I have a small company myself usually I have one guy and my wife and sometimes I get discouraged when customers don't go with me and they want to go with the bigger company because they have wood chippers and cranes and everything else it's cool to see a smaller company doing big work good job guys
Yep think people just likes their neighbours to see the big signs written that usually does half the job at twice the price where the we guy would do as good if not better
I have my own company as well. Primary setup is a dump trailer, sometimes small chipper depending on size of job, and occasionally we will rent lifts and other stuff. I am looking at maybe investing in additional equipment down the road. But with that being said, what I have learned is it’s not always the size of the equipment but how you utilize and maximize efficiency with what you have. Also find your niche. Some jobs are better suited to companies that have log trucks, huge chippers, cranes, etc. Doesn’t mean you can’t still do it, you just have to ask yourself is it worth it to you to get involved with such large jobs with your current capabilities, etc. But there is plenty of work you just have to find your niche. Some companies do everything, some specialize in certain things, etc.
I've been cutting and climbing for over 40 years and I still learn something new every day. That's what keeps it interesting. That's what I like about tree work and I'd probably quit if it got boring.
I would love to see you film with Buckin Billy Ray. I think he could give you confidence on falling large trees. With that being said, don’t be so hard on yourself. I admire your willingness to share what you feel you’ve made mistakes on. Well done Jake!
Absolutely love seeing the fact that your still learning too , especially since I started watching your content and found out that I'm felling tree wrong these past few years ( self taught and only for firewood ). Keep up the good content mate
I'll just copy a post I put on Part 1......This is just mesmerizing. You are truly a beast machine, keep up the good work. Guys like you are why I got a youtube account, so I can compliment a solid guy like you.
This was the most technical stick drop process you've done yet, even when I followed you at ETW. Incredible work man always real, kid friendly, educational and engaging.
Sitka Spruce is a truly wonderful wood!! It is used in a lot of Piano construction. The Soundboards are made almost exclusively of Sitka. The wood is so highly prized that a lot of Off Shore companies now own the majority of America’s Sitka Forests. This was an amazing couple of videos. Loved them!!
Absolutely. I was thinking of all the wonderful acoustic instruments that could have been made with that wood. It looked very stiff. Thinner. Stiffer... wonderful instruments.
Realizing the limits of your skills is humbling...knowing where and how to improve them is how you make progress in your career...your team works very well together...good video...happy cutting and stay safe with those big trees...they're not forgiving when it comes to mistakes...if you know someone that cuts those big ones, see if they'll let you observe and learn from them...learning pro skills will keep you and your team alive (that includes rigging knots) 🙂
Nice group of guys, and I wish them great success! Getting it done one tree at a time. Jake, don’t beat yourself up over that spruce! It fell with no casualties to equipment, people or property. 😊
We always leave a rope and pulley in the spar when we have to come down at the end of the day. The following day you can use a GRCS or mini skid to hoist you back into the tree and it saves you a wasted climb back to the top. Starting from the top with fresh legs makes a world of difference when working down big trunks like that.
Really great to watch. Great job on the tree and great job on the video and editing. Seriously all kinds of art. You are a machine, I can't believe the work you can do in a day, super hard to find that kind of dedication these days.
I can only imagine two guys pushing a 72" two-man cross-saw back and forth bringing one of these things down to build Howard Huges Hercules flying boat in the 1940s. Great content. Enjoy watching you get tired. Thanks for the videos.
Dude… low risk piece, end of day, exhausted. No damage or inconvenient placement… well done. Work on your big tree skills, but no need to beat yourself up. You’re smart and above all, safe. “Live to fight another day, Highlander! “
I just did a Cottonwood last weekend that was in excess of 50" in diameter...HUGE...my 394xp with a 42" forester bar had a very similar issue in producing an accurate notch. I missed my intended dz by about 5 degrees (trunk also closed hinge and didn't release for me). I did the same exact thing, pull over with a machine while severing the holding fibers.... point of this story...IT HAPPENS TO US ALL!! Don't sweat it, you handled it perfectly. As an arborist, you have to see what MIGHT happen just as much as you see what you WANT to happen...keep hustlin'!!
