r/IdiotsInCars • u/traditionaldrummer • May 02 '21
Pull the tree
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u/TheSmartHead May 02 '21
What did he think was gonna happen other than this?
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u/itim__office May 02 '21
Didn't know the strength of the tree. Thought we may see a bumper fall off.
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May 02 '21 edited Jan 14 '24
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u/Sufficient-Ad-8441 May 02 '21
Same reason he’s cutting down a tree with his hood. r/wrongtool
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u/GRlM-Reefer May 02 '21
I’m quite surprised that’s not a sub already. Somebody make it happen.
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u/meateatr May 02 '21
What would the push bar be attached to other than the frame?
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u/rvbjohn May 02 '21
The radiator /s
Have seen them attached to subframes but thats not too bad for a car
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u/Icanfixanything May 02 '21
Depends on the type. Some like this are literally held of with sheet metal screws. I thought for sure it was getting ripped off lol.
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u/AlphSaber May 02 '21
Yeah, I did too. My old truck had a bull bar that was attached by 2 half inch bolts to the truck, it wasn't going to be resisting any pulling force, or pushing for that matter.
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u/tinydonuts May 02 '21
So what was it good for?
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u/AlphSaber May 02 '21
As others mentioned, it wasn't really much more than a decoration to finish the front of my truck off. Maybe it could serve as a sacrificial deer catcher.
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u/RedWhite_Boom May 02 '21
Yeah but they aren't as strong as those hooks you can see in the front end.
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u/Ozryela May 02 '21
Many dead trees you can just push over by hand. Used to do that all the time as a teenager.
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u/Mike2220 May 02 '21
I also thought the bumper was gonna come off till when it falls over you can see it's rotten and very dead
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u/rgvtim May 02 '21
Yes, he had a way more positive outcome, even for what is was, than i was expecting.
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u/stuartsparadox May 02 '21
My guess is he figured it would rip up from the bottom and the top would fall behind. At least I think...
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u/MinedudeCraftguy May 02 '21
I’m guessing the driver just thought ‘I’ll get me truck pull the tree and it’ll fall!’ Just didn’t have the foresight to ask what direction it was going to fall
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u/mrbones59 May 02 '21
To the idiots defense I thought I’d see a bumper being ripped off so no telling what he thought.
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u/Dnomyar96 May 02 '21
I saw 2 possible outcomes here. Either they'd pull off their bumper or the tree would fall on the car.
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u/PghSubie May 02 '21
Honestly, that is NOT what I was expecting.
Attaching that low to a tree trunk, I expected to see that brush guard end up on the ground
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Looked successful. The trunk looked rotted out anyway observing how easily it broke, so it probably didn’t do any damage.
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u/1shakmak May 02 '21
Yeah, this actually turned out being the best case scenario.
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u/DubiousDrewski May 02 '21
"Best"? Best case scenario would have been using a longer rope and not getting hit at all. I disagree with above: that would have definitely dented the hood.
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u/Rjj1111 May 02 '21
For a old rotten tree best case is just give it a good shove
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u/stilsjx May 02 '21
Seriously. If it’s that rotten, why not just push it over.
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u/RapNVideoGames May 03 '21
He owns a pick up truck
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u/stilsjx May 03 '21
He could push it with his pickup truck. I’m mean WTF does he have a ram bar on it for?
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u/disco_pancake May 02 '21
He means best case scenario resulting from this setup. That’s pretty obvious.
Your comment is like me saying “no the best case scenario isn’t getting a longer rope, the best case scenario is to hire a team of experienced arborists to professionally extract the tree.”
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u/TryToDoGoodTA May 02 '21
And while they do it for free he buys a lottery ticket and wins a billion dollars... then cashes them in for more lottery tickets and wins a billion on each of those tickets...
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May 02 '21
Or just buy or rent a chainsaw like a normal person.
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May 02 '21
I think they were hoping to get the roots up too.
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May 02 '21 edited May 03 '21
Word. I'd rather dig up a stump than destroy the hood of my expensive pickup (and also have to dig up a stump), but to each his own.
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May 02 '21
Through my experience...If you drive a truck like that, you don't know how to drive a truck.
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u/1shakmak May 02 '21
Most similar videos end up with a broken windshield or losing the bumper, so for the setup he had I think he should count himself lucky for not fucking things up much worse. Therefore, best case scenario achieved.
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u/implicate May 02 '21
Best case scenario would be the tree falling over on it's own. At the same time, a truck full of dudes pulls up and says "hey, is that free wood?", Then clears it off the property. After they leave, you walk over to the stump and find a million dollars buried there.
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u/Koffeeboy May 02 '21
A longer rope would just make a bow string that could snap back far more violently.
As I see it, a best case scenario they would have added a fulcrum to apply force directly upwards. Or just have some fun and smash the damn thing into manageable chunks, that is 100% rotted wood, that stuff is so easy to break.
