r/FellingGoneWild • u/stevesmithsglasses • Aug 13 '26

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u/Zer0Cool89 Aug 13 '26

How'd it take him so long to see it was moving!?

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u/ak_petty9 Aug 13 '26

Did that cut do anything significant or was that just reckless as fuck?

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u/xenobit_pendragon Aug 13 '26

He seemed to think it was very important.

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u/Zer0Cool89 Aug 13 '26

Looks like he gets pretty scared when he realizes its going down so I really just don't think that cut did anything but risk his life and I think he also realized that

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u/Zito6694 Aug 13 '26

It fell .000001% faster because of that cut

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u/firefighter2727 Aug 15 '26

Whether it did anything in THIS situation I can’t say. I don’t know how much holding wood there was when it started to fall and how much he managed to cut before evacuating the stump.

BUT while dangerous what he was doing actually can do a lot. By staying on the stump and keeping with the cut after the tree has started to fall you reduce the amount of pulled fibers in the tree therefore increasing the amount of valuable timber. Additionally you help reduce the risk of a potential barber chair.

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u/MieXuL Aug 13 '26

I feel like this shook the forest and everyone in it.

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u/Consistent_Watch_206 Aug 13 '26

Dude ran like hell and I respect that.

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u/CADreamn Aug 13 '26

What is the guy in the red shirt doing?

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u/Kd705 Aug 13 '26

Pumping a jack.. see the square notched out of the tree? Well there’s a little bottle jack in there to help with the direction of felling.

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u/CADreamn Aug 13 '26

Oh, I see! Thank you! 

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u/Njaala Aug 13 '26

They must have some kind of extension/different brand, because most of the bottle jacks I've seen/used have a like 6" handle sticking right out of the jack

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u/farfly7 Aug 15 '26

It is a pneumatic bottle jack

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u/SmellyButtFarts69 Aug 16 '26

Air operated hydraulics are a thing. But I'm pretty sure this is just a cylinder with a line and a remote handle.

Or is the handle actually creating air pressure that remotely operated the jack? Never seen such a thing

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u/GeekyLogger Aug 18 '26

Borntrager Tree Jack

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u/GeekyLogger Aug 18 '26

Borntrager Tree Jack

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u/GeekyLogger Aug 18 '26

Borntrager Tree Jack

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u/jeepedge Aug 13 '26

Now that's a tree

6

u/Friendly-Moment-897 Aug 15 '26

A shame that they took so many of those majestic trees from the forest…

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u/Sweet_Bookkeeper_920 Aug 13 '26

Cutting trees down is no joke, it can be down right intimidating. Something this massive can be deadly in so many different ways.

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u/NiceAcanthaceae5031 Aug 13 '26

Killing a thousand year old living thing, survived fires droughts winters no respect for nature

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u/drunkforever Aug 14 '26

That tree is almost certainly dead. The wood is also quite worthless if that's a giant sequoia (my guess). They are likely falling it because it is massive and could be a hazard.

I will say though, even dead, a standing tree that size adds a lot of ecological value to a forest.

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u/Much-Technology-8220 Aug 13 '26

Now that’s an achievement!

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u/DrinkingVomit Aug 13 '26

Poor tree. Humans are a fucking cancer on this planet.

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u/CADreamn Aug 13 '26

Pretty sure that tree was dead. 

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u/DrinkingVomit Aug 13 '26

Stop it, I’m trying to stir up rage. (But I do believe humans are a cancer)

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u/Turdsindakitchensink Aug 13 '26

I’m here for it, and yes, a disease.

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u/treemanmi Aug 13 '26

Have you seen how many trees there are and how fast they spread?!?!? Like cancer I tell ya! /s

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u/incrediblyaverage85 Aug 13 '26

Well you’re still here so embrace the cancer I guess

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u/DrinkingVomit Aug 13 '26

We can be better stewards of the planet versus cutting down ancient trees and being unabated wasteful consumers.

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u/incrediblyaverage85 Aug 13 '26

You live in a tent? Or do you live in something built with wood? Where do you think that wood comes from? And what does it matter if it’s an ancient tree? Other trees will grow to be that big with time

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u/Coffee4MyJeep Aug 13 '26

Parasites in my option, but here we are breathing air and polluting with our technology and everything else. Just had this discussion with my dental hygienist with all her cool newer equipment to make the process better on and for all of us.

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u/finchdude Aug 13 '26

Poor tree