This is easily one of the best videos that shows how to benefit from the Maasdam Rope winch. I just ordered one. I have a few ash trees that I could probably fall without hitting the house, but I really wanted to invest in the piece of mind that the rope winch provides. Thank you again!
I purchased it for a little extra safety in the woods. Be carefull with trees around a house or electric wires as you don't get a second chance. It is a great helper and really works great. Thanks for watching.
I just bought that same puller to pull over a tree that fell over and hung in the top of the tree beside it. We have had crazy rain here in GA, and trees are falling over all over the place. Found this video while looking for tips on using the puller, and this info is very helpful. Thank you!
It is a nice option to have a controlled pull from a safe distance.It surprised me how good that the winch grabbed the rope and worked. Thanks for watching.
While I have used a comealong winch with wire rope for decades taking down the taller trees, I NEVER knew of the endless rope version, till now. I have 4 or 5 trees that need felling and "guidance" on the way down. Guess what my upcoming acquisition will be. Thank you very much.
Home Depot had the best price on the 25 ft version that I could find and eBay had the best Sampson rigging rope deal. I wouldn't use it on large trees, but it worked great at moving this one in the right direction. Thanks for watching.
Unemployed Redneck Hillbilly Creations Yup, I have used the winches with quarter inch wire rope for trees appreciably larger than the one you took down. One time I used 2 winches in a vee pattern to be VERY sure where it landed. Seeing your rope, I immediately thought of its stress limitations etc. I plan on using it on trees sized pretty much like yours. The fact that it is a "endless rope" type offers length benefits that the wire rope type does not. I have the land where 200 feet rope fits perfectly. Thanks again.
Excellent results!!!!! Years back I got a scorpion in my overalls.....and I was a naked man standing on my front porch 20 seconds later....and I didn't care who was around or watching....lol!
That was a very good video. Learned about proper chain sawing, working a come-along wrench and insect infestation. That’s a real shame about the EAB infestation. I lost my alder tree and it had similar boring marks under the bark. It was the only tree I had and we miss the shade it provided. So. Calif. doesn’t get a lot of hardwood tree growth, so it was a real loss for us. Thanks again for another great video! Oh, BTW, I took mine down with my tiny ES-301 Echo chain saw. I didn’t think about a come along like you did, but I did something similar by hitching it to the tow mount on the back of my 3/4 ton diesel and applying tension that way. I was able to pull sections of it down like that until it was completely down. It was about twice the girth of that ash, so it was no small feat with the 14” chain saw.
You are a brave man to attack a tree that size with a 301. This was a small one to see how the winch worked and it did a good job. I had close to 150 ash trees and they all are comming down due to the EAB. Thanks for watching.
Nicely done. FYI, the next time you need to run a chain around an anchor tree, put a bunch of short 2x4's vertically between the chain and the bark to protect the cambium layer. I'm enjoying your videos. Thanks!
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 That's a good point on the mice. Uncoiling a 200 foot rope can be a pain. With the bag or bucket you can load the rope in it in a way that it comes out untangled with just a pull.
As long as they are not near a house, wires, or building this winch should work. Be careful if they are hollow like this because they can explode into many pieces when cut. Thanks for watching.
I'm glad you were able to do a safe take down. Looks like a great addition to your store of "helpers" in the tool box. So sad these trees are so decimated now. They have nice grain in the wood. I also laughed at your funny description of "ants in your pants". Thanks for sharing.
It is amazing how such a small invasive species insect can wipe out the entire ash population. It is a creepy feeling to have big ants like that crawling up your legs. Thanks for watching.
I could just imagine how you felt once you realized they were crawling up your leg, you made me laugh out loud upon your description. You just made have to go buy one more thing that will go with the ton of tools I already have. One can never have too many tools. Another informative video.
I started to feel them and were glad that they were not the red ants we have that bite. When I was just editing the video I got a flashback and started feeling my legs for bugs. It looks like it will be a handy gizmo for more then just taking trees down. Home Depot .com had the best price. Thanks for watching'
Great video on proper use of the rope winch, nailed this one really good. Really like your comments to some of the remarks about your felling job. This isn't your first rodeo. Keep up the good work and videos, Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. That has been a handy little winch and it works really good. We all have different ways of accomplishing tasks and I share what works best for me. Thanks for watching.