I watched part two before commenting, its one fine job that you young men tackled here on that days and time. I tried topping trees in washington state back in the early sixties an after a top barber chaired on me, I was done. Its one of the closest to dying I have come to feel the rope tighten around me and hugging me into that tree at one hundred twenty five feet. A section of haywire is two hundred fifty feet and when its up the tree in the pass block, both ends of that small cable are just touching the ground together so you know your tree you top for logging... called a spar tree, afterwords, you hang blocks and nail the tree plates for the lines to be tied off and made the tree able to be able to hold and the yarder call skid logs to the landing., those lines are called guy lines and usually have one on all four corners if not even more. The top had started to spin on me cause of a hollow heart that I was not aware of. A good tree topper would of known but it was like the third or a couple more. I had started to gain a lot of confidence until that tree split taking all the slack out of my tie line. I knew of men who had died that way and just knew I wasn't cut out to do highclimbing.
it is always great to see you do your take down of these huge trees, it is crazy the differences in the wood types, how some fall easy, while others will not let go! that was a tiny bit of wood holding that massive tree! that must have beat the heck out of your body!
*Munter Hitch* Jacob is correct about tying off a munter hitch but with a regular climbing rope you need to tie a minimum of 3 half hitches AND clip a carabiner through the loop before clipping the carabiner to anything else just to make sure the rope doesn't get pulled through. What is also REALLY important to know about the Munter Hitch is that you get the most breaking force when the breaking end of the rope is held next to the rope on the weighted side of the hitch. When repelling on a figure 8, your breaking hand is down by your leg and the higher you lift that rope the less friction you have, so it's the exact opposite to the Munter Hitch.
It’s pretty wild to see some of the trees over there on the west coast. Biggest tree I’ve cut was a 30” white pine that was probably 80 feet tall. She gave me about 32 16’ 2x6’s though!
i fell trees on the west coast of bc for 25 years. with a 32 or 36 inch bars. my biggest spruce...14 ft across finished cut with a 42 inch bar. being humble saved you with me. big deep undercuts for big trees. love you vids.
You already have a tether at the top of the tree.. Just steer it the way you want it.. I do it all the time.. You already hav the limbs out.. I just tie them off about 2/3 the way up, anchor off at a tree near the direction I am aiming, put a rope grab with a come along, and cut a pocket on the jack.. Ropes is insurance but I always keep taking up the slack.. I've actually swung trees leaning heavily into neighbors years by hanging insurance ropes from multiple points within the yard I am cutting from.. Little spooky but you have to trust the work loads of the gear you are using.. They are quite a bit stronger than even we, who use them all the time, imagine.. Thanks for sharing your stuff.. The Norway logging was cool.. I am 1//4 Finn and 1/4 Norwegian.. Cool to see how they have such calm and symbiotic flow with the natural resources at hand.. Indigenous of Northern Europe.. I tell me NW indigenous friends I am just a pale version of them.. We are all indigenous of this small planet.. Peace!
Dude! As a rank amateur, seeing you a professional, have to re cut that notch and tidy it up and have you show it was super awesome! Biggest things is you debriefed on why it hung up, noted and acknowledge it came up with a solution. True professional. Also the Munter Hitch, that’s how is was taught to lock it of, half hitch on the bite. Also a rank amateur rope runner, so take that 1/8th of a grain of salt.
I just came across your channel yesterday and have been watching your videos. I have to say the way you film them they turn out amazing. Don't see many trees that size anymore where I live in Virginia. The tutorial video on how to use a chainsaw was amazing. I learned things I had never heard of. thank you. Really with every video of yours a person learns something. Been looking at the Husqvarna chainsaws for a long time wishing I could afford one. Got 2 trees I need to take down. An English walnut that's not really to big just a lot of limbs. The second one is a huge black walnut that died, and I would guesstimate it being about 3 to 4ft at the base. Unfortunately both my saws are down right now. Thanks again for the great videos and the lessons and information you provide to us in your videos.
Still a win. Our failures are our learning experience. We as people would never learn a thing if we did everything right all the time. Love your videos my man.
Man I'm the same way you are every time I drop a tree always learning. Always have nerves and always upset with myself if my cut isn't good. Always learning. I've never done anything that big thats massive
You must be exhausted! Amazing what a couple of degrees angle means sliding them puppies off but the trade offs for cutting more sure makes it directable or controllable for the landing in tight quarters. Be well and abundantly blessed
That knot you used to rappel, in Scottish Rock climbing we used to call it an Italian friction hitch other places call it a munter hitch, its a good hitch to practice tying one handed. Its also worth backing up with a prusik below your control hand, another great video
Friggin love your videos. Thanks for showing the felling that went wrong, can def learn from that. From a young kid i had always wanted to do what you do for a job. Every time i watch one of your vids i do wonder why i am working a boreing '9-5'..... definitely motivating me to change job
To bad you had to piece it out. That thing would have yielded enough 2×4s to build a decent sized house. Spruce is nice lumber. Best regards from Indiana.
