@@eclipsearchery9387 yeah my thoughts too. I didn’t want to tie it any higher because the tie on point can’t be higher than the block. I would have cut it lower. I was hesitant to do that because we were pushing the limits of that half in rope. It also didn’t help that the piece wasn’t very symmetrical and had tips that hung off of the centerline of the piece
Very well done. Working over or by lines like that always make you definitely think things through. Also very glad homeowner didnt do it himself as well.
Your ground guy ran that top perfectly!! It looked like you may have got away with the wineglass trick with that one 👏👏👏👏 I'm never shocked to see you do a fantastic removal and thankfully, with this tree, neither were you! 😁 Sorry, I couldn't resist that ome, it was just to obvious to leave it out!! 😂👍👍👍👍👍
Hi Zach, thanks for another great video. The sugar Maple sure looked gorgeous with the full Fall colors. Glad that you got that one limb down safely that you had to go down to help with. It looks a little scary from our view that you were directly below that big limb coming down. Glad that you were able to control it so it didn't fall too fast. Working near Power lines is never fun so glad everything worked out safely in the end.
@@benburns5995 thanks Ben! I’m glad it worked out too. Not my proudest moment, but we were able to save it without any terrible consequences. We were blessed to have a couple weeks of nice colors here in Ohio. The weather was pretty nice too!
@@stevebrowning5081 thanks Steve! I try really hard to keep calm. I think it helps reach a resolution faster than getting excited and yelling and getting everyone else all excited.
@ thanks man! I think my a big part of it may just be experience. Once you’ve seen a lot of stuff happen, you start to realize what is a big deal and what isn’t.
@@Estwing22 I didn’t say the touching the power lines wasn’t a big deal. It is an important thing to avoid. Something else that is important is not letting a mistake upset you and cloud your judgement for the rest of the job. The large limb that we rigged down wasn’t a big deal when it reached over the wires. It would have been a very big deal if it laid up on them. That would have been cause for hollering at everyone to get back and avoid contact with the tree, rope, rigging equipment, and even the ground surrounding the tree.
Great job buddy as always very very nice work God bless stay safe also anytime I get around the power lines I am nervous but I am focused and I am wide awake always you have to be stay safe brother
@@br-dj2ti I hear you there! I don’t really enjoy working around primary lines. I’m always happy to let someone with better equipment do it. This customer was talking about renting a lift and giving it a go. I’m really glad he decided to let us do it for him.
Zach just be careful around those 3 phase primary wires the local power co will do a make safe in that situation. Shut off or guard the wire and sometime would remove the limbs over wires
@@robertvannicolo4435 A line kill may have been in order here. I believe the property owner inquired to have the tree trimmed, but the power company denied his request.
Around here, Peco around Philadelphia in most cases 3 phase they will guard if they can't isolate a small power shut off. Although it takes about 2 months to get it done. Years ago would take about a week or so. But 2 months is better than dying. Many years ago, I had a small limb touching a primary went to touch it to knock off wire, got a tingle big wake-up call, and not to mess with live wires. Have know a few other guys who died from electrocution
@ Aw man, I’m really sorry to hear you’ve had that experience. I think I mentioned in the video that electrocution is the main cause of death in this industry. It is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Thank you for reminding of the severity of the situation
@@craiglange1781 thanks! I really like my silky sugoi for a handsaw and I also really love my weekend talons for spurs. Both are a little on the pricey side, but I think they’re worth it.
As a fellow climber, I understand the desire to get things done quicker, or in a way that seems like less effort, but I worry about some of the choices made here. I generally try to shoot for the lowest risk option, which is sometimes a bigger piece that has you making fewer cuts, but I sae lots of opportunities here to climb high and cut small, so that you steer clear of the lines and don't hit yourself with the butt end of a big piece. Be safe up there buddy.
@@matiascamprubi-soms7719 Mighty fair perspective. It sounds like you maybe don’t have a bunch of experience with lifting big pieces. The alternative would have involved climbing above a safe rope angle in order to drop small enough pieces that may or may not have done damage to the sugar maple tree. Climb high and cut small is a great principle, however it doesn’t always apply to decurrent trees the way it does to excurrent trees. Force vector consideration is way, way more important in decurrent trees.
@@jiffypop247 The short of it is early in my career I once charged a tree while I was in it. Zach and I have talked about doing a podcast or something so the whole story can come out in that... stay tuned!
thats one thing I try and avoid, ropes around power lines, some ropes are "technically" non conductive, but you can't trust that they are perfectly clean and dry! usually I just cut really small and let the stuff bounce off the wires, if its short enough then it won't short out on the wire, they can take a lot more than most people think they can, not advisable but it was part of the discussion during my EHAP certification course, rather hit the wire with a limb on purpose, than accidentally hit a wire with a rope someones holding now, there are insulating bars you can install mid line if you so choose, I don't like them but for some things like pole pruner ropes we have to have them
@@WoodCutr1 I have seen those bars for pruner poles. I can see how free falling limbs like that might be a viable solution in some scenarios. I definitely wouldn’t want to trust any rope to be non conductive. Most of the season there is some moisture in my rigging ropes 😅
So I’m new to tree work in the US. We didnt have powerlines running to houses back home. How scared/aware should I be of the one running to the house? Can I safely come close to those with a lift to cut/prune?
