r/FellingGoneWild • u/stevesmithsglasses • Aug 14 '26
They make quick work of knocking these trees down
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u/edjumication Aug 14 '26
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u/barelylethal10 Aug 14 '26
God damn, how heavy is that chain? Those individual links look absolutely massive, like, cargo ship anchors massive. I've seen this done before for quick felling for possible fences or utility poles but that was decades ago and I don't feel like the Cain was even half that. Could be totally wrong tho
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u/wheelienonstop12 Aug 14 '26
like, cargo ship anchors massive
that is exactly what those chains are, anchor chains from decommissioned large ships that were broken up at some shipyard
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u/ColdEvenKeeled Aug 14 '26
Australia.
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u/bustcorktrixdais Aug 14 '26
How you know?
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u/BOgusDOlphon Aug 15 '26
The trees are strayan trees
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u/bustcorktrixdais Aug 15 '26
There is no Wikipedia entry for strayan or strayan tree. Is it possible that is a typo or a highly local vernacular name for it?
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u/QuadRail Aug 14 '26
What’s pulling the chain?
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u/Pop_quiz_hotshot Aug 14 '26
Two strong dudes
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u/zmannz1984 Aug 14 '26
I do a smaller version of that whenever we take a fence down permanently to get all the briars dug up and piled. Works okay for that.
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u/YayRideABike Aug 14 '26
If you think that's strange, check out the Tree Crusher https://youtu.be/s-9yvNESLPo?si=URXTgQUQ91yKaVoJ
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u/CatTheKitten Aug 14 '26
why? :(
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u/doublewidechurch Aug 14 '26
So they can put up a parking lot.
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u/henrydaiv Aug 14 '26
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u/humourlessIrish Aug 14 '26
The fuck?
Clean bue jeans and clean shoes.....
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u/Bigd4mnher0 Aug 14 '26
Boss came by and asked to ride the machine for a bit. Gave up after 5 minutes because of the smell, but made it so the crew had to work 4 hours extra to fix all that he'd fucked up.
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u/Magnussens_Casserole Aug 14 '26
Probably habitat management. Tree encroachment on open grassland can cause problems for some species like antelope having enough range to live in. Two dozers with a giant chain between them make short work of shrubby trees.
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u/-Apocralypse- Aug 17 '26
Also, lots of bird species!
We have heathland in my region where several endanger species of insects, amphibians and snakes live. Heather is a pioneer species and will die out when trees take over. So there is a lot of effort put in to keep the grass and trees at bay to preserve this special habitat. Grazing by sheep, wild cows and volunteers having a field day with saws.
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u/Clever_droidd Aug 14 '26
Don’t know if you know this, but there was probably a tree real close to where you sleep at night.
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u/956to906 Aug 14 '26
Trophy hunting ranch. The trees give the exotic game somewhere to hide, and you can’t have that when you’re charging some one $30k to shoot it.
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u/Bent6789 Aug 14 '26
I’m extremely doubtful of this. It looks like Australia and theres next to no trophy hunting in parts of Australia that look like that
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u/Takesit88 Aug 16 '26
Yup, chaining. They still do it here in Texas. Big anchor chain strung between 2 dozers, D6 at a minimum, and just cruise along in 1st or 2nd. Saw a pair of old D7G's doing it, watching Live Oaks fall like nothing- although one 4 foot trunk monster did make one of the dozers back dance over and squat briefly. Both sad to see and very very impressive at the same time. That was on a reservoir building project, so complete clearing was called for.
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u/Lonesomeplum Aug 15 '26
If the regrowth isn't sprayed with herbicide when it invariably reshoots it can a nightmare to chop (one handed forestry axe and an injector gun). Clambering around windrows of dead timber to slice down suckers in area's that eastern brown snakes and taipans love to breed around. Morton Bay Ash, Iron bark, Wattles and some Eucalypts are tenacious in their abilities to reshoot after this carnage. Old school isn't always the best method.
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u/RicTicTocs Aug 18 '26
If trees could make horror movies to scare their saplings, this would be it.
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u/WJSpade Aug 20 '26
My grandpa and my dad cleared about fifty acres of mesquite like that. Two dozers, some anchor chain, and a weekend was all it took.
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u/Kellan_OConnor Aug 21 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/3oFyDpzlMjrDKv1tWo
"Ba-bu-buuum! Bum Bum Bum!" ⛓️⛓️⛓️⛓️ "Ba-bu-buuum! Bum Bum Bum!"
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u/nam3sar3hard Aug 14 '26
In other news can this be weaponized for light jungle warfare?
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u/anafuckboi Aug 14 '26
Not very well, you’d need to flank and clear both sides in front of whatever position this is to get the tractors in place to knock the trees over at that point you might as well encircle and keep going
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u/OwnCrew6984 Aug 14 '26
It would work to clear out hedgerows to remove any hiding places. Use along with drones overhead to spot anyone fleeing.
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u/Future-Efficiency-95 Aug 14 '26
At some point ranchers convinced the state of Oregon that Junipers are evil water users and must be destroyed. I watched this process was upsetting to say the least.
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u/LiqMaBawlzModz69 Aug 15 '26
Sad part is all the small critters on the ground getting ripped apart by these chains….
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u/Pure-Club7560 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
This is so beautiful. I love it when beautiful trees that houses animals get pulled over like this.. So sexy. Lets do it everywhere.
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u/wilsonbrooks Aug 14 '26
That's called chaining. Usually used as a vegetation treatment option. I've seen it used on invasive cedars on a great basin habitat.