I love how no one ever brings their stress to the worksite, and although it may look like everyoné having fun...a lot of work gets done. These are the signs of a really professional crew.
It is us that thank you all for sharing with us an insight and perspective of a world and way of life that we would never otherwise enjoy. Not only that but the feeling of inclusion, of family, of a common decency and the shared appreciation that only folks that are drawn to your channel share. You devote so much time and dedication not only to your craft but also to how you show it to us and explain it to us. The common man will never be, that which the Monkey Beaver see...Be well. Be safe. Be all you can, y`all ! = )
“For those who have ears to hear......” YES! So many conversations should start there. Your teaching style is brilliant. I will never cut down a tree myself, but the tree guy I hired yesterday sure could have learned from you. Dull chainsaw, no PPE at all, finally put on leather gloves when picking up the Russion Olive limbs.
I love the way both of you climbers banter along with and watch out for each other. In a sense you share each others cuts and results. I also appreciate the high views ... although with my fear of heights it means I actually FEEL it big time while watching. My safety line is my sofa harness :) It still feels like I'm up in the canopy with you. PHEW!!
Hey August, I had tennis elbow bad in my left arm that I just couldn't get rid of no matter what I tried. Well after a lot of research on the subject, I finally discovered that the elbow can be overworked when you have either weak shoulder or wrist muscles. If either of these muscle groups are weak then the muscles around the elbow have to compensate for that, causing strain & inflammation in the elbow. Going on that info I began working out with weights, targeting the weak areas in question & after a short time the pain is gone & hasn't returned. Now I work out heavy with the weights & no problems with the elbows anymore:) Yes it was a bit uncomfortable at first but I stuck with it and glad that I did!
Ray Clark hello. This sounds just like me, over worked my right , by climbing vertical ladders in buildings, with 70 lbs in my left, hand pulling up to the rung, then grabbing the next rung , all I can do is wear an ‘air cast splint on it , ALL THE TENDONS are stretched out , there are times it hurt so bad I rest my right hand on my leg when driving ., towards the end of my working carreeirb,
@@flybyairplane3528 Wow now that's a lot of weight to hold on one arm while climbing up a ladder...no wonder your tendons are all stretched out:( Yeah the rope or a powered lift ladder would have saved you for sure...hindsight right?
Your a stand way up comic. God bless y'all August. Coffee went up my nose when you went through all the kit names. 🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for all the tips. It's fun hanging out with y'all. Great job juggling speed lines Jeff!
Is that a nice view! Maybe Rouge River ? Miss Oregon! - hope to See youre family again one day! Say greetings to Everybody, speciall to youre mom and dad !
I love the SLK, we have mostly spruce trees here so I make special efforts to avoid rigging the limbs out since ten vertical feet can have more than 20 branches... your kit is the ONLY way to get these jobs done ❤️
No, thank you, August! These videos take a lot of time and extra effort to both film, and so professionally edit. Your efforts are very much appreciated! Lord bless!
Poor Jeff, hat to sweat, speedlining two trees at once 😜. I very enjoyd this video, nice view from the top, great work with the camera, exelent team and good and helpfull explanations. You're the best, god bless you all! Greetings from Germany
Alex tree service took my Monterrey pine out today to protect my roof. Did what I would have done but protected my roses. Did great. Knew August and his systems and clean up was excellent.
If you know you have to rig the top or if you have branches that are too low to speed line I modify this. I set a block or ring at the top, use it to rig any low stuff. Then have the guys tie it off on the portawrap or bowline the tree and use the other end to speed line. Makes things more efficient and if you run into limbs that wont work on the speed line whether there are obstacles or they are too long of what have you, you have flexibility built in!
This must be a paid advertisement for the "Monkey Beaver Speedline Kit"!! Lol! You guys are food people I cant wait till I can buy your belt and speedline kit stay safe love the videos!!
You folks are true artists and have one of the most interesting channels on TH-cam. Question: What is the life of your speed line ropes? Looks like they take a bit of abrasion.
You all really do make it look way too easy..... and I know it ain't. 😉 And thank you again for continuing to sprinkle in those "little lessons" throughout the video. Thanks for putting in the time and effort to set the GoPros, take the video, edit and post it up. Great job by you and your crew! 😎👍❤️🌲 Keep yourselves safe! Randy
Man that was awesome work....I really wish this covid would go away and a few of us get together and come up to Oregon and make a video of us that have been fans of August Hunicke for years. And just slay some tree's.......