Myyyyyyyyy Lord. All of you fellas say the word, “DUDE!!”, So much!! Way way to much my friend. I stopped counting at 44!! Some-time ago. And that was at 14:38
Late to the party but at 30:00 you've tied a Munter Mule Overhand (MMO). SUPER common in canyoning/caving, very safe and very releasable. If you're really worried about it releasing clip a biner through the final bight and around the load strand, and it can only release when you remove the biner.
Nice job. Have you ever tried cutting the two feet lumps, but first cut the one foot 3/4 ’s way through then come another foot below, to cut all the way through. when both pieces fall they’ll break but won’t bounce as much. Oddly enough if the wood is heavy.
Hey that was an awesome job that normally you don't cut Big trees to fall on that way well what I learned was you cut your undercut and then you cut and stand back and look at it and then cut your top cut and then you'll see what I'm talking about God bless you man keep the good work up
That big base could easily be semi round table! Those are massive chunks of spruce! Nicely done! The one guy near you as you were cutting the base had me super nervous! Glad everyone was safe! Nice work Jake!
Hey Jake, loving the content! As a climber enthusiast, I just wanted to comment on your munter block. There is a more bomber way how to set your hands free (to escape a belay in a climbing scenario). The only difference is that you back it up with a big old overhand around the main line rather than just feeding your bite around itself the second time. Both should work just fine. When using your way I would be tempted to feed a biner through the loop and main line as a final backup, though. Also, I wonder if you ever used a super munter which might be interesting since you often times deal with a lot of weight. Super munter autocorrects itself as a munter does, but it adds a tone of friction and also corrects the spin on the rope. Keep it up and be safe, cheers!
Those cuts of log, why not a top/upper chain cut and no pinch. Sawdust supports the log and you cut right on through? Just wondering. Don’t jump ship, not in business. I watch cause I used to follow hightise window washing on tope and I love the gear!
My dad n I cut shake blocks for a long time. We cut some cedars that were 13 to 14 feet dbh. We always ran Stihl 56s with 36 inch bars. Big cedars are usually hollow so that made it easier. Good memories.
When Kayden took the incentive to lift up the saw when it was getting pulled up says a lot. Most kids these days would of stood and stared at it, good on you Kayden.
Right on Jacob...big tree...lotta lotta work 💪. I am in no way saying you did anything wrong, great joB, in fact. Check out Bjarne Butler on YT, he cuts big timber in Canada and maybe something he does will resonate...besides it's just cool to watch. Thanks for the vids...and stoked to see the crew your working with...grass roots awesome!!!
Great video 📹 👍 love the action 🎬, the pieces of wood 🪵 sliding off to the ground, just awesome. Great fun to see 👀 😀. Keep up the good work. More power 🔋 💪 to you.
Bud, I deeply admire your drive to be perfect. But don't beat yourself up too much. Clearly you're passionate about this profession, and for you I think all of it is a way of life not just a check. What else is clear tho is you are just a genuine good dude and your value is so much more than just a good tree guy. And I think you might be a lil bit to hard on yourself sometimes... You got it done safely, efficiently, and undoubtedly left a really good impression with another crew. Your network and resources grow almost daily. No doubt I feel like any of these companies would love to have you on the team so you can basically move anywhere you want and even if they did not have a spot open for you themselves I am sure they know other services in the area and would happily vouch for you. And as your channel grows ull be doing tree work for the content and a few extra bucks and the TH-cam money will allow you so much freedom and opportunity to take this international and start showing us what your job looks like in some super exotic spots.. If that is even something you are interested in. Me personally I would have to speak the same language to do it. I think the job has too many hazards to not have very clear and fluid communications...
Yeah double cutting the face with a 42" is no joke! Sometimes a big tree is more forgiving than a small one because the weight does the work for you. I think your gap was just alittle shallow. I spent a day felling and blocking a 60" DBH oak at a golf course in the summer, when my arms started feeling like rubber noodles I handed over the 088 to the young fellow next to me , things start going sideways when you're tired.
