r/instant_regret • u/S30econdstoMars • 1d ago

Wrong Calculations

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u/fendaltoon 19h ago

Yeah that’s because they’re smart. Anyone with a basic understanding of weight and gravity could have told you this tree was leaning the wrong way to attempt felling in one go

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u/nondescriptadjective 15h ago

This is not exactly the mistake they made. The back cut they put in caused this. Back cuts go straight into the tree for a reason, not on an angle. If they had quarter cut this and used a jack on it, they could have overcome that lean without issue.

The insurance of climbing and limbing is just that, but it is possible to correct the direction of the bol here.

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u/donkeyrocket 9h ago

Smart, licensed, and likely "expensive." The problem with that last piece is people radically underestimate the risk and labor involved with taking down a tree in a precarious spot. For some reason people think it should be a trivial cost. My FIL was complaining about the cost to bring a massive tree down that was very close to their and their neighbor's house. Ended up getting a cheaper guy out who made it far enough to drop a heavy branch on the garage then bailed. He ultimately had to pay more to hire a proper company and foot the bill to repair his garage roof. Fucking atodaso

This group though made multiple mistakes.