Howdy Jake, anticipating part two and the "season finale" of Gigantic Dead Maple Removal....will the weather continue to be an evil villain or a sunny superhero? Can we expect more dramatic chills and spills whilst roof skiing? Is the tree 2000 years old? Great video stay safe! Happy New Year! Have A Day! ;~)
@terry Isaac doesn’t matter how long it takes unless paid by hour 90% of people who record there work so people like to learn don’t like it don’t watch
I’m a home owner from NY love to watch you cut down trees 🌲 it was relaxing . I’m a cancer patient my children and husband are taking good care of me. Hope to see you again. Thanks for doing such a good job.
@@lynnsmith7576 shit man I feel for you try to enjoy the times you have with her and try to make her feel as nice as possible so you know when she’s gone that you did everything you could to make her life just a bit nicer
I was a professional arborist myself for 10 years. I was injured in a fall cutting down a eucalyptus tree in Phoenix Arizona. I broke my neck 35 years ago. I'm very happy to see that you take your time and are very careful.
Discovery channel would pay yall thousands of dollars for this footage, but then they would try to control your narrative and try to make yall adhere to a script.. I'm glad yall are in control and free to do it YOUR WAY.. thank you for top notch television.
That's the truth. You'd have to holler "Whoa!" or "Watch out!" followed by cussing (for the bleeps) every 30 seconds or so. And have lots of shaky camera shots for the near death experiences you have every 15 minutes. You'd need to to have some horrible, looming catastrophe going on in the background so the narrator could warn us that "If he makes the cut wrong, the entire tree could come down, dragging him with it to certain doom". Or "If the log flips over, it runs the risk of putting the sun out, putting all mankind into darkness". You'd need a good argument or fight with the crane operator, who honks the horn at everything. Plus a little blood, followed by the trip to the hospital, for an amputation of a large hangnail that really stings. lol It's gotten ridiculous with all the drama! Just saw one of "The Axe-Men" shows recently. It leads you to think they're all stupid idiots, and need to be shut down before they kill someone or everyone. Unreal! It can't be helping the logging industry in any way. And the people they show that pull logs from the swamps in Louisiana? Damn! They need to just marry their cousins, accidently shoot each other, and git it over with. Give what's left of 'em to the snakes and gators!
Watched it all the way through. I’m from the east side of the state, a small town, named Colville. I Own a 20 acre parcel near by that we use for recreation. It has a year creek that runs through the center. Now that I’m retired I spend many of my days up there. Thanks again for the Great Video!
Many climbers won't understand how difficult it is to climb around in a wet tree. Many climbers DO NOT climb if its rainy or wet, but you fellers wouldn't ever get any work done if you didnt climb in the rain. Dead trees become soggy/weak, & its extremely difficult to have sure footing. The tree becomes slick as oil! You did a killer job👍 That was a nasty old booger🤪👌 STAY SAFE
Never has a fellow climber felt so fortunate (bordering guilt🤭) to be able to watch such a horrible tree removal in the luxury of a warm cottage, feet up on the sofa in front of the wood burner 😅. Total respect to you Sir for such calm level headedness, skill and stoicism. ✊🏻👏🏻. I do have a technical question: I’ve occasionally been concerned when dismantling very dead or hollow trees, about keeping the bias of the crowns balance equal, just in case the root plate is non existent and unbalancing the tree quickly could cause it to fail , but yet I’ve never heard anyone else refer to this theory? Your thoughts ? Congratulations on the best tree dismantle video I’ve yet to see. Big broad leaves require so much more thought and effort than straight up columnar softwoods in my opinion.......especially in the rain and made of toast ! 😳
@@sixty4garage the house is the reason the tree died, look how close it is. No way they expertly built around the roots while giving they room to grow and take in nutrients
@@kentuckysmoose when they get old here they rot from within, even left alone they die. I’ve got 3-4 of them close to death, they are widow makers close to a house. Mine are 300’ to 800’ from my house so I’ll let storms take them.
ideally such a tree would stand in a forest left to die and be a habitat for all those crawly things, mycelia and bacteria feeding birds and fostering biodiversity. Sure, this particular one had to go, just hoping that some of the wood wouldn't end up being burned right away.
I was a farm boy and raised walnut trees which we cut down Routinely. I became a graduate research engineer which engineer and retired after performing research for 40 years. I love watching your techniques and your logic which is flawless. As an engineer, I must congratulate you and whoever taught you. I recently had to cut down a large pine tree and could have used your Crane And your knowledge, but I did it all by hand and chainsaw. Removing the roots in this awful clay soil was the hardest part. You are performing a real service, and I thank you! A truly awesome job!
This guy is a great teacher, besides a technician. This is the first time I've watched this kind of work, and I couldn't stop watching...a testament to see someone do a job that appears impossible but makes it looks easier. He also looks identical to my brother who use to live in Tacoma when at Fort Lewis. Great job!