@@mreggbird service lines to houses around here are typically only 220v which is still enough to kill you. They are insulated though and a lot cheaper to repair. I still try to avoid touching them because the insulation is too often cracked or damaged. If you want to pursue a solid education about working around wires, take a EHAP Certification course. It’ll be well worth it and might save your life someday.
@@small-town-southern-man3573 oh man, I have been blessed to avoid it from power lines. I did get shocked just a little bit when my wire core lanyard dangled into an electric cattle fence though.
@ While doing some routine trimming while on storm deployment back in 1989, we were trimming around primaries on a fence row. The trees basically had a tunnel through the canopy where they’d burned back from the primary. These were like 2kv, (low voltage for primaries), but every few minutes I’d get buzzed through my hooks when a limb would brush the wire. (The old days when we wore hooks all the time.) Exciting for sure.
@@visinskiradovihn haha that is true 😂 I think there is definitely appropriate time and place for big and small pieces. I’d say that big piece in this video was an excellent example of poor judgment on that matter.
Just before that piece over the line I was thinking 'umm that's a lot of tip weight.....' glad it worked out for ya! Another enjoyable video :)
@@eclipsearchery9387 yeah my thoughts too. I didn’t want to tie it any higher because the tie on point can’t be higher than the block. I would have cut it lower. I was hesitant to do that because we were pushing the limits of that half in rope. It also didn’t help that the piece wasn’t very symmetrical and had tips that hung off of the centerline of the piece
Very well done. Working over or by lines like that always make you definitely think things through. Also very glad homeowner didnt do it himself as well.
@@brandon-rustystreecare me too man, me too!
Great explanations! Enjoyed watching your teams skills in action near danger.
@@johnsandell4501 thanks John!
🎉👍💪 you did a great job, cutting down the trees without damaging the surrounding area, You are great and very brave 👍
@@pekerja27 thanks!
Great job !!!!! Very dangerous ! Thanks for sharing !!!
@@abecombs4349 you’re welcome!
Your ground guy ran that top perfectly!! It looked like you may have got away with the wineglass trick with that one 👏👏👏👏 I'm never shocked to see you do a fantastic removal and thankfully, with this tree, neither were you! 😁 Sorry, I couldn't resist that ome, it was just to obvious to leave it out!! 😂👍👍👍👍👍
Hahaha, nothing wrong with that 😂
I’m not familiar with the wine glass trick, at least not by that name. Could you explain it to me or link a video?
“Never underestimate your opponent”, good advice. Nice job.
@@woodworker3122 thanks!
Hi Zach, thanks for another great video. The sugar Maple sure looked gorgeous with the full Fall colors.
Glad that you got that one limb down safely that you had to go down to help with. It looks a little scary from our view that you were directly below that big limb coming down. Glad that you were able to control it so it didn't fall too fast.
Working near Power lines is never fun so glad everything worked out safely in the end.
@@benburns5995 thanks Ben! I’m glad it worked out too. Not my proudest moment, but we were able to save it without any terrible consequences.
We were blessed to have a couple weeks of nice colors here in Ohio. The weather was pretty nice too!
Nice job man. We have a lot of those lantern flies on the coast here in Connecticut.
@@dankotos61 I’ve heard they’re really bad in a few places on the east coast. Not fun
It's incredible how calm you stay through the whole thing! Very impressive.
@@stevebrowning5081 thanks Steve! I try really hard to keep calm. I think it helps reach a resolution faster than getting excited and yelling and getting everyone else all excited.
@zaccheus it really shows! I honestly strive to be as calm and decisive as you are when I'm climbing
@ thanks man! I think my a big part of it may just be experience. Once you’ve seen a lot of stuff happen, you start to realize what is a big deal and what isn’t.
@@zaccheus I completely agree.
@@Estwing22 I didn’t say the touching the power lines wasn’t a big deal. It is an important thing to avoid.
Something else that is important is not letting a mistake upset you and cloud your judgement for the rest of the job.
The large limb that we rigged down wasn’t a big deal when it reached over the wires. It would have been a very big deal if it laid up on them. That would have been cause for hollering at everyone to get back and avoid contact with the tree, rope, rigging equipment, and even the ground surrounding the tree.
Very nice work zach and always enjoyable to watch 🤙
Thanks Greg!
Great job buddy as always very very nice work God bless stay safe also anytime I get around the power lines I am nervous but I am focused and I am wide awake always you have to be stay safe brother
@@br-dj2ti I hear you there! I don’t really enjoy working around primary lines. I’m always happy to let someone with better equipment do it. This customer was talking about renting a lift and giving it a go. I’m really glad he decided to let us do it for him.
@@zaccheus yeah you were right about that buddy
remember it's not the volts that kills its the amps 😉👍 im glad i could help
@@nicolaisvlog8701 yes! But it’s the voltage that makes us vulnerable.
Zach just be careful around those 3 phase primary wires the local power co will do a make safe in that situation. Shut off or guard the wire and sometime would remove the limbs over wires
@@robertvannicolo4435 A line kill may have been in order here. I believe the property owner inquired to have the tree trimmed, but the power company denied his request.
Around here, Peco around Philadelphia in most cases 3 phase they will guard if they can't isolate a small power shut off. Although it takes about 2 months to get it done. Years ago would take about a week or so. But 2 months is better than dying. Many years ago, I had a small limb touching a primary went to touch it to knock off wire, got a tingle big wake-up call, and not to mess with live wires. Have know a few other guys who died from electrocution
@ Aw man, I’m really sorry to hear you’ve had that experience. I think I mentioned in the video that electrocution is the main cause of death in this industry. It is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Thank you for reminding of the severity of the situation
Awesome job brother
@@toddjacks8288 thanks Todd!
Good job. I do right of way work so everything I cut is by the lines. You did a great job redirecting those limbs
Thanks man. It’s not something I do everyday and it’s rewarding to hear that from someone more experienced in that department than I am.
Nicely done. What type of hand saw and spurs did you use for this removal?
@@craiglange1781 thanks! I really like my silky sugoi for a handsaw and I also really love my weekend talons for spurs. Both are a little on the pricey side, but I think they’re worth it.
@@zaccheusWhat length do you prefer?
@ I think I have the 360
Great video
@@michaelwhiteoldtimer7648 thanks Michael!
As a fellow climber, I understand the desire to get things done quicker, or in a way that seems like less effort, but I worry about some of the choices made here. I generally try to shoot for the lowest risk option, which is sometimes a bigger piece that has you making fewer cuts, but I sae lots of opportunities here to climb high and cut small, so that you steer clear of the lines and don't hit yourself with the butt end of a big piece. Be safe up there buddy.
@@matiascamprubi-soms7719 Mighty fair perspective. It sounds like you maybe don’t have a bunch of experience with lifting big pieces.
The alternative would have involved climbing above a safe rope angle in order to drop small enough pieces that may or may not have done damage to the sugar maple tree. Climb high and cut small is a great principle, however it doesn’t always apply to decurrent trees the way it does to excurrent trees. Force vector consideration is way, way more important in decurrent trees.
A little tickle with the power lines 😱!!!!!! Of course you know my story with them!
@@osagejon8972 yeahhhhh, I wasn’t a fan of that.
Any more background to this story?
What happened can you please explain thank you
@@br-dj2ti Osage Jon has a lot of good stories, would you guys be interested in a video where he shared some of his favorites?
@@jiffypop247 The short of it is early in my career I once charged a tree while I was in it. Zach and I have talked about doing a podcast or something so the whole story can come out in that... stay tuned!
thats one thing I try and avoid, ropes around power lines, some ropes are "technically" non conductive, but you can't trust that they are perfectly clean and dry!
usually I just cut really small and let the stuff bounce off the wires, if its short enough then it won't short out on the wire, they can take a lot more than most people think they can, not advisable but it was part of the discussion during my EHAP certification course, rather hit the wire with a limb on purpose, than accidentally hit a wire with a rope someones holding
now, there are insulating bars you can install mid line if you so choose, I don't like them but for some things like pole pruner ropes we have to have them
@@WoodCutr1 I have seen those bars for pruner poles. I can see how free falling limbs like that might be a viable solution in some scenarios. I definitely wouldn’t want to trust any rope to be non conductive. Most of the season there is some moisture in my rigging ropes 😅
So I’m new to tree work in the US. We didnt have powerlines running to houses back home. How scared/aware should I be of the one running to the house? Can I safely come close to those with a lift to cut/prune?
@@mreggbird service lines to houses around here are typically only 220v which is still enough to kill you. They are insulated though and a lot cheaper to repair. I still try to avoid touching them because the insulation is too often cracked or damaged. If you want to pursue a solid education about working around wires, take a EHAP Certification course. It’ll be well worth it and might save your life someday.
Getting zapped through the limb or your saw is no fun! Been there and done that.
@@small-town-southern-man3573 oh man, I have been blessed to avoid it from power lines. I did get shocked just a little bit when my wire core lanyard dangled into an electric cattle fence though.
@ While doing some routine trimming while on storm deployment back in 1989, we were trimming around primaries on a fence row. The trees basically had a tunnel through the canopy where they’d burned back from the primary. These were like 2kv, (low voltage for primaries), but every few minutes I’d get buzzed through my hooks when a limb would brush the wire. (The old days when we wore hooks all the time.) Exciting for sure.
God job 🙏
@@visinskiradovihn thanks!
Bad day to be a tree!
@@zacharymatheny5443 you betcha!
Small peace Small problem ;)
@@visinskiradovihn haha I said it and then I challenged in my one video huh?
@zaccheus you are the king of challenging that haha
@@visinskiradovihn haha that is true 😂 I think there is definitely appropriate time and place for big and small pieces. I’d say that big piece in this video was an excellent example of poor judgment on that matter.
@zaccheus I would definitely stick to small peaces, but somehow you menage to hendle thos big peaces with ease..
@ the GRCS helps a lot. I couldn’t do very many big pieces if it wasn’t for that.
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