# A hold my beer moment that ends like you'd expect.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414 "2019-01-08T17:23:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414/1 "2019-01-08T17:23:59Z")
Anytime someone says _hold my beer_ while I take care of this. You know the situation probably won’t end well.
This tree cutter left his truck beside the tree he’s cutting? WTH? 😉
The video is hilarious. Thankfully no one got hurt.
It doesn’t look like he notched the tree to control where it fell. He definitely needed a rope to guide it. I’ve taken down a few trees, but would call a pro for one that close to a house.
> **[Householder sends huge tree crashing down onto his pickup](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6568887/Chainsaw-wielding-householder-sends-huge-tree-crashing-pickup.html)**
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> This is the moment a man recklessly saws through a tall pine tree standing right next to his home in Malvern, Arkansas, with disastrous results
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### Author:  [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414/2 "2019-01-08T18:49:07Z")
They are in Arkansas. Maybe Beckdawrek knows them.
Dennis
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414/3 "2019-01-08T19:11:07Z")
It’s loaded on the truck for a trip to the landfill. What’s the problem?
Here’s how [an expert does it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LHvEf6Igh0)
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414/4 "2019-01-09T05:11:24Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> It’s loaded on the truck for a trip to the landfill. What’s the problem?
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> Here’s how [an expert does it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LHvEf6Igh0)
Wow!
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414/5 "2019-01-09T05:32:50Z")
> [@mixdenny](#):
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> They are in Arkansas. Maybe Beckdawrek knows them.
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> Dennis
Not personally. I know guys like that, I assure you they are a dime a dozen. I know a guy who was burning brush and it wasn’t going fast enough. He siphoned some gas from his truck and ended up burning his truck and barn and nearly burnt himself up. I know a million stories like this.
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### Author:  [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414/6 "2019-01-09T15:38:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> It’s loaded on the truck for a trip to the landfill. What’s the problem?
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> Here’s how [an expert does it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LHvEf6Igh0)
I often watch tree felling videos, and that one is pretty amazing!
The original video seems to happen a lot down south.
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414/7 "2019-01-09T15:44:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> It’s loaded on the truck for a trip to the landfill. What’s the problem?
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> Here’s how [an expert does it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LHvEf6Igh0)
That was amazing. I’m actually shocked he even tried it. I’m guessing that guy has more than a passing familiarity with tree felling.
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414/8 "2019-01-09T15:48:29Z")
> [@aceplace57](#):
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> Anytime someone says _hold my beer_ while I take care of this. You know the situation probably won’t end well.
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> This tree cutter left his truck beside the tree he’s cutting? WTH? 😉
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> The video is hilarious. Thankfully no one got hurt.
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> It doesn’t look like he notched the tree to control where it fell. He definitely needed a rope to guide it. I’ve taken down a few trees, but would call a pro for one that close to a house.
> [Chainsaw-wielding householder sends huge tree crashing down onto his pickup | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6568887/Chainsaw-wielding-householder-sends-huge-tree-crashing-pickup.html)
I’m becoming more and more skeptical of those kinds of videos as being staged. They flood YouTube these days. Question: why in God’s name would ANYONE have their vehicle parked that close to a falling tree? Look at it, on the face of it, it defies logic and common sense.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414/9 "2019-01-09T15:57:19Z")
If only Yolanda had been there. . .