The dropping of the tree

[@pjh9104]

3 Darwin Award contestants, for sure.

[@StefanRose19]

What a shame. That tree was older than the United States of America and these fools cut it down. And than they cut it in summer with all the moisture in it. It is ridiculous and disgusting to see this.

[@ristorantanen5769]

Yeah, and it was still unusually healthy

[@johnmichaelkloac-2077]

Quit your whining. You get on a 10 year old video crying about a tree… why don’t you save this energy for the people trying to destroy America? Oh, wait…. Nevermind

[@Richard-ww1vj]

They are skilled workers employed to do their work for a living that those who believe in the god of money require for their nature abusive control. Would say do the best you can under the circumstances but doubt my right to do that.

[@Richard-ww1vj]

Well you prats, I hope you give the virgin wood to artists for their creations. Otherwise automatically giving in to the antithesis is overly destructive.

[@miproduction6196]

Yeah and you sound like one of them. A man so dumbed down they forget how dumb they are

[@boscobeans]

Two things that should have been done, 1. Use a sharp chain. 2. Find someone who knows how to cut down a tree.

[@dailyplanet9348]

The chain was not even generating sawdust most of the time. Incredible that they lived through the experience.

[@markkutoikkanen8150]

9

[@JoesphValencia]

By cutting such a large notch they wasted time labor. Never should needed whacking on that, or even the use of that bar . Rakers set to cut larger chips. These certainly aren't Proffessionals

[@KenAustin-i4x]

exactly

[@JamesCox-iq1fy]

😊😊​@@JoesphValencia

[@1xsnrg]

No cutting pants, no gloves, no helmet, no clue. Notch too big. Killing a perfectly healthy tree in the middle of the yard. Next these guys will be on the Darwin Awards.

[@Vleer10]

😢😅

[@Vleer10]

7

[@benniebarrow348]

That beautiful tree was worth more than that whole pack of yard monkeys running around cutting it down . Damn that was disgusting.

[@KarasCyborg]

Someone Maroon want to add some "More-on" to their house and chose to get rid of a tree perhaps?

[@Missusri]

Healthy. Why cut sturdy looking tree, i am buffled ?

[@99bx99]

@@Missusri Trees belong in a wood stove, not in a yard.

[@TheDaflad]

“Yard Monkeys” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@regolf.d6519]

That tree was worth whatever the land owner decided it was worth.

[@rickiesteward883]

What an absolutely gorgeous tree. Don’t know why it had to come down but, what a shame.

[@steveemm9245]

Its a tree give us a break it’s too big and too close to the house reason enough and there is a lot of fire wood in t

[@stanleyroper5942]

Beautiful tree indeed

[@grigorisxristidis3569]

Ππ ,..μμ​@@steveemm9245

[@Aleksandr-gr1vd]

​@steveemm9245 а эти сэры обосрались.😊

[@joshd8535]

Beautiful tree. I would have kept it.

[@mchapman1928]

That beautiful tree was worth more than the house.

[@ericglaude4953]

Y’all are lucky to be still alive. Darwin Award candidates for sure.

[@Joe-e3k9b]

I'm gonna tell my mama ...i am

[@Joe-e3k9b]

I can't see

[@logmeindangit]

I was laughing at the guy choosing to have his pants below his ass. What a clothing disability.

[@richardcorcoran6582]

Yesterday I couldn't spell tree service technichian....TODAY I ARE ONE!!! I need to pray for those guys.... Never seen someone run on there knees before!!! Hope his luck never runs out.😮🙏🙏😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 ( his flight of "guardian angels").

[@stevethompson8154]

These guys are more lucky than skilled

[@salmanganaro4139]

1:04 1:05

[@wscaff]

The guy in the back with the rake was the only one who knew what he was doing.

[@alfie4994]

I am amazed that nobody got killed

[@darren242]

Thinking the same thing, only one with common sense.

