Sometimes The Lowest Bidder Isn't the Best

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  • crokett
    The Full Monte
    • Jan 2003
    • 10627
    • Mebane, NC, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000

    #1

    Sometimes The Lowest Bidder Isn't the Best

    I love the comment at the end about why he is taping it.

    http://www.break.com/index/tree-remo...any-fails.html
    David

    The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.
  • BobSch
    Veteran Member
    • Aug 2004
    • 4385
    • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
    • BT3100

    #2
    Any bets the doofus with the chainsaw wasn't insured? Not to mention the length of time it took to saw though the tree makes me think the saw could probably use a sharpening.
    Bob

    Bad decisions make good stories.

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    • Hellrazor
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2003
      • 2091
      • Abyss, PA
      • Ridgid R4512

      #3
      rookies...

      1. All of the cars parked close to the job.
      2. Grandma could have chopped it down faster with an axe.
      3. Aiming the cut towards the house didn't help.
      4. 3 guys to cut down a tree? (Larry, Moe and Curley?)

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      • Ed62
        The Full Monte
        • Oct 2006
        • 6021
        • NW Indiana
        • BT3K

        #4
        At least he won't have to worry about it falling on his house now.

        Ed
        Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

        For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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        • jackellis
          Veteran Member
          • Nov 2003
          • 2638
          • Tahoe City, CA, USA.
          • BT3100

          #5
          When I lived in Georgia, my brother wanted to take a tree down. I had a 3/4 acre lot with plenty of trees so I handed him the axe and sent him to the back of the property. He managed to fell a tree without hitting the house, but he did take out a section of fence.

          Now we call in professionals.

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