want the cut section fall directly down and damage the ground flowers and other things.
it is clever job he had done to stop the portion of three to fall down.
It is not stupidity. he is very clever man indeed.
Should have went higher and rigged out a smaller piece ABOVE his flip line. Definitely an odd way to go about it.occasionally the force of the swaying can actually spin a climber around and up off of the pole. So you should have your climbing rope set or a double wrap with your flip line.
I think it was his hard hat falling off..Ride em high cowboy!! ...No one ever said that is not dangerous work! Many a good men have been killed.. These brave individuals have always had my respect..
1.bucket trucks are for pussy's. could you see the surroundings? no.could you get a truck near the tree??? Maybe if you're a pussy.
2. block in a croch? the tree was a Eucalyptus, known for dropping limbs that you would trust with your life...
3. sketchy having lines rigged below the block??? where should he rig them?? on the top he's rigging off??? knob head..you did it for fun.. you ISA Twat....
Bad Groundsman is what it comes down to.. fullstop...
Even with the block rigged in a crotch, it's sketchy having your lines rigged BELOW the block, and the ground guy shouldn't have snubbed the line like that. Although, I used to have my groundy snub off the line so the top would make the bole rock and roll like that just for fun.. And yes I do know what I'm talking about and have even competed in ISA competitions.
Even with the block rigged in a crotch, it's sketchy having your lines rigged BELOW the block, and the ground guy shouldn't have snubbed the line like that. Although, I used to have my groundy snub off the line so the top would make the bole rock and roll like that just for fun.. And yes I do know what I'm talking about and have even competed in ISA competitions.
Defiantly not the climbers fault! Let that bitch run a little and stop it slowly (groundmans job).
BLOTINC 1 week ago
unlucky and lucky at the same time ;)
sergentlynge 2 months ago
lol :D
GrayWolf459 3 months ago
I didn't see anything wrong with what the climber did, I DID however see the top suddenly stopped instead of slowed, and a guy yelling sorry who either probably wasn't paying attention, or had an equipment failure... so not sure why you would put the thumb up suggesting the guy in the tree is dumb... unless of course you didn't know any better
rookiemcm77 3 months ago
DONT CLIMB TREES!!!!!!!
SPCcranford1056 3 months ago
Jest hardcor pozdr z Polska:)
06husarz 5 months ago
@06husarz slawa
zakyzeek 4 months ago
He is not dumb and he was ready: He shut off the chainsaw, let it hang by the lanyard and placed both hands on the trunk to brace in expectation of the inevitable sway. The "sway" was not supposed to be so violent and if anyone noticed it was not the climber, but the groundman shouting "sorry". He was sorry for not paying attention and instead of slowing arresting the fall of the falling branch, it was arrested abruptly causing the "rubber ball and elastic to paddle" effect seen here.
newcamper 5 months ago 2
That guy is a moron ! Can you say dynamic loading ? That uy should check out Dr. Brian Kane's research.
Total fool
cercisflowertoo 7 months ago
Revenge of the Tree....
ASSBANG6969 7 months ago
what a fukin classic
1990wazza 8 months ago
and thus man discovered rag dolling
DjTommyKx 9 months ago 8
0:11 to hear the guy scream like a bitch LMAO
nukeusa911x2 9 months ago
@nukeusa911x2 I'd like to see you 60 ft. in the air trimmin trees. One of that guy's balls amounts to about 5 of yours, ya pussy. Felling trees is real mans work.
mianus11 7 months ago
@mianus11 calm down mister tough guy brute, i never called him a bitch you dumb shit i simply said he screamed like one so quit twisting my words you faggot.
nukeusa911x2 7 months ago
Minehead council worker.... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha You make our council workers look like rocket scientists....!!!
thetarafae 11 months ago
Respect to a fellow arborist! bloody hell kicked like a muel!!! just goes to show why our work positioning tools and ropes are expensive and saved this guy from a short cut down to G zero. Thank Fuck we have safety wear and regulations testing what we buy!!!! Stay safe guys
D7eadnaught 11 months ago
was the groundy not letting it run, good climber dumb groundy full stop
metallica4237487 1 year ago
ha!
