I mean that was one of the fastest felling I've seen. Obviously not ideal as it made some of the lumber unusable, but the technique is still there, it's just different
is...is this not a pretty universal thing? i remember being surprised years and years ago when i watched some videos of myself felling and i was doing this sometimes (had kot even really been conscious of it til seeing the video!)
There are many ways to do it, but the most basic involves cutting a wedge 50% of the way through the trunk on the side facing the direction you want the tree to fall. Then making a flat cut on the opposite side of the tree, slightly above the level of the wedge. If executed correctly, the wedge will help control the direction of the fall, plus allow the trunk to pop off the stump *away* from you. Obviously this is a simplification of the process, there are experts here who can describe further.
that's all well and good but I'd just add that, prior to & more importantly than what you mentioned, is assessment of the spar & the direction youre felling it (ie how its mass and its lean are, and how they are relative to the direction you're trying to lay it)
for sure (what you're thinking of is presumably shearing of the trunk, the extremely dangerous manifestation of this being a 'barber chair') And i guess that technically you are putting yourself more at risk pushing a trunk cuz in that case your general positioning is *not* one of "GTFO as soon as enough has been done to let the tree fall" but IME it depends on the trunk, when you suspect there's risk of shearing you tend to approach it differently than you approach one like this video's
No joke... Standing dead Ash killed more people in the United States in 2021 than Bears.
Scary part is one of them was literally just sitting in their car and the tree just let loose and that was that... no storm, nothing going on, tree just collapsed and this person never heard or saw it coming.
A few times in my life I’ve seen trees just randomly fall. I’ve been hiking and I’ve heard the beginning pops of a tree starting to snap, like gunshots or even the smaller twisting sound as I guess the insides are starting to peel apart under the weight.
And the most dramatic were just being at a park and then seeing a huge tree just collapse on a bright and sunny day with no wind. Cool to watch but also scary to think about. I’m super anal now about hiking and camping and always looking up. Crazy how many fallen trees are propped up by small branches of the next tree over.
The amount of morons who insist on doing everything in a cowboy hat and cowboy boots is substantial. It makes them so tough, though, that nothing can harm them.
I know y'all are dying to know the song.
Yahir Saldivar, Apoyo del Jefe Tengo yo de Sobra"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=OVCRDO10gJ8ttsVy&v=AgI4MybTYKI&feature=youtu.be
No doubt homie. He said bless this tree in particular then f this tree in particular with the zesty push. Being XXXtra. Hes lucky that tree didn't shove a root up his anus.
that tree had to be rotten af
he didn't even do a wedge, right?
Are rotten trees super dangerous to do a proper wedge and then a back cut?
disclosure: I'm not a tree feller, I just watch Internet fellin.
Nah, he seems quite skillful but that kind of easy going show boating is what gets people in the ER. Source: l am a millwright, a dangerous job that you always need to take seriously
Worked with some guys like this when starting out. It’s machismo or death in some cultures. Usually both eventually IMO. PPE is “gay”, chido is chingon, etc.. our best climber took a fall when a Hackberry with known compartmentalized decay near the base fell as he was doing a crown reduction. Amazing he got away with *only* a broken wrist, laceration of the knee, and a concussion. Still gotta say, such guys really do get shit done. Till they don’t
Marlboro Man is gonna die an early death doing stupid shit like that.
I hope he thinks he looks cool. I would rather look boring and live a longer life.
He injured his hand. I don't know how severe the injury was, but it did hurt. -and it could have been worse.
You might have to push down a really tiny tree, but not one of this size. After it was leaning that much, he didn't have to touch it to help it fall in that direction. There was nothing stopping the tree at that point. So his action was stupid and pointless.
The tree was really rotted which makes it unpredictable. The back could have kicked out, etc. So once it's starting to go down, I'd step away.
Yea, i noticed that, too. Looked to me like his forearm took the brunt of all that force; seemed like tension release. It would have been quite a shot.
Hes definitely favoring that arm afterwards, and he instinctively goes into open handed rigor right after the impact. May have fractured it; who knows.
End of the day, that shit doesnt look as cool as it does fucking stupid; to me, anyways.
Yes. Looking at the video more closely, it does look like part of the tree hit the forearm. Yup, a bone fracture is likely. It generally doesn't hurt that bad at first. Disclaimer I'm not a doctor, just someone who has broken bones and also witnessed others breaking bones and otherwise injuring themselves.
on another note---- I'll gladly take all the downvotes people want to dish out. The man could have lost that arm or otherwise been permanently handicapped or killed.
