supraspeed Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Ok i'm a tree surgeon so bare with me on this... up a tree today and its icy and snow is still everywhere. just finished pruning it and in the process of sliding down the rope to the ground. we have cones out and a load of health and safety stuff all over the ground stopping cars etc. i get about 7 ft from the ground when some idiot decides to give it some in his M3 about 20yrds away from my coned out area. he completly looses it, straight through the cones....towards ME!!! I'm thinking "Fuck ere we go". I manage to kick off the tree and push myself away (still hanging by my harness on the rope) as the car spins sideways below me. ive managed to run up the windscreen and over the roof...just, the car bounces off the tree and into the side of my wood chipper. my groundsman at the time has seen i'm ok and started laughing his head off.....very helpful my mate is i slide down to give the guy, lets say, a harsh talking too as he gets outta his proper mashed car. he was appologising like mad but i wasn't exactly in the mood for excepting it at the time. My chainsaw which was hanging off my harness had gone through his windscreen as it was the first thing the car hit. bent the chainsaw bar but nothing major. A few people rushed over as a few were watching me work from there houses to see if i was ok and a few started to phone the police. Just as were looking at a massive amount of damage to his car and only a few scrapes on my chipper, another car looses it in the same place as this guy and drives straight into the side of the M3 at about 5 mph!! at this point me and my mate are in absolute stitches. the police came and the first guy was taken away as there were a few witnesses confirmed he was driving like a twat and the other guy just drove off after being told to slow down. the guys M3 looked written off as nearly all sides were crumpled. my mate got some pics on his phone so i'l try and get them on ere later. apart from nearly being killed it was quite funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 the last thing you want to do is to ALMOST kill someone who is holding a chainsaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lui Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Close shaving there mate glad you ok looks like you had lucky escape there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 the last thing you want to do is to ALMOST kill someone who is holding a chainsaw Sounds like you got a lucky escape there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Close shaving there mate glad you ok looks like you had kucky escape there Did you mean to say klucky:d http://images.google.co.uk/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/imgs/user_imgs/212/chicken1.jpg&usg=AFQjCNEnis3rRNrNtHncnAFc10FfuAAfOA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 its one of those "heads up" moments as i heard the exhaust, the skidding, and the fact that he wasn't going that quick so i could move in time. if i'd been a bit lower hanging down off the rope it would have been a bit painful to say the least. i tell you what if he had taken me out to the degree i could just about walk i would have put my chainsaw across his face! good thing i'm only 5.6ft lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I liked the running up the windcreen bit- very Jackie Chan. Best story of the day...so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 I liked the running up the windcreen bit- very Jackie Chan. Best story of the day...so far i'm sure somebody will come out with something simular but involving black ice and tigers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3LL Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I hope this is in the next matrix movie, would look awesome in bullet time glad to hear your ok mate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 I hope this is in the next matrix movie, would look awesome in bullet time glad to hear your ok mate!! it would have looked awesome from the side. my mate said he's never seen me move so fast lol. shame there was no cctv in the area or i would have grabbed a copy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j80leo Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Crazy can't wait to see the pics lol;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Crazy can't wait to see the pics lol;) Yes- This thread is useless without.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Yes- This thread is useless without.... patience people. hes not at work tomorow so i'l try get them over weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 apart from nearly being killed it was quite funny Yes it was! Lucky the chainsaw wasn't running at the time too! Good story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supranature Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Where I live, Surgeons have theatres/offices/rooms/ heating. I know the NHS is in a bad way, but FFS, cant people bring their trees to you? :D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Where I live, Surgeons have theatres/offices/rooms/ heating. I know the NHS is in a bad way, but FFS, cant people bring their trees to you? :D:D:D I don't think there's enough space in the waiting room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 lmao!!! brilliant. people occasionally ask me if i inject trees and sometimes say "CLEAR!":D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 lmao!!! brilliant. people occasionally ask me if i inject trees and sometimes say "CLEAR!":D Don't forget 'STAT', I heard that once on the telly so they must say it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benkei Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Brilliant story!! Glad you managed to survice unhurt, and also in a comical fashion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Fantastic. If it's not bad enough to lose control and see yourself sliding into a tree, imagine seeing a ruddy great chainsaw coming through your windscreen! I bet that was a brown moment, serves him right. Are you gonna be claiming for a nice shiny new saw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Fantastic. If it's not bad enough to lose control and see yourself sliding into a tree, imagine seeing a ruddy great chainsaw coming through your windscreen! I bet that was a brown moment, serves him right. Are you gonna be claiming for a nice shiny new saw? nah, only the bar was damaged. quite tough things chainsaws... in all respects lol. i get the bars for like £2 so no bother. funny today tho, i got into my yard, set off with my mate in the van with the chipper on the back. took 1 1/2 hours to get to to my site after a long and incredibly difficult drive up and down hills with nothing but ice on the road. some people just can't drive for shit. i was literally just on the brakes ALL the time as the whole journey was like an ice rink. everyone was bumping each other all over the place. was absoulute mayhem! after an incredibly cold day i got back to my yard and all 60 workers had been sent home except me and my mate! as soon as we left the yard in the morning the boss apparantly told everyone to go home! well pissed off! tops off the week really lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mb0b1 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Pics of this twats m3 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Well told If someone had filmed this I am sure it would have got millions of hits on puketube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraspeed Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Pics of this $#@!s m3 ?? mate who has it on his phone is away for a few days, can't send pics on his fone either so i'l have to wait til next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 mate who has it on his phone is away for a few days, can't send pics on his fone either so i'l have to wait til next week Not a B/S story is it? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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