Posted on 01/03/2021 12:48:13 PM PST by SamAdams76
Wow! That’s pretty awesome!
one of the things a lot of people underestimate in terms of work around their property
More gifs:
https://tenor.com/search/cutting-tree-gifs
OK...I’m very impressed.
If that’s you in the GIF, I’m impressed.
Wow! That’s pretty awesome!
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Sure and no doubt lots of experience and skill.... but when you are inches from roofs, don’t underestimate the luck factor.
He was right to give thanks!
(I still have phantom feelings in a limb smashed by a tree that fell not where I intended, in heavy underbrush. A dead tree — unpredictable as article notes and I learned the painful way.)
Definitely a pucker moment.
We heat with firewood I cut myself and live in heavy hardwood forest where all the oak and hickory I need is in the few trees that die each year in our 20 acres and 100 surrounding acres.
I’ve been felling large trees (24” DBH & larger) for almost 50 years, and by God’s grace, only one tree didn’t go where I aimed it. Most have gone within 5 deg. of where I’ve aimed them. Yes, ropes and chains & tension are sometimes required. Just felled a 14” oak at my son’s house last week & it was a bulls-eye.
Professional loggers might get careless, but I don’t. And I always pray before felling a large tree.
God is good. And full of mercy and grace for fools like me.
BTW - I am 75.
Excellent,the guy that did my serious tree removal and hardwood management in Ct could point to the spot he would put it and it would land there.
Noting as serious as smack dab between 2 buildings, nice job
And yes, I always give thanks when the tree goes where I prayed it would go!
But I wouldn’t think of attempting what this guy did!
I can generally drop ‘em where I want ‘em, but that - that’s a miracle.
“They want tree fellers, and there’s only two of us!” (Benny Hill)
some of those idiots got seriously damaged, physically. Mentally some were already shot.
I posted a similar link recently...
A bit more care being taken also means a bit more time... but still very instructive to see how you can take down a problematic tree with less risk of doing the damage to the surroundings that otherwise seem almost inevitable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rwx6Z3Fzjo
Thumbs up - I'll be 70 this year.
That’s impressive. I owned 15 acres of virgin woodlands for several years. Lots of trees. I owned three chainsaws. My in-laws had another 400 acres a few miles away. Cut a lot of trees. One thing I learned is this: limbing up a downed tree can be far more dangerous than felling the tree. Those limbs are under a lot of tension and you gotta be careful
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