Wall of Shame: Wannabe Experts

[biggun]

I dont think he is trying to be an influencer.

He has been putting out similar videos for years. Some funnier than others.

 

[Mick!]

Interesting technique.

 

[pete mctree]

stupid should hurt more than that! Lucky is an understatement.

 

[Mick!]

At no point did I think that would work.
I’m amazed the crane guy went along with it.
I mean the tree has been brushed out a bit, the climber, whilst helmetless, clearly has a idea what he’s doing.
So when did the two of them say “yeah this will work”?

 

[cory]

That, Sir, is likely the worst I've ever seen.

Holy cow, good find.

 

[Burnham]

Wow. I'm with Mick...clearly, there was at no point any way that might have worked.

 

[Sven]

I want to say “no crane operator would allow that” but damn

 

[Tommy_B]

Crane looks far too small

 

[T Collins]

"Whoa, ya can't get no bettar den dat. YOU CAN'T GET NO BETTAR DAN DAT BABY! "

I beg to differ.

 

[tblough]

I'm by no means an expert, but even I could see that was way too big a pick and tied in below the CG. I expected it to flip and then pull the crane over.

 

[lxskllr]

I really don't know what to make of that. Seems like people that can do what they were doing should have known better. I know better, and I don't know much of anything :^/

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Its called being lazy with minimal skills.
Simply rope some down so the crane can take a proper pick.

 

[cory]

Last night I started watching the series 'Breaking Bad", I'd never seen it before. It's a hoot as probably most or all of you know. As I watched, I was struck by the many commonalities between street urchin meth heads and a lot of tree guys I've seen or worked with or heard about over the years, and that absurd crane vid only adds to that notion. The ninja lives in SC now and reports that the majority of tree guys down there are crack heads.

 

[flushcut]

So when did the two of them say “yeah this will work”?

Right after "here hold my beer"

 

[Cerealkiller]

What exactly happens when it falls? The hook tore off the cable? Cable broke?
I mean, it's probably lucky for them it did fall but afterwards there's no hook hanging there off the crane anymore. WTF happened? After the "you can't get no better dan dat baby" another guy starts to say "broke the..." but the video ends before we get his super advanced definitely has an engineering degree explanation.

 

[Tree09]

I would guess either the cable got cut on the side of the sheave or the wedge socket popped loose.

 

[gf beranek]

That was a doozy.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Give me a big enough lever, and I could move the earth. Or in this case, snap a cable across a sheeve and boom. That tree was a hella lever.

 

[gf beranek]

I thought for sure it was going to collapse the boom. But they go lucky.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Big time. Whole lotta luck in the radius of what could have been carnage.

 

[Burnham]

Truth, both of y'all have it right. REALLY lucky.

 

[Frankie]

Jimmy crack-corner and I don’t care about sums it all up

 

[SeanKroll]

Yow!
How???!

 

[No_Bivy]

luckily the cable broke

 

[Altissimus]

Dumb , plus Luck