I have to say that was the best I have seen that preformed using your cut method and pulling with the rope winch. The tree held in place with your cut method, you didn't overcut as most I have seen do. Your pulling landed the tree inside the other trees without damaging them. AND you went to the house safely. Couldn't ask for more.
A good Prussik Knot on the end of the 25 foot section and then use the prussik on the 200 foot will give you a lot more flexibility and you won't have to feed all 200 feet through the Maadam. Also a snatch block will give you a few more options. Good all the same.
Great job the winch worked very nice looks like a nice set up and it is sad to see what they can do to nice big trees we have a apple tree that we have to dig up some thing got in it and kill it from the bottom to the top ! have a safe and great weekend ! Kioti Curt :-)
The EAB is the reason that I started heating with wood. We had many beautiful large ash trees and it has changed the look of our yard. It is amazing what a tiny insect can destroy. Thanks for watching
What was that knot that you used to attach the pulling rope to the top of the ash tree you were pulling down? I am considering tying a bowline knot to a 5/8" carabiner and throwing up into a tree I need to pull down and then just looping the other end of the rope through the carabiner and pulling it tight onto the top of the tree I am pulling. What do you think of that idea? The tree I am working on is only about a foot in diameter.
That should work as long as everything is rated for the capacity of the winch. If its near any structure or wires I would add additional ropes to ensure it can't possibly fall in the wrong direction. Thanks for watching.
We saved our ash tree in Michigan by treating it twice a year for 5 years with Bayer Tree and Shrub Insect Control. Now I treat it once a year in April, and the cambium layer has regenerated and healed the gaps where the bark had been peeling off. An Ash can be saved if caught in time.
They spread through our trees like wildfire before we even knew what they were. Lucky you caught it early but we had about 150 of them and they all have to come down. Thanks for watching.
I have a steep hill wood and a cliff at the edge, this makes for difficulty cutting the dangerous trees at the edge. I used my DRONE to go around the tree as high as I want , makes it easy to get the rope secure.
Excellent video! Next time you can use pythagorean theorem [c = the square root of a2+b2] to figure out exactly how much rope would be needed, save all the time pulling it through the wench. Thanks for sharing like always!
Not sure if I told you, but my neighbor had a rotting tree at the base, Was a V with two trunks. During the March heavy snow, it came crashing down on my house and truck. Tore the eletrical right off the house and meter socket. The other part of the tree is going to fall and he still hasn't taken it down yet. You can poke a knife through the trunk base. I still can't get anyone to come fix my roof, siding and hole in the house. There is a short of people in the trade and it's annoying. At least my truck is getting fixed, but deductibles and aggravation sux.
I had an big elm next to my last house get hit by lightening and fall on part of the roof turning it inside out. Got screwed by the insurance company because the said that I was under insured for the house value. I had it insured for what they appraised it at a couple years before. I got stuck for over 50 % of the cost to fix it. Lucky they can fix your truck because I looked at the new Rams yesterday and to get 4 corner air suspension you have to buy a $65k truck. Thanks for watching
That is what happens when you stand there like a fool trying to get a video. It is unbelievable what those little insects did to the ash trees. I think they started around your area and rapidly spread to the east. Glad they left the maples untouched. Thanks for watching
That one is firewood. I have quite a bit of larger lumber cut and dried for projects. This is about number 50 for me and probably 100 more to go. Thanks for watching.
Your end result is great, appreciate your commentary throughout. If you'll allow some input: it's a dangerous practice to allow a tree to sit on a closed face notch like that. You're lucky that thing didn't barber chair. Always leave enough room in your face cut, regardless of which type, for full travel of the hinge for maximum safety.
That's why you only partially cut a hollow tree like that and use a winch to pull it down from a safe distance. The hollow ones can blow out the sides also. Thanks for watching.
Just use a 20 foot 3 strand with carabiner at end a prusit eye rope at carabiner. Use your long rope on tree and the wrap carabiner around rope twist 7-8 loops then hook back into carabiner. Now slide your prusit up rope to tension and your 20 foot 3 braid is now your 20 foot of pull distance. Keeps unit small and tidy with small rope
Still waiting for you to buy a new snowthrower, maybe a Honda??? I found this very interesting, I have a similar situation, that requires a tree removal and you might have shown me a way to do that.
