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Watch this absolutely insane tree-cutter-guy cut the top off a huge palm tree then ride it like a cowboy
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Link broken. The video lasts about 1 second. Tony
Since he ended up cutting off all the limbs (fronds), why didn’t he just cut it off at around 15 to 20 feet?
I couldn’t see it because the arborist’s huge balls were blocking the view.
Insane.
Looks like he stayed on for 8 seconds…he may have won a BELT BUCKLE!
oh yeah? if he was a real cowboy he would’ve bucked it for 8 seconds & then jumped off
@Anonymous – I imagine a risk to cutting it down near the base an not knowing where it would land. Looks like he was lopping off a few feet at a time afterward. Makes for easier cleanup.
Julia Hill – AKA Butterfly (look her up if you don’t remember her from the late 90s) – is crying about now
” …….. why didn’t he just cut it off at around 15 to 20 feet?”
No fun that way.
Fur, weren’t you supposed to be inside working, instead of outside gawking at the neighbors?
Fur, weren’t you supposed to be inside, instead of shimmying up a palm tree with a chain saw?
Yeah, but he didn’t have his mask on.
Gee, thanks bunches Sir Hat. Finally, today my dizzies went away…until now.
Coming down would be quick. The tree would be greased with poo. Bet he remembers the first time he did that like yesterday.
Nope. Nope. Just plain nope.
Buckle series!
We cut some 40′ tall Palm Trees down in Key West…Dude that owned the Place
was up there in His $1200 Loafers riding the thing like a Madman…My Bobcat at
the time had a #1500 Bucket limit…I tried to pick up the Heads…But They
were too heavy…I ended up doing a Nose wheelie and dragging Them into the
Dumpster backwards…The Coconuts fell and went right through a 2×6 Deck like
Butter…
We did this to six 50′ palm trees about seven years ago and this is exactly how the guys did it. Palms are messy, high maintenance, they’re hell on allergies when they bloom, and they harbor bark scorpions. I’d pay to have them all cut down again in a heartbeat!
Weeeeee! That looked like FUN!
Not that I’d do it, but WeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaa!
Done.LIKE.A.BOSS.
And done with one hand and a chain saw?? Just the torque alone holding that thing while HOLDING on!?? For DEAR life??
Notice he did two or three cuts even before it went.
With ZERO insurance…
BTW, tree trimming is one of THEE most dangerous jobs you can have, as shown…
I have a nightmare that has me at the top of antennas, or high tension wire towers…but only happens once in a blue moon…and I don’t even fear heights!
His workers comp policy must be astronomical.
This dude is so fired.
But….it’s probably the boss.
Anyway, next time I imagine he’ll set up some tie down ropes so the tree doesn’t try to catapult him into San Gabriel Valley.
However….this is the best story I’ve seen about meth in a while, so 2 thumbs up.
Stupid, stupid, stupid….
I can’t count the number of safety warnings in the chainsaw instruction manual he completely ignored. But if he got hurt it would be the saw’s fault.
The instruction manual…..that little booklet at the top of the box that you had to move out of the way to get to the saw….that you threw directly in the trash without reading…
crazy!
And, I hate palm trees. World’s tallest weeds.
The tree trimmer guy has a good idea what 19th century clipper ship sailors experienced when sent to the top of the mainsail mast to reduce sails during a storm at sea.
@Tony R – the first time I clicked the video it played about 1 second. Clicking on replay, the full 3:23 minute video played.
You can tell that ain’t his first rodeo.
P.S. – I once called an arborist to look at a tree whose leaves were turning yellow and dying due to some sort of fungus. When he came out and inspected it I also happened to mention that the tree’s bark seemed to be sloughing off in large patches, but I didn’t think that was as big a problem as the leaves.
He replied, “No, actually it’s bark is worse than it’s blight.”
P.P.S. – I screwed up on that last comment – should be “its” (times 2), not “it’s”.
Hate it when that happens.
🙁
I found the ending of that video…repelling.
I used to do some tree work, with pole gaffs no less, and a Jonsered 2071. One job I climbed the tree, maybe 35 feet, and roped my saw up. I cut the crown off (still about 20 feet of tree above me) but missed about 3 inches of the bark on the back strap. When the crown fell over it hitched on the back strap and pulled my positioning strap on my linesman belt below my knees. I was pulled into a tight circle where my face was almost on my belly-button. I had just enough strength to swipe the back strap with the heavy non-running Jonsered and cut the strap just enough that the crown fell away. Then I had to ride the bounce with my knees at my ears.
Nuh uh.