One of my work Mates just turned 60' climbs at every opportunity he gets. Ps smokes drinks& still dose all the other thing we'r told are bad for us lol. Age is just a number.
Mad respect dude. That’s a dying art, most new guys or even guys that have been in the industry for a few years would look at that and run. I’m fortunate enough to have been taught by a guy like you. Someone with a “ no bs” attitude that was all about little fuel and energy savings tricks just like that. Good to see what one of these videos as it has been a little while. Keep these style of vids coming buddy👌.
Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate all those different ways of cutting the limbs off to encouraage them to go in the direction you want. Very interesting!
These are some of my favorite videos, don’t get me wrong I love your artistic videos. Dropping little pearls of wisdom has really helped me to understand things at another level, have a great weekend and be well MB Crew and Family 👍❤️
Doing what you love -- so evident in this video. Excellent instruction/description of work and a sense of humor that had me laughing out loud. Thank you!
I have 9 more years till I'm 50. Ill still be climbing and removing these massive hard woods here in Missouri. I'm gunna love every bit of it too! Great job August!
My 1.5 year old grandson and I watched on their big screen TV today... he loves it! :) Thanks a lot for taking the time to explain so much of your hard won, intelligent, conscientious, professional experience!
19:15 If I did the math correctly the free fall time of the log was 2.46 seconds, the calculated height for a free fall of this length puts you at 98 feet (30 meters). The log impacts the ground going 54 mph (87km/h), so it is best to avoid being at the spot the log will arrive at. :-) As you one might guess I'm a computer geek not a tree guy, but I do enjoy the content, skill, and clever physics you and your team employ!
You are the best I have ever seen and the most knowledgeable, I love watching you and listening to you explain your cuts. Have a Blessed day and oh yes from the goodies in your boot ,you are a great father.
Off topic, but my Daughter is in scouts (they don't need to be "boys" in Australia) and she wants to learn & teach some knots to her group (these days they encourage the kids to take on more leadership). So I showed her your "early lockdown" video on knot tying. It was a revelation for her! She loves the idea of a blake hitch and ascending a rope. She went straight outside, got two ropes, tied loops for her feet (also from your video) and with blake hitches on the other ends, went an alarming distance up a rope. She will be teaching this to the others soon - so I will get back to you regarding injuries... She is only 10yo - way better than playing video games. (and yes, she realises there is more to safe climbing than just this - but she is so impressed with how much you can do with such simple gear)
45 + years back, I was hanging TV antennas in tree tops. Sure wished I had someone like you to show me some of these tricks way back then. Still learning from you but physically just can't climb anymore. I do enjoy the videos a lot. Might even have to hire you to do a removal here.
When chucking, I usually use top chain and cut %90 of the way through, leaving the %10 where a notch would be. Then pull saw out, make snap cut below. This usually helps make a hinge, or just pop it off. I am from northeast, but I'm not telling you how to do it, just saying what I like. Keep showing those young climbers how it's done, great job August.
Really like when you put text up with quick little explanation. i.e. “peel cut”, “hang” “spur kick”. I think it would help us newer guys learn the terminology a lot
Okay, so please understand that this is coming from someone who was more than a little nervous getting up on the floor joints of a single story house (while putting the subfloor on)...looking down when you topped that tree and thinking just how far UP you were...YOU'RE NUTS!!! hahaha Thanks for another great instructional and entertaining video sir. Cheers
I came into this at 45. Never liked the break Cuts either. Or doing a back cut first. Just roll my saw around intuiting the wood hold. Glad to see someone else who gets it. Don't misunderstand me in perilous occasions, by the book LOL
Yes! This was soo fun to watch, Nice spur kicks! Ofcourse its more sketchy to europeans. We dont have those big trees anymore. We had hundreds of years more time to cut everything down and now we forgot the art.
If I put food in MY boots, I probably wouldn't eat it. When explaining how to make certain cuts, it is important to explain that different species react differently. A lot of conifers will behave the way you are explaining but many trees will pop as soon as you start the cut. Redwood for example will often just break though quickly. Some climbers get used to working the same types of trees for much of their career and are surprised when they work in a different area. I'm going to be 67 in December so I get it.