Need a couple more videos of the old one first. 😁 As long as your tree is not near wires or structures and you get a long enough rope it is a great little winch. Thanks for watching
Great work, but be careful. As it went over you could see the tree was starting to split - barber chair. Maybe learn the bore cut, just use the winch for direction & to stop it settling back, then cut the trigger.
Thanks. That's why I used the winch to pull it from a distance. I find a bore cut is dangerous on hollow trees. I had a big cherry basically blow to splinters with a bore cut that scared me big time. Thanks for watching.
OK fair enough, certainly haven't had that experience but trees are unpredictable. Good to see the Massdam rope puller in use. I'm in the UK & struggling to buy one. $80 in the US, but by the time it's shipped & duty paid it's 4 x that much.@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023
Just a FYI. Make a little bit bigger face cut and make you back cut flat and not an angle. Put a little tension on the tree and make your back cut. If you saw it started to barber chair. Not an issue that far away but if you happen to be in the woods doing this. But good job
With the rot in the center I did not want to cut deeper. I had a cherry like that blow out the sides from cutting to deep once and don't trust hollow trees. Thanks for watching.
I was worried the way it was leaning back and to the side with the rotten core so I just wanted to get away as fast as I could and let the winch do the work. Thanks for watching.
Excellent, you did good with what you had, hope I didn't come off as snotty! And it's such a shame what has happened with the emerald ash borer, I've taken down many in the last few years.
I had around 150 that are comming down due to the EAB. Once the EAB weakens them the ants move in. Amazing what a tiny bug can destroy. Thanks for watching.
When you wind your rope (or an hose, or an extension cord), you better make figure of 8 instead of winding it on your forearm like you did, That would avoid introducing on twist on the rope for each turn around your arm, and next time you pull your rope, it will come straight and untangled.
Why so narrow cut? I want a wider opening, so the hinge holds the tree longer. It could have broken on one side and fall to the side. I don't want to pull off the hinge with the rope when the tree is damaged, it can break at some other place. Besides that I don't like your videos, I'll never get to sleep. Just one more, and one more... And so on :-) I like when you show everything i real time, and not speeded like a high squirrel as many other tubers. Now it's 4:30 AM an I got to sleep, then som more videos tomorrow night. Keep up the good work, you got a new subscriber :-) :-)
This one won't handle a SUV. You probably would have to step up to a a electric or chainsaw powered winch. It is like having an extra helper in the woods. Thanks for watching.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 Thanks for the reply and for making the video. My uncle always told me "There is knowledge and there is wisdom. A smart man has both." You can't google the experience that comes with gray hair!!
Wow - that did an amazing job. I would not have guessed with such a shallow set of cuts you'd be able to drop that tree. It's heartbreaking what's happened to the ash population in the northeast - every tree on my Ohio property is dead. The species is essentially wiped out - they will not be coming back and they have not found anything to stop these insects. Fortunately, there's some varieties that are immune, but the ash population will never be what it once was. The last tree I dropped was very much the size of this one - and the core was rotten like this as well. It was literally like the core of the tree was compost. And while the beetles may be small, the larva are HUGE - here's a couple pics from this last cut - and the second image that looks like mud is actually the core of the tree. These things are the size of an average woman's thumb! imgur.com/a/C0ynQJu
Are you sure it is an EAB larvae. The ones that I found were very small and the EAB I have found are not very large. This is what they look like baumtreecare.com/treating-emerald-ash-borer-guelph-centre-wellington/ Once the tree is weakened all kind of bugs move in to enjoy the decaying fiber. It was hard to see but that tree was leaning the wrong way in both directions and the winch pulled it over with no issues. I once cut a notch into the rotted section of a cherry tree and will never do that again. Thanks for watching.
Hillbilly, a couple of things you might want to consider the next time. First, make that face cut larger. Second, your back cut should be horizontal to the ground. Dont angle cut downwards on the back cut. Oh yeah...make sure your chain is sharp next time your dropping a tree. You need all the control you can get and a dull chain reduces your control of how and when that tree falls.
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This is easily one of the best videos that shows how to benefit from the Maasdam Rope winch. I just ordered one. I have a few ash trees that I could probably fall without hitting the house, but I really wanted to invest in the piece of mind that the rope winch provides. Thank you again!
I purchased it for a little extra safety in the woods. Be carefull with trees around a house or electric wires as you don't get a second chance. It is a great helper and really works great. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the demonstration with the Maasdam.
