and I quote "Ok, have a sense of humor people, blaming it on the groundsman was a jest, of course it wasn't his fault." That's absolutely true it wasn't his fault, but the book of tree law states (page 8, section 2) IT'S ALWAYS THE GROUNDIES FAULT. Broken fences, broken windows, broken greenhouses, third world poverty......all the groundies fault!!!!
Lmao. 🤣 I'm a groundie in the UK. My hubby is the climber. Its always his fault 😂😂😂 this team are great. Good communication is key. It's a brilliant job to do but it can go sideways so fast!. As long as no one gets hurt it's a good day 😉💖
This true. I shit you not, I moved a stump one day that hadn't been loaded out yet, since it was right near where the but of the tree we were dropping would be. Moved it out of the way at a 45 degree angle. Apparently they had a magnetic attraction because fuck if that tree didnt hit that stump when the dude dropped it. Nailed a fence.
when you're hanging up there and thinking about all the ways that last cut could go wrong, then it goes right, you just gotta say something, a quiet sigh just don't fit the moment.
This is exactly the kind of person I'd want to work with. He let's you know when you're doing good, calmly lets you know if you need to do something different, and can calmly handle a situation (even crack a few jokes) when things don't go quite right. The guys that yell and scream their heads off aren't doing anything but making the job harder to do.
A little praise does go a long way but if you have to tell your guy on the rope everytime what to do, not good I think. Someone looks like a rookie. Which makes the owner look bad.
46 years ago when I was 18 years old my buddy and I took the initiative to start a tree removal business before we went to college. . We purchased two chain saws and lots of ropes. Our first job went very well. As young kids we made more money in two days than we could have doing just about anything else for the entire summer. Our second job was a bit more complicated and we used my mothers car to direct and pull the falling limbs away from the nearly home as we removed the limbs from the top towards the base of the tree.. We changed positions with me now on the ground cutting up the fallen limbs while my friend re positioned himself to cut the next limb of the tree. As I was cutting the fallen limbs on the ground I felt splashes on my back. I reached around and noticed the splashes were blood. My buddy had lost balance and when he tried to regain stability he pushed the spike of one of his climber boots into his calf muscle severing a major blood vessel. He was losing consciousness when I discovered the problem. I lowered him down on the climbing line and raced him to the nearest hospital going 100 MPH. He was given a unit of blood and had the deep laceration repaired. It was a very frightening experience for two 18 year old kids.
It was a thin walled plastic irrigation line that cost 3 bucks for a short piece... 2 couplings, some primer and glue done! You and your team did an amazing job and awesome video.
Over 20 years ago I worked for the phone company in your area.I was digging a hole to replace an electric pole.I cut right through a phone line that was 2 inches in diameter.I asked the boss what it was and he said"those are some very expensive roots". He said "dont worry,noone will be calling anytime soon." Near manchester. I 44
Lol I did some work laying phone cable. All I can say is, I’m more surprised that stuff doesn’t go out constantly. Even when we knew more or less where other lines were, nobody seemed to care in the slightest. ‘Guess the cables going out again” was probably the phrase I heard most. The scariest, “hope that’s an inactive gas line.”
"Awesome!!" "perfect!!" "Nice very nice!" .. Honestly wish the people I work with were more like that because for someone like me who's barely starting off in construction and since I do what other people tell me what to do saying stuff like that is such a morale boost and what they don't realize is that it encourages those who don't know much of what they're doing and are learning plus it makes the work more enjoyable
Wait, from all the videos I've seen on the subject, you're supposed to have someone hold your beer and just cut it at the very bottom, letting it fall on the house. No need for all that fancy rope stuff;)....lol...
It's not like it was ever a choice between these things. What a dumb way to look at things. Cheerful and positive, which is nice. But too dumb for me to follow
good stuff dude.just found your videos.i have been doing tree removal since 1992 till couple years ago when I injured by back by falling from about 60 feet up a tree when a limb I cut swung out funny and pinched my safety line and severed it causing me to fall.i still run the business but I'm not the climber anymore and seeing your p. O. V. camera shots bring back that feeling of the past and it really cool.cut on brother!
60' fall you're lucky to be alive. That's why I sold my gear. I wasn't climbing often enough to stay in shape so I decided time to retire before I had a major accident.
Same here. I did climbing until 2008 when I was about 50' up in a pine tree and the roots of the tree gave out. Injured everything _but_ my back. I really, _really_ miss climbing, but I don't dare do it any more. I still love heights, but if I were to have another accident, I might not be so lucky next time. I can still run lines on the ground, and I still cut trees for firewood, but I sold my spikes and keep my boots on the ground now. Awesome video.
My dads fell 40. At the time it was my first year climbing so he wouldn’t let me climb the big pine. Dad was always in a rush to get it down because we was always behind in bills it was rough times. He cut the top out with the climbing line still tied in. Basically slung shot him too the ground. He survived and is doing better but still has life long problems. I’m the climber now I hate it because I’m under paid by my uncle. But I do it because it’s all I know and have ever done.
You sir are a bad ass. I could watch you work all day long. You know youre equipment, are a master arborist, give praise to your employees, and are having fun being a professional. Top notch.
I'm a landscaper on a major college campus. We have inground irrigation literally everywhere. I've removed probably several hundred trees in the 20 years I've been here and have never seen anything like that. I'd just chalk that up to bad luck, get the lateral fixed, and move on. Great job! Very entertaining to watch, and I'm going to add this to my list of videos I show when training new people about tree work.
You're such an adrenaline junky, I'm such an armchair quarterback. Hat's off for keeping your ground crew motivated. With an attitude like that they're going to fight over who gets to go with you.
well that sounds like a nasty piece of work. why is it people dont get utility layout maps before they do this? I mean it seems like a necessary precaution. or am I being unrealistic?
ted rebel I don't think simple lawn sprinkler irrigation systems are mapped out. Usually the homeowner just turns them on/off. They don't hold constant water pressure like your house pipes.
Irrational? Nothing irrational about a healthy respect for one of the most powerful and mysterious forces in the universe. Gravity demands respect, and isn't shy about reminding us, anytime we have a lapse in memory.
@@mapleholler9800 Nah, it ain't healthy. Like I've been to a climbing five times now and have only made it to the top of one wall. It's wired because I love rollercoasters but I can't climb a twenty foot wall with a harness on.
I don't blame you. I was finishing concrete standing on a 10 inch beam.....barefooted and 8ft above a hardened concrete floor. I stood up too fast. Got overbalanced and knew I was going over backwards. Decided quickly that landing feet first was preferable to flat on my back, so I stepped back and landed flat on my feet. Hurt like h_ll. Have often thought about how much worse it might have been. Both of my sons were afraid of heights and both now work on wind turbines (+-260 ft) for a living. The pictures they take from standing on top, down to the ground, give me vertigo. Heights didn't used to bother me, but as they got more used to it, I seem to have gotten less so. Of course they are harnessed and tied into a restraint system, but still dangerous.
Greg Dent thats what i wanted to comment about what are the chances it would dig in go under and pull the pipe cus now u have to check that hole section rather than being able to just replace a crushed section
One thing I learned in landscaping....if you're trying to find a line, you won't. If you are trying/hoping NOT to find a line, you most certainly will!
