Michael Hawkins The Cutter Travels North To Alaska In Search Of Big Wood

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  • Short Video of Michael Hawkins Journey to Alaska To Cut On Some of The most rugged Ground Monster Snags and Biggest timber in the world...... I am running a phils hopped up 390 xp with a 50 inch cannon, 42 inch Oregon, 36 inch cannon, and a 36 inch Oregon light weight....

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  • @gricka1000
    @gricka1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God bless you and keep you.Greeting from Croatia

  • @joelyboyblue
    @joelyboyblue 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    that saw and the cracking before she falls is way better than the music

  • @johnkomosa4089
    @johnkomosa4089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Big beautiful timber logs solid, with a few roties.
    At :50, time to get the other saw and let that one cool off in the repair shop, better a crunched saw then you, good job getting out of there. Yicks, then you run into a Griz on the way back to the truck at the end of the day. Keep your .44 handy. .

  • @itsme78932
    @itsme78932 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent video! well put together! Really enjoy videos like this.

  • @arau77
    @arau77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This felling compilation is just incredible, can't believe my eyes.. AMAZING fellings, Michael! More of it, please..

  • @mrhhawkeye
    @mrhhawkeye  12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks, I apperciate the good words from a seasoned vet.... I watched a few of your vids... Be safe out there..... If your serious about Alaska i could probally get you lined up on some work this next season.... keep intouch....

  • @scottcarter3553
    @scottcarter3553 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mike Hawkins is a good ole boy fo sho!

  • @jeffmartinez8720
    @jeffmartinez8720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video

  • @brithesaw
    @brithesaw 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some great footage there You love your job in the woods and I love mine here in Scotland :)

  • @garyagreen100
    @garyagreen100 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great vid ,the trees are awsome,good going

  • @teutonicterror2609
    @teutonicterror2609 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    another great oregon logger!!!keep up the good work my friend

  • @TheDubbie13
    @TheDubbie13 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dang thats some cool stuff! Wish they grew that big in Idaho!

  • @TheMONTREYJACK1993
    @TheMONTREYJACK1993 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    fantastic vid mate keep them coming and fell safe =]

  • @FRUNTCASTER
    @FRUNTCASTER 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good stuff Michael!!

  • @riggingcrew3215
    @riggingcrew3215 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video and good saw

  • @chadrides914
    @chadrides914 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so rad.

  • @jasboothe
    @jasboothe 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice springboard use at the 1:50 or so mark. You don't see that technique much these days.

  • @kingJigsaw420
    @kingJigsaw420 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    really like how you put that video together , hope to get there as well and leave miles of caulk tracks and saw chips. be safe.

  • @galedurant5088
    @galedurant5088 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice video and nice job

  • @mindis56
    @mindis56 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very good vid:) Good wood too:)

  • @Jdigger4130
    @Jdigger4130 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome! Thanks for showing those cedars. Must be daunting knowing how rotten those can be. Great stuff man. Must be really cool taking those down.

  • @oakmountmedia6809
    @oakmountmedia6809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BEST JOB IN THE WORLD

  • @goboli88
    @goboli88 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice job!! take care

  • @mattbeese6152
    @mattbeese6152 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thanks for posting the video loging and fishing both run in my blood but i went with fishing

  • @craigwillenborg1831
    @craigwillenborg1831 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Post some more videos. Us flatland hardwood cutters enjoy hell out of them.

  • @morgankruse4666
    @morgankruse4666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, you guys leave some tall stumps...

  • @DBest1966
    @DBest1966 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That terrain will make a man out of you. The ones with the rotten cores will make you pucker up.

  • @ryanssawmill8224
    @ryanssawmill8224 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man thats some nice timber

    • @mikeravenelle7073
      @mikeravenelle7073 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean WAS some nice timber....gone now for many years. Keep denuding them forests till nothing of value left. YES, it is a finite resource those old beauties. Guys are out there just waiting for the day they can get into our last parks and clear them. Money, money money!