37SunFlower 1 year ago
I don't know what is he called dumb. I know well about trees and I can tell you than a lot of unpredictable things happen, nature is wild.
tvgirlnyc 1 year ago
@weaselidiotu
When you drop a top in a controlled fashion, generally, you place a cinch strap around the tree with a biner, or pulley attached. Then, you run your lowering line through the block, or biner and tie your bowline, or clove,..etc. He did it right. The top was quite large and it did not "run" far enough down, as to cause less sway.
preshur 1 year ago
Now.... he's just hanging there xD
kuracodm 1 year ago
The top is rigged so that the guy running the working line can slow it down to a stop with almost no dynamic loading. When the top doesn't run, but stops suddenly, this is what happens. That is why he wasn't ready for it. There could have been something wrapped up in the rope on the ground to pevent it from running. Or the ground man wasn't properly trained to use a friction device. Things happens sometimes. Dumb arborist? Posting adverse judgements about things that you don't understand. Dumb?
owemylife 1 year ago
Yep, that's dumb. He has a line tied to the upper part of the tree that he was cutting off. He should've known better. Glad he didn't die, though...
BlueFoxChick 1 year ago
@BlueFoxChick of course he had a rope tied to it. thats what you do in that line of work so you can control the speed that the tree top falls to the ground. you can't just be cutting shit down and letting it fall all over the place and land on peoples house, cars and kids.
mindtour 1 year ago
should have let that piece zip a little huh?
wakefilioso 1 year ago
...Indiana Jones?
Jediclayguy 1 year ago
for the people have no clue how it feels that high when you top a tree and it sways...this happens more than few times....if your not ready for it that will happen. the flip line attached to his saddle only goes around the tree...not attached to it so when you go toward the tree there is nothing holding your top of your body only your spurs which are on your feet and loosing footing easier than you think when that happens and thats the resault..doing this work is very dangerous
charlietango33 1 year ago
If I absolutely have to do something like that- I DO tell my ground crew either to let that top run a bit (less sway) or to be ready to treemans convertible - take the top of and go for a ride- but I always use a T.I.T.S. - so they dont need to worry - and I let them know that (tight LZ or other obstacles) my spykes can get loose!
tony2x4m2 1 year ago
groundsman should have let the head run to give the climber a smoother ride
Bubblepop77 1 year ago
Hey salford08,...go ahead.
drydian 1 year ago
Pendjs insiera saben prender una motosierra y están criticando a los expertos en arboles
davidguada2 1 year ago
Stuped you don't now nothing about trees
davidguada2 1 year ago
well in my opinion arborists know very little about chainsaws and logging and plenty about tree's feelings. it's like democracy in russia :D
seasonedtoker 1 year ago
if there is an arborist out there can they tell me............ 'if he didnt have the line tied from the top part of the tree to the main trunk, would the tree still sway like that from the release of pressure and weight? or is it that the top part tied to the trunk and swinging caused it to sway?
maxstanton1 1 year ago
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littlelexicooper 1 year ago
@maxstanton1 They still recoil a bit, but this is from the lowering line taking up the weight of the head, and then the head slamming the trunk.
littlelexicooper 1 year ago
@maxstanton1
Releasing tons of force... it's going to be a hell of a ride. But not that much, however. The guy on the ground should have let the ropes run, this would have reduced the shock load and it wouldn't have shook him that hard. Not his fault, unless he instructed the guys on the ground to do what happened. Which I doubt, you can see he has a block attached to where his rigging point is, man knows what he's doing someone on the ground didn't.
trillphil317 1 year ago
@maxstanton1 ok man there is a huge difference in ground guys. I have been in the business 20 years. I learned how much help i could be on the line. You let it run slow, slower, quick, the slow to the ground finally. This climber who did nothing wrong, would not been rocked hardly at all with a guy like me on the line. Its just skilled expierence.
jsphipps1 1 year ago
his helmet came off and fell
hyzercreek 1 year ago
should of put more slack in the line, or none at all
butkatrello 1 year ago
that's happened to me
gabrielcrimson 1 year ago
Red neck xD
kindyroot 1 year ago
I bet his bootyhole sucked his drawers all the in!!!! That browneye was squinting hard!!!
mirk1500 1 year ago
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dang!! that must have hurt! poor guy, groundman should have let it run out so it wouldnt recoil like that. atleast the climber didnt fall!
achuro800 1 year ago
dang!! that must have hurt! poor guy, groundman should have let it run out so it wouldnt recoil like that. atleast the climber didnt fall!
achuro800 1 year ago
LOL thats not a dumb arborist, he was roped in and didn' get hurt. That shit happens all the time ...
