Hello everyone, this is a popular tree. No I won’t grow much corn where tree come from, but the roots sucking water and shade can affect about 150’ radius around tree. For efficiency with our larger equipment it needed to go, the landowner sold timber to logger Wade and they will be here this fall after harvest and I would bet they won’t touch this tree. This farm has been in CRP program for over 20 years, landowner decided to pull out and take bids from local farmers to rent it for production ag, which at this point needed a lot of trees cleaned up and tucked away.
Toy have the right and the ability to clear the land to plant corn and beans in monocultured rows to sell to the Chinese to feed their hogs... you sold out, you deal with the consequences. even Aaron who is not the sharpest tool in the shed could see that you destroyed a place where your kids and grandkids could have played. Tiu tear the trees out and then spend a fortune putting in tile to drain water that that tree would have dealt with naturally. Dont cry over spilt milk. The deed is done in the name of efficiency. Something I say with respect: just because you are able and have the right to do something, doesn't make it right and proper.
Hey FC, It is a poplar tree or as they are called in New Hampshire Popple trees. They are not popular because they are not much use except for pulp. We grow them in Idaho to 6 feet diameter in just 20 years. They are dangerous. They can drop large limbs without warning. Never camp near them.
Chris I agree I've removed more than one tree like this just to make my life easier planting an stuff. I really hate getting my equipment scratch up from trees
Might have been a homestead once, sure, but it used to be very common practice to leave one big shade tree in every major field so there would be a cool place for taking a break in the days before tractors with air conditioners.
That is an absolutely top notch video, men and machines working as a team, pushing both machines to the limit, and of course not forgetting the video master in charge of filming it all, loved it.
It sure looks like a cottonwood tree when you can see the bark. Yes that is a type of poplar. There were 2 BIG cottonwoods on the family farm. One had been hit by lighting, probably 100 years ago, and Dad said he used to play INSIDE the hollowed out trunk when he was a kid. I have a picture of him standing in front of the healed up crack in the trunk, from back in the 1980's, when Dad was about 70 years old.
Cottonwoods, Poplars and Aspen's are all in the same family. If I'm correct, cottonwoods are the most broad like this tree in this video while poplars are much more narrow and grow to great heights. Aspen's also grow to great heights but they only have a tuft of limbs at the top typically and they have a white bark. It's kind of hard to mistake them.
When I was in Boy Scouts 50 years ago there was a pile of large dead trees at the edge of a farmer’s field where we camped. We played tag,capture the flag, King of the hill on and around the trees. Running across them,climbing under them, jumping from limb to limb. We played for hours and hours. I don’t remember any broken bones but a lot of bumps and bruises and I think we all had the wind knocked out of us a time or two or three. I learned a lot about how to fall, also how to balance, not to be afraid of heights. On my 30s and 40s did quite a bit of tree removal. All those days are over for me but the memories aren’t. Beautiful country and the drone videos are great. Thanks. Greg
When the audio started, the sound of the cicadas was deafening. Nice capture if that's what I was hearing. Big honking tree. Poplar burns pretty well. It burn hot, but also burns fast. If I were closer, I wouldn't mind having that for the fireplace.
Amazing job Mike, Aaron. and Jerry. That tree had one huge root ball on it. Everything down and nothing or no one hurt makes for a good day. Great video. God Bless and Good Health.
I had to take down a Oak tree here on my land in England and when it finally topled amongst the roots i found a Roman radio left by the Romans who lived here.
I can remember cutting up logs from a tree about that size, the water just ran out as we cut through it, it made good pallet lumber for one time use pallets.
On the opening drone shot I thought "sycamore." Then I saw the bark and thought "Eastern Cottonwood." Then I saw the leaves and thought, "Tulip tree," which is also called yellow poplar. Tulip poplars typically grow very straight off a single stump though.
I have one in my backyard (very big also). At times it will have orange flowers on it that look like tulips, but the leaf is where it gets it's nickname. Mine is very tall and grows on one stump which is about 60' tall before it branches out.