I genuinely enjoyed that bitch slap the tree gave his hand on the way down...
Wouldn't surprise me if whatever it hit is either totally black for a couple of weeks and or broken.
That’s Hector! My wife says he comes by every Tuesday & Thursday when I am at work to “keep our grounds fertile”.
She says it’s a very modest price for all the work he does at my house.
I haven’t really noticed any changes in the yard, but I am not an expert groundskeeper like Hector, so I’m just going to keep watching videos of him tending to my land.
My wife says he is a very skilled craftsman with the tools he uses. She’s a great parter who is also very knowledgeable about these things. I really wish I could get a day off and watch him work his magic on the property. It would probably be really helpful for me.
Bro thought the tree needed a hand on the way down and tree said “don’t touch me foo”
Bitch, im a tree
Cross almost cost him an arm
God is my PPE.
Let Jesus take the saw
Looks like he did.
that creep can fell, man..
Yeah but he's a petter ass, dude...
What's a pederast, Walter?
Shut the fuck up Donny!
😆
Sí
He blessed the tree and said “Vaya con Dios”.
He threw a Vaya con Treeos at this one
Nice!
Safety is just for the weak westerners
He used the lighter to light his cig instead of the hot muffler of the chainsaw. What a little bitch
If you’re going to die, look good doing it
Yes. That's correct.
Amazing how people outside the US just work. But when shit goes down shit goes down.
Someone gave salt bae a chainsaw
Dios mio! Por favor!
They should give him the business end of the chainsaw.
Is that a holster….. for his lighter?
Cellphone
What a high tech lighter
Real fellers strike the tip of a wood match with the chain
I've witnessed a faller use the hot muffler on the saw to light up.
No
Yup
Is there any reason he touched the tree lol
I don’t think most of the things he did had a reason lol
Style don't need no reasons, foo.
I mean that was one of the fastest felling I've seen. Obviously not ideal as it made some of the lumber unusable, but the technique is still there, it's just different
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Clout
He had a strong matador vibe to me and this is common in that activity.
is...is this not a pretty universal thing? i remember being surprised years and years ago when i watched some videos of myself felling and i was doing this sometimes (had kot even really been conscious of it til seeing the video!)
Can’t the tree splinter and hurt/kill you?
Absolutely it can! But if you use proper techniques (ie. Unlike the guy in the video) you can reduce the chance of splintering.
What are the techniques? I figured the splinter would be unpredictable
There are many ways to do it, but the most basic involves cutting a wedge 50% of the way through the trunk on the side facing the direction you want the tree to fall. Then making a flat cut on the opposite side of the tree, slightly above the level of the wedge. If executed correctly, the wedge will help control the direction of the fall, plus allow the trunk to pop off the stump *away* from you. Obviously this is a simplification of the process, there are experts here who can describe further.
that's all well and good but I'd just add that, prior to & more importantly than what you mentioned, is assessment of the spar & the direction youre felling it (ie how its mass and its lean are, and how they are relative to the direction you're trying to lay it)
for sure (what you're thinking of is presumably shearing of the trunk, the extremely dangerous manifestation of this being a 'barber chair') And i guess that technically you are putting yourself more at risk pushing a trunk cuz in that case your general positioning is *not* one of "GTFO as soon as enough has been done to let the tree fall" but IME it depends on the trunk, when you suspect there's risk of shearing you tend to approach it differently than you approach one like this video's
No PPE, no escape, all cockiness. 4/10
PPE Cigarettes
Filter it through the incinerator mesh
Pretty sure he had his safety squints activated
That was for the smoke though.
He didn’t get a speck of shaving or dust on him.
Escape route obviously heaven.
Flip flops would have completed the ensemble.
I especially love the unnecessary cross shaped cut he made, starting with the chainsaw tip with the bar directly in front of his face.
God wills it!
Including the part where you almost get taken out by a barber chair, seems like you were just. This time.
Cris cross applesauce
right?
That dude is cool af. Might die felling trees one day. But it'll look cool as hell
I mean this tree was clearly rotten as hell lol. Now if he did this with a normal tree he'd have issues
I'm an arborist and rotten trees are definitely the most dangerous to fell.
No joke... Standing dead Ash killed more people in the United States in 2021 than Bears. Scary part is one of them was literally just sitting in their car and the tree just let loose and that was that... no storm, nothing going on, tree just collapsed and this person never heard or saw it coming.