I like your reference to Buckin. I watch both of your videos. The most interesting part is the cross between New Age and old-school. Both of you always end up with the tree safely on the ground. For the most part 🤣
"That was worthy" , I died when he said that, ha ha that's was great. What a classic line at a classic moment. August you guys are the stuff. God bless you too.
I can dig it. Seeing Jeff get a 100 bucks was a big deal for him. I could see how much it meant to him. One ho not only have ears to listen and eyes that looks for can see your crew kicking it at lunch time in 100 degree temperature. I am pulling the plug on a speed line. I have a maple tree farm in NH. I have close to 1000 taps. I will be opening up the canopy. 22 acers and the yellow pine trees with three foot buts can not be felled. I want my maple. Some guys talk about the kick that won the championship. How bout the through..
You wear your face shield enough you forget it is there. I have spit all over mine several times trying to spit sawdust out of my mouth and forgetting it was down
Done it a few times. Tied the rope to the slid loader and put slack in the line to drop it where we need it. But have the skid loader parked back far enough to get a good angle. Works very well
Glad it looks like Grants Pass area hasn't got the smoke from the fires. Up here in the Salem area the smoke's as bad as I have ever seen it a dark radish. A couple of mornings ago at 8AM I just couldn't believe it wasn't 4AM. Added to that was power lost over night. Not a very pleasant time for Oregon or Washington. Good to see so many youtube videos coming from the MonkeyBeaver crew though. Keep it up and keep looking up. Terry
LOL Got so interested in you bringing down the logs at the end, I burnt my dinner. (sigh) Thanks for sharing this. That speed line setup is super slick - brilliantly simple. Always a pleasure watching your crew work. Makes me wish I was young enough to at least try out my spurs. ;-) How do you deal with all that ivy? Are the pine logs worth anything as lumber or are you turning them into firewood?
Thats so true. Got my hamd crushed in a rope and had my ring on. Didn't lose the finger but it was excruciating when they cutbit off at the hospital. Now i wear a rubber ring
Not a tree worker here,still enyoying you take the youtubes on a ride. Thanks for caring and sharing your works. Just out of curiosity -how "big" person wise is Augusts company? 5-7 ppl for tree work, 2-3 and family for the remainder of business / office?
Hey August, who is the guy who does your saw mod’s? I’d like to e mail him for some info on getting my 2511 firing properly. Ref Tennis elbow, I struggled for a long time with it and had a grip like a child, saw a chiropractor and he cured it in two weeks with deep massage and acupuncture, not had a problem with it since. 👍
It got me to wondering - what's more dangerous? Swinging 120' in the air or ground crew having coconuts thrown at 'em. In the mean time I think I'll just fly a keyboard. I'm not made for that. Still, the air up there sounds delicious.
Hello from RI. I got my rope bags in today, thank you. Excited to try the speedline kit when it comes in. What was rope terminated to on ground side? I remember that video that you hit the ground. What are best ways to terminate end? Thank you for helping out with great knowledge/gear. Getting new roof on house tuesday!
I just looked at the price of the kits. That's insanely low. Like, lower than making the slings yourself. 😮 Pulling the kit apart to use the slings and carbiners for non-speedline use is still a great deal. Especially with the rest that comes with it for carrying and storage
A curious question August. Why did you chose to use a doubled rope system? I see Damien using SRT and was wondering why you didnt chose the Zig-Zag with an SRT system anchored on the stem? You brought up an awesome thought that you may not have enough rope in an emergency to get down, but on an SRT, with say, a alpine or a Bowline with a tail to retrieve it so you wouldnt have to climb back up to your tie in point, would give you the length you needed? Just a curiosity on my side, Keep up the knowlege sharing, love seeing the other persectives, stay safe!!