Im kinda self taught off your videos, regs, daniel murphys, reons, pfanner, you know all the other good guys. Been watching you guys for probably 6 years now. Billy way, treeson, all of you guys. Im 26, i work with a guy who is about36 and taught thru the power companies. He was the foreman for 10 years and general foreman for a few. He snap cuts everything, takes everything super small and sets his rigging up for every single limb. When we do trees, i am seriously somewhere around 4-5x faster than him, whether its climbing, bucket work, or felling. I am better than any tree guy or utility guy around my area and produce more work than any other crew around. Ive been foreman now for probably 5-6 years. the tricks you've taught me like one pass cuts, (the rip cuts on big pine limbs was the best probably), and the everything else has made me the best in my area. Thank you so much for sharing your info and helping me become the best i can and the safest i can. I love watching you. I remember watching Damien first climb and i was pretty new back then so it was awesome to learn with him even it was thru videos. You're the best man i love your channel. Thank you so much.
Howdy August, great tutorial on the different cutting techniques. Especially liked the Billy Ray Cyrus "just a swing'n" cut that launched the limb way out into the clear. Gonna look for something to shove today as well! Have A Day! ;~)
Have you noticed that Black Squirrels are starting to be more common out East, where they never used to be? Also, Black Vultures are taking over lots of territory from native Turkey Vultures out here. I'm rooting for the Gray Squirrels to stand their ground!!
Thanks for putting the Panther Bar info at the end of the video. Looking forward to a comprehensive video about the deal with those in the coming weeks...😉
rock climbing will cure that elbow pain. i had it terribly from tree work, started climbing again and it went away. give it a shot. you'll feel great physically too!
If it's to big to single pass with the saw then it gets a notch lol snap cuts are so aggravating more often then not! Thanks for all the extra hard work to put these videos together.
Love the cuts, especially the swing shot man! I just did that a few hours ago on an ash limb-I’ve learned a lot from you, thanks for the great work!--sorry, did I break TH-cam law with my link?
I think any guy who's been up there long enough does. I'm in Rochester, NY and only make two cuts or a gaffe if I need to. The fibers of the wood and lean usually give you enough to work with.
Hell yeah. If you can do it with one cut, why wouldn't you? I also use my foot to hold a piece up briefly, to have it land flat, to swing it, to get the butt come down early, to miss obstacles or stack branches up for the ground guys.
Try using a 15-25lbs steel cylinder from a machinist supply and try rolling out your arm with the weight to get rid of the tendinitis. Worked to heal me after trying dry needling.
I kinda wish I'd known this career existed 20 years-ago... I'm probably too old to break into it now. (Almost 45.) I think I have the critical thinking and visualization skills you're applying in this video though.
I enjoy your videos very much very informative. Let me know if there's a day I can work for you I used to work for Eric's Tree Service in Grants Pass Oregon. My daughter lives in Grants Pass. I'm in California.
Do you think you could have gotten Damien to go for the ole heads I win tails you lose? Beautiful cinematography. Your film making skills are rapidly approaching your arborists skills.
Any time I can make snap cuts I do. On straight pines I usually start with a cut 80-90% through on first cut. Then and inch below I just Cut through the back side a ways. so it doesn’t tear and possibly harass my buck strap. Probably not recommended but when you feel comfortable and it works. Why not.
👍Thanks for taking the time Time is 💰 Knowledge makes money Give a guy a fish he eats one day teach him how to fish He will never Starve God-bless Stay safe🇺🇸👌
August if you remember the movie Christine about the old Plymouth. Rico reminds me of the guy that sold the car to the kid. Everytime I see him all I hear is "I'll get the pink slip." Lol
August I have had a bad back for years and i Tried Yoga and physio to no effect. Pilates worked for me was gonna start back running before pandemic stopped classes
No excuse but it just hurts everywhere. LOL not laughing at your pain. Without pain there's no gain I assume that's the saying that somewhat isn't factual but kinda is at the same time. I laughed at the way you remind me of me how youb just casually was like "Yeah no excuse idk just got pain everywhere" haha then instantly the topic changed to a reference about a healthy guy named Rico and how he's strong and etc! 🤣🤣 August said must be good genetics!!! 😭🤣🤣🤣 Swear so random but sounds just like me. Love it brother & the content! Watched so many of your videos my fiancé gets so mad at me! Haha Take care
Good job sir. I love watching your videos! I've gained so much knowledge and technique from your content. I appreciate you and what you do. How long did it take you to get that behemoth on the ground? Just curious...