[@erikleonnig881]

Lmfao! AGREED 👍

[@robertwehmeyer9684]

The guy in the back was given the RAKE to dig a hole buy the guys using the chain saw.

[@locked988]

​@@robertwehmeyer9684smartest one of the group

[@shootstraight29]

I really don’t know what was the best part. 1. The “ leader “ of these ex Seal team 6 bro’s calling the tree a bitch 2. The #2 bro stopping and staring at the notch every 4 swings so that he could pull his pants up and pretend not to be winded. 3. Why one of them didn’t use a tooth as a wedge ( answer is they didn’t have any ). As my buddy always says, perception is reality… Love all the great comments…

[@kengruz669]

There goes precious shade.

[@shrillcarder]

That’s the worst I have ever seen a tree felled! 😂😂😂

[@bubbaray575]

Just look a little more, I promise you'll find worse examples...... .....unfortunately.

[@cossackputin3982]

Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知: Those guys were committing the most serious crime of “treeson” even more serious than “treason” against their own nation!..’...’

[@sylvainmagnan4545]

Such a shame... Why did they cut an healthy, approx 200 yo oak tree ?? Even not properly done... Quite sad to see this

[@dand33911]

Better than cutting a rotten 250yr old tree..

[@dundeeecroc]

@@dand33911 it was not rotten anywhere!

[@dand33911]

@dundeeecroc OP Why cut a healthy 200yr tree? Me better than a rotten 250yr tree You the tree wasn't rotten at all Do you need help getting dressed in the morning.

[@dundeeecroc]

@@dand33911 Fucking tree was not rotted!! I'll dress you up as a clown for Halloween!

[@dundeeecroc]

@@dand33911 if the stump is till there, I 'd advise you to count the tree growth rings, one ring equals one year of growth, once you've done that, report back to us. thank you!

[@hunter-cs3em]

It's a shame to cut a tree of that age when there is nothing wrong with it. 😢

[@JaredWaylon-nd9lf]

Nobody likes big trees near houses

[@bernhardgoens9566]

​. ❤jrr😅😂😂😂😂😂❤😅😅😅😅😅😅😅❤😂😂😂😂 3:58

[@corinnayonemoto722]

@@JaredWaylon-nd9lf😅 0:14

[@DennisBatty]

House or tree shading my house, leaves in gutters, easy answered. Get it down & plant new trees.

[@charlesmcwilliams5642]

The magnificent tree was older and healthier than their combined intelligence.

[@crossbow3539]

I guess they don’t like the shade keeping they’re house nice and cool in the summer

[@mcard48able]

Never cut down a shade tree

[@crossbow3539]

@@mcard48able Absolutely

[@tylerlake9712]

@@mcard48able huh

[@Missusri]

Indeed; I was thinking the same the other day; the small tree I planted a few years back is now grown shading the front part of my home cooling it during the warm summer. Hope it will stay healthy long!

[@dand33911]

They probably don't like the roots destroying their slab/foundation. Better cut it while it's healthy, use the wood.

[@jaxonboys3366]

Dang, what did that tree ever do to you? Death from a thousand cuts. He will get ya back come A/C time, with a sky high electric bill. Not a dead limb or rot anywhwere. Beautiful tree.

[@tormodiv]

I'm amazed that massive tree was able to stand upright once they finally got that last piece out, given that humongous face cut these guys made. Some of the worst tree felling examples i've seen :)

[@gregwelhaven1191]

Fun to watch though wasn't it?

[@jeffd1919]

They must have graduated from the retarded people's school of tree felling.

[@CharlesPerrett-q3x]

No it was painful.. trees can kick back when they go.

[@bobschwarz9184]

Please explain how to properly cut this tree down any better than what the end result was here,if you can?

[@berniegay1474]

@@bobschwarz9184".=it would be better to get someone that knows how to fell trees .

[@edhurst6304]

John Wayne said "You just can't fix stupid."

[@woodnewf3847]

Apparently we have a crossover between meth heads and chimps. The video should come with translation.

