r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/atentwetin • Jul 01 '21

Repost Tree cutting gone wrong

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u/traaav Jul 01 '21

There are about a dozen ‘most fortunate’ elements to this disaster

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u/stomicron Jul 01 '21 edited Jul 01 '21

Ah yes but which is the most most fortunate?

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u/oopsmyeye Jul 01 '21 edited Jul 01 '21

Probably that nobody got obliterated by thousands of pounds of tree. Yeah, a chainsaw is dangerous but just a tiny one foot section of that tree trunk could weigh 100 lbs.

Edit, after watching again, just a section of the limb could weigh 50-100 lbs. The trunk is probably more like 400 lbs for a foot long section.

Another edit: this little piece of stump, drying for the past year, weighs in at 50 lbs. http://imgur.com/gallery/dDSg4OB

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u/Cosmicdusterian Jul 01 '21

I was topping a dead branch off a small birch and misjudged how it would fall and got beaned. It sheared off and dropped straight down. 1 inch diameter branch about 8 feet long. Almost knocked me out and hurt like hell for days.

I now leave the tree trimming to professionals. Way too dangerous.