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Controlled Tree Felling and Unforeseen Damage

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How NOT to help trees guys. (while building a retaining wall)

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What happens here

The crew proceeds with felling another tree. An excavator is used to push the tree in the desired direction as a chainsaw operator makes the final cuts. During the felling, the tree unexpectedly twists and a branch collides with the Kubota R530 wheel loader, which had its side window open, shattering the glass. The crew assesses the damage, noting the broken window. The narrator emphasizes that while equipment damage is unfortunate (estimated at $2500 for the window), the primary concern is that no one was hurt. This highlights the importance of keeping a safety-first mindset and anticipating unexpected movements during tree removal.

Goal: Execute tree felling safely and respond appropriately to unexpected equipment damage.

Tools and materials

  • Chainsaw Stihl — Cutting the tree for felling
  • Daewoo 75V Excavator Daewoo — Assisting with tree felling by pushing the tree
  • Kubota R530 Wheel Loader Kubota — Operating near the tree felling zone

What they say

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so yeah that's what we got for right now D this going give me bro oh they're clipping hell yeah well they land with all those branches but there a't very many branches job site safety is a Monumental thing and one of the things I found to be the most effective way to keep my guys safe is to put them into twom man teams second set of eyeballs a second opinion uh a different perspective always seems to go a long way in helping keep my guys safe and then also go up there and get a video of that guy [Music] too oh you want me to push it over yeah okay I'll see if I can reach it I just uh back what's that a back if it just if it comes this way I'll TI It Down basically huh [Music] all right so we got the tree guys here we for uh Jerry Migel Miguel and JJ JJ getting your trees down getting our site all cleaned up for us it's trying to get these trees out of the way and you're an avid subscriber of us and you work with Bert too yep yep work with Bert Holland snow all you know what we do yep I've seen lots of what you guys do retaining walls and different Landscaping projects and you guys do an awesome job so a little bit of stuff down the wall down here so that way when the trees come down you're not going to hopefully damage the wall which is actually used as a loader not just a snow Pusher so when you're taking underground you have to locate

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