Home-owner removal goes wrong

Ekka · 6th May 2007, 05:48 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQoWmldL7As

Anyone you know guys?

And just in case they pull the Youtube version here's a WMV I pulled off it.

21.64MB www.treeworld.info/video/thearboristyoutube.wmv

Sean Freeman · 6th May 2007, 05:56 AM

Just goes to show there's idiots everywhere..whats more stupid the events themselves or the fact they put it all on youtube??

Thats such a small tree too, obviously couldn't spare the $500 odd it would have cost to get a tree company in, reckon that was money well saved

Fairfield · 6th May 2007, 06:01 AM

Ya I have seen them in my history books as a kid!!! They are the one that sank the Titanic!!! ou found hem Eric, they look good after all these years.

Ekka · 6th May 2007, 06:41 AM

I give em a serve on Youtube, called them scabs!

A scab is a scrooge, also some-one who does ya job when you're on strike ... but in this context a scrooge who put people in harms way for a few measly bucks.

Only a few years ago a guy in Wynnum wanted a stack of trees cut down, some gums. Decided to get his legend bushman mate in who's got a chainsaw ... long story short the guys dead. He fell and got jammed back first and backwards into a tight V fork, they had to cut him out of the tree, dead.

JayD · 6th May 2007, 08:35 AM

Idiots with a saw,primed to the piont of bravardo with the beer!it must have just missed the blokes that went around the corner for their escape route, Fools luck no one got killed, from the ladder approach to the fist cut it was an accident waiting to happen, If they hadn't had that tag line on it would have went through the house...some mothers do have them!!

but then again it was hilarious

not on my watch!

TrevMcRev · 7th May 2007, 02:13 AM

What never ceases to amaze me is that idiots like this usually still think they did a great job. Hey, the trees down, thats all that matters isn't it.

Imagine if we turned up at a job and did that! I think this is excactly what some people are thinking when they get a quote, and is the reason why they expect a $1500 job for $250.

TREE-SURFER · 7th May 2007, 12:27 PM

I can't believe that what I told the wife was correct----that it was gonna go straight through the veranda. What complete and utter idiots....

Here are a couple of things I noted....

1) Using a diverted pull line, through a door way against the frame.
2) Drinking on the job.
3) No PPE--ANYWHERE???
4) "As an Arborist I am very comfortable" (maybe in his bed at night after he's been paid.)
5) Illegal saw start.
6) What in the hell sort of scarf cut was that meant to be??????
7) Only 1 lemon needs to be taken out, the others should be in a bird cage.
8) Angle of infraction??????
9) If he were an arborist, then he would have known it would go that way. Useless prat.

What a COWBOY outfit....

Ekka · 7th May 2007, 01:50 PM

That's the all new Aussie bugger scarf. Once the back cut is complete the results are sung by many "Oh bugger!"

Yesterday I passed a cowboy couple doing a TD on our Public Holiday. Only had my mobile phone but I pulled over and had a yarn. I'll start a new thread for that one.

OsAGe85 · 10th August 2007, 03:34 PM

The illegal start, possible leg loss...but wait he's an arborist. Thats just common sense. Running with a chainsaw...I wouldn't press my luck. Slightly worse than running with scissors!!!

brainfart · 11th August 2007, 12:29 AM

Ooops!

> And just in case they pull the Youtube version here's a WMV I pulled off it.

How do you do that?

pomme · 11th August 2007, 01:12 PM

good help is hard to find lol wa**ers

samuel beazley · 29th August 2007, 03:09 AM

They are the dumbest people i've ever seen their scarf is even dodgier then mine

newguy18 · 31st August 2007, 09:19 AM

I posted a reply to thier stupidety.He said he is an arborist?No way in heck would he be even qualified to be my ground man.I am trying to start a business with m y dad and he is blind when it comes to proper tree care and removals but he does a good job as groundie.As Ekka always says to peoplke like that HACKS.DON'T SAY YOUR AN ARBORIST WHEN YOUR NOT YOU GIVE US A REALLY BAD NAME.

Ekka · 31st August 2007, 01:17 PM

What was the deal with that cable running through the doorway?

Those guys were put to shame by the competance of our local Tower of Terror hero!

TREE-SURFER · 31st August 2007, 02:30 PM

IDIOTS, absolute IDIOTS.

I know a bloke like that, he calls himself a pro too

Ekka · 31st August 2007, 03:20 PM

Pro graffiti artist perhaps ... I hear he might have to paint the town for community service.

mdvaden · 4th September 2007, 09:12 PM

brainfart asked a question that I thought of a moment before reading his post...

How do you pull a wmv off youtube?

One person who posted for that one on YouTube must not be very bright. They wrote that the tree fell where the notch was set for, and somehow missed the notch was to the ladder's right, but the tree fell back toward the ladder due to failure to read the tree or use the right procedures and tools.

