woodchux
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We work around graves about once a year , never have damaged anything but it is always in the back of my mind. How much do yall think it would cost to have to replace a headstone?
Anyone ever damaged a tombstone?
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DK_stihl
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not per se...
I was grinding a stump at a cemetery, and I ground through a buried plot marker...but it wasn't a tomb stone, it did scare me though! I also had to grind out about 1/4 of the roots of a honeylocust to make room for a burial vault. Cemeteries are strange places...
I was grinding a stump at a cemetery, and I ground through a buried plot marker...but it wasn't a tomb stone, it did scare me though! I also had to grind out about 1/4 of the roots of a honeylocust to make room for a burial vault. Cemeteries are strange places...
slinger
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I can eat three peperoni & Cheese -- Oops not that kind of t-stone.
I was bidding a outbuilding at a cemetery and I backed into one and knocked it off the foundation.
No damage to the stone -- A little over 200.00 to reset. 20 years ago.
I was bidding a outbuilding at a cemetery and I backed into one and knocked it off the foundation.
No damage to the stone -- A little over 200.00 to reset. 20 years ago.
Thillmaine
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Never damaged one. Seen some take some pretty hard hits though. Working in Mt. Auburn National Cemetary one of my previous foreman bombed some big wood and the headstone took the hit and loved it.
im not sure. one thing i do know is you or me dont want ta ever find out!!!
Blakesmaster
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I never personally damaged one. A kid I worked with years ago knocked one over and broke it in half, apparently he glued it back together somehow, I don't know for sure, wasn't on that jobsite. I also read about a local company who lost the brakes on their bucket a few years back in a cemetery, caused 50k worth of damage. We work in cemeteries from time to time. I hate it, always PITA jobs and I can never seem to shake the eerie feeling that the job is doomed.
old post i dug up.lol
i have worked in a few cemetery's many many times. are you a tree worker? i find working in them a unique experience, and a lil uncomfortable. i have worked down in Philly at a cemetery that has frequent shootings and many gang members tons of dead babies and small children graves i did some sub work for a company that flipped there sweet azz crane in the cemetery lots of large dead wood on some very old trees many fragile anti-targets so fer me its a unique experience.
PS. i cant stand the workers that wear the ugly coverall monkey suit's and stand around with shovels during the service
i have worked in a few cemetery's many many times. are you a tree worker? i find working in them a unique experience, and a lil uncomfortable. i have worked down in Philly at a cemetery that has frequent shootings and many gang members tons of dead babies and small children graves i did some sub work for a company that flipped there sweet azz crane in the cemetery lots of large dead wood on some very old trees many fragile anti-targets so fer me its a unique experience.
PS. i cant stand the workers that wear the ugly coverall monkey suit's and stand around with shovels during the service
ozzy42
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creepy man no way
Apart from the tight quarters, I like working in cemetaries. Nice and peaceful, and you usually are working with a professional grounds maintenance staff when you are there.
I am not sure about damaging them, but I do know my Dads was over 1600 just for his small stone, about 18" high by 30" wide.
Depends on how big the one you break is I would guess..
could cost you serious $ to replace one. Just to have one remounted thought would most likely be under 500 but, again, depends on how big it is and where your location is.
of course.. you also have .... the .... spirits....OOOooooOOOOOooooooo
Depends on how big the one you break is I would guess..
could cost you serious $ to replace one. Just to have one remounted thought would most likely be under 500 but, again, depends on how big it is and where your location is.
of course.. you also have .... the .... spirits....OOOooooOOOOOooooooo
tomtrees58
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all the time we move some stones to get are bucket in to a dead tree did the tree but put the stones back in the wrong place ther was hell to pay tom trees
all the time we move some stones to get are bucket in to a dead tree did the tree but put the stones back in the wrong place ther was hell to pay tom trees
Man, thats actually funny & would be a joke indeed!! I bet there was HELL to pay.....literally!! ooo eeee ooo..
LXT..........
polexie
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My co worker experienced it on a cemetry in Amsterdam. He was climbing and for unknown reasons his knot let go on the branch we were gonna catch. He is a very experienced guy and rarely makes a mistake or misjudges something. But were people work......
But back tot the stones, he knocked over three of them. Scatterd a bronze statue which fell on the glass plate from the grave next to it and last but not least a self build/designed mozaik like stone/statue was also demolished.