19:55 - "and this is, dear TH-cam, how we know that a little undercut goes a long way in speeding up cutting off bigger branches... After all, it is a speedline, y'know..." : )
August, hello, man I still, have a great appreciation , for what & how you do it GREAT STUFF & always SAFETY IN MIND , GOD BLESSBYOU & all, THANKS cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Today November 12 we met at the Quonset Hut at 8am. to unload Lake Winnipesaukee equipment. Us three one guy lets call him Navy 47 year old retired seal 6ft. 3-1/2 Dooly 52 year old 6ft 1 all around good guy do any thing that needs to be done. His famous words are that's what I am hear for. I got inside them in the hut to watch this Vid. When I was telling these guys about the speed line they just said yup okay sure. Now they got it from the Flamingo we are good now. Thanks Marc from NH.
Awesome! Hey, do you think there is any chance Adam would consider taking an apprentice? I would love to have a ground man like him or at least trained by him! All y'all rock! Stay safe out there!
One thing is to drink with the visor down, another is to spit - don’t ask me why I know 😩 thx for sharing. Ps. Don’t you do single line? At one point I thought you were switching (like the rest of the world😀)/Soren
Geez, what a view from up there. Question August: when up there, is all your body weight supported by your ankle spike or is some of it on the safety line?
Hi August, very fast and safe working method, and love your videos! I see you using the Petzl ZigZag Plus! I think you have already tested many devices, but why the zigzag plus and what your personal experience with this device? and how long will it last?
Nervous Nancy and Safety Steve says "buckle your helmet Damien." As long as you don't need the helmet, you are fine with it not buckled. If you do need it, it would suck to watch it skitter away from you as you were banging down through the tree.
I love how no one ever brings their stress to the worksite, and although it may look like everyoné having fun...a lot of work gets done. These are the signs of a really professional crew.
Never bring problems to work or bring work problems home is what i have been told. It's a good way to be.
It is us that thank you all for sharing with us an insight and perspective of a world and way of life that we would never otherwise enjoy. Not only that but the feeling of inclusion, of family, of a common decency and the shared appreciation that only folks that are drawn to your channel share. You devote so much time and dedication not only to your craft but also to how you show it to us and explain it to us. The common man will never be, that which the Monkey Beaver see...Be well. Be safe. Be all you can, y`all ! = )
Agree
“For those who have ears to hear......” YES! So many conversations should start there. Your teaching style is brilliant. I will never cut down a tree myself, but the tree guy I hired yesterday sure could have learned from you. Dull chainsaw, no PPE at all, finally put on leather gloves when picking up the Russion Olive limbs.
Because August made it look so easy and he looked so cool while doing it, I had to try it.
Turns out, he’s just really good at this shi*.
I love the way both of you climbers banter along with and watch out for each other. In a sense you share each others cuts and results. I also appreciate the high views ... although with my fear of heights it means I actually FEEL it big time while watching. My safety line is my sofa harness :) It still feels like I'm up in the canopy with you. PHEW!!
Hey August, I had tennis elbow bad in my left arm that I just couldn't get rid of no matter what I tried. Well after a lot of research on the subject, I finally discovered that the elbow can be overworked when you have either weak shoulder or wrist muscles. If either of these muscle groups are weak then the muscles around the elbow have to compensate for that, causing strain & inflammation in the elbow. Going on that info I began working out with weights, targeting the weak areas in question & after a short time the pain is gone & hasn't returned. Now I work out heavy with the weights & no problems with the elbows anymore:) Yes it was a bit uncomfortable at first but I stuck with it and glad that I did!
I've had a similar issue and fixed it this way as well. Good advice Ray!
Ray Clark hello. This sounds just like me, over worked my right , by climbing vertical ladders in buildings, with 70 lbs in my left, hand pulling up to the rung, then grabbing the next rung , all I can do is wear an ‘air cast splint on it , ALL THE TENDONS are stretched out , there are times it hurt so bad I rest my right hand on my leg when driving ., towards the end of my working carreeirb,
@@flybyairplane3528 Wow now that's a lot of weight to hold on one arm while climbing up a ladder...no wonder your tendons are all
stretched out:( Yeah the rope or a powered lift ladder would have saved you for sure...hindsight right?
@@nicholasmiller835 Thanks:)
My new favorite quote: " It's not rocket surgery" August Hunicke Love it!
Saw it on a t shirt 🤷🏼♂️😁
Your a stand way up comic. God bless y'all August. Coffee went up my nose when you went through all the kit names. 🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣.
Thanks for all the tips. It's fun hanging out with y'all. Great job juggling speed lines Jeff!
