I think you'd call this 'stuck'
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381739)
Rockingham, Australia
November 10, 2020 6:33pm CST
I wrote yesterday about felling a tree and cutting it up for use next winter in our tile fire. You can catch up here if you missed it:
Vince used a chainsaw to fell it and wanted it to fall in a relatively open area. At on point, he jammed the saw and had to use wedges to free it. The three was threatening to fall the opposite to what he wanted but in the end it came down where it was supposed to.
I was reminded of two trees in the bush behind us where people have tried to cut down a tree but they didn't fall where they were supposed to. As the supporting trees grow, the cut ones get further and further off the ground! You can see its stump on the right.
The photo was taken a few years ago. I must go and have a look one day and see if they’ve come down and/or brought the support tree down with them.
In the bush just outside the boundary of our property in Donnybrook, Western Australia, is – or rather was – a dead jarrah tree. Vince has had his eye on it for...
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
11 Nov 20
Hubs makes sure they fall the right way. Our son helped him a couple of weeks take a big tree down and avoided taking a stone wall down. The trees in the woods have gotten hung up on each other when they fell by themselves, but oh, well.
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@kaylachan (84701)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Nov 20
Trees will do what they want. While you'd like them to fall a certain way, as long as no one was hurt, right?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
11 Nov 20
perhaps 'twas the 'mother tree' 'n the other 'twas tryin' to save her :) nah, i aint nuts, they've 'ctually proven that many species 'f trees 'speak' to each other, share nutrients. hopefully the 'catcher' 's come to no harm.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
11 Nov 20
@JudyEv 'tis true 'n such might be leanin' a bit oddly. could make 't stronger though? oh, i hope ya recall to give'n 'pdate when ya do :) will be most fascinatin' to learn from such.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Nov 20
Those trees refused to be separated 
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Nov 20
Actually, it looks like the one tree is holding the other in its hand,
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
12 Nov 20
Putting a tree where you want it when it falls is not all that easy. When the lot next door was cleared there were a couple of Spruce trees that were more than a meter in diameter. I was impressed by the men who took it down. They had tied a cable to the upper part of the tree, used a crane to pull it in the direction they wanted then cut away. (Yeah, that was cheating, but considering there were three houses at risk if it went wrong, I do not blame them.)
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
11 Nov 20
We had a huge branch in our woods just hanging there for years. I finally had our tree man get it out, it fell during a hurricane.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
12 Nov 20
@JudyEv we have quite a few that lean and I do expect them to fall eventually.
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Nov 20
We have done quite a few over the years and we are always very careful but you are quite right. It is dangerous.
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
11 Nov 20
Wow, that is sure stuck. Pity, since it looks like great firewood
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Nov 20
They often have a mind of their own. I had a close family member that had one fall on top of her once. She survived with a fractured ankle. You cannot ever be 100% sure they will fall where you want them to. Glad you were both safe.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
11 Nov 20
my dad and I used to do that (cut down trees for firewood). many memories.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Nov 20
@JudyEv i remember dragging big logs out with the tractor!
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