I will give you more resect now for owning up to your mistakes, we all make mistakes and we learn by that, big saws and bars dont help if your not used to cutting that size of timber, i dont use any thing bigger than a 500i with 25" in most situations, but every now and then a 660 with 36" bar comes out but i do find that i make more mistakes with the bigger saw ? i find the 660 a lot more awkward to handle than the 500i with 25" and the results are the same with both saws but the cuts are fare tidier with the 600,
Hey nice job on the tree man My buddy’s and I all think your one of the best on TH-cam to watch definitely outstanding work man!! Don’t worry about that backcut- I had that shitty feeling the second the face started to close it was too shallow😂😂 I came from a falling background where a shallow face wasn’t a big deal. I definitely know that shameful feeling my friend, dumping those spars never ever behave like a normal tree. You gotta open them up wide no matter what. Your inner logger hates it but when they “pause” on the hinge like that it’s super unpredictable(and embarrassing)😂😂but keep up the content, we all love coming along for the ride!!
Buddy, the mark of a true professional is always striving to do the best job possible. I love the fact that you have shown the viewers the ‘warts and all’ version of how jobs go. Your humility is refreshing and also the mark of how a man should do his business 🙏🏻
I suspect most of us can relate to your frustration on the stump. As a climber you make a couple hundred, or more, small little perfect cuts for every stump cut. Something about switching to the big bar, throws us off our game.
When they hang up like that during felling. I noticed if you cut into the stump at an angle from the back and cut under your hinge it seems to weeken it enough for the hinge fibers to snap
what I do is Jake sometimes on Big trees then I'm coming back to the next day definitely coming back the next day I set a block up there and I put my climb line through it before the end of the day then when I come back the next day I throw my flip line around and I have the guys just pull me up it works pretty well but if I'm coming back a couple days later then I take my line out great job buddy God bless
I have a small company myself usually I have one guy and my wife and sometimes I get discouraged when customers don't go with me and they want to go with the bigger company because they have wood chippers and cranes and everything else it's cool to see a smaller company doing big work good job guys
Yep think people just likes their neighbours to see the big signs written that usually does half the job at twice the price where the we guy would do as good if not better
I have my own company as well. Primary setup is a dump trailer, sometimes small chipper depending on size of job, and occasionally we will rent lifts and other stuff. I am looking at maybe investing in additional equipment down the road. But with that being said, what I have learned is it’s not always the size of the equipment but how you utilize and maximize efficiency with what you have. Also find your niche. Some jobs are better suited to companies that have log trucks, huge chippers, cranes, etc. Doesn’t mean you can’t still do it, you just have to ask yourself is it worth it to you to get involved with such large jobs with your current capabilities, etc. But there is plenty of work you just have to find your niche. Some companies do everything, some specialize in certain things, etc.
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The largest flying boat, Howard Hughes spruce goose was made of spruce.
Great work and a really nice team! 👍👍👍👍
Camera gives no justice to how big that tree really is. Nice job Jake!
I don’t know about that. That tree looked huge.
I know nothing of of your profession but your honesty and humility is a great attribute. One cannot improve if they think they know everything.
I've been cutting and climbing for over 40 years and I still learn something new every day. That's what keeps it interesting. That's what I like about tree work and I'd probably quit if it got boring.
I would love to see you film with Buckin Billy Ray. I think he could give you confidence on falling large trees. With that being said, don’t be so hard on yourself. I admire your willingness to share what you feel you’ve made mistakes on. Well done Jake!
I agree with brad!
Absolutely love seeing the fact that your still learning too , especially since I started watching your content and found out that I'm felling tree wrong these past few years ( self taught and only for firewood ).
Keep up the good content mate
I'll just copy a post I put on Part 1......This is just mesmerizing. You are truly a beast machine, keep up the
good work. Guys like you are why I got a youtube account, so I can
compliment a solid guy like you.
Thank you so much
This was the most technical stick drop process you've done yet, even when I followed you at ETW. Incredible work man always real, kid friendly, educational and engaging.
It's down with no injuries or damages, well done to the team🧐👍🏼
I like to see you supporting the small companies too. Reminds me of Grimaas’s outfit.
You are one BAD ASS TREE 🌳 CUTTER!!!.AND A LITTLE CRAZY 🤪 DOING THAT KIND OF WORK...HOWEVER YOU DID A GREAT JOB 👍 👌.
Awesome, dude. I'm not scared of heights, but gravity scares the heck out of me.
Sitka Spruce is a truly wonderful wood!! It is used in a lot of Piano construction. The Soundboards are made almost exclusively of Sitka. The wood is so highly prized that a lot of Off Shore companies now own the majority of America’s Sitka Forests.