[@larryroberts4984]

That's cold

[@matthewh117]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@lovestihlquality1369]

Well played sir

[@curtishrabe996]

Sure is sunny and hot in this yard now Darryl….. damn it’s hot in the house!! why’d y’all cut down that tree anyways dammit!🙄

[@hyzercreek]

Need sun on the roof to prevent mold and moss.

[@e.conboy4286]

Put it back!

[@BillieHurtman]

Could they take a jack & raise it up some?

[@JohnDoe-ud2cc]

Just because you have a chainsaw doesn’t mean you know how to cut down a tree.

[@aservant2287]

How not to cut down a tree. Standing in front of the tree while cutting shows they obviously shouldn't be doing something so dangerous

[@bobschwarz9184]

​@@aservant2287to be fair, they were just cutting the notch.

[@williambrown6721]

We run some of the biggest sawmills in the Appalachian mountains in ky, and not to mention cut some of the biggest trees!!.. I started cutting trees when I was 6 years old, we try not to make a career of cutting trees in one day!...you boys be careful and never stand in front of where you got carried away!! on your first notch!!.. I've known several people in my lifetime that have gotten killed by doing the exact same thing...

[@douggodfrey6521]

Or Should

[@dant2]

And now?!

[@timothyreardon4243]

Beautiful tree. Healthy.

[@amoruzz]

That tree was providing a lot of needed shade even if it was a bit close to the house. The most difficult thing to endure by far was the moron whose parents never taught him to wear his pants properly or teach him what a belt was used for.

[@thomasgentry6201]

First thing I noticed and being half a Redneck from Missouri thought Hey put on a tight Belt dumbass making Rednecks look Bad!

[@douglascrawford4791]

I'm all about the trees, but not sure. What that would have done to a tile field

[@humes4545]

I now understand why they are looking for intelligent life on other planets

[@mikefabbi5127]

As long as aliens see videos like this they will never visit 😞😭

[@gragg1st]

That's why the Mexicans are moving in

[@robertparker8863]

Amen to that! What a chucklehead!

[@Don-du7du]

It's a good idea to have a clear escape path and your pants around your knees lol

[@e.conboy4286]

They looked WET to me.

[@mikefabbi5127]

​@@e.conboy4286Cleatus don't use no fancy bathroom 😂

[@peterrohrig]

Hi hi hi

[@genomitchalinni8106]

And what a beautiful tree, it was.

[@johnburton6984]

Would make a great competition.. Identify how many health risks you can see or, potential...? A great training tool..! It was the most unsettling video I've seen for a while...

[@charlesmetherd9136]

HORRIBLE. This definitely an excellent example of how NOT to fell a tree.

[@charlesmetherd9136]

@@jeffersonjcoat THAT WAS A BAD JOB!

[@erroneous6947]

Ya, pretty much ass backwards.

[@dakotaatje]

One wonders how people get killed.

[@johnwoody9505]

I've seen far worse, the things was quite good!!

[@t.damianboyle622]

I have done some incredibly dumb things in my time, but this crew makes me look like a freaking genius. 👍 Thanks for posting. I'm going to show it to my wife so she can see how smart I actually am. 😂

[@dundeeecroc]

That Big Old tree was HEALTHY.

[@dundeeecroc]

Didn't see any "rot" in the center.

[@Robsav-yx6vi]

Why take it down ? Incredible tree lived all these years.

[@benniebarrow348]

Disgusting that anyone would destroy a huge beautiful tree .

[@DC-pf7bm]

Warum nicht der bringt jede Menge Holz. Dazu sind Bäume da

[@matthewherrera3243]

Gotta put in a dirtbike jump, sorry

[@AWINNERNEVERQUITS]

Absent a compelling reason for it, cutting down a healthy tree of that age should be against the law. It's a damn shame.

[@abstract33]

I'm not looking for wood chips, I'm looking for that elusive brain cell 😅😅😅😅

[@douglasmathis9725]

Yeah. Darwin candidates for sure. And to think that these people reproduce!! Stupidity at its best .

