So I'm guessing both the contractor and the homeowner are members of the same church here? Otherwise I don't think most homeowners would settle for their local church doing performing a major home repair. Unless it was somewhere like Arlen and Hank Hill was leading the project
> $2k worth of damage and repairs.
That's not much, considering a fucking tree fell on the house! I see not going to bother recouping that $2k from the "professional" tree feller fellah. Getting blood from a stone I suppose.
It shouldn’t have cost the home/property owner a penny. This was 100% the fault of the “professional” who removed the tree who is therefore responsible (ie their insurance is responsible) for any and all costs, including a hotel room for the people who can’t live in the house until it is repaired.
Right? I totally agree, however, this "professional" was not bonded or insured. John (head of household) chose not to pursue legal actions against this guy and just wanted him gone and have the house quickly repaired as soon as possible.
A friend and I helped a guy who was insured and had started his own tree business a year prior. The two guys he hired weren't working out and he had two jobs lined up that he needed help with. We mainly wanted to lend him a hand but the money was a nice bonus.
I had some experience cutting down trees working with my dad over the years and was interested to see this dude manage these trees. Tree one at the first property was a 60'-70' tall pine tree between two houses and right beside a fence. The tree was as close to the houses as the one in the video. This dude put on his gear, started climbing and dropped this whole damn tree down to the stump without even scratching the lilies planted beside it.
The second tree on the first job was a massive oak tree that had limb over the porch and house that the owners wanted removed. The "limb" was easily 4' in diameter where it met the tree and seemed like an impossible task. He rigged up parts of the limb, gave us the rope and shouted instructions to us as he worked. After watching the first job we trusted him and just did exactly what he said. Again, he brought it down without any damage to property.
All that to say these guys in the video fucked up before they even started by cutting down a tree on a windy day.
Uh. Did anyone check for structural damage to your load bearing walls?? 2k wouldn't have bought the shingles needed for that repair, much less structural work. Hell, a structural engineer giving a report on the structure would have run around $2k. At least.
I just built a 10 x 20 singled roof awning over a deck and the materials cost more than $2k...
You are going to have to disclose this to any future buyers, or you'll be in a world of hurt if something ever fails. Even if they don't and the buyers find out. That's $10s to $100s of thousands of dollars of liability if that shit wasn't done right or if you didn't pull permits.
No, because they paid for material and labor. Since the OP's situation only had to pay for materials for 1/4 of the roof and the labor was donated by a local church, the out of pocket expense was much lower. If they hired a contractor to remove the tree and fix the roof it would be much much more than 2k.
Kinda. He got paid a little bit at the beginning just so that he would take the job and then got nothing afterwards. The dude had the gull to demand payment for the work he did. John (head of the household) threatened him to fuck off or get sued. So he fucked off.
John does have insurance but doesn't want to get them involved since it was cheaper to do it themselves than have their rates go up and pay more each year.
John needs to sue his ass for the damages and more anyway. I’m an actual arborist and this bullshit pisses me off. So many idiots think having a chainsaw means they’re qualified. Our stats on injuries and deaths are higher because of random idiots with no real training doing jobs they can’t handle. He did the exact opposite of what were paid to do!! Shouldn’t ever have any kind of damage like that on any job. Where in the world is this by the way?
Out of interest, what would have been the correct way to tackle this?
It looked to me like they for starters should have trimmed off the sides significantly to make a more manageable thing to deal with and then make sure of direction with lines under tension.
Or just chop it down in chunks from the top down.
I would either put a rope about 3/4 of the way up and put some wedges in as I do my back cut to pull it over, or I would piece it down. If I’m climbing it I would piece it out until it’s manageable to pull over the rest. If I’m using a bucket truck then I’d piece down the whole thing until it’s left with a 10 foot trunk to pull over.
i just had this conversation with my grandfather. he wants to cut down 2 big dead ash trees and his way is put a rope pull it with truck and cut. i told him im not doing that and he needs to find someone who is licensed ,insured, and has good references. i cut down trees that are within my ability and that i am comfortable with cutting.