I worked it that size trees in alaska every day. Spruce that was fifteen feet straight across the stump when fell. Hardwood trees are seldom solid inside going all different directions plus a few gallons per foot of growth. No sign of a underground spring feeding it. We bored holes into the base of them and would put a lot of dynomite in them so to split them. Once in a while lucky with steep ground to get moving until it would take off on its own, down the bank it would roll taking small trees that looked like small bushes in comparison to it. Nice work and see where more of them in the dense overgrown forest is. Do they log in that area? Those little lumber mills might of sawed the branches up . Our big mills couldn't handle trees that size even back in my day without splitting into quarters and then sawn up .... great video, ok
I like the new format... where you go straight to the project. It's so much better than the one with the red subtitles explaining what's going on in the video clip.
That tree looks healthy and I'd venture to say... Majestic? Sure why not.. majestic. A Wolf tree we used to call them alone and thicker for the extra sunshine it got. Sad to see those go if they don't neet to be wiped out... should plant another somewhere else to mitigate the act. Saving the timber for furniture? Most be some fantastic wood in that old brute eh?
OMG, they took down the AVATAR Tree...again, but with less horsepower and no missiles! For a second, thought we may needed to call a shout out to LetsDig18, but don't worry, MBTS to the rescue, He got JERRY!
Mikey… you went from tree to pond in one fell swoop! Good thing it was a poplar… if it had been a white oak, you would have to call in someone who had two 850’s to even wiggle the leaves! Nice job all the way around… although you and Jerry did the grunt work, it looked to me like MBTS actually talked it down!
@@DirtPerfect So sorry your dad was killed that way, but once the tree is on the ground it's much easier to control what limbs will do vs the entire tree while its standing. Limbs could even be secured with the hoe before cuts are made.
I thought the MBTS was going to try to push it through vet when he bear hugged it great video and that was a huge tree you and the 120 earned your money on this one
Had I not seen the drone sequence at the end I would have thought, that's so sacrilegious to take down such a beautiful tree. HOWEVER, I now believe that the decision to take it down was the right one. To grow and harvest corn etc would be a nightmare. You wouldn't be able to plant anywhere near the tree as you would have machines snagging their hoses, to go around it and taking valuable water from the ground. To see the vast number of trees in the local vicinity, they more than compensate for the loss of this one tree. But if Farmer Chris were to plant a tree near his homestead, say a fruit tree? Then that would benefit the family as well as the environment 😊👍
You need a igger boat! I had a double trunk popular tree about 25’ from my house with high voltage power lines 40’ on the other side and my house feed about 10’ on the diagonal. I hired an arborist to take it down because it was showing some rot and did a lot of squeaking when the wind blew. He showed up with a 120’ crane setup raised the crane and said I’ll be back, I need a bigger crane. He went and got his 160’ crane and his 3 man crew took it down in 10’ sections. His crew rode slings from the crane up to do the cutting.
Such a beautiful old tree. Shame it was killed ( I'm not a tree hugger) Wade should have been called to take it down and save the trunk for like Aaron said table slabs You should have had a chainsaw to de limb the branches to roll it easier Farmer Chris will be fighting roots for years
If its cottonwood, which it looks like, its not worth crap for lumber or anything else. I heat with wood here in Minnesota and I'll burn anything except cottonwood. It grows huge, but is so light and rots so fast its not good for anything.
I watched Ax Men and you just pushed Farmer Chris retirement check over the hill!! That was easily a 50,000 dollar tree!😃 Team Work makes the Dream Work!👍👍👍
Glad to know that it was just a poplar tree and not a white oak, if it was a white oak there would have been sawyers crying! That's still a ton of board feet.
I'm always interested in trees particularly as in the UK we use different names for some trees. Oaks are not a problem as they are pretty much the same here but most of what you call poplars we probably would call aspen though this one looks a bit different. We have 4 types on poplars ( Black, white, grey and Lombardy) none of which I seem to see on USA videos. For ID purposes of trees please show us a close up of a leaf and any fruit if there is some alone with a shot of the bark. By the way, by UK standards that is not a particularly big tree - we have bigger trees in nearly every public park and in most deciduous woods, We are a small country with big trees! Actually I'm surprised that farmer could not work around that tree once it was cleared around the base.
