Hey friend in 92 I had a tree fall on me, I know have received some negative comments on here. I know no matter how smart you are or how smart you think you are shit happens. When the tree fell on me I broke both pelvises, my back and left hip. I am happy I have had pretty much a full recovery. I truly hope you are doing good and have a full recovery. Gerard
festus51 wow,crazy story. I used to heli log in British Columbia,in 1997 I had a 6000 lb log fall on me and I was squished onto another big fir,broke my pelvis but was back to work in 4 months because I’m stubborn. 4 years ago as an arborist,I was in a bucket truck 70 feet up and the truck fell over,broke my back,pelvis again,hip in two places and shattered my right femur and it was a compound fracture,I know shit happens no matter if you’re cautious or not.Have some titanium pins and rods in me now 🤕
I hope this guy is doing better. Please please take some "ISA" tree felling classes so this doesn't happen again. I'm in the tree business. I will be praying for a full recovery.
Yes it was his own fault instead of cutting into the tree from both sides taking a wedge out first depending which way you want the tree to fall & the escape route he probably thought he would try & be clever by just cutting straight through very dangerous I'm not tree surgeon etc but you are just asking for something like this to happen when we do some stupid things in life.
@dirtyshirtinfo I agree. There's a tiny pocket at the tip of the saw that bound on the bar where he cut past and slightly above the pie. If he had backed out when the tree started to move it probably wouldn't have bound. Glad to be able to learn from footage like this.
Thanks for being humble enough to show this video. Glad you're ok!! He overcut on the far right side so that his bar was into the falling tree which pulled him in and didn't allow him to run away.
I own a tree service here in your area and I follow your channel ...that's the kinda stuff we in the industry have nightmares about I hope he's doing better poor guy .
a year ago i lost my beloved brother to this very same accident and yet he was one of the best in the buisiness he had done tree work for many years and he was very big on safety and had taught everyone to do the same. we all still miss him dearly. god bless everyone and practice safety always.
I thank God he's alive, hopefully he won't leave earth without Jesus anytime, and Extremely brave to share this so others can learn about observing their surroundings carefully when felling. God Bless
Maybe im mistaken but there were numerous things that were avoidable but i see that no one has mentioned that from his cutting zone to were the tree fell looked like it was uphill considerably so when the tree hit the ground and bounced it came down hill towards him. Just my opinion maybe i see it wrong
Bro! I hope you came through that ok! As a professional tree faller I know I quick things can go wrong. Yeah you fucked up through inexperience, but we've all been there at some point.
A good friend of mine was killed this winter in a similar incident. He had 40 years experience and made one bad judgement call. Live and learn dude. I'm glad that you get another chance to live.
This sort of thing killed my wife's uncle in Arkansas. There was a young man with little experience, simply unaware he was in a bad spot. The wife's uncle saw how the tree was dropping and where the kid was. The butt end was going to hit him. He shoved him out of the danger while putting himself. He did his best to get clear but got pinned by that large old growth monster. He was getting crushed screaming for the guys to cut it off him. He was conscious while it had him pinned, but he was fading out. He knew what was next. He asked if the other guy was ok. They got it cut and off, which released the pressure on his ruptured organs and he bled out right there. Screaming.... Tyler was fortunate that his injuries weren't worse.
Watching videos like these makes me real happy i decided to take tree felling lessons before felling my first tree... People like to criticize but the simple truth is that it's easy to make mistakes in this line of work, especially if you've never been taught and don't have any training or experience. It's a craft that has been perfected over countless generations at the cost of many lives. It's not as straightforward and obvious as people on the internet like to make it out to be. Also, there's lots of comments saying what this guy should have done to avoid the accident, but there's really one thing above all that anyone looking to fell trees professionally or privately should do. Namely to SEEK PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. Paying a certified professional that has actual experience working in your field to actually show you what to do and what to look out for is worth every penny you spend. They've already made the mistakes, or they've seen people around them making mistakes with dire outcomes. Paying them to show you what to do so that YOU don't have to make those same mistakes might cost you some money in the moment but you'll earn it back many times over by being able to avoid being crushed by trees or cut up by equipment. Nobody wants to end up crushed under 10 tons worth of tree or with a chainsaw lodged in their face/gut/leg/wherever.
i hope he (you?) is well. and will recover. but please to everyone who fell trees. either as a job, or hobby. be careful. make sure your facecut is even and clean that the angled cut and the horizontal cuts meet perfectly, cut in the proper height, use wedges, use the technique called "danish pie cut" where not all the tree is cut before putting in wedges (or felling lever) and then the last bit of wood is cut. and you move away. leave the saw if you must.
hay man I seen your Video on memes unleashed on facebook. I hope your doing ok I know how fast shit happens. don't listen to people talking shit , it makes me sick People have no etiquette on the Internet . My prayers are with you brother
Joe Raymond wasent a meme someone shared the link to a tree group memes unleashed the tree meme lab . whoever shared it said learn from this it was very respectfully
hope you've healed up! Rule one, when it's falling walk/run 20' (at least) away on a diagonal. that said, i've been tagged even doing that, their is no exact formula for tree felling and that's why it's the most dangerous occupation.
Hmmm. I wonder if he ever watched any on the "chain saw" fupps on this channel ? Straight through cut, no notch/hinge ! No place to run ! Didn't even try to run ! BIG tree ! Uphill fall ? Did he never hear of kickback ? Too many questions, and too sad of an answer.