It is a great helper in situations like this. Thanks for watching.
I just bought that same puller to pull over a tree that fell over and hung in the top of the tree beside it. We have had crazy rain here in GA, and trees are falling over all over the place. Found this video while looking for tips on using the puller, and this info is very helpful. Thank you!
It is a nice option to have a controlled pull from a safe distance.It surprised me how good that the winch grabbed the rope and worked. Thanks for watching.
While I have used a comealong winch with wire rope for decades taking down the taller trees, I NEVER knew of the endless rope version, till now. I have 4 or 5 trees that need felling and "guidance" on the way down. Guess what my upcoming acquisition will be. Thank you very much.
Home Depot had the best price on the 25 ft version that I could find and eBay had the best Sampson rigging rope deal. I wouldn't use it on large trees, but it worked great at moving this one in the right direction. Thanks for watching.
Unemployed Redneck Hillbilly Creations Yup, I have used the winches with quarter inch wire rope for trees appreciably larger than the one you took down. One time I used 2 winches in a vee pattern to be VERY sure where it landed. Seeing your rope, I immediately thought of its stress limitations etc. I plan on using it on trees sized pretty much like yours.
The fact that it is a "endless rope" type offers length benefits that the wire rope type does not. I have the land where 200 feet rope fits perfectly. Thanks again.
Excellent results!!!!!
Years back I got a scorpion in my overalls.....and I was a naked man standing on my front porch 20 seconds later....and I didn't care who was around or watching....lol!
But you didn't have 2000 people watching you on TH-cam back then. 😏 A ticked off scorpion could put a hurting on you. Thanks for watching.
That was a very good video. Learned about proper chain sawing, working a come-along wrench and insect infestation. That’s a real shame about the EAB infestation. I lost my alder tree and it had similar boring marks under the bark. It was the only tree I had and we miss the shade it provided. So. Calif. doesn’t get a lot of hardwood tree growth, so it was a real loss for us. Thanks again for another great video!
Oh, BTW, I took mine down with my tiny ES-301 Echo chain saw. I didn’t think about a come along like you did, but I did something similar by hitching it to the tow mount on the back of my 3/4 ton diesel and applying tension that way. I was able to pull sections of it down like that until it was completely down. It was about twice the girth of that ash, so it was no small feat with the 14” chain saw.
You are a brave man to attack a tree that size with a 301. This was a small one to see how the winch worked and it did a good job. I had close to 150 ash trees and they all are comming down due to the EAB. Thanks for watching.
That Rope Winch is a great tool! Very handy to have around!
With the proper rope it does a great job. I got it for trees, but it now looks to have many more uses. Thanks for watching.
Nicely done. FYI, the next time you need to run a chain around an anchor tree, put a bunch of short 2x4's vertically between the chain and the bark to protect the cambium layer.
I'm enjoying your videos. Thanks!
That would really help. Thanks for watching.
Great job URHC. You took down that tree like a pro. I like that rope winch. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, that was a practice one. Still have a bunch of them to remove. Thanks for watching.
That endless rope come a long is nice. I didn't even know one of those existed. Learn something new everyday.
I just recently found out about it myself. It looks like it will be a handy little gizmo. Thanks for watching.
Good job. You need a rope bag or a 5 gallon bucket to store the ropes. I got a Sampson for Christmas. Amazing rope.
I picked up one of those black plastic containers with yellow lids at home depot for the ropes so mice can't get at them. Thanks for watching.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 That's a good point on the mice. Uncoiling a 200 foot rope can be a pain. With the bag or bucket you can load the rope in it in a way that it comes out untangled with just a pull.
Thanks - good video! I have three dead ash in the back yard and three more in the front yard. Going to try this!
As long as they are not near a house, wires, or building this winch should work. Be careful if they are hollow like this because they can explode into many pieces when cut. Thanks for watching.
I'm glad you were able to do a safe take down. Looks like a great addition to your store of "helpers" in the tool box. So sad these trees are so decimated now. They have nice grain in the wood. I also laughed at your funny description of "ants in your pants". Thanks for sharing.
It is amazing how such a small invasive species insect can wipe out the entire ash population. It is a creepy feeling to have big ants like that crawling up your legs. Thanks for watching.
I could just imagine how you felt once you realized they were crawling up your leg, you made me laugh out loud upon your description.