Boy that 850 love it!! has no def garbage, just pure 🏀 ⚽️ that was just what you needed you’re the only one that thought it would go!! Dinner is on them!! Think if that was oak wood it would go 😬 lol
@@DirtPerfect have no idea how to send or post videos, my son has pics an some videos of some monster Doug Firs I've taken out. I'll see if he can send some.
@@JP-hr7ch awesome machine. Were talking about taking dow a large tree, there's more than one way to do it. You can run 2 machines like DP did, or I cut cut it down with a 1/2 gallon of gas, use my Root knife on my 580C then anchor my Truck and Wench out the Stump. Been doing it for 30+ yrs.
Excellent dude the guy with the 580 is crazy anyway that dang thing was bigger then the mountain behind it. Love to watch yall work it just makes my day. Keep up the hard work and thank you for your time 👍👍👍👍👍
One tree, two Deeres and a cameraman...... nice footage of the drop 😁😎 Aaron, you sized up against the tree like a Lego figure, didn't matter which way you tried to do it 🤣🤣 I liked Jerry's comments, is a Sequoia or a giant redwood?? Think it made his brain kick into a different gear to give you an assist, you both seem to know what each other was doing without saying too much, sign of a good working relationship right there 👍😎💪👏
I never would have thought that was a Poplar until I saw the leaves. Ours (nw mountains of NC) are slim and tall but I guess when a tree survives that long it will branch out more. Nice job.
I can bet that tree is roughly 150 years old and in that time the root system is massive!! If you look at the canopy of the tree that is how big the root system is under ground so no wonder you had a little bit of a hard time digging
Check the growth rings for age. Where we live a cottonwood attains that size in 30 years. They grow large enough to challenge a mid size excavator and the stumps take 3 seasons to burn. If you have cottonwoods around it is constant warfare with them.
@DirtPerfect Great Video, Having read most of the comments and watched the video in full i wish others would understand, Yes its a lovely looking tree but unfortunately in the wrong place for the modern farming practices and field husbandry tasks. Its a common tree and ok a big one but looking at your surroundings its very dense woodland so im sure many other trees will grow up in other areas! As for your method of removal I see no issues with your methods or the job done ok bigger machines may have been faster but as you said in comments it took less than an hour and its all cleared up ! And for all those saying it should be milled or firewood etc as you said it was offered to locals in those trades and they did not want it. And all those saying Chainsaws and fell it first or such well as a Daily saw user and working on many larger trees and sites etc your chosen method was just fine gets the stump out in one go using the tree as a lever much easier and quicker than grubbing out a stump or Grinding it out ! And cutting it up after it was on the ground I saw your reason for not doing that and sorry to hear that's what took your Fathers Life :( fallen tree limb cutting etc is one of the more dangerous and sometimes unpredictable aspects of the work and Total respect to you for your choice in not going that route when you do these tasks. Thanks for the great video and also to Aron and Jerry :) Cheers David
@@DirtPerfect Anytime always a good day when your video notifications appear in my inbox ! Just shame you dont ship your Merch to the UK in your shop :) Have a great Day :)
I've seen trees that big get overturned in the woods by wind. One of them was literally snapped about at the height you were pushing on that tree. Makes a heck of a mess when they come down.
When I was in the Army, In my unit a big tree limb went through the windshield of a big truck, between the 2 soldiers in the cab . They are lucky to be alive .
I'm sorry but that was so funny watching the little dozer compared to the stump.it looked like a baby Beatle trying to push it's first ball uphill to lay an egg in 🚜😂. Good Job enjoyed it thanks for sharing
Poplar makes great paint-grade trim for houses . It is a hardwood , but , it's a medium-density hardwood . It doesn't make for good firewood . It makes for a great daytime firewood , but doesn't make for a good nighttime fire . It burns hot enough , but burns way too fast .
