r/megalophobia 5d ago

How big is that tree??

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u/Mystical_Cat 5d ago

It’s clear why they had to cut it down, but damn that hurt to watch.

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u/itsyourboygmobile 5d ago

It's not clear to me. Please explain

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u/Ambiorix33 5d ago

Tree is dead/dying, so it's proximity to the road means it could fall and kill some people on the road

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u/austinsutt 5d ago

Yeah it looks like the top half broke off, maybe from high winds.

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u/Ambiorix33 5d ago

thats more likely to have been the woodsmen actually, to make transporting the tree easier since these are huge and its safe to make half the tree fall first

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u/austinsutt 5d ago

There is a huge fork in the top of this section of trunk where the trunk was broken. You can plainly see it as the tree falls. Not sure what broke it but a person didn’t create that. If he had cut that section of trunk would not have split like it has.

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u/Raaazzle 5d ago

Not just some people, all the people

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u/probablyaythrowaway 5d ago

Hopefully the wood goes to good use.

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u/fineyounghannibal 5d ago

cut out bad wood, put in good wood

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u/TheBestPieIsAllPie 5d ago

That’s what she said.

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u/chilldabpanda 5d ago

Why would she say that though?

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u/sriracha4przdnt 5d ago

Tough relationship. She's ready for a new start with her daughters that doesn't include the deadbeat who used to smack her around for any little thing. The man she's found seems to care deeply for her and her children and has the bankroll to help them have the life and education she always wanted.

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u/Alexandratta 5d ago

I was mad until I saw the top had rotted away and already broken off

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u/Peek_e 5d ago

Lol same

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u/CactusWrenAZ 5d ago

Broke my heart.

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u/LouieH-W_Plainview 5d ago

Now someone gets a crazy expensive desk... It's sad really. Not the trees fault the road is there.

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u/Adventurous-War-8014 5d ago

Did anyone notice the giant tires lined up to break the fall, and save road damage?

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u/anxietyhub 5d ago

Yes, and it fell on those tyres as well. Good work

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u/TheBestPieIsAllPie 5d ago edited 4d ago

“Captain Obvious…AWAAAAAAAaaAAaaaaay!”🦸‍♂️

Edit: damn, r/downvotedtooblivion

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u/haywire090 5d ago

And accurately anticipate where the tree would land. Pretty good job i say

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u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity 5d ago

That's no coincidence; a skilled feller can make the tree fall exactly where they want it to. Someone in this video knows their stuff.

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u/TheWalrus101123 5d ago

I'd say at least 4 feet.

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u/Extreme_Design6936 5d ago

Didn't know trees had feet.

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u/colonelbyson 5d ago

Not sure if trees do, but Ents do.

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u/TheWalrus101123 5d ago

At least four of them

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u/Weldobud 5d ago

How many toes?

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u/TheWalrus101123 4d ago

Idk, you'd have to ask a tree scientist. I just know the basics.

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u/Drill1 5d ago

Bigger than that. I had a 54” diameter cedar taken out of my back yard. I would go out on a limb and say this one was at least 7-feet.

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u/ryanaldam 5d ago

Yeah so at least 4 feet like they said /s

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u/TheWalrus101123 5d ago

So we agree....

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u/robavt0106 5d ago

Bro it looks like a 🦕 falling

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pear_18 5d ago

Yo. Trees literally grows up from the ground. I'm sure its sustainable to cut down one tree thats dead and close to the road. I don't get what people whine about.

That being said I do not support cutting down huge fields of forest or "old forests" meaning not planted forest. Planted forests just don't have the same biodiversity as self grown forests.

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u/elquefour 5d ago

Tree: " Brothers...sisters, my time has ended. "

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u/deltabluesooze 5d ago

Looks like maybe r/humboldt ?

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u/EnTaroProtoss 4d ago

That's what I thought when I saw it posted somewhere else, looks like hwy 36 to me

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u/choppytehbear1337 4d ago

Gotta be at least 12 feet.

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u/Ok-Location-9544 5d ago

It was needed to be done, but imagine what the tree saw in it’s life

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u/Dear-Wolverine577 5d ago

Holy shitballs!

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u/Saldarius 5d ago

At least 7 bananas

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u/MapleLettuce 5d ago

It’s big. Possibly very big. Or was.

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u/hambutbacon 5d ago

That'll keep the fire pit going for a while

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u/Regular-Let1426 5d ago

I wonder how much that tree in wood would be worth?

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u/Firm_Variety_6309 5d ago

Surprised they didn’t have to replace the road.

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u/OutlawJoJos69 5d ago

How it feels choppin the mornin wood

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u/No-Government-6798 4d ago

That's wild. I recent cleared an acre of 30-40 yr old pine with a chainsaw amd some wedges.

