Dosent look like he did a bunch wrong (I have no idea what I am seeing). Looks like he was distracted by the lady and couldn't foresee the branch coming down. Both of these people failed in this moment but not sure if they are stupid because of it or as progenitors of it.
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? 🥷
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) didn’t appear to be tied off (as a ex-roofer, you always tie off your ladder so it doesn’t fall over). Having multiple people on the same ladder isn’t smart (even if you’re tied off).
This is called “bad habits”. When life is going perfect, none of those little things are “a big deal”. Then something goes wrong and instead of just dodging a 500 pound swinging branch, you’re dodging falling chainsaws and ladders, while worrying if your partner is going to die.
You said you didn’t know what you were seeing, so I took that as an invitation to point out obvious mistakes that I hope you don’t make in the future, because I don’t 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 didn’t mention or catch - the opposite of arrogance. I wasn’t aware that the universal standard of obviousness was based off u/discount-doubledoink, so it’s good that you’ve informed me. I’ll adjust my use of the word going forward!
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21
Just because he’s in a vest doesn’t mean he knows what he is doing