A Day in the life of Beaver

[Beaver]

Here is a quick little video of what i do for a living.

[TDogFresh]

ballin, watched all 5 mins, very nice

[Mahui_II]

Dude I just cut down a dried up mango tree we had in our house with a chainsaw and my grandfather's guidance. All I could think about was this video. Felt so man-ly chopping it down. But I was terrified of the chainsaw. I can't believe you use that thing with one hand while hanging from a damn tree.

Much respect

[Beaver]

Cheers guys,

here is another quick little video of a timelapse removal we did on Sunday,

A mate was cutting his tree down in his garden, and a group of us went round to help him out, it took about 2hours total, with 6 of us, where as it would have probably taken atleast half a day probably longer with just the 2 of them.

[Nightstalker]

Good video Beav. I am still waiting on you to try it with an ax. Just the felling part none of the trimming and what not.

I dont know if its the one handed chainsaw that gets me more than the height itself. I dont do heights.

[swodi]

not only is he good with one hand - but with the fingers too... just sayin - I've heard it...

[toolman]

Nighty a good buddy of mine has one of those stihl top handled saw (or one handed as you say) and I can tell you it's a very sexy saw......and far from cheap.

but I'm with ya on the heights....

[Beaver]

not only is he good with one hand - but with the fingers too... just sayin - I've heard it...

Ha, cheers Swodi!

Nighty a good buddy of mine has one of those stihl top handled saw (or one handed as you say) and I can tell you it's a very sexy saw......and far from cheap.

but I'm with ya on the heights....

Im with you both on the heights

[Nightstalker]

Ummm Beav you picked a bad profession if you are not into heights.

[Hav3n]

Cool video Beaver. Gopro type first person view videos are always interesting in extreme situations, especially at height.

[Beaver]

Ummm Beav you picked a bad profession if you are not into heights.

I went up a couple of 90ft beech trees today that gave me thee ol' disco legs.

[toolman]

Being afraid of heights like any other fear and has it's levels based on each person.

I don't have a problem climbing the fawk out of a tree if it has alot of branches (not a palm like tree) especially if I have gear on. I have been on some pretty large JLG hoists, and numerous scissor lifts, I love roller coasters, and love planes and flying.

What I DON"T do: tall ladders, TV antenna like objects, those rides that sling you around with 2 TV antenna holding you down.

I love sitting on the edge of a tall cliff with feet dangling....but I have to crawl there slowly. If I stand too close to a free standing high rock ledge I start to get anxious and disoriented unless there is a rail.

It's really all about how "confident" I personally am about what it is I'm on when it comes to heights.


And let's be honest......Beaver lives in the UK. 99% of his trees are friggen puny and I would also guess pretty young for the most part. They have been cutting trees for boats and forts for a couple thousand years there. Not digging on you Beaver, I can see you enjoy your job and seem to work like a professional should and I respect that....just saying I could prolly get you a good job if you moved within a couple hundred miles of my house. There are still a good number of "old growth" tree's even in my region....the old ones on the west coast are true monsters.

[Nightstalker]

Since we are being honest, some of those examples you gave, made me nervous just thinking about it. Planes do not bother me as there is no sense of height. I do roller coasters but the initial drop causes me to put indentions in the safety bar from a "death" grip, aling with the gritted teeth. This is all done while watching the snot nosed kids with their hands in the are and smiling.

Cliffs - nope
Tall trees - like you said ... plenty of branches I will if needed.
Scissor lifts - I did it when I used to install commercial A/C and never got comfortable on that thing.

Long in the short, I like dirt under my feet without sudden drops.

[Swanny-CG]

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[toolman]

nice Swanny....

it's not the fall that scares me.......it's the sudden stop at the end.

[Beaver]

Here is another quick video i put together.

[Sarge 1/68th Armor]

Do you make like a retard when you come across a hive and try to make the ground in less than five moves?

[Beaver]

hahaha! never across one yet!