granthamicus 1 year ago
That should do the trick
Dudefish420 1 year ago
That is fairly awesome.
planetofthescums 1 year ago
Haha that suks for that guy :P
ChrisCuracao1 1 year ago
the ground man almost killed him. he did the mistake.
karl230466 1 year ago
Hahahaha
freezinteen 1 year ago
bahaha he's got shit all in his pants!
ohiopowerlineman 1 year ago
not dumb....just not ready. at that height, there is gonna be a lot of sway. he just wasnt ready for it, like he should of been. no one that fells tops from 60+ feet up is dumb!....believe me, even "dumb" people know better than to f around with real arborist work! this is a pro's job. no amatuers need apply!!!
preshur 1 year ago 31
@preshur pfft, i could do it.
salford08 1 year ago
@preshur If you watch someone do it correctly, the part they cut falls, it isnt attached by some strip of bark or rope whatever the fuck this numbskull had going on. He might not have been dumb, but that was definitely not done very well.
omnitravis 1 year ago
@omnitravis Actually, residential tree removals almost always necessitate lowering the "part they cut" with ropes. That's how it's done. The only time you don't have to lower things is when there is no fence, power line, roof, or anything valuable under the tree. If the rope would have been run properly, it would have been business as usual in the residential tree business.
owemylife 1 year ago 2
@preshur except when your forced into it, cuz your dad whats more sun during the evening. lol i learned the hard way.
make parents happy, u remain happy
oacr0x 1 year ago
@preshur didn't he cut under the point where he tied the rope ? is this not stupid ?
weaselidiotu 1 year ago
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Mr13born79 1 year ago
@preshur it was the ground guy's fault. gotta let those tops (or anything) run a little bit instead of slamming on the brakes right away. the guy in the tree looked ready enough. dropped his saw and braced himself. ground guy's fault running the rope.
Mr13born79 1 year ago 2
@Mr13born79 I reckon it was also the climbers fault for taking such a huge section, the most I'd take is half of that.
caruptree 1 year ago
@caruptree maybe...can't tell what kind of tree it is...maybe a eucalypt in australia? But with doug firs, a top that big isn't really too much. IMHO.
Mr13born79 1 year ago
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Mr13born79 1 year ago
@caruptree btw...if it is a eucalypt/gum/ash whatever you wanna call it, I hear those are pretty brittle. like a cottonwood. never worked on any taller than 10 ft. They don't get very big in NW oregon. so i guess taking a top of a cottonwood on a spar that big is pretty sketchy.
Mr13born79 1 year ago
@Mr13born79 most eucs I work on hold on really well and break off with ease and are generally good to climb and cut. ( apart from cadaghies) but it doesnt matter what species, a section that big is just to much, he should of spent the extra 15 mins and taken it in 2 pieces. By the way, you should check the video response I did for this video ( how a tree should be lowered from the top).
BTW, this video was taken in australia.
caruptree 1 year ago
@caruptree Ya...better to be safe than sorry.
Mr13born79 1 year ago
Actually what happened here was not the climbers fault but the ROPERS fault, that tree should of never been stopped in mid air ,if the roper knew what they were doing they would of known to allow run on the weight so it would not swing back into tree and cause this kinda excitement.
dhscvtsb 1 year ago 3
@preshur yea if you let the rope run and come to a slow it wont slap the tree back like that youll get the bend forward but it slowly comes back there not that moment of free space that causes the "ride" a good rope man is hard to find, i would have went up and pieced it down or took a smaller top
Kolespace912 9 months ago
Not a dumb arborist. Groundsman isn't experienced or made mistake.
arbormanA1 1 year ago
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!
JMEBF 1 year ago
whoever was running that porter wrap got hung up or they had way too many wraps on it for sure wow.....
127quinn 1 year ago 2
Lol I had that happen to me but I wasnt tied off. Lucky tree swung at me first instead of away I grabbed and bear hugged it and hung on for a few. I then climbed down and changed my shorts :)
quest2drive 1 year ago 2
And he thought that was going to ???
AwesomeBobify 1 year ago
true, an experienced groundman could have let the top run without shockloading the tree. but I also wonder if the climber could have climbed a little higher and just rained smaller pieces down. :T
nervouswreck75 1 year ago
ya it happens he couldhavebeen the smartesr arborist ever ,ever one fucks up here and there
lukthedrifter 1 year ago
dumb rope man do they know anything about shock loaded ropes
mrnickleben 1 year ago
ha ha dumb ass !