You just made have to go buy one more thing that will go with the ton of tools I already have. One can never have too many tools.
Another informative video.
I started to feel them and were glad that they were not the red ants we have that bite. When I was just editing the video I got a flashback and started feeling my legs for bugs. It looks like it will be a handy gizmo for more then just taking trees down. Home Depot .com had the best price. Thanks for watching'
Great video on proper use of the rope winch, nailed this one really good. Really like your comments to some of the remarks about your felling job. This isn't your first rodeo. Keep up the good work and videos, Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. That has been a handy little winch and it works really good. We all have different ways of accomplishing tasks and I share what works best for me. Thanks for watching.
I have to say that was the best I have seen that preformed using your cut method and pulling with the rope winch. The tree held in place with your cut method, you didn't overcut as most I have seen do. Your pulling landed the tree inside the other trees without damaging them. AND you went to the house safely. Couldn't ask for more.
Always superb, inspirational even to an old 71 year old.
Thanks for watching.
A good Prussik Knot on the end of the 25 foot section and then use the prussik on the 200 foot will give you a lot more flexibility and you won't have to feed all 200 feet through the Maadam. Also a snatch block will give you a few more options. Good all the same.
That is a great idea. I have been watching for some used snatch blocks on craigslist but haven't had any luck yet. Thanks for watching.
Great job the winch worked very nice looks like a nice set up and it is sad to see what they can do to nice big trees we have a apple tree that we have to dig up some thing got in it and kill it from the bottom to the top ! have a safe and great weekend ! Kioti Curt :-)
The EAB is the reason that I started heating with wood. We had many beautiful large ash trees and it has changed the look of our yard. It is amazing what a tiny insect can destroy. Thanks for watching
i thought that birdmouth was too shallow until i saw how much rot was in the centre, good job
Any deeper and the hinge wouldn't hold against the side forces. Thanks for watching.
What was that knot that you used to attach the pulling rope to the top of the ash tree you were pulling down? I am considering tying a bowline knot to a 5/8" carabiner and throwing up into a tree I need to pull down and then just looping the other end of the rope through the carabiner and pulling it tight onto the top of the tree I am pulling. What do you think of that idea? The tree I am working on is only about a foot in diameter.
That should work as long as everything is rated for the capacity of the winch. If its near any structure or wires I would add additional ropes to ensure it can't possibly fall in the wrong direction. Thanks for watching.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 Thank you for your response. I appreciate your promptness.
We saved our ash tree in Michigan by treating it twice a year for 5 years with Bayer Tree and Shrub Insect Control.
Now I treat it once a year in April, and the cambium layer has regenerated and healed the gaps where the bark had been peeling off.
An Ash can be saved if caught in time.
They spread through our trees like wildfire before we even knew what they were. Lucky you caught it early but we had about 150 of them and they all have to come down. Thanks for watching.
I have a steep hill wood and a cliff at the edge, this makes for difficulty cutting the dangerous trees at the edge. I used my DRONE to go around the tree as high as I want , makes it easy to get the rope secure.
That's a great way to do it. Now I need a drone. Thanks for watching.
Excellent video! Next time you can use pythagorean theorem [c = the square root of a2+b2] to figure out exactly how much rope would be needed, save all the time pulling it through the wench. Thanks for sharing like always!
I bet there is an app for that. Thanks for watching.
Not sure if I told you, but my neighbor had a rotting tree at the base, Was a V with two trunks.
During the March heavy snow, it came crashing down on my house and truck.
Tore the eletrical right off the house and meter socket.
The other part of the tree is going to fall and he still hasn't taken it down yet.
You can poke a knife through the trunk base.
I still can't get anyone to come fix my roof, siding and hole in the house.
There is a short of people in the trade and it's annoying.
At least my truck is getting fixed, but deductibles and aggravation sux.
I had an big elm next to my last house get hit by lightening and fall on part of the roof turning it inside out. Got screwed by the insurance company because the said that I was under insured for the house value. I had it insured for what they appraised it at a couple years before. I got stuck for over 50 % of the cost to fix it. Lucky they can fix your truck because I looked at the new Rams yesterday and to get 4 corner air suspension you have to buy a $65k truck. Thanks for watching
Good video. Sorry to hear you had "ANTS IN YOUR PANTS ".
Emerald Ash bore did a number on Wisconsin trees as well.
