Falling Trees All Day with the Stihl Hexa Chain!
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Iam 81 and still cutting firewood in my woods . You are a guy of high moral character. Love your videos
Awesome sir ! Keep on going strong. 🌲🤙
Your humility keeps you learning . You nailed it Jake. Enjoyed watching those Trees fall totally dialed. Like your analysis of the pros and cons of those Chains.
Wow, Someone who warms up their saw!
I admire the way you never cuss Jacob, no matter what mishaps occur. Good job bud 👍🏻
I wish I was as good as watching my mouth as he is.
That’s just good editing
@@FishFind3000 no I don't think so.
Why is that admirable?
@@sempi8159 because morality and selfcontrol is rare and scoffed at these days. I have very little respect for people that constantly curse. It hurts your reputation and your honesty.
It was cool that you brought up the hexa chain and i enjoyed your humble follow up at the end. I do sharpen many a chain for my customers. The square grind profile is the nicest by far. It appears that Sthil rides the coats tails of other manufacturers. Their rapid speed profile was to compete with the square profile, but the profile can't be maintained, can only be sharpened to traditional round ground or changed to a square grind. The hexa is just another attempt to compete with something that has always been awesome. The original square grind is very versatile and compliant to any position of the chain to direction of wood grain. They come standard with a 20 degree top plate angle, yet, during the first sharpening, I change it to15 degrees. Sometimes 10 degrees. Both angles still cut exceptionally well in bucking postion, but having to ripcut at times, those angles step up the game. Even cross grain ( big nots ) doesnt slow down the performance. With hexa chain, this would be my concern, ( can the profile be maintained, or is it a one shot deal like the rapid speed, and why would someone pay up to 3 times as much for a Sthil chain, than an Oregon square grind that has been proven relible in performance for years???)
um stihl definitely offers a factory square ground chain. ive run it... its decent
Yeah what's this guy on about? Stihl's been offering factory square for ages.
Curiosity is the result of confidence that is grounded by humility.
I did a fellin course here in aussy least 10 years back. Loved it by end of day 2 had big trees doin what wanted. But if not fellin alot. Bro its bit like startin over. Thanx jake
Humility bringeth wisdom brother! Nice work on those trees while providing insight in what you have learned.
18:06 one of the greatest sounds there is ... followed closely by Jacobs' "Aww Man!"
Never stop learning or wanting to be better, that is the best philosophy!
Great job Jacob! Really enjoy watching you learning timber falling! 👌
Thanks 👍
a family member owns a property with pretty big trees growing on a hill. and i go there every fall/winter and i cut down trees and i can tell you it has offered me toons of experience compaired to people i know who just cut small trees for wood with no need to aim or dirrect trees. trying cutting teknikes. feels so great to be able to help friends and family with somthing i love doing and practised on my free time. how much is valued now.
With these Hexa videos, you answered a lot of peoples questions. Good job.
Oh man. That second last one would have made a great stump chair, with a forest view. 😉🤙
I've always said watching a master craftsman at his/her craft is an amazing experience. Now I wanna add the journeyman that is so hungry to learn more and improve more. Thanks for sharing brother!
Seriously appreciate how much you love your craft Jacob, always learning something new! PS I took care of that Hemlock I spoke to you a couple months back. Came down nice and safe.
Blessings to you and your family!
Great attitude on learning.
Best work vehicle ever! Jetta rocks! Must be a tdi! Thanks for another cutting lesson!👍🇺🇸✝️
I love that you bring us on this journey of improvement with you.
Great update Jacob.
"Doesnt run as good" still goes through the tree in half a second 🤣
A ported 661 will eat just about anything in a couple of seconds with a chain that’s reasonably sharp. Guys used to homeowner stuff are stunned at how much bodyweight they can drop on the rear handle and she doesn’t stll, just eats.
Pine trees are so soft a chainsaw just eats em.