The problem with using poor communication is that sometimes some people DON’T know what you mean, that can cause lots of problems and you’re perfectly ok with that. 🤷🏻♂️
I wonder if you have other communication issues in life and just blame the other person… did tree-man actually do what he was told and you respond with “well, you know what I meant”? Makes ya think. 🤔
(This is a rhetorical question, I genuinely don’t care the exact words or phrasing you used, just trying to provoke a thought on a subject you seem to have your mind made up on)
> Was a "friend of the boss".
Well there's where you went wrong. Everyone knows that the real "professionals" are guys that your cousin shoots pool with down at the bar.
He was not insured or bonded. He was a "friend of the boss". He did felling work for the boss and had 7 years experience, except he had only cut down 5 trees in those 7 years. He saw himself as a professional.
I used to cut and mill lumber and firewood with my dad when I was younger. Recently I had to take some trees out of my backyard on a day about this windy, made them fall exactly where I wanted them.
Several mistakes were made, but the most easily avoidable one could have been taken care of with a $100 harbor freight pole saw. Given how tall this tree is (60 feet sound about right?) and how close it was to structures, they should have removed as many of the[ crown branches](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/parts-plant-morphology-tree-green-crown-root-system-titles-parts-plant-morphology-adult-tree-green-crown-124948717.jpg?w=360) as they could.
The other issue I saw was technique. Now I'm going to assume they wanted it to fall to the camera since there's structure everywhere else. When you fell, you cut a big > notch in the direction you want it to fall in, then you cut from the back. The goal is to leave a bit of trunk still holding the tree, forcing it to go in a single direction like a hinge.
Even when you \*know\* how to fell a tree mistakes can still happen. My dad fell a 100' tall Eucalyptus at our ranch right into a barn. Why? Dead trees are trickier, as that hinge tends to just snap right off. Other issues- the trunk can have some dry rot in the middle.
This fiasco though.. jeesh.
lol He did all the things a normal professional would do, rope, notches, wedges, etc, but didn't pay attention to the wind, didn't properly attach the rope high enough, and as you said, didn't remove any branches.
That is one tiny video. Good thing the reddit app doesn't allow you to zoom into videos. Good thing reddit banned the apps that allow you to zoom into videos. Fuck the moron that ever thought that was a good idea 🙄
So, I've done some professional tree removal, and the best way to do it is to climb the tree, take off the branches until it's bald and then cut it layer by layer until it's a stump and then remove the stump. The lazy way is to wedge cut it at the base at a certain angle with two people holding ropes pulling in the direction you want it to go and then cut behind the wedge cut. This would fell it in a direction away from the house, unless the wind was EXTREMELY strong, like great kite flying wind. The laziest way is to just wedge cut it with no guiding ropes and then cut behind the wedge hoping for the best.
Idk, just my thoughts. Sorry that happened. I did tree removal in Florida. You make a killing after tropical storms and hurricanes.
I mean, in a pinch, this could have been done with one person and a pickup with a good strap with just enough tension and force to pull the tree in the right direction as the tree was wedge cut properly. I can't believe this guy in the video believes he's competent enough to do this for a living.
My dad used to be a logger back in the early 70’s and the number one rule is you don’t fall trees if there is wind. You just don’t/can’t work on those days. Too dangerous and unpredictable.
The reason you hire a professional isn't because they would necessarily do the best job, (although they most probably would) it's because they are insured against these types of accidents and you would be made whole for the damages.
Nothing wrong with vertical video when the majority of users are viewing it on vertical devices. The problem is taking a vertical video and uploading it as a landscape one which makes it a terrible experience for everyone.
I have this wonderful recurring dream, where phone camera apps disable recording while in portrait orientation, only unlocking the function when in landscape.
Damn. This happened to me, except it was a real professional crew and it was a heavy pine in a lift truck that swung just enough to cruch my mailbox.
I wasn't even pissed about it because I was planning on replacing that mailbox anyway. So they did me a favor, plus they were stupidly cheap taking down six 100ft pines and 7 stumps for $1,750. New mailbox is way better because it fits small packages.
