I have a tree on the north side of my garage property. It had several smaller, dead branches and I couldn't stand it any longer. I got out the chainsaw and cut them off. I cut off a few low hanging branches on the walnut tree next to it too. Then I got to looking at the branch on the walnut tree on the south side that hangs over a corner of my camper. I decided screw it! I started to cut it off too. I wasn't sure that it wouldn't hit the camper when it fell so I backed the truck underneath the branch and wrapped a chain around it. I hooked the other end to the bumper on my truck and pulled to put some tension on the branch. In 2lo, 1st gear, the tires just spun so I locked in the hubs and gave it another pull, just at an idle. I was almost to the point where I was going to shut off the truck when I heard CRACK and the truck lurched forward. I immediately stopped and saw that the branch had split past the point that I was going to cut so I had to cut it all the way to the trunk. I got out a two step stool so that I could reach the spot on the trunk where the branch attached. As carefully I could, I started cutting through the branch, but of course I had to jump back when it suddenly fell toward me. That was a close call and the picture shows how close it was. As I was cutting it all up into small branches and fire wood, I was wondering why in the hell I was doing this when it was over 90*. I finally got it all cut up, stacked up, and as much as I could, loaded up.
Overall, there's two lessons to be learned from today's experience.
1). Sometimes my timing really sucks.
2). At least for today, the IDI was mightier than the tree branch!
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