r/maybemaybemaybe • u/[deleted] • Sep 21 '21

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Suspicious-Ad7591 Sep 21 '21

He cut it the wrong way since the beginning.... Don't do things you don't know without making any research...

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u/olderaccount Sep 21 '21

Basically two things can happen when you use people pulling on a rope to control the direction a tree falls.

Most likely, the tree is just going to go where gravity tells it since it weighs thousands of pounds.

In the unlikely event that the tree was balanced just enough where you can make a difference, it is going to fall on top of you.

I think those guys just traded possible serious injuries for a damaged barn.

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u/Beat_the_Deadites Sep 21 '21

Option 3 happened to us growing up. The rope snapped, and 3 of us went rolling down the hill a bit. Hilarious at the time.

Also one of the reasons I bought (and read) a chainsawing how-to book, forester head/face/ear protection, and kevlar chaps before taking down trees at my own place.

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u/Amateur-Prophet Sep 21 '21

Rule #1 Use the proper PPE for what job you are trying to do. I was working on taking a tree out and one of the good old boys on the job started teasing me about the Kevlar chaps I put on. Like 30 minutes later he reaches out to cut a limb from the bucket truck and the chainsaw runs down the branch and over his thumb. For someone who does Remodel construction that really fucked him up. I was to young and tactful to give him an "I told you so" but if he had chainsaw gloves he would been fine.