I love that you dont just cut the trees and think of it as just another job, but have passion and respect for nature! You are a true arborist. And thats something to be proud of and build a life on!
Human Watching a dozen or so of your videos. You are an truly an inspiration and so glad from your other video that you are in a good place as of right now with your depression. I also admire the fact you do what you do cuz I couldn't do that. Very motivational for me (who also deals with anxiety and OCD and a little depression). Thanks
Trimming the limbs on a pin oak in August puts the tree at risk of oak wilt. Especially in the St. Louis area, waiting until late October would be a better choice to minimize the possible infection of oak wilt, especially on a huge specimen such as that tree.
That was great seeing the "rigging" that you do. Gives me a much better appreciation of the time spent and the how to. That's a beautiful tree for sure, hope it lives forever...so to speak. Great video! Jim.
It drives me nuts that you’ve been doing tree work for a couple years and you talk like you’ve been doing it forever! Still I watch every video you put out and I’m impressed at how you’ve came back from that fall and you are very informative for the viewers about what’s going on, you also do a great job with rigging and climbing gear, maintenance on tools, thinking smart! I’m a third generation arborist and I’ve trained many over the years and you definitely are one of the best I’ve seen for how long you’ve been doing it so keep up the great job and stay safe Corey, sorry for my troll comments in the past
It doesn't bother me at all. I like the confidence. Some people hack their way through (pun intended) forever and some train, learn, and work hard to become professional well knowledge at their trade at very fast pace. Keep up the good work Human.
Wasn't trying to sound like a know it all. This video was created as a request from the salesman for the customer. I was narrating for them mainly, so was assuming they have almost no tree knowledge.
Beautiful tree! Great job! We have a Pin Oak Park near me that has many of these beautiful trees. I just wish the city that maintained them did anything close to what was done here. There’s so much dead wood scattered in them; however, they’re still beautiful trees. Thanks for showing us homeowners what we should be looking for in a quality tree service.
hey Human, i just wanted to say that i love your videos, you inspired me to do this, you`re right, its very fun, and also you`re videos are very good ways to learn something, so i love your videos :)
Hey human I love your videos. I’m training myself how to be a climber/arborist. One of my biggest problems is I don’t know how to dead wood or prune trees so could you send me a link of you doing this whole video no editing please. I would very much appreciate it. You would be doing me a solid
You clean your blade, but what about the sheath? I realize it's probably not a big deal as it's just a precautionary measure, but still... Beautiful tree.
turgsh01 In regards to plastic vs metal. I can tell you that some golf courses ban metal cleats for fear of spreading diseases from golf course to golf course. On those courses you have to use plastic cleats. So I am assuming something in the plastic prevents the spread of those type of diseases/fungus.
I'm guessing the golf scenario the difference between using new, plastic cleats which are very cheap vs reusable more expensive ones. As for cleaning the blade and not the sheath, I'm with you on that one. All that bacteria that has been growing in the sheath has just come back in contact with the blade, so it probably didnt do much when he cleaned the blade.
You cleaned your saw to prevent the spread of fungus and diseases from tree to tree but what about the sheath you put the saw back into it could have fungus in it that came off the saw, did you clean it as well?
Favorite'd this video for two reasons: 1 bc that's the greatest pin oak ive ever seen, and 2 i cant ever remeber the new terminology srs mrs vs srt ddrt ;) and bonus points for actually knowing what a pin oak is. 9/10 people i work with think a willow oak os a pin oak
Also good idea cleaning the blade. I have a degree in environmental horticulture and never even thought about my silky blade contam. Always considered that only when working with herbaceous plants
I primarily ascend on a doubled rope footlocking, then switch to ddrt (mrs) open system with a vt hitch. Cant teach an old dog new tricks. I cant deal with the dynamics of a stationary rope. Scares the hell out of me man
Ben yeah thats what i was talking about; People mistake a pin oak for a willow oak exactly like that. Here's a key: pin oak is a red oak, willow oak is basically a water oak
He practices safe pruning and uses a heavyweight, heavy duty pruning prophylactic. It’s made of Kevlar and guards against any rips or tears. He might charge a bit more than the competition but he is well worth any differences.