@@verteup agreed. I haven’t cut much pine, mostly hardwoods so when I cut a small pine my saw flew right though it and I was impressed how quick it ate that softwood compared to maple which is most of my cutting experience.
@@verteup while that’s true, I might cut a cedar every 25th tree. My comment was posted with a midset toward oak, ash, maple, beech, and hickory. That’s most of what I cut here in TN. I work so much white oak it’s not even funny.
Honest stuff bro. Thanx allways learn. Some wont like it but so be em.
I just got my Stihl Hexa chain and it is an absolute BEAST. What more can I say, STIHL RUNS THE YARD. 😊💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿👍🏿 #stihlpower
Holy crap, i have been sawing for 30+ years and just learned a bunch. Thanks!
Really liking the content ! Great and educational.
Would you consider doing a part II climbing video with some advanced info. like different ways to tie in (safety backup) and where you should top a tree?
Have a great Thanksgiving everyone! 😀
Great suggestion!
@@GuiltyofTreeson Please!
New-ish climber here. The foreman doesnt wanna teach anything and I need to get good enough to ask for a raise soon lol
Your customers be like. I hired a tree faller, and some hippie shows up in a Jetta😂🤣
You're doing such a great job on so many levels! Thanks for sharing and educating
Love watching guilty of treeson. Nice work Jacob. I'm just a guy that cuts a lot of fire wood, but in the last few years since I've needed to cut fire wood have really fallen in love (pun intended) with falling trees. Your videos help me get better at it, and I want to be awesome at it! I would consider it for a career change. If it wasn't for your 8 ways to fall a tree video, I may not be here today because I was just winging it, trial and error tree falling and it was not going good. Then I stopped and watched that, and things changed dramatically! Until next time!!
You can have your favorite saw shop plug in to the 661's data port to the M tronics... but I've always found, a new air filter and spark plug does the trick... I personally dont run anything but stihl orange bottle, 2 cycle mix in my 661, 880, 171 and T 194...I think the grey bottle fouls the plugs faster...
Great video Lumber Jake!
I jumped a little bit when you were reaching for the wedge and yelled! Nice joke! 😊
I too use a 2014 tdi dsg Jetta for my work car. It’s loaded down just like yours but typically with carpentry tools. I pull a trailer all the time! If you haven’t done supplemental air bags in the back they help with the sagging. If I could comment pictures I’d show you all the random trailers I pull 😅. I stay on top of dsg fluid changes but otherwise I don’t baby it.
5:57 That scared the crap out of me! Lol
RRAANNDDYY , where is your wingman... your ED McMahon
I love you use your Jetta 😅 I have an Opel Zafia, and I use it as a family wagon, and my own company car… there is always sawdust in it. 😅
The low raker blues 😂😂. Great freakin work. Learn everyday brother .!!! Trailer for the Jetta. Heck yea. My dang truck get 9MTG 🤦🏻♂️
Your car is working really hard! I was cracking up!
Awesome dad advice at the end there, and it's something anyone can apply to their situation. Really enjoy your content, keep up the good work.
Jacob, Have you ever been advised to clean up your cut-off spurs on the stump? Its a good process to not leave something that can cause an accident.
You can see him take off the whiskers in his other videos. I'm sure he went back and did it on this job, just didn't include it in the edit.
Oh those
While you’re here trees.
Great job
Loved the husqie
Stay safe
As always a good video. I'd recommend a seat cover for the back seat, but other than that, do whatever works. Alot of construction guys go to a jobsite with a small car.
You are rockin Jake, no kidding. Constant inprovement.
The jetta looks like my Malibu did when I first started falling timber lol I upgraded to a trailblazer
Interesting raker design. Wonder if that would help with the problem I've had for years with a normal full chisel chain. I cut mostly Red Oak and after a bit the tips of the chisel wear off. Happens pretty quick on a 30" or larger dry red oak. I had chunked up 2 fairly large red oak trees just the other day and had to swap out a chain about 3/4 of the way through. I can cut a slightly softer wood like Silver Maple or Ash all day long and just touch up the chain with a file every few hours. I square grind my chains by the way.
