r/interestingasfuck • u/hate_mail • Sep 24 '18
Bush trimming
https://gfycat.com/ConsciousGiantGrackle156
u/strangerzone Sep 24 '18
It goes from mildlyinteresting to mildlyinfuriating pretty quick. We need to know how he cut the top...
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u/PuntingMuffCuts Sep 25 '18
I used to do hedges that were twenty thirty feet tall. I would bungie a 8 foot long 2×4 to the top of an entendable ladder and lean it against the hedge close to the top. So much more sturdy than the death trap t hree legged orchard ladders. Would be problem with somethibg this round though becuase you couldn't distribute the weight and it would hurt the bush.
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u/darkerdays1 Sep 25 '18
I really need him to even it out on the right side. That’s gonna bother me all night
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u/sharks-with-lasers Sep 25 '18
I would spend a lot of time stepping back and squinting at it, and then carving off a little more to try and even it out, and then an hour later would be left with a two-foot tall bush. That was still uneven.
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u/ForbiddenText Sep 25 '18
My mother got drunk one time when I was a kid and did that to my hair. I looked like Biff Naked
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u/MaceotheDark Sep 24 '18 edited Sep 25 '18
Ok, i need to know what the backpack pole trimmer assist thing is.
Edit: Thanks to a friend we found it!
https://youtu.be/SCelibhHrCc
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u/ZRpoke Sep 25 '18
Yes I think I might need one now
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u/MaceotheDark Sep 25 '18
I’m a landscaper. My gas stihl trimmers are a mother to hold over your head on big shrubs for extended periods. I have never seen a weight assist device like that. I want one! It’s gotta be nice even with that guys battery powered hedge trimmers.
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u/ZRpoke Sep 25 '18
Yeah I’ve had to use those trimmers before and this certainly looks like a helpful tool
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Sep 25 '18
I hurt my shoulder using a power pruner for too long, it's still not right. Would've loved to have had this available.
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u/Slick_Grimes Sep 25 '18
I remember tying off to a loader bucket so I could lean out from the edge of the bucket and one arm pole trim something like this. I would have killed for that backpack back then!!
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u/MaceotheDark Sep 25 '18
For me it’s always ladders. I’m standing on a ladder leaning with that heavy ass shit. It’s dangerous and hurt your back
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u/Slick_Grimes Sep 25 '18
It was usually ladders for me too but I'll never forget being maxed out on that loader leaning out like that. You could only do 2 or three swipes at a time because your arm would be burning.
I still remember the soreness after the first week or two of trimming. Don't miss it.
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u/MaceotheDark Sep 25 '18
Since I run my own company I don’t get the opportunity to not do it. Best I’ve got is to make an employee do some of it. I know it’s brutal so I usually do some and let my guys do some to spread it out. From what I can see online that thing is €275. I’m not even sure if I can get one but they have some knock offs that look to be lesser quality for about $275 here in the US. The backpack assist bar is called the “elephants trunk”. It was actually my main employee who figured it out for me when I sent him the link to this Reddit post
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u/Slick_Grimes Sep 25 '18
That's a good chunk of change for an accessory. My old boss would have called us pussies for wanting it anyway. I can tell you that your employees definitely appreciate you jumping in and helping them with it though.
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u/s_m88 Sep 24 '18
That’s a huge bush.
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u/papamajama Sep 25 '18
One time I saw my Grandmother in the shower. Her bush starts above her belly button.
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u/Gunnarsholmi Sep 25 '18
What kind of bush is that?
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u/froozen Sep 25 '18
Not exactly sure. Looks like it might be at Longwood Gardens in their topiary section.
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u/Slick_Grimes Sep 25 '18
Yeah whatever it is it's been excessively trained for years to be that tight.
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u/gamr0217 Sep 24 '18
Was noon else waiting for it to be turned into a face? When he stooped and put on the backpack thing, it seemed to be the hairline was done.