What kind of a tree is 240 feet tall like this? Never seen a tree like that. All we have in New York close to 200 feet is tuliptrees but they are 180 feet tops. There was a 205 foot white pine once but it's gone.
Hey man, try a good whey protein drink such as muscle milk or similar with your morning breakfast before work and when you get home at the end of the day. I don't know about anyone else but it makes a huge difference in how I feel the next day. I am 54 years old and I recover very quickly that way.
Gloves are hot, they hinder knot tying, get all sticky from sap halfway through the removal and then theyre useless anyways... I wear gloves for thorny trees and thats about it. Helps build those callouses up anyways
Ya, we have those trees too and mostly one pass everything. If leaning, sometimes we start at the bottom and cut out toward the tension wood and then pull it off the strap rather than snapcut. If not a major lean we will one pass and finesse it as it leaves. Sometimes we Snapcut. Just a generalization I’ve noticed. The one pass seems to be more western regardless of spreading Tree or vertical stem.
Hay August, my tree guy just turned 70. He just took down a banyan with me doing the ground work, I’m 72 so don’t feel old. Blessings
You guys have any videos? Tall tales around the fire? The internet needs you!
One of my work
Mates just turned 60' climbs at every opportunity he gets. Ps smokes drinks& still dose all the other thing we'r told are bad for us lol. Age is just a number.
Mad respect dude. That’s a dying art, most new guys or even guys that have been in the industry for a few years would look at that and run. I’m fortunate enough to have been taught by a guy like you. Someone with a “ no bs” attitude that was all about little fuel and energy savings tricks just like that. Good to see what one of these videos as it has been a little while. Keep these style of vids coming buddy👌.
Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate all those different ways of cutting the limbs off to encouraage them to go in the direction you want. Very interesting!
These are some of my favorite videos, don’t get me wrong I love your artistic videos. Dropping little pearls of wisdom has really helped me to understand things at another level, have a great weekend and be well MB Crew and Family 👍❤️
Doing what you love -- so evident in this video. Excellent instruction/description of work and a sense of humor that had me laughing out loud. Thank you!
I have 9 more years till I'm 50. Ill still be climbing and removing these massive hard woods here in Missouri. I'm gunna love every bit of it too! Great job August!
Geez I read your comment and thought you're old as shit and then I did the math. I'm the same age.
My 1.5 year old grandson and I watched on their big screen TV today... he loves it! :)
Thanks a lot for taking the time to explain so much of your hard won, intelligent, conscientious, professional experience!
19:15 If I did the math correctly the free fall time of the log was 2.46 seconds, the calculated height for a free fall of this length puts you at 98 feet (30 meters). The log impacts the ground going 54 mph (87km/h), so it is best to avoid being at the spot the log will arrive at. :-) As you one might guess I'm a computer geek not a tree guy, but I do enjoy the content, skill, and clever physics you and your team employ!
That’s funny, because computers are super accurate, and it was quite a bit higher than that.
You can start questioning your age
when you get halfway up the tree and realize your lunch is still in your boot.
(great video August 👍👍)
hahaha
funny, or on the counter at home :)
I laughed
@@arboristBlairGlenn what ??
an Arborist with a sense of humor??? 😂
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That form is beautiful, August, magnificent display of the ever important follow through!
You are the best I have ever seen and the most knowledgeable, I love watching you and listening to you explain your cuts. Have a Blessed day and oh yes from the goodies in your boot ,you are a great father.
Thanks for that explanation of that passthrough cut, I was in awe before as how you got the saw out without the wood falling.
I was just gonna ask about your conversion kit for my 2511, Can’t wait.... God bless crew.
Off topic, but my Daughter is in scouts (they don't need to be "boys" in Australia) and she wants to learn & teach some knots to her group (these days they encourage the kids to take on more leadership). So I showed her your "early lockdown" video on knot tying.
It was a revelation for her!
