Tahune Big Dead Tree Removal

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  • Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2008
  • The first visit to Tahune by Sherbrooke Tree Service. This is the third day of a removal where a heavily leaning tree is removed from over the airwalk.

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  • @bradpanter6559
    @bradpanter6559 3 года назад +8

    I’ve been climbing trees for 27 years and have worked with some great Arborists, but damn, this video and this climber are something special.

    • @taylorevans261
      @taylorevans261 2 месяца назад

      That’s exactly what I was thinking ! I’m an arborist of 20 years so far

  • @chrisfoxworth3228
    @chrisfoxworth3228 Год назад +2

    Behold, the first video that made me want to be an Arborist. It's been nearly 15 yrs of climbing since

  • @richardcrowe4207
    @richardcrowe4207 2 года назад +2

    Whenever I feel a little strung out in a tree I think about this guy and just get on with it!
    Magical. Cheers Rich. New Zealand.

  • @murphy4trees
    @murphy4trees Год назад +3

    That's not a tree anymore.. it's just a very tall pile of dust... He makes it look easy, but the level of danger is ineffable... Setting up that rigging alone was a heroic task... still fun to watch...

  • @PendOreilleTreeWorks
    @PendOreilleTreeWorks 9 месяцев назад +3

    There’s not many people alive or in history that could’ve done this tree, and only one guy who did. I don’t want to speculate at all the guys who could’ve, but it’s not a lot. Graeme is a high water mark for the human spirit

  • @nadiasmithers
    @nadiasmithers 7 месяцев назад +1

    Recommended by a friend while in Tassie. Incredible viewing. Respect!

  • @TGCIII
    @TGCIII 15 лет назад +4

    the confidence that come from his movements in this tree, speak volumes. i hope he's passin along the gift to someone. top notch all the way! thanks

  • @r.g.3636
    @r.g.3636 Год назад +3

    wow.. ive been doing big trees for 30 years..... this man is awesome.... soooooo much respect....r.g.

  • @CosBlade
    @CosBlade 7 лет назад +4

    From a budding young treeworker, this is inspiring. I came here to see how the big guys handle those giant eucs, and wasn't disappointed. Thanks for sharing!

  • @JM-lu8le
    @JM-lu8le 2 года назад +2

    Absolutely the most insane removals I've ever seen...these trees blow me away.

  • @rngrchad
    @rngrchad 15 лет назад +4

    This is magical. Words don't even begin to do your work justice. Beautiful man. Thank you for letting us have the rare opportunity to view such magnificent work in an awesome forest. Chills.

  • @stephentree3466
    @stephentree3466 2 года назад +1

    Grahame McMahon is my new super hero. That just blew my mind Sir......and I’ve taken out some trees in 26 years. That is beyond my comprehension 👏🏻👏🏻✊🏻

  • @BrushApe66
    @BrushApe66 14 лет назад +4

    The way that he just keeps scoopin' DUST out of the middle of that big thang (R.I.P., Tree!) ...WOW! I want to go on and on about how much stuff could have gone wrong on this climb, but I CAN'T...he planned for all that stuff before he even bid on the job...and then factored in the, "WTF??"
    BRILLIANT piece of work.

  • @R50L8izm
    @R50L8izm 6 лет назад +7

    This video is amazing still I watched it 10 years ago im sure it made me realise how easy the trees I was working on were
    Loved every minute

  • @AceTreeManagement
    @AceTreeManagement 15 лет назад +7

    Graeme you are one of the best climbers around,keep up that high standard...great footage Angus.

  • @arborist460
    @arborist460 5 лет назад +3

    Could you imagine a interview vid of him talkin us through this whole job....epic legendary stuff

  • @rbtree
    @rbtree 15 лет назад +9

    Graeme is THE man when it comes to technical tree work. The rest of us are mere mortals. The scale of these euc regnans and challenges they present, dead or alive, is unmatched by any other tree....Sure, redwood are larger, but, generally speaking, a cakewalk comparatively speaking.
    Glad to see your stuff on youtube, friend!

  • @redmire83
    @redmire83 15 лет назад +2

    i heard about this video of a friend and have only just found it. that was something else! i've only just started learning this trade and it'll be another two years till am realised into the real world and videos like that are a real incentive to do well in my studies. many thanks for posting the video.

  • @Oakclimbercj
    @Oakclimbercj 8 лет назад +6

    This is the video that Got inspired me to tackle a 90 oak I climbed and took down I became addicted right away . I now climb safe and have a fairly good skill set and learning and improving everyday at what I do. thanks again for this vid. climb safe.

  • @benwillis2748
    @benwillis2748 5 лет назад +20

    I would like to know how much they charged for that tree job.

