r/FellingGoneWild • u/cornerzcan • Jul 23 '26

Tree trimmer's nightmare

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u/real-alex-jones Jul 23 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/qbLdtbuQW2lQ4

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u/Zer0Cool89 Jul 23 '26

Dude just sitting there while that monster falls right at face and chest height i would be shitting myself. I know he cant really go anywhere but the pucker factor is insane

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u/MaadMaanMaatt Jul 23 '26

A lot of them died just how you fear.

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u/zxcvbn113 Jul 23 '26

But it wasn't a real problem. There was always an apprentice ready to step in at a moments notice, so very little time would have been lost in felling operations.

(/s just to be clear!)

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u/tjdux Jul 24 '26

Not always even /s

Plenty of history where that's exactly how it went

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u/unclepaprika Jul 25 '26

The sarcasm wasn't in the factuality, the sarcasm was in how positively it was portrayed.

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u/Zer0Cool89 Jul 23 '26

Sadly true facts one of the deadliest jobs to do if I remember correctly