Your climbing videos are always fun to watch. Just the right combo of danger, adventure and skill. My wife has asked me more than once (as she watches your videos with me) "why is watching a guy trim trees so interesting?" I think it is because we appreciate your work ethic and you are truly good at what you do. For me, I would add that it is satisfying to see something so untamed being tamed by one man (with a ground crew of course). I am constantly impressed by your ability to predict where a limb will fall once it is cut. Perhaps you could do a video sometime that details your process of tying off a branch. For added interest, place a target on the ground that you are aiming for just to highlight your skill. My favorite video will always be F-U-D-T-S. Keep up the good work and stay safe!
Three years ago I had a 60 foot tree in my backyard that I was afraid would blow over during a wind storm. I was crazy enough to think that I could take it down myself. After climbing about half way up, looking down at all the potential damage I'd cause on my neighbor's decking roof and his storage shed, it was actually cheaper to hire a professional crew to do the job and haul the stuff away. They also ended up with a lot of firewood to sell. Two weeks ago, my 25 foot pine tree blew over onto my other neighbors garage. That was an easy one to do starting with the lower branches and all the trunk branches to lessen the weight, then onto of the garage roof to lessen the load on the roof. After cutting the trunk down to lower roof level, only then started to remove the soft branches cushioning the weight on the roof. Turns out that there was no damage done to the roof because green branches cushioned the weight and the trunk at the bottom was resting against a fence. When I watched this video, these guys have my respect on the way their tree came down. Too many people don't realize that ir's a science to take a tree down without damaging anything. Somebody going wild with a chainsaw can hurt property or themselves through sheer ignorance if they don't take the tree down in a logical manner.
I know this is an older video that being said, I have been working for my best friend for about 2 years now doing tree work. I was climbing certified in the military and was an instructor at one point. So I helped him learn gaffing techniques. Fast forward to today and we are a licensed, bonded, and insured. We are starting to expand rapidly and are moving into bigger and bigger tree work. I mainly stay on the ground now do to my age and military disabilities. I’m learning more and more rigging techniques. Any other videos you may be able to recommend for “semi instructional” content would be great! I am scheduled to go to a 7 day rigging school at the end of this season also.
This is logging done safely and professionally. Very clean cuts, the saw has been well maintained, and proper safety procedures (tie offs, communication, etc.) are being utilized. I would def hire these guys.
Dude, I have serious Acrophobia, so bad even my mom was afraid of height when she had me in the belly; she couldn't even stand on overpass. And here I am, watching you chop away an old, dying & rotten tree on the tree top. My feet were itchy as hell even if I was just watching a GoPro footage... you have my respect, sir, stay safe!
I used to do tree work. Nah, not really. Not compared to you. If the tree was close to anything important I passed. I didn’t have the balls to work close to houses and cars, power lines etc. I was comfortable high up in the tree, just didn’t like being close to peoples stuff. Anyway, it’s nice to see someone that knows what they are doing. Cheers!
I haven't finished your video, but all I can say is that you are awesome. I can't help but notice that every time you cut a limb, and your guys do what you want, you give them positive feedback. I feel like in this harder labor work there is nothing but negativity. Overall very impressed by your Jobsite attitude.
That is one of the most dangerous jobs to have. There has to be communication as to what is going on at all times. Everyone needs to be on the same page. I still puckered when those branches teetertottered back at him, geez.
Manifold Max any good climber- groundcrew relationship should be like this, in the words of my instructor when I first learned, “you should feel like siblings”
You are very skilled at rigging. You scared me more than once, but you were spot on every time. You made your saw work look easy, when it really never is. Amazing video. Sorry about the irrigation line, but if I’m your client I’m thinking about the worries you saved me not the little one fixable with a 99 cent coupling. Your teacher and mentor is proud of you. Thanks for sharing, and all the best.
It's just a sprinkler pipe my friend, if the homeowner has a fit about that he probably doesn't live in the real world, s--t happens. Easy fix no harm done. The work you did was performed well, and no house damage. In 62 and still cutting trees by myself as a sideline. You can take EVERY precaution on the planet, but the odds will still get you once in a while. You are good at what you do, and I watch you to learn. I have cut more then a thousand trees and I still learn stuff every day. Good job.
I love your communication with your ground crew, clear and concise, they know what you want and they seem to do what you say, nice team work. Sucks about the pipe in the ground, stuff happens. Cheers from Tokyo!
That blue chainsaw hanging on your wall over your left shoulder looks like an early 1970s Homelite those are very collectible. I like the way you talk to your crew that's very respectable. The damage to the waterline is minimal real easy fix good job on the tree. I've cut for over 20 years again excellent job!
For a 19 year old, I find working for a tree cutting service very entertaining. I'm 19 bout to turn 20 and I've been working with cutting trees for a few months but one thing I like more about your videos is how you climb the trees and cut off any branches, I just use a bucket but climbing would be making work so much more fun.
Last week we were finishing up a job re- installing fence we took down for a job. One of my operators "forgot" we just installed the chain link fence post and folded it in half. Mind you this is about the time I was going to ask for the check. The job ain't over til your sitting at the shop having a drink with the guys.
Samuel Luria especially on the mini skid which is amazing for visibility! He is young guy. Been with me 4 months. Good worker. Just always in a hurry trying to impress. He helped me come back couple days later to replace and restretch the chain link so he knows he did wrong and in sure he wont do it again.
Guys.... I was just breaking horns....like I always do....if you only knew, all the whacky happenings that we go through, Lol....you would KNOW that I'm just commiserating!😜😜😜
Shoot! - I myself just cut a $200 libe on Wednesday, cause I was on the phone with bill collectors, while I was bucking a 50" Oak..... nobody to blame but my DAWGONE SELF!!! Too busy cussin' at the guy on the other end of the line....😂
I haven't been online/RUclips in a while and right when I logged on here I seen this video and realized that you are alright and back to work after your fall and surgeries! Great to see you back kicking ass and taking...down trees! Lol! Be safe, brotha! \m/
K&S Tree Service Go Pro Heard those create issues a couple years after installation .. Some guy from the city had us stop using those and just use couplings :/
Yeah, no big deal if you break or cut the pipe unless... you pull the pipe like that log did, then you may have problems on your hands. Pipes are usually connected to things, things like sprinkler heads, other pipes and even pumps. I doubt that the folks who put that pipe in left some slack in it just in case something like this happened.
Aww lol that’s the most perfect destruction of a pvc irrigation line and I install and service irrigation lmao. That shit was perfect, easy enough to fix. Too many people use that junk pvc though with no master valve so water is always filling the lines way out into the yards usually to the valves but the right way to do it is 1foot of pvc off the backflow or whatever 2-3 foot. Stay close to the house and put a master valve coming off the pvc right at the house then run 1 inch black poly line throughout the whole system. Dry throughout the whole yard if you hit something main line it doesn’t just blow water infinitely out of the ground til you find a backflow to shut off. Tbh I wouldn’t let this one get you down, it’s more unique than anything that was meant to happen lmao 😂
Called the power company about wires in a roadside tree. It was on the outside of the sidewalk. I called prior to grinding some roots and releveling a couple sidewalk sections. My call to them was also about the root grinding I had to do to repair that walk. In our town the sidewalk is the property owner's responsibility, but the trees between the walk and the road way are the electric company's if wires are involved. Anyway, they cut for 2 hours or so, then sat there doing nothing for another hour. I figured lunch break. But when I went out to look at the work I found they they had finished and were waiting on a supervisor. Seems they cracked 2 of the walkway sections. They dropped a couple 12" dia by 2' pieces that landed on my walk from 15-20 feet. You would think a 4 man crew of tree trimmers would have at least on guy who knew that might be a problem. Because I had moved the concrete and put it back it was weaker than if I had put new. But still, it was 100 yr old crete. I've move sidewalk, and releveled concrete a couple times before without a problem. In fact there are a couple sections that I moved 25 years ago about 30' from the ones they cracked. Those are dead level and line up perfectly with a landing slab I poured at the same time. What really pissed me off was that they should have seen the first crack they made. Luckily, the cracks were not bad enough that I had to replace the pieces. This happened 2 years ago and they are still stable and walkable. Two winters later they are definitely settled. I told them to leave rather than have the supervisor come. Let them off the hook so to speak. I also told the one guy that if I had paid to have new crete put in and they'd broken if I'd be demanding they replace it. "Uh. Be more careful at the next place."
