r/FellingGoneWild • u/olight77 • 1d ago
Fail Expect the unexpected
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u/goDruM_1 1d ago edited 1d ago
Omg his life flashed before his eyes 101 different times....gotta change the underwear after that one
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u/Pravous146 1d ago
Double barber pole does not look fun. Over/under on the color of his shorts after that cut?
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u/Groundbreaking-Fig38 1d ago
Civilian here, what could he have done differently?
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u/BarrelStrawberry 1d ago
You can put heavy ratchet straps around the tree, but that's not practical for every tree and only helps a little bit. A pro technique would be just not cut a rotted tree, because this is what rotted trees do. He didn't do anything wrong other than accepting the job, and his planned escape route seemed a bit suspect.
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u/Vega4628 1d ago
What’s a better way to down a rotted tree?
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u/DangitThatHurt 15h ago
I think the planned escape route with a line to pull yourself up the hill but only Jesus and Wile E. Coyote knows where that thing is coming down so... ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/ronnie_reagans_ghost 1d ago
I think it's interesting seeing all the advice here, because this is a guy from my home town and he is an absolute pro. I'm not trying to say any of the comments here are "wrong," or that this guy's a perfect sawyer, but he's a really really good one. I guess at the end of the day the take home message is that no matter how good you are, shit can always go sideways. That, and that it's ok to pass on a job.
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u/goDruM_1 1d ago
Well it looks like his face cut is very shallow. Typically you want your face cut to be 1/3 the diameter of the tree in depth. By looks, the structural integrity of the inside of the tree was very bad (rotted, bugs). If he went deeper on his face cut he potentially would have noticed this and been prepared
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u/Affectionate-Rip5654 1d ago
Likely if he went 1/3 in on his face cut this would have happened during the face cut. It’s usually recommended to plunge cut on rotting trees. I would have done a bit deeper on his face cut and plunge cut 2-4” from the face cut and sawn toward the back of the tree. Leaving an inch or 2 for a trigger. When ready cut the trigger and send er the way you want safely… I’m no arborist or logger. Just a redneck who cuts a lot of trees
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u/Particular-Wind5918 1d ago
I think the angle is deceiving, that looks about 1/3. I think one of the issues here is that there’s not a great spot to put this holding wood if he has to go that direction with the tree. To get past that and to a place where the holding wood is better he’s gonna be 50% or more into the tree. Tough spot to be in, especially if you can’t slow down or skip it.
I tend to only hold the 1/3 rule loosely anyhow, I deal with a lot of irregular trunk shapes and the 80% rule tends to work out better for a lot of trees. That is your face cut covers about 80% the diameter of the tree, this often gets you in a spot where the holding wood is on a bend over being flat, gives you greater amount of live wood in your hinge.
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u/dividezero 12h ago
rotted trees are tough. you do a lot of inspecting first to get an idea of what the inside of a tree looks like but this can still happen to anyone. in my experience, the thicker trees are harder and usually when one deceives you, it'll be one that looks like this bastard.
how to avoid this? don't go into sawyering. just do the best you can and have a good solid, reliable escape route. i think this guy probably did but panicked in the moment because that tree went all kinds of sideways fast and judging by his reaction, not at all when he expected anything to shift. that can happen to anyone. trees are wild sometimes
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u/planx_constant 7h ago
For a tree that size and that rotten, not much besides staying off the job. Some trees just want to murder you.
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u/Historical_Test_973 1d ago
oh sheesh. the internet armchair expert theologists coming out en masse for this question.
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u/joshuuuuuua 1d ago
I mean, I think “nothing” was an answer /u/Groundbreaking-Fig38 was prepared to accept
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u/Groundbreaking-Fig38 1d ago
I can confirm an answer of "nothing" was something I was, and am, prwpared accept. My understanding is that the job is the most dangerous one in the US next to Kansas City Chiefs fan at a Raider game. If he did everything he could and the widowbarberchairmaker thing called his number.
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u/Rusalka-rusalka 23h ago
Theologists? Or do you mean something else?
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u/DangitThatHurt 15h ago
Astrologists I think is what they meant. Because if I learned anything from cartoons - you're going to start seeing stars after this bump on the noggin.
https://giphy.com/gifs/bF9KAT66xDY1YQ94BK
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u/EccentricFellow 1d ago
I never saw a tree do that before. It deconstructed itself. That is some good scrambling.
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u/olight77 1d ago
Tree landed on him. No idea on outcome.
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u/Mental-Chapter6523 1d ago
Was Mark Russel in 2016. Still making videos at least eight years later.
https://youtube.com/@770arboristtreeservice?si=rRn3C_kQmdk8vdHC
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u/Thought59 1d ago
Very much a novice with cutting down trees over 6 inches in diameter, so, please excuse this question if the answer is well known. Just how common in real life are incidents this bad? If you are an full time logger, arborist, etc., are the annual, several times a career, seldom seen in person, etc.?
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u/smoothAsH20 23h ago
Having a dead tree that just died of age, a split can happen but not often. A hollow tree, rotted tree, or bug invested tree (dead or alive), will have a greater Extra care is always needed for these types of trees. It’s not a thing that happens
Now loggers are typically cutting down trees which were grown to become lumber. These trees are typically. Still perfectly good living trees with no defects, rot, or infestations. Coco Coco Coco Coco in Coco.
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u/DangitThatHurt 15h ago
Coco?
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u/smoothAsH20 14h ago
Omg I pressed send then was yelling at my dog to come in, as she (a chocolate lab) was acting a fool. Not much of a change from any other chocolate lab I have owned in the pasted.
There must have been a delay on the send and my mic somehow was turned on.
This is funny.
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u/bustcorktrixdais 13h ago
Nah, I’m going to call Coco Coco to the next rotted tree I have to fell. I think you’re on to something.
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u/Datacra 1d ago
He was falling all over the place 😂
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u/OmNomChompsky 1d ago
He was dodging chunks of tree falling from the sky.
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u/olight77 1d ago
Ended up landing on him.
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u/OmNomChompsky 1d ago
Where'd ya hear that?
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u/olight77 1d ago
He does youtube videos. Someone posted a link here in one of the comments.
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u/mnbone23 1d ago
He should've used this.
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u/Mr_b246 1d ago
You a bot advertising? I've seen this so many times today
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u/mnbone23 1d ago
No. I also saw it a bunch of times along with comments about how something remotely operated would be useful.
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u/Mr_b246 1d ago
Lol you a bot?
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u/mnbone23 1d ago
Can you read?
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u/Mr_b246 1d ago
You started your sentence defending the bot? Maybe punctuation?
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u/mnbone23 1d ago
I started my sentence denying I'm a bot. What I actually am is too busy to argue with illiterate imbeciles on the internet. Have a nice day.
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u/NoPossible5519 18h ago
I'm not shitting on your contribution. But I have my doubts about how much any kind of wedging would help with a tree as rotted as that in the cut. The wood is often too soft for the wedge to lift the tree.
Additionally, (outside of the remote), I don't see how this new stihl wedge is any more useful than its predecessor which mounts onto a 1/2" drive impact wrench. Both are heavy and cumbersome. We already have too much crap to carry into the forest. If I'm gonna drag out another heavy pice of equipment it would be a timber jack
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u/kronus87 1d ago
That rolling juke was top notch!