Watch this guy!!
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treesquirrel
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Thats some crazy working conditions. I'm sure not gonna dangle from the wires like that. I'll pass and go get the lawn chair and enjoy the show.
i guess you could have set 2 lines in similar positions as the lines he's standing on and done the same thing. at least then if the wood hit the line you would have less to worry about. i cant really see, was he clipped to the lines or just free-standing?
K7NUT
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tree md
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I leave those to the coop guys. I'll clear to the pole but that's it. I had a friend I used to work with who got electrocuted doing storm work when he stuck his saw into a tree that was on a hot line that was supposed to be dead.
Mapleman
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And then there's the line workers who get popped because a HO's generator sends juice back up an inert line. That guy might have made sure the grid was down before bozoing it, but like MD said, a "supposed to be" can be fatal. Someone throws a switch blocks away and you're a #####ed duck. Sit down and talk for a few minutes with someone who has been zapped with lightning or amps, and you'll have a lot more respect for electrical current. IMO that guy is a clown, allbeit, one with a big set of cajones.
Mikecutstrees
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Exactly what I was thinking. What a retard. Rear handle saw swinging down next to the wires and his leg. That video made my heart race sitting here on the couch. Scary stuff. If your too dumb to understand danger I don't think that makes you brave. What not to do..... Mike
He looked like a rather competent utility worker using the POS rear handled saw the company gave him.
What I don't understand is why he didn't buckstrap to the line he was holding onto and use two hands to hold that chainsaw.
Another option would have been to hang a second climbing line from the unseen tree to the left that was used to lower the limb when it was cut loose.
What I don't understand is why he didn't buckstrap to the line he was holding onto and use two hands to hold that chainsaw.
Another option would have been to hang a second climbing line from the unseen tree to the left that was used to lower the limb when it was cut loose.
Mapleman
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That whole clip is like one of those kids' puzzles where you have to pick out half a dozen things that don't fit into the picture. I'm starting to think the whole thing is a spoof.
treemandan
Tree Freak
Nah, that big fat wire at the bottom is pretty tough as long as what its attach to is too.
Now, who called you a hack... this time?
prentice110
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You dont have to have cajones to be a dumbass. This clip should be called 18 and last tree before the funeral.
well idk where that is, but around here the service wire is above the communication wires. the service is a fairly stout diameter (1/2" or 3/8") cable spiraled with insulated power cable. but the tension wire is only held taut by a 1/8" clip thingy. i've had those break from just slapping it with a rather small branch, or tear off from the house. the communications underneath it are far weaker, phone and cable.
clearance
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Telephone lines like the one in that vid. are very strong. I have worked storm work and seen it, a few times. The primary (high voltage) is just aluminum with one steel wire inside, same with the neutral, thats the wire that hangs below (primmary is always on top).
Anyways, I have seen every line broken, except for the tel, even seen the tel ripped off the pole and stretched out for spans, holding up a big tree about a foot off the ground. When you buck it loose, watch out! The tel will take your head off. It goes back up with a whoosh, throwing a log way high.
That is the truth, even if it comes from a utility hack.
Mapleman
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No doubt--telephone trunk lines can support huge weight. They're slingshots when loaded up. They're usually the last man standing after a storm.
John Paul Sanborn
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Competent, but does not tie in and one hands....Is that not oxymoronic?
The ironic thing is that our old friend James' video came up as related when I finished watching.
outofmytree
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The camera man said it best. "Better him than me".
I agree the climber here is likely to be a statistic sooner than later.
I agree the climber here is likely to be a statistic sooner than later.
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Most secondary distribution lines are lashed to 10M strand, which is rated at 10,000 lbs. This is for sheathed power lines and telecom lines as well. Open conductor power line will not be lashed to strand, but is very strong in it's own right, as it is either steel or aluminum stranded cable. Only the drop wires (from the pole to your house) will be hung without strand, and in some cases, if multiple lines extend into one building, an anchor will be be placed on the building, and strand run from the pole to the anchor to support the lines. Of coarse, at this point, your working off the strength of the anchor, rather than the strand.
Long and short, the lines will hold the guy up. Working in the lines w/o being tied in to anything substantial and one-handing a rear-handle saw are what's gonna get this guy killed. I understand it was a bad area, and the power to the lines were cut, but there is no way I would do that, or expect one of my guys to do that.
One man's opinion.
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