What. That’s.... that’s not... schedule 40 is thick sidewall drainage pipe. What I install in French drains and such. 4 inch pipe. That’s a 1 inch poly lateral irrigation line meaning that irrigation system is also junk anyways.
Just a tip on dropping large pieces of wood.. regardless of utilities under the ground be mindful of turf damage and use the 20% method and your pieces will land flat.
Your day can be easy as pie or extremely frustrating depending on the skill level of the rope man...i've found it is one of those jobs people underestimate the importance of. Knowing when to pull, hold it, or let it run can be the difference between life and death for the climber...I HATE having a rookie on the line! Lol. Great vid tho! I would still call it a successful job. Shouldn't have been too expensive of a fix.
Jd hairiest M Toxic I'm gonna take a wild stab at this, but I'm thinkin', and correct me if I'm wrong😕, but I'm thinkin' that somewhere along the line that maybe at one time, lets see here.....YOU were a rookie, no? 🤔hmmmm...a little bit of the kettle calling the pot black?? NOBODY starts out as a professional....jmo
I just wanted to tell ya to "keep it up!" And great job letting your crew know they were doing well. I love to see that in humans and it makes me hopeful for the future. Great job dude!
Super pro, hardwood, looks like an ash tree, only thing as advised,"experience,,18- 36" best removed slings,, and for felling, sharpened like a pencil doesn't do what we would think,, very good job! also good ground man👍
All the power to ya brother. I am not a heights person at all. Watching your video im just like, man at least he's getting closer to the ground, lol. What are the chances of that happening and actually digging a irrigation line up. That sucks too, probably had to re dingo that whole line. I can't stand doing irrigation, mostly because we're out on a desert all day lol...
Hey don't sweat it. In a way yes I understand it's your (Company, crew, etc) responsibility to make sure stuff like that isn't there, but in a way if the homeowner doesn't tell you if they have them or have them marked with paint, it's honestly on them in my opinion. I know that's not a good image for a company to tell the owner that or the right thing to do probably legally, but I think you understand what I'm getting at. Nice work regardless!
Okay you can't get out of something legally or maintain a good business reputation by calling the owner a dumbass for not having the lines marked. So yes, people know what I'm saying regardless of your personal comprehension on it. It's common sense to mark lines regardless of the material the lines are made of or what they're used for to let workers know what's below their feet. What if that was a gas line for some reason? That could've been a huge mess because of the homeowners negligence and lack of common sense.
Jay Doubleyhoo when I had my fence installed I had to have a guy come and identify lines in the ground. Wanna know why? The people making my fence doesn't have the responsibility to know where all the shit in my ground is, but to just make me my fence (btw the retards didn't even do it properly but unrelated).
lol - Do you see how the responsibility might shift, between a fence company, whom you are ASKING to dig in your property, by definition, and an arborist, whom you as the homeowner have NOT in any way, asked or permitted, to do any sort of "unearthing", intentional or otherwise?? You might not be a business owner, so these categorical differences may have no relevance to you...
lol - Do you see how the responsibility might shift, between a fence company, whom you are ASKING to dig in your property, by definition, and an arborist, whom you as the homeowner have NOT in any way, asked or permitted, to do any sort of "unearthing", intentional or otherwise?? You might not be a business owner, so these categorical differences may have no relevance to you...
One sprinkler is no big deal it is just great you got the tree down with only that. I think you did a wonderful job. i would be terrified to climb up there and do that. Hope all your jobs is this great for you and be safe.
Mud Puddle There is a lot of skill involved in this job, however using a chainsaw one handed up a tree while cutting is very unsafe and should not be aloud even if it is quicker. People like to build their reputation in this industry by how quick you can get a tree down safely and quickly, with two hands on the chainsaw also! But you could argue that some company’s let you get away with one handed cutting where as some others don’t.
Absolutely your fault because you said it was going "PERFECT" @5:15. If you had not said perfect then it would have been fine. Murphy's law and all:) Subbed.
Had a fencing guy dig with hand tools to avoid hitting any pipes or wires instead of a post drilling tool, he still managed to cut my internet wire with his shovel lmao but it also wasn't his fault, for some reason, it wasn't in a conduit and it was only buried like 15cm.
I had to be a bucket truck man because of knee surgery I miss the work and love watching good climbers. You got a good ground team, hard to find. Awesome work
Those poly lines are really easy to repair.. it probably wasn't even damaged either. Now if it had been a gas line, that'd be a little scarier.. but those are usually much deeper.
iAndy wth where do you see poly. Every system I put in is fully dry and flex 1inch black poly main and lateral lines but this is a lateral pvc line. That shits twig, it just shatters. Junk system lol
Maybe lay several 4 x 8 sheets of 3/4 plywood in the areas large branches will fall onto. I pulled off a tricky one once - had to make a large branch fall in a certain direction and had no one to help so tied a cable to the branch connected to the rear hitch on my van which would pull the branch in the direction I wanted. Placed a large beam or tree trunk several feet in front of the van where I wanted it to stop. Started van, put it in gear (engine at idle speed), went back and cut branch - van pulled the branch away and then stopped when it reached the stop beam on the ground. Worked perfect! But yes, would have been better with a helper.
A month ago my cousin was cutting a tree about like this one, the guys on the ground pulled on one of the bigger limbs roped off putting his saw in a bind, a heavy wind came threw and where there had the pressure pulled on his saw it kicked out ,causing the saw to come back and hit him across the top of his head, he died hanging in that tree r.i.p. nathan.
Like that stihl saw you were using at the beginning. Just bought me an MS261 C-M 20 inch bar love it. Sadly though its still not big enough for a few trees I need to cut up but it will get through it lol. Love the videos!
(Having said that, Irrigation companies, unlike actual Utility Companies, could/should be providing schematics of their conduit, as a service to the client. Utility Companies are precluded from doing this for various logistical and legal reasons, but irrigation is different, and is on a property-by-property basis - nobody other than themselves stops them from providing this service.)
Nathan - If you are going to survive in the tree business, be ready to do TONS of legwork for your clients. Setting up mark-outs is just the ABC's.... There will be 12 other companies nearby, who will do this legwork, and that's just the way it goes....not only that, but, having taken care of the mark-outs, you still may lose the job to someone else....unless you have a magic system that will guard against that, Lol.....
Number 1: if you are going to fell that big you need to have it land flat; your notch should’ve been half the size to a much narrower angle so the hinge break sooner. Do your back cut, put your saw away, have your guys pull it and when the hinge break, direct(push) the butt down. But hey for me That’s the lazy way, you want to get down, it’s shitty out, you’re not thinking straight. Been there done that. Take your time bro, snap cut 4feet sections, have your guys roll the logs out of the way for the machine to grab while you position for the next cut. Remove the irrigation line out of the equation that’s still a pretty big hole you dug in your client’s lawn lol Me personally I dont need to finish the job in one day. If I’m tired and I know when my head is not in the game anymore I’m going home and finish the next day. Rushing through is not worth it. Go big or go home? I say go small AND go home. Stay safe bro.
