How not to pull down a tree!

[CSORuger]

http://videos.komando.com/watch/343...&utm_content=2013-06-07-article-screen-shot-j

Do you think they were drinking?

 

[armedindy]

that tree barely moved lol

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Do I see a lack of shirt in public?

I do not believe thinking was ever involved in the equation.

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Do you think they were drinking?

I think they're buckeyes

 

[CSORuger]

The fellow standing across the street in front of the car!

 

[Double T]

Man I done paid you, now get that tree off my lawn!

 

[atvdave]

What trouble's me most about that are the 2 very small kids running around just behind the tree in what looks like the line of fire if that chain would ever snap.

 

[Killion]

hilarious!!!!!

 

[CathyInBlue]

From the "Games Rednecks Play" file.

 

[Suprtek]

The stupid...it's burning my eyes!

 

[Bennettjh]

They were checking to see if the tree was sturdy.

 

[Bennettjh]

It is sturdy.

 

[92LX]

What trouble's me most about that are the 2 very small kids running around just behind the tree in what looks like the line of fire if that chain would ever snap.

I noticed this too. What a bunch of total morons. That is a big tree for anything short of a maybe a bulldozer to pull down.

The two morons that got nailed by the chain when it snapped deserved everything they got, too bad they won't learn anything from it.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

What could *possibly* go wrong?

I kept wondering....what will they do with that thing if they should bring it down?

 

[ddavidson]

I'm surprised the tree didn't fall down laughing at them.

And I was sort of impressed with that car. I didn't think it would last through that many donkey kicks.

 

[GunSlinger]

What part of Mars Hill was this?

 

[88GT]

What part of Mars Hill was this?

EDIT: did they even attempt to cut the tree first?

 

[Mackey]

EDIT: did they even attempt to cut the tree first?

Yes of course they did. Prior to the car video they were taking turns hitting it with a bullwhip.

 

[MikeDVB]

HILARIOUS...

You know the car would have gotten out of the way if the tree did start coming over... Right? Wait... probably not you say?? Good thing they didn't manage to pull it over.

 

[CountryBoy19]

I noticed this too. What a bunch of total morons. That is a big tree for anything short of a maybe a bulldozer to pull down.

The two morons that got nailed by the chain when it snapped deserved everything they got, too bad they won't learn anything from it.

It would take even a large dozer a few hours to get that tree out. My brother paid a very experienced operator with a CAT D8 to come dig out some stumps in his yard and along a field. We only watched them do the stumps in the yard but 2 stumps less than half that size took him almost an hour and we had left a good 6-7 feet of trunk so he could raise the blade and get some leverage to help pry it up. Trees are very resilient. The only thing that this tree has going for it is the weight of the canopy. An operator could use that to his advantage and once he's dug up enough of the root-ball if he can get a good lean on the tree he could probably get to go over. But what's the point? There is a reason people pay tree-cutters and stump-grinders to do tree removal. It's the best method in most cases...