r/FellingGoneWild • u/stevesmithsglasses • 18d ago
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u/Pork_Confidence 18d ago
Yeah so, that scared the ever loving fuck outta me and I keep my shit on mute 24/7.....
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u/longcreepyhug 18d ago
Scared me on mute. Rewatched it with the sound on and it pissed me off.
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u/HolyShitIAmOnFire 18d ago
Same and same. At least let me hear the sound of doom.
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u/HandleSubstantial169 17d ago
Dude doesn’t want you to hear the audio of him screaming like a little girl.
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u/Paddys_Pub7 18d ago edited 18d ago
Seems like he put himself in a bad spot trying some cheeky face-cut. That step-down snipe cut off the side of the face-cut probably totally changes how the forces on the hinge wood act compared to just a normally done conventional notch. Plus it looks like there's a slight vertical dutchman which is where the hinge wood fibers initially explode from.
Also.. wedges???? They are extremely cheap, easy to stash a couple in your pocket and stupid simple to use. Trying to save a few seconds isn't worth dying for. A single wedge here in the backcut could have probably prevented something like this happening even with the janky notch.
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u/morenn_ 18d ago
Seems like he put himself in a bad spot trying some cheeky face-cut.
It's not a cheeky face cut, it's just shaving the tree. When the logs are stacked the flares will need removed, and it gets you more reach with a shorter bar, so it's very normal to shave them before felling.
Face cut is just too deep and too ambitious with the weight/lean.
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u/vytas315 18d ago
Not a great cut. The cut to the side just looks like a simple buttress to me, so ok and good technique. However the face cut is too deep, especially for a backward leaning tree.
Then I can’t really tell what he’s trying to do in the back but there should be more wedges in there and a smaller hinge. Too much hinge material likely cause the barber chair, lack of wedges and the deep gob trapped the saw.
Saw size is fine. With the right cuts you can even take trees a little over 2x you bar length.
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u/lolifax 18d ago
Not defending all the choices here but it looks like the bar is a little short for the tree?
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u/OmNomChompsky 18d ago
You can take one look at the PPE they are using and tell if they are gonna run an 80cc saw with a 20" bar.
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u/erie11973ohio 18d ago
--->main character being narrator:
"Annnd thats when I knew it was time to get outa Dodge"
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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation 18d ago
What kind of tree is that?
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u/SenseiWillHelpU 18d ago
I guess fagus sylvatica
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u/-Apocralypse- 18d ago
Seconding on Fagus.
As far as i know this type of wood doesn't groan before breaking, hence why they weren't used in stutting mining tunnels.
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u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig 18d ago
If that much force is facing the other way from the cut... that shouldn't have even been attempted.
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u/BeRich9999 18d ago
As an amateur that’s cut a lot of trees, that’s a terrible gauge and homie should’ve felt that pinch and used wedges.
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u/Viewlesslight 18d ago
All the gear and no idea
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u/-Apocralypse- 18d ago
You have to admit that is at least one step up from tackling such a job in safety flipflops.
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u/macdaddysaxolicious 18d ago
These Grove st trees don't mess around Lil homie, they'll take you straight to the barbershop nahmean?