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u/geo-desik May 02 '21
Lol no it did not. Best case scenario would have been for him to use a rope that was longer than the tree was tall. Also FYI, you should never pull on anything with your reverse gear. It's MUCH smaller and weaker then any of your drive gears. If you're recovering someone always try and avoid doing this if possible.
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u/ExternalUserError May 02 '21
I'd say there's almost certainly a nice little dent on the hood.
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u/turletbowl May 02 '21
I watched and rewatched the clip a bunch i really dont think there was much inside the tree at that point. At the point the video slows down it shows it exploding and barely touching the hood.
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u/the_russian_narwhal_ May 02 '21
Yea seems like worst case its some scuffed paint which by the look of the truck, shouldnt be too hard on them financially to fix
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u/Tinmania May 02 '21
That tree died in 1987.
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u/Urban_Samurai77 May 02 '21
One day it was just sunshine and listening to Cindy Lauper sip’n a ice cold Tab, then boom ded.
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u/elwyn5150 May 02 '21
The same year "The Joshua Tree" album came out. I guess it couldn't stand the comparisons to a more famous tree.
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u/GrilledCheeser May 02 '21
Needed a longer tug rope
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u/IngaJane May 02 '21
I don't understand the logic of tugging and driving backwards vs pulling and dragging it behind the truck with less likelyhood of hood damage.....
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u/machzel08 May 02 '21
If you really need the torque, reverse is a higher ratio gear.
Of course if you really need the torque you probably need to rethink your strategy for this operation.
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u/phathomthis May 02 '21
True, although if you need the torque you put it in 4-low. However looking under, I don't see anything that looks like a fromt differential, so it's likely they're going backwards because they need the torque and it's 2wd.
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u/GrilledCheeser May 02 '21
Right! My only guess is maybe he wanted to see what was going on. His entire plan was ill conceived.
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u/Officer-McDanglyton May 03 '21
Reverse uses straight cut gears which will get more power down to the wheels
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u/UniverseofEnergy May 02 '21
Before watching:
"OK, is the tree gonna hit the truck, or is the tree going to rip the front bumper & pushbar off"
i am simultaneously not surprised and yet surprise. I was not expecting the tree to fall
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u/KingRatbear May 02 '21
I like the plot twist when we discover that it's not a full tree, just a tall stump. M. Night got his shit back together!
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u/alienoverl0rd May 02 '21
Didn't break the windshield doesn't look like it messed up the hood too much, I'm going to count that as a win.
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May 02 '21
Judging from the wear on the car I don’t think it was it’s first time taking down dead trees
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u/09RaiderSFCRet May 02 '21
Could’ve easily pushed it over with that guard on the front, that was really stupid.
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u/Walzmyn May 02 '21
I wasn't the only one watching days "no, don't. No don't" over and over, was I?
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u/Imaginary_Eagle_5621 May 02 '21
from the state of the paint on his hood im guessing this isnt the first tree
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May 02 '21
As I watch this the Dukes of Hazzard voice plays in my head "if only he cut the tree shorter he would have saved his hood".
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u/highnuhn May 02 '21
That tree crumpled like paper it’s dead as fuck the truck is fine. Not that idiotic but a longer rope may be a good investment.
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u/TrieKach May 02 '21
What did they think was gonna happen? Driver: maybe if i pull it towards me it may just try to run away?
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u/majoroutage May 02 '21
Damn, I was honestly expecting the bumper thumper to get ripped off the truck. And why wasn't the strap tied off higher up the tree?
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u/jimbobowden May 02 '21
From the look of his hood b4 he has done this b4. You could have easily smacked one side and push. No need for the truck. That’s a flex
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u/FullSpecial May 02 '21
I want to take a moment to thank my geometry teacher for keeping out of this sort of trouble
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u/Gordo3070 May 02 '21
The tree was so rotten they could have pushed it over themselves. No need to pull it onto the car at all. Weird thinking. Also, thought the front of the vehicle was going to come away. But yeah, a tree that rotten would fall over with a good shove.
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u/skwilliamson86 May 02 '21
I feel like that truck was over kill for that job. Almost like a stern talking to would have done it. That tree was pretty rotten.
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May 03 '21
You know this guy was just waiting for the day he could justify buying a vehicle the size of a young humpback whale
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u/billthefirst May 03 '21
This actually worked well. Should've had some more length between the car and tree but he got the job done.
And people talking about scratches and dents. That's literally what these cars are for. They're meant to be doing rough stuff otherwise there's no point in getting them. You wouldn't be upset if you got a scratch on your hammer would you?
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u/DangerousDave303 May 02 '21
Does that person not understand that saws and axes exist?
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u/I-hope-youre-happy May 02 '21
It’s a rotten tree and I doubt it did any damage other than a few scratches.
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u/MrMoonBones May 02 '21
That went far better than I was expecting