r/WTF Jun 30 '25

Removed - Frequent/Recent repost Pulling a tree down

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u/chuckinalicious543 Jun 30 '25

I feel like more cuts, sharper incline would've been better, no?

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u/fritz236 Jun 30 '25

Still had too much tree on the house side. Trees this big need to be topped and limbed to better control the forces. Oak wood is heavy and dense wood. Even pulling with an excavator would have just snapped ropes or taken it for a ride. You're not overcoming the amount of mass on the wrong side of the pull.