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Offline woodbowl

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What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« on: October 07, 2005, 11:06:26 am »
True story A friend of mine decided to cut down a tree in his yard because  it had died and he didn't want it to fall on his house. It was also knarly and hollow. The intentions were to pull it just to be safe, but not before making a little bed cut first. As soon as the chainsaw entered the bed, the trunk broke and the tree fell over on his house! The hollow in the tree had extended to the very edge and there was only a thin "ring around" portion, holding the entire tree.
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2005, 11:21:01 am »
Once, before I knew what I was doing, I was felling a large tree close to the house.  The tree was heavily limbed on the side facing the house so I put the crawler bucket up as high as it would go and placed it against the tree opposite the direction I wanted the tree to go.  To make a long story short the tree rolled along the bucket and fell, missing the house gutter by inches.  My wife was standing on the deck when the tree fell.  She called down to me - "Hey, that was pretty slick dropping the tree right where you are going to stack the firewood.  You must know what you're doing!"

I never told her any different  :D  I could hardly talk I was so petrified watching that tree head right for her and the house  :o

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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2005, 01:52:24 pm »
When I used to work at IBM, a work friend of mine had a leaning tree next to a fence that he wanted cut down. Another work friend said he'd to it for the wood.  He came in the next day with a not so funny situation that made a funny story.  He was out there by himself, the tree was leaning toward the fence and a secondary road, but he figured if he cut it right it would fall the other way.  He cut it right but the tree had a mind of its own and came crashing down on the fence and across the paved road, just over a hill.  He did some fast cutting to get that tree out of the road because if a vehicle had happened along, they would have had a huge surprise as they came over the hill. ;D  All turned out well, but I think my friend got a few gray hairs out of the experience, plus he had to fix the fence. 8)
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2005, 02:25:29 pm »
Brings to mind the Vonage commercial where the guy drops a tree on a nearby parked car.  Even if that was set up he had some very good aim to bust it right on the hood. :D :D :D
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2005, 02:30:10 pm »
 :D :D :D :D :D Flip, I laugh at that commercial to. What a nut! :D :D :D :D
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2005, 03:06:29 pm »
I always wondered if that was take 1 on that car shot or if they had to do a bunch to get it right?????
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2005, 03:31:28 pm »
From the quality of the video, it makes me think its a home video. I've seen stunts like that on SpikeTV's RealTV. There was an episode where a willow fell on a car. ;D
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2005, 04:08:25 pm »
It involves certain chemical compounds which when correctly prepared and exposed to a blasting cap lead to a big bang.  :o

But I promised Da' Boss I would nebber again mention it out here in da' public areas so dats all I'm gonna say about da' whole durned affair.   :-[

I might just plain bust not sayin' it, but nope .....    :-X

Besides, I'd get whoop-ticated like as not.   :'(
 
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2005, 04:23:50 pm »
I had nothing to do with this, but I thought I'd show you this one:



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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2005, 05:46:25 pm »
This one is not even remotely funny-
Small  town church sets a mobile home at the edge of the church parking lot under big ole maple for their preacher. Preacher and a couple of members decide to cut the tree- reason unknown- confident that God was on their side they have at it and sure enough, drop a 3' plus diameter maple right on the mobile home, no great loss there, but, the lady of the house was inside watching them cut it..... She lived, but spent some time in the hospital.
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2005, 06:14:34 pm »
The very first tree I put on the ground, by myself, was across a chain link fence.  Knew I had the notch wrong, but being young and dumb.   I dropped it anyway – not across it. Nooooo, right down the length – a lot of fence to fix. ::) ::) ::)
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2005, 07:13:03 pm »
 :D :D :D :D

Alot of you fellas have fun ermmmm.... mending fences. :D :D
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2005, 07:15:08 pm »
Quote from: OneWithWood on October 07, 2005, 11:21:01 am
  I could hardly talk I was so petrified watching that tree head right for her and the house  :o

OOOH!!!  If'n ya EVER need brownie points with her, show her this post. Trust me.

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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2005, 08:57:30 pm »
Quote from: asy on October 07, 2005, 07:15:08 pm

OOOH!!! If'n ya EVER need brownie points with her, show her this post. Trust me.

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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2005, 09:42:12 pm »
My girlfriend and I were out  in the woods and I was going to cut down a huge black ash tree in January in northern Minnesota. I had her back away and because I have had back surgery I cannot bend and do not like to kneel when felling so I cut them about 3 ft high a dangerous thing to do even with a solid tree. The saw just dove into the wood so I knew it was rotten and you know how a rotten tree can go anywhere  so as soon as it started to go I ran about 15 ft turned around and as it  fell a black head  came up out of the hollow stump. I did not know how much bear was behind it so yelled at my girlfriend to get out of there. Turned out to be just a small one and it could barely walk at first (imagine the wakeup it had). It circled us almost once than  headed out thru the snow.  Lucky for it I had a bad back  as the saw went over its head by about 3 inches. Story was picked up by local radio station. Lucky to have a witness noone would have believed it otherwise.
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2005, 10:43:41 pm »
well, I HAD a story, but I think Whitepine probably will win this hands down! :D :D
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« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2005, 12:22:51 am »
....I cut down one off balanced walnut, next to one that was going out at an angle.  I had a narrow "window" to shoot it through, missed by inches.  The tree caught the top of the angled tree and slid down.  There was a branch that had hooked around the angled tree, which completely flattened my gas can placed behind the tree for it's "protection"...
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2005, 08:51:01 am »
When I was a kid the neighbor had a tree on the corner of his lot he wanted down. We had a town "jack of all trades" I could write a book on this guy. He said he would saw the tree down for $250, he paid his helper $150 to top it, clean up the mess and get it ready. The next day he showed up to figure how to get it down . It was next to the garage and the pole on the corner had lines going both ways down the neighbors lot line. He walked around it, scratched his head and went after the saw. He should have walked around it one more time. He dropped it right on the power pole like he was trying to hit it and torn down some lines. I was probably only 10 yrs. old so I don't remember what it cost him to have that fixed, but I am sure it was at least a weeks pay.
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2005, 02:03:54 pm »
I have never dropped a tree anywhere other than exactly where it was intended to go.   ::)


I have, however, changed my intended direction in mid-fall.   :D
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Re: What's the craziest tree fallin' story you know of? Here's mine.
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2005, 02:10:55 pm »
Good one Jon -  :D
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