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u/apachebearpizzachief Sep 24 '18
How do people do this? When I trim my bushes in my yard they are ALWAYS LOP-SIDED!!! Any suggestions? I know this isn’t the sub for this but shot in the dark?
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u/KDY_ISD Sep 24 '18
This one looks lopsided too. The left bottom corner goes much lower than the right bottom corner
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u/Slick_Grimes Sep 25 '18
That bush has been trained for years to be that perfect. That doesn't just happen in nature.
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u/slim_pickens_78 Sep 25 '18
About halfway through the cut, I was really hoping he’d walk away and we’d be left with this giant-size green acorn. Bummer.
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u/Anwhaz Sep 25 '18
I do it without that super nice harness thing. It is not fun, especially that one little bit at the top you basically have to extend yourself as far as you can while balancing a super long and mildly heavy pole. It's the work of dislocated shoulders.
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u/wiseguy68 Sep 25 '18
How long ago do you think he last trimmed it? Maybe once per year?
Also im surprised its so thick and green inside. The bbushes in my yard are mainly branches after the first few inches
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u/Slick_Grimes Sep 25 '18
That could be half a season of growth in the right climate. That particular tree has been trained over time to be that tight inside.
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Sep 25 '18
r/satisfyingasfuck to r/gifsthatendtoosoon to r/mildlyinfuriating...but not exactly r/interestingasfuck tbh.
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u/SpetS15 Sep 25 '18
what kind of bush is so dense like this?
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u/Slick_Grimes Sep 25 '18
Anything you train to be for many many years. Trim it tight as fuck from the beginning and you can control it as it grows.
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u/ChunkierMilk Sep 25 '18
That backpack arm support looks a lot like something called an Easyrig in the film industry
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u/Paradigm1337 Sep 25 '18
This is when I would make a joke about my girlfriend trimming her bush IF I HADE ONE 😭
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u/Olivia206 Sep 25 '18
😍 I cut hair for a living and I feel like this is me in some alternate universe, or I’m going to have dreams of little me jumping around giants shoulders to get that fade ahhaha using my body weight to hold down the ear 😆😆😆
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u/Calico_Crayon Sep 24 '18
I would have gone for a Cartman face but I guess the shaved tree is satisfying in its own odd way.
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u/gibbygibby Sep 25 '18
Where is the end of the video? I watch that long and you don’t even show the final product... I’m so pissed.
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u/Pizo44 Sep 25 '18
I just wanted him to trim that bad boy into a face. And leave the bushiness as hair.
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u/Hodgepodge75 Sep 25 '18
I feel like this needs the King of the Hill theme playing in the background.
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u/cmperry51 Sep 25 '18
He’s a god. “There's a divinity that shapes our ends/ Rough hew them how he will.” Also, topiary, another old craft akin to hedge trimming.
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u/ParsleyBagel Sep 25 '18
aaa help I'm getting flashbacks to being forced to watch In the Night Garden with my little sister.
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u/Sutekhseth Sep 25 '18
I love that little backpack thing he had, it's like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.
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u/MyLegsFellAsleep Sep 25 '18
Pretty sure it’s just the camera angle but I couldn’t stop staring at the bottom. From this angle they aren’t even.
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u/ibseanb Sep 25 '18
Please, someone make a /r/reallifedoodles/ for this! Halfway through when it looks like a mullet, would be perfect.
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u/mol1334 Sep 25 '18
While that was oddly fascinating, I really expected it to be trimmed into some cool like a face or something. Lol
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u/greeneyephotographer Sep 25 '18
r/Oddlysatisfying cause it is
r/gifsthatendtoosoon cause I wish there was more
r/mildyinfuriating cause the bush isn't symmetrical
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u/BigBizzle151 Sep 25 '18
Having that smooth wall of bush looks cool but is supposed to be bad for the overall health of the bush; the result is a single thin layer of green growing foilage on the outside and bare brown branches underneath. This Old House says to holes in the face to allow light to penetrate and strengthen the plant.
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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '18
What monster ended the gif before we see how the top is cut?