Nice falling Jacob 👍
You have a really good attitude that will take you far in this business and in life in general. I feel privileged to share some of your journey Jacob, so thanks! I remember back in the early 90's when I would pack all my gear in the back of a little red geo tracker with the seat folded down.
I appreciate that!
Love watching your videos, you are real and show everything
Great work!
Dude you are awesome. Was hoping there at the end I'd get to see the hexa in green wood. We both know dead and green cut differently.and the haircut looks good. I'm still a fan of round grind. If I can ever get out west I'd love to show you what has worked for me since 04
The VW gets it done again! I know the feeling. I drive a 2013 Toyota Camry and have it packed to the max with saws and ropes and gas and oil and everything you can think of but It gets me to the job, gets trees on the ground, and gets me paid. Another great video Jake. Btw I’m very jealous of the Shreiner tree care shirt you got that’s a nice t shirt!! Lol be safe out there
"i'm no timber faller" he says after dropping 10 big trees perfectly
Yeah, the gas fumes in the car are cool too!
Peavy in a Jetta hahaha. Dude a trailer would be so good.
Great job!!! Thank you for showing the new hex chain...think I'll stay with my Simington chisel ginder...appreciate it. Yes use fill my Camry up with my gear an saws...front wheel drive go anywhere and great milage to....take care. Shoe
Just about to start sharpening chains..... now im watching another awesome video from mr jacob ❤
yeah, your trees are definitely bigger.
Great video Jacob! and stunning work done!!
Those riders look like old skool scratcher chain. I would never something so goofy of a design for sure.
Great video,...I'm learning more because of you...Thanks.
Awesome Jake. Never give up.
Bro you need a little aluminum trailer for all your gear stored ready to go behind the Jetta! Haha
Good video. I really don’t like the way that new hex chain handles deeper wood. It acts like a 35 degree chain I’d sometimes carry on a smaller saw if I had to limb a bunch of yard cedars. Maybe that hex chain would be good for limbing.
I'm always striving to get better and learn as much as possible at tree's as well as anything else I find interest in. Well said at the end there and another good video Jacob. Shout out to the editor guy as well. 😉
Thanks so much!
I have a 95 monte carlo, the trunk is huge!! And looks the same filled to the brim with equipment
love it ! glad to see you doing what you love .
I’m up in New Brunswick, Canada and your videos helped me get into tree work and learning different safety and felling techniques so thank you for producing quality content that’s still entertaining and fun! I also am using my car at this point because of the gas prices😂a little 08 Honda Fit that stinks like pine and sweat now😂whatever makes you more money!
5:57 Good grief man! Scared the crud out of me!
quality stuff
I've been using chainsaws the last 10 years and i feel like i'm learning something new from watching your videos and while i'm on the job itself. I also use skip tooth chains on my saws. The cut great and take less time to sharpen
I think the grabbiness is from the side plate/cutter angle. "Stihl fan suisse" and Vallorbe have some great videos on square chain geometry and ideal angles, as well as the mechanics of the chain in action. The side cutter severs the fibers, the top cutter/plate peels the shaving out. The more aggressive side plate angle may need a taller raker/depth gauge to get a similar cutting performance. Conversely, square ground chains with relatively vertical side plates, rather than the "ideal" 80 degrees, may tolerate a lower raker since the side plate isn't digging in, it's more shearing and less slicing.
26:56 your side plate angle is almost 90 degrees on the square ground
27:07 side plate on the hexa is probably 60 degrees - very steep
The side of the tooth on a square chain is a much better cutting shape than round chain. That’s why it cuts new kerfs so much easier. The hexagon is still more like a round chain in this regard, so not surprised at your results. Plus that angled raker is probably going to make it way harder to cut off course, kind of like trying to bore cut with a safety chain.
