Professional Arborist Reacts to TREE CUTTING FAILS!
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Do more, for sure! Lots of learning material for just 18 minutes of content.
Thank you!
make a reaction video to professional foresters or Tree cutting wins
Yea, full screen
This was super fun to watch! shout out from a fellow 98363. 😁
This video just randomly came up in my feed. I know nothing about cutting trees down, but I was hoping it would be a good chance to learn something. Unfortunately you used a lot of industry terms without explaining them, and assumed a lot of tree knowledge from the viewer, so I learned less than I was hoping for. Next time please explain these terms in painful detail for the uninitiated.
Its so easy to sit back and have the "look at these dummies" attitude. I like how he gives ppl the benefit of the doubt. All guys with experience know, sometimes it just doesn't go your way, 1 mistake doesn't make you a dummie, as long as you learn from it. Respect
All those dummies are great teachers. You laugh and you learn. And when you´re about to cut down a tree, remember all those funny videos, so you become the star on one.
Hey Jake! I love your work and videos. Just a suggestion for next time...put the videos full screen so we can get a better look at what's happening in them
Agreed, and also put links to the videos where the clips came from. Great video though, very informative.
I'll second that had phone right Infront me trying pick out bits of them. 🏴👍
Agreed. Full screen the clip and maybe put his view on the bottom corner or something.
@@PurpleNovemberyeah id reverse it from how this video is
@@Maverick423 yeah that would perfect!
I really have to point out: there would have been so much bad to say about these fails, but yet, you remain kind and respectful.
That's why I have been binging his back catalogue.
I am a hobby climber, I bought my gear at a yard sale I do simple work for friends and family ( for free) and on my own properties. I average climbing twice per year. I always watch tree cutting fails before I climb just to get me to be extra careful.
Need to say this...I had a white collar job for nearly 20 years. Worked many hours to get what I wanted in life. Making substantial money until it all ended. Buy-out etc. Lost job.
I had to scratch a living so in my late 30's I picked up a saw. This was one of several irons I had in the fire.
13 years have gone by. I began with little to no knowledge and a Poulan "Pro". Now I have all Stihl, silky, Vermeer, buck, petzel, etc. I also have some knowledge.
Videos from this channel and others have helped me survive. Both financially and physically.
I wouldn't recommended to anyone the direction I took. I put a tree through a house. I had a branch break across my neck. Spinal fluid poured from my nose and ear. I still suffer from the accident. Both of those to incidents were my fault. However, I've avoided many from the information I received from this channel.
I have kept my lights on and food on the table and I thank you.
I'm not a professional but I've cut hundreds of trees down. Your video opened my eyes to several potentially dangerous situations, thank you.
A large branch fractured and was hanging from a tree in my yard. I put a ladder on the tree two separate times thinking I could cut it and drop it to the ground. I had a rope on it, also. After the second look, I called a professional.
i agree. this was way more informative than i expected
I second the eye opening! There were several teaching moments for a beginner, like myself. I'd love more of these reaction video's
I'm also that guy who cut hundreds of trees down by myself. And you know, our real superpower is not being better than the average joe at felling trees. It's the power to recognize the trees that are simply ouside the capabilities of the equipment we have at hand! Good for you man!
Man some of these are so hard to watch :/.
I learned a lot from you commenting on the fails and what you have learned as far as bounces and banana trees etc. keep up the good work!
yeah I learned to get a professional to do it, my bruised wallet will recover and my dignity is in tact
7:40 was definitely pure stupidity- never, EVER allow a bunch of rubbernecking bystanders to be any closer then 1.5 full treelengths from the butt, preferably farther. Could have easily been multiple fatalities on that one.
“ you got yo get off these ladders guys” truer words have never been spoken.
Oh, they got off those ladders!
Pretty good dude. I like the educational part, picking apart what actually happened and how to avoid it.
Love your reactions here. I can tell you have experience by how you did not belittle anyone. I would like to see more on the why's & why not's of how you attack future trees. Maybe your editor could add in visual examples of your why not's. Those banana trunks or Y-branches were a good example.
Great idea to have a professional comment on tree cutting fails! I've learned a lot from you over the years, but you almost always do everything correctly! Whereas here we can understand what not to do!
Young man please don't ever change. Your one of the very few fellow tree climbers that I can listen to because your not a arrogant climber and seem to have a humble attitude. It's just been my experience that 90 percent of climbers are met are arrogant and tell people if you don't do it their way its wrong so you are ambreath of fresh air.
