r/Wellthatsucks • u/CzarDM • 9h ago

The tree wasn't falling. It was loading the catapult.

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u/reticulatedtampon 9h ago

Could have been worse

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u/PointOfFingers 8h ago

That's no catapult, it's a treebuchet.

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u/Lagunamountaindude 7h ago

Morticia! You spoke French

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u/Coldhot123 2h ago

Cara mia.

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u/squad1alum 4h ago

The superior siege weapon

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u/xXPhoenixBlueXx 1h ago

Kinda just seems like a slingshot.

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u/BEEEEEZ101 9h ago

You got to take it to that crew. It'll make him laugh for years

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u/NPC261939 7h ago

I do tree work for a living and I've seen some things. Don't think a downed tree isn't capable of killing you in an instant.

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u/moving0target 7h ago

Hardhat saved him.

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u/Lagunamountaindude 7h ago

Remember, safety third!

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u/XXEpicXZombieXX 9h ago

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u/ProcedureAcceptable2 8h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3AEnKXBghJd2YfvM4g
It’s a whole bunch of people that shouldn’t be working around electricity, chainsaws, boom lifts, wires under load, and automobiles.

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u/Gunter5 6h ago

Right now you have a bunch of storm companies in the trade. Their guys dont do this everyday and imo you can get rusty really quick. You might be off for 4 months then work 3 weeks

Some of those guys chase storms because they cant hold down a job locally

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u/CzarDM 5h ago edited 4h ago

This was indeed a crew recently put together for hurricane Isaias

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u/badgerj 9h ago

What in frog 🐸 snacks were we trying to accomplish by holding the sharp end of the tree/wire combo under tension here?

Because if it was “self yeet”?

You did it!

If it was to keep the chainsaw from binding:

“You done fucked up son”.

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u/aardvark_army 8h ago

That's what happens when linemen do tree work.

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u/D1rtyH1ppy 4h ago

Trees are stored potential energy.

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u/Ok_Replacement4702 9h ago

Might as well quit, bud

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u/A_Dicksmasher 8h ago

I remember the first time

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u/towerfella 2h ago

It’s not reportable if no one acts like anything went wrong

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u/GravitationalEddie 2h ago

I am the flyin' man for the coutyyyyyyy.

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u/jefbenet 45m ago

Somebody forgot to tell the new guy to let go