I work more in the field of urban forestry, in a town aptly nicknamed "Tree City", but I can, from experience, in-depth research, and a multitude of others' observations, tell you that cutting down this tree, and many like it, will allow many other trees to grow significantly healthier.
You are pointing out an outdated view of forestry. These large pines have a different gene pool and are suitable for reproduction. She could still outlive us. The concept of removing such large (over-ripe) trees has already been revised by both science and foresters since writing your comment.
This video just makes my heart cry. They cut down a tree. I'm just so glad I have no part in the timber industry's cruelty. Thankfully, my house...flooring...paper...toilet paper...paper towels...egg cartons...piano keys...newspapers...coffee filters...are all made of unicorns and rainbows.
is no one going to point out the beautiful job they did. didn't damage any other trees or cause the tree being cut unnecessary damage. honestly great treemanship
Last thoughts of the Fir tree as it fell: I have survived wars, floods, famine and disease but I couldn't survive an idiot with a chainsaw. The age of stupid is upon us.
Despite all of the forest management issues - this is really interesting to see how it's done. That giant fellow was really old and looked dead or nearly so. It seems better to cut it now and make beautiful furniture out of it than have it blow down. I would love to have some of that wood. Interesting how you cut the bark away like that.
+Toxic Peach in its old age it was probably losing more wood to decay than it was gaining, might as well give room for the other trees to grow and become just like this one
To all the ignorant do-gooders on here who don't understand the factors at play and reasons one might fell a tree. I am a tree surgeon, I adore trees and that is why I devote my life to working with them, primarily it is my job to keep them healthy and alive, felling is always the last option but there are so many factors and reasons for why it is done and not to forget the wonderful things that happen afterwards, especially in woodland, look it up. Remember, nature never intended any tree to live forever and sometimes it is better to fell a tree in a controlled way when it is reaching the end of its life, rather than leave it to come down on its own potentially causing a huge amount of destruction. In the forestry world conifers are planted and harvested as a crop just like wheat or barley, and again I don't see a problem with this, it's a sustainable means of harvesting timber. Of course it is always sad when a tree has to come down but don't be so blindly outraged, learn the facts before you start spewing hatred from all holes.
truly i appreciate this. As a botanist i have extreme reverence for the ecosystems around me. I think a lot of people are on high alert with climate change and very little political representation regarding care for the planet. Policy roll backs, coupled with old growth clear cuts from california to British columbia. It gets really easy to think that hatred and anger is the correct response..
Before you go getting mad, take a good look at that tree. It was visibly not a healthy tree. It was already dying. It's not like he cut down a healthy tree. He cut down a tree that was doomed to fall within a few years anyway. At least by him cutting it down he was able to make sure it fell in such a way as to not damage any of the younger growth. That's right. He probably saved three or four trees by cutting this one down. Sit and think about that before you go hating on the guy.
Kris Sisk What do you mean by decay? It's still a living tree, it's not dead. All things decay over time, that tree probably has a thousand years left.
Maleawesomegamer sylveon "innocent trees" they are hardly sentient. Also if you knew anything, you'd know there's barely any knock-on-effect from this. Plus these trees are at the end.
GreatSteamingCatBox But they can feel pain. If there was an alien race that has way more sentience than us (beyond our imagination), I hope they go for you first. I'd happily watch heartless assholes face the same fate as what they call 'ok'. You say 'ah, it's ok to kill this living thing that can feel pain and turn it into furniture. Because that isn't morbid at all'. And yes, I do hate humanity.
One hell of a big tree. I'm glad someone knows how to fell them because the only tree I ever cut was in my back yard and when it came down it took out the power line to my house and my neighbors fence. I gave up logging that day. The electric crew repairing my line were overheard saying "at least he didn't take out his gas line". lol.
I realize these trees don't live forever, and this tree seems to have been on the way out anyway. But what an amazing thing it is. That tree was around for how many centuries? I would still really like to have the opportunity one day to mill a tree like that and build a home with all the framing done and left open and bare, for everyone to see and appreciate. Beautiful trees and beautiful lumber.