LS503KING1 1 year ago
After the cut, the climber re-tethered his saw lanyard to the short clip on his belt. The saw had minimal motion during this swing. Lots of climbers drop the saw 3' with lanyard fully extended after the cut, in a hurry to push the block off or because of using a lanyard without one. Short clipping the saw saved was his best move. However, putting a chin-strapped hard hat on over a flimsy sun hat is better than just wearing a flimsy sun hat. Rather have a sunburn or fractured skull?
treecowboy 1 year ago
i think that was his hardhat that fell at the end. but i agree with lughole, he knows what hes doing. no "dumb" person could cut the top out like that. he has skill
minator3 1 year ago
you are right treecowboy, dumb groundsman. I used to work with this guy and he did nothing wrong the groundie stopped the falling branch instead of slowing its decent
jordan1g23 1 year ago
@jordan1g23 Someone who actually knows what's going on! The kid on the ground fouled the guy in the tree because he didn't let the line "give" any.
johneastmond 1 year ago
YEEEHAW. Take the top off and go for a ride as they say, but make sure your ground man understands dynamic lowering if you plan to low the top. More like, dumb ground man or bad communication, or a multiplicity of other issues. I couldn't see close up, but maybe the guy planned to top wrap it and lower it himself, in which case I would agree that it wasn't a great plan. YEEEEHAW. At least he didn't get pulled out of the tree as others have when throwing tops without removing climb line.
treecowboy 1 year ago
@treecowboy YEEEHAW is right! That guy went for a ride! Like you say; the kid on the ground has never been up there and doesn't understand how you have to take the load gradually and prevent that.
johneastmond 1 year ago 2
Astie de cave, ça doit être un américain.
55mrfuckhead 1 year ago
bet that guy shit his paints... lol
2008braden 1 year ago
after doing this type of work for over 13 years i know how easy it is to get complaisent and mess things up, altho he didnt seem to be doing much wrong imo.
chrisford82 2 years ago
hahahaha
FunOrNotFun 2 years ago
For anyone to say the climber is an idiot,, it goes right back to ya`.
The only thing he did wrong is using the chainsaw above the waist area.
Never use the saw around the vicinity of the throat. You have less control over the cut and you have little leverage to push the top out after the cut is made. Not to mention if the saw kicks back, you're mortally wounded.
This was fault of the groundie. And even so, I've worked with the best groundies and still have gone for rides. No harm no foul.
blondemommyvomit 2 years ago
Sweet baby Jesus
Electriceeeel 2 years ago
After the cut, why was the top not able to fall to the ground? Was this a controlled fell? Either way, the top never should have been anchored to the tree itself.
7514328 2 years ago
He would of left his original safety line on the top and forgot to take it off. Just a idot
Clutha999 2 years ago
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7514328 2 years ago
@Clutha999
thats no safety line. its a rope to descend the part of the tree you cut.
the falling part was just to heavy to cut it in one piece.
velvetizerrr 1 year ago
not really that much wrong with that...
he didnt look quite ready to brace for wobble.
but was that his saw falling at the end?
who knows, he aint a dumb arborist tho, perhaps overworked, perhaps done this too many times therefore complaisant.
lughole 2 years ago 2
it was his hat
carnigourousplotting 2 years ago
am I being a wee bit dumb but did he leave his main anchor point up there and when finished his back cut he went down with the tree? video aint good so cant realy tell what the groud crew gota do with but im sure i might be wrong.
bobbysm111jh 2 years ago
LOL, you can hear the ground crew yell sorry.
clockwiseCANUCk 2 years ago
This is why you don't leave stubs, lucky he did not get impaled!
sfg73 2 years ago
THANKS NO MORE STUBS,ROPEMAN DID NOT let it RUN! hear him say Sorry!
Omarbilal79 2 years ago 7
This was the groundsmans fault, not the climber :)
HxXFromFirstToLastXx 2 years ago
shit the bad. crazy
kunminger 2 years ago
All of you are fuckin fired !!!
Origional79s 2 years ago
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aantiawp 2 years ago
Russelltree's theory is probably right. That was an ambitious cut, but no matter what skill level this guy or his ground crew is, you're a dick for calling him "Dumb Arborist." I don't know him or you, but i'm willing to bet you know nothing about arbor work. The energy stored in a tree is massive and predicting exactly where that energy will go is not always possible, even to the most experienced. I'm sure he became a better climber from this, but you, who posted this, still suck.
redpointpat 2 years ago 2
lmfao. That guy got flung around like a rag doll.
locologger 2 years ago
Climber.. ground crew.. this is a clear-cut case of mutual stupidity. God help these people.