Great team work as always. As you said so many times, "sketchy". That was is so many ways extremely challenging, dangerous, the whole ball of wax. I am technical rescue, high angle rescue, cave in rescue etc. trained, now retired fireman and I take my hat of to you on this one in particular. My viewpoint is always from the perspective of possibly having to respond to rescue or recover you from those situations if the unthinkable happens and we would have been working from our ladder unit or the crane not that tree. Be careful, be safe, I am impressed! Nick, North West Farmer
Epic work. Excellent channel and content. Getting my land based ticket in Jan. as a 45yr old man learning new skills is imperative to self development. Loving the channel mate. Great Britain 🇬🇧
Jake I`m from Detroit Michigan almost 69,retired auto mechanic of 50yrs,grew up on a 80 acres farm, cutting wood since I was 9 .now I cut for fire wood ,split and stack for sale, the farm was 150 cows, 1000 chickens and 500 to 800 sheep, retirement isn`t all that great, more work now. have a great time in those jungle trees, love the videos.
I really admire your teamwork with the crane operator maneuvring the deadwood down the wood chippers's maw, yourself up in the air and all done safely, and the added factor of a cold wet Washington day too.
Great job. I'm a homeowner in Grand Rapids MI and had a big OAK tree cut down in my back yard two years ago. The guy that cut it was new to the company and he said they were testing him. He had worked for another company climbing and cutting trees but they wanted to actually see what he could do. The had him climb and cut down with ropes, no crane. Took 2 days. I watched and really appreciated his efforts, and yours. These trees are beautiful, but when they die, they need to come down. I don't like heights and would never tie onto the crane like you do. Great job showing what you do for a living.
Thank you for this great videos. When ever I see one of your videos I start looking forward to start in tree work. Your videos made me willing to do tree work and so I am going to stard in about half a year when I finish school. Thanks from Germany.
Really nice.. Love the videos! As for suggestions, it would be cool if you but a camera on Brian, so that we maybe get a few clips from his perspective in the crane from time to time =)
The ending reminded me of watching Saturday morning cartoons, when they would step on a banana peel or something slick. This is an amazing job you guys are doing. I saw the time before the video and thought "An hour video! These are the lengths of videos I like!" and then before I knew it, it was over. It had me in awe the whole time. Thanks for sharing this with us Jake! I appreciate it!
Love to hear the explanation of all your gear. I would love to see how you tie all the gear together and all the knots you use, especially how you climb a tree without the crane. You do it so matter of fact that you gloss over some of the finer points and suddenly you are at the top and "How did you do that?" I don't understand how you suddenly are on another rope that wasn't there a moment ago? But do admire the skill you display and the obvious care about safety. Keep safe and keep explaining.
“Nothin’ to it..‘Sept if ya do it wrong, everybody dies” pretty much sums it up. Nice picks, man. I imagine working with your own crane operator makes communication a lot more seamless. Finding a crane operator you trust is a beautiful thing. I haven’t finished the video but I’d wager that the rings on the stump that correspond to a date 2 or 3 years after the house was built are much thinner and stunted from that point onward. When people give me a call to come assess the trees pre-build, I always tell them they just saved themselves thousands of dollars. It’s amazing to me how many building contractors don’t understand the impact heavy equipment and construction has on tree roots. We have a couple of very dead large oak crane removals coming up, these videos are really helpful for gettin in the mindset. At least they aren’t crumbly dead-ass maples covered in slippery moss towering over valuable real estate. 😮💨
Hello from France, It's always a pleasure to see your team working, and above all, to offer us such long and complete videos. Have a good New Year's Eve.
WOW! Very impressed with the balanced cuts and especially how you clean up the ends of your cuts even though you probably don't need to. Thanks for posting!
It’s sad because when that house was built it almost certainly killed the tree. A tree’s root system is typically around 1.5 times as wide as the tree is tall- so when the foundations for the house were dug the trees root system was probably badly damaged. That’s an incredible tree, shame it has to go.
Nah, it was probably just the age combined with some rot from those cut branches, maybe some other stresses from the construction. Cutting a few of the roots didn't kill it, especially that far out, I root prune trees all the time no trouble.(Its actually recommended when transplanting many species to avoid long term root defects.) But there may have been changes to the water table, soil compaction, nutrients, or other soil chemistry related to the construction that added stress.
Horizontal and vertical root extent is highly variable by specie and soil conditions. I have a black walnut with roots out 3 times its height, while douglas fir don't seem to root much beyond 1/3-1/2 their height. Depth is highly effected by layers in the soil like the water table, hardpan or bedrock as well as a species tendency toward taproots, fiberous deep roots, or surface roots.
@@mytech6779 damn, sounds like you know a lot more about trees than I do. Still, even if the house being built wasn’t the nail in the coffin, I’d be surprised if it didn’t play a role in the tree dying.
Cannot wait for part two! The best part of what I took from this vid was the opportunity of having a tight crew gelling. I worked 20 years in the redwoods, starting in 1980, and seen my share of good and bad, this was beyond excellence.....thank you!
Unbelievable job! No tree skills here, but looking at it while you were up there. No way, would have ran. 2 years gone since, hope to see Part II. Stay safe you and crew! 👍👍
I’m a homeowner that has 10 acres with most of it wooded. I have a whole bunch of trees that have to come down and many more that need to be trimmed up. I’m watching y’all’s videos to learn the best I can to be able to tackle some of this work.
My grandpa was a sawyer and had a mill. My mom helped him often. I am 79 great grandma and love watching anything with trees. You do great work and I hope you have fun. Stay safe boys.
