Video - Cutting a Tree the wrong way

So I says to DanC -

1. I'm telling you that this is the best way to get that six-inch helicopter out of a tree.
2. You want to make sure that you cut the tree near the base (You don't need the ladder).
3. The angle looks good.
4. You're standing the the right spot.
5. gr8nrg can use the wood to repair his deck.
6. Let her rip.

of course (in hindsight), maybe I should not have had that one (ok eight) shots of bourbon first.
 
Been there, seen that~for real!

One Sunday morning at our old house, I was doing dishes and watching our firefighter neighbor and his three buddies prepare to take down a gigantic oak tree that was blocking the sun from their back deck. (we had all bee subjected to hearing how they could not "tan" on the deck due to so much shade). As the time neared for the men to help pull down the initial section of the tree I remember thinking "simple physics is telling me they are pulling the wrong way" but before I knew it "BOOM!" a huuuuge piece of old oak tree takes out half the deck like cracker crumbs!! All of them stare at the crumbs of the deck with dirt rising up like a cloud in stunned disbelief. As they ponder their genius, I go on about my day. A couple hours later I hear the voices of the men again and see them arranged under the tree, poised to take down the next section. Again, it all is too fast for me to grab a video camera and ~you guessed it!!~they took it down in the wrong direction AGAIN and destroyed the remaining half of the deck!!!!!:eek:

It all has a happy ending though as he had the most fantastic tan at the end of the summer as he spent the whole time outside clearing debris and rebuilding an entire deck.......:tongue:
 
The notch was TOTALLY not big enough and they *really* should have had someone pulling the tree the other way.

Holy cow that's just awful.

:eek:
 
It looked like (to me) that the tree was favoring that direction to begin with....:nodiea:
 
diGriz said:
So I says to DanC -

1. I'm telling you that this is the best way to get that six-inch helicopter out of a tree.
2. You want to make sure that you cut the tree near the base (You don't need the ladder).
3. The angle looks good.
4. You're standing the the right spot.
5. gr8nrg can use the wood to repair his deck.
6. Let her rip.

of course (in hindsight), maybe I should not have had that one (ok eight) shots of bourbon first.
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Hey, how did I get dragged into this? And without being offered even one shot of bourbon!
 
You have to ask?

DanC said:
Hey, how did I get dragged into this? And without being offered even one shot of bourbon!
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We had this conversation before -

I drink the bourbon and remind you about the dangers of combining 4' ladders, gas-powered cutting tools and alcohol.

And you - cut down the tree so it falls into the house.
 
Hello

Hey man i saw that video its really very bad you should not do like that,,,
 
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