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Tree cutting accident

Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by savemoney, Jun 18, 2014.

  1. savemoney

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  2. Backwoods Savage

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    Nasty one there.
     
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  3. Stinny

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    So, cutting a tree in windy weather, with the wind blowing in the direction of power lines, is not a good idea... check... :rolleyes:
     
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    That sucks. That tree looks kinda small, I guess that helped the situation.....
     
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    Little tree like that would be easy to put to big of notch in ,could have contributed
     
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    I'm surprised that little tree had enough weight to knock down a power line.
     
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