Great video, August.....lots of teachable moments, and some slick marketing. 😎
Is that a nice view! Maybe Rouge River ? Miss Oregon! - hope to See youre family again one day! Say greetings to Everybody, speciall to youre mom and dad !
You guys are an inspiration. You make your work look so easy and I know it is far from it. Love watching your videos.
I love the SLK, we have mostly spruce trees here so I make special efforts to avoid rigging the limbs out since ten vertical feet can have more than 20 branches... your kit is the ONLY way to get these jobs done ❤️
This is the art of cutting trees, great job, and well done 👍
No, thank you, August! These videos take a lot of time and extra effort to both film, and so professionally edit. Your efforts are very much appreciated! Lord bless!
Those that have ears to hear read that in the Bible and is true in the work you do.
God Bless you and your crew and family's.
I often find myself when watching you guy saying out loud "unbelievable, incredible, wow."
Fascinating to watch. Great way to start the day. Hope you and your team have a relaxing holiday weekend.
Hey August I have ears to hear and I appreciate the instructive format
Poor Jeff, hat to sweat, speedlining two trees at once 😜. I very enjoyd this video, nice view from the top, great work with the camera, exelent team and good and helpfull explanations. You're the best, god bless you all! Greetings from Germany
Alex tree service took my Monterrey pine out today to protect my roof. Did what I would have done but protected my roses. Did great. Knew August and his systems and clean up was excellent.
Awesome video! Thank you so much for sharing what you do and how you do it. You guys are fantastic. God bless!
If you know you have to rig the top or if you have branches that are too low to speed line I modify this. I set a block or ring at the top, use it to rig any low stuff. Then have the guys tie it off on the portawrap or bowline the tree and use the other end to speed line. Makes things more efficient and if you run into limbs that wont work on the speed line whether there are obstacles or they are too long of what have you, you have flexibility built in!
This must be a paid advertisement for the "Monkey Beaver Speedline Kit"!!
Lol! You guys are food people I cant wait till I can buy your belt and speedline kit stay safe love the videos!!
You folks are true artists and have one of the most interesting channels on TH-cam.
Question: What is the life of your speed line ropes? Looks like they take a bit of abrasion.
Really really long time 🤷🏼♂️ thanks btw
Great video, great commentary, and nothing better Tree Life God Bless.
You all really do make it look way too easy..... and I know it ain't. 😉
And thank you again for continuing to sprinkle in those "little lessons"
throughout the video. Thanks for putting in the time and effort to set
the GoPros, take the video, edit and post it up.
Great job by you and your crew! 😎👍❤️🌲
Keep yourselves safe!
Randy
GREAT TEACHER,GREAT STUDENTS. STAY SAFE, AND KEEP LOOKING UP.
Man that was awesome work....I really wish this covid would go away and a few of us get together and come up to Oregon and make a video of us that have been fans of August Hunicke for years. And just slay some tree's.......
I like your reference to Buckin. I watch both of your videos. The most interesting part is the cross between New Age and old-school. Both of you always end up with the tree safely on the ground. For the most part 🤣
I reckon Damien put that droop in on purpose so it would strip the Ivy off the tree lower down. :)
I love the footage. Thanks Hunicke. Props to you and all the tree brothers following this channel.
Great video, you have the best view from your office.🌲🌲
August and Jeff are back good to see you guys having a laugh making me laugh love u guys
God bless you august and thank you for setting a good example and giving tree guys a good name.
Another great video August ,
Can I ask what pulley you use for your self anchor point at the top of the tree ? Cheers
Good job guys y'all take care and GOD bless
Awesome video, Academy Award worthy! 😃 You guys are great, always pleasure to watch. Take care!
"That was worthy" , I died when he said that, ha ha that's was great. What a classic line at a classic moment. August you guys are the stuff. God bless you too.
The thing I most enjoy about these videos is a bunch of really skilled people having fun while they work.
I can dig it. Seeing Jeff get a 100 bucks was a big deal for him. I could see how much it meant to him. One ho not only have ears to listen and eyes that looks for can see your crew kicking it at lunch time in 100 degree temperature. I am pulling the plug on a speed line. I have a maple tree farm in NH. I have close to 1000 taps. I will be opening up the canopy. 22 acers and the yellow pine trees with three foot buts can not be felled. I want my maple. Some guys talk about the kick that won the championship. How bout the through..
