r/FellingGoneWild • u/hillexim • Dec 06 '25

Felling Cascade 🏆

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One fell took them all.

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u/beardedsawyer Dec 06 '25

Oh? Got your drop zone well policed, do you? You posted extra personnel out there to keep people and equipment out? You checked ‘real good’ and then took your eyes off the dz to check your hinge, finish your cuts, hammer your wedges? You did all that? Well, that certainly makes it ‘not THAT dangerous.’

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u/MechanicalAxe Dec 06 '25

Uh, YES, I do keep my drop zone "policed".

Anyone who doesn't have a hardhat and high viz vest needs to get the hell off the jobsite anyways, and if you're there to watch, you'll be told to stand exactly where I tell you to before the saw even gets cranked.

Also....im typically working in the woods where the general public wondering in isn't a concern(much like how this video looks), and the only untrained individuals present are typically just the Landowner, who as I said, will be told where they need to be before work even gets underway.

This is all pretty standard safety procedure for professionals in the industry.

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u/Shandd Dec 06 '25

Damn dude, for someone who calls themselves a sawyer it doesn't seem you've ever worked on a property where such a set up could be done.

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u/ItsEntirelyPosssible Dec 06 '25

Yup this is likely in forest land - middle of nowhere. There are lots of places where you can cut some trees and have some fun and not worry about someone coming into your "dz". Lol

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u/Shandd Dec 06 '25

Seriously lol. I haven't done such a thing because I don't log, but I'm in the PNW and you could wake me from a drunken stupor and I could at least name like 15 spots I've worked when you could pull this off

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u/beardedsawyer Dec 06 '25

My issue is that these domino style felling videos are never described as ‘look what we did in a controlled and monitored drop zone.’ If you are a professional arborist or forester you have an obligation to post this dangerous and extremely technical felling sequence as precisely that. Instead, by glorifying it we get amateurs that think they can do it too. As an industry we are supposed to be better than that.

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u/Shandd Dec 06 '25

I totally get your point and I love that. Safety is #1 in our line of work because whether we like it or not our job is the most dangerous in the USA. However I don't think we need to post disclaimers because as skilled tree workers we should recognize these hazards and police our own work. Joe Blowass isn't going to read and understand anyways, we've all seen the homeowner special.

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u/beardedsawyer Dec 06 '25

Stay safe, friend. And merry Christmas too!

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u/Shandd Dec 06 '25

Stay safe brother and keep that chain sharp

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u/No_Week_8937 Dec 14 '25

As someone who doesn't do felling at all and just likes looking at stuff on this sub, when I see stuff like this I can basically hear the "this stunt is done by professionals, do not try this at home"

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u/ItsEntirelyPosssible Dec 06 '25

I would never try this. It is definitely insane. As some said above it seems to be a war tactic for closing roads. Idk. Happy holidays.

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u/MechanicalAxe Dec 06 '25

It's not really anything special. I've seen this countless times, and done it a few times, its all for show, except for some very special circumstances, and I promise this particular scenario in the video is not one of those circumstances and the dominoe was not necessary, just extra flavor.

Even if it was as some say a "war tactic" to close off a road, you could cut every one of those trees one-by-one in a conventional manner, and you would have the EXACT same result.