This was an amazing couple of videos. Loved them!!
Absolutely. I was thinking of all the wonderful acoustic instruments that could have been made with that wood. It looked very stiff. Thinner. Stiffer... wonderful instruments.
That tree was worth a ridiculous amount of $$$, and they just chunked it into firewood... INCONCEIVABLE!
Realizing the limits of your skills is humbling...knowing where and how to improve them is how you make progress in your career...your team works very well together...good video...happy cutting and stay safe with those big trees...they're not forgiving when it comes to mistakes...if you know someone that cuts those big ones, see if they'll let you observe and learn from them...learning pro skills will keep you and your team alive (that includes rigging knots) 🙂
Nice group of guys, and I wish them great success! Getting it done one tree at a time.
Jake, don’t beat yourself up over that spruce! It fell with no casualties to equipment, people or property. 😊
We always leave a rope and pulley in the spar when we have to come down at the end of the day. The following day you can use a GRCS or mini skid to hoist you back into the tree and it saves you a wasted climb back to the top. Starting from the top with fresh legs makes a world of difference when working down big trunks like that.
Great job guys. No ones hurt, no property damage, and everyone made a check. Were all learning.
Really great to watch. Great job on the tree and great job on the video and editing. Seriously all kinds of art. You are a machine, I can't believe the work you can do in a day, super hard to find that kind of dedication these days.
Awesome! What a remarkable tree! There's only one way to get experience Jacob, don't be so hard on yourself 👊👍
Quick question why are you knot using face cuts and holding wood to control your fall?
I can only imagine two guys pushing a 72" two-man cross-saw back and forth bringing one of these things down to build Howard Huges Hercules flying boat in the 1940s. Great content. Enjoy watching you get tired. Thanks for the videos.
Dude… low risk piece, end of day, exhausted. No damage or inconvenient placement… well done. Work on your big tree skills, but no need to beat yourself up. You’re smart and above all, safe. “Live to fight another day, Highlander! “
great job and a hard one. Thanks.
Great job most people don't have a clue how heavy logs are
Give yourself some grace, son. Most of us viewers would be dead, the house would be flattened, and all the ice cream in the world would melt
I just did a Cottonwood last weekend that was in excess of 50" in diameter...HUGE...my 394xp with a 42" forester bar had a very similar issue in producing an accurate notch. I missed my intended dz by about 5 degrees (trunk also closed hinge and didn't release for me). I did the same exact thing, pull over with a machine while severing the holding fibers.... point of this story...IT HAPPENS TO US ALL!! Don't sweat it, you handled it perfectly. As an arborist, you have to see what MIGHT happen just as much as you see what you WANT to happen...keep hustlin'!!
I just started for myself, 1987 forestry truck 6inch chipper. I definitely understand. Great video.
I watched part two before commenting, its one fine job that you young men tackled here on that days and time. I tried topping trees in washington state back in the early sixties an after a top barber chaired on me, I was done. Its one of the closest to dying I have come to feel the rope tighten around me and hugging me into that tree at one hundred twenty five feet. A section of haywire is two hundred fifty feet and when its up the tree in the pass block, both ends of that small cable are just touching the ground together so you know your tree you top for logging... called a spar tree, afterwords, you hang blocks and nail the tree plates for the lines to be tied off and made the tree able to be able to hold and the yarder call skid logs to the landing., those lines are called guy lines and usually have one on all four corners if not even more. The top had started to spin on me cause of a hollow heart that I was not aware of. A good tree topper would of known but it was like the third or a couple more. I had started to gain a lot of confidence until that tree split taking all the slack out of my tie line. I knew of men who had died that way and just knew I wasn't cut out to do highclimbing.
When you are blocking the timber into cookies please film more of it nothing better than hearing a big saw work. Love your videos
A joy for the eye seeing you working the flipline up the tree 😍
it is always great to see you do your take down of these huge trees, it is crazy the differences in the
wood types, how some fall easy, while others will not let go! that was a tiny bit of wood holding that
massive tree! that must have beat the heck out of your body!
*Munter Hitch* Jacob is correct about tying off a munter hitch but with a regular climbing rope you need to tie a minimum of 3 half hitches AND clip a carabiner through the loop before clipping the carabiner to anything else just to make sure the rope doesn't get pulled through. What is also REALLY important to know about the Munter Hitch is that you get the most breaking force when the breaking end of the rope is held next to the rope on the weighted side of the hitch. When repelling on a figure 8, your breaking hand is down by your leg and the higher you lift that rope the less friction you have, so it's the exact opposite to the Munter Hitch.
