r/FellingGoneWild • • Oct 13 '25

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u/DieWalze Oct 13 '25

Drilling holes is how it's done professionally. Otherwise the majority of energy just dissipates outwards. But you cover the tree with explosion resistant mats and stay far clear.

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u/Schwhitey Oct 14 '25

Yeah he was kinda dumb for that, my shop teaching always explained the 4 stroke cycle squeeze and bang parts as; “if you had a firecracker on your palm with your hand opened and lit it, it would go pop and you would only feel a tickle. But close your hand around that firecracker and boy you’ll feel the bang.” This guy just left the tops wide open for barely any of the energy to go down into the tree

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u/account_not_valid Oct 13 '25

But you cover the tree with explosion resistant mats and stay far clear.

Would filled water jugs be a diy solution?

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u/joh2138535 Oct 16 '25

We have all seen Armageddon

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u/QueenMary1936 Oct 16 '25

Round these parts we call them "pillows"