Looks Rotten, Might Fall Wrong… What Would You Do?

🌲 Looks Rotten, Might Fall Wrong… What Would You Do? 🪓

In this episode, I take on one of the most deceptive trees I’ve faced this season. A large spruce stands next to a road, under power lines, and just meters from my parked car. Its swollen base hints at internal rot… or does it?

With safety on the line, I rig a tackle to guide the fall — not relying on wedges or the tree jack alone. What happens when I make the cut might surprise you.

📌 What you’ll learn in this video:
✅ How to identify visual signs of potential tree rot
✅ When (and why) to use a mechanical pulling system
✅ Felling strategy in tight, urban-style locations
✅ Firewood prep tip: how “throwing” a trunk makes splitting easier

🔍 Tree work isn't always what it looks like — especially in Finnish spring forests. Watch to the end to see how this one plays out, and let me know: would you have trusted this tree?

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0:00 What's the situation
0:55 Tree cutting preparations
1:35 Cutting the tall spruce down

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