[@artnouveau7633]

It's pickled because of homemade shine

[@AgnesBoyd-p6l]

if brains were made of oil ? Would they have enough to fry an egg ?

[@ShevillMathers]

Darwin made some pertinent observations.

[@BarryTanenbaum]

To be honest, these guys never gave up!!!!

[@oldguysrock2170]

Wow! That wedge cut way to deep. At the most, the wedge cut about a third of the way through the tree. This cut 3/4 of the way.

[@MyGreenfinger]

Such a beautiful tree, why didn't they put the building's somewhere else.!?

[@MorganaMadej]

Glad you suggested that!

[@highball1415]

There are a few basic principles in cutting down a tree, they could start with learning #1, and maybe practicing on 6- or 10-inch trees for a week or so.

[@JwWyatt]

The 5tree is to big

[@ЙцукенгФывапро-г3й]

... между вами есть что то общее заслуживающее премии Дарвина.

[@danphillips6606]

This puts a whole new meaning to GOOFy

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@snugglesjuggler]

Proof you can cut down a tree when high on meth.

[@JedediahSmith342]

I thought I was watching the Three Stooges 😅😂😂

[@markgendala5689]

You meant "Tree Stooges"?

[@NuggetBuster-l3o]

Word

[@NuggetBuster-l3o]

Which one is. Curly?

[@redjackdeer5154]

“ I cut down Trees 🌲, I wear high heels 👠, Suspenders and a Bra”.

[@t.r.l.4377]

Monty Python .......

[@brokendad2222]

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay.

[@brianjenkins8699]

And I LOVE the presence of all the PPE!

[@kh-hp5gi]

While watching these old boys,…I keep hearing the theme from Deliverance.

[@bobmiller9313]

That’s a good tune

[@KeithHull-m8g]

Sure has purty teeth, don’t he?” Squeal like a pig!

[@dennish.331]

What kind of tree is it, and what State are we in??

[@billgreen576]

Thank goodness for all the protective denim and baseball cap eye shield.

[@KarlHeinzSpock]

this was one of the most impressive application for the darwin award i've ever seen.

[@hihihuale4541]

Der schöne alte Baum. Eine Schande,ihn zu fällen. Und eine Ahnung,vom Fällen von Bäumen, hatten die auch nicht. 😢

[@338lapsniper]

Bunch of morons.

[@thomashempel5149]

So ist es

[@roneagle8038]

Herr Baum Hower und Stooges!

[@johnr5252]

Contrast this with videos of people who do this for a living. Professional arborists have this down to a science; these guys are a hope and a prayer. That said, cutting that tree ruined the look of that property. The tree added a lot of character to the lot and took your focus away from the shitty structures around it.

[@PaulWhitedWoodStoneIron]

The sad part is that the tree had smarter people around it when it was young but as the many years have passed the people have gotten, well let’s just say not very smart. Such a shame. Hard to hold a camera and a beer and talk all at the same time. Two out of three suffered and it for sure wasn’t the beer that was last. Wow, just wow.

[@volpeverde6441]

the bloody tree was smarter than the idiots cutting it down....poor tree....

[@johnkirk5619]

They do not know how to cut trees.

[@crabbyhayes1076]

Never underestimate the stupidity of men with power tools

[@bobschwarz9184]

​@@johnkirk5619I would have to agree with you, although it did come down good and didn't look like anyone got hurt, I definitely would have made my back cut about 4" higher than the bottom of the notch to help prevent kickback, and I believe I would have cut higher up so I could comfortably stand and stay on my feet instead of kneeling to make my cuts.

[@FlailingAtLife]

I was rooting for the tree in the end. That was a nice looking tree.

[@MrThemold]

Amazing that no one was killed!

[@beorlingo]

Makes you wonder if any of them is still around.

[@Firedog-ny3cq]

They still have to buck it up. Plenty of opportunity yet.

[@peterwill3699]

Beautiful shade tree.