Voted up a bunch of comments highlighting the educational value of this video. Its priceless hearing your reactions for people here to learn. That one big barber chair blowout certainly reinforced getting the heck away from the stump. Fing scary
Rest in Heaven Jed, prayers for his family..
It's a darn miracle if that first dude made it out without messing hisself.
bike dude was lucky AF. they shoulda had someone in the road or at least some sort of way to look out for traffic and bystanders.
You know when someone is using a ladder to cut a tree down it’s gonna be a really awesome show grab the popcorn baby ya!!!!!
When i saw you made a reacting to another video video, at first I was "man, not you also, these videos are everywhere", but after watching it, you really made it so good an educational, you made it so much better and wholesome by, just beeing you with your amazing personality, combined with you explaining what might have happened is so good, you should really make more of these in the future :)
Regars Jes
(english is not my first language, so please forgive my terrible writing
Glad to see you at almost a million subs!! Stay safe at the stump!
That cedar wacked you pretty hard
So many people underestimate the powers behind trees
Good thing about watching these videos is that it makes me appreciate how skilled people like you are and how easily things can go badly wrong when people don't know what they are doing! Several of those people are only still here by chance!
I usually highly dislike reaction videos because the person usually over reacts as they are watching. You didn't act dumb.
You did a very good job. It was good.
But I wouldn't think or hope rather, you wouldn't do a bunch of them.
Thumbs 👍 up Jake....
These videos are hard to watch but teach valuable lessons. As a weekend tree guy I have to think really hard about what I'm doing. The best way not to win a Darwin award is to learn from those who do.
I spit my ice cream out when you said that tree looked like a big churro 😂
I've learned a lot watching you work, thanks. My great grandfather was killed by a tree that barber chaired. I watched a video of a guy in Finland felling a tree he thought might split, so he put a bunch of big ratchet straps on the trunk just above the back cut. Do you think that would work in preventing a barber chair?
Man, these videos make my anxiety go bonkers
man, that poor guy at 13:25. prolly just arrived at the job site and then it failed without him being able to even start.
Great video thumbs up from Australia
Million subs incoming. Congrats.
3:18 Super man guy probably had the rope wrapped around his hand. Prime example of why you never want to do that. Could have seriously injured his wrist, elbow, shoulder. Lack of experience from both the cutter and the man on the ground.
What I was thinking as well, when I first started on the ground I used to make that mistake too. Thankfully was told why I needed to develop a better habit before it catapulted me into a tree!
Haha a standing churro. Yes man more reaction vids jake. Informative and hilarious
10:21 hinge cutting is the term I’ve learned to call this. It’s common practice in deer hunting property management where they want the tree to stay alive and brush out to create a “natural” cover for deer bedding. Typically you’d do it in the early spring, not necessarily the dead of winter. Little fun fact I thought I’d share. Love your videos man 💪🏻
This was awesome man, i like having a change of content, plus we learn from mistakes…as long as there is someone guiding us on what went wrong awesome video
I had to watch this to see if any of my fails made it! Had a bad ash barberchair completely my mistake.
Just found you a few days ago. Liked and subscribed. Love the videos! Very talented arborist.
Stay safe and keep the videos coming.
From the 1st videos of Mr. Monkey, you and others.. I now pay much closer attention to bad felling and when I am felling.
The details of how you and your fellow arborist/fellers have shared in proper felling is incredible.
THANKS
I’m certain they’re saving lives 👍🏻
Hey Jake I am a disabled veteran and put a lot of effort into watching your amazing channel. Thanks for the details you put out. You talk about your equipment like a professional soldier talks about his weapons, keep it up, thanks again.
Yes, please do more videos like this. Keep up the great work, man. Love your videos
I was worried one of my recorded errors would be on there. Phew 😂
Oh baby oh yes treeson react video
Wouldn't that guy be a timber fell'r? So did you decide you were tired of climbing trees and wanted a desk job, thus the new react video?
Your reactions rally show how seasoned of an arborist you are. I rally enjoyed it. Hope you do more
I see you are going to hit 1 million subs any day now. Congratulations!
Yeah, good vid. It's one thing to hear you comment on how treefalls -could- go, but having the examples of bad cuts "out in the wild" like that is another.
A note to the editor. If we're watching a vertical video that's been reformatted to horizontal with the awful blurry stuff, why not crop it and blow it up so we can actually see original video? It's like trying to watch a video on a postage stamp.
Nice vid!
Conclosure: felling goes not always as planned and if you put on a ladder and cut something longer or thicker than your arm you'll probably fail.
It is good to see a pro puzzeling out the reason why they failed.
