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[โ€“] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If the tree falls onto an adjacent tree and gets hung up, then you have an unstable and dangerous situation. You can try to cut your target tree free, but when it breaks loose it might come crashing down in unexpected ways.

[โ€“] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Good points.
There's more than a few videos on YT in which we can see folks who completely underestimated or just whiffed upon the amount of potential force involved in lumber-resting-on-lumber.