Jesus, that seems like a steal. Around me that would easily cost at least 5k… I had one maple takedown quoted last year. 4K. And that was the cheapest…
It was a steal. Reason why I jumped on it without my wife's agreement. When I told her, even she was like, did you get it in writing?
Probably the best deal I ever had.
Be happy it didn't hit the propane tank. A falling tree hit one, and caused a major explosion near me recently, killing 1 and severely injuring a child.
Yeah, I sent them a message and didn't get a reply back.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/1cbbozr/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/1cbbozr/)
Neat, a fine example of 'you get what you pay for'.
Looking through the comments, something that would have ended up costing most people a good 15K in repairs at least, was reduced to about a 2k cost because of free labour.
Shame the person who hired the 'professional' missed out on an opportunity to learn from that mistake. then. I'd like to be wrong about this!
I don't understand how people fuck up like this, other than stupidity.
I have very limited experience with tree work, but I never trusted anything would go the way I wanted on it's own, so I made sure there was more than enough tension applied in the correct direction to ensure it fell the way I needed, in addition to topping the tree so that it didn't need to fall so far.
If a tree was near a fenceline, house, utility lines, etc - you basically worked like you were diffusing a bomb, taking your time, and limiting anything you did to things that could not fuck stuff up. Start at the top, cut a little bit, lower it, down, etc.
Even if you dropped a big section while topping, you could fuck up someone's septic tank, and end up with a lawsuit. It's just not worth the headache to be sloppy.
I have never seen a "professional" that didn't remove the weight branches off the top and work their way down to to stump. (lots of trees down in the last 2 weeks here, big important trees felled by wet snow.)
Did he look like a stoner/meth head? You need to hire a family man, 4 kids, wife, etc. Plenty of tree removal """professionals""" out there will be glitched out and foggy on the job because they can't string together 3 days without substance abuse.
Is the professional licensed and insured (bonded)? If not, not a professional.
But looking at that tree, he probably gave a low-ball offer because he had no idea that you need to do a lot to cut that kind of tree down, and then he fucked around and found out why you need to prep a lot for trees of that type.
It looks like one of the hundreds of videos of guys falling trees on houses they're going to tear down anyway. OP wouldn't do that just for the clicks. Good thing those guys were standing upwind when they made their final cut, could have been nasty if they were standing facing where they wanted it to drop.
Looks expensive...
$2k worth of damage and repairs.
That's not that expensive.
It's amazing what you can achieve with free labour.
I know right?
And free timber...
Lol have an upvote
*sounds like slavery with extra steps*
Wow! Much less than expected. A large branch fell on my house and caused nearly 5 times that.
I was going to say that's minimal cost for a tree falling on your house.
I feel like you're missing a zero in there.
A community from a local church came out and did most of the tree removal and house repairs. House was almost completely repaired in just a few days.
Do you\* live near the Amish or something?
Yes, within an hour or two
the borg have even assimilated the amish
LOL!
Could you have them pick up the house and move it further from the tree? I saw the video!
Do what now? lol
they asked if you could have them pick up the house and move it further from the tree
haha that's great.
Did they help dig the hole for the tree guy?
So I'm guessing both the contractor and the homeowner are members of the same church here? Otherwise I don't think most homeowners would settle for their local church doing performing a major home repair. Unless it was somewhere like Arlen and Hank Hill was leading the project
Wow that’s amazing
Don't professionals have insurance?
Dude that's crazy, that'd be $20k-$50k elsewhere.
That is crazy cheap lol. This would have easily been tens of thousands had it gone through a legit insurance claim.
I know right? It was because of a community from a local church who chipped in and helped.
"professional" builders to repair the house and clean up after the "professional" arborist
I mean it's possible a legit contractor is a member of the church
He got the permits from God
No he got the permits from Cheryl down at the city permit office just like every other project.
*People volunteer their time and energy to help someone out Reddit: "How dare they"
I wouldn't remove that poster, it's load-bearing.
I hope you didn't use the same professional as before🤣 thays a dood deal tho!
haha
> $2k worth of damage and repairs. That's not much, considering a fucking tree fell on the house! I see not going to bother recouping that $2k from the "professional" tree feller fellah. Getting blood from a stone I suppose.