damn Corey, instructional vids may be your thing? great job getting your points around. question: have you ever thought about bringing up a "point bar"? preferred around them close rope cuts. also, you got the "r's" jettin' for those tight rope cuts. try one, bet you like it. impressed, but never flabbergasted. well played. MM
Do you know much about sick/diseased maple trees? I have a big one out front (silver maple I think), and over the past few years it has lost its leaves quite early. This past year, 2 of the 4 main trunks have died, and the whole tree really isn’t doing well. Do you think there is anything that can be done to save it?
Graham K id say its to far gone to save it. Had one like that at my school (its was a gum tho) and it was huge but had to go. They bent school fence with chipper when doing it.
Call an ISA certified Arborist to check it out. Silver Maple trees are notorious for hollow cavities and weak structure. If two of 4 trunks have died, its probably beyond saving and removal is probably the right call, especially if its in proximity to your house or driveway.
When the slo-mo hit I was scared you were about to fall again. It was a squirrel. Also, question: Why use the ropes to lower branches when they aren't that high up and there's nothing below to damage? Legitimate question. Am curious. Not trying to tell you how to do your job.
STIHL BORN I agree 1000% shouldent have been a cut made till winter. No matter what type of feeding/ injection was done. Still a risk there. Cory please inform/ and or correct me. Thanks Joe stay safe
Cory, why aren't you using the Notch Stealth pole saw? You've used it now for a while I assume. How does it compare to the Stihl you used in this video?
Wish you lived around knoxville Tennessee! We got a lot of butchers that call them selves tree toppers they give the trade a bad name and leave trees in bad shape!
Hey buddy, I noticed that in the videos some of your cuts are flush with the trunk, and some leave quite a lot of branch left. Is this for a reason, or are these just things that get edited out for time's sake?
I assume this is your favorite part of doing tree work. Actually helping trees not murdering them. It is for me even tho I don’t do it as a profession.
I need that done to my tree. I love the tree but the powerline company cut all the branches off of one side. A couple years after they did that the tree has developed a lot of dead branches all over it. It is a shame because it was a beautiful oak
Is deadwooding and cleaning the shooters and thining it out considered pruning or trimming i thought prunning is topping the tree a 25 percent reduction but you. Cant top hard wood trees or can you hmmm
I love that you dont just cut the trees and think of it as just another job, but have passion and respect for nature! You are a true arborist. And thats something to be proud of and build a life on!
Very nice tree! Love them Pin Oaks, that one is majestic looking. It always nice to see new construction saving green space. Awesome job!
Human Watching a dozen or so of your videos. You are an truly an inspiration and so glad from your other video that you are in a good place as of right now with your depression. I also admire the fact you do what you do cuz I couldn't do that. Very motivational for me (who also deals with anxiety and OCD and a little depression). Thanks
You restored that pin oak to its glory. Kudos to you and the people that chose to keep it.
Trimming the limbs on a pin oak in August puts the tree at risk of oak wilt. Especially in the St. Louis area, waiting until late October would be a better choice to minimize the possible infection of oak wilt, especially on a huge specimen such as that tree.
As always your slomo is spot on; that squirrel was priceless!
Great video. So far it’s one of my favorite videos you’ve done. Saw reviews are awesome as well.
Love it Cory you are so professional. Love watching this type of video. Thanks for the work you put into them.
That was great seeing the "rigging" that you do. Gives me a much better appreciation of the time spent and the how to.
That's a beautiful tree for sure, hope it lives forever...so to speak.
Great video! Jim.
Love your passion. Funny how most arborists love trees and the creatures in them. Keep having fun. Cheers from Australia.
Really nice to see your progression into the tree! Appreciate this upload a lot! Super professional and well explained
Great narration on the video. That is a beautiful tree.
