Bucket truck idiot

[TreeAce]

Check out this idiot.Atleast he is in my opinion. I iactually worked for this guy for awhile. Crazy to think I EVER ran his bucket at all. In hind site it was stupid of me. I would always refuse to use his boom as a freakn mini crane so then he would get in and do it. Of course the boom could have easily failed on me later from damage done by his BS. I was taking down this maple and ran outa boom so i was gona butt tie and simply hinge it over. Then guys on ground would need to cut it up as it came down OR i could cut it up while it was hanging there. Well, the boss happened to be on this job (better when he wasnt) and freaked out because there was a little bit of poison ivy under tree and he said it would get all over him and he would be in bed for a week!(LOL,unreal how stupid) So he INSISTED on hooking it with bucket and trying to pull it out into yard. I said "here ya go" and came down and got out of bucket. He got all PO and went up. I took some pictures with my phone while we all waited about ten minutes for him to give up. He pulled the crap outa this top. The upper boom was bowing alot. I just held my breath. I quit soon after these pictures were taken. I heard same dude injured his arm last FallView attachment 170906View attachment 170907View attachment 170908 by over extending it trying some kinda stunt with something that shoulda been roped off. These pictures are just for conversation and your viewing entertianment.

 

[TreeAce]

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[arbor pro]

bucket truck rule # 1: If it doesn't have a factory-built material handler on the boom, don't use it as one...

bucket truck rule # 2: If it does have a factory-built material handler on the boom, use it with common sense and know its limitations.

 

[lxt]

LOL, you should post this on the thread were they`re talking about buying $3000 - $6800 buckettrucks.....................once they see this they`ll wonder what idiots ran the bucket thats being sold cheap!!!

Of course if its a new idiot who has never done tree work wanting to buy scrap......he wont be a competitive idiot for long...LOL



LXT.............

 

[jrr344]

Nobody likes a quitter. I would not work for him either I value my life.

 

[justme23005]

Stupid people are fun to watch... Thanks for taking the time to post these pics.

 

[flushcut]

That is some scary :censored: right there!

 

[ducaticorse]

That is some scary :censored: right there!

Makes me glad I bought my truck from asplundh and not a whitewashing DEALER. At least I know no foreman would ever let that #### go down in a line truck.........

 

[beowulf343]

Makes me glad I bought my truck from asplundh and not a whitewashing DEALER. At least I know no foreman would ever let that #### go down in a line truck.........

HaaaaHaaaahaaaa. Wiping a tear from my eye. Oh ducaticorse, i wish i were that naive again.

 

[ducaticorse]

HaaaaHaaaahaaaa. Wiping a tear from my eye. Oh ducaticorse, i wish i were that naive again.

Yeah yeah I know...... Ignorance is bliss.. There is a certain someone on here I like to needle so take it down a notch for me please...ig:

 

[TreeClimber57]

bucket truck rule # 1: If it doesn't have a factory-built material handler on the boom, don't use it as one...

bucket truck rule # 2: If it does have a factory-built material handler on the boom, use it with common sense and know its limitations.

Agreed..

rule # 3.. if you don't have the brains to follow rule # 1 and 2.. then leave the operation to somebody else.

 

[TreeClimber57]

LOL, you should post this on the thread were they`re talking about buying $3000 - $6800 buckettrucks.....................once they see this they`ll wonder what idiots ran the bucket thats being sold cheap!!!

Of course if its a new idiot who has never done tree work wanting to buy scrap......he wont be a competitive idiot for long...LOL


LXT.............

LOL..!! You mean a $3000 bucket truck might not be such a good deal.. darn I got 2 on order.

 

[TreeClimber57]

Check out this idiot.Atleast he is in my opinion. I iactually worked for this guy for awhile. Crazy to think I EVER ran his bucket at all. In hind site it was stupid of me. I would always refuse to use his boom as a freakn mini crane so then he would get in and do it. Of course the boom could have easily failed on me later from damage done by his BS. I was taking down this maple and ran outa boom so i was gona butt tie and simply hinge it over. Then guys on ground would need to cut it up as it came down OR i could cut it up while it was hanging there. Well, the boss happened to be on this job (better when he wasnt) and freaked out because there was a little bit of poison ivy under tree and he said it would get all over him and he would be in bed for a week!(LOL,unreal how stupid) So he INSISTED on hooking it with bucket and trying to pull it out into yard. I said "here ya go" and came down and got out of bucket. He got all PO and went up. I took some pictures with my phone while we all waited about ten minutes for him to give up. He pulled the crap outa this top. The upper boom was bowing alot. I just held my breath. I quit soon after these pictures were taken. I heard same dude injured his arm last FallView attachment 170906View attachment 170907View attachment 170908 by over extending it trying some kinda stunt with something that shoulda been roped off. These pictures are just for conversation and your viewing entertianment.