Keep on your good work!
what's up bro,,I always watching your video,,subscriber from philippines,,Keep safe always Bro,,
God Blees,
I'm tipping my toe into chainsaw work and taking some trees down. I happen to watch lots of your videos and others just for entertainment recently, and to pick up some tips. And to hype myself up for a big (for me) task on my own property. This is the final video I'm watching before I go out on a very tall ladder. Wish me luck! >_
For a lot of tree cutting fails, one can simply sum it up with "taking too much at once."
However, I can also see how it is "cool" and "manly" to fell a tree in one piece, especially also try to do some precision work at the same time.
Though, then there is the person taking off piece by piece of a tree that decides to catch fire beneath them, so sometimes even the safe/responsible way presents its own interesting dangers.
Pretty sure Mr. superman had a wrap around his hand or his hand in a loop. Obviously a really bad idea.
Most of these fails are very predictable to a total novice like me. It makes you think about what kind of research they did before cutting something down that weighs many tons.
I like watching fail videos on dangerous things I do ...tree cutting, motorcycling, firearms etc. Better to learn from their mistakes and misfortunes. You explain them well here so we can do just that, so hell yeah! More please. 👍
Yeah bro I like the reaction video. Also I enjoyed how you gave informative ways to prevent the things happening in the videos.
13:20 I'm convinced the man never even started his saw. The way he was carrying - and threw - the traffic cones screams 'Too late.'
I liked it, good learning.
There is nothing u can do in that situation on that first video. I’ve had one do this before and it split in 23 different ways . Almost like dropping a pile of pencils out your hand .
As others have said, I appreciate your humbleness regarding the peoples mistakes, and sharing your own. Thank you your analysis of what likely went wrong in the videos and how to avoid that. Your comments make this a truly educational video.
Great video. I don't make reactions video's on it. But i do the same thing when my wife and i are watching youtube together. I'll tell her all the same things. Ladders are bad, no notch, bad cutting through your holding wood bad, not enough pull bad. All bad. Be safe homie. I'll catch you on the next one.
I used to sell timber equipment like chippers and grinders here in QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA nad the things I’ve seen “Professional “ people do is beyond scary.
I’ve rocked up to do a demo and all the guys were smoking dope. Sorry no demo today.
Bouncing trees going straight thru windows. Guys cutting the limb that their lifeline was attached to. Etc etc.
It does amaze me how stoopid some people can be with a chainsaw! CALL A PROFESSIONAL!!! (insert Jake's number here,,,, )!
Crazy video... Question. I have a poplar tree and it seems to be dropping tiny black bead-like balls. Could these be caterpillar droppings? And if so, there are a ton. Possible? I like in LA and we had a lot of rain last winter. Not sure if that's another factor. Any help would be welcomed.
The tree that hit the above ground pool- I'M willing to bet those guys were getting rid of the pool and sacrificed it ON PURPOSE for the video.
That was actually more education than I thought it would be. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Good Reaction. Fun to watch. Ladders man...one of the most lethal things in the workshop.
I live in Florida, and about 20 years ago after a hurricane went through, the top half of a 40 foot tree in my back yard partially snapped off and was hanging by some wood fibers. Being the genius that I am, I climbed up there with nothing but a hand saw to cut through that bit that was holding it so it could drop to the ground. No problem, I thought. I had no ropes, no chain saw, no experience at this, and no business being up in that tree. To this day I don't know exactly what happened, but when I cut through that last bit of wood, the top fell, the part I was on jerked, the saw blade went across the back of my left forearm really fast and cut really deep, and I almost fell. I'm thankful I didn't have a chain saw, or I probably would have cut my arm off. I've called professionals ever since.
It truly pains me to see some of our local 'arborists' climb trees and take off 50' tops, with limbs, with HOUSES around. They think they're quite good until the insurance claim clears and they're at the soup kitchen. I've been doing a lot of rope walking srt and working in Oak trees, and I rig almost everything nowadays. Why risk it?
You seem to like Husqvarna! That's cool since it's made in Sweden (originally).
@guiltyofTreeson I hope this finds you well. I want to say Im a newb. Hello!...I want to say that I learn from making mistakes. Obviously felling trees isnt something you want to be making mistakes on. I like these reaction videos because I can learn what doesnt work. Felling trees "looks easy" and I find its easy to be potentially too comfortable. I hope you make more of these in the future with educational intentions. Thank you!!
Sorry Jacob, I had to put a thumbs down.