You wear your face shield enough you forget it is there. I have spit all over mine several times trying to spit sawdust out of my mouth and forgetting it was down
Been there done that lol all you can do is laugh at yourself when do that.
Foreals haha 🙄😜🤣
Howdy August, Really enjoy the speed lining videos!! Have A Day! ;~)
In my very limited experience, Lodgepole is super hingey! Mostly from a pole saw perspective. They will hang and jam up your saw.
Done it a few times. Tied the rope to the slid loader and put slack in the line to drop it where we need it. But have the skid loader parked back far enough to get a good angle. Works very well
I love that little Echo saw. I would trade my Husky 51 and cash, all day long ! Thumbs up August !
Glad it looks like Grants Pass area hasn't got the smoke from the fires. Up here in the Salem area the smoke's as bad as I have ever seen it a dark radish. A couple of mornings ago at 8AM I just couldn't believe it wasn't 4AM. Added to that was power lost over night. Not a very pleasant time for Oregon or Washington. Good to see so many youtube videos coming from the MonkeyBeaver crew though. Keep it up and keep looking up. Terry
Clearly, that Echo saw can keep up! Fun to watch your crew work
Me and my wife have agreed to name our baby girl August thanks for settling hours of name picking. ..stay safe you and the crew 👍👍
LOL Got so interested in you bringing down the logs at the end, I burnt my dinner. (sigh) Thanks for sharing this. That speed line setup is super slick - brilliantly simple. Always a pleasure watching your crew work. Makes me wish I was young enough to at least try out my spurs. ;-) How do you deal with all that ivy? Are the pine logs worth anything as lumber or are you turning them into firewood?
Damien, please take you ring off when your at work. I'd hate to hear about you losing a finger. 👍♥️
Thats so true. Got my hamd crushed in a rope and had my ring on. Didn't lose the finger but it was excruciating when they cutbit off at the hospital. Now i wear a rubber ring
Not a tree worker here,still enyoying you take the youtubes on a ride. Thanks for caring and sharing your works.
Just out of curiosity -how "big" person wise is Augusts company? 5-7 ppl for tree work, 2-3 and family for the remainder of business / office?
Close guess 😎
Hey August, who is the guy who does your saw mod’s? I’d like to e mail him for some info on getting my 2511 firing properly.
Ref Tennis elbow, I struggled for a long time with it and had a grip like a child, saw a chiropractor and he cured it in two weeks with deep massage and acupuncture, not had a problem with it since. 👍
The Saw King does the saws for August. 👍
Saw king is telling people he’s semi retired
It got me to wondering - what's more dangerous? Swinging 120' in the air or ground crew having coconuts thrown at 'em.
In the mean time I think I'll just fly a keyboard. I'm not made for that.
Still, the air up there sounds delicious.
Awesome and I like the "if you have ears to listen"🤘. You have a new shirt that says "Just zip it" 🤷♂️
Just like always, A & D just standing there on trees giving cheek to the hardest worker down low, ;)
Hello from RI. I got my rope bags in today, thank you. Excited to try the speedline kit when it comes in. What was rope terminated to on ground side? I remember that video that you hit the ground. What are best ways to terminate end? Thank you for helping out with great knowledge/gear. Getting new roof on house tuesday!
Port-a-wrap in stump
@@AugustHunicke the bags smell so good, look forward to one day traveling west of CT haha
I just looked at the price of the kits. That's insanely low. Like, lower than making the slings yourself. 😮
Pulling the kit apart to use the slings and carbiners for non-speedline use is still a great deal. Especially with the rest that comes with it for carrying and storage
Zactly
sit n zip Ha Ha
Looked like ya had the perfect scenario for the system, great video, as always. thanks August and crew!
A curious question August. Why did you chose to use a doubled rope system? I see Damien using SRT and was wondering why you didnt chose the Zig-Zag with an SRT system anchored on the stem? You brought up an awesome thought that you may not have enough rope in an emergency to get down, but on an SRT, with say, a alpine or a Bowline with a tail to retrieve it so you wouldnt have to climb back up to your tie in point, would give you the length you needed? Just a curiosity on my side, Keep up the knowlege sharing, love seeing the other persectives, stay safe!!
