Life Man builds spiral staircase (sketchy) around 75-foot tree

**Scorp** · 10-20-2009, 09:51 AM

At the end you hear a scream......a thud......and the camera goes black.

A staircase made from 2x4's. fuck that!

Mr. Laz · 10-20-2009, 09:57 AM

Hell no

thebrad84 · 10-20-2009, 10:02 AM

Holy $&#%! I'm afraid of heights and, I kid you not, it made me nervous watching that. That guy is insane.

Brock · 10-20-2009, 10:02 AM

Made my palms sweat.

kc rush · 10-20-2009, 10:10 AM

I like the concept, but the engineering is scary. The ladder and platform beginning at 3:12 is the worst of it.

ClevelandBronco · 10-20-2009, 10:21 AM

I wonder what the actuarial department at his life insurance company would have to say about this.

BY1401 · 10-20-2009, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kc rush

I like the concept, but the engineering is scary. The ladder and platform beginning at 3:12 is the worst of it.

What engineering?

Chief Pote · 10-20-2009, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorp

At the end you year a scream......a thud......and the camera goes black.

A staircase made from 2x4's. fuck that!

Oh great...I watch the entire video and nothing. Like watching for a train wreck and nothing.

InChiefsHeaven · 10-20-2009, 10:27 AM

That's pretty friggin cool. I'm not an engineer, but that looked remarkably sturdy to me.

...Swiss Family Robinson eat yer heart out...

MOhillbilly · 10-20-2009, 10:31 AM

got a deer stand thats 80ish ft up. you gotta use a ladder i nailed to the tree for the first part, then its step climbers to the top. I get up there and get drunk and shit. its fun, you can shoot tree rats from 4 ft away.

10-20-2009, 10:33 AM

I have no problem with the 2x4's - what do you think your staircase at home is made out of? I have a problem with the 2x4's being nailed into a living thing. When that tree grows, those 2x4's are gonna shift. The staircase will remain viable for a year or two. Beyond that, it's completely unsafe.

**rockymtnchief** · 10-20-2009, 10:37 AM

Oh hell no! Trees sway in the wind, thereby loosening whatever kind of fasteners he used. 20 feet is about as high as I'd go after a few months.

**Old Dog** · 10-20-2009, 10:37 AM

You couldn't pay me enough to climb that thing.

BY1401 · 10-20-2009, 10:51 AM

THIS is how you build a spiral staircase around a big tree.

The staiway in the video is fail just waiting to happen.

10-20-2009, 09:41 AM
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10-20-2009, 09:51 AM	#2
Scorp Whiskey Tango Foxtrot OVER! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hell Casino cash: $6629000	At the end you hear a scream......a thud......and the camera goes black. A staircase made from 2x4's. fuck that! __________________ Last edited by Scorp; 10-20-2009 at 10:24 PM..
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thebrad84 My name...is Horace! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Olathe, KS Casino cash: $5864069	Holy $&#%! I'm afraid of heights and, I kid you not, it made me nervous watching that. That guy is insane.
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10-20-2009, 10:10 AM	#6
kc rush Blah Blah Blah Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In front of the computer. Casino cash: $2029559	I like the concept, but the engineering is scary. The ladder and platform beginning at 3:12 is the worst of it.
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10-20-2009, 10:21 AM	#7
ClevelandBronco I'm with the banned. Join Date: Sep 2006 Casino cash: $5658955	I wonder what the actuarial department at his life insurance company would have to say about this. __________________ "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth ..." – Pope Saint John Paul II
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10-20-2009, 10:27 AM	#10
InChiefsHeaven Rockin' yer FACE OFF! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Casino cash: $625437	That's pretty friggin cool. I'm not an engineer, but that looked remarkably sturdy to me. ...Swiss Family Robinson eat yer heart out... __________________ We have a million reasons for failure, but not one excuse... Die Donks, DIE!! Holy Crap fellas!!! We did it!!! THREE TIMES!!!
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10-20-2009, 10:31 AM	#11
MOhillbilly Mama Tried Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri Casino cash: $9949903	got a deer stand thats 80ish ft up. you gotta use a ladder i nailed to the tree for the first part, then its step climbers to the top. I get up there and get drunk and shit. its fun, you can shoot tree rats from 4 ft away. __________________ True Son of Liberty
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10-20-2009, 10:33 AM	#12
Phobia Guest Casino cash: $	I have no problem with the 2x4's - what do you think your staircase at home is made out of? I have a problem with the 2x4's being nailed into a living thing. When that tree grows, those 2x4's are gonna shift. The staircase will remain viable for a year or two. Beyond that, it's completely unsafe.
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10-20-2009, 10:37 AM	#13
rockymtnchief Supporter Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Crazys of Montana Casino cash: $10018968 VARSITY	Oh hell no! Trees sway in the wind, thereby loosening whatever kind of fasteners he used. 20 feet is about as high as I'd go after a few months.
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10-20-2009, 10:51 AM	#15
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