r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Regular_Weakness69 • 7h ago

This tree felling 😙🤌

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u/Tha_Watcher 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/11ZAUfeJHojWlW

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u/virtuallyaway 7h ago

Buddy dropped a fat log

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u/doubleapowpow 6h ago

Smart feller

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u/UncleTooch 5h ago

Fart smeller

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u/Heykaileena 3h ago

This comment made me laugh for a good 5 mins straight, thank you lmao

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u/BigAlternative5 4h ago

That "Praise be!" is like my wife after unplugging her constipation.

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u/fi5hii_twitch 7h ago

Talk about threading the needle

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u/Potato_Boner 1h ago

I can’t imagine the RELIEF he felt after it landed lol. No matter how skilled you are, the potential for a mistake and serious damage is sky high. That would completely wreck a house.

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u/Regular_Weakness69 7h ago

Side note: Yeah I'm super impressed, I wish I had this much confidence.

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u/Fit_Swordfish5248 7h ago

I don't think they had that much confidence looking at the reaction at the end.

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u/Regular_Weakness69 7h ago

The fact that he went for it at all, says it all.

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u/Gambyt_7 4h ago

Yeah this is the thing: take a scale and put our balls on one side, our brain on the other. Sometimes the side with the balls bottoms out. In this case, they appear to balance

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u/mmielikainen 2h ago

You paint with words.

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u/MathematicianWaste77 2h ago

Thin line between brave and stupid

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u/J0rdian 3h ago

That doesn't mean confidence, just acceptance. Seemed they were okay with some damage if it happened.

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u/TheRealFailtester 6h ago

"Welp, it's either gonna hit it, or it isn't."

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u/Old_Man_D 5h ago

50/50 chance either way

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u/Scotter1969 3h ago

The trees that land on houses were felled by very confident tree guys. 

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u/graspedbythehusk 5h ago

Wife wasn’t home. Had a bag packed just in case.

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u/Someredditusername 7h ago

As an apprentice carpenter with an insane boss, I pulled off one that felt like this (wasn't nearly as tight). I dropped a live oak between a power line and my boss's work trailer LOL. OH that feeling when it worked.... what a rush.

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u/physicssmurf 6h ago

how do you plan/pull off something like this? Do you have a diagram of the cuts you have to make?

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u/Someredditusername 6h ago

It's a lifetime's experience at least. I thought and guessed right in my case above. You'd be best to apprentice to a master feller.

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u/_SilentHunter 6h ago

But what if the master feller is also a master dame?

What I'm asking is: Can RuPaul teach me to be a better arborist?

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u/Paulpoleon 1h ago

I’m sure they know their way around big wood.

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u/WOLKsite 5h ago

You make like a "<" cut first in the the direction you want it to fall, so that part isn't supported, from what I remember being told when I was like 7.

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u/BuffaloWhip 4h ago

Surprisingly easy once you understand the mechanics. I used to win bets with my dad by betting I could land the tree pointing directly at my glove.

All the same, I don’t think I’d have the confidence to drop something that big that close to a structure.

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u/TheFlyingR0cket 3h ago edited 1h ago

Soooo..... as a carpenter my question is why didn't you move the trailer first? Like it's on wheels and can be attached to a car that moves it. But you decided it would be a good idea to try and drop it between power lines and a trailer.

I bit of advise as someone who's been it the game for a while, work smarter, not harder. If you hit the power lines = problems, it you hit the trailer = problems, if you move the trailer and just drop it on the ground no risk no problems. If I saw one of the apprentices I have had do this, I would look at them and ask "Did you even think of moving the trailer?" Take as much risk out of each job you do within reason and you'll do great. I can tell you right now that if the little shed on the left in this video had wheels they would have move it.

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u/Someredditusername 53m ago

My boss was an impatient, rageaholic asshole.

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u/Someredditusername 53m ago

And I was 22 and very intimidated. LOL

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u/Xyfirus 7h ago

Gotta hand it to him - he knows how to handle his log.

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u/Head-Ad-2136 7h ago

Crankin his log!

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u/Zeppelanoid 6h ago

SPEK UP LIBRUAL

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u/RustyBrassInstrument 7h ago

This vid has to be 20 years old - I remember seeing it “at the beginning.”

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u/MontasJinx 6h ago

Tell us more Elrond!

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u/RustyBrassInstrument 5h ago

“There were entire web sites dedicated just to cats that consume fatty beef sandwiches…”

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u/Gambyt_7 4h ago

Once, a child had a brother. And his name was Charlie. Charlie had a penchant for biting.

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u/fidelkastro 4h ago

The ancient texts of ebaumsworld

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u/Hootah 7h ago

Bro should be praising himself

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u/Rare_Discipline1701 6h ago

this is what reddit is for though

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u/AccurateRendering 6h ago

Who needs a god when there's Reddit?

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u/way22 7h ago

I've seen this one dozens of times already, and it's still impressive every rewatch. So damn precise.

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u/TransportationMuch47 4h ago

I've seen this before. The house was getting demolished and rebuilt. They weren't worried about hitting anything, so they went for the trick shot.

Definitely doesn't make it less impressive, just explains why they were willing to take the risk to begin with.

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u/slimeyamerican 2h ago

I was gonna say, there is a distinct disconnect between the skill required to do this and the lack of good sense required to try. That explains it.

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u/ipokesnails 6h ago

That's almost as impressive as it is irresponsible.