I really like your videos, Jake. I'm a forest owner in Norway, and spend some time in the woods. In general our trees are a lot smaller, but a loot of your tips is still relevant. Please keep posting, and keep up the good work 😊👍🏻
i Jake! im from Québec Canada , you are a very good climber !! sorry for my English !?! thanks for all your video!! I have had my tree service business for 2 years. You are an example for me. thanks again
I really like how you explain things as thoroughly as possible and a way a new climber can understand I'm from Pennsylvania I think the biggest thing for me is to learn my trees and everything about them
Howdy from Houston, I am a plumbing contractor and i watch in awe. We have cut down many trees from our land but don't look nearly as smooth as yall do. Good crews is the secret. We have two crews that work as smooth as yall.
Really, a sequel!! I am riveting with suspense. Thank you for taking the time to document this experience for my entertainment! Exhilarating fun. You definitely earned your wages with this tree! Good job 👏.
Hey Jake! Another great video! Cant wait for part two! Learning alot of new tricks from your videos. I am a fresh made arborist in Denmark. Stay safe and keep making cool videos! Happy new years! Richard
Hi from Ireland… love your videos..got such an adrenaline rush watching you work, especially being lifted by the crane…great talent you have there….keep safe 🙂
Being rural Colorado mountain native I'm amazed how different areas build right around and allow trees right up to housing. In Colorado we make sure trees are cut away from builds to keep fire , pine needles and tree from falling on housing.
Much respect to these guys... never realized how much knowledge and skill it takes to do this job and balls of steel as well. Great job guys everyone went home to their families which is the most important
Nothing like a good cojones compliment :-) carpenter/contractor from Massachusetts here, much respect to you and your crew and everyone else who does what you do for a living
Hay those large pruning wounds will not close or grow over due to a fungus on that dry wood it may be nectria fungus it is real common in northern Michigan your brother of the Jackpine Savage tribe. Have Saw Will Travel.
jake that was a “ master disaster “ so dead, so brittle, and with the rain so slick! especially with the peeling bark! it could send pieces on either roof so easily, steel are bad because they will dent ,great job
Thanks to guys like you I have learned how to take down trees without killing myself or destroying property I've taken down 11 dead 70 foot Ash trees. About 100 more but smaller.I Purchased this property in 2015 because of the trees. One of the Ash trees was over 110 years of age. Sad.
The way i look at gloves when running saws is it's super scary if you manage to get just your finger, that glove will pull your whole hand along and take that, where without a glove you've only hurt a finger
THIS! Exactly. I honestly HATE when ppl start blabbing about OTHER PPL not wearing freaking “work gloves” (waka-waka) while working with power tools/machinery - basically anything that rotates, moves, spins, cuts, etc. & your hands ever have to go even semi-close to said moving parts.... but I mean, hey... why not cry about it, right? Pfft. It’s not like it’s *THEIR* hand & maybe even a chunk of THIER arm that’ll get ripped off if something unexpected happens. Meh, why not. 🙄 🙉 Um.. NOOOO, wth? Do ppl even think about what they’re saying before they say it, or does it just bust straight out of their mouths unthought & uncensored like that all the time??? LOL! Lawd. - Seriously, tho.... to anyone who sees this *& doesn’t already know this* ; if you want to keep your ENTIRE hand-& quite poss even part of your arm-[intact, that is] after what should [& can] amount to nothing more than a fairly small accident... then for the love of all things holy... DO NOT WEAR GLOVES while using power tools (i.e., anything that moves or goes grrrrrr when switched on.) ESPECIALLY not too-large gloves that hang over well past the tips of your fingers. Yeah, that’s.... just ah... well... hell, just don’t do it! 🤦♀️ Practically begging for a disaster with that one. They’re NOT recommended for a reason, folks... but I digress. I rly appreciate your level of common sense! 😁Thanks.
I actually really like that walkway over rainforest undergrowth yard setup. Seems like a really cool way to preserve the look of natural rocky forest floor you find all through the Pacific Northwest.
Carl clearing dead wood in North Florida. Great video of a very tough job. I do all my cutting on the ground and seeing you at work, I realize why I do not want to work above ground level.
I like watching yall work....i used to doit,My speciallity was dead trees around power lines,down there in Louisiana....for an electric company named Entergy...back then we didnt have that awesome gear yall using....THAT IS JUST AWESOME....i only have pics...now days theres tutoriales and i think it's AWESOME!!!💪💪💪😁✌️
Mad respect from West Memphis Arkansas,, I can't believe yall work in the rain.. what's the temperature? And does the rain affect your rope runners friction ability? The slipperiness has got to be a factor
lol... I work construction right here where these guys film. If we don't work in the rain... we don't work! Just part of the great Pacific Northwe(s)t...
I think this is why you gotta get you trees removed before they die instead of after. How much cheaper and safer would it have been to take out if it was alive?
YES Crane $400 an hour , three days =$10 k chip truck , 18" chipper , climber two ground man three days, $6K easy!!! Total Over $15K . Not worth some one getting Hurt. Oh salesperson to bid , Profit???? . My Guess homeowners insurance said tree GONE or NO INS... gonna cancell the Policy... That climber at 30 is Well past most guys Knowledge at 60 years old. Climber is Worth $50- $100 an hour alone easy!!!!!!!!!! You cant find guys like him. I could go on and on. TOP NOTCH VIDEO!!!!! Top NOTCH CLIMBER.. Crane is over a Million Bucks or Close... Climber is most likely a Certified Arborist.. Should become a consulting Arborist. Big waste of talent for him to leave the TRADE!!! Best part. No attitude !!!! Just makes it FUN!!! Oh MERY CHRISTMAS TO ALL..