  • @majestictree4238
    @majestictree4238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like your last name lol. nice video. I own a tree business

  • @errolpoxleitner7901
    @errolpoxleitner7901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice timber

  • @mudboys85
    @mudboys85 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome man

  • @jhill5426
    @jhill5426 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    bad ass! keep it up. don't listen to these tree huggers. they grow back

    • @owendanner7246
      @owendanner7246 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      J Hill the trees don't really grow back

    • @kieronparker3392
      @kieronparker3392 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, they grow back, in about 500 years. We'll never see the likes of them again....just sayin'

  • @joepesci8930
    @joepesci8930 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Good video, but the music temporarily increased my estrogen levels

  • @joelyboyblue
    @joelyboyblue 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HOLY HEAVIES! more power to you bro

  • @4x4American
    @4x4American 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    awesome video! what was going on there around 2:46? Looked like your saw got crushed and you almost did too!

  • @robertyoung8513
    @robertyoung8513 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I see you work for Columbia Helicopter, great company

  • @markbaker3172
    @markbaker3172 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I almost lost a brand new husky cuttin for a yarder in mt, got in a hurry cut the high side on a big fir, sure miss the cutters life,

  • @vaughnwilson8349
    @vaughnwilson8349 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have seen it and DID THAT . but bigger trees THOUGHT ..look at the fire wood....WE CUT
    HOT DAMN............... love ya mike..I STILL LOVE YOU NIKY VAUGHN W 72.

  • @douglascasey3486
    @douglascasey3486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've cut big timber on logging jobs my entire life and I never, almost never, have my butts pull out of the center like that. I like a nice clean cut, evenly broken off. In my opinion the hinge is to close to the center, and a open face allows the tree closer to the ground before breaking off. I don't see a nice clean cut here. At 2:05 he gets a nice clean cut. I hate that center pull every time I see it. I've never cut this species of timber, so maybe it's the nature of it. It appears to be a very soft wood, and I've cut mostly hardwoods that must be cut with care, or they will bust, pull, or slab out.

    • @dirtyfir
      @dirtyfir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good for you

    • @michaelbrackley5845
      @michaelbrackley5845 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smashed he's saw not good look hanging up

    • @JS-oy6nn
      @JS-oy6nn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      East coast cutting takes very little skill compared to this.

  • @mrhhawkeye
    @mrhhawkeye  11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yeah we had a new guy on the crew.... i think his second day..... He was building a bear trap..... I decided to save his life and risk mine.....

  • @russellnorton6454
    @russellnorton6454 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    awesome footage, im a west coast logger myself. its just kinda sad that some of these logging videos are dubbed with heavy metal or acid rock music. id rather hear the sound of falling timber as it creeks.

  • @gilmanbeito9421
    @gilmanbeito9421 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh the lovely boat ride wouldnt trade my time on POW for anything in the world

  • @joebeutner6538
    @joebeutner6538 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    pretty spruce...pretty stumps....

  • @kdbdw28
    @kdbdw28 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Turn me loose. Grew up felling timber. Still love it 27 years in.

  • @MatthewBanchero
    @MatthewBanchero 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    2:46 Saw gets stuck
    2:47 Oh Crap
    2:48 F&#@ the Saw
    2:50 make it out of the fall zone
    I'll bet that was a long 4 seconds. :-)

  • @northcoastervids
    @northcoastervids 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    hope to go up there and do this myself someday

  • @andypettit5869
    @andypettit5869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is that Columbia helicopters? I cut for them....

  • @arau77
    @arau77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is just devine felling...

  • @Jona_Villa
    @Jona_Villa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Top

  • @OlympicYJ
    @OlympicYJ 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who were you cuttin for up there?

  • @batsonlogging
    @batsonlogging 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, thanks for posting this.
    When you say hopped up you mean woods ported correct?

  • @MrMeanderthal
    @MrMeanderthal 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you should get a Stihl 880.. I've never used anything else after I bought my first one back in the 80's (was 084 back then but same saw)

  • @erikajegl2762
    @erikajegl2762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why are there taking so many trees down?

  • @ryanssawmill8224
    @ryanssawmill8224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sign me up lol

  • @markbaker3172
    @markbaker3172 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    at 2;47 did you lose your saw?

    • @Workmule4ever2day
      @Workmule4ever2day 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mark Baker Yea it looks like that one smaller tree fell right on it. I wonder if that machine survived. Good scramble technique for sure! lol

    • @jacquesblaque7728
      @jacquesblaque7728 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Mark Baker Looks like the bar got turned into a propeller blade, for starters.