Awesome Video Jacob!! Nice Job 👍🏻👍🏻 very interesting on the chain differences 🤔
Wesco cork boots! Your welcome😜
Rock on!
I'd almost move to the US just to become a faller/arborist, you guys have so much more trees and do it with sawd instead of harversters
Awesome Camera angles bro...😎
I tried square filing and loved the results but the files cost 10x as much as a round file and don't last nearly as long. I'm guessing the hexa is going to be the same. I'll stick to round.
Say what ? My square tooth chain came factory round ground. Same round file as previous round tooth. 🤷♂️ I did find that it was harder to keep a keen edge as any grit at all in the bark did it in. But boy did it bite when sharp. 🤙
Love your videos man give me inspiration that there’s always something to learn you did great can’t wait for your next video
Chain looks like a real ripper
Love your videos man you really making me get me back in to tree work
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
You should get a roof rack for your Jetta with saw holders, that would look pretty ridiculous 👌
love the video it was great to watch as always. i just have some tips when you said that your saw is not running as good as it used to. In my opinion the main culprit would probably be the metering diagram. after a few years of contact with fuel they get hard and do a bad job at delivering fuel to the engine etc. another culprit is possibly some dirt in the carb especially in the internal screen of the carb
Hexagon is the bestagon
Great video, I love learning, great teacher
Jeez Jacob, you are rising up the ladder so quickly 337k. Holy
I wonder if it's the swept rakers causing it to be rough in the undercut. Have you tried it in an traditional face cut opposed to the Humboldt?
Great contet! Educational and relatable
Hahaha my truck looks like your car. 😅👍
That drone shot was tits!! Big trees like that last one I’m not afraid to go a little more than a 3rd honestly.
Your so right man I’m a climber and I’ve been working on my falling it’s crazy how different the two trades are
I loved the challenge of hitting the mark with the fall, especially with a leaner. 🤙
Dude don’t feel bad I drive a 06 Ford Focus slammed packed like your Jetta 😂😂
Great video again! Thanks for the how to info!
You need to remove the back seats on the Jetta, would have enough space to take a few sample rounds back home..
Sounds like a 2-stroke dirt-bike on a hillclimb. Thanks for trying it out
Get a shop to do a truck conversion on the Jetta.
The last tree went smooth. I like your humility. What and who would you recommend the hexa train for? I’m still refining my filing on round chains, and seeing how burnt that chain got and how much it hammers the wood I think I’ll pass.
Stick with the traditional round file. It's tried and true. Hexa chain will never out perform square ground. The only thing the hexa chain has over square ground is ease of sharpening.
Thanks
I need a plumb bob. Standing on a 45 degree grade I cut to deep into the face, my big saw is fast. It was leaning where I wanted the Myrtle Wood to go but the top curled around the other way downhill, Myrtle does that. Got my saw stuck, had to put a strain on it just to retrieve the saw, this wood is super heavy with oil, makes good firewood when dry. Another Mert was leaning into the creek, say 2 1/2 ' dia., again I missed judged the tops. Studied this project for a week, turns out I was on the wrong side of the come along blocking my safe exit when I pulled it down. Slipped on gravel and the tops came down on my back, bruising my ego more than anything else. My point is even with thinking it thru carefully I made only one mistake, being on the wrong side. Contractor helping remove limbs didn't notice I was there and dropped a limb on my back before I cut the tree down. In the trees if you are not safe you are dead meat. I'll save a big Mert for you Jacob, stop by anytime. Gold Beach Oregon.
Menakjubkan 👍👍 bagus 👍👍
Jake your an inspiration to me. U are an amazing arborist and the fact thst u aren't afraid to say your no expert at logging because most people will say there good and can do something even if they can't so tip my hat to u for that. I strive to be a better saw worker thanks dude!🏴👏👍 Ps all these sponsors u need a truck dude
I would have a look at the spark plug if it gets hard to start and decreased power.