She loves the idea of a blake hitch and ascending a rope.
She went straight outside, got two ropes, tied loops for her feet (also from your video) and with blake hitches on the other ends, went an alarming distance up a rope.
She will be teaching this to the others soon - so I will get back to you regarding injuries...
She is only 10yo - way better than playing video games.
(and yes, she realises there is more to safe climbing than just this - but she is so impressed with how much you can do with such simple gear)
We're super excited about the panther bars, keep us updated!! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Honestly August, most young kids can’t do that nowadays. Respect sir. I hope I can still do it when I’m your age from time to time.
Mr Hunicke it's always a pleasure watching a master craftsman at work.
Good stuff Sir MB! Back to the basics, but amazing how many climbers don't know these skills.
On the way to Mobile Alabama. Good to see y'all. 8 hours drive . Have a great morning. Nice boot lunch.🤙 maybe a shirt that says showd up also....😁
Don't do no free work for no anti-Law-Enforcement Leftists. Now you stay safe out there!
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Absolute best of the best right there...Way to shine August.!!
We do that single pass cut in Georgia everyday...
45 + years back, I was hanging TV antennas in tree tops. Sure wished I had someone like you to show me some of these tricks way back then. Still learning from you but physically just can't climb anymore.
I do enjoy the videos a lot. Might even have to hire you to do a removal here.
When chucking, I usually use top chain and cut %90 of the way through, leaving the %10 where a notch would be. Then pull saw out, make snap cut below. This usually helps make a hinge, or just pop it off. I am from northeast, but I'm not telling you how to do it, just saying what I like. Keep showing those young climbers how it's done, great job August.
“By the way youtube, ive been working out” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love watching y'all awesome character. Y'all have. Rico is badazz. Bsafe August take care.
Really like when you put text up with quick little explanation. i.e. “peel cut”, “hang” “spur kick”. I think it would help us newer guys learn the terminology a lot
Okay, so please understand that this is coming from someone who was more than a little nervous getting up on the floor joints of a single story house (while putting the subfloor on)...looking down when you topped that tree and thinking just how far UP you were...YOU'RE NUTS!!! hahaha
Thanks for another great instructional and entertaining video sir.
Cheers
I came into this at 45. Never liked the break Cuts either. Or doing a back cut first. Just roll my saw around intuiting the wood hold. Glad to see someone else who gets it. Don't misunderstand me in perilous occasions, by the book LOL
Yes! This was soo fun to watch,
Nice spur kicks!
Ofcourse its more sketchy to europeans. We dont have those big trees anymore.
We had hundreds of years more time to cut everything down and now we forgot the art.
This would be a fun crew to work with. I really enjoy all Mr Hunicke's videos.
If I put food in MY boots, I probably wouldn't eat it. When explaining how to make certain cuts, it is important to explain that different species react differently. A lot of conifers will behave the way you are explaining but many trees will pop as soon as you start the cut. Redwood for example will often just break though quickly. Some climbers get used to working the same types of trees for much of their career and are surprised when they work in a different area. I'm going to be 67 in December so I get it.
Yep, yeah I stipulated.
Im kinda self taught off your videos, regs, daniel murphys, reons, pfanner, you know all the other good guys. Been watching you guys for probably 6 years now. Billy way, treeson, all of you guys. Im 26, i work with a guy who is about36 and taught thru the power companies. He was the foreman for 10 years and general foreman for a few. He snap cuts everything, takes everything super small and sets his rigging up for every single limb. When we do trees, i am seriously somewhere around 4-5x faster than him, whether its climbing, bucket work, or felling. I am better than any tree guy or utility guy around my area and produce more work than any other crew around. Ive been foreman now for probably 5-6 years. the tricks you've taught me like one pass cuts, (the rip cuts on big pine limbs was the best probably), and the everything else has made me the best in my area. Thank you so much for sharing your info and helping me become the best i can and the safest i can. I love watching you. I remember watching Damien first climb and i was pretty new back then so it was awesome to learn with him even it was thru videos. You're the best man i love your channel. Thank you so much.
You’re welcome. Keep yer head on a swivel.