Team work always wins out... Some cool camera shots (good work MBTS), split screen, close up of the base of the stump going over, and appropriate music... Thank you gents...
Hello everyone, this is a popular tree. No I won’t grow much corn where tree come from, but the roots sucking water and shade can affect about 150’ radius around tree. For efficiency with our larger equipment it needed to go, the landowner sold timber to logger Wade and they will be here this fall after harvest and I would bet they won’t touch this tree. This farm has been in CRP program for over 20 years, landowner decided to pull out and take bids from local farmers to rent it for production ag, which at this point needed a lot of trees cleaned up and tucked away.
If it don't make cents(sense) it won't make dollars. Let's put it in the ground boys.
Toy have the right and the ability to clear the land to plant corn and beans in monocultured rows to sell to the Chinese to feed their hogs... you sold out, you deal with the consequences. even Aaron who is not the sharpest tool in the shed could see that you destroyed a place where your kids and grandkids could have played. Tiu tear the trees out and then spend a fortune putting in tile to drain water that that tree would have dealt with naturally.
Dont cry over spilt milk. The deed is done in the name of efficiency.
Something I say with respect: just because you are able and have the right to do something, doesn't make it right and proper.
⬆️ no kid is going to walk all the way to that tree to just swing. 🙄 come on.
Hey FC, It is a poplar tree or as they are called in New Hampshire Popple trees. They are not popular because they are not much use except for pulp. We grow them in Idaho to 6 feet diameter in just 20 years. They are dangerous. They can drop large limbs without warning. Never camp near them.
Chris I agree I've removed more than one tree like this just to make my life easier planting an stuff. I really hate getting my equipment scratch up from trees
Mike, Jerry and Aaron what a tree to take down! Hard work determination and stubbornness got it down and tucked away! Thanks for sharing. Kevin
I think that MBTS did a great video of Dirt Perfect and Jerry.
"You shoulda seen it Farmer Chris! a couple of Deere came along and knocked it down!!!!!"
A huff & a puff and just two 🦌's took her down. The short guy took video for proof 😉
Nothing better than teamwork to get a job done! The respect you give Jerry is a true testament to who you are Mike. And you two work wonders together!
Might have been a homestead once, sure, but it used to be very common practice to leave one big shade tree in every major field so there would be a cool place for taking a break in the days before tractors with air conditioners.
It's awe inspiring to watch men operate heavy equipment with such precision and skill. It's like you are one with the machine
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Opening music, PERFECT. The 120 looked tiny next to that tree.
That is an absolutely top notch video, men and machines working as a team, pushing both machines to the limit, and of course not forgetting the video master in charge of filming it all, loved it.
Thanks bob
Quite a project. Split screen & time lapse were done in a great sequence. Thanks, John
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Thank you MBTS!
Great videographer!
It sure looks like a cottonwood tree when you can see the bark. Yes that is a type of poplar.
There were 2 BIG cottonwoods on the family farm. One had been hit by lighting, probably 100 years ago, and Dad said he used to play INSIDE the hollowed out trunk when he was a kid. I have a picture of him standing in front of the healed up crack in the trunk, from back in the 1980's, when Dad was about 70 years old.
Yup
how cool
Cottonwoods, Poplars and Aspen's are all in the same family.
If I'm correct, cottonwoods are the most broad like this tree in this video while poplars are much more narrow and grow to great heights. Aspen's also grow to great heights but they only have a tuft of limbs at the top typically and they have a white bark. It's kind of hard to mistake them.
When I was in Boy Scouts 50 years ago there was a pile of large dead trees at the edge of a farmer’s field where we camped. We played tag,capture the flag, King of the hill on and around the trees. Running across them,climbing under them, jumping from limb to limb. We played for hours and hours. I don’t remember any broken bones but a lot of bumps and bruises and I think we all had the wind knocked out of us a time or two or three. I learned a lot about how to fall, also how to balance, not to be afraid of heights. On my 30s and 40s did quite a bit of tree removal.
All those days are over for me but the memories aren’t. Beautiful country and the drone videos are great. Thanks. Greg
When the audio started, the sound of the cicadas was deafening. Nice capture if that's what I was hearing.