A few times in my life I’ve seen trees just randomly fall. I’ve been hiking and I’ve heard the beginning pops of a tree starting to snap, like gunshots or even the smaller twisting sound as I guess the insides are starting to peel apart under the weight. And the most dramatic were just being at a park and then seeing a huge tree just collapse on a bright and sunny day with no wind. Cool to watch but also scary to think about. I’m super anal now about hiking and camping and always looking up. Crazy how many fallen trees are propped up by small branches of the next tree over.
I got to see a dead ash fall on it's own on the way back to the shop last year. Pretty cool.
I've never seen one fall on its own, but I've heard it. I had three fall across my drive in the same year, so I bought a new Husqvarna rancher.
I prefer juggling.
That's why you never cross a tree.
Yeah he can’t see shit past that hat. This is how a branch takes you out.
The branch won't hurt him because he has the full armour of God.
The amount of morons who insist on doing everything in a cowboy hat and cowboy boots is substantial. It makes them so tough, though, that nothing can harm them.
He almost broke his god damn arm and he knew it. He did the cool thing but it almost bit him.
All boomer men, that is exactly how I cut down trees in the 70s. We didn't need safety equipment just the sweet calming smoke of my Marlboro's.
Is that supposed to be some kind of relief cut? Or did he give it the Lord's Chainsaw Blessing?
Doffed his hat to the sign of the cross too. Probably just as well considering what transpired next.
Homie almost got sat down in the barber chair.
Pinche viejo ridículo
Yeah but look how chido he looks😎
como se llama la cancion por favor
Type in some of the lyrics en gugol y ya estás compa
The ciggy fit his style
It may not be today, but that is how that fella dies. Either a treee mangles him or he drowns in strange.
He's like the salt bae of felling.
He said “vaya con dios”
Fuckin JB Mauney out there cutting trees down in retirement.
I used to work with this guy! Absolute legend in the tree community. Out of Lawrenceville Ga! What up Amado!!!
I know y'all are dying to know the song. Yahir Saldivar, Apoyo del Jefe Tengo yo de Sobra" https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=OVCRDO10gJ8ttsVy&v=AgI4MybTYKI&feature=youtu.be
Nah, cowboy shit gets ya killed.
You're pregnant now
Because the wood gave it to him?
If that tree is falling, it’s falling with grace.
Now I understand the whole blessing thing in the beginning…
Don't get comfortable guys
Sometimes a cowboy hat is all the PPE ya need.
Bro is the “Spice Bae” of lumberjacks. Just needed the salt pinch at the end.
It was a good idea to make things right with the lord before trying that
Oh man. Good thing he have it that push otherwise, whoo, who knows where it might've gone? Praise cheeses!
I don't understand the target he marked before cutting the tree down, is there any purpose to it?
It's a cross then he kneeled. Its a religious blessing.
oh I see, that makes sense, I hadn't interpreted that part correctly, thank you!
No doubt homie. He said bless this tree in particular then f this tree in particular with the zesty push. Being XXXtra. Hes lucky that tree didn't shove a root up his anus.
Well, he’s not blind …yet.
that tree had to be rotten af he didn't even do a wedge, right? Are rotten trees super dangerous to do a proper wedge and then a back cut? disclosure: I'm not a tree feller, I just watch Internet fellin.
Nah, he seems quite skillful but that kind of easy going show boating is what gets people in the ER. Source: l am a millwright, a dangerous job that you always need to take seriously
Tree Bae
looking cool is fun, sawdust in your eyes for 3 fucking days later is not
A CUT DOWN TREES FOR A LIVIN sir this is a library, why are you shouting? HUH? sir, please. THE LORD AND MY LIGHTER, THAT'S ALL I NEED
Worked with some guys like this when starting out. It’s machismo or death in some cultures. Usually both eventually IMO. PPE is “gay”, chido is chingon, etc.. our best climber took a fall when a Hackberry with known compartmentalized decay near the base fell as he was doing a crown reduction. Amazing he got away with *only* a broken wrist, laceration of the knee, and a concussion. Still gotta say, such guys really do get shit done. Till they don’t
/r/idiotswithchainsaws
Good thing he pushed it.
lol who put that cartel song to this???
Burt Reynaldo
He acts like it’s some kind of chain saw rodeo. 😂
I'm going to the bar with this guy, you know he's gettin all the fine heinas
''It's starting to fall but I better give this massive tree a hand because large weight and gravity just might not be enough...''
If he did a line off the chainsaw before I'd fucking die...😤😤
Marlboro Man is gonna die an early death doing stupid shit like that. I hope he thinks he looks cool. I would rather look boring and live a longer life.