@@MAGAMAN Ya Trimmed the tree, Thin and prune 10% to 30% , crown thinning dead wooding , Your guess is as good as mine. Any bodys Guess what tree trimmed means. My guess tree was in major decline , so dead wood is what most likely happened.
Wow, what an adventure. Thanks for sharing. We’re home owners in Yea, Victoria, Australia. Had an older friend working on a Eucalypt in our backyard & he said “That’s the last gumtree I’m ever going to do. He got stuck & the bark is so smooth. We repositioned his ladders to make his descent safer. The Lord bless you & your team & keep you all safe from Elizabeth
@@shojinryori True, but insurance would pay for house repairs. But, of course, there's always the possibility that the occupants might get smashed along with the house ......
@@the.original.throwback much cheaper and safer to have the tree removed before anything happened, huh! It must have been a glorious sight when it was alive.
Awesome job! Stay Safe! Extremely dangerous tree there ... and no damage from that dead piece o chit! Probably would have been a much easier gig 10 years ago when it should have come down!!! Thank goodness that you didn’t hurt yourself trying to clean off the snot roof!!!
This is the first time i've watched your channel. You are good at what you do and Brian is good at following your instructions as he can't see what you see as well as you can from sown on the ground. its real teamwork. happy new year to you and your crew.
I found you guys while trying to learn to cut a few branches off of a tree that is in front of a house that I just bought. Need this to say I have been hooked ever since then I watch you guys all day all night and my grandson tells me he's going to cut down my tree he has learned it all from you and he is only seven
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Howdy Jake, anticipating part two and the "season finale" of Gigantic Dead Maple Removal....will the weather continue to be an evil villain or a sunny superhero? Can we expect more dramatic chills and spills whilst roof skiing? Is the tree 2000 years old? Great video stay safe! Happy New Year! Have A Day! ;~)
Same here. Can’t wait.
Thank umy oakisdead
Don't stop and explain every little step. Just do your job!!! I would NEVER HIRE YOU GUYS!!!
@@terryisaac8195 isaac whats with the biden playlist on your channel. LOL your a freeeeakshow
@terry Isaac doesn’t matter how long it takes unless paid by hour 90% of people who record there work so people like to learn don’t like it don’t watch
I’m a home owner from NY love to watch you cut down trees 🌲 it was relaxing . I’m a cancer patient my children and husband are taking good care of me. Hope to see you again. Thanks for doing such a good job.
As a cancer survivor, I'm doin the same thing you are. Hang in there.
You guys both still good?
@@ripa6331 love this
My mom is having a relapse of stage three colon cancer
@@lynnsmith7576 shit man I feel for you try to enjoy the times you have with her and try to make her feel as nice as possible so you know when she’s gone that you did everything you could to make her life just a bit nicer
I was a professional arborist myself for 10 years. I was injured in a fall cutting down a eucalyptus tree in Phoenix Arizona. I broke my neck 35 years ago. I'm very happy to see that you take your time and are very careful.
Discovery channel would pay yall thousands of dollars for this footage, but then they would try to control your narrative and try to make yall adhere to a script.. I'm glad yall are in control and free to do it YOUR WAY.. thank you for top notch television.
That's the truth. You'd have to holler "Whoa!" or "Watch out!" followed by cussing (for the bleeps) every 30 seconds or so. And have lots of shaky camera shots for the near death experiences you have every 15 minutes. You'd need to to have some horrible, looming catastrophe going on in the background so the narrator could warn us that "If he makes the cut wrong, the entire tree could come down, dragging him with it to certain doom". Or "If the log flips over, it runs the risk of putting the sun out, putting all mankind into darkness". You'd need a good argument or fight with the crane operator, who honks the horn at everything. Plus a little blood, followed by the trip to the hospital, for an amputation of a large hangnail that really stings. lol It's gotten ridiculous with all the drama! Just saw one of "The Axe-Men" shows recently. It leads you to think they're all stupid idiots, and need to be shut down before they kill someone or everyone. Unreal! It can't be helping the logging industry in any way. And the people they show that pull logs from the swamps in Louisiana? Damn! They need to just marry their cousins, accidently shoot each other, and git it over with. Give what's left of 'em to the snakes and gators!
@@KSparks80 that was a great summary of the fake drama television has become!
Are there no men left in this world?!
Television? They have a tv show? I thought this was a youtube video.
No this a show that is only on television. Definitely not youtube video. Never has been never will be. 👍🦷
@@durley2067 its on youtube tho =/
You make it look easy. Thanks for the video. Your attitude is great. I hope you are well paid
with this weather brian must be enjoying his closed dry cabin
Watched it all the way through. I’m from the east side of the state, a small town, named Colville. I Own a 20 acre parcel near by that we use for recreation. It has a year creek that runs through the center. Now that I’m retired I spend many of my days up there. Thanks again for the Great Video!
Many climbers won't understand how difficult it is to climb around in a wet tree. Many climbers DO NOT climb if its rainy or wet, but you fellers wouldn't ever get any work done if you didnt climb in the rain.
Dead trees become soggy/weak, & its extremely difficult to have sure footing. The tree becomes slick as oil!