I watched and was in absolut shock. He was silent for two weeks.
The cemetry organisation was not amused but took it very well, everything was taken wel care of and our insurance was also very cooperative in solving this huge problem. The costs were around 15 thousand euros.
We love to work on cemetrys because of the ancient and rare trees. The serenity and special atmospher makes it a very special place to be.
Lex
But back tot the stones, he knocked over three of them. Scatterd a bronze statue which fell on the glass plate from the grave next to it and last but not least a self build/designed mozaik like stone/statue was also demolished.
I watched and was in absolut shock. He was silent for two weeks.
The cemetry organisation was not amused but took it very well, everything was taken wel care of and our insurance was also very cooperative in solving this huge problem. The costs were around 15 thousand euros.
We love to work on cemetrys because of the ancient and rare trees. The serenity and special atmospher makes it a very special place to be.
Lex
RedlineIt
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I've worked in both active and historic cemeteries.
It is fascinating to note the area's general affluence change: in the 1920's the carved granite and marble presents as crisp to this day, then the graves of the 1930's, cheaper sandstone, sadly eroded, barely legible, fragile.
Makes one wonder how the tombstones of this financial current collapse will fare.
Sometimes yes, sometimes....not so much. I have some horror stories.
This is a thread that will need resurrecting next October.
RedlineIt
It is fascinating to note the area's general affluence change: in the 1920's the carved granite and marble presents as crisp to this day, then the graves of the 1930's, cheaper sandstone, sadly eroded, barely legible, fragile.
Makes one wonder how the tombstones of this financial current collapse will fare.
Sometimes yes, sometimes....not so much. I have some horror stories.
This is a thread that will need resurrecting next October.
RedlineIt
hokiewheeler
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I used to work for a landscaper and he had a maintenance contract for this one township and they had 3 cemetaries we had to maintain. The mower operators were always bashing tombstones and breaking them off. The township would take a steel strap and bolt the stone back together. I don't know if the company was charged or not. I'd assume there was a penalty for damage. Never broke a big one, only those old white marble ones from the 1800s.
treemandan
Tree Freak
Yeah, Graveyards. Nice place to visit...
the ones with the crosses and things sticking up on the are real fragile. Ive seen parts of them just laying on the ground from I guess dead branches breaking them off or it cold just be from old cement. We have never broke any, but it could happen. Just like anything else, put a rope on it and you'll be ok. We start a large contract for a cemetery very shortly. We maintain a few cemetery accounts and it's mostly pruning/ work so nothing does cause any major damage. The one cemetery we do has a large portion of mafioso. The have mosoleum type tombstones that resemble small houses. Break one of them they are around $100,000 each, make that two ropes.
slinger
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brushbandit
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Would that tree company that flipped the crane have a "Lou" in its name?
Great. You guys jinxed me.
We flipped our crane today. In a cemetary, right in the middle of the main drive, about 50 yards from a funeral scheduled for noon.
I'd tell you more, but I am too embarassed to admit that I have these idiots working for me. There was no excuse: they were trying to pull a tree over, doing it in a particularly stupid way, and the tree was too big and heavy to drop in the area they were targeting, even if it hadn't been rigged dumb. The funny thing is, the tree is still standing!
Don't ask me how you tip a crane truck over without putting a load on it. It's too embarrassing.
The extended crane held the truck body off the ground, and the outrigger only sheared all the bolts holding on, so the truck survived the incident pretty well. I got it turned back upright without breaking anything else. The chipper body is going to need some straightening, but I may be able to get that done without too much effort.
The biggest problem now is the humiliation and damage to my reputation.
We flipped our crane today. In a cemetary, right in the middle of the main drive, about 50 yards from a funeral scheduled for noon.
I'd tell you more, but I am too embarassed to admit that I have these idiots working for me. There was no excuse: they were trying to pull a tree over, doing it in a particularly stupid way, and the tree was too big and heavy to drop in the area they were targeting, even if it hadn't been rigged dumb. The funny thing is, the tree is still standing!
Don't ask me how you tip a crane truck over without putting a load on it. It's too embarrassing.
The extended crane held the truck body off the ground, and the outrigger only sheared all the bolts holding on, so the truck survived the incident pretty well. I got it turned back upright without breaking anything else. The chipper body is going to need some straightening, but I may be able to get that done without too much effort.
The biggest problem now is the humiliation and damage to my reputation.
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