I'm curious about the old Homelite chainsaws up on the wall, I've helped my old man and Grandpa cut alot of wood with an old Homelite super 2. Best saw I've ever owned.
Your a freaking Artist man. Maybe its just me but, I would not have cared about the irrigation line at all. Looked great to me but yeah its no my home. Really appreciate how you keep the ground men aware of your swing and drop points, very pro work.
Guys don't let sprinkler lines stress you out. The people who put them in got two hands just like you. You can order a couple different sizes of pipe & fittings online, very inexpensive. Can probably use your pruner to cut the pipe & splice in repairs. The 1st one I hit on a dig up got me so stressed, my boss didn't know anything about where we could get parts. Long long ago. Great work. Way to high for me, do you know how high you were up?
Appreciate you sharing this video to help educate! I see this video is a couple years old so maybe you've adjusted your practices since, but for anyone new out there... IT IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE TO USE A CHAINSAW ONE-HANDED! If you can't reach it with two, then you need to reposition yourself in the tree, our industry is dangerous enough and following simple rules like two-hands on a saw at all times might just save your life. Additionally chainsaw pants are also a smart idea... Safe working!
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and I quote "Ok, have a sense of humor people, blaming it on the groundsman was a jest, of course it wasn't his fault." That's absolutely true it wasn't his fault, but the book of tree law states (page 8, section 2) IT'S ALWAYS THE GROUNDIES FAULT. Broken fences, broken windows, broken greenhouses, third world poverty......all the groundies fault!!!!
Lmao. 🤣 I'm a groundie in the UK. My hubby is the climber. Its always his fault 😂😂😂 this team are great. Good communication is key. It's a brilliant job to do but it can go sideways so fast!. As long as no one gets hurt it's a good day 😉💖
This true. I shit you not, I moved a stump one day that hadn't been loaded out yet, since it was right near where the but of the tree we were dropping would be. Moved it out of the way at a 45 degree angle. Apparently they had a magnetic attraction because fuck if that tree didnt hit that stump when the dude dropped it. Nailed a fence.
Homeowner has some responsibility to inform the crew about the location of irrigation and other possible hazards
As it should be says the man high up in a fucking tree.
Rather than having a monkey crawling all around up in the tree, I just cut the tree down.
This is where I end up at 2am - started out with motorcycle videos , ends with a guy cutting down a tree, while standing on the tree
Mani Motard me too....wtf
yup
as im watching this at 2 am.......................................
Mani Motard ha ha me too at 8:00 pm
Mani Motard i started on moto vids Never mad it off this
Did I really just watch 10 minutes of a guy cutting a tree repeating “nice” “perfect” over and over again?
Is it bad that I enjoyed every minute of it
John Doe aggressive
Dont forget cooh
John Doe takes one to know one?
when you're hanging up there and thinking about all the ways that last cut could go wrong, then it goes right, you just gotta say something, a quiet sigh just don't fit the moment.
“Who’s the crew leader?”
“Ronnie”
“Ur fault”
Yeah that made me laugh so much!!
Yup
Haha hey it was the crew leaders fault. Climber did his job with a great attitude, rare to see nowadays.
I like the way you tell your ground crew they are doing a good job. A little praise goes a long way!
Exactly good communication with ground crew no stress or yelling etc, looks like a good crew to work with.
This is exactly the kind of person I'd want to work with. He let's you know when you're doing good, calmly lets you know if you need to do something different, and can calmly handle a situation (even crack a few jokes) when things don't go quite right. The guys that yell and scream their heads off aren't doing anything but making the job harder to do.
Very true. The climber didn't even have to compliment the ground guys that often but that is still 100 times better than screamers.
A little praise does go a long way but if you have to tell your guy on the rope everytime what to do, not good I think. Someone looks like a rookie. Which makes the owner look bad.
Wish my foreman would recognise my coworkers who climb
that guy is so encouraging
hes always like "good job" "nice" "perfect"
thats prob the best guy to work with ever
They might get overtired from his comments and decide to run a big saw at the bottom of the tree...He still say ...Nice ... or ...good job...
On camera. Lol who the hell knows what people do off.
We need to hear what he says when they screw up though. :)
@@Solkre82 ..Someone dial 911...
@Ulfhedinn Strength I have worked for mean people before so I would love to work with his type
46 years ago when I was 18 years old my buddy and I took the initiative to start a tree removal business before we went to college. . We purchased two chain saws and lots of ropes. Our first job went very well. As young kids we made more money in two days than we could have doing just about anything else for the entire summer. Our second job was a bit more complicated and we used my mothers car to direct and pull the falling limbs away from the nearly home as we removed the limbs from the top towards the base of the tree.. We changed positions with me now on the ground cutting up the fallen limbs while my friend re positioned himself to cut the next limb of the tree. As I was cutting the fallen limbs on the ground I felt splashes on my back. I reached around and noticed the splashes were blood. My buddy had lost balance and when he tried to regain stability he pushed the spike of one of his climber boots into his calf muscle severing a major blood vessel. He was losing consciousness when I discovered the problem. I lowered him down on the climbing line and raced him to the nearest hospital going 100 MPH. He was given a unit of blood and had the deep laceration repaired. It was a very frightening experience for two 18 year old kids.
Edward Dergosits Nice story.....thank you!
46 years later I remember it like it happened today.
did you touch his sausage for good luck on the way to the hospital?
Michael Collings - well the question to ask is .... Is Edward Dergosts gay? Prolly not . So i dont think he touched his sausage. Or did he ? 😆😂
Edward Dergosits- nice story - very unfortunate for what your friend had to go through
9:20 is when it happens. (For those that just came to see the one that mattered)
Thank you
That is honestly not a big deal. A few cheap fittings and its fixed in 5mins.
From the title I thought he hit the house, car, person... something big
this comment save 9:19 minutes of my life :-)
I find this really cool and enjoy this video. I liked the other parts of the video more actually
If there’s a video game for cutting trees down his voice should be on it “Perfect!” “Nice!” “You Lose!”
You forgot that hes says "cool" alot
That was beautiful!
And when you start cutting; Okay heads up!
EPIC
He said “very nice” a couple times
@@orangeblxry5192 ดสะาน
Started with guy scything grass now here lol.
Yo wtf how did I get in the same loop
yo wtf
did u also see the lawn nower accident video
yungsb holy shit wtf I did
Duffy United me to
It was a thin walled plastic irrigation line that cost 3 bucks for a short piece... 2 couplings, some primer and glue done! You and your team did an amazing job and awesome video.
Over 20 years ago I worked for the phone company in your area.I was digging a hole to replace an electric pole.I cut right through a phone line that was 2 inches in diameter.I asked the boss what it was and he said"those are some very expensive roots". He said "dont worry,noone will be calling anytime soon." Near manchester. I 44
The story of a lifetime. You better put it on your autobiography or on your epitaph
I will have it engraved on the family crest.
Lol I did some work laying phone cable. All I can say is, I’m more surprised that stuff doesn’t go out constantly. Even when we knew more or less where other lines were, nobody seemed to care in the slightest. ‘Guess the cables going out again” was probably the phrase I heard most. The scariest, “hope that’s an inactive gas line.”