You did a killer job👍
That was a nasty old booger🤪👌
STAY SAFE
I always wore my caulks with gaffs so wet, dry, I couldn't tell the difference..
That was awesome. You’re a great teacher and the safety aspect you pass on is great. Every trimmer needs to watch this video.
Never has a fellow climber felt so fortunate (bordering guilt🤭) to be able to watch such a horrible tree removal in the luxury of a warm cottage, feet up on the sofa in front of the wood burner 😅.
Total respect to you Sir for such calm level headedness, skill and stoicism. ✊🏻👏🏻.
I do have a technical question: I’ve occasionally been concerned when dismantling very dead or hollow trees, about keeping the bias of the crowns balance equal, just in case the root plate is non existent and unbalancing the tree quickly could cause it to fail , but yet I’ve never heard anyone else refer to this theory?
Your thoughts ?
Congratulations on the best tree dismantle video I’ve yet to see. Big broad leaves require so much more thought and effort than straight up columnar softwoods in my opinion.......especially in the rain and made of toast ! 😳
Stephen Tree “made of toast “ made me laugh thanks keep on truckin
I wondered the same, about overall balance.
Just saying he uploads his videos for people enjoyment if you do not like them feel free to leave and not watch them
I know nothing about trees but I did wonder the exact same thing as he was doing it.
@@adamwright3313 Stephen very clearly enjoyed the video. Were you replying to someone else?
Even though it’s dead , it’s such a beautiful tree with the moss and other plants growing on it, love seeing old trees like this.
dangerous for homes tho
@@sixty4garage the house is the reason the tree died, look how close it is. No way they expertly built around the roots while giving they room to grow and take in nutrients
@@kentuckysmoose im saying when trees rot limbs can fall
@@kentuckysmoose when they get old here they rot from within, even left alone they die. I’ve got 3-4 of them close to death, they are widow makers close to a house. Mine are 300’ to 800’ from my house so I’ll let storms take them.
ideally such a tree would stand in a forest left to die and be a habitat for all those crawly things, mycelia and bacteria feeding birds and fostering biodiversity.
Sure, this particular one had to go, just hoping that some of the wood wouldn't end up being burned right away.
"Nothing to it... except if you do it wrong, everybody could die" 😂
Like everybody? All!! Or one!
funny
I was a farm boy and raised walnut trees which we cut down Routinely. I became a graduate research engineer which engineer and retired after performing research for 40 years. I love watching your techniques and your logic which is flawless. As an engineer, I must congratulate you and whoever taught you. I recently had to cut down a large pine tree and could have used your Crane And your knowledge, but I did it all by hand and chainsaw. Removing the roots in this awful clay soil was the hardest part. You are performing a real service, and I thank you! A truly awesome job!
“Nope I’m done. Take me to the front yard, you’re getting nothing else from me” we’ve all had those days 😂
This guy is a great teacher, besides a technician. This is the first time I've watched this kind of work, and I couldn't stop watching...a testament to see someone do a job that appears impossible but makes it looks easier. He also looks identical to my brother who use to live in Tacoma when at Fort Lewis. Great job!
Your brother sounds handsome! 😆
Great team work as always. As you said so many times, "sketchy". That was is so many ways extremely challenging, dangerous, the whole ball of wax. I am technical rescue, high angle rescue, cave in rescue etc. trained, now retired fireman and I take my hat of to you on this one in particular. My viewpoint is always from the perspective of possibly having to respond to rescue or recover you from those situations if the unthinkable happens and we would have been working from our ladder unit or the crane not that tree. Be careful, be safe, I am impressed! Nick, North West Farmer
How about a 5 minute video in the Crane controls With Brian
and less talking 😵💫
Imagine the clients face looking out of his windows at the end 👁️👄👁️ 🤣🤣
Epic work. Excellent channel and content. Getting my land based ticket in Jan. as a 45yr old man learning new skills is imperative to self development. Loving the channel mate. Great Britain 🇬🇧
Really loving the small compilations with music in between, great job!
Yes that song was cool what’s the name?
Jake I`m from Detroit Michigan almost 69,retired auto mechanic of 50yrs,grew up on a 80 acres farm, cutting wood since I was 9 .now I cut for fire wood ,split and stack for sale, the farm was 150 cows, 1000 chickens and 500 to 800 sheep, retirement isn`t all that great, more work now. have a great time in those jungle trees, love the videos.
I really admire your teamwork with the crane operator maneuvring the deadwood down the wood chippers's maw, yourself up in the air and all done safely, and the added factor of a cold wet Washington day too.
Great job. I'm a homeowner in Grand Rapids MI and had a big OAK tree cut down in my back yard two years ago. The guy that cut it was new to the company and he said they were testing him. He had worked for another company climbing and cutting trees but they wanted to actually see what he could do. The had him climb and cut down with ropes, no crane. Took 2 days. I watched and really appreciated his efforts, and yours. These trees are beautiful, but when they die, they need to come down. I don't like heights and would never tie onto the crane like you do. Great job showing what you do for a living.
This one reminds me of something my Grandma used to say, “If the squirrels and birds won’t even call it home then it’s a dead tree.”
yes the tree is living it suports life like grand papy said no life dead tree.
Welcome to Washington state where we don't tan, we rust 👍👍
The great Pacific North-WET.
