Watch this guy!!

[MonkeyMan_812]

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m2o2IDO3AQ

 

[MonkeyMan_812]

Hang on guys, this :censored: thing didnt work.

 

[MonkeyMan_812]

Here we go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmnQTrVgpeA

 

[BC_Logger]

is it me or is he standing on the power lines :monkey:

 

[ddhlakebound]

here's a bigger snippet......the only thing missing is "hold my beer and watch this".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmnQTrVgpeA&NR=1

edit...is this the guy or his crew who used to post here as newguy18? bill h?

and yeah, it looks as if he's standing on communication lines, and holding on to the power lines.

 

[Tree Pig]

Holy Christ!!!!!!!!! Must be a landscaper... Just kidding but WOW

Even if the lines are dead thats just stupid

 

[Slvrmple72]

Ekka, You gonna chime in on this one and give us some more details?

 

[ddhlakebound]

it gets better.....here's another showing the climb, tie in, and wire walk.....looks like he's tied in within inches of the high voltage feeding the transformer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM_Z261YpVw&NR=1

 

[MonkeyMan_812]

That guy has more balls than i do!!!

 

[TreEmergencyB]

ha thats kinda funny movie, i liked the part when it all let loose and he gripped up that power wire, im not so great with lines but that looks like triplex it will kill you what is he thinkin i didnt even see if he was tied in to anything

edit ;till i watched the last video just posted

 

[sawinredneck]

It was an emergency storm clean up in a VERY BAD neighborhood. (Read guys running around waving guns/shooting at things) With little to no room to work with. The lines were dead both ways, no access for a bucket truck, no room for a crane.
He did what he had to do, did it as safe and fast as he could and lived to do it again another day. What more can you ask of a tree guy?:deadhorse:

 

[clearance]

is it me or is he standing on the power lines :monkey:

He is standing on the Tel, secondary power is what he is holding onto. Saw no high voltage around him, but still......:monkey:

 

[Rftreeman]

Is that the git-r-done crew............

 

[treemandan]

It was an emergency storm clean up in a VERY BAD neighborhood. (Read guys running around waving guns/shooting at things) With little to no room to work with. The lines were dead both ways, no access for a bucket truck, no room for a crane.
He did what he had to do, did it as safe and fast as he could and lived to do it again another day. What more can you ask of a tree guy?:deadhorse:

you know, that was my EXACT conclusion when I saw the video. It just made sense.
Is there a post called " guys running around waving/shooting guns" ?

 

[tomtrees58]

Holy Christ!!!!!!!!! Must be a landscaper... Just kidding but WOW

Even if the lines are dead that's just stupid

that's asplundh for you i like the wire on his neck:monkey: tom trees

 

[clearance]

that's asplundh for you i like the wire on his neck:monkey: tom trees

I didn't see who it was, are you sure? Asplundh ain't anything like that up here.

 

[sawinredneck]

you know, that was my EXACT conclusion when I saw the video. It just made sense.
Is there a post called " guys running around waving/shooting guns" ?

I read about this elsewhere. Not anybody I know per se. But I guess it was quite the ordeal to get in and out alive that day. I wasn't there, nor would I have even tried to do it, I know I am not that good.
But it sure is easy to judge someones work when you are not there, not them, and not in that situation. JMO.

 

[Kunes]

why didn't he scoot further down the line when he went to make that cut where his arm was so extended?

 

[BC WetCoast]

When I watched it I made the assumption that it was storm clean up and that the power co had made sure the lines were dead (ie breakers tripped and lines grounded).

The only issue I really could see was him one handing a rear handled saw. You would have thought that he would have at least had a top handled saw.

 

[asthesun]

It was an emergency storm clean up in a VERY BAD neighborhood. (Read guys running around waving guns/shooting at things) With little to no room to work with. The lines were dead both ways, no access for a bucket truck, no room for a crane.
He did what he had to do, did it as safe and fast as he could and lived to do it again another day. What more can you ask of a tree guy?:deadhorse:

service wires dont hold alot of weight. communication lines hold even less. if noone was around and the power was off, i'd have just stood on the stag and cut the broken piece off, or basecut it. power company's coming back to fix lines anyway, right? better than risking a fall like that. you call ME a hack? lol