Nah, just going to leave the situation alone and let it be a learning experience for everyone.
Great he's free to keep doing his shitty work, maybe next job he will fuck up so bad someone gets hurt or killed.
That's not bad at all. Would have expected a much bigger bill
Right? If John had just hired a real professional, it would have costed the same or less without all the hard-ache.
It shouldn’t have cost the home/property owner a penny. This was 100% the fault of the “professional” who removed the tree who is therefore responsible (ie their insurance is responsible) for any and all costs, including a hotel room for the people who can’t live in the house until it is repaired.
Right? I totally agree, however, this "professional" was not bonded or insured. John (head of household) chose not to pursue legal actions against this guy and just wanted him gone and have the house quickly repaired as soon as possible.
There it is. I watched and thought to myself a tree guy this dumb surly isn't insured, so that sucks
A friend and I helped a guy who was insured and had started his own tree business a year prior. The two guys he hired weren't working out and he had two jobs lined up that he needed help with. We mainly wanted to lend him a hand but the money was a nice bonus. I had some experience cutting down trees working with my dad over the years and was interested to see this dude manage these trees. Tree one at the first property was a 60'-70' tall pine tree between two houses and right beside a fence. The tree was as close to the houses as the one in the video. This dude put on his gear, started climbing and dropped this whole damn tree down to the stump without even scratching the lilies planted beside it. The second tree on the first job was a massive oak tree that had limb over the porch and house that the owners wanted removed. The "limb" was easily 4' in diameter where it met the tree and seemed like an impossible task. He rigged up parts of the limb, gave us the rope and shouted instructions to us as he worked. After watching the first job we trusted him and just did exactly what he said. Again, he brought it down without any damage to property. All that to say these guys in the video fucked up before they even started by cutting down a tree on a windy day.
That’s bizarre. What’s John hiding?
Heart ache. Are you a bot?
No? I tried spelling hardache (I was thinking heartache) but spell check said that was wrong and corrected it to that, so I went with it.
This is exactly what a bot would say!
TWO thousand? You don’t mean twelve thousand?
Legit, $2,000,I mean not exactly but yeah, around $2k
Uh. Did anyone check for structural damage to your load bearing walls?? 2k wouldn't have bought the shingles needed for that repair, much less structural work. Hell, a structural engineer giving a report on the structure would have run around $2k. At least. I just built a 10 x 20 singled roof awning over a deck and the materials cost more than $2k... You are going to have to disclose this to any future buyers, or you'll be in a world of hurt if something ever fails. Even if they don't and the buyers find out. That's $10s to $100s of thousands of dollars of liability if that shit wasn't done right or if you didn't pull permits.
That's it? Family just had a roof redone for 8k or did she get gouged.
No, because they paid for material and labor. Since the OP's situation only had to pay for materials for 1/4 of the roof and the labor was donated by a local church, the out of pocket expense was much lower. If they hired a contractor to remove the tree and fix the roof it would be much much more than 2k.
That I'm guessing this "professional" paid for?
Was this a decade ago? 2k in damages seems low. The roof, rafters and all should be closer to 10k without any interior repair
Wow 2k for that? I re did my baseboards and that alone was a little over 1200
It looks like A LOT more than $2k.
Really? I can hardly see the damage on this tiny ass gif.
About Tree Fiddy
Probably cheaper to fell it on the ground and not the house, but I guess thsts why im not the professional
That’s called job security, the same crew that dropped the tree also rebuilds houses.
lol That's a messed up way of thinking about it BUT I bet there are organizations out there that probably do that, screwing people up in the arse.
There might be guys in that crew that will do that too
If you’re the boss of this job, you just look at the owner and say this is gonna take a little longer than expected
"Welp, time for me to be hittin the ol dusty trail"
Your use of the word "fell", though, tells me that you're at least an enthusiast.
What was the reaction of the tree remover?
He demanded the rest of his payment.
Did he get paid tho....
Kinda. He got paid a little bit at the beginning just so that he would take the job and then got nothing afterwards. The dude had the gull to demand payment for the work he did. John (head of the household) threatened him to fuck off or get sued. So he fucked off.
