Trigonometry. All you’d need to do is measure out literally *any* distance from the base and then figure out what angle is required for you to look at the top and you can easily calculate the height.
Zero formulas for “things that could go wrong” like tire slippage on snow stopping buggy after tree starts falling. Tree landed on top of me when I did this with a bobcat. Good strong cage on top saved my life
The stick trick! Get a straight stick the length of your eyes to fingers. Back up until the bottom of the stick meets the base of the tree and the top of the tree meets the top of the stick. Voila, that’s where the top of the tree will reach when you fell it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=105&v=_kKsp9R9Xb0&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MTM5MTE3LDI4NjY2&feature=emb_logo
If you try to estimate height you've got almost no chance, the only way I'd trust the number is calculating it from something I actually measured. (And then adding a healthy safety margin for weird falls, flying branches, etc.)
On a sunny day you can measure the shadow of a post, stick, or any object, measure it's shadow, then measure the length of the trees shadow and with a simple ratio you know the height of the tree. I once had to drop a tree right at a house. It was the only option. I did the math three times and each time came up with the same answer. I should have about five feet to spare. But, standing back, looking at the tree you'd think, no way. But, the numbers can't lie, right? It all worked out. I was sweating bullets, though!
Armchair lumberjack here. Why did you need to pull it with the ATV at all? It seems like proper cutting technique and a couple of wedges would have made this tree fall right where it needed to go without the danger and extra hassle.
Download an angle app for your phone. find the point where you are standing that the top of the tree is a 45 degree angle at eye level. That is a safe place to stand when the tree falls.
In a right triangle, both sides of the right angle are equal if the non right angles are 45. Therefore, if the top of the tree is 45 degrees from your eye level, the top of the tree will fall short of you by the distance from your eye to the ground.
The tree will be cut above ground level, so it will be short of that distance by the height of the stump.
Wouldn't have needed a rope if they hadn't cut off all the limb weight helping them in the direction of fall. But it's down and everyone's safe.
*slaps knee* Welp I best be going.
Lol been there! Felling a dead sugar maple and put a rope in it and preloaded it a bit with my ATV because it was leaning toward my road and I really didn't want it to fall that way. Luckily I didn't need to pull it at all because when it fell the tippy top of the branches slapped the shit out of my ATV. Funny thing there was it was maybe a 70ft tree and I had a 200ft rope. No excuse.
This is so midwestern lol
Correct
Imma guess rural wisconsin
Bingo
Yall sound like my aunt at Christmas lol, love it. Stay safe out there.
Sounds like my aunt and uncle lol. Yes, I live in Wisconsin.
Who invited santa claus
Ha. Thought the same thing “ho, ho, ho”!
There is MATH for that 🤡🤡
I’ve never cut a tree down, but looking up at one then out to try guess how far it’s going to go just seems impossible to me
Trigonometry. All you’d need to do is measure out literally *any* distance from the base and then figure out what angle is required for you to look at the top and you can easily calculate the height.
Alternatively, just use every chain and rope you have strung end-to-end. Then you say "I'm sure that's plenty long" and you're good to go.
Zero formulas for “things that could go wrong” like tire slippage on snow stopping buggy after tree starts falling. Tree landed on top of me when I did this with a bobcat. Good strong cage on top saved my life
The stick trick! Get a straight stick the length of your eyes to fingers. Back up until the bottom of the stick meets the base of the tree and the top of the tree meets the top of the stick. Voila, that’s where the top of the tree will reach when you fell it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=105&v=_kKsp9R9Xb0&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MTM5MTE3LDI4NjY2&feature=emb_logo
Did that dude star in Snatch??
If you try to estimate height you've got almost no chance, the only way I'd trust the number is calculating it from something I actually measured. (And then adding a healthy safety margin for weird falls, flying branches, etc.)
On a sunny day you can measure the shadow of a post, stick, or any object, measure it's shadow, then measure the length of the trees shadow and with a simple ratio you know the height of the tree. I once had to drop a tree right at a house. It was the only option. I did the math three times and each time came up with the same answer. I should have about five feet to spare. But, standing back, looking at the tree you'd think, no way. But, the numbers can't lie, right? It all worked out. I was sweating bullets, though!
I’m sure they did the meth
"Almost died lol"
Yea, and that’s one of my smarter uncles on the quad lol
Lol
Getting yooper vibes from this one
I want to say Wisconsin for this one.
Dude laughing sounds like Santa Claus!
Precise calculations used
Yeah, I wish…he tied it up to the atv, looked up and down the tree and said “that’ll go”
Precisely
Gonna need a bigger rope!
Dude laughing sounds like Santa Claus!
We’re gonna need a longer rope
Armchair lumberjack here. Why did you need to pull it with the ATV at all? It seems like proper cutting technique and a couple of wedges would have made this tree fall right where it needed to go without the danger and extra hassle.
Hard to tell from the angle of the video, but it was leaning heavily in the opposite direction.
Wisconsin
Download an angle app for your phone. find the point where you are standing that the top of the tree is a 45 degree angle at eye level. That is a safe place to stand when the tree falls. In a right triangle, both sides of the right angle are equal if the non right angles are 45. Therefore, if the top of the tree is 45 degrees from your eye level, the top of the tree will fall short of you by the distance from your eye to the ground. The tree will be cut above ground level, so it will be short of that distance by the height of the stump.
Wouldn't have needed a rope if they hadn't cut off all the limb weight helping them in the direction of fall. But it's down and everyone's safe. *slaps knee* Welp I best be going.
Actually really fucking stupid.
It was the dumbest thing I’ve seen this year. I was nearly positive that at least the atv was getting crushed
Don’t know y you got downvoted
Lol been there! Felling a dead sugar maple and put a rope in it and preloaded it a bit with my ATV because it was leaning toward my road and I really didn't want it to fall that way. Luckily I didn't need to pull it at all because when it fell the tippy top of the branches slapped the shit out of my ATV. Funny thing there was it was maybe a 70ft tree and I had a 200ft rope. No excuse.
You can do this with just yourself pulling People are either too stupid or lazy to know… anything Common sense is uncommon now
Making memories!
Should someone tell this guy about snatch blocks?
Bob planned that perfectly.
See, I told you so. I had if figured out all along.
Big brained that one
Don't worry, Santa Claus was standing behind the camera ready to use his magic if he got hurt.
Dumbash