[@bobnorthey9861]

Why such a deep face cut? The tree already has a lean to it.These guys are lame!!

[@gaylanbishop1641]

I like their insightful, intelligent discussions in the background

[@sallysue5918]

I live in a small NW timber town. The school's nickname for sports is "The Highclimbers". The girls freshman choir would know not to do that. Their fathers and brothers taught them caution in the forest.

[@elizabethferris6630]

That big old beautiful tree was fighting for its life!

[@chrisstoffel6970]

Are these the characters who served as a template for BEAVIS & Butt-Head - hä - hä - hä? 🤔

[@Shadowman-1960]

Thank goodness to intelligent hard working men like these guys most of the old growth trees are already down.

[@jamescline9973]

This is all I do for a living, and I find this quite amusing!

[@blainelytle341]

Love how they stand in the fall zone... Along with other things..they'll never be allowed on my job sites... !

[@jonathonwilliamson9879]

Not just amusing. Astonishing that no one was hurt and killed in the making of this video. I can’t name one thing that was done properly. God helped this tree land on target. It certainly wasn’t knowledge, skill or technique

[@raprock5000]

It reminded me of possibly sleepy joe and hunter the crackhead cutting down a tree ..😦

[@erroneous6947]

I’m not a pro, but I found this hilarious too. Glad nobody died.

[@paulipuhakka8788]

Hey man, you need to read my comment in regards to you guys, the highly train professionals. 👍

[@ejo6371]

Freakin' pull your pants up! "My pants gotta be down, so, so duz dis tree Darryl... heck yea boy, darn right" Reeeednecks

[@dpitt1516]

I sure hope the timber didn't go to waste ! Excellent timber.

[@LindaHaghgoo]

It was a nice tree. Could have just removed the branches hanging over that roof.

[@jerrythor6102]

That's exactly what I would have done to preserve a beautiful tree

[@LindaHaghgoo]

Looked rotted inside and too close to two buildings

[@vannasoukphilavong6996]

That tree had so many memories, of the past, you guys just destroy it.

[@dennissteele2052]

Cut the tail of the wedge ,clear. It out then knock it out ,

[@donaldsmckenzie8227]

If the tree falls on the house?...

[@vladimirberejnov9959]

Этим лесорубам всем вместе нет столько лет как этому дереву. Очень жаль дерево. И самое главное дерево полностью здоровое.

[@tomhungerford1013]

Making me feel like a genius 😂

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@n40tom]

All this video really needed was Dueling Banjos playing from the movie Deliverance.

[@williambrown6721]

There wasn't anything country about these boys!!..we live in the Appalachian mountains and run some of the biggest sawmills... I could have dropped that tree in 10 minutes!!....

[@stevenfoust3782]

That’s one way to do it. Proof that dumb people don’t know they are dumb. Apparently travel in groups as well.

[@anewthoughteveryday4592]

looks to me like; hey, I'm Darrel and that's my other brother Darrel and that's my other brother Darrel

[@bobolbricht6331]

Why do you have the cameraman filming while on a pogo stick?

[@TruePatriot59]

Such a beautiful, healthy looking shade tree!!!🌳 Why would you cut it down??😮

[@maxwedge3252]

For gods sake I hope this isn't in WV, we already have enough bad publicity

[@matthewh117]

It had to be

[@toothandnailsawmill102]

You’re safe WV! It’s South Carolina

[@MrTruckerf]

Got it down nicely. Can't argue with success. It helped that it was leaning away from the house; I am never that fortunate.

[@u.sonomabeach6528]

‘How big do you want the face cut?’ ‘Eh, let’s go with about 180% of the diameter….And go deep….real deep my friend…real real deep!’

[@scottbroome1315]

This is a video that gives life insurance adjusters a nervous tick

[@iannidd]

Hahaha 😂

[@garymcfetridge7883]

Lol lol lol. Shoulda gone deeper I reckon.