I love my home ❤️
Yikes! The tight quarters with buildings below and so much brittle wood hovering! good job picking thru it-
Thank you for this great videos. When ever I see one of your videos I start looking forward to start in tree work. Your videos made me willing to do tree work and so I am going to stard in about half a year when I finish school.
Thanks from Germany.
Really nice.. Love the videos! As for suggestions, it would be cool if you but a camera on Brian, so that we maybe get a few clips from his perspective in the crane from time to time =)
You sir have BALLS OF STEEL......
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I'm a big supporter of local tradesman.
Stay safe and healthy out there.
The ending reminded me of watching Saturday morning cartoons, when they would step on a banana peel or something slick. This is an amazing job you guys are doing. I saw the time before the video and thought "An hour video! These are the lengths of videos I like!" and then before I knew it, it was over. It had me in awe the whole time. Thanks for sharing this with us Jake! I appreciate it!
Love to hear the explanation of all your gear. I would love to see how you tie all the gear together and all the knots you use, especially how you climb a tree without the crane. You do it so matter of fact that you gloss over some of the finer points and suddenly you are at the top and "How did you do that?" I don't understand how you suddenly are on another rope that wasn't there a moment ago? But do admire the skill you display and the obvious care about safety. Keep safe and keep explaining.
The house was Definitely built around that tree
A few trees and a creek. It's sad when this happens but it's a part of all life.
That is what killed the tree.
What ever the height of the tree or width of the canopy the root system is 1.5. Yes when the house was built that portion of the roots were cut.
I hate when people do this, years later I'm one of the lucky guys who gets to take them down
Awesome video Jake! Love the music track too! May God keep you safe👊🏻🙏🏻
Hey, I'm from Louisiana! Thanks for being so hospitable to us. We'll always return the favor!
Me too :) ☺️
“Nothin’ to it..‘Sept if ya do it wrong, everybody dies” pretty much sums it up. Nice picks, man. I imagine working with your own crane operator makes communication a lot more seamless. Finding a crane operator you trust is a beautiful thing.
I haven’t finished the video but I’d wager that the rings on the stump that correspond to a date 2 or 3 years after the house was built are much thinner and stunted from that point onward.
When people give me a call to come assess the trees pre-build, I always tell them they just saved themselves thousands of dollars. It’s amazing to me how many building contractors don’t understand the impact heavy equipment and construction has on tree roots.
We have a couple of very dead large oak crane removals coming up, these videos are really helpful for gettin in the mindset. At least they aren’t crumbly dead-ass maples covered in slippery moss towering over valuable real estate. 😮💨
Hello from France,
It's always a pleasure to see your team working, and above all, to offer us such long and complete videos.
Have a good New Year's Eve.
WOW!
Very impressed with the balanced cuts and especially how you clean up the ends of your cuts even though you probably don't need to.
Thanks for posting!
It’s sad because when that house was built it almost certainly killed the tree. A tree’s root system is typically around 1.5 times as wide as the tree is tall- so when the foundations for the house were dug the trees root system was probably badly damaged. That’s an incredible tree, shame it has to go.
Trees also have a life span could be a couple hundred years old
Nah, it was probably just the age combined with some rot from those cut branches, maybe some other stresses from the construction. Cutting a few of the roots didn't kill it, especially that far out, I root prune trees all the time no trouble.(Its actually recommended when transplanting many species to avoid long term root defects.)
But there may have been changes to the water table, soil compaction, nutrients, or other soil chemistry related to the construction that added stress.
Horizontal and vertical root extent is highly variable by specie and soil conditions. I have a black walnut with roots out 3 times its height, while douglas fir don't seem to root much beyond 1/3-1/2 their height. Depth is highly effected by layers in the soil like the water table, hardpan or bedrock as well as a species tendency toward taproots, fiberous deep roots, or surface roots.
@@mytech6779 damn, sounds like you know a lot more about trees than I do. Still, even if the house being built wasn’t the nail in the coffin, I’d be surprised if it didn’t play a role in the tree dying.
@@calebm.5698 Yes, construction may have added some stress. But this is still around the normally expected lifespan of a Bigleaf maple in the wild.
My little guy and me really enjoyed watching the struggle, from here in manitoba, happy new year Jake.
“It is a nasty day out, just pourin down rain.”
If your from Washington, you know that this is a good sign.
Cannot wait for part two! The best part of what I took from this vid was the opportunity of having a tight crew gelling. I worked 20 years in the redwoods, starting in 1980, and seen my share of good and bad, this was beyond excellence.....thank you!
Damn dude, immense respect from me. Climbing up a slippery dead tree seems borderline suicidal. stay safe
Unbelievable job! No tree skills here, but looking at it while you were up there. No way, would have ran. 2 years gone since, hope to see Part II. Stay safe you and crew! 👍👍
I’m a homeowner that has 10 acres with most of it wooded. I have a whole bunch of trees that have to come down and many more that need to be trimmed up. I’m watching y’all’s videos to learn the best I can to be able to tackle some of this work.
“Very wet rain today”😂
My grandpa was a sawyer and had a mill. My mom helped him often. I am 79 great grandma and love watching anything with trees. You do great work and I hope you have fun. Stay safe boys.
I’ve been watching a lot lately, one question I keep thinking about is, who was your mentor and/or who taught you how to climb??
