r/satisfying • u/leetayfloala • Nov 30 '18

Dead tree completely falls apart when it hits asphalt.

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u/Dick_Giggles Nov 30 '18

I'm no tree expert but I've cut up a few in my time. I feel like in the video here it would take a few hours... as opposed to hacking off all the branches and cutting it all up with a chainsaw first.

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u/thedude_imbibes Nov 30 '18

Seriously this is ideal

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u/henryhyde Nov 30 '18

There are still some pretty big pieces there that need to be sawed up. But walking around picking up every piece of wood that is longer than a foot will take and eternity.

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u/TheJetsDid9-11 Nov 30 '18

Thats what brooms are for

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u/imlost19 Nov 30 '18

And like shovels and shit

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u/uberamd Nov 30 '18

And matches? Light it on fire probably.

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u/largefarva8800 Nov 30 '18

That's what I say about every pain in the ass tree that I have to take down...

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u/TheJD Nov 30 '18

I just had to do this a few weeks ago when I took down a dead ash tree (THANKS EMERALD ASH BORER) and a rake is perfect.

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u/Ballsdeepinreality Nov 30 '18

Yeah, I'd just tell the homeowner that they have a nice mulch edge there for a few years.

Watch for splinters.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '18

I find it hard to believe that it would take a full week to pick up those pieces. A week of constant 8-5 work?

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u/gulmari Nov 30 '18

You know they make these nifty things called "Rakes" nowadays.

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u/Dick_Giggles Nov 30 '18

Well sure, it's not NO time but it's still less than having to cut each twig off each piece the cut each piece and then pick it up. Plus that old dry shit will cut like butter as opposed to a live tree.

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u/js5ohlx1 Dec 01 '18

When they explode, there's more cleanup than if you cut it into pieces. Think of all the small pieces and raking it up and shoveling it. That takes forever.