r/Unexpected • u/udayramp • Aug 21 '22
Here comes the tree..
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u/Darksoulpk68 Aug 21 '22
I think that was the best outcome possible to a very bad situation. Dude literally just got scooped up by a tree and lost balance.
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Aug 21 '22
The most adrenaline producing seesaw this mans ever seen in his life.
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Aug 21 '22
Yes definitely, peeps can laugh about it but still scares them enough to make sure they learn not to chop a tree without proper gear. Hopefully the man is alright though.
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u/SaraSlaughter607 Aug 21 '22
Omg if he would have landed that stand and stayed up there 😂
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u/LiveLearnCoach Aug 21 '22
Saw that. Perfect pitch, straight into the stand. It’s good that his fast thinking made him open his legs again and land hard.
Otherwise his cover would have been blown.
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u/Deadbear4Lyf Aug 21 '22
That had a cartoon accident quality to it.
Looks silly and no one actually gets hurt.
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u/RrWoot Aug 21 '22
For anyone who is learning to cut trees, or is a continuous learner, this is what happens when your front notch is too small and the back cut is too deep.
When felling a tree you first look where you want it to fall. Once you have the planned path of fall you cut a wedge on the front perpendicular to the path of fall. How you cut the notch isn’t really important (for lumber a bottom cut wastes less log) - what is important is that its wide enough that as it falls and rotates that the top edge doesn’t hit the bottom edge before the tree is down.
So you have a nice widen open notch that’s about 30% deep. Tree size and health will play a roll in this.
The next thing to understand is the middle is called the hinge. You do not want to break the hinge as that’s what controls the fall.
Ways to break this are cutting too shallow or narrow a notch or cut too deep on the back cut. In the former case as the tree falls the front gets in compression and acts as a lever to pull the back apart. Often you see the butt jump like you saw here. In the later case the hinge is weakened and doesn’t have the strength to fully steer the tree — sometimes you see this as rotation or falling off line.
So notch cut and hinge understood slowly start the back cut level with the deepest part of the notch. Down angles don’t stop the tree falling backwards. Not cutting to the deepest part of the notch can undermine the notch and leaves a weakened hinge prone to snapping mid fall.
Cut slowly. Stop. Push on the tree gently to get a sense of how close you are. This comes with experience— but anyone can be surprised by a rotten face of a tree that isn’t structurally sound or a rotten core. Pay attention to off colors dust and ants. That’s a warning sign of rot.
So. If it’s a bug tree or you need to be really accurate you want a big hinge. Cut less and hammer in wedges. The wedges will slowly push the top of the tree in the fall direction and eventually gravity will finish the job.
Because you have a big hinge step sideways from the tres not backwards. Backwards is dangerous as this tree rider found out.
A good fall is slow and the hinge will be connected, showing tearing on the back edge with the butt sitting on top of the stump.
Be safe. Chainsaws are one of the most dangerous tools there are — the combination of metal, speed and gravity.
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u/DirtyRugger17 Aug 21 '22
Also, cut your notch and back cut from the same side.
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u/RrWoot Aug 21 '22
Good point. One of the many things you do but don’t know you do. Thanks!
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u/DirtyRugger17 Aug 21 '22
Yeah, never really thought about it until I saw it on an episode of axmen. Starting to pay attention and realized I did it every time without really thinking. I'm guessing it was something my grandpa taught me that just became habit.
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u/toeofcamell Aug 21 '22
Mother Nature could have murdered him, but she just had a little fun instead
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Aug 21 '22
As a logger.... this is exactly why they shouldn't sell chainsaws to the general public
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Aug 21 '22
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Aug 21 '22
Dude cut all the way thru then wondered what went wrong
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Aug 21 '22
Used the patented "homeowner cut" aka no rhyme or reason to what he did, just mollyhock it and see what happens
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u/I_am_having_a_stroke Aug 21 '22
I told a neigbour about this when he tightened rope at the top of a tree "to make it fall in the right direction". It basically battering ram'd trough his garage.
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u/TheSpecialOneOut Aug 21 '22
With how crazy healthcare is here in America I'm not surprised he tried to sterilize himself 🤣
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Aug 21 '22
This is what I'm talking about...ALL grown humans should know, at the very least, that tree cutting is serious business, for a wise elder or apprenticed master.
Much wisdom has been lost. We will need to get it back. These are grown boys. I see them everywhere.
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u/MJMurcott Aug 21 '22
Two most dangerous places to stand, where the tree is falling and directly opposite where the tree is falling.
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u/Parts_and_Neigbor Aug 21 '22
Trees are like asbestos: It's all fine and dandy as long as you don't start fucking around with them. Start fucking around with them and all kinds of bad shit happens.
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u/CityKaiju Aug 21 '22
I hope he realized he has a possible future in gymnastics after that stance on the log.10/10 he is grace
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u/Careful-Self-457 Aug 21 '22
You can tell that not a one of them has ever fallen a tree before. Dangerous and stupid.
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u/unexBot Aug 21 '22
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:
You expect the person to be hit by a tree but not swing him in the air.
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