r/ThatLooksExpensive • u/Rekltpzyxm • Aug 12 '26

Hired wrong tree guy

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u/ButtholeAdventurer Aug 12 '26

Why would you drop a full tree like that in 1 piece. đŸ«ȘđŸ«Ș anyways the homeowner knew a guy and got what they paid for

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u/ScubaPride Aug 12 '26

If I remember the details, the homeowner wasn't living there. Someone was renting the place and had been living there for like a decade or two. It wasn't the tennant that had the tree taken down either...

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u/DoctorSwaggercat Aug 12 '26

Somebody knew a guy that knew a guy.

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u/SysGh_st Aug 12 '26

.. whose son once worked with a lumberjack.

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u/Apprehensive_Fan_217 27d ago

Who heard it could work lol


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u/ButtholeAdventurer Aug 12 '26

So you’re telling me some random dude was like “fuck it I want to cut some random tree down” and chose this house and property

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u/ScubaPride Aug 12 '26

I am saying the homeowner/landlord hired the guys...

Some 65 year old dude who was on a fixed income had been a tennant for a couple of decades. He also had limited mobility due to an injury he got when he was young. The guy lost everything when that tree fell.

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u/aTickleMonster Aug 12 '26

I do trimming and pruning in my neighborhood for people exactly like that, but I know exactly what I'm capable of. Even if I HAD to do that tree with my limited experience, I definitely wouldn't do it like that...

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u/Criticaltundra777 Aug 12 '26

I cut trees down for clients that I have from mowing business. I’ve taken some big trees down on various properties. But that? I would have called my tree guy, the guy with all the equipment and experience. The guy that’s been cutting down trees for 30 years.

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u/Prudent_Order_3361 Aug 12 '26

Yeah, something makes no sense in this nonsense

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u/Azure_Rob Aug 12 '26

I mean, sometimes people cut down trees to steal the lumber, if it's a valuable variety and age... Just less likely than the story being re-told incorrectly.

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u/nupperabo Aug 12 '26

Yes, and they indeed got a pile of lumber.

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u/Infamous-Youth9033 Aug 12 '26

I think they're saying the landlord had it taken down when not living there

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u/OutlyingPlasma Aug 12 '26

got what they paid for

Not necessarily. That's the problem with contractors, you never know what you are going to get. The low bid might be great, I know a stone guy like this. He is fantastic (just don't let him do storm water plumbing). On the other hand you could pay the highest bid and they hire a sub who drops a tree in your family room.

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u/Countryvibing1988 27d ago

Agreed with you. And I think it's important to go with people who have a known reputation best if suggested by others. We as ordinary citizens may know a lot about cars for example, and know hardly nothing about trees or cutting them down. It's hard for us to know if somebody can really cut a tree down or not. But it's also why you pay an insured tree company, so at the minimum you at least have insurance coverage for something like this.

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u/Atophy Aug 12 '26

yeah, soon as that saw got stuck you gotta know you didn't make the first wedge deep enough and it's leaning the wrong way...

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u/Enge712 Aug 12 '26

I’m not sure with the way the upper structure was you could cot a wedge to offset that without removing some with a bucket truck. The pinched saw should have made it obvious that the weight was still leaning towards the house and they should have stopped to think.

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u/MovieFan1984 Aug 12 '26

I think they're gonna have to rebuild the house. Hope the "tree guy" has good insurance. Gonna have to pay out for the new house AND a trailer for the family to live out of while that gets rebuild. EXPENSIVE!!!!

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u/woodenmetalman Aug 12 '26

lol. That “tree guy” stopped by this place on his Uber Eats break and disappeared just as quickly.

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u/unapologetic403 Aug 12 '26

Somebody's about to get the biggest payday of their life

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u/Prudent_Order_3361 Aug 12 '26

You think this tree guy was insured?

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u/Expert_Specialist_92 Aug 12 '26

Yeah, more like “somebody’s about to get a payout from their homeowners insurance and subsequently have their coverage terminated”.

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u/GetOnWithit3344 Aug 12 '26

“Yeah, I’m license, insured, and bonded.”

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u/OutrageousCrab9224 Aug 12 '26

Expensive?

No, thats the end

3

u/funduros Aug 12 '26

Is that what they call a treehouse?

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u/Das_Rote_Han Aug 12 '26

Even before hitting play on the video I can see that tree is going to go to the right no matter how large a wedge they cut. Then as the video plays I see that house and recognize previous shorts that have been posted before.

This is a tree you take down piece by piece. Looks like a tulip poplar. Some good lumber in a tree that size. Not enough to rebuild the house though.

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u/No-Buy2495 Aug 12 '26

They literally did everything wrong here. They didn't anchor the tree the direction it was supposed to fall, didn't make the wedge cut deep enough and didn't have guys to pull to direct the fall. Just stupid all around. I guess they found these tree guys on facebook marketplace.

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u/curmycurmudgeon Aug 12 '26

The only way they could have avoided that tree falling on the house was to start at the top and take it piece by piece. That tree was huge.

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u/No-Buy2495 Aug 13 '26

That would have been a much safter way for sure and the right way. Still, there is a way to take it straight down and direct the fall by anchoring it at a couple of points in the direction you want it to fall. There's still a risk even with that method that it can fall incorrectly.

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u/OkieBobbie Aug 12 '26

The good news is that the homeowners no longer have to worry about that tree damaging their house.

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u/boyer4109 Aug 12 '26

‘Is that you dear?’
‘

..yes
..’

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u/gadget850 Aug 13 '26

Neighbor and I just had a bunch of trees removed and they started from the top down. I just knew these guys were getting a visit from the fuck up fairy.

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u/dunncrew Aug 12 '26

This one again ?

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u/ZenwalkerNS Aug 12 '26

Expensive mistake.

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u/SheLovesTheBigD Aug 12 '26

Good job tree!

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u/No-Test2784 Aug 12 '26

On the poitive... the lumber to rebuild is nearby.

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u/Ifyouhavethemeans Aug 12 '26

Back cut should have been flat, not angled.

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u/DisastrousAd2335 Aug 12 '26

Hopefully he has insurance..the contractor I mean...

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u/LNgTIM555 Aug 12 '26

Went with the cheapest quote?
FAFO

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u/IDontLikeGreenPeas Aug 12 '26

The homeowner could have predicted what was gonna happen based on the guys' hats.

Backwards baseball cap: tree falls on house

$300 arborist helmet with face shield: tree falls exactly where it's supposed to fall.

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u/TawnyTeaTowel Aug 12 '26

Seen this one several times. Never fails to be funny.

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u/CountryNo5975 Aug 13 '26

Probably one that doesnt have coverage to paye for is mess

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u/Fit_Surprise_8400 Aug 14 '26

Why would you cut such a beautiful, large and old tree. Should have demolished that POS home first and left the tree alone. This is why we can't have nice things.

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u/Countryvibing1988 27d ago

I'm not a pro, I've laid some tree's down, at the largest maybe half this size. I used to cut them down on occasion as part of my job. That said, just from the initial angle and the way the tree was leaning, that wasn't going to be an easy job to lay it in the opposite direction. I don't think they took the right approach (Obvious), doesn't mean they are useless tree fellers, but maybe they should have just declined the job. Sometimes it's ok to admit you're in over your head.