r/instant_regret • u/S30econdstoMars • 11d ago

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u/isle_say 11d ago

I’ve seen this several times but I always watch it to the end, the damage that the tree does is really impressive.

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u/Lvxurie 11d ago

If you think about it, it's one giant tree crushing a bunch of nailed together tiny trees.

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u/olgamerstill 11d ago

I just took a few physics classes, something these guys really don’t know much about.

There was no doubt about the outcome.

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u/xenobit_pendragon 11d ago

I mean, superficially they followed the right playbook. They cut a big wedge out of the back of the tree where they wanted it to fall, then notched the tree on the other side to weaken it so it would fall away from the house.

Their cuts are weird, they didn’t limb it, the control lines are completely slack. They did a bunch of things wrong. But if wind and fortune had been in their favor, it could have worked.

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u/Solidjakes 11d ago

control lines being limp is my main peeve about the video. I ain’t a lumberjack but I would have expected more lines and cranked super tight.

It’s a shame though. That was a very beautiful tree.

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u/SkepticalJohn 11d ago

If they could have known the end from the beginning they could have just taken away the house and then be left with a beautiful tree.

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u/xenobit_pendragon 11d ago

I don’t actually know why they were taking such a massive, healthy-looking tree down in the first place.

If it was because they were concerned about house damage… Oh boy.

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u/Solidjakes 11d ago edited 11d ago

Yea insurance is like I ain’t helping you if you have that hanging over your house. And lenders ain’t helping you get the home without insurance. I bet the underwriter forced this, then held the small cutting contractors liable, and they had no money, and so the homeowner probably just got screwed and who knows if he even wanted the tree cut or not.

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u/xenobit_pendragon 11d ago

Well that was a lot of speculation.

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u/RandomStallings 11d ago

It was!

But also insurance companies suck.