Whew... that's all I gotta say. Glad you got this story to tell and folks to learn about what went wrong. Nice wood forensics too ...
I appreciate you sharing your story with us. Im glad you had the determination to get on your feet, not succumb to shock and make it to help. I wish you a speedy recovery!
Holy chit man! That wasn't close. That just was. Very fortunate it wasn't worse. Happy your okay Lodgedtree! Here is to a speedy recovery for you.
My brother in law was operating a Dingo and had a sapling pop loose from the load of brush he was pushing and catch him in the face. The impact mashed his nose all over his face. It took about 4.5 hours in surgery to rebuild his nose. That was the same day his 15 year old son learned to drive....a truck......real fast.....to the hospital! The small stuff can take you out as fast, if not faster, than the big stuff. Like the man in the T.V. show said: "Let's be careful out there." Maybe you've changed your mind about cell phones?
Even if I'm just hand splitting wood, or using the chainsaw 50' from the house, I have my cellphone in my pocket. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
Glad you survived to tell the story. I always have my cell somewhere on me just in case something happens I can get off a call for help. Your in the prayers for a speedy recovery. Thanks for sharing the story though. It's a good thing to have a reminder of what can happen even while cutting the small stuff Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
We all should take note of this and make a mental note. chit can and will happen when we least expect it. Glad your around to tell the story. Get well soon Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Kind of hard to like a post that has so much hurt in it but I do like the part that you lived to tell about it. I hope your recovery goes well.
Having a cell phone does not work for me because where I am cuttting most of the time, I have no cell service. I am guessing I am not alone having no cell service.
That's a wake up call if I ever heard of one and no doubt you had a guardian angel watching over you that day. Good on you to keep your thinking as straight as possible. I imagine Katie was really shook up over this one too. Glad you are on the mend.
Glad your here to tell us about it, heal up fast , and take it easy for a while and TAKE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU, ok I'm done
Goes to show that no matter the experience... Hoping you get back out there soon! Good to read you're on the up and up. Let's all be safe out there so we can have a salute at the end of a hard days work!
I was motivated to really figure out what happened because the severity of my injuries meant going to a big hospital instead of the local one I typically go to. Well I have seizures and these high-fluting doctors kept telling me I had a seizure and landed on my saw! I was like, "No, I was in a logging accident." They thought my Neurologist at the little hospital was a flake, and kept arguing with me trying to tell me what happened. I did pass out, but it was not from a seizure; that is well controlled by medicine. I was knocked out because a 14 pound chainsaw slammed into my face at 2500 miles an hour! Even then it took 2 trips to the "scene of the crime" to find out what happened, but just so people know, it had nothing to do with the tree I was limbing, nor the branch, it was just a spring pole that I never saw. Its not hard to see why. I have been cutting this lot for a year now so there is nothing but saplings left, so spring poles are everywhere. Yesterday I fixed the one that got me though...safely that is...I mashed that sapling with 12,000 pounds of skidder...like my ex-wife stepping on a twinkie, and it mashed it up to oblivion too. It won the battle, but I won the war.
Wow LodgedTree ... just wow. Glad you were able to keep it together long enough to walk out. damm alders. A friend of mine tells the story when he got home from Nam he tried logging for about 2 weeks. Says he got slapped by a 3" spring pole that knocked him through the air and out cold. Busted him up pretty good. The guy he was working for told him when he got out of the hospital, that maybe logging wasn't for him. I guess he learned a few things since tho... he's been fine cutting his firewood every year since. Go easy and you'll be back at it before you know it.
None for me either. Fire department issues me a radio. I will now carry it with me when cutting. Thanks for the share.