Big honking tree. Poplar burns pretty well. It burn hot, but also burns fast. If I were closer, I wouldn't mind having that for the fireplace.
I think I’d have brought along a chain saw. Aaron did a fantastic job filming. It never could have happened without Aron👍
MBTS with some good commentary and excellent standing in front of the stump. Well done. 😀
Though even with big boots on he isnt even 5 ft 🤷♂️
A tree alone in a field is said to be good luck, a lot of farmer in the old days would keep a tree alone in field for superstitious reasons
Hummm sounds good and I never knew an old farmer to be superstitious ....😁
@@Fatamus They aren't superstitious. They're just a little stitious.
-Michael Scott
You know it's bad luck to be superstitious!
@@bellstransmission2911 WOW and all these years I’ve been in fear of all those things and Big Foot 🦶 too.
Wow big tree Mike! Great job taking care of it! Stay safe!🙏❤️🇺🇸
Amazing job Mike, Aaron. and Jerry. That tree had one huge root ball on it. Everything down and nothing or no one hurt makes for a good day. Great video. God Bless and Good Health.
Again with the music. Love it man.
Get up in there with a metal detector, see if there's any relics from a old homestead MBTS!
Thanks
I had to take down a Oak tree here on my land in England and when it finally topled amongst the roots i found a Roman radio left by the Romans who lived here.
The deer’s knocked it out of the park DP
It’s not longer Dirt Perfect, it’s Jerry “ Dozer Perfect” show. Lol good job as always Mike, and Jerry and I guess Aaron also.
I can remember cutting up logs from a tree about that size, the water just ran out as we cut through it, it made good pallet lumber for one time use pallets.
On the opening drone shot I thought "sycamore." Then I saw the bark and thought "Eastern Cottonwood." Then I saw the leaves and thought, "Tulip tree," which is also called yellow poplar. Tulip poplars typically grow very straight off a single stump though.
I have one in my backyard (very big also). At times it will have orange flowers on it that look like tulips, but the leaf is where it gets it's nickname. Mine is very tall and grows on one stump which is about 60' tall before it branches out.
Definitely my thought progression too. Liriodendron tulipifera
FYI There is an app that you take a picture of the leaves and are bark and it tells you what tree are plant it is. Good luck 👍
Beautiful tree... wonder how long it has stood there? Amazing that it takes no time to destroy.
What a TEAM! Especially 'Man Behind The Scenes'! That man is Incredible.
My grandfather would’ve just said “git me my chainsaw and dynamite”
When I was little he’d have me dig out up underneath the stumps. Then launch em.
yeah, too bad Chainsaws are harder to come by these days... LOL
I worked it that size trees in alaska every day. Spruce that was fifteen feet straight across the stump when fell. Hardwood trees are seldom solid inside going all different directions plus a few gallons per foot of growth. No sign of a underground spring feeding it. We bored holes into the base of them and would put a lot of dynomite in them so to split them. Once in a while lucky with steep ground to get moving until it would take off on its own, down the bank it would roll taking small trees that looked like small bushes in comparison to it. Nice work and see where more of them in the dense overgrown forest is. Do they log in that area? Those little lumber mills might of sawed the branches up . Our big mills couldn't handle trees that size even back in my day without splitting into quarters and then sawn up .... great video, ok
Man that tree makes the 120 look like a toy. Lol God bless
And Aaron look like a dwarf ! Lol !
Awesome video Aaron you did amazing job making Jerry and DP look as good as they did
I like the new format... where you go straight to the project. It's so much better than the one with the red subtitles explaining what's going on in the video clip.
Hmm thanks but same I have always done
That tree looks healthy and I'd venture to say... Majestic? Sure why not.. majestic. A Wolf tree we used to call them alone and thicker for the extra sunshine it got. Sad to see those go if they don't neet to be wiped out... should plant another somewhere else to mitigate the act. Saving the timber for furniture? Most be some fantastic wood in that old brute eh?
Your sense of humor is great in this video.