Cool boss with a good sense of humor! Hard to find these days.
@@ozarkprepper1718 Funny as fuck mate.
"Awesome!!" "perfect!!" "Nice very nice!" .. Honestly wish the people I work with were more like that because for someone like me who's barely starting off in construction and since I do what other people tell me what to do saying stuff like that is such a morale boost and what they don't realize is that it encourages those who don't know much of what they're doing and are learning plus it makes the work more enjoyable
"Am I REALLY going to watch a video of a guy cutting down a tree for 10 minutes at 4 in the morning?.... OF COURSE I AM!"
The video WAS interesting, but I prefer the videos where the tree hits a house or vehicle.
9:43 i love that. the workplace banter when you actually like and are friends with your work mates
Wait, from all the videos I've seen on the subject, you're supposed to have someone hold your beer and just cut it at the very bottom, letting it fall on the house. No need for all that fancy rope stuff;)....lol...
Just get half your fee up front and flee.
Daeva23 you must be related to Dan.
Perfect, very nice
@@topsaw same
Fannyvifes
will take that happening over someone getting hurt any day the week
Absolutely!
Of course. Shit like that line can be replaced. People can't.
It's not like it was ever a choice between these things. What a dumb way to look at things.
Cheerful and positive, which is nice. But too dumb for me to follow
Justin McCoy Get back to me and say that again if you ever lose a loved one.
Justin McCoy You were the one trying to be smart.
good stuff dude.just found your videos.i have been doing tree removal since 1992 till couple years ago when I injured by back by falling from about 60 feet up a tree when a limb I cut swung out funny and pinched my safety line and severed it causing me to fall.i still run the business but I'm not the climber anymore and seeing your p. O. V. camera shots bring back that feeling of the past and it really cool.cut on brother!
60' fall you're lucky to be alive. That's why I sold my gear. I wasn't climbing often enough to stay in shape so I decided time to retire before I had a major accident.
Same here. I did climbing until 2008 when I was about 50' up in a pine tree and the roots of the tree gave out. Injured everything _but_ my back. I really, _really_ miss climbing, but I don't dare do it any more. I still love heights, but if I were to have another accident, I might not be so lucky next time. I can still run lines on the ground, and I still cut trees for firewood, but I sold my spikes and keep my boots on the ground now. Awesome video.
My dads fell 40. At the time it was my first year climbing so he wouldn’t let me climb the big pine. Dad was always in a rush to get it down because we was always behind in bills it was rough times. He cut the top out with the climbing line still tied in. Basically slung shot him too the ground. He survived and is doing better but still has life long problems. I’m the climber now I hate it because I’m under paid by my uncle. But I do it because it’s all I know and have ever done.
@@brittanypratt3345 where are you based?
@@garrisonawm 63 stil climbing love it
You sir are a bad ass. I could watch you work all day long. You know youre equipment, are a master arborist, give praise to your employees, and are having fun being a professional. Top notch.
Yep, I'd definitely work hard for and listen to this climber. Keeping morale high is definitely crucial in this line of work.
I'm a landscaper on a major college campus. We have inground irrigation literally everywhere. I've removed probably several hundred trees in the 20 years I've been here and have never seen anything like that. I'd just chalk that up to bad luck, get the lateral fixed, and move on. Great job! Very entertaining to watch, and I'm going to add this to my list of videos I show when training new people about tree work.
Is this an exhausting job? In your opinion is it long hours
It's funny how us tree guys always manage to find that one pipe in a back yard.
Trees for the pipe pipe to light up the tree
Same here when building construction! Its actually crazy!
or girls... lol
@@goodgirl99us or snowflakes
Murphy’s Law.
You're such an adrenaline junky, I'm such an armchair quarterback. Hat's off for keeping your ground crew motivated. With an attitude like that they're going to fight over who gets to go with you.
Why are ya'll so mean to the nice comment ? lul
Shawn Caney Did you just learn to use the word "Fuck" ? I'm fucking loving it.
Shawn Caney what is a weerdo?😂 learn grammar bud go back to 2nd grade
CTSCAPER shit happens
Moderator Sylveon yeah fix that grammar Shawn, damn
That is nothing lol. Try dropping a 14in log down through the top of a septic tank.
No disrespect John but that's pretty gay.
In the UK we call a really large poop a log. Never did one that was 14 inches though.
I don't have a septic tank either.
hahahaha gold...
well that sounds like a nasty piece of work. why is it people dont get utility layout maps before they do this? I mean it seems like a necessary precaution. or am I being unrealistic?
ted rebel I don't think simple lawn sprinkler irrigation systems are mapped out. Usually the homeowner just turns them on/off. They don't hold constant water pressure like your house pipes.
Never seen this guy, already respect him a lot. Commanding and authoritative but not to embarrassed to give his co workers complements.
These are the jobs I'd wanna do if I didn't have an overwhelming, irrational fear of heights.
Irrational? Nothing irrational about a healthy respect for one of the most powerful and mysterious forces in the universe. Gravity demands respect, and isn't shy about reminding us, anytime we have a lapse in memory.
@@mapleholler9800 Nah, it ain't healthy. Like I've been to a climbing five times now and have only made it to the top of one wall. It's wired because I love rollercoasters but I can't climb a twenty foot wall with a harness on.
I don't blame you. I was finishing concrete standing on a 10 inch beam.....barefooted and 8ft above a hardened concrete floor. I stood up too fast. Got overbalanced and knew I was going over backwards. Decided quickly that landing feet first was preferable to flat on my back, so I stepped back and landed flat on my feet. Hurt like h_ll. Have often thought about how much worse it might have been. Both of my sons were afraid of heights and both now work on wind turbines (+-260 ft) for a living. The pictures they take from standing on top, down to the ground, give me vertigo. Heights didn't used to bother me, but as they got more used to it, I seem to have gotten less so. Of course they are harnessed and tied into a restraint system, but still dangerous.
1 in 10,000 chance that branch would dig up that line. Wow.
Greg Dent thats what i wanted to comment about what are the chances it would dig in go under and pull the pipe cus now u have to check that hole section rather than being able to just replace a crushed section
1 in a lifetime would probably be more accurate, almost impossible to get that branch to fall the way it did AND in that particular spot
I know, I was about to say...That is some rare ass chances. That sucks though.
Then it's a certainty, not chance.
One thing I learned in landscaping....if you're trying to find a line, you won't. If you are trying/hoping NOT to find a line, you most certainly will!
Your climbing videos are always fun to watch. Just the right combo of danger, adventure and skill. My wife has asked me more than once (as she watches your videos with me) "why is watching a guy trim trees so interesting?" I think it is because we appreciate your work ethic and you are truly good at what you do. For me, I would add that it is satisfying to see something so untamed being tamed by one man (with a ground crew of course).
I am constantly impressed by your ability to predict where a limb will fall once it is cut. Perhaps you could do a video sometime that details your process of tying off a branch. For added interest, place a target on the ground that you are aiming for just to highlight your skill.
My favorite video will always be F-U-D-T-S. Keep up the good work and stay safe!
Thanks =) Much appreciated
I like this guy
"It dont mean shit im the new guy"
John Doe Relax Johnny...
it's just a little back and fourth, they're obviously fucking with each other lol
John Doe lol
whatdehelman no that means this person likes his sense of humor
LMAO yeah I liked that part too
Don't mind me I was just taking a dump and started with how to put a tie rod and ended up here at 3:05 am
9:35 God why does everything have to be over 10 minutes now.
u need more votes
Because of the algorithm.