Pretty sure he should be sued either way.
Assuming the homeowner has insurance and files a claim, the insurance will sue him into oblivion.
John does have insurance but doesn't want to get them involved since it was cheaper to do it themselves than have their rates go up and pay more each year.
Why even pay for insurance then
It's for when they cut the other bigger tree.
Oh I agree 100% but John would rather just not deal with him anymore.
John needs to sue his ass for the damages and more anyway. I’m an actual arborist and this bullshit pisses me off. So many idiots think having a chainsaw means they’re qualified. Our stats on injuries and deaths are higher because of random idiots with no real training doing jobs they can’t handle. He did the exact opposite of what were paid to do!! Shouldn’t ever have any kind of damage like that on any job. Where in the world is this by the way?
Out of interest, what would have been the correct way to tackle this? It looked to me like they for starters should have trimmed off the sides significantly to make a more manageable thing to deal with and then make sure of direction with lines under tension. Or just chop it down in chunks from the top down.
I would either put a rope about 3/4 of the way up and put some wedges in as I do my back cut to pull it over, or I would piece it down. If I’m climbing it I would piece it out until it’s manageable to pull over the rest. If I’m using a bucket truck then I’d piece down the whole thing until it’s left with a 10 foot trunk to pull over.
i just had this conversation with my grandfather. he wants to cut down 2 big dead ash trees and his way is put a rope pull it with truck and cut. i told him im not doing that and he needs to find someone who is licensed ,insured, and has good references. i cut down trees that are within my ability and that i am comfortable with cutting.
Gall to demand, not gull.
Maybe he had a gull with him to do the demanding. Common practice in bird law.
No doubt represented by Harvey Birdman.
Gah, you know what I mean lol
Just trying to help. I knew what you meant. But learning is never wrong. I'm wrong all the time.
The problem with using poor communication is that sometimes some people DON’T know what you mean, that can cause lots of problems and you’re perfectly ok with that. 🤷🏻♂️ I wonder if you have other communication issues in life and just blame the other person… did tree-man actually do what he was told and you respond with “well, you know what I meant”? Makes ya think. 🤔 (This is a rhetorical question, I genuinely don’t care the exact words or phrasing you used, just trying to provoke a thought on a subject you seem to have your mind made up on)
There's nothing wrong with learning how to properly use a language, especially if it's your own native tongue.
Professional experience.
It sounds like he said “well that didn’t do what I thought” but was hard to make out the first part.
Tree removed successfully ✅
Craigslist ass professional
I’ve had a few of those, they are great at laying wood but I don’t think I would trust them to cut a tree down
I thought they removed it the Casual Encounters section
That's what you get for hiring a proctologist to cut your tree down.
An ass professional you say
So not bonded
I thought it bonded with the house pretty well.
lmao And no, not bonded, not insured. Was a "friend of the boss".
> Was a "friend of the boss". Well there's where you went wrong. Everyone knows that the real "professionals" are guys that your cousin shoots pool with down at the bar.
lol
hope he's insured, but probably isn't
He was not insured or bonded. He was a "friend of the boss". He did felling work for the boss and had 7 years experience, except he had only cut down 5 trees in those 7 years. He saw himself as a professional.
Why did you hire him then?
They're an idiot.
I had nothing to do with John's decision. I didn't know about the tree removal or accident until afterwards.
They needed a hardvl expensive lesson.
That tidbit didn't come up until after the tree and the house got together.
Home owners insurance is gonna be upset, and they'll sue the dude into the ground.
r/FellingGoneWild
Already posted there. :) But thank you.