It’s pretty wild to see some of the trees over there on the west coast. Biggest tree I’ve cut was a 30” white pine that was probably 80 feet tall. She gave me about 32 16’ 2x6’s though!
Great job. You guys did a great job. 3 Men and a yuge tree. Awesome. great video too. keep them coming Jake !
Don't beat yourself up. You did a great job! That was a hugh tree in a tight place. Way to go!!!
You do good work, don't be too hard on yourself. You have many fans, I am one of them. Thanks for the video 📹.
i fell trees on the west coast of bc for 25 years. with a 32 or 36 inch bars. my biggest spruce...14 ft across finished cut with a 42 inch bar. being humble saved you with me. big deep undercuts for big trees. love you vids.
You already have a tether at the top of the tree.. Just steer it the way you want it.. I do it all the time.. You already hav the limbs out.. I just tie them off about 2/3 the way up, anchor off at a tree near the direction I am aiming, put a rope grab with a come along, and cut a pocket on the jack.. Ropes is insurance but I always keep taking up the slack.. I've actually swung trees leaning heavily into neighbors years by hanging insurance ropes from multiple points within the yard I am cutting from.. Little spooky but you have to trust the work loads of the gear you are using.. They are quite a bit stronger than even we, who use them all the time, imagine.. Thanks for sharing your stuff.. The Norway logging was cool.. I am 1//4 Finn and 1/4 Norwegian.. Cool to see how they have such calm and symbiotic flow with the natural resources at hand.. Indigenous of Northern Europe.. I tell me NW indigenous friends I am just a pale version of them.. We are all indigenous of this small planet.. Peace!
Dude! As a rank amateur, seeing you a professional, have to re cut that notch and tidy it up and have you show it was super awesome! Biggest things is you debriefed on why it hung up, noted and acknowledge it came up with a solution. True professional.
Also the Munter Hitch, that’s how is was taught to lock it of, half hitch on the bite. Also a rank amateur rope runner, so take that 1/8th of a grain of salt.
I just came across your channel yesterday and have been watching your videos. I have to say the way you film them they turn out amazing. Don't see many trees that size anymore where I live in Virginia. The tutorial video on how to use a chainsaw was amazing. I learned things I had never heard of. thank you. Really with every video of yours a person learns something. Been looking at the Husqvarna chainsaws for a long time wishing I could afford one. Got 2 trees I need to take down. An English walnut that's not really to big just a lot of limbs. The second one is a huge black walnut that died, and I would guesstimate it being about 3 to 4ft at the base. Unfortunately both my saws are down right now. Thanks again for the great videos and the lessons and information you provide to us in your videos.
I learnt more from this not going quiet to plan than many videos where they only show the ones that were straight forward.
Thanks for sharing. 😎🤘
Still a win. Our failures are our learning experience. We as people would never learn a thing if we did everything right all the time. Love your videos my man.
Go to reg coates old beech vids and check that device he made to push rounds off…ratchet type deal…good job Jake
Man I'm the same way you are every time I drop a tree always learning. Always have nerves and always upset with myself if my cut isn't good. Always learning. I've never done anything that big thats massive
great job bringing it down Jacob & the Dr HTS team. awesome job guys. keep it up
You must be exhausted! Amazing what a couple of degrees angle means sliding them puppies off but the trade offs for cutting more sure makes it directable or controllable for the landing in tight quarters.
Be well and abundantly blessed
Really appreciate the efficiency in your use of that climb line as a haul line as well. Way to conserve energy
That knot you used to rappel, in Scottish Rock climbing we used to call it an Italian friction hitch other places call it a munter hitch, its a good hitch to practice tying one handed. Its also worth backing up with a prusik below your control hand, another great video
Firefighters use that hitch also as last resort. It is very hard on ropes, too tight curves and high friction.
I work for a small company too. We just work at it til it's done, that's all you can do sometimes. 💪
Friggin love your videos. Thanks for showing the felling that went wrong, can def learn from that. From a young kid i had always wanted to do what you do for a job. Every time i watch one of your vids i do wonder why i am working a boreing '9-5'..... definitely motivating me to change job
That “unreal” as you started climbing sounded like Ed Bassmaster
There is just something I love about these videos. Thanks dude, thank you.
Yes he has the TH-cam touch.. !! Very good to watch!!
M goodness, after all you did on that tree yesterday and then when you look up at it today I am amazed at how much there still is to go.