6:38 GOOD
9:26 BAD
Man, that thing popped that line out of the ground like a gopher...
I like to imagine these guys get paid based on the number of "Cool"s, "Very Nice"s, and "Perfect"s there are on the job.
All of 'em get wiped out with one 'oh, shit'.
Three years ago I had a 60 foot tree in my backyard that I was afraid would blow over during a wind storm. I was crazy enough to think that I could take it down myself. After climbing about half way up, looking down at all the potential damage I'd cause on my neighbor's decking roof and his storage shed, it was actually cheaper to hire a professional crew to do the job and haul the stuff away. They also ended up with a lot of firewood to sell.
Two weeks ago, my 25 foot pine tree blew over onto my other neighbors garage. That was an easy one to do starting with the lower branches and all the trunk branches to lessen the weight, then onto of the garage roof to lessen the load on the roof. After cutting the trunk down to lower roof level, only then started to remove the soft branches cushioning the weight on the roof. Turns out that there was no damage done to the roof because green branches cushioned the weight and the trunk at the bottom was resting against a fence. When I watched this video, these guys have my respect on the way their tree came down. Too many people don't realize that ir's a science to take a tree down without damaging anything. Somebody going wild with a chainsaw can hurt property or themselves through sheer ignorance if they don't take the tree down in a logical manner.
I know this is an older video that being said, I have been working for my best friend for about 2 years now doing tree work. I was climbing certified in the military and was an instructor at one point. So I helped him learn gaffing techniques.
Fast forward to today and we are a licensed, bonded, and insured. We are starting to expand rapidly and are moving into bigger and bigger tree work. I mainly stay on the ground now do to my age and military disabilities. I’m learning more and more rigging techniques. Any other videos you may be able to recommend for “semi instructional” content would be great!
I am scheduled to go to a 7 day rigging school at the end of this season also.
I like the fact that you give positive reinforcement to your ground crew. That's the sign of aa good boss.
Yes sir, too many screamers nowadays, which I believe hurts both productivity and morale.
This is logging done safely and professionally. Very clean cuts, the saw has been well maintained, and proper safety procedures (tie offs, communication, etc.) are being utilized. I would def hire these guys.
At least I know I’m not the only one watching this in 2019
Craig Moorer yeah that was a job well done!!!!!
Stihl saw's new, 395xp's shiny for old saw
Cooh!
Cooh!
VERY nice!
Much better.
PEEEEERRRFECT!
Solesky nice very nice... Cool.. Perfect...uncomfortable... Nice... Nice....nice
Solesky CanDy CrUsH
I see what you did there. I’m picking up what you’re laying down.
Dude, I have serious Acrophobia, so bad even my mom was afraid of height when she had me in the belly; she couldn't even stand on overpass.
And here I am, watching you chop away an old, dying & rotten tree on the tree top. My feet were itchy as hell even if I was just watching a GoPro footage... you have my respect, sir, stay safe!
*"Very nice!" "Good job!"* *"Purfect!"* *"Cool."*
Could throw a "sweet" in there. Then they might think Cartman is running the saw.
I used to do tree work. Nah, not really. Not compared to you.
If the tree was close to anything important I passed. I didn’t have the balls to work close to houses and cars, power lines etc. I was comfortable high up in the tree, just didn’t like being close to peoples stuff.
Anyway, it’s nice to see someone that knows what they are doing. Cheers!
I haven't finished your video, but all I can say is that you are awesome. I can't help but notice that every time you cut a limb, and your guys do what you want, you give them positive feedback. I feel like in this harder labor work there is nothing but negativity. Overall very impressed by your Jobsite attitude.
someone knows how to lead!!!
That is one of the most dangerous jobs to have. There has to be communication as to what is going on at all times. Everyone needs to be on the same page. I still puckered when those branches teetertottered back at him, geez.
I'd love to work for this guy, his constant positive affirmations would inspire me to work hard lol! "Very nice" "Perfect"
Manifold Max any good climber- groundcrew relationship should be like this, in the words of my instructor when I first learned, “you should feel like siblings”
You are very skilled at rigging. You scared me more than once, but you were spot on every time. You made your saw work look easy, when it really never is. Amazing video. Sorry about the irrigation line, but if I’m your client I’m thinking about the worries you saved me not the little one fixable with a 99 cent coupling. Your teacher and mentor is proud of you. Thanks for sharing, and all the best.
It's just a sprinkler pipe my friend, if the homeowner has a fit about that he probably doesn't live in the real world, s--t happens. Easy fix no harm done. The work you did was performed well, and no house damage. In 62 and still cutting trees by myself as a sideline. You can take EVERY precaution on the planet, but the odds will still get you once in a while. You are good at what you do, and I watch you to learn. I have cut more then a thousand trees and I still learn stuff every day. Good job.
I love your communication with your ground crew, clear and concise, they know what you want and they seem to do what you say, nice team work.
Sucks about the pipe in the ground, stuff happens.
Cheers from Tokyo!
6:30 I kept rewinding to watch how it actually did swing around in the same motion your arm made like holy SHIT
Kit Palencar it just followed the anchor line which is where it had no choice but to follow that route.
I like the part where he said "nice"
I must of missed that part can you leave a stamp to help me find it thanks
He never said the word nice though
@@rickyblinkeye yty.ggggvgvvggggfxyfyygfgytfygytgugtyg
Which part?
That blue chainsaw hanging on your wall over your left shoulder looks like an early 1970s Homelite those are very collectible. I like the way you talk to your crew that's very respectable. The damage to the waterline is minimal real easy fix good job on the tree. I've cut for over 20 years again excellent job!
For a 19 year old, I find working for a tree cutting service very entertaining. I'm 19 bout to turn 20 and I've been working with cutting trees for a few months but one thing I like more about your videos is how you climb the trees and cut off any branches, I just use a bucket but climbing would be making work so much more fun.
Last week we were finishing up a job re- installing fence we took down for a job. One of my operators "forgot" we just installed the chain link fence post and folded it in half. Mind you this is about the time I was going to ask for the check. The job ain't over til your sitting at the shop having a drink with the guys.
Freaking FENCES!!! (Was the operator drinking? A shiny object, 4' high...."should" be hard to miss, Lol)
Samuel Luria especially on the mini skid which is amazing for visibility! He is young guy. Been with me 4 months. Good worker. Just always in a hurry trying to impress. He helped me come back couple days later to replace and restretch the chain link so he knows he did wrong and in sure he wont do it again.
Apparently, it was darn near impossible to miss, since he didn't.
Guys.... I was just breaking horns....like I always do....if you only knew, all the whacky happenings that we go through, Lol....you would KNOW that I'm just commiserating!😜😜😜
Shoot! - I myself just cut a $200 libe on Wednesday, cause I was on the phone with bill collectors, while I was bucking a 50" Oak..... nobody to blame but my DAWGONE SELF!!! Too busy cussin' at the guy on the other end of the line....😂
I haven't been online/RUclips in a while and right when I logged on here I seen this video and realized that you are alright and back to work after your fall and surgeries! Great to see you back kicking ass and taking...down trees! Lol! Be safe, brotha! \m/
Irrigation line? That would take about 15 minutes to fix. No worries and nice work overall.
5 minutes top
buddy of mine cut irrigation lines all the time he is planting something.
just carry a bag of connectors
Slip fix. Will fix that.
