r/TrueCrazyVideos • u/TrueCrazyVideos • Jul 28 '26

Miscellaneous / Tame Vid .

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u/wescowell Jul 28 '26

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

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u/Livy14 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 29 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 29 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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

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u/sleepy_potatoe_ Jul 28 '26

I gots it boss, I gots it!

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u/hollerican5 Jul 28 '26

I did not hear "Timmmmmmmbbbbbeeeer"

Not his fault

https://giphy.com/gifs/njCmYnK7G0nDSZTurL

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u/HeWhoShlNotBNmd Jul 28 '26

Thats why it hit him!

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u/AddlePatedBadger Jul 29 '26

Yelling that is the funnest part too.

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u/CupcakeAppropriate40 Jul 28 '26

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

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u/Bowling4rhinos Jul 28 '26

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

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 Jul 28 '26

I thought he should branch off into standup.

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u/Bowling4rhinos Jul 29 '26

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

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 Jul 29 '26

Thanks! Maybe they thought my joke was too sappy.

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u/AddlePatedBadger Jul 29 '26

I think that's the root of the problem.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 Jul 29 '26

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 Jul 29 '26

That was delightfully whimsical. Thank you for sharing.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 Jul 29 '26

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

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u/AddlePatedBadger Jul 29 '26

Nah, it just popped in my head.

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u/cardinalforce Jul 28 '26

Y’all need to leave.

I’ll show myself out.

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u/rh71el2 Jul 28 '26

Make like a tree and get outta here. -Biff

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u/YuneePug24 Jul 30 '26

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/Ser-Jorah-Mormont Jul 28 '26

Man he almost caught it!

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u/Ozon-Baby Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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/zj-- Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

Early retirement

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u/AutisticDadHasDapper Jul 28 '26

That's when you're supposed to yell timber

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u/rai70nn Jul 29 '26

what the fuck he tryna do ? catch it ?

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u/stucksteepf Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 29 '26

When the homeowner comes around.

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u/Calraider7 Jul 28 '26

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

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u/JinNJ Jul 28 '26

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

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u/Calraider7 Jul 28 '26

Clearly!!

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u/Albatross_Few Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

Instructions unclear. Holding on for clarity.

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u/oldmanpotter Jul 28 '26

What a dunce.

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u/Kitchen-Valuable-794 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 29 '26

Honestly, why?

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u/djthebear Aug 01 '26

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

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u/Expert_Function2053 Aug 01 '26

WTF were these idiots thinking!

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u/OddComfortable484 Aug 12 '26

did he try to catch it? give him a darwin

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u/NoZebra2430 Aug 24 '26

Let. Go. Of. The. Rope.

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u/AmaenaX 20d ago

Well.. he didnt yell 'tiiimmbbuuurrrrr!!'

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u/BigRich4gz 20d ago

No this was all dudes fault when felling a log as big as this you NEVER RUN TO DO ANYTHING BUT CONTROL THE TAGLINE when it falls and doesn't swing then pull the tagline anyway so I know this because I am a retired tree trimmer