  • @dougie22
    @dougie22 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The cuts look good but I don’t get why all the trees are cut off so high! The butt of the tree is the most expensive part! Or is it just me?

    • @skydiverclassc2031
      @skydiverclassc2031 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you look closely at the trees, a number have significant swelling below the cut. It wouldn't make any better logs to cut lower down, as the swell would just get trimmed off at the mill anyway. So, the faller makes it a little easier on himself.

  • @chrissaguaro7793
    @chrissaguaro7793 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gettin the chance to cut 7-9' oldgrow up in ak. never been there. been cuttin for just under 10yr now bushelling, heli, tree lengthin, OR/CA second growth but never ak. what should i bring and what can i expect up there?

    • @Northwoods208
      @Northwoods208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bring rain gear and 3 reliable powerheads. And a set of nuts if you have them, the timber around here can get weird, and the places it grows can get just as weird. Just cut the spruce up tight and make sure you open the faces up enough on them or they'll barberchair

  • @TimberTramp
    @TimberTramp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Day rate?

  • @TomasHegar
    @TomasHegar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Song?

  • @cokedude2426
    @cokedude2426 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    cutting for columbia helicopter?

  • @teutonicterror2609
    @teutonicterror2609 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    you smash yer saw at 2:54?

  • @Marian-iq4kr
    @Marian-iq4kr 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    jednou bych si chtěl zkusit pokácet takovou bombu a ne jak u nás

    • @robertjuriga
      @robertjuriga 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Marian Presinsky to ja taky

    • @Milannove
      @Milannove 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Marian Presinsky este su take aj u nas, uz menej ale este sa najdu

  • @mitarmakic2452
    @mitarmakic2452 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tree is not just a material! :(

  • @Winchesterosteve
    @Winchesterosteve 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    hanks for your comments
    I hope come to Russia i like Alaska
    I live in Algeria and work at a university in Algeria i'm 29 old .
    when Russia and open a company and what a company name ?
    i want come for job to in russia . i want my feet on land of alaska
    i want help me come to russia
    thanks
    мотки за ваши комментарии
    Я надеюсь приехать в Россию я люблю Аляску
    Я живу в Алжире и работы в университете в Алжире я 29 старых.
    когда Россия и открыть компанию и то, что название компании?
    Я хочу прийти на работу в России. я хочу, чтобы мои ноги на земле Аляске
    я хочу помочь мне приехать в Россию
    спасибо

    • @Tony.795
      @Tony.795 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Winchestero steve Alaska is in the USA

  • @gisellevitali9679
    @gisellevitali9679 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    cut them down,anyone replant new

  • @mikeravenelle7073
    @mikeravenelle7073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In search of big wood. Will this big wood last forever? Think about it when it's all gone. The loggers will have to get edumacated and find different work.

    • @HabeasJ
      @HabeasJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The rotten log that blew apart at 2:30 is a good example of what happens to those trees if they aren't eventually felled. Modern logging in the US and Canada utilize sustainable practices such as replanting the stand you just cut. There are loggers who (if they stay with the same company) can eventually cut down the trees they planted four decades prior. And then they replant that same stand of timber once again for the next generation.
      .
      Loggers and "big wood" ain't going anywhere

    • @mikeravenelle7073
      @mikeravenelle7073 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HabeasJ I have a hard time trusting the government or logging companies to do the best for our forests or this planet. As long as the dollar is the most important thing.

    • @Northwoods208
      @Northwoods208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikeravenelle7073 it's less about the dollar and more about maintaining forest health and water quality nowadays. And they've figured out that in order to absorb and store carbon, trees have to grow, which the old growth isn't doing, it's reaching it's lifespan and dying. So rather than let them rot and fall over and emit their carbon back, it makes more sense to fall them and make something useful and replant new trees

  • @lassila3
    @lassila3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video ruined by music

  • @phantomnesphithe4890
    @phantomnesphithe4890 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can think of thousands of better time investments than working with lumber or anybody that would pay an enemy for that matter. Alaska isn't a worthwhile investment and nobody is better because of Alaska.

  • @HarkoHrust
    @HarkoHrust 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    NOOOO stop that! =( thats bad!

  • @synixpunk1192
    @synixpunk1192 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pls dont do this.😭