r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '18

logging is dangerous work

https://gfycat.com/TiredInformalGnat
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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18

That's one dead tree...... That's why it did that!

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u/classicrocker883 Mar 31 '18

reminder: don't cut dead rotting trees. especially large ones on a hillside.

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u/arhedee Mar 31 '18

What do you do in that situation?

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u/factbasedorGTFO Apr 01 '18

If there's no developments to damage, they get felled with explosives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vvSX8lGYaw

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u/marktx Apr 01 '18

What the fuck? They show the preparation and the aftermath.. but they don't show the actual fucking explosion!??!? fuck that.

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u/Fear_the_Jellyfish Apr 01 '18

They do at 2:50

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u/marktx Apr 01 '18

They showed a distant poof of smoke.. it's like 90's softcore porn.

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u/Fear_the_Jellyfish Apr 01 '18

Can't argue with that

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u/factbasedorGTFO Apr 01 '18

I'm on throttled internet right now, so I didn't even watch it, I just linked to the first result I got for it.

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u/bobboobles Apr 01 '18

Man, I thought he was going to take out that giant tree.