[albie]

There were 2 different guys in my neighborhood who tried to trim their own trees. One fell off his ladder and had to grab the tree to stop from falling which caused bloody cuts and bruises to his ribs and stomach.

The other used rope to “control” a limb as he cut it. It sailed through a neighbors window as a result.

Now, we all use a guy named Jerry the Tree Trimmer.

[Hot Tabasco]

A friend of mine has a tree trimming business here in S.E. Michigan. A number of years ago he told me about his sister who attempted to cut a large limb off a tree in her backyard. Evidently it was very high and the ladder was barely able to reach it. So she was at the top of the ladder, when she cut the limb off, the remaing branch which had been weighted down, of course lost the weight and snapped up, throwing her and the ladder backwards. She was seriously hurt with a broken back and internal injuries as well.....