Corey that tree should be on there website it's picture perfect. Good job.
You do nice work, some of the best I’ve seen in my 40 years in the trade.
It drives me nuts that you’ve been doing tree work for a couple years and you talk like you’ve been doing it forever! Still I watch every video you put out and I’m impressed at how you’ve came back from that fall and you are very informative for the viewers about what’s going on, you also do a great job with rigging and climbing gear, maintenance on tools, thinking smart! I’m a third generation arborist and I’ve trained many over the years and you definitely are one of the best I’ve seen for how long you’ve been doing it so keep up the great job and stay safe Corey, sorry for my troll comments in the past
It doesn't bother me at all. I like the confidence. Some people hack their way through (pun intended) forever and some train, learn, and work hard to become professional well knowledge at their trade at very fast pace. Keep up the good work Human.
Wasn't trying to sound like a know it all. This video was created as a request from the salesman for the customer. I was narrating for them mainly, so was assuming they have almost no tree knowledge.
That was beautiful! From the care for the safety and health of the tree to the finished trim and prune great job!! 👍🏼🙀👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful tree! Thanks for taking great prophylactic care in prevention of cross contamination, by cleaning tools before rendering care! 👍🏾
Love the added explanation of everything you're doing, hope to see more videos like this one
I will always love the respect you have for your crew, keep on keeping on brother
Beautiful tree! Great job! We have a Pin Oak Park near me that has many of these beautiful trees. I just wish the city that maintained them did anything close to what was done here. There’s so much dead wood scattered in them; however, they’re still beautiful trees. Thanks for showing us homeowners what we should be looking for in a quality tree service.
An Honour and a Privilege to work on such a beautiful living organism !!
It's been amazing watching your editing skills progress over the years Corey! Your videos are always a pleasure to watch and learn from. Stay safe! :)
I think I'm getting hooked on these vids man. Thanks for the different perspective.
Great video.! It would be nice to see this area again after it's been developed!
Very nice job on a beautiful stately tree.
Great job, beautiful tree.
Beautiful job. A before and after shot side-by-side would have been a perfect ending. Food for thought on your next job.
Will do
Absolutely excellent interesting technical climbing video. And good to see the care for that classic tree. The government thought of something good.
hey Human, i just wanted to say that i love your videos, you inspired me to do this, you`re right, its very fun, and also you`re videos are very good ways to learn something, so i love your videos :)
Great video and great job. Thank you.
Happy belated anniversary you crazy tree guy.
Nice work in preserving the future of the tree!
Glad to see a beautiful tree made more beautiful and enjoyed.
That is a real nice tree. It looks better after you were finished.
The tree was nice before. Cleaned up it's beautiful. Great work.
Super satisfying to watch this. Amazing work. Amazing Tree. Keep it up man! What's your choice for a pruning hand saw?
Thanks =) Can't go wrong with anything from silky, by far the best I've used.
Personally use my silky zubat 390 more than anything else.
Hey human I love your videos. I’m training myself how to be a climber/arborist. One of my biggest problems is I don’t know how to dead wood or prune trees so could you send me a link of you doing this whole video no editing please. I would very much appreciate it. You would be doing me a solid
Thankyou for sharing this. Love too see how you get your rope into the tree. The boring technical bits that always get edited out
Nice job, well done!!
This sounds like a training video. Not complaining, just observing. Still great videos.
I MENTIONED THE SAME. LOOK, EVERY GUY HAS THIER STRONG POINTS, AINT NOTHIN' WRONG WITH THAT, IT'S HOW YOU GET SKILLED.
Good job on keeping the overall shape.
Yet another great video. Can you give an age estimate on that tree? Beautiful work, man.
Wonderful work Sir!!
You clean your blade, but what about the sheath? I realize it's probably not a big deal as it's just a precautionary measure, but still...
