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reestuart
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reestuart
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Yep. I've known at least two different people who supposedly knew

what they were doing almost kill themselves cutting down trees like that. Way too many things can go wrong.
Posted: 02/24/2025 at 03:23 PM ET
(In response to this post by BB Hokie)

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How did I fix this tree problem……………..?
VTHokieTom • 02/24/25 02:09 PM ET
I have one like that crossing my ATV trail,
HortHokie • 02/25/25 10:04 AM ET
Find dis guy and tell him to 'have at it' . . .**
MikeVT85 • 02/24/25 10:26 PM ET
I have a very similar problem...
vthhhi • 02/24/25 10:24 PM ET
You turned up the volume on the radio?**
Tank • 02/24/25 06:30 PM ET
Added 3 more trees, made a perpetual motion machine**
WestyHokie • 02/24/25 06:05 PM ET
Reverse cut the remaining trunk to fall the other direction...
MP4VT2004 • 02/24/25 05:24 PM ET
5 gallons of gas & a match**
MAHokie69 • 02/24/25 04:47 PM ET
Hilarious responses………………..🤣🤣🤣
VTHokieTom • 02/24/25 04:31 PM ET
pretty much what I was thinking **
HokieDan95 • 02/25/25 07:54 AM ET
Well done. Sharing that a guy in my area was killed last week....
BleedinOandM • 02/25/25 07:17 AM ET
U da Man Tom, I surely wouldn't have tackled it**
astrohokie • 02/24/25 05:20 PM ET
Wait for another lightning strike.**
Major Kong • 02/24/25 04:23 PM ET
Just keep throwing a shoe at it until you knock it loose**
SteveInBaltimore • 02/24/25 04:11 PM ET
Pound the wedge!**
MAHokie69 • 02/24/25 10:32 PM ET
You called Ernest T. Bass to take it down?**
Hokebury • 02/24/25 03:54 PM ET
Or Red Green, now he has some innovative solutions to problems**
coshokie • 02/24/25 04:06 PM ET
If it won't fall a building, I'd let nature take its course. **
7Hokie1 • 02/24/25 03:40 PM ET
chainsaw
MrBayAreaHokie • 02/24/25 03:27 PM ET
These trivia questions are getting harder everyday. Where are Stork and
Brown Water • 02/24/25 03:15 PM ET
I said ignore it. And I’m sticking with that. It was in the woods for God’s
Stork • 02/24/25 05:15 PM ET
Ignored it. **
Stork • 02/24/25 02:57 PM ET
Trained Beaver**
coshokie • 02/24/25 02:54 PM ET
Never worked in my experience ....**
PhotoHokieNC • 02/24/25 05:16 PM ET
He didn't say squirrel**
MAHokie69 • 02/24/25 10:30 PM ET
Fire!
HokieNoVA • 02/24/25 02:50 PM ET
I would pull out an axe and whiddle away on each side until it fell
EDGEMAN • 02/24/25 02:39 PM ET
Never trust an axeman who spells whittle with two d's.
PhotoHokieNC • 02/24/25 05:17 PM ET
flaming bag of poo**
B777Fr8Dog • 02/24/25 02:35 PM ET
Throw a cast over the break with @40-lb test and 3-oz sinker…
VT BronzeBacker • 02/24/25 02:34 PM ET
where is this? I have the rope and a weight. might able to help
LesHaunx • 02/24/25 04:20 PM ET
That'll work...may need a neighbor/friend or two to help pull**
Tuckahokie • 02/24/25 02:43 PM ET
Gotta call the guy**
astrohokie • 02/24/25 02:28 PM ET
Are there no rednecks nearby who are just waiting to say “hold my beer”?
Spud • 02/24/25 02:24 PM ET
launch a shoulder mounted explosive projectile from a safe distance**
Beerman • 02/24/25 02:13 PM ET
Directly underneath likely most accurate.**
PhotoHokieNC • 02/24/25 05:19 PM ET
Hire a pro.**
reestuart • 02/24/25 02:13 PM ET
Yes. Those are widow makers for a reason. One of my HS friends died taking
BB Hokie • 02/24/25 03:19 PM ET
Yep. I've known at least two different people who supposedly knew ◄
reestuart • 02/24/25 03:23 PM ET