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Oct 17, 2024 6:04 PM
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happyrabbitzz
Hot damn!
Agatsu74
Oh okay that WAS the professional. I was expecting something else.
anitabieror6
ooh i was nervous
TreasonousCheeto
Wow.
WillemHellfire
Not gonna lie, my butt puckered a little.
LosPer
Ah, these ARE the professionals.
eXoRainbow
DJOldguy
Great job... but fucking risky.
martineb72
Why try to take it all off at once? They risked it kick backing into the house.
NorrinxRadd
We had a tree guy come, took down a 100 foot tree, it was 1.5" from the railings on our porch, and about 3" from the shed, I'm still in awe of how perfectly he dropped it.
Kehy
The property line between my mom and her neighbor had 5 100' poplar trees that HAD to come down. 10' off that tree line she had a fig tree, a house, and a shed she requested they didn't damage, though the rest of the yard was theirs to use. In the end there was hardly debris on the neighbor's side (he was a dick) and not even the fig tree had a hint of damage.
The trees were so thick they had to delay bringing them down for an hour while they got a bigger saw
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JohnnyLawlessEsq
Ah, the reversed version. A very rare Pepe.
InspectorA5
Praise the professional, not the profession.
disposabledom
All the rope tops watching this, shaking their heads in approval
Slayage
Isiel89
So, funny story. My grandfather recently tried to “trim back” a tree that was about this size but with more bushy small limbs on top. Different type of tree I guess. He fell and fractured three vertebrae. Had to have spinal surgery. Now doesn't wear his brace or do physio like he's supposed to. So, call the professionals.
certainlynotaserialkiller
Always hire the guys that made trades look easy.
Crimsnfox
My old job a huge branch came down across the front of the house like a 3 foot diameter 50 foot long branch. I called the city and they said 2-3 days well send someone. So I called Bartlett (Toronto tree guys) he had 2 trucks and 4 guys chop it up and take it away in less than 4 hours. Those people were real professionals.
CarlosSpicyweiner
ATLandNerdy
I'm no tree guy, but I would have bet this needed a crane to do right.
Devildeclinedmysoul
As someone that is forklift certified, those people that can take down trees like that is the only people i respect workwise.
horseman05
This and they usually have Insurance if something goes wrong.
ButterfaceTaintClown
Usually.
ufoara
And a proper technical drop like this is how they keep their coverage.
LastEverUsername
Yes, but if they keep crushing houses, the insurance companies might stop covering them!
ChopOnBrother
They're insured and bonded
hydrocarbon82
That reminds me, just saw recently someone post how to sue a mechanic shop without insurance after they dropped a corvette off a lift.
OhIfIMust
https://comb.io/jF605o.gif
boop66
Qualtagh
Am I stupid for wondering why they didn't take it down in smaller sections from the top?
TheChanceTrimmer
Not a stupid assessment. I personally would rather be safe than sorry with a piece that large. Ropes can break. Yeah it would've taken more time and effort but then you wouldn't get to show off like these guys did. They knew their capabilities, but a lot of tree guys watch a video like this and try it themselves... it usually doesn't go as well. Tree trimming/felling should be a skilled labor IMO
EternalSunshineofthePotlessMind
A rope did break. The top line looks like it snapped
TheChanceTrimmer
You're absolutely right. You can hear it snap. Kudos that it still did what they intended which was to help pivot it away from the house but damn that could've gone wrong a number of different ways.
TheChanceTrimmer
And the device he's using at the base is probably a porta wrap, used to create friction with the rope so only one guy needs to tend the line, you see it bounce (guy is way too close to it btw) after the rope snaps. He had too many wraps on it essentially
allemalachor5935
That went better than expected
Lachwen
Because they hired professionals.
TheOtherLucas
I expected a new sunroof. this was somehow a relief, but on the other hand a little destruction is also a relief....like popping a zit.
MrPappagiorgioFromYuma
Oooooh. So, an example of professionals and not a cautionary one… a rare twist.
brotrustme
What are you talking about??? They totally broke the tree!
CapnExplosion
DMDaddy0
I know! I thought this was going to end with a crushed roof.
PhillipJFry42
She came from a broken home. No, literally, a tree landed on her house.
DahPrincess
I saw the bottom half of the limb going through the wall/window
m0unstr0
they have it tied off, gives swing but limits its radius
michiyl
Still, sometimes the thing recoils upon hitting the ground into a weird position - the camera position makes it look more dangerous though, you're right
bippityboppitybuttsex
So, I am not a professional (I am pretty much an amateur at everything I do), but you, literally, just need two come-a-long's and tension away from things you care about.
I have staked a come-a-long into the ground when there was nothing to attach it to... and if you set up a winch on the other side, you can lower it gently and guide with the come-a-longs.
Ranlothir
levered chain hoists are amazing when dropping a tree right where you want it to go!
Bohrdumb
Sure. But if you fuck it up, it comes out or your pocket. If they fuck it up, they've got insurance to fix it.
ByronGetronfree
The fact you have names for the ropey bits means you’re not a total amateur.
bippityboppitybuttsex
I have cut up quite a few trees, but it is a thing I have had to do, not a thing I get paid to do.
macrolet
That should work pretty well, unless you wind up with one of those trees that has rotted in the middle, shatters mid-fall, and swings off-axis. Oof.
bippityboppitybuttsex
Usually I am just cutting off branches that growing unhappily... or a tree that fell, and I am breaking it down....
HandoB4Javert
Guy on the ground is the branch manager.
WigsDannyboy
spoken like a branch manager
HandoB4Javert
His bite is even worse than the bark.
vericon151
He is a pro… he will see the root of the problem.
redsmerf
Ugh, can we just leaf the puns alone?
michiyl
Are you already tree-d of it?
justherefortheconfession
I really saw that going differently. Now, I'm disappointed.
clamdriver
Right?
DrewThe3DPrinterGuy
Yeah I 100% expected that to end differently.
justherefortheconfession
Give me destruction, mayhem, and chaos...just not in my politics
EchoOfSnac
They hired a professional. ┗(•ˇ_ˇ•)―
DrDadJokes
not me, I'm very much appointed after this
Bi1chPudding
Is it okay to be relieved and disappointed at the same time??
justherefortheconfession
Bi1chPudding
Thank you, Mills Lane
wadatahmydamie
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Couple pictures of the woods I had to thin out myself, with no experience, shitty tools, and not even a spotter. The people who planted it put everything too close, and the trees just kinda did this for 50 years. I cut one down, but it didn’t fall on account of the branches being tangled up with the other trees. I told the dude I was working for at the time about it, and he told me to just put my shoulder under it and drag it until it fell the rest of the way. +
wadatahmydamie
+ He demonstrated by hoisting it onto his shoulder. A couple steps later, it shifted and drove him rib first into a chest-high branch. Cracked a rib, but he was okay. We called it a day after that. Far as I know, the tree is still dangling there. A dry ol’ widowmaker.
AllAnusMorissette
I got you
kathlTvVillain
LuminoZero
Listening to his screams of rage just makes this SO much better.
memefarmer69
Satisfying
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DrKonrad
Did that guy really try to stop the tree from falling?
michiyl
An initial (like in the very first half-second) impulse can give some momentum (since the various forces are only just building up), but it's over before you realize the whole situation
MadHatter69
Reflexes and instincts can be weird in situations like that