  • @hadzsmith5337
    @hadzsmith5337 7 лет назад +20

    that's hard work this old dog is number 1 in my eyes from kiwi climber

  • @Johnny_G51
    @Johnny_G51 8 лет назад +11

    Love watching these vids, inspiring to us Arborists.

  • @michaelbyrd9500
    @michaelbyrd9500 4 года назад +2

    Hands down the best climber I have seen and the music went great with the setting of the video.

  • @bd6501
    @bd6501 15 лет назад +3

    You guys are the best. Stihl should use you in their commercials.

  • @norbaggar
    @norbaggar 4 года назад +2

    Amazing! Thank you. First time I've seen a video, with no negative comments on the job.

  • @marcusrobur
    @marcusrobur 14 лет назад +5

    absolutely beautiful - brings tears to my eyes. and what a perfect tune

  • @jarekhawksley6182
    @jarekhawksley6182 7 лет назад +9

    wow man! ur an amazing climber ive been doing this for years and that is spectacular!!

  • @richardhollis2530
    @richardhollis2530 3 месяца назад +1

    Best tree video on the internet

  • @HighMaintenancePS
    @HighMaintenancePS 3 года назад +3

    I've been a contract tree climber for many years. This guy is incredible thats all I can say.
    One question though fellas. Helicopter?

  • @KennysTreeRemoval
    @KennysTreeRemoval 7 лет назад +2

    Just watched Ace coffee break video, had to come and sub to you guys. Awesome work fellas!

  • @adrianjos04
    @adrianjos04 8 лет назад +20

    He must be unbelievably fit and strong to handle the hours and hours standing on the spikes and lugg and starting that 660 and all day.
    My back would be screaming at me.

  • @tedjohn441
    @tedjohn441 7 лет назад +10

    You guys need to put out more video's. Looks like you get the jobs now body else will do. I see a guy line going to that tree from the bridge. And it is rotten to the core. How do you secure the base of a tree that size? I t was really swaying when he was drooping those large chunks. More video's please. How tall was that tree? Love the straps holding most of your trees together. We have ash tree here but not that species or no where near that tall. Excellent work I will climb just about any thing but not that dead and tall. You are by far the best I have seen!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @arborist460
      @arborist460 5 лет назад +1

      250' 6' to 10' across at the flare....he has to get clearance from air traffic control past that second crotch

  • @Gasteraner
    @Gasteraner 15 лет назад +2

    Thanks for reply !
    Yes , you are professionals!
    My respect!
    I am climbing trees as well, but of course not so high and risky? as you do.
    This video is of course one of my favorites and to be honest it is the best i have ever seen and found! Thank you for publishing this film.
    Amazing, awesome
    Take care and all the best to you and your team!
    Merry christmas and that there is allways a guardian angel around you.
    Alexander

  • @ThomasBurdak
    @ThomasBurdak 7 лет назад +3

    My biggest respect...Awesome climber... !!! What a cool dude ! Stay safe...cheers...

  • @theronwinsby
    @theronwinsby 4 года назад +1

    still my favorite tree video. Its the music!

  • @Cellottia
    @Cellottia 6 лет назад

    Painstaking work. Admirable.

  • @small-town-southern-man3573
    @small-town-southern-man3573 3 месяца назад +1

    Got to be reassuring to be that high in a tree that you’re practically taking apart by hand…😮

  • @savitridworkin2514
    @savitridworkin2514 8 лет назад +7

    The straps are real smart.. those running cracks are a really bad sign.

  • @brogabrerian
    @brogabrerian 6 лет назад +1

    Fantastic dedication and safety

  • @willydaniels4238
    @willydaniels4238 4 года назад

    The best of the best !!!!

  • @rootsxrocks
    @rootsxrocks 14 лет назад

    This Video is fantastic, nice job cutting filming and editing. Nice sound track choice.
    To bad more don't rate it, 14.6k veiws to 22 ratings

  • @TGCIII
    @TGCIII 15 лет назад +2

    dead trees are not very forgiving and my hats off to any man with that much forsight

  • @ashleyking753
    @ashleyking753 8 лет назад +6

    Graham is the real deal,

  • @mikeduffy8229
    @mikeduffy8229 8 лет назад +1

    just a small questions what would a tree like that cost in American dollars.

  • @Westcoasty08
    @Westcoasty08 15 лет назад

    F**king Awsome, Nicely done my friend.

  • @nom5205
    @nom5205 3 года назад

    is he an amazing climber...or did he have trouble at home.

  • @romanpelayo6449
    @romanpelayo6449 5 лет назад

    👍 buen trabajo

  • @63256325N
    @63256325N 7 лет назад +3

    That is one tall tree! Don't see 'em like that in the US. Takes big huevos to do that kind of climbing. Thanks for the video. I have to add that I hope you get well compensated for jobs of that nature. How tall WAS that tree?

    • @r.b.4611
      @r.b.4611 5 лет назад

      Rofl You guys have the giant Sequoias though?

    • @HighMaintenancePS
      @HighMaintenancePS 3 года назад +1

      250 foot or more. This species is possibly taller than sequoia sempervirens. All the giants cut down now but a newspaper report claiming 525ft from back the day.
      Its the dryness and technical difficulty that places these climbs at the pinnacle of the arb world.

  • @jdanoliver
    @jdanoliver 14 лет назад

    brilliant removal! thanks for the great video. how tall was that big boy?

    • @falfield
      @falfield 5 лет назад +4

      The airwalk aerial footway that is way below him is 100' off the ground. To see that the stem is still well over a metre in diameter 150 or 170' up is a sobering thought for the leverage on those dead roots so far below. But when you've his depth of experience to know it can be done....then it can be done, and the yellow restraining line helps him until he's got some weight off the top, after which it gets (marginally) less fraught. Hats off for the skill and teamwork here.

  • @Sgtweiwei
    @Sgtweiwei Год назад

    Nerves of steel 👍

  • @tracywalters383
    @tracywalters383 6 лет назад

    Man. I don’t see how he got up that tree carrying that set of balls he’s got. Lol. Awesome job

  • @zapien77
    @zapien77 8 лет назад

    Son muy profesionales

  • @williammurphy1126
    @williammurphy1126 4 года назад

    Brilliant

  • @rjones70
    @rjones70 14 лет назад

    Wow, just amazing. I hate rotten trees, with a passion.

  • @ntttrees
    @ntttrees 6 лет назад

    legend 👍👍👍

  • @abc-ke2yq
    @abc-ke2yq 8 лет назад

    respect

  • @mturner221
    @mturner221 3 года назад

    As a fellow climber, what saddle is he using that is capable of supporting such a MASSIVE set of nuts?

  • @nothingnewtome1
    @nothingnewtome1 9 лет назад

    Where do I sign up? Haha. Would love to learn to do this.

  • @mikeduffy8229
    @mikeduffy8229 7 лет назад

    How many days did that job take and how tall was that tree

    • @HedgehogChopper
      @HedgehogChopper 6 лет назад +1

      if you watch it through I think there are three different days involved looking at what looks like early dawn etc

  • @jamesVallancehello
    @jamesVallancehello 15 лет назад

    you have got all the gear, is that a spiderjack Graeme climbs on.

  • @JM-lu8le
    @JM-lu8le 2 года назад

    What's with the ladder truck below??

  • @l.h8473
    @l.h8473 3 года назад

    Would you be getting tired throwing that saw

  • @sexyassjack
    @sexyassjack 14 лет назад

    How tall was them trees

  • @jonbutcher9805
    @jonbutcher9805 Год назад

    These tree's seem to go on forever

  • @amt198
    @amt198 15 лет назад

    oh helllllll yeah

  • @woodyate
    @woodyate 14 лет назад +1

    could you feel gods breath up there?

  • @Gasteraner
    @Gasteraner 15 лет назад

    is there any security for you if the tree will break underneath you ?

    • @HighMaintenancePS
      @HighMaintenancePS 3 года назад +1

      No. We assess the tree visually from the ground and then feel the tree as we climb it. Sometimes mitigating the risk of tree collapse with the strops and the tension rope against the lean as you see here.
      This though my friend, is the best and ballsiest tree climber in the world working on timber that is unreal in both scope and technical difficulty. Most of that tree was powder through upper third.

    • @r.g.3636
      @r.g.3636 Год назад +1

      @@HighMaintenancePS IVE BEEN CLIMBING BIG STUFF FOR 30 YEARS..... I FOUND THESE QUICK RELEASE SNAPS FOR $160 EACH I THINK THAT ARE MADE FOR RELEASING SAILS QUICKLY.... I ATACH THEM WHEN NEEDED FOR AN EMERGENCY ESCAPE OUT OF A FAILING TREE,, THEY GO DIRECTLY TO MY SNAP THAT GOES TO THE D RING,,,, IT HAS A LITTLE 2 INCH STRING TO PULL WHEN YOU HAVE TO BAIL..... I GET THEM AT WEST MARINE BOAT SUPPLY.... THEY CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE

  • @bradpanter6559
    @bradpanter6559 3 года назад +1

    4:38 holy sh*t!

  • @Markjw06
    @Markjw06 7 лет назад

    Funny how small those rigging lines look tied to that stem

  • @fumagoo1986
    @fumagoo1986 6 лет назад +1

    50,000?

  • @timbercutter13
    @timbercutter13 5 лет назад

    Just saw the picture of the walk yesterday and it looks so terrible it's so sad

  • @steffenmoberg2907
    @steffenmoberg2907 4 года назад

    just amazing. Great work an fuckin big balls he got.

