went well... last time I had seven men with chainsaws, and no utes... this time we had 6 utes, and one guy with a chainsaw...
we dropped and split 6 trees, delivered one load of seasoned wood to an elderly lady that needed it...
the shoot went well, no incidents... I think my safety brief was quite effective... traumatizing, yet effective...
Sounds like the next time the distribution of utes and saws should be just about right. Glad it worked out.
My first safety lesson was watching my dad vaporize a pumpkin (my grandparents did not grow watermellons) with his 12 ga. I'll also put on a similiar demo for newbies, if there is appropriate produce available. I also let each student fire one shot without ear protection, to show them how important ear protection is.
Oh, and I found a tag line that I might steal: We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.