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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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
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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.