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POLE SAWS,SATAN'S CLAW

ARBORIST@CONCENTRIC.NET
Sat, 22 Nov 1997 21:05:10 -0600

While working for Big D & MC Fry daddy, I thought this was
a rap band. Wrong again, dark green trucks, many found in
O HI O . The manager told me I would be trained by the
bestest tree man east of the so. pacific and west of Italy.
Better know as "FRY DADDY". I won't tell you the boring
stories,
i.e. the day everything became isolated and destroyed,
the day the crane & the log went through the house, the day
the truck caught fire,the day everything became nothing,the
day we ran the saws over with truck, the day we dropped a
80' white oak across a 4 lane road,(WITH TRAFFIC) the day we found out
why a 8.2 liter diesel won't run on gas.

But I will tell you the day I had a close call
with a pole saw. While working for them, you did it
their/his way or you're gone. They didn't approve
of throwing your rope to re-crotch. You had to use
a pole saw with about 20' of wood pole bolted together,
splinters and all. After setting the rope, he said keep it up
there. You'll need it again, while ascending higher, this was
a 100' So. red oak in a Y form. He recommend I hang it higher
up on a branch, while ascending the tree shook & the pole
came past my FACE,RIPPED MY SHIRT(COLLAR TO BELT)AND SAWED
INTO MY LEATHER BOOT. After that I never did carry a pole
saw higher than me. AND THAT'S HOW FRY DADDY BECAME KNOW

DAMAGE INC.