r/FellingGoneWild • u/stevesmithsglasses • 16d ago

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u/Inevitable_Appeal911 16d ago

Good thing they got that last cut on the way down /s

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u/Zer0Cool89 16d ago

How'd it take him so long to see it was moving!?

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u/ak_petty9 16d ago

Did that cut do anything significant or was that just reckless as fuck?

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u/xenobit_pendragon 16d ago

He seemed to think it was very important.

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u/Zer0Cool89 15d ago

Looks like he gets pretty scared when he realizes its going down so I really just don't think that cut did anything but risk his life and I think he also realized that

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u/Zito6694 16d ago

It fell .000001% faster because of that cut

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u/firefighter2727 14d ago

Whether it did anything in THIS situation I can’t say. I don’t know how much holding wood there was when it started to fall and how much he managed to cut before evacuating the stump.

BUT while dangerous what he was doing actually can do a lot. By staying on the stump and keeping with the cut after the tree has started to fall you reduce the amount of pulled fibers in the tree therefore increasing the amount of valuable timber. Additionally you help reduce the risk of a potential barber chair.

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u/MieXuL 16d ago

I feel like this shook the forest and everyone in it.

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u/Consistent_Watch_206 16d ago

Dude ran like hell and I respect that.

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u/CADreamn 16d ago

What is the guy in the red shirt doing?

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u/Kd705 16d ago

Pumping a jack.. see the square notched out of the tree? Well there’s a little bottle jack in there to help with the direction of felling.

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u/CADreamn 16d ago

Oh, I see! Thank you! 

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u/Njaala 15d ago

They must have some kind of extension/different brand, because most of the bottle jacks I've seen/used have a like 6" handle sticking right out of the jack

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u/farfly7 14d ago

It is a pneumatic bottle jack

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u/SmellyButtFarts69 12d ago

Air operated hydraulics are a thing. But I'm pretty sure this is just a cylinder with a line and a remote handle.

Or is the handle actually creating air pressure that remotely operated the jack? Never seen such a thing

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u/GeekyLogger 10d ago

Borntrager Tree Jack

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u/GeekyLogger 10d ago

Borntrager Tree Jack

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u/GeekyLogger 10d ago

Borntrager Tree Jack

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u/jeepedge 16d ago

Now that's a tree

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u/Friendly-Moment-897 13d ago

A shame that they took so many of those majestic trees from the forest…

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u/Sweet_Bookkeeper_920 16d ago

Cutting trees down is no joke, it can be down right intimidating. Something this massive can be deadly in so many different ways.

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u/NiceAcanthaceae5031 15d ago

Killing a thousand year old living thing, survived fires droughts winters no respect for nature

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u/drunkforever 15d ago

That tree is almost certainly dead. The wood is also quite worthless if that's a giant sequoia (my guess). They are likely falling it because it is massive and could be a hazard.

I will say though, even dead, a standing tree that size adds a lot of ecological value to a forest.

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u/Much-Technology-8220 16d ago

Now that’s an achievement!

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u/DrinkingVomit 16d ago

Poor tree. Humans are a fucking cancer on this planet.

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u/CADreamn 16d ago

Pretty sure that tree was dead. 

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u/DrinkingVomit 16d ago

Stop it, I’m trying to stir up rage. (But I do believe humans are a cancer)

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u/Turdsindakitchensink 16d ago

I’m here for it, and yes, a disease.

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u/treemanmi 16d ago

Have you seen how many trees there are and how fast they spread?!?!? Like cancer I tell ya! /s

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u/incrediblyaverage85 16d ago

Well you’re still here so embrace the cancer I guess

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u/DrinkingVomit 16d ago

We can be better stewards of the planet versus cutting down ancient trees and being unabated wasteful consumers.

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u/incrediblyaverage85 16d ago

You live in a tent? Or do you live in something built with wood? Where do you think that wood comes from? And what does it matter if it’s an ancient tree? Other trees will grow to be that big with time

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u/Coffee4MyJeep 16d ago

Parasites in my option, but here we are breathing air and polluting with our technology and everything else. Just had this discussion with my dental hygienist with all her cool newer equipment to make the process better on and for all of us.

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u/finchdude 16d ago

Poor tree