To bad you had to piece it out. That thing would have yielded enough 2×4s to build a decent sized house. Spruce is nice lumber.
Best regards from Indiana.
Great to see some young blokes with the arse in gear working hard. Good on ya fella's
No one got hurt. Nothing was damaged (other than your pride a little =p). Overall a good day. Thanks for sharing.
I like how you rappelled on that rigging rope with a caribeaner. 👍🏻 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Camera guy is so laid back 🤣 like reminds me of turtle dude off Finding Nemo lmao 🤣😂
Myyyyyyyyy Lord. All of you fellas say the word, “DUDE!!”, So much!! Way way to much my friend. I stopped counting at 44!! Some-time ago. And that was at 14:38
Late to the party but at 30:00 you've tied a Munter Mule Overhand (MMO). SUPER common in canyoning/caving, very safe and very releasable. If you're really worried about it releasing clip a biner through the final bight and around the load strand, and it can only release when you remove the biner.
Thank you 🙏
Nice Sunday morning watching some tree cuts. So relaxing
Keep up the good work
Yeah the decomp buttons are an arm saver for sure, especially on 66 and 88's.
Nice job. Have you ever tried cutting the two feet lumps, but first cut the one foot 3/4 ’s way through then come another foot below, to cut all the way through. when both pieces fall they’ll break but won’t bounce as much. Oddly enough if the wood is heavy.
Hey that was an awesome job that normally you don't cut Big trees to fall on that way well what I learned was you cut your undercut and then you cut and stand back and look at it and then cut your top cut and then you'll see what I'm talking about God bless you man keep the good work up
That big base could easily be semi round table! Those are massive chunks of spruce! Nicely done! The one guy near you as you were cutting the base had me super nervous! Glad everyone was safe! Nice work Jake!
@GuiltyofTreeson... is this for real? Feels like a scam.
I love how excited he gets when figures out the slash cut
Thanks Jake, nice job. Even though your critical of yourself didn't hit the building with that monster.
Your all a wonderful team to watch your just great don't beat your self up so. 🇬🇧 Uk❤️👍
I stand corrected great job, that spruce was really big!!!
Hey Jake, loving the content! As a climber enthusiast, I just wanted to comment on your munter block. There is a more bomber way how to set your hands free (to escape a belay in a climbing scenario). The only difference is that you back it up with a big old overhand around the main line rather than just feeding your bite around itself the second time. Both should work just fine. When using your way I would be tempted to feed a biner through the loop and main line as a final backup, though. Also, I wonder if you ever used a super munter which might be interesting since you often times deal with a lot of weight. Super munter autocorrects itself as a munter does, but it adds a tone of friction and also corrects the spin on the rope. Keep it up and be safe, cheers!
Don’t be hard on yourself. You did an amazing job.
You kept cutting and cutting but didn’t get any closer to the ground! Ha.
Great job. Loved seeing how this is done.
Those cuts of log, why not a top/upper chain cut and no pinch. Sawdust supports the log and you cut right on through? Just wondering. Don’t jump ship, not in business. I watch cause I used to follow hightise window washing on tope and I love the gear!
My dad n I cut shake blocks for a long time. We cut some cedars that were 13 to 14 feet dbh. We always ran Stihl 56s with 36 inch bars. Big cedars are usually hollow so that made it easier. Good memories.
Fantastic video. I enjoy seeing work done on big trees with big saws! Your explanation on what and how you are doing a task is cool too!
Your bravery is amazing great job
Watching from 🇨🇦
I'm working at my job and watching a guy do this job! Incredible.
Brilliant job. Well done!☘️👍
When Kayden took the incentive to lift up the saw when it was getting pulled up says a lot. Most kids these days would of stood and stared at it, good on you Kayden.
👌 I spotted that too. That small action would be enough for me to commit to him 🙌
Would HAVE not would of like the illiterate youngsters write.
@@ArmadilloGodzilla thank you for the correction, I quit school in the eighth grade and went to work. So any corrections truly are needed.
So glad someone else noticed that too!
@@joegreenwood1443
Whats wrong with you bro?
You could've continued thru college, received a gender studies degree--and went to work for BLM.
Good job! Those cookie cuts are nice for side tables!
Bless Nice 2 part video. Hope you go Oregon more often. You’re living & learning plus having fun. 😊 thanks 😊
Great job. Y’all made that look so easy. Thanks for the video. Husky saws are the best.
