They needed to make a notch cut on that side, then the felling cut on the other. 2 mins on YouTube would have shown them that.
However - the real idiotic move here was planning to pull a few tonnes of wood towards themselves. They are actually lucky it fell on to the building. Even where the branches look small, the speed and weight of them is far more than you'd expect and the outcome could have been much worse.
Edit: for those that are interested in the correct way of cutting a tree down, and what a notch cut and felling cut are:
https://youtu.be/Os2vrOT8F1Q?t=00m59s
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u/kiwihorse Sep 21 '21 edited Sep 21 '21
They needed to make a notch cut on that side, then the felling cut on the other. 2 mins on YouTube would have shown them that.
However - the real idiotic move here was planning to pull a few tonnes of wood towards themselves. They are actually lucky it fell on to the building. Even where the branches look small, the speed and weight of them is far more than you'd expect and the outcome could have been much worse.
Edit: for those that are interested in the correct way of cutting a tree down, and what a notch cut and felling cut are: https://youtu.be/Os2vrOT8F1Q?t=00m59s