I really like your videos, Jake. I'm a forest owner in Norway, and spend some time in the woods. In general our trees are a lot smaller, but a loot of your tips is still relevant. Please keep posting, and keep up the good work 😊👍🏻
It'd be cool to sometimes see Brian's pov from the crane seat. All in All, always love the content
What's the name of the first song in the vid
i Jake! im from Québec Canada , you are a very good climber !! sorry for my English !?! thanks for all your video!! I have had my tree service business for 2 years. You are an example for me. thanks again
looks like the insects are all holding hands to keep this tree together!
I really like how you explain things as thoroughly as possible and a way a new climber can understand I'm from Pennsylvania I think the biggest thing for me is to learn my trees and everything about them
Now that's weird - I was just thinking about your channel earlier this morning...
Hope you've had a great Christmas!
Howdy from Houston, I am a plumbing contractor and i watch in awe. We have cut down many trees from our land but don't look nearly as smooth as yall do. Good crews is the secret. We have two crews that work as smooth as yall.
I am impressed but safety first. I had no idea that worms would be that high out of the ground.Thanks for sharing God bless you all.
You make it look effortless! Thats how I know you have a great team who know each other’s every move!
Stay safe brothers from Iowa!
Cheers
Really, a sequel!!
I am riveting with suspense.
Thank you for taking the time to document this experience for my entertainment! Exhilarating fun.
You definitely earned your wages with this tree! Good job 👏.
I DID NOT know about the vent on top of the Protos helmet! Hahaha thanks brother
Seen a lot of sling work. Yours is amazing. Good explanations. Thanks
Hey Jake! Another great video! Cant wait for part two!
Learning alot of new tricks from your videos. I am a fresh made arborist in Denmark.
Stay safe and keep making cool videos!
Happy new years!
Richard
Man, you guys are awesome! I love the commentary! I also appreciate the explanation of your equipment.
Jake trying to explain what happened and ending on “tree works hard” killed me 😂
Hi from Ireland… love your videos..got such an adrenaline rush watching you work, especially being lifted by the crane…great talent you have there….keep safe 🙂
That's what I call a "widow maker". Brittle, moss, wet and gnarly. And all right here in my town.
Being rural Colorado mountain native I'm amazed how different areas build right around and allow trees right up to housing.
In Colorado we make sure trees are cut away from builds to keep fire , pine needles and tree from falling on housing.
can't imagine it being fun to flail around like you did at the end. But it looked pretty funny xD
Much respect to these guys... never realized how much knowledge and skill it takes to do this job and balls of steel as well. Great job guys everyone went home to their families which is the most important
LOL 52:30 love when you have the confidence to call the man who holds your life in his hands small brain xD.
I love the long form videos from guys like you and August H!
“Big brain things are happening up here”😂
😂💯
@@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792 that exact phrase is said all to often at my shop when big brain things ARE NOT happening😂😂😂
Puyallup wa here. Love the tree removal videos. Just had my property logged and watching tree work is amazing to me
Dam i love Washington State the rain, the clouds is so gorgeous
Great job! Love watching your channel from Pensacola Florida.
Hahahahaha I died at the roof cleanup. You the man Jake
Nothing like a good cojones compliment :-) carpenter/contractor from Massachusetts here, much respect to you and your crew and everyone else who does what you do for a living
Even in its death, that tree was still providing life to so many. Nature wastes nothing
I just love watching the pros do this kind of work. Magnifique !
Hay those large pruning wounds will not close or grow over due to a fungus on that dry wood it may be nectria fungus it is real common in northern Michigan your brother of the Jackpine Savage tribe. Have Saw Will Travel.
Dude, your narration with this vid is so calm/confident. There were a few situations that I would have had more concerns if I bid this job, well done!
When I saw the intro to this video I was like oh heck no
jake that was a “ master disaster “ so dead, so brittle, and with the rain so slick! especially
with the peeling bark! it could send pieces on either roof so easily, steel are bad because
they will dent ,great job
Sorry man but i laughed so hard watching you trying to stand on the roof
Thanks to guys like you I have learned how to take down trees without killing myself or destroying property I've taken down 11 dead 70 foot Ash trees. About 100 more but smaller.I Purchased this property in 2015 because of the trees. One of the Ash trees was over 110 years of age. Sad.
The way i look at gloves when running saws is it's super scary if you manage to get just your finger, that glove will pull your whole hand along and take that, where without a glove you've only hurt a finger
Pro tip: don't touch the blade
THIS! Exactly. I honestly HATE when ppl start blabbing about OTHER PPL not wearing freaking “work gloves” (waka-waka) while working with power tools/machinery - basically anything that rotates, moves, spins, cuts, etc. & your hands ever have to go even semi-close to said moving parts.... but I mean, hey... why not cry about it, right? Pfft. It’s not like it’s *THEIR* hand & maybe even a chunk of THIER arm that’ll get ripped off if something unexpected happens. Meh, why not. 🙄 🙉 Um.. NOOOO, wth? Do ppl even think about what they’re saying before they say it, or does it just bust straight out of their mouths unthought & uncensored like that all the time??? LOL! Lawd.
