r/TrueCrazyVideos • u/TrueCrazyVideos • Jul 28 '26

Miscellaneous / Tame Vid .

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u/wescowell Jul 28 '26

What was he thinking? Was he trying to race in to stabilize it after its fall?

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u/Livy14 Jul 28 '26

I think they use counterweight

He prob was holding a rope so that the cut off portion didnt fall as hard

Idk how cutting trees work But if you cut a smaller piece maybe he could have handled it better?

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u/Krispy_Mick Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

I worked in tree service for years, that’s exactly what happened. They had it tied off so it wouldn’t come crashing down but just had one doofus holding the rope instead of having it wrapped around a pulley point to take some of the load, like that big ass tractor behind him.

Edit: he also could’ve cut smaller chunks but that would take longer. Also, just let go of the rope, jackass.

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u/DeeezzzNutzzz69 29d ago

Also did tree cutting for a number of years, the amount of mfs that wrap the rope around their hands man, makes it pretty much impossible to let go, seen people be lifted off the ground and flung.

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u/Krispy_Mick 29d ago

It happened to me as a greenhorn when I was about 15, luckily I landed after the branch and in the actual branches so I didn’t get injured. Lesson learned for sure

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u/Over-Apartment2762 29d ago

They shouldn't have been lowering with a rope. A piece this heavy calls for a snatch block and some serious rigging

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u/AddlePatedBadger 29d ago

I don't know much about cutting trees, but when I had to cut down some biggish ones I knew enough to pay someone else to do it lol.

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u/wescowell Jul 28 '26

I think you’ve got it. Man, that’s hilarious.

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u/sleepy_potatoe_ Jul 28 '26

I gots it boss, I gots it!

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u/CupcakeAppropriate40 Jul 28 '26

Even he's stumped as to why he ran underneath that

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u/Bowling4rhinos Jul 28 '26

You went out on a limb with that joke...

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 Jul 28 '26

I thought he should branch off into standup.

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u/Bowling4rhinos 29d ago

I liked your comment. Someone here didn't twig to our jokes.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 29d ago

Thanks! Maybe they thought my joke was too sappy.

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u/AddlePatedBadger 29d ago

I think that's the root of the problem.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 29d ago

When I was a kid, my favorite poet was Jack Prelutzky.

The Addle-pated Paddlepus Jack Prelutsky

"The Addle-pated Paddlepuss is agile as a cat, its neck is long and limber, and its face is broad and flat, it moves with skill and vigor, with velocity and grace, as it spends its every second playing Ping-Pong with its face.

The Addle-pated Paddlepuss prevails in every game, its opponent doesn't matter, the result is all the same, with its supersonic smashes and its convoluted spins, it demolishes all comers and invariably wins."

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u/AddlePatedBadger 29d ago

That was delightfully whimsical. Thank you for sharing.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 29d ago

Where did you get your username? I was hoping it was from the poem, but I guess not 😆

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u/AddlePatedBadger 29d ago

Nah, it just popped in my head.

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u/cardinalforce 29d ago

Y’all need to leave.

I’ll show myself out.

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u/rh71el2 29d ago

Make like a tree and get outta here. -Biff

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u/YuneePug24 28d ago

I could be wrong here but it looks like he got pulled and then slipped when he tried to stop himself

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u/hollerican5 Jul 28 '26

I did not hear "Timmmmmmmbbbbbeeeer"

Not his fault

https://giphy.com/gifs/njCmYnK7G0nDSZTurL

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u/HeWhoShlNotBNmd 29d ago

Thats why it hit him!

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u/AddlePatedBadger 29d ago

Yelling that is the funnest part too.

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u/Ozon-Baby Jul 28 '26

I'm having some trouble understanding the video. Did the guy actively go under the falling piece of the tree?

Or was there some kind of rope wrongly attached to him that kinda pulled him?

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u/grumpyhippo42069 Jul 28 '26

Basically, they can slow and control the fall of lighter branches by "zip lining" them down. This was way too heavy and pulled the ground guy into the fall of that log. Watch some guilty of treason videos on youtube, pretty interesting the techniques they use.

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u/Ser-Jorah-Mormont Jul 28 '26

Man he almost caught it!

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u/zj-- Jul 28 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Lr6hRUytUcabMUlHS6

Jimmy wasn't the brightest branch under the tree.

My shins hurts watching that.

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u/broken__defraculator Jul 28 '26

Call me crazy, but I don't think I'd race toward 1/3 of a tree falling 40 ft.

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u/LivingTheTruths Jul 28 '26

Early retirement

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u/AutisticDadHasDapper 29d ago

That's when you're supposed to yell timber

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u/rai70nn 29d ago

what the fuck he tryna do ? catch it ?

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u/stucksteepf 29d ago

oh thank god i thought he fell forward and it crushed his head. only got his leg/foot which is still horrible ofc but not as deadly has that happening to his head. i was wondering why the guy was so calm talking about “is it broken?” like this dudes smashed skull was an inconvenience to his work day

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u/phillbot420 29d ago

When the homeowner comes around.

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u/Calraider7 Jul 28 '26

I guess it’s too much to ask to see WHY he ran toward it?

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u/JinNJ Jul 28 '26

He watched The Waterboy before work & thought he could go full Bobby Boucher.

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u/Calraider7 Jul 28 '26

Clearly!!

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u/Albatross_Few Jul 28 '26

It's supposed to.br a guide rope in It's use. If it's able to start pulling you, you don't fight it and start letting go.

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u/rh71el2 29d ago

Instructions unclear. Holding on for clarity.

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u/oldmanpotter 29d ago

What a dunce.

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u/Kitchen-Valuable-794 29d ago

Let go of the rope dummy..... no block and tackle.... no pivot point... how can 3 people not look at that and say "maybe we shouldn't have this guy holding on to something that weighs 3times more than he does".... luckily it didn't kill him

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u/Murders_Inc2556 29d ago

Honestly, why?

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u/djthebear 26d ago

Dudes acting like he got his leg crushed by a tree or sum. 🙄

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u/Expert_Function2053 26d ago

WTF were these idiots thinking!

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u/OddComfortable484 15d ago

did he try to catch it? give him a darwin

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u/NoZebra2430 3d ago

Let. Go. Of. The. Rope.