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Two new guys (both their first day) and one tired old MDS today. Kicked some ass. So far so good. Today was pretty straightforward though, it's gonna get real pretty quick from here. Oh, and my ******* customer tipped me a hundred bucks more than I wanted for some extras. He was gonna go two, but I said that was fine. Made another fan. Neighbor who's yard we murphed into/used to clean up from and who shared cost with this guy is President of Sony something or another. I'd say a pretty good day, all and all.
 
What a bad day

We had 2 ropes on this, but it didn't go right and went out of control
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Then we hit this.
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How did it it miss the top of the fence? Did it roll in to it?
Jeff
It was a 3 lead River birch (probably 60 years old).
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We had all 3 leads down to the big wood, and decided to notch and lower one lead...with one rope to each remaining lead. Everything was going well till notch closed and the hinge broke. At that point it started swinging towards the fence. I tried to speed drop it, my employee on the other port wrap did not do the same. So it pivoted even harder towards the fence.

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It was a 3 lead River birch (probably 60 years old).
cb0eff6aa6324e9c4ce280ad104d2ec0.jpg


We had all 3 leads down to the big wood, and decided to notch and lower one lead...with one rope to each remaining lead. Everything was going well till notch closed and the hinge broke. At that point it started swinging towards the fence. I tried to speed drop it, my employee on the other port wrap did not do the same. So it pivoted even harder towards the fence.

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It was a 3 lead River birch (probably 60 years old).
cb0eff6aa6324e9c4ce280ad104d2ec0.jpg


We had all 3 leads down to the big wood, and decided to notch and lower one lead...with one rope to each remaining lead. Everything was going well till notch closed and the hinge broke. At that point it started swinging towards the fence. I tried to speed drop it, my employee on the other port wrap did not do the same. So it pivoted even harder towards the fence.

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Ah, now I see.
Jeff
 
It was a 3 lead River birch (probably 60 years old).
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We had all 3 leads down to the big wood, and decided to notch and lower one lead...with one rope to each remaining lead. Everything was going well till notch closed and the hinge broke. At that point it started swinging towards the fence. I tried to speed drop it, my employee on the other port wrap did not do the same. So it pivoted even harder towards the fence.

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Well we all make mistakes, just fix it move on; make sure customer is satisfied is all we can do u know.
 
Like Rope already said, "stuff" happens. Have it fixed right and make the people happy and move on. I've hit a lot of stuff in those clump birch trees. They seem to make a nice place to set a rock out of the way and forget about until someone needs to remove the tree.
Good to read you again Rope. It's been a while
 
Like Rope already said, "stuff" happens. Have it fixed right and make the people happy and move on. I've hit a lot of stuff in those clump birch trees. They seem to make a nice place to set a rock out of the way and forget about until someone needs to remove the tree.
Good to read you again Rope. It's been a while
The customer and the neighbor (whose fence we hit) were super cool about it. I reported it right away to my insurance, just rather have them deal with it and get it fixed right. Only second claim in 14 years, and other one was minor too.

Customer was happy with our work...so it is all good.
 
The customer and the neighbor (whose fence we hit) were super cool about it. I reported it right away to my insurance, just rather have them deal with it and get it fixed right. Only second claim in 14 years, and other one was minor too.

Customer was happy with our work...so it is all good.
The mark of a pro is not that we never have a boo boo, it is "that we take care of it if we do". I have got a few fences in my years most I repaired on my own but I believe I would of done the same as you here and had insurance repair that one.
 
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