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Flippin Tree

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  1. bipsic

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    Found this on a post from imager, unbelievable guy getting very close to felled tree

    Might need to cut & paste this to see the whole thing


     
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  2. jo191145

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    Needed just a few more minutes of YouTube before proceeding.
    Nice double faced notch cut.
    Welcome to the forum bipsic.
     
  3. MikeInMa

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    Looks to be a double crotch, eh

    Good story to tell, but get away from the thing as it starts to fall. :headbang:
     
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  4. Chud

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    3 guys get liquored up and one has a new chainsaw. Lucky no one got their melon pierced or flattened.
     
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    Anyone can cut a tree down...
     
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    Hard to see but looks like the tree did the 'barber chair' at the end, a very dangerous ending that can kill! Fell and get outtathere!
     
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    Cashed in the ole family jewels.
     
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  8. The Wood Wolverine

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    I'm so glad I grew up in an era where someone's phone didn't catch some of the dumb chit we did as kids. :whistle: Was never chainsaw related but you get what I'm saying.
     
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    Seeing that could have been so much worse...:picard:
     
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    That's not how it's supposed to go?? Textbook execution of the hingeless technique.
    Guy came close to landing on his feet while on the log.
     
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    I don't see a hinge or anyone smart enough to leave the area when movement of the tree was detected
     
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    Scary stuff. Ive heard of blue balz before, but never black & blue balz! :eek: :rofl: :lol: Hope he put the boys on ice after that! :shiver:
     
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    As we say out west. Ride em cowboy.
     
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    That guy needs more practice on the balance beam.:whistle: He almost stuck the landing:rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    Hes lucky his buddy who wheels around with the chainsaw didnt cut him up.
     
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    That video is a good example to show why fellers need to have an adequate exit path when felling. Lots of variables need to be considered, analyzed and played out before the saw is even fired up. Many men have died in similar scenarios, these men got a pass that day.
     
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    That sure looks like Larry, Moe & Curly too me…
     
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    :picard:Obviously, graduation ceremonies at the Jethro Bodine Arborist School!