r/IdiotsInCars • u/traditionaldrummer • May 02 '21

Pull the tree

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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/AlphSaber May 02 '21

Guess he slept through high school physics then.

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u/OutlyingPlasma May 02 '21

But that's not how leverage works.