Wow what a large tree! Great job on falling that behemoth! I read some of the comments and they were just plain silly! I support logging and forest management. 👍
Ha Ha, I have to admit part of the reason I clicked on this was to witness first hand the frothing and gnashing of teeth down below in the comments, all the " enlightened " people trying to force there opinions on others LOL when that dosnt work they revert to name calling and insults. Yup very entertaining indeed.... Oh and the video was good too. looks like everyone was safe !!
+ZEUKI1 Could you actually show any single comment in which someone is trying to "force their* opinions on others"? People are simply calling out the idiocy of cutting down centuries-old trees that provide significantly for the surrounding habitat when there are whole forests grown for such lumber. You're fine with "connecting to our past", why not everything else?
Darc Gibson but if you actually were educated about trees you would know it was showing signs of sickness. Cut it down and get much use (lumber) it off her or let her slowly rot away. Potentially knocking down healthy trees. You mean well just need to know more so you can have a more educated opinion 😉 have a nice day cupcake 😂
Darc Gibson please educate yourself on trees before writing ignorant comments, thanks. The tree is sick. Harvesting now can provide a lot of good internal wood to build with. If left it will rot and become a hazard and be useless.
Did all of the negative commentors hear the best b4 part that tree was rotten inside out just look the saw isn't throwing chips it's dust that tree was past it's life cycle and now the canopy is open for new trees to sprout up and make a push to the sun they did the right thing and a very good job at felling very safe all ppe in place thumbs up from me
I'm not a tree hugger but I do feel some sort of loss when I see a tree this size being felled. I've built my share of red wood and pine decks and fences and I love the feeling of lumber in my hands but I always hate to think the lumber came from something so large and magnificent as a tree like this. Oh well at least their are lots of these types of trees protected in National parks, national forests and state parks.
Men like these are America's heart,this is hard work and as for the treehuggers we need plywood and 2x4s ECT,ECT, not to mention furniture wood,! I felled trees for five years steady but had more experience than that helping my dad when he was in the logging buissness,a hard thankless job!!
That was a good job all the way around. Does my heart good to hear those Stihl saws pop when they idle. I have an old Super 45 that sounds just like that 880. Running old saw too. Out-do my MS 440 Mag. Do what you do the best you can. Another good one!
I'm completely against logging and cutting of wood of any kind. I'm going to write 500 letters about it. Put them all in a big cardboard box. Eat lunch off my paper plates. Throw a few logs in the woodstove and then continue my crusade against logging!
Cool video. Thanks! No problems here cutting something like that down FWIW. My thoughts are trees are renewable resources that are meant to benefit people. If you a.) "worship" a tree/forest to the point where you cannot cut anything, or b.) clear cut everything so you don't have anything left then with either of those extremes its no longer "renewable".
Your house isn't built with wood... really? Im fairly certain it is built on land that used to be a forest. Forest that was slaughtered so you could have a place to live. I live in the bush in a small town - we have lots of logging, lots of fresh air and LOTS of wildlife. Cutting down trees doesn't kill the planet.
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it...it's too bad because it makes a wonderful cracking sound. I found something very satisfying about that.
that tree probably coulda fit an eagle nest. Idk the tree doesnt belong to us. THey serve an important function outside of the realm of Humans direct needs. too bad yall dont care, its already too late anyways
I think that what a lot of people are missing is the true circumstances of this. I did not hear him state WHY he was cutting the tree down, but I did hear him say that it was missing the top. It also looked pretty ugly. Possibly, it was dead already. Removing trees from a forest can be a good thing, as it helps the ones that are left. Granted, there are trees that should not be cut in their prime, but it doesn't appear that this is one of them.
Seth Watson It was missing the top, but it could easily regrow. VERY easily. Also, if you'd kill a living thing just because it looked ugly, then you seriously need to rethink your life. And just because the tree was dead, doesn't mean the insects and animals that live in or on it wouldn't be affected.