6th May 2007, 05:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,943	Home-owner removal goes wrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQoWmldL7As Anyone you know guys? And just in case they pull the Youtube version here's a WMV I pulled off it. 21.64MB www.treeworld.info/video/thearboristyoutube.wmv __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors Last edited by Ekka : 8th May 2007 at 03:18 AM. Reason: added WMV version

6th May 2007, 05:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,671	Just goes to show there's idiots everywhere..whats more stupid the events themselves or the fact they put it all on youtube?? Thats such a small tree too, obviously couldn't spare the $500 odd it would have cost to get a tree company in, reckon that was money well saved __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

6th May 2007, 06:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
Fairfield Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bucks county Pa USA Posts: 72	Ya I have seen them in my history books as a kid!!! They are the one that sank the Titanic!!! ou found hem Eric, they look good after all these years. __________________ Hi yes you know me I am B.A.M.F nice to meet you

6th May 2007, 06:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,943	I give em a serve on Youtube, called them scabs! A scab is a scrooge, also some-one who does ya job when you're on strike ... but in this context a scrooge who put people in harms way for a few measly bucks. Only a few years ago a guy in Wynnum wanted a stack of trees cut down, some gums. Decided to get his legend bushman mate in who's got a chainsaw ... long story short the guys dead. He fell and got jammed back first and backwards into a tight V fork, they had to cut him out of the tree, dead. __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

6th May 2007, 08:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
JayD Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 941	She'll be wright tree fools!! Idiots with a saw,primed to the piont of bravardo with the beer!it must have just missed the blokes that went around the corner for their escape route, Fools luck no one got killed, from the ladder approach to the fist cut it was an accident waiting to happen, If they hadn't had that tag line on it would have went through the house...some mothers do have them!! but then again it was hilarious not on my watch!

7th May 2007, 02:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
TrevMcRev Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 734	What never ceases to amaze me is that idiots like this usually still think they did a great job. Hey, the trees down, thats all that matters isn't it. Imagine if we turned up at a job and did that! I think this is excactly what some people are thinking when they get a quote, and is the reason why they expect a $1500 job for $250. __________________ Melbourne Arborist, Total Tree Care, Pruning, Tree and Stump Removal

7th May 2007, 12:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
TREE-SURFER Mature tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Isle of Man,UK. Posts: 410	I can't believe that what I told the wife was correct----that it was gonna go straight through the veranda. What complete and utter idiots.... Here are a couple of things I noted.... 1) Using a diverted pull line, through a door way against the frame. 2) Drinking on the job. 3) No PPE--ANYWHERE??? 4) "As an Arborist I am very comfortable" (maybe in his bed at night after he's been paid.) 5) Illegal saw start. 6) What in the hell sort of scarf cut was that meant to be?????? 7) Only 1 lemon needs to be taken out, the others should be in a bird cage. 8) Angle of infraction?????? 9) If he were an arborist, then he would have known it would go that way. Useless prat. What a COWBOY outfit.... __________________ The Aerial Arborist Isle of Man Tree Surgeon\| All Aspects of Tree Work Andy@Aerial-Arborist.co.uk What experts say about TOPPING

7th May 2007, 01:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,943	That's the all new Aussie bugger scarf. Once the back cut is complete the results are sung by many "Oh bugger!" Yesterday I passed a cowboy couple doing a TD on our Public Holiday. Only had my mobile phone but I pulled over and had a yarn. I'll start a new thread for that one. __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

10th August 2007, 03:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
OsAGe85 Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Littlerock Arkansas US Posts: 66	The illegal start, possible leg loss...but wait he's an arborist. Thats just common sense. Running with a chainsaw...I wouldn't press my luck. Slightly worse than running with scissors!!! __________________ Gotta love the smell 2 stroke and wood chips. Be smart, be safe.

11th August 2007, 12:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
brainfart Sappling Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 10	Ooops! > And just in case they pull the Youtube version here's a WMV I pulled off it. How do you do that?

11th August 2007, 01:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
pomme Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: england Posts: 220	good help is hard to find lol wa**ers

29th August 2007, 03:09 AM	#12 (permalink)
samuel beazley Sappling Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: bulli Posts: 11	They are the dumbest people i've ever seen their scarf is even dodgier then mine

31st August 2007, 09:19 AM	#13 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,682	I posted a reply to thier stupidety.He said he is an arborist?No way in heck would he be even qualified to be my ground man.I am trying to start a business with m y dad and he is blind when it comes to proper tree care and removals but he does a good job as groundie.As Ekka always says to peoplke like that HACKS.DON'T SAY YOUR AN ARBORIST WHEN YOUR NOT YOU GIVE US A REALLY BAD NAME. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

31st August 2007, 01:17 PM	#14 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,943	What was the deal with that cable running through the doorway? Those guys were put to shame by the competance of our local Tower of Terror hero! __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

31st August 2007, 02:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
TREE-SURFER Mature tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Isle of Man,UK. Posts: 410	IDIOTS, absolute IDIOTS. I know a bloke like that, he calls himself a pro too __________________ The Aerial Arborist Isle of Man Tree Surgeon\| All Aspects of Tree Work Andy@Aerial-Arborist.co.uk What experts say about TOPPING

31st August 2007, 03:20 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,943	Pro graffiti artist perhaps ... I hear he might have to paint the town for community service. __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors