There's an old saying here in Ireland: "The man who never made a mistake never made anything." Great recovery from a situation that didn't go to plan, and everyone went home safe and well! A musing from far away in unstressed comfort: Might it have been possible to get the pull rope higher up towards the main entanglement, and the winch rigged somewhere much farther away, in order to get a more horizontally directed pull? You'd never get a truly horizontal pull of course, but your rig was exerting the majority of its force downwards, rather than sideways, which was what you really needed. In any case, excellent work, and many thanks for showing the whole operation, warts and all.
Dear Jacob, don’t ever apologise for taking the cautious path towards a successful outcome. I’ve had to help put broken and torn bodies back together when a little bit of thinking and a lot of arrogance goes astray. Your team love you because you look after them, treat them like real humans and get them home safe to their families at night. They couldn’t ask for more. I never thought that I would enjoy watching videos on cutting trees. Boy, I was wrong. I can’t wait to summon the courage to ask my wife to agree to buying one. I enjoy watching so much that I want to do some cutting of my own. Cheers.
I am in no way an expert, but had to deal with a similar tree some years ago. After some initial tries I found the best (and safest) way was to cut the base through and attach a rope to the lowest part of the trunk and use my 4WD to drag the tree away from the stump and away from the tree it was caught on. Surprisingly easy to drag the tree out, despite the huge weigh pushing it into the ground.. Obviously in cutting the base you have to ensure that the tree does not fall off the stump toward the standing tree, otherwise you then have to completely remove the stump. Pulling the base of the trunk away ensures a controlled and safe fall. Congrats on a great series of videos, I really find them useful and interesting.
Hey .. Dutch dude here ... It has been 30+ years since I was felling trees in the south of France, production forests, but I have such fond memories of that time... never did I do this complicated work like you do, but I enjoy watching it so much. Thanks dudes, thanks a lot, and stay professional like you are. Be proud and grateful, for that is a golden combination. Thanks again!
@@PimSchouten Puur toeval, het was een vriend van een vriend die een stevige jongen zocht en dat was ik dan. Daarnaast zat in mijn woonplaats de bosbouwschool, dus de concentratie houthakkers was daar iets hoger dan in hartje Amsterdam.
As a professional climber/rigger I would DEFINITELY NOT climb that tree, just because i don't think it would be safe. When you are hang up in that tree and the tree falls, no one knows if it will try to pull you with it. And it will probably hurt you in some way. You tried your best, it's not always easy and simple. We all learn every day. You did well and everybody is safe. That's what really matters!
I really appreciate you sharing this kind of work, where it doesn't go as planned. We've all struggled with snags that are hard to read and stay hung up. Great work!
As I sit here my second week in the ICU In Spokane Washington from falling out of a 35ft Doug fir after I took out 30-40ft top I watch your guys videos day In and day out, your videos definitely help me want to get back to work that’s for sure,keep making your videos they keep me sane and make me want to be back now.
Great episode, and a good days work. Shows the true aspect of tree work that doesn’t get seen, things don’t always go to plan. I’m sure there’s not many TH-camrs that would post a video like this for fear of being ridiculed. Love the channel and keep it coming.
I loved this episode, very nice to see some of the struggles - not only perfect clean cuts. Only bad thing was the "I am an idiot". Absolutely not. It was a judgement call, it didnt pan out. Very easy to end up results oriented and say it was wrong deccision because it didnt work. Well, it is probably the correct decision more often then not - and hell of alot safer.
Uh, actually he was right, he was an idiot. He did it the opposite direction of the way he should have done it and his cut was a standard cut and NOT a hung up tree open face cut where the angle is 60 degrees wide or more. Butt of tree should have been pushed to camera's RIGHT, not straight in front. Straight or pushing the butt to the left, actually just hangs the tree up in the other even more.
Excellent video of working through a very complicated situation step by step. Your hesitance to climb the second tree was absolutely the right choice. The continual reevaluation and discussion with the crew & yourself was stellar! The choice to slash cut off the stump to the left was the only questionable choice to me. It increases the angle of force into the standing tree. If you slash cut to the right it would torque the top to the left. If you add another line to the base pulling to the right hard.(with a rotational wrap to assist the roll) it increases the chance of freeing the top. In the end you did it, it’s done, everyone is safe & happy, PERFECT JOB!!!
A winch attached to the butt pulling in the opposite direction would have been a great idea! I never thought of that but I think you’re right! Very smart!
Yep, I thought winch on the base is the way to go - it's the only place you have full control as opposed to up the top where who knows what it gets caught on. Use gravity to help pull the tree down off the other instead of leaning it into the other tree.
Very informative! One option (perhaps, I wasn't there of course) was to cut away the hinge but leave a few inches of wood of the side to which you want the tree to fall. This way the tree rolls itself out of the branches. This technique does not work in all situations, so once again, just sharing my thoughts. Awesome vid!
You Did The Rite Thing Here In Every Way Be Proud that the job got done and no one was hurt! Excellent Decisions we’re made at the right times! Keep up the Good Work
Even the pros learn something new every day.....glad you are sharing your knowledge with us. Just shows average Joe how much respect you have to have for trees and hopefully makes everyone think twice before starting a cut. You just may save a life here or there down the road. Keep up the good work!
Really appreciate the share, showing us all that it a normal job with hang ups, literally. Being humble is an attribute a lot of TH-camrs do not have or edit in a way that makes them come off perfect.
Handled that knarly maple with great ease. Hats off to the entire crew. Crane operator was smooth as glass. Cutter was extremely experienced. Was a pleasure to watch.
Totally Educational and entertaining! It's a good story as well, with highs and lows and a happy ending. It was also cool watching you problem solve your way through each of the ideas that you ended up using. I think that you would have had to make all of those cuts on the leaning tree anyway if you had started out with the goal of cutting the standing tree. Who knows what would have happened if you had tried to free it from the top? Might have ended up with a snuff video at that point. Excellent work guys!
Yes you could just post when its gone well but we really appreciate to see that such good professional like guilty could have some difficult to do the job
I've done a lot of these over the years, and I've gotten plenty of power saws stuck as well. Every tree situation has its own obstacles and opportunities, so there is no one rule of thumb. That being said, the one thing that I think I do better than I did in my younger days is attention to rope angle. You also could've doubled your mechanical advantage by putting a block midline on the pull rope and then using a second rope to winch one end while anchoring the other.
Cut it 3ft higher gravity, it drops sometimes you may have to keep taking some more short length off of it, the weight drags it down and it twists free from the tree its hung up on, dont always twist free but it does a lot off the time, great video, wind blown never straight forward work
if you cut it off higher, you hope the base drops, but if its too well hung up, the base swings in to the tree its hung up on, or past it and ends up unhooking at that point and falling back towards you. been there, done that ... wouldn't do it again.
I know it's not easy to post things like this, but it helps new guys like me learn how to adjust plans and work with trees when something doesn't go right. I appreciate this video.
I actually like these situations out on cut blocks, and right of ways, etc. It puts a fallers skills to the test and forces you to be methodic. The only criticism I have is that the initial assessment should have resulted in both of these stems to be taken out in the reverse order that you did; you never turn your back to a cut up, hung up tree.
Another good video and definitely not a fail! Y'all created memories and in order to do so you have to live through the experiences! Always appreciate these and you're humbleness without being cocky in any way. Much respect
Excellent job guy’s, I’m a tree guy here in beautiful Hawaii with a lot of big eucalyptus trees, I was in a particularly situation, happy to see you guys safely get it done, and your decision not to climb was the only one to make👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
There's nothing to be criticised here Jake, and your humility and openness in discussing and handling the situation is admirable. It was likely not visible from the ground, but the drone showed us that the 2 trees weren't just crossing (and therefore hung up by only a few branches) but instead were folded together in their entire upper quarter/third. So they were entangled by dozens of branches over a substantial distance, making separating the two very difficult, and as soon as felling the second tree became an option, it was the best one by miles. But had it not been an option, and assuming crane & dynamite aren't either, then moving your winch to a better pulling angle and adding MA if blocks & line available allow it (as others have suggested) would be safe and low effort. More effort & also safe would have been to bore the base of the leaner's stem to take a long bar or a straight length of one of the nearby saplings, so turning the leaner into a capstan. Taking the line from GRCS to end of the capstan lever would give *huge* rotational force to roll the leaner out. Yet the effort still might fail from energy being stored in the elasticity of the 2 tall spars rather than being transferred up to the entangled branches; Terry Hale would have a good opinion on this. So if these failed & you were left facing climbing as a last resort...that might be the moment to revisit felling the 2nd tree with the owner, or to look at the weather forecast hoping for a windy day to finish the job for you. I did wonder briefly about climbing the nearby tree to above the leaner, and taking it down piece by piece from above, ie from a sound tree under minimal sideways force and from above the trouble. But shuddered at the thought of getting there. Thanks very much for a thought-provoking video.
I like your idea of cutting a hole in the trunk and using a spar to get a good twist on the hung up tree. Had not occurred to me but a sound idea and pretty quick to execute.
Nicely done in the end. As mediocre faller and expert tree hanger upper, I have one suggestion you may consider the next time (god forbid) you find yourself with a hang up. With the stem free from the stump as you had it, you can sometimes get it to twist out of the tree it’s hung in and off the stump. This can be done with a chain or heavy duty sling by placing the cinch point of the chain or a sling on the far side of the leaners’ stem. With that high powered winch you have you can then MAYBE get it to roll off the stump. That bit of increased weight along with the cork screwing action in the canopies will sometimes allow the leaner to fall. Wasn't there so I make no judgments other than you guys are good at what you do both in terms of falling and video production. Carry on …Please.
@ about 26 minutes the base is cut through. At this point if you could hook up a winch and crank the base to the right, then you gain a better angle of attack on the lean when it gets far enough sideways to fall off the stump. As you did it you lost angle of attack. Another option I've used successfully right from the beginning, though somewhat unnerving cause it happens very fast, is to do the face cut as normal but with an extra big mouth. Then do the back cut as normal. This is done as high as you can reach. Then as low as you can go, do the same in reverse as if you were going to cut the tree to fall towards the yard. The weight pushing down and towards the yard will cause the lower part to tip yardwise, sending the base of the trunk further back and greatly increasing the angle of the lean. If you do this a little at an angle as you were trying to anyway, its often enough to free the top up. Attaching ropes in certain places can help slow the reaction if desired, and ropes in other places can help direct the direction the butt is headed. Not sure about winch verse rope capacity, but the guys were cranking on that rope pretty hard. If it had snapped that might have womped someone on the head pretty hard being in the line of fire by cranking from right under it. Having the redirect higher up would have gained a better angle to pull from, and decreased the chance of getting hit by a broken line. The struggle is real. Been there before. Likely will again.
I deal with these hang ups on van island quite often it seems these days I usually use a cable puller or turfer heavy rigging and stand back up in a v of rope. Then climb out to avoid buildings power lines ect but in this scenario I likely would have informed the customer for extra removal because of the stem to stem matchup and just make a safe escape trail and let her rip. Some cases I may do a bore cut and leave an overlapping tap to hold until you can cut up leaning stem. Good call on not climbing it there is no safe way to climb the under tree unless you lift and tie off tree on top
i think there are a hundred " would of, could of, should of " that can play out in this scenario. Unless you are the one fighting the pull of the saw...ignoring the pounding in your chest and trying to understand the feeling in your gut...your input is based on theory .I have done dozens of uprooted, snagged or dangerous trees but i have never done this one...excellent Job gentlemen🤙
Mad respect for you to show your flaws and how you overcame them.. You are not an idiot we all learn from experience on the job no matter what job your in.. Keep up the great work and stay safe 👌
Great work guys ! I admire the attitudes . Tree work is always challenging , mentally and physically ! Too enjoy and have a good time while your dealing with stubborn trees is key ! Also , I'm still smiling from the " lamented root rot ", comment ! Hilarious ! Stay safe , my brothers from another mother ! 👍
really appreciate these videos, helps someone like me new to tree work mentally run through scenarios and learn from other people, even from afar. thanks jake!
Enjoying your videos. I first saw the one in which you showed a bunch of different ways in which to notch and fall a tree. It is great, and I have shared it. But, with each one I have seen, I learn a little. Many things you do, I will never try. But sometimes, I just see something small that would help. If I encounter a big leaner, I usually cut down the bottom, sometimes bit by bit, until it swings against the tree it leans against, and sometimes, the top comes back toward me. Once, I have cut the leaner with both still together. It worked, I lived unhurt. And my aim in watching is to stay unhurt. Thanks!
It was easy to watch. We are learning everyday with you. Thanks for what you do. Kevin with the camera skillz. 💪🏻🪓⚡️ Great costumers = easy job no matter the situation. Kindness and love one at a time
That's why they call that scenario, " The Widow Maker! " I think you guys made the right choice not climbing the healthy tree. You get up there and then Murphy throws you a curve ball, and it's not like you have anywhere to go. Watching this whole thing unwind, I think that taking down the tree that is holding the bad one from falling might be the right call, unless its a tree that the customer wants to save. At the end of the day no one got hurt, no property got destroyed, except maybe a Bar and Chain. So I would say mission accomplished. The most important thing you guys can do is look out for each other, and do everything you can to make sure you all go home every day in one piece. I really enjoy the videos. You guys demonstrate a lot of professionalism.
Being safe is a number 1 priority I think what you did was right. Climbing was a risk that just wasn't worth it. The only thing botched that day was the Duckworth ad 😉
ALL your videos are stellar and i learn so much . Some folks look forward to a movie ... not me ... i look forward to yer vids and am very grateful , thanks .
As others have stated, glad to see something that didn’t go perfectly. Liked when you took the saw from the bar, trying different things and still not getting the result. Thanks for posting !
I know a few wood lot legends here in Maine that can roll a tree off the stump for issues like this. (Big canopy hardwoods) Think you could do a video on that technique?
Trees have a mind of their own sometimes so don't get so down on yourself for this. It came down without anyone getting hurt so that's always a good plus. I'm impressed you showed this entire process, discussions and all. This is REAL LIFE situation that anyone will encounter at least once if they fall much. Thanks for Sharing guys.
I am just recently discovering your Chanel. I am learning alot already. Thank you. Your are helping a Guy from Québec to win is life doin something he love... cheers, stay safe
Another quality video. I agree with the comments saying you're not an idiot. No one got hurt, trees on the ground, and the home owner is happy. This is a good example of how you can do everything right and still it doesn't go exactly as planned. This is a victory I love that you shared this. It's encouraging to people starting out or even a ways into their career to continue on this road. I'm only cleaning up my yard of fallen trees but I feel move confident to continue by myself because of the knowledge and experience that you share. Earlier I twisted my chainsaw and ruined my chain and bar and was quite discouraged. I watched a couple of your videos and gained some knowledge. I felt empower and attacked the trees with success. Watching this video helps me understand that it may not go the way I envision, but I'll be able to do it. And the most important thing is to keep myself and anyone working with safe.
Hi August..warm greetings from Malaysia. allow me.to comment.. 1.As your pulling rope is perpendicular to the lean, I would suggest to make the notch facing a bit to the left 2.i would also suggest the notch as close to the ground, expect extra effort from this exercise to clear the trunk but it would give you good pivot point since you chose to pull the tree. Thumbs up..Good job anyway and stay safe always..regards
If you never fail, you never learn. Never the less, safety is paramount, No one got hurt, no one lost limbs, and the job was still completed. As always still great work
You got it down and all your guys are in one piece. Job well done! We can all second guess what you did till the end of time but you made what you thought was the best call with the available information. That's all any of us can really do. I learn way more when stuff doesn't go according to plan anyway. Thanks for sharing!
Binary ends have a 1 or a 0 😉 I’ve wrapped a rope around a tree and used a winch and it rolled the tree out of the one it was hung up in. I basically was in the same situation as you and cut the tree off the stump. It was a smaller tree though.
Seems like there was a simple solution that you overlooked. Leave, get a demolition license, drill a hole large enough for few pounds of c4 and, well, kablooey! :D
Definitely glad you posted this one & definitely glad you didn't climb that tree. I wondered about an angled cut to get it to slide off backward and couldn't imagine any safe way to do it so I'm glad it was something you didn't even mention in the video. And I think it's cool you gave the homeowner the "super cool guy" props 👍
I've been watching you for quite some time. I've made the same decisions that you just made on big trees that were hung up and they worked out. But to think it would happen 100% of the time would be ridiculous. There's one thing I really understand about you is your maturity level and humility under pressure when everyone's jumping in and trying to change directions in the middle of your process. You have a lot of years ahead of you in the tree business and you are well seasoned beyond your years. Congratulations and nice job. The tree is down. The "idiot" comment was funny but totally inaccurate.
I'm really glad you stayed on the ground because after you climb that tree you have no other options if something went wrong! The outcome would have probably been acceptable. After being in the glass business for about 50 years, first rule of the road is a path to escape if something goes wrong. I think you chose the best option my gosh that was a dangerous tree
Do a video about the steps needed to become a arborist, and what path you took, what certifications you need, ect, and what your full work day beginning to end looks like.
Try this method on a leaning log sometime. It uses three parallel vertical or nearly vertical cuts. Make it from the right side if possible so you can be farther away from the tree. The first cut starts up on the trunk reaching up and cutting downward about a third of the way through nearly vertical. The second is a plunge cut spaced over about an inch and parallel to the first cut through the center. The third cut starts under the log and spaced over about another inch. Saw upward until you pass the plunge cut . The weight of the log will cause it to fail where the three cuts overlap and the log will plunge straight down (QUICKLY). This should free up the connection with the second tree and allow it to fall. If not, you can do it a second time. This is easier to do than it is to explain.
Anytime I hear someone say “all you gotta do is”, I know I am in for a really complex project, taking massive amounts of time, and ultimately possibly killing someone.
Cuuting a huge dead oak on the edge of a campsite, I had it backcut just enough for slight movement. But I forgot to take b4 pictures. Long story short the oak took 10 minutes to fall S-L-O-W-L-Y while I looked for my camera...and yup...a stub caught a neighboring tree and stuck. Being a mile into the woods presented a problem. So we wrapped a rope around the trunk multiple times. Then with the help of a come-a-long, I slowly unwound the rope to twist and turn the tree til it was free. Leaners are so much fun. Great video guys.
There is a technique how you can roll the tree at the bottom, by wrapping a strap around the tree , in the way that when you winching it to another tree is turning it of the other tree(watch video-How to Fell a Windblown Tree).
You guys need some time on a production crew. This sort of thing happens all the time when you are logging. No big deal. Jug both trees and then bump them with a third.
I think you handled that perfectly. No tree is worth the risk of any of your crew getting injured or worse yet killed. The home owner was awesome. Good job! I have been in similar situations, and I know how nerve racking this can be. You were fortunate to have the ability to cut the trees into an open area, this could have been much worse.
I can't see how climbing would have been any kind of safe. If the leaning tree fell against the standing tree's trunk you would be risking cutting a line or catching a line and dragging you with it.
It's great to see that even pros run into sketchy situations like that. I had one of those last weekend, where I tried putting too much angle on the facing cut to push a dying tree away from a nearby tree it was leaning toward. Yep, it broke and fell right into that tree. Luckily, mine was much, much smaller and the rope let me pull it with off just enough. Thanks for the awesome video!
Man, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time for that. I’ve been watching your notching video over and over, so I was trying to put together other ways to approach a tree like this. In this scenario, do you think that a boring cut severing the hinge and leaving a larger backstrap would have had a different outcome? Or would that be a completely wrong way to go about it?
•Hey there is nothing wrong with this video! You have this channel to show your tree work. And some trees are much more difficult to deal with than others. I have been in your place. •On some similar trees you may be able to cut the tree at the stump then roll it out of the neighboring tree with a peavey. I have rolled a few trees out this way. •Equipment: you might consider getting a peavey. Maybe two. Then you and maybe a helper can cure a hung-up tree situation by rolling the leaning tree out. •As you said, it was a good thing this leaner was against a conifer (excurrent form of tree.) •It was great to see those trees fall together! •I am glad your customer was an open and willing guy. Did he say what he did for the Park Service? They have very few actual foresters (like I was with the US Forest Service). So I would be interested to know what he said. •By the way, if you cared to cut those tall wood spires off the stump and the end of the tree (now a log,) it would look better. [In BC it is required for safety, I am told.] They are called stump pull. •Good video! I am glad you posted it. Thanks.
Did a lot of crazy things in my life....always up for a challenge, but falling trees always scared the hell out of me. there is nothing textbook about this profession. all of the skill and knowledge in the world could be thrown out the window in one second.....just too many variables. Much respect👍
Having owned my own tree business for over 25 years, personally I would’ve put the big rope at the bottom made my notch and pulled the bottom off the stump. Not being critical of the way you did it, that’s just what I would’ve done.
Not a bad idea at all sir. I will put one rope at the bottom like you said and then another rope at the top. Both with some tension. I'm glad everyone is safe.
I've done similar many times sometimes even set up a cable to add a little roll/twist as well when pulling from an angle plus location of choker around to the bottom of the log.
An excellent channel! This was an excellent video. The difficult jobs like this is the real learners! Keep up the amazing work on this channel. The winch was a great idea to pull the hung up tree to the left.
Guys very well done on a sketchy situation, safety first. I kinda shuddered a little when someone mentioned climbing the fir to get the other tree to come loose ,awesome call by the owner. Great job guys
what a sad state of affairs we are in where these guys talking about cutting trees have to be that PC. whether it is tongue in cheek or not I dont know.
Thanks for sharing! Before you leave a job do you cut off the stump tops clean across? It scares me to see some tree services leaves those wood spikes sticking up. 😬
After the tree hits the ground the next thing to do is cut-off the slivers from the undercut. Usually there’s a chainsaw already in your hand…but it takes 2 seconds and some can’t be bothered 😕. Some of those slivers are 8”+ long. I would only get two warning. The second warning would be; “good luck in your next job cause your not working here”.
Glad I'm not the only experienced woodsman who can misjudge a broken leaner this badly. Two 100 foot spruce in row tricked me recently on the same job. Ended up using the tractor and winch to muscle them down out of the maple limbs. I feel your pain and frustration!
There's an old saying here in Ireland: "The man who never made a mistake never made anything."
Great recovery from a situation that didn't go to plan, and everyone went home safe and well!
A musing from far away in unstressed comfort: Might it have been possible to get the pull rope higher up towards the main entanglement, and the winch rigged somewhere much farther away, in order to get a more horizontally directed pull?
You'd never get a truly horizontal pull of course, but your rig was exerting the majority of its force downwards, rather than sideways, which was what you really needed.
In any case, excellent work, and many thanks for showing the whole operation, warts and all.
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Agree, i probably would have set my winch redirect 20-40 ft higher up the tree if another further anchor wasn’t available
dang. posted the same thing and then saw this.
@@arturodavis4332 you should gobble this and I'll google that
Dear Jacob, don’t ever apologise for taking the cautious path towards a successful outcome. I’ve had to help put broken and torn bodies back together when a little bit of thinking and a lot of arrogance goes astray. Your team love you because you look after them, treat them like real humans and get them home safe to their families at night. They couldn’t ask for more. I never thought that I would enjoy watching videos on cutting trees. Boy, I was wrong. I can’t wait to summon the courage to ask my wife to agree to buying one. I enjoy watching so much that I want to do some cutting of my own. Cheers.
As a non tree-cutting expert, I probably would’ve cut it in some strange way and ended up getting myself killed
As a non tree-cutting expert I'm thinking dynamite. Deployed by drones to branchs. See no issues with this plan.
just start a little fire at the base, burn it down :) 🔥
@@tapio83 Why not resort to a bazooka at that point?
That's why they are called widow makers
There's a lot about all this stuff that is absolutely NON intuitive! And it will surely kill you in an instant if you mess up!
I am in no way an expert, but had to deal with a similar tree some years ago. After some initial tries I found the best (and safest) way was to cut the base through and attach a rope to the lowest part of the trunk and use my 4WD to drag the tree away from the stump and away from the tree it was caught on. Surprisingly easy to drag the tree out, despite the huge weigh pushing it into the ground.. Obviously in cutting the base you have to ensure that the tree does not fall off the stump toward the standing tree, otherwise you then have to completely remove the stump. Pulling the base of the trunk away ensures a controlled and safe fall. Congrats on a great series of videos, I really find them useful and interesting.
Hey .. Dutch dude here ... It has been 30+ years since I was felling trees in the south of France, production forests, but I have such fond memories of that time... never did I do this complicated work like you do, but I enjoy watching it so much. Thanks dudes, thanks a lot, and stay professional like you are. Be proud and grateful, for that is a golden combination. Thanks again!
Hoe ben je in dat werk gekomen? Ik ben op zoek naar productie kap werk
@@PimSchouten Puur toeval, het was een vriend van een vriend die een stevige jongen zocht en dat was ik dan. Daarnaast zat in mijn woonplaats de bosbouwschool, dus de concentratie houthakkers was daar iets hoger dan in hartje Amsterdam.
As a professional climber/rigger I would DEFINITELY NOT climb that tree, just because i don't think it would be safe.
When you are hang up in that tree and the tree falls, no one knows if it will try to pull you with it.
And it will probably hurt you in some way.
You tried your best, it's not always easy and simple.
We all learn every day.
You did well and everybody is safe.
That's what really matters!
I totally agree mate, as a climber myself, there is no way you would be safe climbing in this scenario
I totally agree, it was a good call to stay out of that tree. Ur gut told u and u followed that instinct. Great work!
Wise words. Stay safe.
I fully agree.
I really appreciate you sharing this kind of work, where it doesn't go as planned. We've all struggled with snags that are hard to read and stay hung up. Great work!
As I sit here my second week in the ICU In Spokane Washington from falling out of a 35ft Doug fir after I took out 30-40ft top I watch your guys videos day In and day out, your videos definitely help me want to get back to work that’s for sure,keep making your videos they keep me sane and make me want to be back now.
Great episode, and a good days work. Shows the true aspect of tree work that doesn’t get seen, things don’t always go to plan. I’m sure there’s not many TH-camrs that would post a video like this for fear of being ridiculed. Love the channel and keep it coming.
No Monday QB here. Tough job and nice running commentary!! Job well done..
I loved this episode, very nice to see some of the struggles - not only perfect clean cuts.
Only bad thing was the "I am an idiot". Absolutely not. It was a judgement call, it didnt pan out. Very easy to end up results oriented and say it was wrong deccision because it didnt work. Well, it is probably the correct decision more often then not - and hell of alot safer.
Uh, actually he was right, he was an idiot. He did it the opposite direction of the way he should have done it and his cut was a standard cut and NOT a hung up tree open face cut where the angle is 60 degrees wide or more. Butt of tree should have been pushed to camera's RIGHT, not straight in front. Straight or pushing the butt to the left, actually just hangs the tree up in the other even more.
@@w8stral you can’t make such a precise judgement from seeing a video on a flip phone screen buddy
Take it easy
@@bofkaycee1970 Actually, yes, you can. This is simple stuff genius
Good thing he’s not getting payed by the tree he’d go broke
@@w8stral .
Excellent video of working through a very complicated situation step by step. Your hesitance to climb the second tree was absolutely the right choice. The continual reevaluation and discussion with the crew & yourself was stellar!
The choice to slash cut off the stump to the left was the only questionable choice to me. It increases the angle of force into the standing tree. If you slash cut to the right it would torque the top to the left. If you add another line to the base pulling to the right hard.(with a rotational wrap to assist the roll) it increases the chance of freeing the top.
In the end you did it, it’s done, everyone is safe & happy, PERFECT JOB!!!
A winch attached to the butt pulling in the opposite direction would have been a great idea! I never thought of that but I think you’re right! Very smart!
Yep, I thought winch on the base is the way to go - it's the only place you have full control as opposed to up the top where who knows what it gets caught on. Use gravity to help pull the tree down off the other instead of leaning it into the other tree.
I think your humbleness is your best asset sir.
Very informative! One option (perhaps, I wasn't there of course) was to cut away the hinge but leave a few inches of wood of the side to which you want the tree to fall. This way the tree rolls itself out of the branches. This technique does not work in all situations, so once again, just sharing my thoughts. Awesome vid!
Would be a letter box for a large tree. Cutting through the centre of the hinge leaving 20% on each side then cut the side for the roll out.
That way helped me before
I've done that before with smaller treea. I'd be curious to try it with a decent-sized tree!
That rope they had on the winch, that could have had a wrap or two to toll the tree.
You Did The Rite Thing Here In Every Way Be Proud that the job got done and no one was hurt! Excellent Decisions we’re made at the right times! Keep up the Good Work
Even the pros learn something new every day.....glad you are sharing your knowledge with us. Just shows average Joe how much respect you have to have for trees and hopefully makes everyone think twice before starting a cut. You just may save a life here or there down the road. Keep up the good work!
Really appreciate the share, showing us all that it a normal job with hang ups, literally. Being humble is an attribute a lot of TH-camrs do not have or edit in a way that makes them come off perfect.
Tree is on the ground + crew went home safe = Good day.
Handled that knarly maple with great ease. Hats off to the entire crew. Crane operator was smooth as glass. Cutter was extremely experienced. Was a pleasure to watch.
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Totally Educational and entertaining! It's a good story as well, with highs and lows and a happy ending. It was also cool watching you problem solve your way through each of the ideas that you ended up using. I think that you would have had to make all of those cuts on the leaning tree anyway if you had started out with the goal of cutting the standing tree. Who knows what would have happened if you had tried to free it from the top? Might have ended up with a snuff video at that point. Excellent work guys!
you played it right. So it ended up costing more work. Every one go's home and washes off only dirt and sweat. That's a win!
Always nice when ya get clients like that guy. Good stuff
I appreciate you posting this. Most guys only post the ones that go perfectly. People need to realize that even pros don't always get it right.
Yes you could just post when its gone well but we really appreciate to see that such good professional like guilty could have some difficult to do the job
I've done a lot of these over the years, and I've gotten plenty of power saws stuck as well. Every tree situation has its own obstacles and opportunities, so there is no one rule of thumb. That being said, the one thing that I think I do better than I did in my younger days is attention to rope angle. You also could've doubled your mechanical advantage by putting a block midline on the pull rope and then using a second rope to winch one end while anchoring the other.
snags are frikking dangerous trees man. i love that you are taking the time to minimize the risks.
I cut them higher, and open much more, so it has to hit the ground with lot of power which (hopefull) brakes the branches and it fells down
Cutting it higher means you have to go up the tree. The main point of what he was trying to do was to reduce risk.
@@Jenkermister i´m 1,90m tall, higher means where i can reach easy.
Cut it 3ft higher gravity, it drops sometimes you may have to keep taking some more short length off of it, the weight drags it down and it twists free from the tree its hung up on, dont always twist free but it does a lot off the time, great video, wind blown never straight forward work
if you cut it off higher, you hope the base drops, but if its too well hung up, the base swings in to the tree its hung up on, or past it and ends up unhooking at that point and falling back towards you. been there, done that ... wouldn't do it again.
I know it's not easy to post things like this, but it helps new guys like me learn how to adjust plans and work with trees when something doesn't go right. I appreciate this video.
I actually like these situations out on cut blocks, and right of ways, etc. It puts a fallers skills to the test and forces you to be methodic. The only criticism I have is that the initial assessment should have resulted in both of these stems to be taken out in the reverse order that you did; you never turn your back to a cut up, hung up tree.
Never!
Another good video and definitely not a fail! Y'all created memories and in order to do so you have to live through the experiences!
Always appreciate these and you're humbleness without being cocky in any way. Much respect
I like showing ur vids like this to the boss, just to remind him that it aint just us lol
Excellent job guy’s, I’m a tree guy here in beautiful Hawaii with a lot of big eucalyptus trees, I was in a particularly situation, happy to see you guys safely get it done, and your decision not to climb was the only one to make👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
There's nothing to be criticised here Jake, and your humility and openness in discussing and handling the situation is admirable. It was likely not visible from the ground, but the drone showed us that the 2 trees weren't just crossing (and therefore hung up by only a few branches) but instead were folded together in their entire upper quarter/third. So they were entangled by dozens of branches over a substantial distance, making separating the two very difficult, and as soon as felling the second tree became an option, it was the best one by miles.
But had it not been an option, and assuming crane & dynamite aren't either, then moving your winch to a better pulling angle and adding MA if blocks & line available allow it (as others have suggested) would be safe and low effort. More effort & also safe would have been to bore the base of the leaner's stem to take a long bar or a straight length of one of the nearby saplings, so turning the leaner into a capstan. Taking the line from GRCS to end of the capstan lever would give *huge* rotational force to roll the leaner out. Yet the effort still might fail from energy being stored in the elasticity of the 2 tall spars rather than being transferred up to the entangled branches; Terry Hale would have a good opinion on this.
So if these failed & you were left facing climbing as a last resort...that might be the moment to revisit felling the 2nd tree with the owner, or to look at the weather forecast hoping for a windy day to finish the job for you. I did wonder briefly about climbing the nearby tree to above the leaner, and taking it down piece by piece from above, ie from a sound tree under minimal sideways force and from above the trouble. But shuddered at the thought of getting there. Thanks very much for a thought-provoking video.
I like your idea of cutting a hole in the trunk and using a spar to get a good twist on the hung up tree. Had not occurred to me but a sound idea and pretty quick to execute.
Nicely done in the end. As mediocre faller and expert tree hanger upper, I have one suggestion you may consider the next time (god forbid) you find yourself with a hang up. With the stem free from the stump as you had it, you can sometimes get it to twist out of the tree it’s hung in and off the stump. This can be done with a chain or heavy duty sling by placing the cinch point of the chain or a sling on the far side of the leaners’ stem. With that high powered winch you have you can then MAYBE get it to roll off the stump. That bit of increased weight along with the cork screwing action in the canopies will sometimes allow the leaner to fall. Wasn't there so I make no judgments other than you guys are good at what you do both in terms of falling and video production. Carry on …Please.
@ about 26 minutes the base is cut through. At this point if you could hook up a winch and crank the base to the right, then you gain a better angle of attack on the lean when it gets far enough sideways to fall off the stump. As you did it you lost angle of attack.
Another option I've used successfully right from the beginning, though somewhat unnerving cause it happens very fast, is to do the face cut as normal but with an extra big mouth. Then do the back cut as normal. This is done as high as you can reach. Then as low as you can go, do the same in reverse as if you were going to cut the tree to fall towards the yard. The weight pushing down and towards the yard will cause the lower part to tip yardwise, sending the base of the trunk further back and greatly increasing the angle of the lean. If you do this a little at an angle as you were trying to anyway, its often enough to free the top up. Attaching ropes in certain places can help slow the reaction if desired, and ropes in other places can help direct the direction the butt is headed.
Not sure about winch verse rope capacity, but the guys were cranking on that rope pretty hard. If it had snapped that might have womped someone on the head pretty hard being in the line of fire by cranking from right under it. Having the redirect higher up would have gained a better angle to pull from, and decreased the chance of getting hit by a broken line.
The struggle is real. Been there before. Likely will again.
I deal with these hang ups on van island quite often it seems these days I usually use a cable puller or turfer heavy rigging and stand back up in a v of rope. Then climb out to avoid buildings power lines ect but in this scenario I likely would have informed the customer for extra removal because of the stem to stem matchup and just make a safe escape trail and let her rip. Some cases I may do a bore cut and leave an overlapping tap to hold until you can cut up leaning stem. Good call on not climbing it there is no safe way to climb the under tree unless you lift and tie off tree on top
i think there are a hundred " would of, could of, should of " that can play out in this scenario. Unless you are the one fighting the pull of the saw...ignoring the pounding in your chest and trying to understand the feeling in your gut...your input is based on theory .I have done dozens of uprooted, snagged or dangerous trees but i have never done this one...excellent Job gentlemen🤙
Mad respect for you to show your flaws and how you overcame them.. You are not an idiot we all learn from experience on the job no matter what job your in.. Keep up the great work and stay safe 👌
Great work guys ! I admire the attitudes . Tree work is always challenging , mentally and physically ! Too enjoy and have a good time while your dealing with stubborn trees is key ! Also , I'm still smiling from the " lamented root rot ", comment ! Hilarious ! Stay safe , my brothers from another mother ! 👍
really appreciate these videos, helps someone like me new to tree work mentally run through scenarios and learn from other people, even from afar. thanks jake!
This is one of the best channels on TH-cam
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Thanks man!!! Means a lot to me!
Check out buckin billy ray smith great great guy, crazy wood stuff
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Enjoying your videos. I first saw the one in which you showed a bunch of different ways in which to notch and fall a tree. It is great, and I have shared it. But, with each one I have seen, I learn a little. Many things you do, I will never try. But sometimes, I just see something small that would help.
If I encounter a big leaner, I usually cut down the bottom, sometimes bit by bit, until it swings against the tree it leans against, and sometimes, the top comes back toward me. Once, I have cut the leaner with both still together. It worked, I lived unhurt. And my aim in watching is to stay unhurt. Thanks!
It was easy to watch. We are learning everyday with you. Thanks for what you do. Kevin with the camera skillz. 💪🏻🪓⚡️
Great costumers = easy job no matter the situation.
Kindness and love one at a time
That's why they call that scenario, " The Widow Maker! " I think you guys made the right choice not climbing the healthy tree. You get up there and then Murphy throws you a curve ball, and it's not like you have anywhere to go.
Watching this whole thing unwind, I think that taking down the tree that is holding the bad one from falling might be the right call, unless its a tree that the customer wants to save.
At the end of the day no one got hurt, no property got destroyed, except maybe a Bar and Chain. So I would say mission accomplished. The most important thing you guys can do is look out for each other, and do everything you can to make sure you all go home every day in one piece.
I really enjoy the videos. You guys demonstrate a lot of professionalism.
It takes a great man to go well that didn't go as planned and still post the video to TH-cam. As always informative and no one got hurt. Nice job!
I love how you work with safety and still solve a potentially dangerous situation. Take care and God bless.
Being safe is a number 1 priority I think what you did was right. Climbing was a risk that just wasn't worth it. The only thing botched that day was the Duckworth ad 😉
ALL your videos are stellar and i learn so much . Some folks look forward to a movie ... not me ... i look forward to yer vids and am very grateful ,
thanks .
If you're not pinching your bar occasionally, you're not cutting enough wood
So, I considered myself an expert then!!🤣🤣🤣
That's why I take a second saw and lots of wedges. Can't have enough wedges.
@@robertcope9494amen. My former dumbass of a boss said, you only need one saw. Yeah no😂
As others have stated, glad to see something that didn’t go perfectly. Liked when you took the saw from the bar, trying different things and still not getting the result. Thanks for posting !
I know a few wood lot legends here in Maine that can roll a tree off the stump for issues like this. (Big canopy hardwoods) Think you could do a video on that technique?
Trees have a mind of their own sometimes so don't get so down on yourself for this.
It came down without anyone getting hurt so that's always a good plus.
I'm impressed you showed this entire process, discussions and all. This is REAL LIFE situation that anyone will encounter at least once if they fall much.
Thanks for Sharing guys.
It’s good to see how things might not go as planned. There’s more to learn from videos like this than those where everything goes right. Good job.
Those others don't posted videos where don't go as planned
I am just recently discovering your Chanel. I am learning alot already. Thank you. Your are helping a Guy from Québec to win is life doin something he love... cheers, stay safe
I think Buckin Billy would have giggled at you ands said "watch friend" kinda his way of saying "hold my beer" hahaha
And cut the tree it was hung up on.
Buckin would just drop a tree onto the hung up tree
@@laldan29 or do a slice cut that I've seen him do many times 🙂
I just hope no one looks at this video for advice... Lucky it didn't jump
Hahaha I never made that connection but it definitely is, “ok friends, listen. Watch friends”.
Another quality video. I agree with the comments saying you're not an idiot. No one got hurt, trees on the ground, and the home owner is happy. This is a good example of how you can do everything right and still it doesn't go exactly as planned. This is a victory
I love that you shared this. It's encouraging to people starting out or even a ways into their career to continue on this road. I'm only cleaning up my yard of fallen trees but I feel move confident to continue by myself because of the knowledge and experience that you share. Earlier I twisted my chainsaw and ruined my chain and bar and was quite discouraged. I watched a couple of your videos and gained some knowledge. I felt empower and attacked the trees with success. Watching this video helps me understand that it may not go the way I envision, but I'll be able to do it.
And the most important thing is to keep myself and anyone working with safe.
My first thought on a tree like this is if can I get a dozer 😂
Hit it with an excavator? 🤔
Cross over episode with a Towing Channel. 'Today were pulling out a Dozer... And a tree.'
i thought,i'd put under cut the front one,cut the back until it almost falls,then fall the back one,,?,,
Hi August..warm greetings from Malaysia. allow me.to comment..
1.As your pulling rope is perpendicular to the lean, I would suggest to make the notch facing a bit to the left
2.i would also suggest the notch as close to the ground, expect extra effort from this exercise to clear the trunk but it would give you good pivot point since you chose to pull the tree.
Thumbs up..Good job anyway and stay safe always..regards
Armillaria isn’t the same as laminated root rot (phellinus). Appreciated your humility of the situation. Glad it came down safely.
Yep!
The customer was a very nice guy, super sweet guy. You guys are also great, it was just a gathering of great people respecting each other.
If you never fail, you never learn. Never the less, safety is paramount, No one got hurt, no one lost limbs, and the job was still completed. As always still great work
You got it down and all your guys are in one piece. Job well done! We can all second guess what you did till the end of time but you made what you thought was the best call with the available information. That's all any of us can really do. I learn way more when stuff doesn't go according to plan anyway. Thanks for sharing!
Binary ends have a 1 or a 0 😉 I’ve wrapped a rope around a tree and used a winch and it rolled the tree out of the one it was hung up in. I basically was in the same situation as you and cut the tree off the stump. It was a smaller tree though.
I was going to comment this! Other people suggesting to fell the tree it is leaning on but over here in the UK that is a massive no go
Definitely appreciate your videos and your gentle and positive attitude. Keep it up.
Seems like there was a simple solution that you overlooked. Leave, get a demolition license, drill a hole large enough for few pounds of c4 and, well, kablooey! :D
Definitely glad you posted this one & definitely glad you didn't climb that tree.
I wondered about an angled cut to get it to slide off backward and couldn't imagine any safe way to do it so I'm glad it was something you didn't even mention in the video.
And I think it's cool you gave the homeowner the "super cool guy" props 👍
I've been watching you for quite some time. I've made the same decisions that you just made on big trees that were hung up and they worked out. But to think it would happen 100% of the time would be ridiculous. There's one thing I really understand about you is your maturity level and humility under pressure when everyone's jumping in and trying to change directions in the middle of your process. You have a lot of years ahead of you in the tree business and you are well seasoned beyond your years. Congratulations and nice job. The tree is down. The "idiot" comment was funny but totally inaccurate.
You couldn’t be more spot on. I fully agree.
One of the best episodes I've watched! Thanks for sharing!
Tree work seems the same as Recovery/towing. Every job is different. Two jobs can look the same but be miles apart on how they work out.
I'm really glad you stayed on the ground because after you climb that tree you have no other options if something went wrong! The outcome would have probably been acceptable. After being in the glass business for about 50 years, first rule of the road is a path to escape if something goes wrong. I think you chose the best option my gosh that was a dangerous tree
Do a video about the steps needed to become a arborist, and what path you took, what certifications you need, ect, and what your full work day beginning to end looks like.
You start with a rake. If you can do that you'll find the path.
Try this method on a leaning log sometime. It uses three parallel vertical or nearly vertical cuts. Make it from the right side if possible so you can be farther away from the tree. The first cut starts up on the trunk reaching up and cutting downward about a third of the way through nearly vertical. The second is a plunge cut spaced over about an inch and parallel to the first cut through the center. The third cut starts under the log and spaced over about another inch. Saw upward until you pass the plunge cut . The weight of the log will cause it to fail where the three cuts overlap and the log will plunge straight down (QUICKLY). This should free up the connection with the second tree and allow it to fall. If not, you can do it a second time. This is easier to do than it is to explain.
Anytime I hear someone say “all you gotta do is”, I know I am in for a really complex project, taking massive amounts of time, and ultimately possibly killing someone.
Cuuting a huge dead oak on the edge of a campsite, I had it backcut just enough for slight movement. But I forgot to take b4 pictures. Long story short the oak took 10 minutes to fall S-L-O-W-L-Y while I looked for my camera...and yup...a stub caught a neighboring tree and stuck. Being a mile into the woods presented a problem. So we wrapped a rope around the trunk multiple times. Then with the help of a come-a-long, I slowly unwound the rope to twist and turn the tree til it was free. Leaners are so much fun. Great video guys.
There is a technique how you can roll the tree at the bottom, by wrapping a strap around the tree , in the way that when you winching it to another tree is turning it of the other tree(watch video-How to Fell a Windblown Tree).
I second that. Its an excellent technique.
Respect for your grace and humility bro!
There’s NO WAY IN HELL I’d have climbed the other tree. You did that perfectly, good job.
YES! Climbing had "Fail video" written all over it, but not the laughing kind, the cringing kind.
You should have set the redirect pulley on the fir with the gcrs about 30-40ft up the tree so you were pulling horizontally on it not so vertically
Have you ever tried Muller Hi-Lift wedges? You can exert a massive amount of pressure with them!
Another great video. Super glad you let us see the hole job.
You guys need some time on a production crew. This sort of thing happens all the time when you are logging. No big deal. Jug both trees and then bump them with a third.
Didn't even think of that. That's a good one.
not easy to do when customer's property is below. just sayin
I think you handled that perfectly. No tree is worth the risk of any of your crew getting injured or worse yet killed. The home owner was awesome. Good job! I have been in similar situations, and I know how nerve racking this can be. You were fortunate to have the ability to cut the trees into an open area, this could have been much worse.
I can't see how climbing would have been any kind of safe. If the leaning tree fell against the standing tree's trunk you would be risking cutting a line or catching a line and dragging you with it.
It's great to see that even pros run into sketchy situations like that. I had one of those last weekend, where I tried putting too much angle on the facing cut to push a dying tree away from a nearby tree it was leaning toward. Yep, it broke and fell right into that tree. Luckily, mine was much, much smaller and the rope let me pull it with off just enough. Thanks for the awesome video!
Man, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time for that. I’ve been watching your notching video over and over, so I was trying to put together other ways to approach a tree like this.
In this scenario, do you think that a boring cut severing the hinge and leaving a larger backstrap would have had a different outcome? Or would that be a completely wrong way to go about it?
Absolutely fantastic episode…You guys are my hero
•Hey there is nothing wrong with this video! You have this channel to show your tree work. And some trees are much more difficult to deal with than others. I have been in your place.
•On some similar trees you may be able to cut the tree at the stump then roll it out of the neighboring tree with a peavey. I have rolled a few trees out this way.
•Equipment: you might consider getting a peavey. Maybe two. Then you and maybe a helper can cure a hung-up tree situation by rolling the leaning tree out.
•As you said, it was a good thing this leaner was against a conifer (excurrent form of tree.)
•It was great to see those trees fall together!
•I am glad your customer was an open and willing guy. Did he say what he did for the Park Service? They have very few actual foresters (like I was with the US Forest Service). So I would be interested to know what he said.
•By the way, if you cared to cut those tall wood spires off the stump and the end of the tree (now a log,) it would look better. [In BC it is required for safety, I am told.] They are called stump pull.
•Good video! I am glad you posted it.
Thanks.
Cool, thoroughly liked this video. The truth behind tree falling. Thank you!
"If the tree is leaning, you can't fall it to the side very easily." Challenge accepted!
That challenge been done already lots of times
Did a lot of crazy things in my life....always up for a challenge, but falling trees always scared the hell out of me. there is nothing textbook about this profession. all of the skill and knowledge in the world could be thrown out the window in one second.....just too many variables. Much respect👍
The woke talk had me on the ground laughing 🤣
Haha glad you liked that 😂
This level witty banter is hard to come by on TH-cam. Refreshing really....
Troubleshooting evolving into more troubleshooting. Great job. And nobody died. A+!
Having owned my own tree business for over 25 years, personally I would’ve put the big rope at the bottom made my notch and pulled the bottom off the stump. Not being critical of the way you did it, that’s just what I would’ve done.
Not a bad idea at all sir. I will put one rope at the bottom like you said and then another rope at the top. Both with some tension. I'm glad everyone is safe.
I've done similar many times sometimes even set up a cable to add a little roll/twist as well when pulling from an angle plus location of choker around to the bottom of the log.
Me too. Each to their own.
An excellent channel!
This was an excellent video.
The difficult jobs like this is the real learners! Keep up the amazing work on this channel.
The winch was a great idea to pull the hung up tree to the left.
I like watching when stuff goes wrong better. Anybody can do it when everything goes according to the book
My favourite are when people cut trees onto buildings
Guys very well done on a sketchy situation, safety first. I kinda shuddered a little when someone mentioned climbing the fir to get the other tree to come loose ,awesome call by the owner. Great job guys
Serious pucker factor on that one. No armchair quarterbacking from me. Great job. Huge balls.
It was thrilling for me to see! So much suspense. Cliff hanging piece of wood.
Good Show with an happy ending and the customer smiling.😅😁
My favorite line: “male into female... wait no. Non binary into gender neutral”🤣🤣🤣
what a sad state of affairs we are in where these guys talking about cutting trees have to be that PC. whether it is tongue in cheek or not I dont know.
Yeah the Dutchman has racist undertones as well. Let’s just rewrite our existence and shit.
yeah....the shimzle into the dimsle
Do you still have to spit on it ?? 😖
@@ericharris893 rrright. I WILL NOT COMPLY. 😆
@@ericharris893 Dutchman ..... how would that be racist. Last I heard, being Dutch is not ascribed to a racial group. Ethnic maybe. But not racial.
Thanks for posting. The tricky ones that don't go well are where the most lessons are
I wouldn't have done this different, simply because i would have hired you.
Thanks for sharing!
Before you leave a job do you cut off the stump tops clean across? It scares me to see some tree services leaves those wood spikes sticking up. 😬
After the tree hits the ground the next thing to do is cut-off the slivers from the undercut. Usually there’s a chainsaw already in your hand…but it takes 2 seconds and some can’t be bothered 😕. Some of those slivers are 8”+ long.
I would only get two warning. The second warning would be; “good luck in your next job cause your not working here”.
Fantastic guys thanks for the footage 😁👍stay safe and enjoy your felling ❤️professional job as always 👏👏👏😁
Glad I'm not the only experienced woodsman who can misjudge a broken leaner this badly.
Two 100 foot spruce in row tricked me recently on the same job. Ended up using the tractor and winch to muscle them down out of the maple limbs.
I feel your pain and frustration!