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By Mat | Published: May 28, 2008

A cherry-picker investigates a tree from the inside. Click for a larger version on the ABC website. Photo credit: ABC News: Karl Hoerr

See the open window at the top? That’s my office. Read the full story here:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/27/2256870.htm
The boom arm on the cherry picker, which is essentially a steel I-beam about 80cm square, bent in half on impact. […]

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