OMG, they took down the AVATAR Tree...again, but with less horsepower and no missiles! For a second, thought we may needed to call a shout out to LetsDig18, but don't worry, MBTS to the rescue, He got JERRY!
In a croc dundee voice... "HA! That's not a Jerry... THIS is a Jerry"
Hoodie DP from Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲. Let's get the show on the road. Lights , Camera , Action 💪💪💪💪
Run what brung for sure I don't think it would've come out without Jerry lifting on it for sure. Good job MBTS doing what you do best supervising lol.
You pushing on that tree with the 120 was a suggestion. Lol God bless
Mikey… you went from tree to pond in one fell swoop!
Good thing it was a poplar… if it had been a white oak, you would have to call in someone who had two 850’s to even wiggle the leaves!
Nice job all the way around… although you and Jerry did the grunt work, it looked to me like MBTS actually talked it down!
Nice big damn tree. U all did great. At least u had Jerry there to help u. U guys made a great team. Thanks for sharing.
After the tree fell, three words kept coming to my mind. “GET A CHAINSAW”
Hell no
I said the same thing. $2 worth of gas would've same time and wear. Work smarter.
Exactly what I did keep in mind that’s how my dad was killed will stay in my machine sorry 🤷♂️
@@DirtPerfect Very sorry! My mother was head on collision in car with a person we knew.
@@DirtPerfect So sorry your dad was killed that way, but once the tree is on the ground it's much easier to control what limbs will do vs the entire tree while its standing. Limbs could even be secured with the hoe before cuts are made.
I thought the MBTS was going to try to push it through vet when he bear hugged it great video and that was a huge tree you and the 120 earned your money on this one
I forget about to put the 850 in there great job
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Tree put up a good fight, kinda shame to see an old beauty come down
Had I not seen the drone sequence at the end I would have thought, that's so sacrilegious to take down such a beautiful tree. HOWEVER, I now believe that the decision to take it down was the right one. To grow and harvest corn etc would be a nightmare. You wouldn't be able to plant anywhere near the tree as you would have machines snagging their hoses, to go around it and taking valuable water from the ground. To see the vast number of trees in the local vicinity, they more than compensate for the loss of this one tree. But if Farmer Chris were to plant a tree near his homestead, say a fruit tree? Then that would benefit the family as well as the environment 😊👍
Right now the tree isn't very Poplar , I say it looks like a son of a Beech
It was a pain in the ash to take down!,
@@cathiwim no need to pine over it
Well, it was pretty old, but I'm sure you could have spruced it up a bit if ya tried enough
Wow, LOVE the music you set this video to! A most welcome change. Be well, be safe!
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Next time you'll have to borrow Kleenman's log arch. Should make moving it a lot easier...
I think the log arch would have collapsed in terror at the sight of that monster lol
lol
😂😂😂😂
Poor kleeman!
Awesome job, good thing Jerry was there. That tree was done in by a couple of Deere. Good video.
DP you should have thrown up a Rope swing in the tree for MBTS to swing in while you dug around on Time lapse...😏
I would have lol 😆
The "cameraman " did an outstanding job on the angled shots
Looks like y'all were getting rain like we were a couple of months ago.
Yup was a wet day
Those two machines together is unstoppable for sure.... oh and the support guy filming did great job catching the action... mbs...
Lol thanks
The Tree Is A "Yellow Popular" :-)
You need a igger boat! I had a double trunk popular tree about 25’ from my house with high voltage power lines 40’ on the other side and my house feed about 10’ on the diagonal. I hired an arborist to take it down because it was showing some rot and did a lot of squeaking when the wind blew. He showed up with a 120’ crane setup raised the crane and said I’ll be back, I need a bigger crane. He went and got his 160’ crane and his 3 man crew took it down in 10’ sections. His crew rode slings from the crane up to do the cutting.
It looks like it used to be a “hitching tree”. The farmers used to tie a second team of draft animals to them while they worked the first set of them.