K&S Tree Service Go Pro Heard those create issues a couple years after installation .. Some guy from the city had us stop using those and just use couplings :/
Yeah, no big deal if you break or cut the pipe unless... you pull the pipe like that log did, then you may have problems on your hands. Pipes are usually connected to things, things like sprinkler heads, other pipes and even pumps. I doubt that the folks who put that pipe in left some slack in it just in case something like this happened.
new to your channel, thanks!
Aww lol that’s the most perfect destruction of a pvc irrigation line and I install and service irrigation lmao. That shit was perfect, easy enough to fix. Too many people use that junk pvc though with no master valve so water is always filling the lines way out into the yards usually to the valves but the right way to do it is 1foot of pvc off the backflow or whatever 2-3 foot. Stay close to the house and put a master valve coming off the pvc right at the house then run 1 inch black poly line throughout the whole system. Dry throughout the whole yard if you hit something main line it doesn’t just blow water infinitely out of the ground til you find a backflow to shut off. Tbh I wouldn’t let this one get you down, it’s more unique than anything that was meant to happen lmao 😂
Called the power company about wires in a roadside tree. It was on the outside of the sidewalk. I called prior to grinding some roots and releveling a couple sidewalk sections.
My call to them was also about the root grinding I had to do to repair that walk. In our town the sidewalk is the property owner's responsibility, but the trees between the walk and the road way are the electric company's if wires are involved.
Anyway, they cut for 2 hours or so, then sat there doing nothing for another hour. I figured lunch break.
But when I went out to look at the work I found they they had finished and were waiting on a supervisor.
Seems they cracked 2 of the walkway sections. They dropped a couple 12" dia by 2' pieces that landed on my walk from 15-20 feet.
You would think a 4 man crew of tree trimmers would have at least on guy who knew that might be a problem.
Because I had moved the concrete and put it back it was weaker than if I had put new. But still, it was 100 yr old crete. I've move sidewalk, and releveled concrete a couple times before without a problem. In fact there are a couple sections that I moved 25 years ago about 30' from the ones they cracked. Those are dead level and line up perfectly with a landing slab I poured at the same time.
What really pissed me off was that they should have seen the first crack they made. Luckily, the cracks were not bad enough that I had to replace the pieces. This happened 2 years ago and they are still stable and walkable. Two winters later they are definitely settled.
I told them to leave rather than have the supervisor come. Let them off the hook so to speak. I also told the one guy that if I had paid to have new crete put in and they'd broken if I'd be demanding they replace it.
"Uh. Be more careful at the next place."
Hilarious! Nice job. If you can take care of a tree that size and only bend some Schedule-40....you're doing great!
What. That’s.... that’s not... schedule 40 is thick sidewall drainage pipe. What I install in French drains and such. 4 inch pipe. That’s a 1 inch poly lateral irrigation line meaning that irrigation system is also junk anyways.
Damn, is was getting vertigo just from watching this video. I can't imagine actually being up there. You are a bad ass.
I’m halfway through the video and I already have anxiety
My son does this, mine went through the roof minutes in.
Just a tip on dropping large pieces of wood.. regardless of utilities under the ground be mindful of turf damage and use the 20% method and your pieces will land flat.
All that for an irrigation line?? Two couplings and a new piece of pipe and that thing is fine. 🙄🙄
You Sir, are one brave man. They could not pay me enough to do what you do.
Your day can be easy as pie or extremely frustrating depending on the skill level of the rope man...i've found it is one of those jobs people underestimate the importance of. Knowing when to pull, hold it, or let it run can be the difference between life and death for the climber...I HATE having a rookie on the line! Lol. Great vid tho! I would still call it a successful job. Shouldn't have been too expensive of a fix.
Jd hairiest M Toxic, and also a nice controllable belay, a portawrap is worth its weight in gold, and simpifies teaching the ropes to a gr.mn
GOTTA have a port-a-wrap. I have my girl run ropes...SO SMOOTH, and also has the common sense of a female. The voice of reason if you will.
Jd hairiest M Toxic
I'm gonna take a wild stab at this, but I'm thinkin', and correct me if I'm wrong😕, but I'm thinkin' that somewhere along the line that maybe at one time, lets see here.....YOU were a rookie, no?
🤔hmmmm...a little bit of the kettle calling the pot black?? NOBODY starts out as a professional....jmo
That pipe waited its whole life for that glorious moment
I just wanted to tell ya to "keep it up!" And great job letting your crew know they were doing well. I love to see that in humans and it makes me hopeful for the future. Great job dude!
Super pro, hardwood, looks like an ash tree, only thing as advised,"experience,,18- 36" best removed slings,, and for felling, sharpened like a pencil doesn't do what we would think,, very good job! also good ground man👍
It's you're fault, I'm just the new guy! Priceless
All the power to ya brother. I am not a heights person at all. Watching your video im just like, man at least he's getting closer to the ground, lol. What are the chances of that happening and actually digging a irrigation line up. That sucks too, probably had to re dingo that whole line. I can't stand doing irrigation, mostly because we're out on a desert all day lol...
Hey don't sweat it. In a way yes I understand it's your (Company, crew, etc) responsibility to make sure stuff like that isn't there, but in a way if the homeowner doesn't tell you if they have them or have them marked with paint, it's honestly on them in my opinion. I know that's not a good image for a company to tell the owner that or the right thing to do probably legally, but I think you understand what I'm getting at. Nice work regardless!
Since it's not the right thing to do, for your business reputation, or legally, then no - nobody can get what you're saying.
Okay you can't get out of something legally or maintain a good business reputation by calling the owner a dumbass for not having the lines marked. So yes, people know what I'm saying regardless of your personal comprehension on it. It's common sense to mark lines regardless of the material the lines are made of or what they're used for to let workers know what's below their feet. What if that was a gas line for some reason? That could've been a huge mess because of the homeowners negligence and lack of common sense.
Jay Doubleyhoo when I had my fence installed I had to have a guy come and identify lines in the ground. Wanna know why? The people making my fence doesn't have the responsibility to know where all the shit in my ground is, but to just make me my fence (btw the retards didn't even do it properly but unrelated).
lol - Do you see how the responsibility might shift, between a fence company, whom you are ASKING to dig in your property, by definition, and an arborist, whom you as the homeowner have NOT in any way, asked or permitted, to do any sort of "unearthing", intentional or otherwise?? You might not be a business owner, so these categorical differences may have no relevance to you...
lol - Do you see how the responsibility might shift, between a fence company, whom you are ASKING to dig in your property, by definition, and an arborist, whom you as the homeowner have NOT in any way, asked or permitted, to do any sort of "unearthing", intentional or otherwise?? You might not be a business owner, so these categorical differences may have no relevance to you...
One sprinkler is no big deal it is just great you got the tree down with only that. I think you did a wonderful job. i would be terrified to climb up there and do that. Hope all your jobs is this great for you and be safe.
Awesome video. I wonder how many people really grasp how much skill is involved in what you are doing? You're a Boss!
Mud Puddle There is a lot of skill involved in this job, however using a chainsaw one handed up a tree while cutting is very unsafe and should not be aloud even if it is quicker. People like to build their reputation in this industry by how quick you can get a tree down safely and quickly, with two hands on the chainsaw also! But you could argue that some company’s let you get away with one handed cutting where as some others don’t.
So here i am 2:14 on a rainy night watching a guy chop trees. 0 regrets!
Absolutely your fault because you said it was going "PERFECT" @5:15.