SYNDIKT 2 years ago
grrr hate it when people cut cameras off as soon as somthing exciting happens
bronzeonion 2 years ago 60
@bronzeonion RIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
ziggerification 1 year ago
groundmans fault- should let that top run a little futher- and that haller in the end ("I'm sorry) aint going to take bruises away- fire that dummy!)
tony2x4m2 1 year ago
groundmans fault- should let that top run a little futher- and that haller in the end ("I'm sorry) aint going to take bruises away- fire that dummy!) And I am a certified arborist how bout you preshur?!
tony2x4m2 1 year ago 2
LOL
CrownTheLizard 2 years ago
al9rupter has it right. The ground man did not let the lowering rope "run" through the friction device. Instead by holding it tight all of the force of the falling tree top was shock loaded into the lowering system and this was responsible for the violent shake of the spar.
russelltree 2 years ago
This was not funny one bit to me. This is a simple display of what can happen at your house if you dont hire a properly trained climber. This man has no ground crew to blame for this. He is a lucky novice that is hopefully still alive being this dumb!
edjiew6 2 years ago 2
should he have gone smaller? made his tie closer to the notch? i'm not feeling that one handed action on the saw for that backcut either.
ATMfromNJ 2 years ago 2
It wasn't the climbers fault - the groundsman who is operating the lowering rope should have let the rope run through. That would of avoided the sudden jerk as the rope tensioned.
al9rupture 2 years ago
That's the problem with ropes... there's always a big jerk at one end or the other.
obfg2 2 years ago
ha ha ha
mowerman437 2 years ago
what was the problem? what did he wrong?
blubundlall 2 years ago
to many wraps on the peterwrap
RUNEMEM 2 years ago
Typical Brisbane tree experts at underwood
samraiti 2 years ago
i fucking loughted hard
TheVaginaKiller 2 years ago
then after your hard laugh you went for spelling lessons
moedem 2 years ago
haha what a dumbass!
matt693 2 years ago
cool
111tacos 2 years ago
jimmysplif says porterwrap ,,, . I know it as a topping down strop.. awell.
elsdon001 2 years ago
grounds mans to blame ,but so is the climber ,why not just climb a bit more then theres less weight to remove .i bet he knows next time ha ha .. i love it.
elsdon001 2 years ago
dum ground man , he put to many wraps on the porterwrap ....which places friction onto the rope ..the wood needs to run quickly to the ground without shocking the tree
jimmysplifff 2 years ago
Grounds man did not do his job !! Should have controlled the drop
metrev 3 years ago 2
You're assuming that the guy had this thing rigged with a friction device. It's the climbers job to make sure the guy on the ground can run it out. He sure seemed casual and surprised though. So he probably assumed it was going to run. I've taken that ride more times than I'd care to admit.
owemylife 2 years ago
he had the head tied and running through a pulley you can see it just before it drops lol unfortunate.
onlyusernameusable 2 years ago
im sure that could of been prevented
djalexmac 3 years ago
falling off wasn't the stupid thing, the rope's did their work. (though he should of braced for it) what about the one handed chainsaw use, if that kicked back that would've a good tube vid. ask Sean Bennyworth at The Tree Company in london about that, he has a chainsaw cut across his nose. Oh yeah!
turnoffski 3 years ago
After 13 years aloft I got several ribs cracked from doing just this. Production workers rag doll just like this video at least once a week. whats the big deal with all these views and condecending comments, oh yes i am C.A. and spikeless 13 yrs/
extremetrees 3 years ago
there were 2 ways to prevent this , first off but slower the climber could have gone higher and pieced it out, second and what should have been done in this case the roper should have decreased the speed of the limb more slowly so that there wasnt such a rapid shock he lets it run to keep it off the climber but the he shells up and stops it slamming it into the base of the tree. also that was his hard hat that fell not the saw.
gh0stinthemachine1 3 years ago
your right
BrokeTrailerTrash 3 years ago
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
ducksmasher09 3 years ago
Hahahahahaha... weeeeeeee...........
I'm sure that's textbook. Heh heh.