There was a notch and a small hinge, his saw got hung and drug him into the path after the tree bounces on a incline, maybe you should learn how to cut trees without always hinging, I never hinge while cutting timber.
Oldclimber Amb u idiot watch the video again before u start your two cents,there was a notch and hinge!!!!the only thing he should of done was walk away when the tree strated to fall but his saw got stuck for a sec and he was trying to save it and payed the price!
HighVoltage Ampere by the way I live in Illinois and the largest tree in illinois is a cottonwood for your information. 9 and a half feet at the base and 120 feet tall. You sound like an idiot.
I'm so sorry that happened! Broke ribs more than once but never a serious enjury, part of that gangsta life my friend, hope your back up and doing well, my prayers go towards you and yours
Wasn’t watching the top of the tree, didn’t plan an escape, looks like a single cut but I could be wrong, he did not alert anyone that he was falling the tree, looks like he’s falling it uphill (maybe to prioritize structures). Honestly if you have to fall it uphill and you’re not pulling it, you should have hinge cut it. That tree is huge, this looks like a small project, I know it takes longer but cutting off 7 feet MAX is standard practice if you’re not pulling it. This must not be in Oregon.
This sux man!! Unfortunately this could have been avoided by establishing the hinge letting it guide the fall and having enough time to get out of the way!! That was a painful lesson to learn.
Chainsaw safety 101 rules broken include: People in the falling area, No safety route away from the tree, Cutting from the low side of the tree, Undercut 1/2 way through tree, Dutchman undercut, Chasing a cut, Cut off holding wood, Didn't observe tree movement. That is (8) of the "never break these rules or your dead" rules. Don't let that man ever cut down another tree.
Almost all accidents happen at the stump so when the tree starts to fall get outta there safest paths are at 45 degree angles from the back of the tree
1/ make your angled scarf cut 1st. Then horizontal. Takes out the guess work. 2/ small scarf. 3/ you cut through the hinge. NEVER cut through the hinge. Learn how to use wedges. 4/ make your back cut 2inches higher. Work wedges in pairs behind saw. Learn how to do a quarter cut where needed. 5/ luv from New Zealand.
Every single time I cut a tree I run as soon as it starts to fall no matter how comfortable I am with the drop for this exact reason! I’m so glad he got lucky with this accident, it could’ve been much much worse... always get away from the tree!
Thanks so much for sharing and I hope you have a speedy recovery. I'd like to show this video as a teaching tool to beginning fellers. Good luck and God speed.
Glad he is ok...but i still must ask why? Why would he stay anywhere near the tree like that? I have seen guys doing this 30 years and THEY never stay that close to the falling trees ever. He is lucky he's not dead.
I had this happen to me years ago when I started thinking I was pretty good at falling trees. I came out luckier than this guy but it was a good lesson for me.
Is tree work worth it. I mean, I would imagine there must be a ton of money in it for the potential for injury. I also would imagine insurance coverage for these businesses are threw the roof.
Everyone is slating the guy but that looks like a shiny new helmet, usually indicates a fairly fresh groundsman. Anyone with experience would have assessed that the tree was always gona lift on the hill. You can tell from the diameter of the base and the hight of the hill that all the head weight was finishing above the hill. I would blame whoever was in charge that day, they should have been keeping an eye on that tree being felled. You know they didnt as you can hear them asking what happened. Hope the guy is ok, this vid just freaked the fuck out me.
Poor guy but what the hell, he clearly had no knowledge of felling trees. Don't let someone without training fell trees. Tree felling is very dangerous. Everyone knows that you enter a safe distance from the tree as soon as it's starting to fall...
Broken ribs punctured lung that tree was Heavy enough to squashes any part of his body like a grape he's lucky lucky to be alive apparently an amateur but I know stuff happens
captain obvious here. not sure why you would want to hang on in a situation like that. most good tree fallers know to clear a path behind or beside and step away as the fall begins. i guess you won't be making that mistake twice
Just try to remember to not cut corners off and plan a good escape route next time and you feel that tree taking your saw next time drop the F......... Thing
I hope you have made a full recovery sorry to see this kind of thing happen but should have never stood that close also looks like you are not should have been a little smaller so the tip and back would break off at the same time of hitting the ground as well as using a wedge and keeping the hinge wood as much as you can forcing it over with the wedge to guide it down slowly
He didnt even have it tied plus common sense says big tree it could bounce back which in this case it did and ended up a broke shoulder broke ribs punctured lung all of that fun stuff very very avoidable Norina Commarata posted a comment saying “That was 100% avoidable.” Word for word
I work with champion climbers all day everyday don't question my shit . You asked for that no question !!! I am mad humble and this kind of shit sucks for him and pisses me off at the same time !!
One would think this is the easiest rule to abide, it seems you just need a little common sense. As Soon as the tree begins to fall your leaving, chainsaw in hand or not.
Looks like this guy tried to pull his chainsaw out of the tree and bring it with him, but because it go stuck, he got pulled with it. Never focus on trying to bring your chainsaw with you, drop that son of a bitch and run. It doesnt matter if your chainsaw gets broken, if you die, theres deffinately no more fellings to be done. Sidenote: this tree is more than big enough to use safer felling techniques than i the video. Such as the one where you leave a corner in the back of the felling-cut (dont know its name in english)