Enjoyed a full-watch. Nice work by the whole team. Excellent video work. (Yep, man behind the scenes deserves the credit b/c he did a fine job. 👍🏽🙂
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Such a beautiful old tree. Shame it was killed ( I'm not a tree hugger)
Wade should have been called to take it down and save the trunk for like Aaron said table slabs
You should have had a chainsaw to de limb the branches to roll it easier
Farmer Chris will be fighting roots for years
If its cottonwood, which it looks like, its not worth crap for lumber or anything else. I heat with wood here in Minnesota and I'll burn anything except cottonwood. It grows huge, but is so light and rots so fast its not good for anything.
Planted corn right thru it.
Should make a tree house out of that tree, it’s huge enough for a 1 bed, kitchen, bath and a porch.
Trees don’t talk, they just wave and leave
Lol
😂😂😂
That big ole tree made the equipment look like toys. LOL 😂
Yup was a big one
I watched Ax Men and you just pushed Farmer Chris retirement check over the hill!! That was easily a 50,000 dollar tree!😃
Team Work makes the Dream Work!👍👍👍
HaHa!!
@@farmerchris1 Keep your chin up! I will message ya my lawyers info...Saul Goodman!👍
So just to recap:
Jerry did all the work and everybody else was just moral support!
My thoughts on the tree: if this was a city park the tree should be left standing; this is a working farm, time for it to go.
Yup good point
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Now thats a big tree!! Nice job taking it down and clearing the area.
Yes it was
i know there is plenty of trees but it's almost a shame to knock it down
Glad to know that it was just a poplar tree and not a white oak, if it was a white oak there would have been sawyers crying! That's still a ton of board feet.
I'm always interested in trees particularly as in the UK we use different names for some trees. Oaks are not a problem as they are pretty much the same here but most of what you call poplars we probably would call aspen though this one looks a bit different. We have 4 types on poplars ( Black, white, grey and Lombardy) none of which I seem to see on USA videos. For ID purposes of trees please show us a close up of a leaf and any fruit if there is some alone with a shot of the bark. By the way, by UK standards that is not a particularly big tree - we have bigger trees in nearly every public park and in most deciduous woods, We are a small country with big trees! Actually I'm surprised that farmer could not work around that tree once it was cleared around the base.
This is Liriodendron tulipifera or American (Yellow) Poplar... also known as a tuliptree.
Boy that 850 love it!! has no def garbage, just pure 🏀 ⚽️ that was just what you needed you’re the only one that thought it would go!! Dinner is on them!! Think if that was oak wood it would go 😬 lol
Good old machine
is it not easier when the tree is on the ground to cut it in to pieces???
yup that would have made getting it off the field a lot easier.
@@jaquigreenlees But would have taken longer !
Mighty big old tree. You accomplished to get it down with team work.
2 words
Logger wade
I got to agree, logger Wade...lol
Not for sure what help you think he well be but ok 😁
Cottonwood ... love the sweet smell of cottonwood smoke ... under the bark is a sweet tasting gum fiber that is a treat in the woods.
Come On Dude. I'll take that down with my 580C an the Wench on my 1Ton
lol good for you plz send link to you video of doing so would love to watch
@@DirtPerfect have no idea how to send or post videos, my son has pics an some videos of some monster Doug Firs I've taken out. I'll see if he can send some.
Please post pictures of the Wench. She must be a power house. Did you marry her? I'd probably use a winch and give the lady a break. LOL
Is she a good cook too?
@@JP-hr7ch awesome machine. Were talking about taking dow a large tree, there's more than one way to do it. You can run 2 machines like DP did, or I cut cut it down with a 1/2 gallon of gas, use my Root knife on my 580C then anchor my Truck and Wench out the Stump. Been doing it for 30+ yrs.
Jerry is a dozer operating beast!