Everyone's crying about this poor tree. Ok first of all this is sustainable forestry, and second of all, wood has to come from somewhere. Half of you are probably watching this on the toilet wiping your ass. Cry me a river
+Evan Miles actually it is if its done right, lets say 1 tree takes up 12 feet of space and around 150sq feet of top light that means 1 tree takes up all that room now in that space I could easily fit 6+ trees. More trees less space
i would like to see a hundred smelly northern California pot head hippies try and catch that tree as it falls after all would not want to smash a spider or something.
My dad works cutting trees but he does it to help new trees grow and to replant smaller ones. People are idiots and dont know this helps other trees -__-
oh I think ppl get that pretty easy. "Helps other trees..." got it. How much did it help the tree he cut down? Lol, derp da derpp I also kind of thought it was hilariously ironic that this is a purely capitalistic action of cutting the tree for profit BUT you used a wholly socialist principle to justify it. Killing the large tree to give to the poor neighbors... lol
@@TexasJack78 The older tree is shading out saplings, stunting their growth and taking water and nutrients that they can use. This becomes an issue when you consider emissions as an older tree has a net output of carbon dioxide as they veterenise. If we want to continue polluting at the rate we're doing, whether it's from creating a phone, computer or a solar panel or generating electricity we need every bit of carbon storage we can get.
I was scrolling the comments for awhile. I saw like 50 comments complaining about people who complain about cutting down trees. And 0 comments complaining about cutting down trees.
Brainwashed children in adult bodies. I manage a lovely mixed forest with big trees and it's a wildlife sanctuary but sometimes the big old ones have to go, and sometimes you gotta do thinning
GEORGE ZARIFIS when you cut down and remove any tree, you are stealing the nutrients from the mycelium already in the ground that will decompose the tree and return the water and the needed materials back into the ground for the other trees to use.
Nice job, you are the first on youtube that doesnt leave a high stump. I also love the sound of an old tree coming down making room for many young once. keep cutting trees its an honourable task.
I get a chuckle out of the narrator. He makes a big deal about which exact kind of chainsaw was used, but doesn't even know the true species of the tree he just took down. A fir tree???? A true fir would "NEVER" get that large. This is most likely a big Douglas Fir, which IS NOT a true fir. Of course, this guy is an expert at cutting them down.
You're splitting hairs. I live about 60 miles from where this is, and if it isn't a cedar or an alder, we call it fir. Sorta like how a Ferrari is a Ferrari to the rich folks of Beverly Hills - you don't see the forest from the tree when you're surrounded by mammoth 2nd gen trees.
Very nice clean,safe technique to put and old danger snag to rest and then on to beautiful products if only in your minds eye.I have a cabinet shop and seeing stock like this can make for such wonderful pieces from front doors to window lounges to absorb a good read.Nicely done there young fella,nice job!
Thanks very much Todd, not many trees of that size here in Lancashire but my friend Patrick Moore once promised me a crash course in tree felling in Vancouver
You guys that are talking about the tree being cut. YOu can tell by the looks of it that it is on the way out. The tree would die and go to waste like it was. It was best to cut it. It was mature and on the down hill side fast.
...and the best thing about that tree coming down is you can build 2-3 houses from the wood, generate15-20 jobs as the wood moves from forrest to neighborhood, and create some wealth along the way. Then, you can plant 2 trees in its place and it will be ready for harvest for future generations. How creative.
that tree is well over 200 years old. There's no reason to cut all the old growth down there is enough second growth to go around. your a monster and should be ashamed of your self for killing such a ancient thing.
+Captaraknospider you have zero understanding of what happens on the great pacific west coast with British Columbia Logging.You couldnt grasp the magnitude of the harvest here,
+Captaraknospider In life you eat the rioe fruit and let the young fruit mature.By removing the old,it makes way for the new.The old dies and goes away naturally.Old growth only gets so old,these oldies are losing more volume a year to rot and decay than they are putting on.Their time is limited,their health is questionable.Many get some decent last chance use out of them.
+milestracy or how about you educate yourself. He is saying if you don't cut it down then it will die very soon and no one will get any use out of it. But now it will build houses that people can live in. Now the young will grow and they cycle starts again. Think it through before you say something stupid next time.
