I've never trimmed the tops of palm trees with a chain saw...

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Posted: 9/4/2019 6:22:27 AM EDT

but now I have every reason not to
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=CUOf5_1567571616

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:30:02 AM EDT

[#1]

well. shit.

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:30:06 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/4/2019 6:32:54 AM EDT

[#3]

That would suck bigly

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:36:25 AM EDT

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I thought it was all over when he dropped the pieces.... Nope.

Looked like he was thinking quickly to keep the rope moving so it didn't burn through in one spot.

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:36:25 AM EDT

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He was cutting it down.

Usually you strip all that loose dead fronds and trash on the way up.

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:37:14 AM EDT

[#6]

I hate when that happens.

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:39:13 AM EDT

[#7]

Damn

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:39:43 AM EDT

[#8]

He couldn’t just break away and jump to safety?

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:42:16 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/4/2019 6:42:23 AM EDT

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Too bad there was a pool or giant inflatable animal he could have jumped on

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:44:46 AM EDT

[#11]

Woops, too bad he didn't have some gloves on.

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:45:43 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/4/2019 6:47:10 AM EDT

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most likely higher than 30' up

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:47:55 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/4/2019 6:48:06 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/4/2019 6:50:35 AM EDT

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most likely higher than 30' up

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Yeah, I was just being edgy. But, broken bones or burns? Decisions.

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:53:11 AM EDT

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Dull chain and low bar oil?

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:53:24 AM EDT

[#18]

Fun fact! Looks like that dried palm tree stuff makes a hell (maybe the best ever) of a fire starter! Never heard that from Nutnfancy did you GD!

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:55:22 AM EDT

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….and that is what that melon would look like after a 30 foot drop.

Posted: 9/4/2019 7:01:33 AM EDT

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His boots could have taken a hurried decent on that tree..

It's crazy he was up there in the first place.I've pushed over a palm tree that was dry like that,lucky that tree didn't just fall over while he was up there

Posted: 9/4/2019 7:02:16 AM EDT

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I think the muffler is what started the fire.

Posted: 9/4/2019 8:02:47 AM EDT

[#22]

Thats ohh fuck ohh fuck ohh fuck time.

Posted: 9/4/2019 8:07:41 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/4/2019 6:27:16 PM EDT

[#24]

He would've been better off wrapping some detcord around the middle.

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:31:50 PM EDT

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Fire Races Toward Arborist at Top of Palm Tree || ViralHog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_oslRNUlxM

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:34:29 PM EDT

[#26]

Damn, that's a hell of a situation.

Posted: 9/4/2019 6:37:51 PM EDT

[#27]

Why bother with those small green leaves at the top

Posted: 9/4/2019 7:21:07 PM EDT

[#28]

Instant swamp cabbage. https://www.soulfoodandsoutherncooking.com/swamp-cabbage.html

Posted: 9/4/2019 7:26:08 PM EDT

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Ass may have spit out a diamond.

Posted: 9/4/2019 7:27:18 PM EDT

[#30]

oh fuck no!

Posted: 9/4/2019 7:29:02 PM EDT

[#31]

Lots of palm trees in NY?

Posted: 9/4/2019 7:30:49 PM EDT

[#32]

Wow.
Never thought of one catching on fire while being trimmed.

We have about 10 that size on our property, I do not fuck with them.
Reason #400 why I just write the check to get them trimmed rather then trying to do it myself.

Posted: 9/4/2019 7:32:59 PM EDT

[#33]

spark arrestor removed … first thing to remove when they get hard to crank

Posted: 9/4/2019 7:58:34 PM EDT

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I've heard palm oil is good at both causing burns and healing them.

Posted: 9/4/2019 8:04:27 PM EDT

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were practicing for when we all retire and move to the sunshine state.

Posted: 9/4/2019 8:06:30 PM EDT

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Wow.
Never thought of one catching on fire while being trimmed.

We have about 10 that size on our property, I do not fuck with them.
Reason #400 why I just write the check to get them trimmed rather then trying to do it myself.

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Never thought of fire being an issue either. I was expecting a rat jumping on the guy from the tree, since I've seen lots of rats in palm trees out in CA. That or a snake striking the guy, since I've seen rattlers up in date palms hunting the rats that live in the tops.

