Dumb, dumb, dumb

[Old Bama Dude]

Well, about an hour or so ago, I managed to land my drone way up in the top of a pecan tree. Thank goodness for Church friends with bucket trucks!

 

[Lewispeak]

How did it fair out?


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[Old Bama Dude]

Still in one piece, fixin' to fire it up and see what happens.

 

[LuvMyTJ]

How lucky are you to have a bucket truck on speed dial!

 

[Old Bama Dude]

It's OK! I'm pretty sure I could hear it saying...I see you Bad Tree!

 

[slimjimtell]

I would have climbed up it!

 

[Old Bama Dude]

I would have climbed up it!

You're a better man than me. Maybe 40 years ago......naw, not even then.

 

[Old Bama Dude]

I would have climbed up it!

Maybe I'll call you next time, Slim. How much would you charge?

 

[Brockrock]

Those first two pics with the bucket on a boom and a copter in a treetop and then a man with that copter are absolutely priceless!

 

[Old Bama Dude]

He was a lifesaver, or should I say, "drone saver". I asked how much I owed him, and he just said whatever I felt like. Can't beat that. Good guy.

 

[Delta Blue]

Well, about an hour or so ago, I managed to land my drone way up in the top of a pecan tree. Thank goodness for Church friends with bucket trucks!

About how tall do you reckon that tree is anyhow?

 

[Old Bama Dude]

About how tall do you reckon that tree is anyhow?

Just took a drone measurement, About 125 feet. That's about where it was stuck, the tree's a little taller.

 

[Delta Blue]

Just took a drone measurement, About 125 feet. That's about where it was stuck, the tree's a little taller.

It is easy to see how it gave you trouble. That is about twice the height of most of the tall ones around here!

 

[Old Bama Dude]

It was all my fault, not paying attention. When the leaves start coming on, I'll need to be even more careful, but maybe I'll see them better.

 

[Old Bama Dude]

It is easy to see how it gave you trouble. That is about twice the height of most of the tall ones around here!

I checked that again, more like 60-65 feet, don't know what I was looking at the other day when I checked it. I thought 125 sounded too high.

 

[GA-XSP-Pilot]

Well, about an hour or so ago, I managed to land my drone way up in the top of a pecan tree. Thank goodness for Church friends with bucket trucks!

That's not "landing"...more like "roosting"

 

[Old Bama Dude]

That's not "landing"...more like "roosting"

There you go. Better than slaming into the ground.

 

[Bluekobra]

Did anyone accuse you of trying to steal Pecans.....lol I mean the drone gets blamed for so many things..ha

 

[Old Bama Dude]

They can't accuse me of that. It's my own tree! What's left of our pecan trees after a couple of hurricanes are so old they hardly have pecans anymore. As a kid I picked many pecans in that orchard.

 

[bentnail]

Been their done that A bucket truck just happen to be coming down my street and they got it down for me for $35. I ask the guy if he had ever rescued a drone before and he said all the time. You are not alone