Great post, Tony That started the day off with a laugh!!
That reminds me of a tree I cut down. Our quality staff always did a United Way Day of Caring project for the Y Battered Woman's Shelter and I always trimmed all the bushes.
well this one year they said they were all going to be painting the inside of the place. I hate painting and asked if they needed any outdoor work done. The lady said they had this tall tree halfway across the yard and that they were afraid it would fall down and hit the south side of the building which was full of windows- she wanted to know if I could cut it down. I can't say no!!
I went home and got my chain saw, chains and ropes and came back and tied a rope as high as I could onto the tree and ran it back to a big oak tree in the neighbors yard that I had a chain wrapped around. I had a come along and put a lot of tension in that rope so it would continue to pull on the tree when I cut the base because I did not have any one else to help pull.
Then I started to cut the base of the tree low to the ground and then it happened!!!!!! That dang tree cracked up the middle( probably for all that tension) and pivoted about 8 Ft up and the top swung around in a slow arc narrowly missing the wall of the building. The half that split away from it got under the swing set next to the tree and pulled it out of the ground and stood it on it side vertically- concrete and all!!
God was looking out for me that day. I could have done in a second what she wanted to prevent!!Then I could have been in your video!!!!!!!!!
Cheers, Jim