DrLeavingsoon 3 years ago
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hahahahahah faggot dropped his chainsaw!!!!!11
Jimskateuk 3 years ago
hahahahahaha your a retard he didnt drop his chainsaw
proactionsuzuki 3 years ago
lol... he clearly did 00:12 whats that thing he drops?
Jimskateuk 3 years ago
his hardhat retard, watch as he clips his saw onto his harness at 00:08
proactionsuzuki 3 years ago
ok ill rewrite comment...
hahahah faggot dropped his helmet,
better?
Jimskateuk 3 years ago
oops lol
elohesra69 3 years ago
damn..
bluntblaz3r 3 years ago
A lot of idiotic comments before;saying the climber was wrong or the groundman.
It was a thin tree without being sturdy,so not an easy one.He might have climbed a little higher to piece it off & lighten it.
I've seen it and know.You rush a removal and you're asking for trouble.
kub73158 3 years ago 2
and I thing he had intentionally roped the top portion to the rope because they dont want the cut section fall directly down and damage the ground flowers and other things.
it is clever job he had done to stop the portion of three to fall down.
It is not stupidity. he is very clever man indeed.
123kkambiz 3 years ago
yea it was the dumb ass ground men...clearly the cutter knows what he's doing... look how fast he secured the saw...
sinlifesin 3 years ago
Man, careless. Should have pulled up a pole saw and reduced the weight---a lot!
chompychomps 3 years ago
to bigger section......
freshmilc 3 years ago
I'd love to see just what all of you laughing about him would do in the same position with the same retard ground men...
F0ckUtoob 3 years ago
hahahahaha
exmark1993 3 years ago
should have pulled closer to the tree whoooooo tree mans convertable take the top down and go for a ride
dodge171 3 years ago
Austin Powers would have said something funny about this....
Bloody funny.
ihaveairlockers 3 years ago
lol!
SWAT0121 3 years ago
not too bright
stupidretardidiot 3 years ago
Should have went higher and rigged out a smaller piece ABOVE his flip line. Definitely an odd way to go about it.occasionally the force of the swaying can actually spin a climber around and up off of the pole. So you should have your climbing rope set or a double wrap with your flip line.
coll1976 3 years ago 2
I know this guy....lives here in mariposa...funny as hell to watch....funnier yet to hear him get drunk and tell the tale.
kylesgayeveryday 3 years ago
I was cutting a tree in my garden and this happened as well
boywithadolphin 3 years ago
I think it was his hard hat falling off..Ride em high cowboy!! ...No one ever said that is not dangerous work! Many a good men have been killed.. These brave individuals have always had my respect..
lclaughton 3 years ago
did he die
matt99230 3 years ago
did his head just fall off?
THEZAKINATOR101495 3 years ago
LUCKY FFUCK
donjuan254 3 years ago
YESS!!!!!!!
numba1stunna4269 3 years ago
This site should be called dumb comments!
1.bucket trucks are for pussy's. could you see the surroundings? no.could you get a truck near the tree??? Maybe if you're a pussy.
2. block in a croch? the tree was a Eucalyptus, known for dropping limbs that you would trust with your life...
3. sketchy having lines rigged below the block??? where should he rig them?? on the top he's rigging off??? knob head..you did it for fun.. you ISA Twat....
Bad Groundsman is what it comes down to.. fullstop...
braveandfearless 3 years ago
It looked like it was CGI. One of those fake George Lucas effects LAWL
HLimmen 3 years ago
rock by baby in tree tops when tree tops falls down rock by baby falls too
gangsta4lifedog 3 years ago
omg lol thats cool!
ShadowNGPF 3 years ago
Even with the block rigged in a crotch, it's sketchy having your lines rigged BELOW the block, and the ground guy shouldn't have snubbed the line like that. Although, I used to have my groundy snub off the line so the top would make the bole rock and roll like that just for fun.. And yes I do know what I'm talking about and have even competed in ISA competitions.
thorneswift 3 years ago
Even with the block rigged in a crotch, it's sketchy having your lines rigged BELOW the block, and the ground guy shouldn't have snubbed the line like that. Although, I used to have my groundy snub off the line so the top would make the bole rock and roll like that just for fun.. And yes I do know what I'm talking about and have even competed in ISA competitions.
thorneswift 3 years ago
I nearly pissed my pants laughing while I'm sure that guy shit his pants.
Robbtoast 3 years ago
omg hahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
thalittlegnome 3 years ago