Watch Texas lawn guy cuss up a storm as the tree he chops down smashes into his client's house

[douglas9]

First, if you're going to watch this clip, it's imperative that you have the sound up.

Second, be advised that said sound is not workplace safe. Not even remotely. Unless, of course, you're working from home, which is a good possibility right now.

This viral video gem shows disaster strike — an entirely avertable disaster, at that — as a lawn-maintenance guy fells a dead pine tree in a Houston front yard. The would-be tree surgeon's soul-rending cry of "Ohhh, goddammiiiiit!" comes the instant he realizes that he should have cut the trunk in a manner that would make it fall away from his client's house.

Spoiler: more cuss words follow.


https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2020/09/16/watch-texas-lawn-guy-cuss-up-a-storm-as-the-tree-he-chops-down-smashes-into-his-clients-house

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. I'm willing to give 100:1 odds there is a

tRUMP sticker on his work truck.

[Rorey]

3. Oh yeah! NT

[Rorey]

2. And he still wanted to get paid!

I had a couple of trees taken out of a yard at one of my rental properties last year. The guy next door to that property did it for $2,000, and it was actually a much bigger job than this guy had to do. He owns a lawn care business, but is also experienced at tree removal. He rented a boom lift, and took down the trees in increments. He had at least four workers, and it took pretty much a full day. I guess I got a pretty good price for that.

[brush]

4. Ya gotta hire people that know what they're doing.

One guy? One guy, to try to take down that tree? And a stupid guy at that.

[Cicada]

5. Everybody loves videos where the tree destroys the house or truck

Like cat videos the wrong way tree videos bring us together.

[SallyHemmings]

6. Thanks for the laugh

Things are so intense crazy, I can't stop watching it.


(On a serious note, the dumb ass' insurance might not cover it because it was not in his normal scope of his business.)

[gristy]

7. A tree right next to the street, no less.

Access for a boom truck could not be easier. But also, where was he intending to drop it? Parallel to the street, onto the sidewalk? He'd take out a light pole. Onto he street? He had no traffic cones or people to stop cars from driving by at the the time the tree came down. It just doesn't make sense!

[Fla Dem]

8. Hate to say they got what they deserved, BUT.....

the homeowners went for the cheap instead of the experienced.

"After being quoted high prices by tree surgeons for removing the dead pine in their front yard, the family instead paid their regular lawn guy $1,200 for the task."

Hopefully the homeowner's house insurance covered the damage and the lawn guy didn't have to pay. Should he have taken on the job, no. But then the homeowners should never have hired him.

You don't hire your barber to do surgery because he's cheaper and knows how to cut things.

Although in the early days, barbers did do surgery.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. He probably confused the order of the cuts.

You need two. One goes in the direction you want it to fall, and then the other one, on the reverse side, teases it down.

[benld74]

10. I had thought he was the owner of the home,,,, either way it IS hilarious