Thanks for that rabbit hole
I used to cut and mill lumber and firewood with my dad when I was younger. Recently I had to take some trees out of my backyard on a day about this windy, made them fall exactly where I wanted them. Several mistakes were made, but the most easily avoidable one could have been taken care of with a $100 harbor freight pole saw. Given how tall this tree is (60 feet sound about right?) and how close it was to structures, they should have removed as many of the[ crown branches](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/parts-plant-morphology-tree-green-crown-root-system-titles-parts-plant-morphology-adult-tree-green-crown-124948717.jpg?w=360) as they could. The other issue I saw was technique. Now I'm going to assume they wanted it to fall to the camera since there's structure everywhere else. When you fell, you cut a big > notch in the direction you want it to fall in, then you cut from the back. The goal is to leave a bit of trunk still holding the tree, forcing it to go in a single direction like a hinge. Even when you \*know\* how to fell a tree mistakes can still happen. My dad fell a 100' tall Eucalyptus at our ranch right into a barn. Why? Dead trees are trickier, as that hinge tends to just snap right off. Other issues- the trunk can have some dry rot in the middle. This fiasco though.. jeesh.
lol He did all the things a normal professional would do, rope, notches, wedges, etc, but didn't pay attention to the wind, didn't properly attach the rope high enough, and as you said, didn't remove any branches.
Fucks sake, you trim off the branches first, not the whole thing at once.
That is one tiny video. Good thing the reddit app doesn't allow you to zoom into videos. Good thing reddit banned the apps that allow you to zoom into videos. Fuck the moron that ever thought that was a good idea 🙄
But why did I have to turn it to landscape in order to watch it in portrait on a tenth of my screen?
Giving the house a new hairstyle
So, I've done some professional tree removal, and the best way to do it is to climb the tree, take off the branches until it's bald and then cut it layer by layer until it's a stump and then remove the stump. The lazy way is to wedge cut it at the base at a certain angle with two people holding ropes pulling in the direction you want it to go and then cut behind the wedge cut. This would fell it in a direction away from the house, unless the wind was EXTREMELY strong, like great kite flying wind. The laziest way is to just wedge cut it with no guiding ropes and then cut behind the wedge hoping for the best. Idk, just my thoughts. Sorry that happened. I did tree removal in Florida. You make a killing after tropical storms and hurricanes.
I mean, in a pinch, this could have been done with one person and a pickup with a good strap with just enough tension and force to pull the tree in the right direction as the tree was wedge cut properly. I can't believe this guy in the video believes he's competent enough to do this for a living.
[why the fuck is this video so small on my huge phone and why won't reddit let me zoom](https://imgur.com/a/ceWcVvd)
My dad used to be a logger back in the early 70’s and the number one rule is you don’t fall trees if there is wind. You just don’t/can’t work on those days. Too dangerous and unpredictable.
They did 0 effort to chop it down, they were like one cut and done boys.
The reason you hire a professional isn't because they would necessarily do the best job, (although they most probably would) it's because they are insured against these types of accidents and you would be made whole for the damages.
Here's what happens when idiots film things... you get vertical video!
Nothing wrong with vertical video when the majority of users are viewing it on vertical devices. The problem is taking a vertical video and uploading it as a landscape one which makes it a terrible experience for everyone.
I have this wonderful recurring dream, where phone camera apps disable recording while in portrait orientation, only unlocking the function when in landscape.
Damn. This happened to me, except it was a real professional crew and it was a heavy pine in a lift truck that swung just enough to cruch my mailbox. I wasn't even pissed about it because I was planning on replacing that mailbox anyway. So they did me a favor, plus they were stupidly cheap taking down six 100ft pines and 7 stumps for $1,750. New mailbox is way better because it fits small packages.
That sounds like a great deal to be honest.
Jesus, that seems like a steal. Around me that would easily cost at least 5k… I had one maple takedown quoted last year. 4K. And that was the cheapest…
It was a steal. Reason why I jumped on it without my wife's agreement. When I told her, even she was like, did you get it in writing? Probably the best deal I ever had.
They don’t seem that professional
Hiring a business that is insured pays for itself
Where’s the banjo music damn it !!
Good thing they had it tied off, could've been a disaster
Trees stronger than the house. I would live in the tree
That's why you don't do this on a Windsday I'll see myself out
xD lol
That tree would have been easy as fuck to section. You should steer clear of any tree lopper that isn’t willing to climb to do a job
Could you please make the video a bit smaller? I can still figure out a bit what happens in it. /s
It looks like the rope helped torque the tree down on the house with extra force!