I did not like:
- the annoying background music
- the picture in picture is too small, and the blurred sides are even worse
- not taking the time to freeze and analyze the setup, what do you see..., what you do (and we) think will happen in that situation...
- at times, you giving your feedback while the scene is not on the PiP anymore
Apologies, I don't know if I am super picky today or what, but you are best at what you do regularly.
That is my humble opinion. Cheers :)
Hi Jacob,
I love to Watch you video’s
I live in the Netherlands and am a arborist myself.
There lies the base off my guestion.
When mess up you facecut, why is it called ‘a dutchmen’?
Any relation with the netherlands?
KR Herman
I love the idea. You have a great perspective on what other people do wrong. If you do more, I'd suggest you filter them and pick ones that provide you with interesting learning experiences to comment on.The progression of raw "yep, that was stupid" videos would get old quickly.
Grew up cutting trees for my dad. One day he literally dropped dead. It was horrible. So I took over the business. I made a ton of money! It's a long story but ended up getting married and everything went wrong after that. I'm 47, I have duprytrens disease in both my hands. 3 of my fingers are completely bent to my palms and absolutely will not move. I recently sold everything. It absolutely breaks my heart. For one I'll never sniff that type of money again and between me and dad having the business for 40 years. I will say yes the money was tremendous but what your body endures, it's not a job for most. Just wanted to say my 2 cents. And to all the tree guys out there, BE SAFE!
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus"
Romans 3:23-24
I love your channel and subbed long ago, but I gotta self-report my fail 😑
My widowed mother in law, dear soul, had about an 10" diameter, 15' tall black walnut tree she was fretting about falling on her fence. It was leaning but nowhere near tall enough to reach her fence by a long shot, but she wanted it down, and no one else was available, so I grabbed my trusty Husky and hied my carcass on over there.
Long story boring, the trunk split vertically halfway through my initial cut and it crash-landed exactly where I didn't want it, in a thicket of thorned raspberry brambles and poison ivy.
Go, me 🎉
Anyway, it was down and getting it pieced out wasn't as hard as it looked, and ma was happy, and the Gods of the Saw spared a little mercy on me. ✨️
I had one, cutting tall spindle trees that were trying to push for canopy access in my woods. The top caught up, as expected, but the unexpected part was when it jumped backwards off the stump and sat right on top of my foot. Didn't even have time to move since it only had 10' to tilt before meeting the next tree over. Luckily it was only a couple hundred pounds of tree, so I was able to lever my foot out without any injury.
Great video and commentary, here's two recent incidents from FarmCraft101:
Chainsaw caught in tree when part of the trunk is cut - th-cam.com/video/dzEBXHgE7do/w-d-xo.html
Branch through a window - th-cam.com/video/dzEBXHgE7do/w-d-xo.html (keep watching - John did repair it later)
Repair work on the dropped chainsaw from the first incident - th-cam.com/video/dzEBXHgE7do/w-d-xo.html (the saw was mostly working okay except for one issue)
Your dad says, don't let me catch you doing any of that crazy sh,,stuff. Well I guess there's always your twin, Randy. He would never do any of that craziness. Lots of love, be safe. Afriend.
I've been guilty of topping a tree from a ladder! Same result! Ouch ! Learned my lesson! Never again!
Second green house was intentionally done .I've seen all these and this one they were laughing all the way through. House was slated for demolition but watching it get hit by a tree was entertaining none the less🤣🙂P.S ...I was fortunate to have a job in which an old cabin was slated for demolition. (6) 85'plus red pine trees were also to be removed .The first 5 did some damage but the final one blew the windows out 10 feet ! ...one of those jobs you say to yourself "And I'm getting paid to do this?"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
6:50. What stubs? A hundred cuts, all really good, the final few might be for friction, cuz they have no known knowledge in the ground guy. Also, this guys rope is probably gummy and inoperable cuz of the pitch on the tree. Also, I do tree work with no ground guy, for years now.
I imagine that guy in the first video felt as he had no choice but to fall it in that direction, perhaps he is on the fringes of the cut block, or he’s trying to put it in a spot where the yarder can grab it.
So many people coming within inches of dying. Wow. Super lucky people. This video was super hard to watch after inbred jed died last year. Even the most thoughtful treework can end up with deadly accidents. Frustrating watching people be so careless.
This is the only "reaction" video I remember seeing that I didn't hate. I actually learned stuff. If you do more of these, don't do it any other way.
You did this wrong. Make the videos you're feauturing full-screen with you inset. That we we can ALL enjoy the Fail with you. Didn't enjoy this at all, squinting at the screen trying to figure out what you're seeing.