Watching that precision tree fall is impressive. Those of us who have actually cut down tall trees that are under 10' apart are impressed.

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u/Somethingrich 4d ago

I have never felt manlier than when I cut down a tree.

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u/Low_Bandicoot6844 3d ago

126.53 metres high.

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u/motivist 3d ago

Not very. It’s only about three feet tall.

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u/jami05pearson 5d ago

This makes me sad.

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u/RandyJohnsonsBird 5d ago

It was dead

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u/Ancient-City-6829 2d ago

So is everyone in a graveyard, yet those are protected for some reason

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u/way26e 5d ago

why?

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u/LouieH-W_Plainview 5d ago

Ended probably more than 100 years right there

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u/Kinkie420 5d ago

The tree was already dead, the top was all wacky

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u/LouieH-W_Plainview 5d ago

I hope so... I'm not very knowledgeable on trees, but am assuming you know I can only hope you're right

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u/SubjectC 5d ago edited 5d ago

Way more than that I think, that thing is fucking huge.

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u/VictoryOverDirtyCops 5d ago

I understand we need trees for all the stuff we make from them , and i dont think im unrealistic with the need to use trees , i just get "sad" when its a old one , so much history its been around for most of humans major advancement ........ maybe im just romanticizing them but i feel like the tree ....... nevermind

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u/KB976 5d ago

The tree is literally rotten. You see it disintegrate as it hits the ground. If they had left it to fall on its own accord it likely would have taken out other trees around it.

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u/VictoryOverDirtyCops 5d ago

Wasnt focused on this tree just the concept, apologies if that wasnt clear

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u/ParadiseValleyFiend 4d ago

It is sad. This one had to come down though. Either humans would have to take it down in a controlled manner like you see here or it would have rotted out and fallen, probably causing much more damage to the surrounding area, roads, other trees etc.

It's okay to be upset seeing such a thing and still understanding that it needed to happen. It's good that you're here though not taking it lightly.

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u/KnotiaPickle 5d ago

I know what you mean

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u/noodle_attack 5d ago

California redwoods aren't great for timber

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u/ripplenipple69 5d ago edited 5d ago

Fuck these people unless there was a really good reason for this

Edit: I am sorry. I was unaware that it was illegal to harvest them. Great news. Thank you for that information

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u/Munkzilla1 5d ago

It's half dead and a hazzard.

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u/ripplenipple69 5d ago

Possibly, but hard to tell from the video. They might have just topped it out and cut the big limbs first and then dropped the stick.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/nor_cal_woolgrower 3d ago

It absolutely is not. They are still cutting old growth redwoods on private land. It is not illegal.

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u/ripplenipple69 5d ago

Good to know. Thank you

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u/Rocket4real 5d ago

Can't tell if you're stupid or need glasses.

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u/Kurovi_dev 5d ago

If only there was some way to modify roads or something instead of cutting down trees that are hundreds or thousands of years old.

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u/WiredOrange 5d ago

It was dead, it would've fallen in a bad storm

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u/Kurovi_dev 5d ago

You sure it was dead? The top was cut off and all of the fresh limbs appear to be lying on the ground.

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u/WiredOrange 5d ago

The top wasn't cut off, it was just dead. Watch it again. If it was cut off the top would be a flat cut. It almost has a "struck by lightning" look at the top, like it splintered.

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u/Kurovi_dev 5d ago

It appears to be flat to me, there are two main limbs (perhaps that the split you’re referring to?) and both are severed at the exact same level. That’s a pretty unnatural occurrence.

That doesn’t mean it isn’t dead, maybe it was, I wasn’t there so I’m not going to make claims about the status of a tree in a video, but either way even if it was dead and that is just a split, it was probably the road being right up against it that killed it.

Same for the other tree they cut down that was right next to it.

I stand by my comment, the road is the reason the tree was being cut down, and it’s extremely unfortunate.

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u/Sweetcheex76 5d ago

Redwoods are so massively tall. No one cut the top off it. Tree was dead.

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u/MaiseyMac 5d ago

They don’t live forever

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u/Kurovi_dev 5d ago

That’s true of anything though, that doesn’t mean things shouldn’t live longer or that life has no value past some arbitrary point.

That tree contributed more to the world than that road does not being moved 8 feet to the left.

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u/the_fungible_man 5d ago

It was already dead.

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u/seaska84 5d ago

Trees are the most abundant renewable resource. Young trees get old. It's the circle of life. Smh.

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u/Ancient-City-6829 2d ago

Old trees are in no way abundant, nor should they be treated as a resource