"Until everyone got micromanaged into oblivion" 😂😂👌🏼 Sick job guys
really enjoyed the exceptional explanation of cuts and directional spur shoving ..
Man. Y’all are great! We’re all crazy odd tree guys.
Good job fellas.
Howdy August, great tutorial on the different cutting techniques. Especially liked the Billy Ray Cyrus "just a swing'n" cut that launched the limb way out into the clear. Gonna look for something to shove today as well! Have A Day! ;~)
I love it 👍👍👍😁i didn't snap cut for years in east coast and I like the one cut,get the pocket wedge hook on small lanyard 👍
Have you noticed that Black Squirrels are starting to be more common out East, where they never used to be? Also, Black Vultures are taking over lots of territory from native Turkey Vultures out here.
I'm rooting for the Gray Squirrels to stand their ground!!
Very much looking forward to those kits! Great video you are like a surgeon with that saw my friend.
I only use a chain saw to remove branches. Your video's are very instructive. Thanks. :)
Thanks for putting the Panther Bar info at the end of the video. Looking forward to a comprehensive video about the deal with those in the coming weeks...😉
rock climbing will cure that elbow pain. i had it terribly from tree work, started climbing again and it went away. give it a shot. you'll feel great physically too!
Nice clinic you put on rite there, always enjoy the content. Thanks
less than halfway through the video and i learned enough. subscribed. new to the field and eager. my youtube algorithm is all tree now.
Dark Art cuts are often the most useful:)
19:19 is where he starts the ' 0ne-pass cut "
Your welcome .
Laughed @"Easterners and definitely Europeans"
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Nice job.👍 I was going to ask you about the panther bars and boom there it comes at the end of the video.
This was such a great video. Thanks for showing your decision process.
Really like the teaching videos. Nice work everyone. 👍
If it's to big to single pass with the saw then it gets a notch lol snap cuts are so aggravating more often then not! Thanks for all the extra hard work to put these videos together.
Love the cuts, especially the swing shot man! I just did that a few hours ago on an ash limb-I’ve learned a lot from you, thanks for the great work!--sorry, did I break TH-cam law with my link?
Mesmerized is what you do to me (us)! YES, you are better than good, you are! Thanks. Sonny (CT)
One thing Reg Coates said that has stuck with me for years is that “Douglas fir limbs snap like carrots”
Hard?
@@judyfenske1429 strong, but brittle
Rope wrenching on a hitch nice. I like the free style!
I didn't know that making a single through cut chunking down was something only us northwesterners did. Learn something new everyday lol
I think any guy who's been up there long enough does. I'm in Rochester, NY and only make two cuts or a gaffe if I need to. The fibers of the wood and lean usually give you enough to work with.
When you know what you're doing, you know what you're doing.
on wonder you won at the Black Powder Shoot, you a GOOD shot, your experience with those limbs is fantastic!
Hell yeah.
If you can do it with one cut, why wouldn't you?
I also use my foot to hold a piece up briefly, to have it land flat, to swing it, to get the butt come down early, to miss obstacles or stack branches up for the ground guys.
Another Awesome vid, Thx August!
Try using a 15-25lbs steel cylinder from a machinist supply and try rolling out your arm with the weight to get rid of the tendinitis. Worked to heal me after trying dry needling.
Looks like the Same Top Handle Echo I have, put on a 12" bar
Can't wait for the 1/4" conversion with panther bar like yours✌️
Serious skillz, man. Great to see
That little saw's been doing mighty well.
A real man carries his lunch in his boots. I like it
I kinda wish I'd known this career existed 20 years-ago... I'm probably too old to break into it now. (Almost 45.) I think I have the critical thinking and visualization skills you're applying in this video though.
I enjoy your videos very much very informative. Let me know if there's a day I can work for you I used to work for Eric's Tree Service in Grants Pass Oregon. My daughter lives in Grants Pass. I'm in California.
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Do you think you could have gotten Damien to go for the ole heads I win tails you lose? Beautiful cinematography. Your film making skills are rapidly approaching your arborists skills.
Any time I can make snap cuts I do. On straight pines I usually start with a cut 80-90% through on first cut. Then and inch below I just Cut through the back side a ways. so it doesn’t tear and possibly harass my buck strap. Probably not recommended but when you feel comfortable and it works. Why not.
