CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Dude made no friends that day.
Tree felling vids
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davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I just saw that, trying to figure out how he screwed it up. Quality is low but almost looks like he cut the hinge.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Dead nasty tree. Hinge would possibly not worked all that well.
Burnham
Woods walker
What a mess. I'm sorry, but who among us would have cut that tree without moving those vehicles?
Kaveman
Treehouser
Yeah, that was dumb. Kind of a low quality video, but it's enough to see that the tree was garbage, left standing far too long. Stump shows almost no fiber at all in the brief moment it's visible, which reinforces my position.
The vehicles should have been a long way away, but that's just one in a series of bad decisions made before that clip was filmed.
The vehicles should have been a long way away, but that's just one in a series of bad decisions made before that clip was filmed.
stikine
Treehouser
I wonder if that was deliberately staged?
Burnham
Woods walker
I'm trying to imagine a scenario like that, Cory. Coming up short. But you may be right.
I've seen that video before, and longer. I think I used to have it on my computer, but probably got deleted to recover space. I don't remember the full video, but this one looks like it went where it was aimed. Close enough anyway. Close enough to move the trucks if it doesn't go exactly as planned. Truck closest to the camera was probably his. I'll see if I can hunt down the longer video. I think it was posted here somewhere.
Just a possibility- 'we're here to cut the tree, cars shouldn't be in the way but are, I think we got this.....
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CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Yeah, don't seem on purpose. Especially one truck looking like the sawy e rs, and the explative at the end.
stikine
Treehouser
Dunno, those rigs were right in the aim of fall from what I can tell from the video...more or less. Certainly you would remove them prior to falling.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Well, a thinking man would. But for some, "what could possibly go wrong?". Hit the deck of the building too, looks like
stikine
Treehouser
Yeah, something doesn't quite line up for me... that tree was aimed that direction.
stikine
Treehouser
Not really making that out but if it's right behind the hinge that's a no go.
I think what you(and me) are seeing as a hinge isn't anything. It's just some ragged wood casting shadows. I think the real hinge is 90° from the apparent hinge. Mick said the white thing is a jack handle. I'll have to take his word for it, but if you squint, it does kind of look like there's a pocket there for a jack.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I think the back cut was low on the right side. I also think the hinge was too thin and rotten to resist the lift of the jack. I thought maybe cut clean off, but the fibers coming out of the butt indicate otherwise.