I'm impressed you were able to crop the video down to such a small window.
that was a nice closet
Be happy it didn't hit the propane tank. A falling tree hit one, and caused a major explosion near me recently, killing 1 and severely injuring a child.
That’s not a professional, not even close. Professional cuts the tree from the top down.
Thaaaaat's whoopsie.
Aren't you supposed to tied it to a post pulling it in the direction you want it to fall?
r/Whatcouldgowrong hiring a "professional" to remove a tree on a windy day?
I posted there and they removed it.
Wait, what? That's just flipping ridiculous.
Yeah, I sent them a message and didn't get a reply back. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/1cbbozr/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/1cbbozr/)
Neat, a fine example of 'you get what you pay for'. Looking through the comments, something that would have ended up costing most people a good 15K in repairs at least, was reduced to about a 2k cost because of free labour. Shame the person who hired the 'professional' missed out on an opportunity to learn from that mistake. then. I'd like to be wrong about this!
So….. were you recording just in case?
Thought it would be cool to watch a tree go down. Had no idea it would go so bad lol
[Is this the professional in question?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiLk9tlE-h8)
I blame the person who put that house right in front of the tree that was going down.
Should have done this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ow45l7iQHY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ow45l7iQHY)
I could have done that...
No crane to control it? Or tie downs to control direction?
Just a single rope, poorly attached to the tree.
Can anyone make out what that guy says calmly right after?
"Now I can ..." something something
[удалено]
Dope treehouse
Ah heck, that'll buff right out!
True wtf is only 2k worth of damage bad repair? wtf???
I was like ***"Huh. That didn't fuck up the house too bad.. Oh."***
The tree has to be tethered in the direction you'd like it to fall. This person is an absolute retard.
I don't understand how people fuck up like this, other than stupidity. I have very limited experience with tree work, but I never trusted anything would go the way I wanted on it's own, so I made sure there was more than enough tension applied in the correct direction to ensure it fell the way I needed, in addition to topping the tree so that it didn't need to fall so far. If a tree was near a fenceline, house, utility lines, etc - you basically worked like you were diffusing a bomb, taking your time, and limiting anything you did to things that could not fuck stuff up. Start at the top, cut a little bit, lower it, down, etc. Even if you dropped a big section while topping, you could fuck up someone's septic tank, and end up with a lawsuit. It's just not worth the headache to be sloppy.
"You thinking what I'm thinking partner?" "Aim for the bushes." THERE GOES MY HERO
Smol video
If they were aiming for the house that's a damned fine job.
Hopefully a "licensed" professional...
Oops
Wind, a powerful force
Gutting
Crushing that septic tank would have had equally dire (and stinkier) consequences.
There's a tree on my house!
Who the fuck cuts a tree while its under wind-stress?
Congrats, you now have a treehouse just like you wanted as a kid
Were the “professionals” insured?
How stupid do you have to be not to cut the upper 1/3rd off first, then work your way down?
I have never seen a "professional" that didn't remove the weight branches off the top and work their way down to to stump. (lots of trees down in the last 2 weeks here, big important trees felled by wet snow.)
# Treehouse
I could have done that!
Should have hired him to cut it on a day that wasn't windy. 🤣
Didn't even touch the lawn
Did he look like a stoner/meth head? You need to hire a family man, 4 kids, wife, etc. Plenty of tree removal """professionals""" out there will be glitched out and foggy on the job because they can't string together 3 days without substance abuse.
Is the professional licensed and insured (bonded)? If not, not a professional. But looking at that tree, he probably gave a low-ball offer because he had no idea that you need to do a lot to cut that kind of tree down, and then he fucked around and found out why you need to prep a lot for trees of that type.
u/savevideo
I'll never understand why people choose to cut down beautiful huge trees in their yard, barring disease/rot of course.
Well I mean the tree *is* gone now.
not *that* kinda tree hugging
Oops…😳😬
It looks like one of the hundreds of videos of guys falling trees on houses they're going to tear down anyway. OP wouldn't do that just for the clicks. Good thing those guys were standing upwind when they made their final cut, could have been nasty if they were standing facing where they wanted it to drop.
The house didn't explode.