[@glennkrzeminski7539]

You mean radius

[@u.sonomabeach6528]

@@glennkrzeminski7539 incorrect my good friend. I mean diameter

[@ShadowOfmywings]

Property owners do the most ecological damage.

[@bullithole9004]

Boy did they get lucky! That face cut was way too deep. 1 third on the face and 2 thirds on the. Felling 101.

[@miguelmartin1552]

9o099

[@MichaelHolloway]

depending on many factors - like the size of the trunk and all the weight is on the fall side?

[@joannem3568]

I guess them boys ain't get the money to buy shirts 🙄😆

[@terryholdenuk]

one brain cell between them all.

[@mick-berry5331]

If you're dumb enough,you're not afraid to die!😢😂

[@deborahdonnithorne3404]

That much, huh?

[@steveh2963]

and they loaned that one out for the day

[@jamesevans360]

Dummy is out of his league, dangerous

[@RomeKG471]

Got enough notch there Butch??????????? Sheesh!!!!!!

[@splinky99]

Right in the middle of summer too!...couldn't wait for leaves to fall off?

[@AStanton1966]

These guys have been watching too many episodes of This Old House. I gave a thumbs up for surviving.

[@chrisf5418]

Don't you talk about This Old House like that.

[@AStanton1966]

@@chrisf5418 What you talkin' about, Willis?

[@ВалерийНиколихин]

​Б? ,.

[@stevedunham1710]

Was that guy the capt of a shrimpin boat ?

[@keithrice4458]

Forrest Gump people call him Forrest Gump.

[@capecodarbortech]

Meth and tree work = no good 😅

[@iwanyuliawan3119]

I feel like I'm watching DUMB AND DUMBER movie.

[@brian6140]

Have you chopped down many?

[@mary-rosemcdaniel4241]

😂😂😂😂😂 idiots

[@miladne1092]

These guys are lowsy amateurs

[@ErDetEnGuffer]

MeToo

[@jeanclaudeboudoiron]

😅😅😊😊😊

[@christaylor4145]

Who thought it was a good idea to leave a wedge in the cut and then try and hammer it out with several tons of tree pressing down on the wedge 😂😂😂

[@dickfrench2934]

Woods

[@kentpember3344]

I hope the wind will blow

[@sickwilly1171]

Jethro

[@doorguru168888]

The wedge wasn't fully cut through. The tree was not leaning on it..

[@ZZZRSC]

@@-Koyaanisqatsi- No, you can tell by how it moved when hit.

[@allenbuck5589]

Old boy way over there raking is the smart one.

[@JohnRiggenbach]

This man is a joke. He hits it one way, the other way, then back again. WTF?? I need to take a nap.

[@israelsattleen]

This is how not to fall a tree

[@edwinschwartz2472]

At least it fell where intended and nobody was hurt.

[@kennyc388]

Going to drop it on the garage ??

[@richardturpin5958]

I was hoping that when it went it would flatten their shed and lean-to!!

[@jonhill373]

Dangerously deep face cut. Plus no eye or ear protection, no hard hat. Complete rookie operation

[@jerrymclellan4711]

This is like a county road crew. One guy works, the other three stand around and watch. But on a county road crew they have to wear protective gear. Oh, and kudos to the camera man. I only had to throw up twice.

[@LoreliYourczek-me1rt]

These guys are a bunch of morons. They should not be allowed to operate a chainsaw.

[@christinebruder8817]

I absolutely agree. So sad to see a beautiful tree taken down in that way. I’m guessing they wanted the wood 🤔🤔🤔

[@bchris4873]

This is when prayers are really needed.

[@angustroutman3494]

When you hire a plumber to do tree work, kids say no to Crack!

[@thomasrennison9461]

I had to close my eyes. Unbelievable!

[@michaellambert3067]

That was a shame to cut that big old tree down. The earth needs more tress, not less trees.

[@cliffhammer7953]

I was waiting to see if this was going to be a "tree dropped onto house" .. But this is a much better ending!!

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?