If you had not said perfect then it would have been fine.
Murphy's law and all:)
Subbed.
Ain’t nothing compared to a third party contractor with a backhoe - lookout underground utilities!
😬
Had a fencing guy dig with hand tools to avoid hitting any pipes or wires instead of a post drilling tool, he still managed to cut my internet wire with his shovel lmao but it also wasn't his fault, for some reason, it wasn't in a conduit and it was only buried like 15cm.
I had to be a bucket truck man because of knee surgery I miss the work and love watching good climbers. You got a good ground team, hard to find. Awesome work
Very dangerous work - liked your vocals to the crew . Interesting video thanks!
So this is what John Cena does on his off days
LMAO
Música
Teddy Roosevelt is he up in the tree? I cant see him up there?
LMAO I was thinking the exact same thing! This dude has the voice of a legend
Hes alot sexier than Cena thank you very much
" nice, very nice, perfect"..
Does he say that during sex ? Hahahaa
I don´t think so. Unless he tries to motivate himself during a very bad lay.
You don't? I do!
Only when he's choking his log.
Wolf Lady wouldn’t you like to find out? You old cougar. 😂
Lol
Those poly lines are really easy to repair.. it probably wasn't even damaged either.
Now if it had been a gas line, that'd be a little scarier.. but those are usually much deeper.
iAndy wth where do you see poly. Every system I put in is fully dry and flex 1inch black poly main and lateral lines but this is a lateral pvc line. That shits twig, it just shatters. Junk system lol
doesnt look code compliant anyway. usually need at least 6 inches of depth when youre burying these types of things
Maybe lay several 4 x 8 sheets of 3/4 plywood in the areas large branches will fall onto.
I pulled off a tricky one once - had to make a large branch fall in a certain direction and had no one to help so tied a cable to the branch connected to the rear hitch on my van which would pull the branch in the direction I wanted. Placed a large beam or tree trunk several feet in front of the van where I wanted it to stop. Started van, put it in gear (engine at idle speed), went back and cut branch - van pulled the branch away and then stopped when it reached the stop beam on the ground. Worked perfect!
But yes, would have been better with a helper.
Forget the "oops". You (and crew) are incredibly skilled at what is an incredibly hazardous job. Nothing but respect after watching that.
There was supposed to be nothing there. The homeowner was sure. I punched a hole into a septic tank. Occidental, California 1990. Definitely crap.
LOL
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well shit, strong, putrid 6 month old shit
A month ago my cousin was cutting a tree about like this one, the guys on the ground pulled on one of the bigger limbs roped off putting his saw in a bind, a heavy wind came threw and where there had the pressure pulled on his saw it kicked out ,causing the saw to come back and hit him across the top of his head, he died hanging in that tree r.i.p. nathan.
I love the way he says “cool” after every branch
69th branch cut. "Nice!"
great video, I was a climber for 20 years both with the City of Los Angeles and my own tree company. Bummed there was no GoPro then
Like that stihl saw you were using at the beginning. Just bought me an MS261 C-M 20 inch bar love it. Sadly though its still not big enough for a few trees I need to cut up but it will get through it lol. Love the videos!
It could have happened to anyone to have that happen the homeowner should have had those lines marked for your company
homeowners typically have zero idea where the irrigation guy ran the sprinkler lines.
Blake, they come through and mark them with spray paint. They obviously don'y know where they are, that's why they have them marked
Not the homeowner's "job" to do mark-outs.
(Having said that, Irrigation companies, unlike actual Utility Companies, could/should be providing schematics of their conduit, as a service to the client. Utility Companies are precluded from doing this for various logistical and legal reasons, but irrigation is different, and is on a property-by-property basis - nobody other than themselves stops them from providing this service.)
Nathan - If you are going to survive in the tree business, be ready to do TONS of legwork for your clients. Setting up mark-outs is just the ABC's.... There will be 12 other companies nearby, who will do this legwork, and that's just the way it goes....not only that, but, having taken care of the mark-outs, you still may lose the job to someone else....unless you have a magic system that will guard against that, Lol.....
thats just incredibly unlucky lol. great job otherwise
Drinking game: take a drink every time he says “nice”
Number 1: if you are going to fell that big you need to have it land flat; your notch should’ve been half the size to a much narrower angle so the hinge break sooner. Do your back cut, put your saw away, have your guys pull it and when the hinge break, direct(push) the butt down. But hey for me That’s the lazy way, you want to get down, it’s shitty out, you’re not thinking straight. Been there done that.
Take your time bro, snap cut 4feet sections, have your guys roll the logs out of the way for the machine to grab while you position for the next cut. Remove the irrigation line out of the equation that’s still a pretty big hole you dug in your client’s lawn lol Me personally I dont need to finish the job in one day. If I’m tired and I know when my head is not in the game anymore I’m going home and finish the next day. Rushing through is not worth it. Go big or go home? I say go small AND go home. Stay safe bro.
I would gladly come work on your crew. You are very upbeat and encouraging
Til he blames you for his fuck ups hahahaha
it's the Husky's fault. everything was going perfectly with the Stihl.
Isn't it always the way?
frank I said the same thing
Husky on the ground Stihl up the tree 😜
I'm curious about the old Homelite chainsaws up on the wall, I've helped my old man and Grandpa cut alot of wood with an old Homelite super 2. Best saw I've ever owned.
9:28 when things go bad. Your welcome
You have helped so many ADD rattled, impatient millennials with your comment.
darkandy11 I don't get it, what went wrong?
Carl Johnson the tree went into the ground and pulled up the pipe, and it broke
Honestly I was so intrigued by the video that I waited in anticipation to see what would happen. Pretty neat if you ask me.
John Be Bad Wow, such an original comment with even more original insults. I bet you're anti-adblock as well.
Your a freaking Artist man. Maybe its just me but, I would not have cared about the irrigation line at all. Looked great to me but yeah its no my home. Really appreciate how you keep the ground men aware of your swing and drop points, very pro work.
Thanks =)
Guys don't let sprinkler lines stress you out. The people who put them in got two hands just like you. You can order a couple different sizes of pipe & fittings online, very inexpensive. Can probably use your pruner to cut the pipe & splice in repairs.
The 1st one I hit on a dig up got me so stressed, my boss didn't know anything about where we could get parts. Long long ago.
Great work. Way to high for me, do you know how high you were up?
I agree with CTSSCAPER awsome boss good way to keep his crew motivated keep up the good work its hard finding awsome bosses.
According to physics just cutting it from the bottom will save you a lot of time
True, but it won't save money if you destroy the customer's property dropping an entire tree in their small backyard
@Nolan Hall hell if that was a joke I didn't catch it either. Wasn't that funny I suppose.
I thought you crushed a sprinkler head, not unearthed a line. Just get your branches to hit flat and not like shovels. You will be fine
FishFind3000 hi
Thanks, captain.
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Theres a relationship between the length of the piece being cut and the distance that it falls from that determines how it hits the ground...
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Appreciate you sharing this video to help educate! I see this video is a couple years old so maybe you've adjusted your practices since, but for anyone new out there... IT IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE TO USE A CHAINSAW ONE-HANDED! If you can't reach it with two, then you need to reposition yourself in the tree, our industry is dangerous enough and following simple rules like two-hands on a saw at all times might just save your life. Additionally chainsaw pants are also a smart idea... Safe working!
Nice to see him pumping up his ground crew and giving them props. They are a big part in keeping him and the job safe.