Beautiful tree.
no u
turgsh01 In regards to plastic vs metal. I can tell you that some golf courses ban metal cleats for fear of spreading diseases from golf course to golf course. On those courses you have to use plastic cleats. So I am assuming something in the plastic prevents the spread of those type of diseases/fungus.
@Steve Niemyer Interesting. Thanks
I'm guessing the golf scenario the difference between using new, plastic cleats which are very cheap vs reusable more expensive ones. As for cleaning the blade and not the sheath, I'm with you on that one. All that bacteria that has been growing in the sheath has just come back in contact with the blade, so it probably didnt do much when he cleaned the blade.
He might have done that off camera, but I am curious to know if he did/was it necessary?
that was a beautiful job, tree looked so clean afterwards
loving the explanations
Gorgeous tree!
Great work!
You cleaned your saw to prevent the spread of fungus and diseases from tree to tree but what about the sheath you put the saw back into it could have fungus in it that came off the saw, did you clean it as well?
Excellent job done!!!
Favorite'd this video for two reasons: 1 bc that's the greatest pin oak ive ever seen, and 2 i cant ever remeber the new terminology srs mrs vs srt ddrt ;) and bonus points for actually knowing what a pin oak is. 9/10 people i work with think a willow oak os a pin oak
Also good idea cleaning the blade. I have a degree in environmental horticulture and never even thought about my silky blade contam. Always considered that only when working with herbaceous plants
I primarily ascend on a doubled rope footlocking, then switch to ddrt (mrs) open system with a vt hitch. Cant teach an old dog new tricks. I cant deal with the dynamics of a stationary rope. Scares the hell out of me man
Still makes me a bit nervous as well, only do it when the tie in is way overbuilt.
Ben yeah thats what i was talking about; People mistake a pin oak for a willow oak exactly like that. Here's a key: pin oak is a red oak, willow oak is basically a water oak
Beautiful tree!
He practices safe pruning and uses a heavyweight, heavy duty pruning prophylactic. It’s made of Kevlar and guards against any rips or tears. He might charge a bit more than the competition but he is well worth any differences.
damn Corey, instructional vids may be your thing? great job getting your points around. question: have you ever thought about bringing up a "point bar"? preferred around them close rope cuts. also, you got the "r's" jettin' for those tight rope cuts. try one, bet you like it. impressed, but never flabbergasted. well played. MM
Don't think I know what a point bar is, I'm intrigued.
Looks good good job
How tall is the oak and what’s the circumference of the base?
Believe it was 50" or so, and roughly 80' tall.
Do you know much about sick/diseased maple trees? I have a big one out front (silver maple I think), and over the past few years it has lost its leaves quite early. This past year, 2 of the 4 main trunks have died, and the whole tree really isn’t doing well. Do you think there is anything that can be done to save it?
Graham K id say its to far gone to save it. Had one like that at my school (its was a gum tho) and it was huge but had to go. They bent school fence with chipper when doing it.
Call an ISA certified Arborist to check it out. Silver Maple trees are notorious for hollow cavities and weak structure. If two of 4 trunks have died, its probably beyond saving and removal is probably the right call, especially if its in proximity to your house or driveway.
When the slo-mo hit I was scared you were about to fall again. It was a squirrel. Also, question: Why use the ropes to lower branches when they aren't that high up and there's nothing below to damage? Legitimate question. Am curious. Not trying to tell you how to do your job.
Compaction and damaging shallow roots
Root plate damage, Cory clearly explained his reasons for rigging those branches in the video.
What about oak wilt.....if they wanted to save it...id wait til late fall or winter
STIHL BORN I agree 1000% shouldent have been a cut made till winter. No matter what type of feeding/ injection was done. Still a risk there. Cory please inform/ and or correct me. Thanks Joe stay safe
You are correct that it's a risk, but the beetle reduces it's activity mid june, and starts mid march
Human that's what I though . Hopefully it's good to go great job on the tree looks awesome. Some people just don't care
Yea I never prune/trim any oaks until end of October thru March when they are dormant I agree STIHL BORN
Im not saying corey was wrong though....he is employed to do a job.😉
Can u give some names of good climbing lines and things I will need to start climbing for a climber start ING out
Cory, why aren't you using the Notch Stealth pole saw? You've used it now for a while I assume. How does it compare to the Stihl you used in this video?
what saw are you using when you're in the tree? is it the Stihl ms 170?