Right on Jacob...big tree...lotta lotta work 💪.
I am in no way saying you did anything wrong, great joB, in fact.
Check out Bjarne Butler on YT, he cuts big timber in Canada and maybe something he does will resonate...besides it's just cool to watch.
Thanks for the vids...and stoked to see the crew your working with...grass roots awesome!!!
Great video 📹 👍 love the action 🎬, the pieces of wood 🪵 sliding off to the ground, just awesome. Great fun to see 👀 😀. Keep up the good work. More power 🔋 💪 to you.
Dr. Hingewood...Great name guys !
Bud, I deeply admire your drive to be perfect. But don't beat yourself up too much. Clearly you're passionate about this profession, and for you I think all of it is a way of life not just a check. What else is clear tho is you are just a genuine good dude and your value is so much more than just a good tree guy. And I think you might be a lil bit to hard on yourself sometimes... You got it done safely, efficiently, and undoubtedly left a really good impression with another crew. Your network and resources grow almost daily. No doubt I feel like any of these companies would love to have you on the team so you can basically move anywhere you want and even if they did not have a spot open for you themselves I am sure they know other services in the area and would happily vouch for you. And as your channel grows ull be doing tree work for the content and a few extra bucks and the TH-cam money will allow you so much freedom and opportunity to take this international and start showing us what your job looks like in some super exotic spots.. If that is even something you are interested in. Me personally I would have to speak the same language to do it. I think the job has too many hazards to not have very clear and fluid communications...
Thing with the repel loop is depending on where you put your 'been it's either a repel loop or a lock loop so beginners do be careful on positioning.
Yeah double cutting the face with a 42" is no joke! Sometimes a big tree is more forgiving than a small one because the weight does the work for you.
I think your gap was just alittle shallow. I spent a day felling and blocking a 60" DBH oak at a golf course in the summer, when my arms started feeling like rubber noodles I handed over the 088 to the young fellow next to me , things start going sideways when you're tired.
Jacob, I really enjoy your humility. Do you know the oldest tree you've fell is.
Sweet, perfect for my sunday.
I will give you more resect now for owning up to your mistakes, we all make mistakes and we learn by that, big saws and bars dont help if your not used to cutting that size of timber, i dont use any thing bigger than a 500i with 25" in most situations, but every now and then a 660 with 36" bar comes out but i do find that i make more mistakes with the bigger saw ? i find the 660 a lot more awkward to handle than the 500i with 25" and the results are the same with both saws but the cuts are fare tidier with the 600,
You did excellent! Those big cuts at base would make a lovely table.
Hey nice job on the tree man My buddy’s and I all think your one of the best on TH-cam to watch definitely outstanding work man!! Don’t worry about that backcut- I had that shitty feeling the second the face started to close it was too shallow😂😂 I came from a falling background where a shallow face wasn’t a big deal. I definitely know that shameful feeling my friend, dumping those spars never ever behave like a normal tree. You gotta open them up wide no matter what. Your inner logger hates it but when they “pause” on the hinge like that it’s super unpredictable(and embarrassing)😂😂but keep up the content, we all love coming along for the ride!!
Buddy, the mark of a true professional is always striving to do the best job possible. I love the fact that you have shown the viewers the ‘warts and all’ version of how jobs go. Your humility is refreshing and also the mark of how a man should do his business 🙏🏻
I suspect most of us can relate to your frustration on the stump. As a climber you make a couple hundred, or more, small little perfect cuts for every stump cut. Something about switching to the big bar, throws us off our game.
Jacob, you always do a, FANTASTIC JOB!!! that’s why I put every video that you produce on Facebook & on GETTR MY FRIEND
You betcha I subscribed to this channel!! Nothing like good hard-working-blue-collar-guys getting it done!!
When they hang up like that during felling. I noticed if you cut into the stump at an angle from the back and cut under your hinge it seems to weeken it enough for the hinge fibers to snap
Wow, big saw up in the tree--just amazing, really amazing!! I'd have trouble handling that saw on the ground.
Nice work Jake, thanks for the video. Learn something new 👍.
what I do is Jake sometimes on Big trees then I'm coming back to the next day definitely coming back the next day I set a block up there and I put my climb line through it before the end of the day then when I come back the next day I throw my flip line around and I have the guys just pull me up it works pretty well but if I'm coming back a couple days later then I take my line out great job buddy God bless
Enjoyed the video. A big tree....a big job for sure. Lots of cutting. Hard working that big a tree. Kuds.