  • @thelastdetail1
    @thelastdetail1 3 года назад

    A tree so fucked you could literally pull it to pieces by hand....balls of steel.

  • @troyerthedestroyer
    @troyerthedestroyer Год назад

    Fucking legend!

  • @Oakclimbercj
    @Oakclimbercj 8 лет назад

    b.t.w what saw is that an 046?

  • @l.h8473
    @l.h8473 3 года назад

    What a fuckn bloke a the one and only

  • @falfield
    @falfield 6 лет назад

    Very...no, *outstandingly* impressive bit of work; and it was good camera & editing work to show it, too. Kudos to the team. But sorry, I didn't like the music either - I prefer the silence of the saws. Planning the job must have been a headache as well - this was in pre-drone days and must have meant climbing several of the surrounding big 'uns to survey it if not to run rigging lines. Or did Graeme just say "Aw, I'll just shin up with a saw and take a look" (I know he didn't). Yup, that took guts and deep knowledge and experience - I wouldn't have been courageous enough to be in the tree when that big lump was pulled off to land on the side of the dead rootplate that was in tension.

    • @r.g.3636
      @r.g.3636 Год назад

      ARE YOU SERIOUS...? THE MUSIC WAS PROBABLY HIS WIFE THAT HE GETS TO HUG AFTER WORK DUDE..... JUST BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TEARS MUSIC...... PLEASE ADJUST

  • @marceleder6345
    @marceleder6345 3 месяца назад

    Wow, @2024

  • @TreeSawTTV
    @TreeSawTTV 4 года назад

    After thinking "light as a feather" all day., He prolly weighed 2 lbs when he reached the ground.

  • @yellabeast
    @yellabeast 14 лет назад +2

    big big tree and i can climb but i would draw the line at rotten not worth the risk but thats just me definetly inspiring fortunately we dont have stuff that big in uk maybe a douglas fir, to sum up theres a fine line between bravery and stupidity.

  • @PendOreilleTreeWorks
    @PendOreilleTreeWorks 9 месяцев назад

    It was moving with him
    On it folks think about
    That

  • @jamesVallancehello
    @jamesVallancehello 15 лет назад

    what are the blue wraps for? lol

    • @falfield
      @falfield 5 лет назад +2

      To stop the tree just opening up beneath him. It's the most deeply impressive bit of tree work you will ever see.

    • @HighMaintenancePS
      @HighMaintenancePS 3 года назад

      The tree at that point is mainly dust. Rotten. The straps are to hold the tree together as He dismantles the top.
      This is the most impressive bit of tree work you will ever see.

  • @seamussnow9555
    @seamussnow9555 6 лет назад

    christ, could you take smaller pieces?

    • @arborist460
      @arborist460 5 лет назад +3

      I guess you'd took 8' sections....from the keyboard

  • @l.h8473
    @l.h8473 3 года назад

    Spokey gums

  • @markgentry7145
    @markgentry7145 2 года назад

    @

  • @mrcegodepenas
    @mrcegodepenas 4 года назад

    Oh dear can you pick a better music for the video?this one is nice if was for the funeral of a guy that fall from the tree

  • @claudiooliveira4362
    @claudiooliveira4362 8 лет назад

    Z

  • @joelyork4900
    @joelyork4900 5 лет назад

    Not for all the tea in China 🇨🇳

  • @Gasteraner
    @Gasteraner 15 лет назад

    static trees are so ugly
    i like more swinging trees

  • @bakergilbert
    @bakergilbert 14 лет назад

    Big balls alright...but big balls+no eye protection= BLIND ARBORIST! What happened to "stay safe"???

  • @jacksak
    @jacksak 6 лет назад +1

    Why add music to a video that should be natural... just a lot of unnecessary noise. I'm out...

    • @mattjordan6093
      @mattjordan6093 6 лет назад +5

      Moron, how can you not love the mixture of the chemical brothers and the beautiful whine of that saw, along with the most awesome visuals. This is the single greatest tree work video that’s been produced. Utmost respect to Graeme McMahon and his crew.

    • @r.g.3636
      @r.g.3636 Год назад

      @@mattjordan6093 AND PLEASE STAY OUT

    • @r.g.3636
      @r.g.3636 Год назад

      NOT FOR YOU MATT,, SORRY

    • @r.g.3636
      @r.g.3636 Год назад

      AND PLEASE STAY OUT JACK

    • @jacksak
      @jacksak Год назад

      @@r.g.3636 I was out 5 years ago, but now you call me back by your message?

  • @Oakclimbercj
    @Oakclimbercj 8 лет назад +1

    This is the video that Got inspired me to tackle a 90 oak I climbed and took down I became addicted right away . I now climb safe and have a fairly good skill set and learning and improving everyday at what I do. thanks again for this vid. climb safe.