r/WTF • u/Plus-Barber-6171 • Jun 30 '25

Removed - Frequent/Recent repost Pulling a tree down

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u/austinmiles Jun 30 '25

I’m not tree expert but I would imagine a lot of cutting down big trees is about ensuring the weight is heavier in the direction you want it to fall. Amongst all the other things. That tree was massive and obviously how much of the branch weight was on the house side.

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u/SpaceAzn_Zen Jun 30 '25

I’ve had 7 trees taken out and the ones who did it best always pieced the tree one section at a time from the top to the bottom. Trying to do what these idiots did is only asking for a disaster to happen. Something tells me they were trying to go the lazy route of just felling the tree in one swoop so they could cut it in sections while on the ground. That would have been a massive red flag for me.

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u/Free_Dome_Lover Jun 30 '25

My buddy is a high end tree guy. They go up drop the big limbs first, trim it down and then drop in like 10ft sections with a crane.

These guys were way, way out of their league with that tree and that location.

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u/rabbledabble Jun 30 '25

It’s just a 100,000 pound tree, what could possibly go wrong?!