Hopefully will grow to be healthier tree. Nice work.
Nicely done.
I like to see someone enjoy there job SAFE CLIMBING Bro!
I breath i sigh of relief, when he said they're actually going to save that tree
Very nice, she's a beauty!
So are you worried that dropping big limbs onto the roots will cause soil compaction? Or would it break roots close to the surface? Or both?
both
How do you get the rope wrapped around or in the tree to start your climb?
A throw line with a 14 or 16 ounce bean bag that's thrown over the limb, then his climbing line is dragged up and over.
Fine job Human!
Now it's a beautiful healthy tree.
how you tied the first rope that you star climbing at 1:32
Who thumbs down someone working hard? Ugh..
Any idea of how old that oak was ?
I get a lot's of satisfaction cleaning up a tree nice one Human 👊😎👊
Always a pleasure spikeless climbing big old trees. When no one is watching barefoot is the go 😉
I'm curious about why more limbs aren't simply drop cut. What's the danger in just letting them fall to the ground?
Jim Mac Manicured lawns, green houses, sheds, utility lines etc. We call them targets, not to hit but to avoid.
I could see that, but I sure don't see anything like beneath that tree. Not even the manicured lawn.
Jim Mac Root plate damage, he explained that in the narrative in the video.
I love my CE lanyard. I could probably do a lot of work with no climbing line and two long CE lanyards.
How do you get that first rope you climbed up with up in the tree that high?
Just realized that his channel is growing fast couple weeks ago he had 40000 subs
Do you do more pruning or removals?
About half and half
How do you sterilise your hand saw sheath mate?
Usually just rubbing alcohol, those I know others use lysol as well.
Wish you lived around knoxville Tennessee! We got a lot of butchers that call them selves
tree toppers they give the trade a bad name and leave trees in bad shape!
Hey buddy, I noticed that in the videos some of your cuts are flush with the trunk, and some leave quite a lot of branch left. Is this for a reason, or are these just things that get edited out for time's sake?
Some editing, but also if there's callous tissue I don't want to damage it.
How many squirrels are in one tree
That's awesome.
beautiful tree
I assume this is your favorite part of doing tree work. Actually helping trees not murdering them.
It is for me even tho I don’t do it as a profession.
Am I right in assuming this is a cake job for arborists? A job such as this the experienced guys would love to do.
Levi Granger I find trimming to be much more difficult than removal for two reasons:
1. I'm not a very skilled climber
2. Spurs/gaffs must not be worn
I agree with v3124, pruning is more difficult and tougher on the body. I generally prefer removals as they're more fun, and you can gaff them.
Looking dam good human
Do you ever use prune sealer. Or is that a amateur product.
No studies have yet been done that show it's worth it.
Human I useit on some and I think its worth it. It actually helps the cut not grow new shoots sofast.
I need that done to my tree. I love the tree but the powerline company cut all the branches off of one side. A couple years after they did that the tree has developed a lot of dead branches all over it. It is a shame because it was a beautiful oak
looks damn good
Do you not have oakwilt in your area?
Yes, but the beetles activity drops off in mid june
Is deadwooding and cleaning the shooters and thining it out considered pruning or trimming i thought prunning is topping the tree a 25 percent reduction but you. Cant top hard wood trees or can you hmmm
Beautiful Pin Oak but Damn I hate the Limbs lol they seem to tangle up so easy
Did you sterilize the inside of your saw scabbard and your chainsaw?
Have you taken any arboriculture classes?
Lol that squirrel is like wth!?
Human in a tree! Awesome!
Beautiful. I do believe you have found your calling. 🙄