That is what happens when you stand there like a fool trying to get a video. It is unbelievable what those little insects did to the ash trees. I think they started around your area and rapidly spread to the east. Glad they left the maples untouched. Thanks for watching
You want me to make a video of the crispy chocolate one for a change?
I had to cut down my ash tree 2 years ago. Do you have any projects planned with the wood?
That one is firewood. I have quite a bit of larger lumber cut and dried for projects. This is about number 50 for me and probably 100 more to go. Thanks for watching.
What kind of shaps are you using? Thank you.
They are just an old pair from Bailey's. Not sure what brand makes them. Thanks for watching.
Your end result is great, appreciate your commentary throughout. If you'll allow some input: it's a dangerous practice to allow a tree to sit on a closed face notch like that. You're lucky that thing didn't barber chair. Always leave enough room in your face cut, regardless of which type, for full travel of the hinge for maximum safety.
That's why you only partially cut a hollow tree like that and use a winch to pull it down from a safe distance. The hollow ones can blow out the sides also. Thanks for watching.
Just use a 20 foot 3 strand with carabiner at end a prusit eye rope at carabiner. Use your long rope on tree and the wrap carabiner around rope twist 7-8 loops then hook back into carabiner. Now slide your prusit up rope to tension and your 20 foot 3 braid is now your 20 foot of pull distance. Keeps unit small and tidy with small rope
Sounds like a good plan if you have all that equipment. All I have is the winch with the rope. Thanks for watching.
*prusik
Still waiting for you to buy a new snowthrower, maybe a Honda??? I found this very interesting, I have a similar situation, that requires a tree removal and you might have shown me a way to do that.
Need a couple more videos of the old one first. 😁 As long as your tree is not near wires or structures and you get a long enough rope it is a great little winch. Thanks for watching
Ants in your pants, do the boogie dance! Lol
Good vid, enjoyed it
With the coveralls it was more like drop them and squish. I had no idea there were that many ants hiding out in that tree. Thanks for watching.
Great work, but be careful. As it went over you could see the tree was starting to split - barber chair. Maybe learn the bore cut, just use the winch for direction & to stop it settling back, then cut the trigger.
Thanks. That's why I used the winch to pull it from a distance. I find a bore cut is dangerous on hollow trees. I had a big cherry basically blow to splinters with a bore cut that scared me big time. Thanks for watching.
OK fair enough, certainly haven't had that experience but trees are unpredictable. Good to see the Massdam rope puller in use. I'm in the UK & struggling to buy one. $80 in the US, but by the time it's shipped & duty paid it's 4 x that much.@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023
Inflation is going crazy over here now so prices are increasing daily if you can even find what you want. Never seen it like this before.
Playing the old favorite Ants in the pants!!!
Glad they weren't red ants. I guess carpenter ants like carpenter pants. Thanks for watching.
Just a FYI. Make a little bit bigger face cut and make you back cut flat and not an angle. Put a little tension on the tree and make your back cut. If you saw it started to barber chair. Not an issue that far away but if you happen to be in the woods doing this. But good job
With the rot in the center I did not want to cut deeper. I had a cherry like that blow out the sides from cutting to deep once and don't trust hollow trees. Thanks for watching.
Some wedges on the back side may help also
I was worried the way it was leaning back and to the side with the rotten core so I just wanted to get away as fast as I could and let the winch do the work. Thanks for watching.
WOW, good job I'm impressed.
Just thought that others should see the damage that the EAB is capable of. Thanks for watching.
Literal ants in your pants! Great video
It is a creepy feeling, just glad they were carpenters and not biting ants. Thanks for watching.
A rope sling is much easier to use and better for the tree than a chain for anchoring the winch to the base tree.
That's all I had back then. Have some nice tree straps now. Thanks for watching.
Excellent, you did good with what you had, hope I didn't come off as snotty! And it's such a shame what has happened with the emerald ash borer, I've taken down many in the last few years.
I have gotten to the point that I am afraid to take the ones we have left down. Just so brittle chunks come down after every wind event.
Wow that was quite a rotten, ant infested tree. Almost all of our ash trees are dead or dying. We have probably 35 of them around the place.
I had around 150 that are comming down due to the EAB. Once the EAB weakens them the ants move in. Amazing what a tiny bug can destroy. Thanks for watching.
Nice! Every mans toolbox should include duct tape, WD 40, and a Come-A-Long winch.