Nice work! The swing made me :)
peel and catch, works on good wood, fir, some pine. On redwood nope, it will just snap right off. Big tree August!
August, it's called great skill and cunning.
Perfectly done job as usual! Just curious why you chose to use what kinda looks like a VT instead of your zigzag 🤔
The excuse is you have worked hard all your life and it's catching up to you that is a 100% normal buddy you are hard worker
4am in Bexhill, South Coast UK and enjoying another video.
Thumbs up from this "Easterner"..... 😎👍❤️🌲
👍Thanks for taking the time
Time is 💰 Knowledge makes money
Give a guy a fish he eats one day teach him how to fish He will never Starve God-bless Stay safe🇺🇸👌
August if you remember the movie Christine about the old Plymouth. Rico reminds me of the guy that sold the car to the kid. Everytime I see him all I hear is "I'll get the pink slip." Lol
Watch, the custy will rip the dogwood out next week.
August I have had a bad back for years and i Tried Yoga and physio to no effect. Pilates worked for me was gonna start back running before pandemic stopped classes
Thanks.
No excuse but it just hurts everywhere. LOL not laughing at your pain. Without pain there's no gain I assume that's the saying that somewhat isn't factual but kinda is at the same time. I laughed at the way you remind me of me how youb just casually was like "Yeah no excuse idk just got pain everywhere" haha then instantly the topic changed to a reference about a healthy guy named Rico and how he's strong and etc! 🤣🤣 August said must be good genetics!!! 😭🤣🤣🤣 Swear so random but sounds just like me. Love it brother & the content! Watched so many of your videos my fiancé gets so mad at me! Haha Take care
I don't get the 19 dislikes, nice job and nice video August!
Love the shirt "sorry I'm late I didn't want to come " 🤣 any way to change come to climb?
Dang, those are some serious boots!
Good job sir. I love watching your videos! I've gained so much knowledge and technique from your content. I appreciate you and what you do.
How long did it take you to get that behemoth on the ground? Just curious...
I like your tatergun. Question....?? Is it worth giving up the slingshot?
Great stuff I still like my bypass / Snap cut thanks for the video of August
Really cool video August you folks earn your pay!
How was work today dear? Okay just hung around and looked down at all my workers.
That's excellent.
I would like to drop it while
screaming in japan next time.
What kind of a tree is 240 feet tall like this? Never seen a tree like that. All we have in New York close to 200 feet is tuliptrees but they are 180 feet tops. There was a 205 foot white pine once but it's gone.
Nonono. The rope was 200 feet but it was doubled so 100 feet +20 feet off the ground plus whatever the top was plus 2 chunks.
@@AugustHunicke Thanks
Hey man, try a good whey protein drink such as muscle milk or similar with your morning breakfast before work and when you get home at the end of the day. I don't know about anyone else but it makes a huge difference in how I feel the next day. I am 54 years old and I recover very quickly that way.
Chocolate milk does the same thing
Amazing skill. Thank you.
August: just curious, why don’t you wear gloves when you’re working? I’m a newbie so always keen to hear about gear 🙂
Gloves are hot, they hinder knot tying, get all sticky from sap halfway through the removal and then theyre useless anyways... I wear gloves for thorny trees and thats about it. Helps build those callouses up anyways
I don't like gloves because they tend to get in the way alot
Been doing this 23 years were gloves every job. Hesatint to climb without them.
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August Hunicke Thank you for answering my glove question ... with a live video! 👍
Good job like always
It is worth mentioning us easterners don’t climb many single stem trees that stand straight up and down so snap cut is needed lol
Ya, we have those trees too and mostly one pass everything. If leaning, sometimes we start at the bottom and cut out toward the tension wood and then pull it off the strap rather than snapcut. If not a major lean we will one pass and finesse it as it leaves.
Sometimes we Snapcut. Just a generalization I’ve noticed. The one pass seems to be more western regardless of spreading Tree or vertical stem.
Damn that little saw sound's mad 😠😠😂😂
I love my 2511T. Good video
I would definitely buy a "do you even shove bro" t-shirt
Good evening brother I love ur video's!
“Do you even Arbor Bro!?”