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Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by LordOfTheFlies, Apr 20, 2022.

  1. LordOfTheFlies

    LordOfTheFlies

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    Holy moly there are some real geniuses out there. Lmfao. What a tool. What an utter tool.

    Neighbor is a tree guy too. Lmfao.

    Timestamped link.

     
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    Link shows as being "age restricted".........unable to watch.
     
  3. eatonpcat

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    You must be too old...:D
     
  4. LordOfTheFlies

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    I love watching these videos. You learn a heck of a lot about what not to do.

     
  5. Canadian border VT

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    What’s a hinge?
    What is a face cut?
    :picard:
     
  6. LordOfTheFlies

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    Lmfao. You can have the Stihl, you can wear the helmet and the fancy pants.....but that don't mean nuttin'.
     
  7. LordOfTheFlies

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    I feel like basic tree pruning should be a skill taught to every single person in high school. Along with basic car maintenance (changing oil, checking tire pressure, changing a tire) but alas this is not so.
     
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    Don’t tell that to my daughter!! Dad required basic competency to drive. I am an arse :D
     
  9. LordOfTheFlies

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    Teaching kids (boys and girls) the basics is important! Nice job!
     
  10. Biddleman

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    Im not going to lie, I laughed at most of the video. Hopefully no one was too seriously injured. They must of missed common sense when it was being passed out.
     
  11. LordOfTheFlies

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    There are like 50 videos or something and there are definitely some where someone's face got ripped off or they broke a few bones or had concussions. I shake my head most of the time, especially when the clip starts with someone on a ladder. You know exactly what's coming next and I wonder in amazement.
     
  12. Swanman

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    Can I add basic firearm safety and basic financial responsibility?
     
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    I agree completely on financial my 17-year-old daughter who I know has more common sense than most of her friends. Has no idea what fed/state/FICA On her paystub means or how to fill out a 1040ez

    I don’t want or trust anyone else to teach firearms safety. Especially in a school environment
     
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  14. LordOfTheFlies

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    Yeah I was taught neither!
     
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    I remember not too many years ago when a local fire department was called to get a man out of a tree. He cut a limb, limb gave way and the butt of said limb pinned him against the tree. Killed instantly.
     
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    ouch!
     
  17. Chud

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    I had a coworker get killed. I cut a tree down for his dad once, so I guess he figured it was something he could do too. He had a rope attached to a tractor and the back cut must not have been deep enough, or maybe no notch, I never heard what went wrong. The tractor flipped over on him end of story.
     
  18. LordOfTheFlies

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    Damm. That's terrible.
     
    amateur cutter, savemoney and Chud like this.
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    Thats sucks, lot of people don't think about that, ya a little compact tractor can help pull a tree over, but if you hook to a bigger tree, if it goes the wrong way it will take the tractor right with it like a toddler throwing a toy and there ain't anything you can do. So you got to be careful.
     
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    There was one where a big limb hits guy directly in the face knocking him off the ladder. Dont know if he died but was seriously hurt. I watched it once...only once.