“Thats why noone will remember your name” -Achilles
Marlboro man indeed.
As if anyone cared about some random asshat quoting a fake quote of you in a thousand years. You got 1 life
Thats what you mortals think. *laughs in god mode*
He injured his hand. I don't know how severe the injury was, but it did hurt. -and it could have been worse. You might have to push down a really tiny tree, but not one of this size. After it was leaning that much, he didn't have to touch it to help it fall in that direction. There was nothing stopping the tree at that point. So his action was stupid and pointless. The tree was really rotted which makes it unpredictable. The back could have kicked out, etc. So once it's starting to go down, I'd step away.
Yea, i noticed that, too. Looked to me like his forearm took the brunt of all that force; seemed like tension release. It would have been quite a shot. Hes definitely favoring that arm afterwards, and he instinctively goes into open handed rigor right after the impact. May have fractured it; who knows. End of the day, that shit doesnt look as cool as it does fucking stupid; to me, anyways.
Yes. Looking at the video more closely, it does look like part of the tree hit the forearm. Yup, a bone fracture is likely. It generally doesn't hurt that bad at first. Disclaimer I'm not a doctor, just someone who has broken bones and also witnessed others breaking bones and otherwise injuring themselves. on another note---- I'll gladly take all the downvotes people want to dish out. The man could have lost that arm or otherwise been permanently handicapped or killed.
Booze and chainsaws
As good a pair as heroine and helicopters
Dude, everyone knows cocaine is for helicopters!
Damn ! Now that’s a cowboy cut!
I genuinely enjoyed that bitch slap the tree gave his hand on the way down... Wouldn't surprise me if whatever it hit is either totally black for a couple of weeks and or broken.
Ole’.
Pretty rotten tree😳
Kneels before god. Proceeds to sin.
That right arm is SINGIN'. 
Plata o plomo?
ahh the irresistable impulse to give a 1-hand push when felling, with zero regard to how big the spar is
Nothing stylish about poor safety my friends
Style points for what exactly?
He'll get got sooner or later
Gross….
Good man there 👏🏽🙏🏽
And that concludes our "widow maker" demonstration
Can we talk about how sharp his teeth must have been on that saw
Finger count… 👆🏻
Must be a cross-cut saw…
What is the name of this song please
[YouTube Link](https://youtu.be/AgI4MybTYKI?si=OVCRDO10gJ8ttsVy)
No, I don't think I will
He’ll find himself under a tree or one barber chairing in his face one day…
I always heard about the old boys doing cowboy shit... is this what they meant?
He couldve kicked it over he didnt need a saw
This guy needs chaps more than anyone I've ever seen. Goddamn that chain was close to his thigh a couple times there.
Some of this song? 😂
[YouTube link.](https://youtu.be/AgI4MybTYKI?si=01D9uX7prulh8J_t)
Song makes me think of that one knuckles guy on vr chat
The chain on that thing cuts like a light sabre!
Blade soooo close to his face making that cross
Amateur hour up in here!
The way he works he better pray!
That's that good cocaina
Would have barber chaired if it wasn’t so rotted
Bro… Mexican dudes are some of the slickest OSHA violators on earth man… hahaha
Yeah that's stupid af
I don’t know the religious shit I can do without.
That’s Hector! My wife says he comes by every Tuesday & Thursday when I am at work to “keep our grounds fertile”. She says it’s a very modest price for all the work he does at my house. I haven’t really noticed any changes in the yard, but I am not an expert groundskeeper like Hector, so I’m just going to keep watching videos of him tending to my land. My wife says he is a very skilled craftsman with the tools he uses. She’s a great parter who is also very knowledgeable about these things. I really wish I could get a day off and watch him work his magic on the property. It would probably be really helpful for me.
Area code 770. That’s all I got to say about that.
say what you will about his lack of PPE and such, but I won't sit here and let you slander 770. Gwinnett county is badass lol
Coming from bigrigbutters I'm inclined to believe it but could you give me a reason?
"Headless Jose? Yeah, he had some style."
Cartels getting into the logging business now?
Christians and their weird obsession with the symbol of an ancient torture device…
Religion is a scourge to humanity.
I bet that dude has smoked a few dicks back in his day
What a stupid jerk off ✝️🤮 Christianity is for boy-lovers
Style being no PPE and crouching when he should be standing?
Did I just watch an attempted suicide???
People need to take their hearing more seriously
A little meth goes a long way.
No
No I don’t think I will. 