The dozer was the hero. What a tree! Huge
Excellent dude the guy with the 580 is crazy anyway that dang thing was bigger then the mountain behind it. Love to watch yall work it just makes my day. Keep up the hard work and thank you for your time 👍👍👍👍👍
Lol thanks
One tree, two Deeres and a cameraman...... nice footage of the drop 😁😎 Aaron, you sized up against the tree like a Lego figure, didn't matter which way you tried to do it 🤣🤣
I liked Jerry's comments, is a Sequoia or a giant redwood?? Think it made his brain kick into a different gear to give you an assist, you both seem to know what each other was doing without saying too much, sign of a good working relationship right there 👍😎💪👏
I never would have thought that was a Poplar until I saw the leaves. Ours (nw mountains of NC) are slim and tall but I guess when a tree survives that long it will branch out more. Nice job.
They make really nice cabinet wood. Light and strong
Video does no justice, that is a huge tree! Nice work boys!
There were a couple of good views of the leaves. This was a tulip tree, they can be a very massive tree.
I can bet that tree is roughly 150 years old and in that time the root system is massive!! If you look at the canopy of the tree that is how big the root system is under ground so no wonder you had a little bit of a hard time digging
Check the growth rings for age. Where we live a cottonwood attains that size in 30 years. They grow large enough to challenge a mid size excavator and the stumps take 3 seasons to burn. If you have cottonwoods around it is constant warfare with them.
@DirtPerfect Great Video, Having read most of the comments and watched the video in full i wish others would understand, Yes its a lovely looking tree but unfortunately in the wrong place for the modern farming practices and field husbandry tasks. Its a common tree and ok a big one but looking at your surroundings its very dense woodland so im sure many other trees will grow up in other areas!
As for your method of removal I see no issues with your methods or the job done ok bigger machines may have been faster but as you said in comments it took less than an hour and its all cleared up !
And for all those saying it should be milled or firewood etc as you said it was offered to locals in those trades and they did not want it.
And all those saying Chainsaws and fell it first or such well as a Daily saw user and working on many larger trees and sites etc your chosen method was just fine gets the stump out in one go using the tree as a lever much easier and quicker than grubbing out a stump or Grinding it out !
And cutting it up after it was on the ground I saw your reason for not doing that and sorry to hear that's what took your Fathers Life :( fallen tree limb cutting etc is one of the more dangerous and sometimes unpredictable aspects of the work and Total respect to you for your choice in not going that route when you do these tasks.
Thanks for the great video and also to Aron and Jerry :)
Cheers David
Thanks appreciate that
@@DirtPerfect Anytime always a good day when your video notifications appear in my inbox ! Just shame you dont ship your Merch to the UK in your shop :)
Have a great Day :)
Good Operators and good Machines work wonders
I've seen trees that big get overturned in the woods by wind. One of them was literally snapped about at the height you were pushing on that tree. Makes a heck of a mess when they come down.
When I was in the Army, In my unit a big tree limb went through the windshield of a big truck, between the 2 soldiers in the cab . They are lucky to be alive .
Wow
im impressed that is a lot of tree them deers got guts
I'm sorry but that was so funny watching the little dozer compared to the stump.it looked like a baby Beatle trying to push it's first ball uphill to lay an egg in 🚜😂. Good Job enjoyed it thanks for sharing
Greatest video yet.
Poplar makes great paint-grade trim for houses . It is a hardwood , but , it's a medium-density hardwood . It doesn't make for good firewood . It makes for a great daytime firewood , but doesn't make for a good nighttime fire . It burns hot enough , but burns way too fast .
Thanks Aaron good job
Taxpayers been getting scammed paying the farmer for not growing crops there for decades. Bout dam time dirt perfect showed up. Well done sir.
Sure made for great viewing bro. Safe travels
You have to break as many roots as you can. If that doesn't work, call Let's dig 18! Lol
I enjoyed this video too. Glad to see MBTS is back 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it!
LMAO. Lover the intro music. That tree really dwarfed the 120.
Team work always wins out...
Some cool camera shots (good work MBTS), split screen, close up of the base of the stump going over, and appropriate music...
Thank you gents...
Thanks 👍
It's really a rough job when you have so much fun and at the same time, get paid for it.
Jerry for the win, ok the whole team. :)
Great video DP and having MBTS with you doing the video was excellent along with Jerry you have a great team 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Thanks