- Seriously, tho.... to anyone who sees this *& doesn’t already know this* ; if you want to keep your ENTIRE hand-& quite poss even part of your arm-[intact, that is] after what should [& can] amount to nothing more than a fairly small accident... then for the love of all things holy... DO NOT WEAR GLOVES while using power tools (i.e., anything that moves or goes grrrrrr when switched on.) ESPECIALLY not too-large gloves that hang over well past the tips of your fingers. Yeah, that’s.... just ah... well... hell, just don’t do it! 🤦♀️ Practically begging for a disaster with that one. They’re NOT recommended for a reason, folks... but I digress.
I rly appreciate your level of common sense! 😁Thanks.
I actually really like that walkway over rainforest undergrowth yard setup. Seems like a really cool way to preserve the look of natural rocky forest floor you find all through the Pacific Northwest.
Yeah, I'm thinking this one should've gotten the axe the last time the owners had it trimmed.
one commenter said i pruned that tree 5 years ago.i wonder how long he spent up that tree then long enough to get his money.
Carl clearing dead wood in North Florida.
Great video of a very tough job. I do all my cutting on the ground and seeing you at work, I realize why I do not want to work above ground level.
That awesome song starting at 20:18 in the video, what's the name of that? It's soo nice! Great work you guys!
I would like to know the same information!
me too 😅
I like watching yall work....i used to doit,My speciallity was dead trees around power lines,down there in Louisiana....for an electric company named Entergy...back then we didnt have that awesome gear yall using....THAT IS JUST AWESOME....i only have pics...now days theres tutoriales and i think it's AWESOME!!!💪💪💪😁✌️
Mad respect from West Memphis Arkansas,, I can't believe yall work in the rain.. what's the temperature? And does the rain affect your rope runners friction ability? The slipperiness has got to be a factor
lol... I work construction right here where these guys film. If we don't work in the rain... we don't work! Just part of the great Pacific Northwe(s)t...
It seems like it always rains there I haven’t seen a video from him that isn’t misty, or rainy
@@sparks6177 it’s literally coined the wettest/rainiest area in the Continental US. Lol
@@ashleyfalcon125 yes, I know. I was simply saying it’s always raining, if they didn’t work in the rain they wouldn’t be working most of the time
I love to watch Jake's video. I found it is useful. Contents are valuable. Great job, Jake 🎉❤
I think this is why you gotta get you trees removed before they die instead of after. How much cheaper and safer would it have been to take out if it was alive?
YES Crane $400 an hour , three days =$10 k chip truck , 18" chipper , climber two ground man three days, $6K easy!!! Total Over $15K . Not worth some one getting Hurt. Oh salesperson to bid , Profit???? . My Guess homeowners insurance said tree GONE or NO INS... gonna cancell the Policy... That climber at 30 is Well past most guys Knowledge at 60 years old. Climber is Worth $50- $100 an hour alone easy!!!!!!!!!! You cant find guys like him. I could go on and on. TOP NOTCH VIDEO!!!!! Top NOTCH CLIMBER.. Crane is over a Million Bucks or Close... Climber is most likely a Certified Arborist.. Should become a consulting Arborist. Big waste of talent for him to leave the TRADE!!! Best part. No attitude !!!! Just makes it FUN!!! Oh MERY CHRISTMAS TO ALL..
He was talking about the guy who trimmed the tree 5 years ago. I have to wonder if a tree like this can get so completely dead in 5 years.
@@MAGAMAN Ya Trimmed the tree, Thin and prune 10% to 30% , crown thinning dead wooding , Your guess is as good as mine. Any bodys Guess what tree trimmed means. My guess tree was in major decline , so dead wood is what most likely happened.
Wow, what an adventure. Thanks for sharing. We’re home owners in Yea, Victoria, Australia.
Had an older friend working on a Eucalypt in our backyard & he said “That’s the last gumtree I’m ever going to do. He got stuck & the bark is so smooth. We repositioned his ladders to make his descent safer.
The Lord bless you & your team & keep you all safe from Elizabeth
I'm guessing the guy who pruned the tree five years ago recommended removal at that time.
I agree, then the homeowner asked what do you think it will cost??? LOL $15K or more...
I would say comfortably 15-20k, between the crane, rigging work, and the chipping isn’t cheap either
Imagine the cost if the whole tree came down on the house.
@@shojinryori True, but insurance would pay for house repairs. But, of course, there's always the possibility that the occupants might get smashed along with the house ......
@@the.original.throwback much cheaper and safer to have the tree removed before anything happened, huh! It must have been a glorious sight when it was alive.
Awesome job! Stay Safe! Extremely dangerous tree there ... and no damage from that dead piece o chit! Probably would have been a much easier gig 10 years ago when it should have come down!!! Thank goodness that you didn’t hurt yourself trying to clean off the snot roof!!!
The homeowner let that one get way out of hand.
Luckily it didn’t go through the roof pun intended
This is the first time i've watched your channel. You are good at what you do and Brian is good at following your instructions as he can't see what you see as well as you can from sown on the ground. its real teamwork. happy new year to you and your crew.
Jake, All in All that was a nice job on a tough one, peace.
The protos is one of the best purpose built helmets i have seen! Thanks for the great videos.
New shirt. “Very wet rain” lol
I found you guys while trying to learn to cut a few branches off of a tree that is in front of a house that I just bought. Need this to say I have been hooked ever since then I watch you guys all day all night and my grandson tells me he's going to cut down my tree he has learned it all from you and he is only seven