Shame somebody like that is even allowed to own.. never mind wreck a good truck..

 

[treemandan]

Yeah yeah I know...... Ignorance is bliss.. There is a certain someone on here I like to needle so take it down a notch for me please...ig:

Vat ist dis? Ya tink ya have neetel now?

 

[treemandan]

I am only guessing dude flopped that top onto the sort of high line he has running from the bucket. I wouldn't think anyone would do that so its just a guess, its a pretty big top. That's has got to be hard on the boom for sure. Most likely if I was cutting that off I would not have any of my life lines close to the action.
Even if he eased it onto the rope , he didn't ease it all the way and just the still photo of the dead weight is unbeleivable. He probably has been doing it for quite sometime, its not his fault he is doing it though its your fault if you are.
Don't feel like a tattle tale either bro, I have made the same kind of post before. Last year I met an owner who was up my ass cause I didn't free spike up the trees he wanted me to top. He himself would free climb pretty much anything to the top without a net, had a family too. I worked the one day, he told storied about his falls... I really couldn't join in with that, I had nothing to contribute, never will. Well once when I was 6 then the one time I slipped trying to get a leg up on a dogwood and fell on my bum right on a root.


But it is also interesting and informative to know how much a bucket truck can take AND I thank these nuts for testing them out for me. SHEEIT, I don't care if its the only way in the universe to cut the tree, I still wouldn't do it. I would go lighter.

 

[NCTREE]

That is truly one of the most ignorant things I have ever seen. He dosen't even have PPE or a safety harness. This will be him soon.

 

[TreeAce]

I am only guessing dude flopped that top onto the sort of high line he has running from the bucket. I wouldn't think anyone would do that so its just a guess, its a pretty big top. That's has got to be hard on the boom for sure. Most likely if I was cutting that off I would not have any of my life lines close to the action.
Even if he eased it onto the rope , he didn't ease it all the way and just the still photo of the dead weight is unbeleivable. He probably has been doing it for quite sometime, its not his fault he is doing it though its your fault if you are.
Don't feel like a tattle tale either bro, I have made the same kind of post before. Last year I met an owner who was up my ass cause I didn't free spike up the trees he wanted me to top. He himself would free climb pretty much anything to the top without a net, had a family too. I worked the one day, he told storied about his falls... I really couldn't join in with that, I had nothing to contribute, never will. Well once when I was 6 then the one time I slipped trying to get a leg up on a dogwood and fell on my bum right on a root.


But it is also interesting and informative to know how much a bucket truck can take AND I thank these nuts for testing them out for me. SHEEIT, I don't care if its the only way in the universe to cut the tree, I still wouldn't do it. I would go lighter.

Ya its def crazy. He cut the branch using his version of a butt tie off, then tied his PERMANETLY attached (to bucket) short rope to the top in an effort to pull it into the yard and set it down there..away from a little bit of poisin ivy. He tore up a little tree in his vain effort to find away to get top to where he wanted it. There was no charge for the extra removal :laughn: , Not to make excuses for the guy but even he knew better than to tie something THAT big directly to the bucket before cutting...meaning ...he has a SLIGHT understanding of added force of a falling object and how hard it would pull or bounce once it came to the end of his little short rope. Whats kinda sad is he was taught by someone who told him this kind of stuff is ok...everybody does it..its fine. Crazy. Whats worse is that I have seen much more...just no pictures. Wish I had video...

 

[TreeAce]

That is truly one of the most ignorant things I have ever seen. He dosen't even have PPE or a safety harness. This will be him soon.

I wish I had had this photo then. But if I know this guy he would just scuff it off and point out some goofy reason why someone else is stupid but he isnt and he knows what he is doing...blah blah blah... As far as PPE, well ...yaaa...when I first went there there was a regular belt with the sliding D ring that I finally found under the seat and I found a saftey lanyard that was the type that deployed if u fall. Thing was it had a bunch of duct tape on it. I said "sup wit this?" he said..."oh , I had to stuff the strap back in" !!! wtf...ok...I find out it was a result of a similar stunt as to what i have the pictures of. I insited he get me a new lanyard and used my saddle with my climbing lanyard until I got the new one. I had to bug him a few times about ordering it but he finally did. There were no hard hats at all and of course the first aid box was empty.

 

[treemandan]

That is truly one of the most ignorant things I have ever seen. He dosen't even have PPE or a safety harness. This will be him soon.

What, did the paint job fail?

 

[treemandan]

Those idiots cleaned and washed their old beat up contraption over the summer then slapped on white to help hold it together. I used it once or twice, everybody knows it dangerous but they still asked me why I was shooting a TIP anyway.