Posted: 9/4/2019 8:10:47 PM EDT

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I think the muffler is what started the fire.

Monkey hair gets wrapped around the chain clutch/cover, builds up friction, and poof. That shit is the best natural fire starter in the world

Posted: 9/5/2019 6:41:19 PM EDT

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Well being as you're from Wisconsin, you can be given a waiver on palm tree characteristics. Palm trees aren't really made of what we normally think of as wood. Lots of fibers, fibery tubes and cellular fillers (think natural styrofoam) Which can really jam up a chain saw. The fronds are kind of like huge feathers. On some trees , the fronds eventually dies and can fall off. Some leave a relatively clean surface, and some don't, and some wait for an unsuspecting person to walk underneath and drop a 20 pound surprise on their heads. So many need to be trimmed (or in this case getting topped for removal). Before chain saws and cherry pickers guys would climb up and cut them off by hand. If really unlucky a bunch of fronds, filled with rat's nest, bird shit and general dirt might slide down on them trap them and suffocate them. Probably happens stil once or twice a year in SoCal still. It has got to be one of the filthiest foulest jobs an undocumented alien can find. Legal workers get paid pretty well, but not enough for most people to do it.

There's kind of a sweet spot near the base of a frond that has enough body to cut. It's a nasty task. Cutting the trunks can be done but it's not easy.

Things we do in the sub-tropics to wow the tourists, growing palm trees is one of them.

Posted: 9/5/2019 6:44:43 PM EDT

[#39]

oh yeah, they can really burn in a wild fire, loosing big embers to fly down wind.

Posted: 9/5/2019 6:53:37 PM EDT

[#40]

I have cut palms like that, they are not "wood", they are dense packed fibers that are a fucking mess to cut and clog up chainsaws.

Posted: 9/5/2019 6:53:46 PM EDT

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Well being as you're from Wisconsin, you can be given a waiver on palm tree characteristics. Palm trees aren't really made of what we normally think of as wood. Lots of fibers, fibery tubes and cellular fillers (think natural styrofoam) Which can really jam up a chain saw. The fronds are kind of like huge feathers. On some trees , the fronds eventually dies and can fall off. Some leave a relatively clean surface, and some don't, and some wait for an unsuspecting person to walk underneath and drop a 20 pound surprise on their heads. So many need to be trimmed (or in this case getting topped for removal). Before chain saws and cherry pickers guys would climb up and cut them off by hand. If really unlucky a bunch of fronds, filled with rat's nest, bird shit and general dirt might slide down on them trap them and suffocate them. Probably happens stil once or twice a year in SoCal still. It has got to be one of the filthiest foulest jobs an undocumented alien can find. Legal workers get paid pretty well, but not enough for most people to do it.

There's kind of a sweet spot near the base of a frond that has enough body to cut. It's a nasty task. Cutting the trunks can be done but it's not easy.

Things we do in the sub-tropics to wow the tourists, growing palm trees is one of them.

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Dull chain and low bar oil?

Well being as you're from Wisconsin, you can be given a waiver on palm tree characteristics. Palm trees aren't really made of what we normally think of as wood. Lots of fibers, fibery tubes and cellular fillers (think natural styrofoam) Which can really jam up a chain saw. The fronds are kind of like huge feathers. On some trees , the fronds eventually dies and can fall off. Some leave a relatively clean surface, and some don't, and some wait for an unsuspecting person to walk underneath and drop a 20 pound surprise on their heads. So many need to be trimmed (or in this case getting topped for removal). Before chain saws and cherry pickers guys would climb up and cut them off by hand. If really unlucky a bunch of fronds, filled with rat's nest, bird shit and general dirt might slide down on them trap them and suffocate them. Probably happens stil once or twice a year in SoCal still. It has got to be one of the filthiest foulest jobs an undocumented alien can find. Legal workers get paid pretty well, but not enough for most people to do it.

There's kind of a sweet spot near the base of a frond that has enough body to cut. It's a nasty task. Cutting the trunks can be done but it's not easy.

Things we do in the sub-tropics to wow the tourists, growing palm trees is one of them.

Palm trees really aren't trees.
They are more closely related to grasses then trees.

And yeah, they are a bitch to trim and difficult to cut down.