Old Habits I suppose
Speed lines make a lot of sense to me as long as you have room to do it. Great way when you are not clear right below the tree. Terry
Super lucky everyday 🤪 super skilled cuz luck doesn't pay bills I love Damien's tact 🍀🤙🌲👊
I’m new to this but it looks like you guys have some genius and skill going on. 🤙
Always watching from Clearwater Florida!
19:55 - "and this is, dear TH-cam, how we know that a little undercut goes a long way in speeding up cutting off bigger branches... After all, it is a speedline, y'know..." : )
MrKotBonifacy
This is also Appliable to running limb saws from the ground.
@@tatemantis9293 I guess I'm generally willing to agree : )
BTW - "applicable", I guess, you've meant... ;-)
At lokes like tree's are bigger in the states than in ower part off the Netherlands. Good Job mister Hinicke!
Awesome job as usual. Ever consider a Branch Manager rake for the Vermeer?
Not yet
August, hello, man I still, have a great appreciation , for what & how you do it GREAT STUFF & always SAFETY IN MIND , GOD BLESSBYOU & all, THANKS cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I like the flamingo cut 😂👌
August I watched THE rest you and your CREW are the best.
Love the sound of that echo saw!!!
That speedline is some sweet sweet sweeeeet engineering!
Today November 12 we met at the Quonset Hut at 8am. to unload Lake Winnipesaukee equipment. Us three one guy lets call him Navy 47 year old retired seal 6ft. 3-1/2 Dooly 52 year old 6ft 1 all around good guy do any thing that needs to be done. His famous words are that's what I am hear for. I got inside them in the hut to watch this Vid. When I was telling these guys about the speed line they just said yup okay sure. Now they got it from the Flamingo we are good now. Thanks Marc from NH.
Say hi to them for me 👊🏼😎
@@AugustHunicke Will do. These guys are like your guys it means a lot.
the best infomercial i've ever seen! :)
Really pretty views from up there.
I always love the scenery after I take the top
Awesome! Hey, do you think there is any chance Adam would consider taking an apprentice? I would love to have a ground man like him or at least trained by him! All y'all rock! Stay safe out there!
poetry in motion, Monkey Beaver speed line kit. Nice full gainer at 35.
Also loving the colours you choose for the kit webbing and Carabiner's
I love this channel.
One thing is to drink with the visor down, another is to spit - don’t ask me why I know 😩 thx for sharing. Ps. Don’t you do single line? At one point I thought you were switching (like the rest of the world😀)/Soren
I use single sometimes
As always its wonderful
Thank you for making this type of educational video. I appreciate it.
Now August is wearing gloves, two different ones
It’s what I had 🤷🏼♂️
Geez, what a view from up there. Question August: when up there, is all your body weight supported by your ankle spike or is some of it on the safety line?
Either way
Philadelphia checking in. 31:44. Hell of a toss August!!
Nice video as always, climb safe!!
ZAM! Remember the exclamations from Batman? Meanwhile, back at the crane...
My goodness, pretty busy for the groundcrew. Was is just Jeff ? Or was Adam there too ?
Good morning August and Damian
Would you alter your plan at all if the tree had velvet top fungus (brown rot)? Or is pondo pretty tough when it comes to that?
I don’t know about that. Pondo Pine has other problems
Hi August,
very fast and safe working method, and love your videos!
I see you using the Petzl ZigZag Plus!
I think you have already tested many devices, but why the zigzag plus and what your personal experience with this device?
and how long will it last?
I think y'all are amazing
Another great video!!
I’m going to have to get me a monkey 🐒 beaver harness for my bin and tower work
Nervous Nancy and Safety Steve says "buckle your helmet Damien." As long as you don't need the helmet, you are fine with it not buckled. If you do need it, it would suck to watch it skitter away from you as you were banging down through the tree.
God bless whatever work your hands find to do.
Hey man jou are a very very good Treemonkey.Very Luck from a German Fan.!!!
We all know Jeff is the MVP of this video
Care to share what rigging line you’re using for that speed line job?
PMi semi static 1/2 inch
Still working on getting caught up with the content , better late than never , God Bless you too August and ofc , thank you.
GOD bless you to Mr Hunicke