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The Dangers of Trimming a Washie

freakypalmguy

By freakypalmguy
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freakypalmguy Grand Master

freakypalmguy

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Not sure if this has been posted before, but WOW. I heard the skirts can slide down. This guy looks pretty lucky to be alive.

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The man was working to trim the dead fronds at the base when several hundred pounds of the tree above him slid down and crunched him at an awkward angle against the tree. Long Beach firefighters did a great job spending most of a hot afternoon gingerly cutting the tree away from the man. One firefighter at the top of a 35 foot extension ladder had quite a stiff neck/back at the end of the incident as he supported the man's weight the entire time

Matt

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Dear Matt  :)

very informative and useful because in our house i do all the plants trimming work !

thanks & love,

Kris  :)

love conquers all..

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Daryl Grand Master

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He was very lucky.  What I found more disturbing was the other video listed on the same page in youtube that showed a guy cutting down a perfectly healthy large Cuban Royal...sacrilege!

Daryl

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

simona Experienced

simona

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Waw!.....Things happen.....

Thanks for sharing!

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Greetings from Amman/Jordan

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freakypalmguy Grand Master

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(Daryl @ Mar. 08 2008,03:43)

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 What I found more disturbing was the other video listed on the same page in youtube that showed a guy cutting down a perfectly healthy large Cuban Royal...sacrilege!

Daryl

Here is a link to the

. It is not for the weak of stomach and children should not be in the room when viewing this video. Make sure the tissues are close by.

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

_Keith Grand Master

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(freakypalmguy @ Mar. 08 2008,08:50)

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(Daryl @ Mar. 08 2008,03:43)

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 What I found more disturbing was the other video listed on the same page in youtube that showed a guy cutting down a perfectly healthy large Cuban Royal...sacrilege!

Daryl

Here is a link to the

. It is not for the weak of stomach and children should not be in the room when viewing this video. Make sure the tissues are close by.

Hurt to see that tree go down, but at least the music was awesome.  The Aussies know how to rock.

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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i did see the Big cuban royal take down ! fentastic workmanship,though it was bit painful to see it come down..

but i was simply admiring the lean guys stamina...cut after cut

all were done with razor sharp prescion and with least damage to the surrounding.that guy is a pro and knows his work and the way he drops the gas powered chainsaw is like watching the movie cilffhanger and looks like a baby stallone at work...!

thanks for the links...

Love,

Kris  :)

love conquers all..

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Tess Contributor

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(Daryl @ Mar. 08 2008,01:43)

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What I found more disturbing was the other video listed on the same page in youtube that showed a guy cutting down a perfectly healthy large Cuban Royal...sacrilege!

Daryl

I too watched the Big "azzed" cuban royal "take down," with SloMo action showing each segment biting the dust, rockin to AC/DC.

To some, destroying a magnificent palm is cool...hella cool.  :(  :angry:  :(

Eating palm hearts is not a crime...but is should be.

Jim in Los Altos Grand Master

Jim in Los Altos

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I noticed that the adding comments option to the YouTube Royal take down was eliminated. I have a feeling there must have been too many derogatory remarks being made, so they disabled it. Seems like such a waste of a beautiful, heathy palm.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

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(freakypalmguy @ Mar. 08 2008,15:50)

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(Daryl @ Mar. 08 2008,03:43)

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 What I found more disturbing was the other video listed on the same page in youtube that showed a guy cutting down a perfectly healthy large Cuban Royal...sacrilege!

Daryl

Here is a link to the

. It is not for the weak of stomach and children should not be in the room when viewing this video. Make sure the tissues are close by.

The HORROR!

Never liked AC/DC anyway, now I never want to hear that song ever again! :P

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Alicehunter2000 Grand Master

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Kris, do you think you could show us a step by step on how you trim your Phoenix palms?

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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(Alicehunter2000 @ Mar. 08 2008,23:13)

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Kris, do you think you could show us a step by step on how you trim your Phoenix palms?

Dear David  :)

how are you and i would love to show that but now it has grown in leaps & bound from last year...and i cannot reach it with a normal sized bamboo lader..and even my wife does not like to see me climbing trees like monkey's any more...but recently while i was doing window shoping i came across a chainsaw of hitachi heavy machinery division.the equipement was green in colour and its a made in japan stuff and box packing working in voltage230.i like it but i want be able to use it since my cidp triming will take atleast 18 to 20 years... :(

By the way around 8 to 10 years back we cut down 2 coconut trees and one royal palms...very healthy onces and were not too old..purpose of removing it was primiraly due to govt telephone lines and power lines interfeared in its way and also the fronds and coconuts broke a couple of windshiealds of parked vehicles outside our compound which belonged to our neighbours.we had to compensate for the loss and they often broke my mom's crotons placed in beautiful terracota pots !

but the operation was crude,not to the perfection mastered by that young lean lad.around 6 or 7 guys were employed who did the job.and by god i felt very happy that from now on my neigbours or the govt.maintanence dept will not be pestering us anymore....!

so the thought for the day one man's food is often others man's miserey !  :(

But what iam unable to understand in that cuban royal take down is that it did not interfear with anything and the plot looks preety sapcious unlike our house here...so its bit painful to see a healthy "Jamboo" being cut in a unceromonious fashion. :(

Love,

Kris.

love conquers all..

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Phil Veteran

Phil

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The skirt of dead leaves on a Washingtonia can be ten, twenty or more feet in length.  Sometimes old leaf bases blow off during a wind storm.  Other times they'll slide down all at once.  When the old leaves'skimpy attachment to the trunk is finally rotted away, they come down sometimes in one big block.  This is the risk to the tree trimmer.  It seems, every year out here in California, someone is killed by the falling skirt.  It constricts the climber and suffocates him.  A better way is to be in a cherry picker and not attached to the trunk below the dead leaves.  If they go, the man in the cage is safe.

Phil

Jungle Music Palms and Cycads, established 1977 and located in Encinitas, CA, 20 miles north of San Diego on the Coast.  Phone:  619 2914605 Link to Phil's Email phil.bergman@junglemusic.net Website: www.junglemusic.net Link to Jungle Music Palms and Cycads

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