I have seen a number of these "fails". Nice to have explanations from Jake.
Also, can anyone guess who sponsors Jake now? (Hint: bars & sweatshirt)
10:09 Ummmmm…”the short stalky trees butts bounce like crazy?!?”” 😂😂😂currently getting my mind out of the gutter, much love Jake great video! I’m could watch more of the reaction videos ❤ here and there tho no all the time
9:20. Exactly. Cut too much holding wood, not enough wedge. You can make a tree go wherever you want with patience, skill, time, wedges and focus. It seems this guy didn’t have patience.🧐
Thanks I really liked this it shows how anything can happen and when you see a guy on a ladder it never ends well , Yes you can post these kinds of videos any time > Larry
Actually, I have seen most of those! I like how you describe what may have happened to cause the accidents!
I have learned so much from your videos. Thanks Jake!
A real professional can say, yeah that happened to me. Because,, things happen. Sometimes we learn the hard way. Those times are embedded in our brain. Yes I use a ladder. but i do not rely on the ladder. I use a climbing line to let myself down if things go wrong. I used 2× 24 ft ladders fastened to gether to gain access to a large EWP. The customers had some good shots of me on that ladder. I was tied in with a double rope system but it was not visible in the photos. I expect it to show up some day on TH-cam. Crazy man on a ladders. 😅😅😅
Wow, looks like they al should have asked for help from YOU, THE MASTER ARBORIST... 😏
For an amateur like me, the most important thing is to know when to walk away from a "job". I've had a few over the years, and two of them are worth mentioning:
There's a dead 40 foot ash standing right next to a five feet almost vertical brink at a small, shallow stream. I've looked it over several times, figuring whether cutting it from the field side, letting it drop across the stream, having to buck the lover parts into the stream and lift them up onto dry land, or wedge it from the stream side, standing in that shallow stream with everything happening at eye hight. Neither option seems attractive, so that ash is still standing.
Two years ago, a 60 foot ash a few yards from my house and my garage split lengthwise all the way through and six feet up from the root in a storm. I had a few conversations about it with my landlord and we decided that we would not touch it, and subsequently he decided to call a pro. However, shortly after, in another storm, it came down by itself, even in the perfect direction, sparing both a beech and a very large ash, only knocking off one large branch and a third of the trunk of a small apple tree in my garden. Despite that, the tree still produces apples.
Last week my landlord I had to pull down another 60-footer ash that had tipped on the root and snagged another ash so hard that it also came down when we pulled the tipped one with a tractor, Another and much smaller snagged ash I could cut down without problems. So these days I'm handsplitting my part (we split the yield 50/50).
Remember to be carefull out there 'cause them there trees can be sneaky.
Wish I had video to share of the one DIY tree falling I've been witness to; you've probably seen a thousand of theese but the guy used stretchy nylon rope to lash a pine to his truck to try and guide it. Put tension on the rope by moving the truck, made the cut, and of course the tree didn't give a single shit about cheap rope and fell across a chain link fence and into the neighbor's yard as if it was dropped there on purpose
11:13. I commented on this video. I was called out! I said this guy is a fool, and then got inundated with idiots praising the fool. Bizarre world.🤣I think it was the reason I put up a couple tree work vidz from my phone. Just to prove I know what I’m talking about.
3:40 Jake really? Lets be real, does that guy seem like the kind of guy that can easily hold all of his weight with virtually one arm? Or maybe just possibly, he wrapped the rope around his hand/wrist. Like the greenhorn that he is, and then went along for the ride! Whenever this happens, u can almost bet ur bottom dollar that they wrapped the rope around themselves or their hand! Rookies! Supposed to let it run anyway but they think they so smart!
What was their plan? You asked. I don't think there was a plan. Lets see, if I take a chainsaw and disconnect the bottom from the top, it's going to come down where I want it to. LOL. And the ladders, OMG! I like the ones where the ladder is higher than the cut. You know long before it happens and you can make bets on how far he's going to go, or if he lands on the saw. Sorry, but I can't help but find the humor. Can you count how many people were actually so lucky. How about the guy where he hit the duchman, and the tree fell right between the two guys running to get right where the tree fell. They were sooo lucky. And all those other people standing right where it was supposed to go. What was going on there? Gotta go wipe the tears out of my eye's so I can watch another Guilty of Treeson vid.
There are two things I have learned trying to DIY tree pruning.
1. Calling a professional is cheaper than a trip to the ER.
2. Saying “I’m gonna try and do this in one shot” is only slightly safer than saying “Hold my beer.”