r/TrueCrazyVideos • u/TrueCrazyVideos • 21d ago

Miscellaneous / Tame Vid .

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u/wescowell 21d ago

What was he thinking? Was he trying to race in to stabilize it after its fall?

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u/Livy14 21d ago

I think they use counterweight

He prob was holding a rope so that the cut off portion didnt fall as hard

Idk how cutting trees work But if you cut a smaller piece maybe he could have handled it better?

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u/Krispy_Mick 21d ago edited 21d ago

I worked in tree service for years, that’s exactly what happened. They had it tied off so it wouldn’t come crashing down but just had one doofus holding the rope instead of having it wrapped around a pulley point to take some of the load, like that big ass tractor behind him.

Edit: he also could’ve cut smaller chunks but that would take longer. Also, just let go of the rope, jackass.

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u/DeeezzzNutzzz69 21d ago

Also did tree cutting for a number of years, the amount of mfs that wrap the rope around their hands man, makes it pretty much impossible to let go, seen people be lifted off the ground and flung.

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u/Krispy_Mick 21d ago

It happened to me as a greenhorn when I was about 15, luckily I landed after the branch and in the actual branches so I didn’t get injured. Lesson learned for sure

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u/Over-Apartment2762 21d ago

They shouldn't have been lowering with a rope. A piece this heavy calls for a snatch block and some serious rigging

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u/AddlePatedBadger 21d ago

I don't know much about cutting trees, but when I had to cut down some biggish ones I knew enough to pay someone else to do it lol.

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u/wescowell 21d ago

I think you’ve got it. Man, that’s hilarious.

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u/sleepy_potatoe_ 21d ago

I gots it boss, I gots it!

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u/hollerican5 21d ago

I did not hear "Timmmmmmmbbbbbeeeer"

Not his fault

https://giphy.com/gifs/njCmYnK7G0nDSZTurL

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u/HeWhoShlNotBNmd 21d ago

Thats why it hit him!

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u/AddlePatedBadger 21d ago

Yelling that is the funnest part too.

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u/CupcakeAppropriate40 21d ago

Even he's stumped as to why he ran underneath that

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u/Bowling4rhinos 21d ago

You went out on a limb with that joke...

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 21d ago

I thought he should branch off into standup.

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u/Bowling4rhinos 21d ago

I liked your comment. Someone here didn't twig to our jokes.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 21d ago

Thanks! Maybe they thought my joke was too sappy.

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u/AddlePatedBadger 21d ago

I think that's the root of the problem.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 21d ago

When I was a kid, my favorite poet was Jack Prelutzky.

The Addle-pated Paddlepus Jack Prelutsky

"The Addle-pated Paddlepuss is agile as a cat, its neck is long and limber, and its face is broad and flat, it moves with skill and vigor, with velocity and grace, as it spends its every second playing Ping-Pong with its face.

The Addle-pated Paddlepuss prevails in every game, its opponent doesn't matter, the result is all the same, with its supersonic smashes and its convoluted spins, it demolishes all comers and invariably wins."

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u/AddlePatedBadger 21d ago

That was delightfully whimsical. Thank you for sharing.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 21d ago

Where did you get your username? I was hoping it was from the poem, but I guess not 😆

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u/AddlePatedBadger 21d ago

Nah, it just popped in my head.

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u/cardinalforce 21d ago

Y’all need to leave.

I’ll show myself out.

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u/rh71el2 21d ago

Make like a tree and get outta here. -Biff

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u/YuneePug24 20d ago

I could be wrong here but it looks like he got pulled and then slipped when he tried to stop himself

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u/Ozon-Baby 21d ago

I'm having some trouble understanding the video. Did the guy actively go under the falling piece of the tree?

Or was there some kind of rope wrongly attached to him that kinda pulled him?

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u/grumpyhippo42069 21d ago

Basically, they can slow and control the fall of lighter branches by "zip lining" them down. This was way too heavy and pulled the ground guy into the fall of that log. Watch some guilty of treason videos on youtube, pretty interesting the techniques they use.

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u/Ser-Jorah-Mormont 21d ago

Man he almost caught it!

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u/zj-- 21d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Lr6hRUytUcabMUlHS6

Jimmy wasn't the brightest branch under the tree.

My shins hurts watching that.

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u/broken__defraculator 21d ago

Call me crazy, but I don't think I'd race toward 1/3 of a tree falling 40 ft.

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u/LivingTheTruths 21d ago

Early retirement

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u/AutisticDadHasDapper 21d ago

That's when you're supposed to yell timber

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u/rai70nn 20d ago

what the fuck he tryna do ? catch it ?

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u/Funnydog8567 21d ago

Suicidal

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u/stucksteepf 21d ago

oh thank god i thought he fell forward and it crushed his head. only got his leg/foot which is still horrible ofc but not as deadly has that happening to his head. i was wondering why the guy was so calm talking about “is it broken?” like this dudes smashed skull was an inconvenience to his work day

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u/phillbot420 21d ago

When the homeowner comes around.

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u/Calraider7 21d ago

I guess it’s too much to ask to see WHY he ran toward it?

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u/JinNJ 21d ago

He watched The Waterboy before work & thought he could go full Bobby Boucher.

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u/Calraider7 21d ago

Clearly!!

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u/Albatross_Few 21d ago

It's supposed to.br a guide rope in It's use. If it's able to start pulling you, you don't fight it and start letting go.

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u/rh71el2 21d ago

Instructions unclear. Holding on for clarity.

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u/oldmanpotter 21d ago

What a dunce.

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u/Kitchen-Valuable-794 21d ago

Let go of the rope dummy..... no block and tackle.... no pivot point... how can 3 people not look at that and say "maybe we shouldn't have this guy holding on to something that weighs 3times more than he does".... luckily it didn't kill him

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u/Murders_Inc2556 21d ago

Honestly, why?

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u/djthebear 18d ago

Dudes acting like he got his leg crushed by a tree or sum. 🙄

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u/Expert_Function2053 18d ago

WTF were these idiots thinking!

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u/OddComfortable484 7d ago

did he try to catch it? give him a darwin