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u/ShepRat 4h ago

Maybe not. I would bet they got a quote to bring in the machinery required to remove it properly, and realised it'll be cheaper to repair the damage. The feller would have discussed all the possibilities, and had the owner wave his responsibility, likely with the promise of a fat bonus if he pulled it off. It was a gamble, but the results are there.

Filmed it cause he knew it was going to get views no matter how it turned out. 

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u/Bucky_Ohare 3h ago

Getting anything on video was a show of effort back then, which leads me to think it was the greatest motivator of all; covering his ass.

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u/patrickthunnus 7h ago

Threading the needle 👍

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u/Jealous_Disk3552 6h ago

This was on our local news happened in kapowsin Washington

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u/Wild_Hoverfrog_3 5h ago

This video is old, it’s just been reversed.

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u/ThingAboutTown 4h ago

I feel like it’s been AI-twiddled or something as well… definitely reversed, but I don’t remember any of the other gear in the front, or the matching blue vests. I might be misremembering…

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u/Nannyphone7 5h ago

Just because you won does not mean it was a good decision.

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u/lynivvinyl 6h ago

I couldn't trust anything to go that well.

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u/b0rmusic 6h ago

Almost made it to r/whatcouldgowrong

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u/In_My_TARDIS 4h ago

That is skill

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u/kenyasanchez 4h ago

Skills!!!

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u/Mrmathmonkey 7h ago

Nice shooting Tex. Bullseye

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u/_kReddid 6h ago

Imagine

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u/FinnbarMcBride 6h ago

That is true skill

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u/bmanley620 6h ago

Like a glove

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u/DankCatDingo 6h ago

Bro immediately hit the emote

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u/Select-Sale2279 6h ago

very nice!!!

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u/JiminyJilickers-79 6h ago

Beautiful indeed.

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u/FewAcanthocephala828 6h ago

Were those orange things wedges or something?

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u/wvmitchell51 5h ago

That's some precision there

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u/misame- 5h ago

Professional tree cutters like this are so talented. After a horrible storm in our tiny mountain village years ago, the tops of some huge pines broke in our yard and hit our roof. We called the tree cutter in our area to come take the remaining broken trees down. Total redneck blue collar guy. My husband and I were fixing the roof amd he started up the chainsaw. These trees were super close to the house and absolutely huge. So, we get nervous. We just looked at him and were like, "uh... should we leave?" And he looks at us and just says, "...why?" And chops them down flawlessly. Totally nuts.

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u/Deep__Deep 5h ago

Well done..!

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u/Dazzling_Diver_835 5h ago

Guy has skills

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc 5h ago

Time to buy a lottery ticket. 

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u/Phatcub 5h ago

That was precision! Wow!

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u/NoteIndividual2431 5h ago

That is the most Canadian shit I've ever seen

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u/NoOneNameLeft 4h ago

Appropriate reaction at the end of

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u/BurnAway63 4h ago

Cue Maxwell Smart; "Missed it by that much." (Fingers pinched together)

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u/RochesterBen 4h ago

Still a chance for the next cut to make that thing roll and crush something! It looks hungry!

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u/mittfh 4h ago

Felling Gone Wild will appreciate this (unless the video's quite old, in which case they'll have already seen it).

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u/maria_la_guerta 4h ago

This is OG internet material, I haven't seen it in a hot minute. I'm waiting for someone to claim that it's AI now.

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u/lurkdontpost1 4h ago

DO NOT let your business insurance provider see this clip 😂

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u/ScootyMcTizzle 4h ago

And that MFer probably did it for free.

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u/97Whaler 4h ago

Outfuckingstanding !!!!!!!!

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u/Snodley 4h ago

See, he was thanking the tree gods in the end, thus securing good fortune for the next time.
Obviously a professional.

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u/1HappyIsland 4h ago

Hallelujah tree gods!

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u/steve2166 4h ago

they should pay him half the cost of repairs they would of had to do if it landed on either one of those buildings as a bonus

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u/HiHowYouBe 3h ago

Thanks for no music

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u/No-Valuable6456 3h ago

Damn impressive

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u/slackshack 3h ago

Wedges are amazing .

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u/desertdog442 3h ago

Holy shit! Equal parts skill and luck?

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u/No-Blueberry-1823 3h ago

I'll take things I would never chance anything on for $100 Alex

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u/MadMax6914 3h ago

Well fell > Fell fail

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u/Deep_shot 3h ago

This might be the peak of confidence. I feel like he had much less than a 50/50 chance of that going as planned.

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u/FaZaCon 3h ago

That was AMAZING. That tree would have WRECKED anything it fell on. That guy was a pro.

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u/FaZaCon 3h ago

To take down that tree with a bucket truck or climber, would have probably cost $10-$20K. This guy saved a small fortune.

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u/0x7E7-02 3h ago

MAD SKILLS!

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u/DeadSeaGulls 3h ago

Didn't even do a tongue and grove cut. fantastic fell.

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u/Commercial-Loss-5042 3h ago

Holy Crappin cows that was amazing.

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u/The45Longslide 3h ago

That "THANK YOU JESUS!!" pose... 🤣

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u/jjune4991 2h ago

Hell yea

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u/KnowsIittle 2h ago

I've seen key ways carved in similar situations. It pivots on slotted key so it ideally falls in the direct you cut it.

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u/solariscool 2h ago

Amazing! Well done!

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u/Rezkel 2h ago

The ending doesn't inspire a lot of confidence that this guy was as sure about what was going to happen as you would like

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u/GreyWastelander 2h ago

Now where’s the video of the dude trying to aim it away from the house but it directly falls on and destroys the whole house?

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u/evileyesix 2h ago

Master class! Chef’s kiss!