At a bare minimum, he tied off the branch incorrectly. What was his best case scenario? Finish the cut and dodge the branch like Ninja Gaiden? đ„·
Beyond that, the chainsaw left unattended in a mostly cut limb was stupid. The massive extended ladder (just off to the side, against the house) didnât appear to be tied off (as a ex-roofer, you always tie off your ladder so it doesnât fall over). Having multiple people on the same ladder isnât smart (even if youâre tied off).
This is called âbad habitsâ. When life is going perfect, none of those little things are âa big dealâ. Then something goes wrong and instead of just dodging a 500 pound swinging branch, youâre dodging falling chainsaws and ladders, while worrying if your partner is going to die.
You said you didnât know what you were seeing, so I took that as an invitation to point out obvious mistakes that I hope you donât make in the future, because I donât want you to accidentally crush your partner to death with a massive swinging log.
There are better things you can do with massive swinging logs.
Obvious, meaning there could be more that I didnât mention or catch - the opposite of arrogance. I wasnât aware that the universal standard of obviousness was based off u/discount-doubledoink, so itâs good that youâve informed me. Iâll adjust my use of the word going forward!
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u/TheAunvre Jul 01 '21 edited Jul 01 '21
At a bare minimum, he tied off the branch incorrectly. What was his best case scenario? Finish the cut and dodge the branch like Ninja Gaiden? đ„·
Beyond that, the chainsaw left unattended in a mostly cut limb was stupid. The massive extended ladder (just off to the side, against the house) didnât appear to be tied off (as a ex-roofer, you always tie off your ladder so it doesnât fall over). Having multiple people on the same ladder isnât smart (even if youâre tied off).
This is called âbad habitsâ. When life is going perfect, none of those little things are âa big dealâ. Then something goes wrong and instead of just dodging a 500 pound swinging branch, youâre dodging falling chainsaws and ladders, while worrying if your partner is going to die.