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Originally Posted by Superman
Where I come from we call them "fallers." And yeah, they are tough sumblitches. Setting chokers is another tough job. Easy to get killed.
Anecdotal story: I overheard a discussion among logging safety regulators about a fatality they were investigating. Tree fell on someone. I knew/know the inspector. Salt of the earth. experienced faller. In the discussion, they said there was no evidence of falling multiple trees at a time when the fatality occurred. Later I asked him about it.
Safety Guy: "Well, fallers sometimes do a wedge gut and a partial back cut with the tree still standing. Then they go to the next tree and point the wedge cut at the first one, again making a partial back cut. And so on. Then they fall the last one and a bunch of trees go down in domino effect. Quite unlawful now."
Me: "Whoa! I wonder what the record is."
Safety Guy: "I don't know what the world record is, but my personal record is 26."
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I'd love to see a video of that