Howdy everyone at Treeworld,
Thanks for the heads up EKKA this site looks great more content less fluff!
This is my first post so i though i might get the ball rolling with a little incident that happened to me yesterday.
Now before i start, just for the record i take SAFETY very SERIOUSLY, but like most men i am also a risk taker, and sometimes i make mistakes.
I like to think that i can minimise my risks by learning from my mistakes.
Anyway heres what happened...
I have a tree at home that needed to come down, Lemon scented gum 20m tall, included bark join at base with whiteant damage.
In my opinion a failure waiting to happen, plus the missus wants to put a vegie garden where the tree is (it's always the missus's fault).
I had the day off yesterday, so i thought great time to get that tree down.
there i was merrily cutting away, thankfully i didn't have to rope anything down as there is plenty of space under the tree.
I just had to be careful not to wreck my back fence, i was blowing the tops out of the back leader and the last one needed just a little push so that the butt didn't "snot" the fence as it came down.
Now i will admit i was probably being a little complacent as i was working at home, also i know i was rushing as i had little time to do the tree.
(I think you know where this is heading)
I don't know whether i held onto the branch to long or i pulled the saw out too fast but.....
Lets just say i gave my left forearm a little "lovetap".
You can imagine the scenario, 15m up, gaping wound, claret pouring out everwhere.
I came down out of that tree faster than any tree i have ever came down from.(thankfully my groundie had come round to help)
At that stage i realised i wasn't going to die from my cut, but then your head fills with thoughts like,
"now i have to ring my missus at her work and tell her"
"how badly am i injured, will i be able work again soon"
"if im off for too long how am i going to pay my bills"
thats when i started to feel really bad.
Anyway i am fine, no tendon or ligament damage just 15 stitches.
and i nice scar to remind me to be more carefull.
The moral of the story,
Always try to avoid one handed saw use.
But...
(And this is where i am going to be real honest with you)
I know i will still continue to use my saw one handed
albeit more carefully.
My message to you all (and to myself) if your going to use your saw one handed switch on and stay focussed.
Shout me down if you will, but i hope that i am never that careless again and that i never have to post pictures like these again.
Stay safe up there people.