Hi Folks...how was Gooserider injured? Did a tree fall on him...or a widow maker come down from above and catch him? The reason I ask is there may be a lesson here that we all might learn something from. Franklin
Oldmainer said:Hi Folks...how was Gooserider injured? Did a tree fall on him...or a widow maker come down from above and catch him? The reason I ask is there may be a lesson here that we all might learn something from. Franklin
Webmaster said:A tree did fall on him. I'll let him fill in the details of the story, but I think he was in a very thick woods and various trees were tangled up with others - apparently, the escape path was laid out wrong or not large enough.
Lat week, my 72 year old neighbor told my wife he was going to remove a large branch which had fell and had one end hung up in a tree. She suggested that I grab my Stihl and go cut it for him, which I did. It only weighed about 1,000 lbs, but I feel certain (he is all thumbs!) that he could have hurt himself trying to do that!
Back in NJ, there was a news story years ago in my little town - a weekend warrior had cut down a very large tree in his yard - and dropped it on his 2 year old kid - killing him!
Moral of story - you can never be too careful.
Webmaster said:A tree did fall on him. I'll let him fill in the details of the story, but I think he was in a very thick woods and various trees were tangled up with others - apparently, the escape path was laid out wrong or not large enough.
Lat week, my 72 year old neighbor told my wife he was going to remove a large branch which had fell and had one end hung up in a tree. She suggested that I grab my Stihl and go cut it for him, which I did. It only weighed about 1,000 lbs, but I feel certain (he is all thumbs!) that he could have hurt himself trying to do that!
Back in NJ, there was a news story years ago in my little town - a weekend warrior had cut down a very large tree in his yard - and dropped it on his 2 year old kid - killing him!
Moral of story - you can never be too careful.
REF1 said:Man. A cliffhanger.
Lowell. Used to live there for a couple years back in the early 80s.
Is this one of those experiences where your brain replays it all day and you wince as though it was happening all over again? I hate that.
billb3 said:Didn't Mary-Anne post a Cliff Notes version a while back ?
Adios Pantalones said:I was telling a friend that is a landscaper about this on Saturday. She does some general yard cleanup on top of the normal stuff and so runs a saw and splitter. It really made me stop and think about it. When I have a day to work, I bust ass for many hours- at the end of the day I'm not nearly as careful or calculated as I should be. I'm sure that everyone does about the same sort of thing.
BrotherBart said:Goose is living the nightmare I imagine every time I drop a tree. And missed realizing by a foot fifteen years ago. There are two eighty foot leaners on this place that have been hung up there for five years and they can just stay there.
70marlin said:BrotherBart said:Goose is living the nightmare I imagine every time I drop a tree. And missed realizing by a foot fifteen years ago. There are two eighty foot leaners on this place that have been hung up there for five years and they can just stay there.
I've never experienced a wood related injury, but I have experienced major injuries & pain in my life. I really feel for Goose! I do endurance off road dirt biking on very narrow trails and believe me every ride there’s that nightmare vision of wading into a tree at speed I pray for goose and my self!
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