You forgot Vice grips. Thanks for watching.
That's a shame to loose so many trees. At least you have ways to use, burn and WW projects. The Ash Bore is a real serious problem.
It is amazing how fast invasive species can change the landscape. Thanks for watching.
That 1500lb full is an honest claim. I put mine on a dynamometer and it tensioned to 1500 no problem.
That's great information. I have found it very handy for more then just tree takedowns. Thanks for watching.
Imagine if you ran it off of a block and tackle it would increase the pulling power by 35-40: 1 ... insane!
You could easily do that with 200 feet of rope. Would take a lot of cranking of the handle. Make a video If you try it.
I think I would have notched the tree before applying much tension on the Maasdam. But that's just me.
Those hollow trees scare me and I would rather be back a safe distance if they blow out the side. Thanks for watching.
When you wind your rope (or an hose, or an extension cord), you better make figure of 8 instead of winding it on your forearm like you did, That would avoid introducing on twist on the rope for each turn around your arm, and next time you pull your rope, it will come straight and untangled.
Thanks, I have been doing it wrong my whole life. Thanks for watching.
They call it barber chairing, when a rotted tree splits coming down very dangerous.
I had a rotten cherry tree do it once that gave me a good scare. Thanks for watching.
For little Bugs they sure made some work of the tree :-(
They have done the same thing to about 150 of my ash trees. We have had them for about 8 years now. Thanks for watching.
Not many Ash left around here, I have about 20 that need to come down.
I started with about 150 of them and still have a lot to take down. Amazing the kind of destruction a small bug can cause. Thanks for watching.
Why so narrow cut? I want a wider opening, so the hinge holds the tree longer. It could have broken on one side and fall to the side. I don't want to pull off the hinge with the rope when the tree is damaged, it can break at some other place.
Besides that I don't like your videos, I'll never get to sleep. Just one more, and one more... And so on :-)
I like when you show everything i real time, and not speeded like a high squirrel as many other tubers.
Now it's 4:30 AM an I got to sleep, then som more videos tomorrow night.
Keep up the good work, you got a new subscriber :-) :-)
In the end it fell where I wanted it to fall with no broken bones. That is a good day. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
I am looking for one that can pull a SUV. an excellent recovery tool.
This one won't handle a SUV. You probably would have to step up to a a electric or chainsaw powered winch. It is like having an extra helper in the woods. Thanks for watching.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 Thanks for the reply and for making the video. My uncle always told me "There is knowledge and there is wisdom. A smart man has both." You can't google the experience that comes with gray hair!!
Wow - that did an amazing job. I would not have guessed with such a shallow set of cuts you'd be able to drop that tree.
It's heartbreaking what's happened to the ash population in the northeast - every tree on my Ohio property is dead. The species is essentially wiped out - they will not be coming back and they have not found anything to stop these insects. Fortunately, there's some varieties that are immune, but the ash population will never be what it once was.
The last tree I dropped was very much the size of this one - and the core was rotten like this as well. It was literally like the core of the tree was compost.
And while the beetles may be small, the larva are HUGE - here's a couple pics from this last cut - and the second image that looks like mud is actually the core of the tree. These things are the size of an average woman's thumb! imgur.com/a/C0ynQJu
Are you sure it is an EAB larvae. The ones that I found were very small and the EAB I have found are not very large. This is what they look like baumtreecare.com/treating-emerald-ash-borer-guelph-centre-wellington/ Once the tree is weakened all kind of bugs move in to enjoy the decaying fiber. It was hard to see but that tree was leaning the wrong way in both directions and the winch pulled it over with no issues. I once cut a notch into the rotted section of a cherry tree and will never do that again. Thanks for watching.
Careful....my great grandfather was killed by a falling ash tree.
You have to be carefull with any tree that has rot in the center. That rope winch helps you stay clear when it comes down. Thanks for watching.
Hillbilly, a couple of things you might want to consider the next time. First, make that face cut larger. Second, your back cut should be horizontal to the ground. Dont angle cut downwards on the back cut. Oh yeah...make sure your chain is sharp next time your dropping a tree. You need all the control you can get and a dull chain reduces your control of how and when that tree falls.
If a tree is not solid in the middle this is how it should be done. Thanks for watching.
I just pull the rope with my tractor. Lot less work.
Thanks for watching.