We don't kill the old so they don't cause a drain on society. There's no need for this distinctive harvesting you haveany enough crop felines now no need to take all the old ones whether or not it's rotten.
Sure a lot of negative comments over a video you didn't have to watch....or for that matter why were you looking up logging related video's to begin with..A lot of angry people in this world......most of them all hidden behind a key board and a moniter......excuse me I have to go throw another log on the fire.......
People need the wood but don't want it to come from trees lmao. Swear I think people get more ignorant every day. I'm not fighting a battle of words with dumb double standard hypocrites but I will say this looked like a good safe job. Well done!
They think trees have a soul and bigger trees have more soul than little trees. Every time you mow the lawn you kill hundreds of baby trees this is just a big one. Where is the soul in a tree it doesn't even have a brain. It's just wood!
people are getting stupider everyday and much more hypocritical. people love to hear themselves talk even if they are absolutely uneducated on the given situation
in my world there has to be a reason to cut such a tree down, unfortunately i could nt ,[by the video] see any reason for it to come down , but i dont no anything about that job at hand. it appears to me it was a residual left by the real loggers. its also appears to be standing relatively straight with quite large schoolmarms on it , the fella mentions theres another one on it as well. which by the size of them they wood happily sustain such a tree, but without seeing the foliage hard to say , but not that hard, I didnt see any trails near by is it in a park? hmmm ,interesting . not enough details for me, but i will say some pretty radical outlandish comments on this one
stop whining. there's no shortage of lumber in North America. we got wood. PS - i'm also a conservationist, which is why i stand by the belief that green logging is not only useful, but essential for the survival of ecosystems. the problem isn't the logging--it's the industrial waste caused further down the supply chain. get your eyes on the real perpetrators, folks.
I would also make a couple of "hurting the nature" comments, but I'll be an adult here and not hide my jealousy for your awesome job. In my book, you guys are awesome!
How dare you cut down a tree to make human life better and to give new growth a chance! Some people need to thank about where they live and what they sit on, or better yet, go to the doc office and use a tongue depressor.
Went down to comments and saw... A Lot of undestanding people who know where their toilet paper comes from, where the timber for their houses comes from. I'm glad there are a lot of smart people out there.
I would typically take down a tree like this with the boy scout one hand axe I got when I was 12. Such wimps using that big azz saw and all that equipment.
Cutting down a tree may not impact our lives but it can impact the environment. call me whatever you want, some people (including me) care about these kinds of things. No stupid troll comment will change that.
Tavis Young true, but we could also stop throwing things out, and recycling. It isnt a big deal, at the end of the day the tree was cut down, I just like to express my feelings about the environment because I care about it a lot, but we can all have different opinions :).
I hate the way those people think the ones that believe chopping a tree down is murder and inhumane, but taking the life of an unborn baby, a child that never got to experience love from a parent is not murder and is perfectly fine.
eggrollsoupnova2000 um no, trees will only ever have s few uses and little potential, a baby has so much more potential and uses ( some are not good ik)
Makes me sad to see a beautiful, hundreds of years old tree, being cut down. Makes me even more sad to see the comments here and be reminded just how little people care for our planet and it's resources. I don't know how someone could look at something so majestic, then destroy it in a matter of minutes.
Your state of sadness or content,does nothing for the economy or good jobs,the act of living and needing and using things.How does a chicken feel about its egg being stolen every day?
Your state of disregard puts our environment and resources at great risk, for generations to come. This self-centered mentality is exactly what is wrong with people today. It's all about me, right now. No one gives a shit what we are leaving behind for our children and grandchildren. As long as you can make a dollar, screw everybody else. I feel sorry for you.
Do at least a nine second research on Foresrty/logging/Land use/Parks in British Columbia here before your heart guides you to to your own truth.We have moreparks and set aside lands than will ever be used or needed
More parks and lands set aside, than will ever be used or needed? You can't possibly be serious. What about the wildlife and plants that rely on what meager land we don't develop or take for our own? We have already removed over 80% of the worlds forests, and that number continues to rise. The human population continues to rise at astounding rates and we are using resources faster than the earth can sustain long-term. You only consider forests value, in what it has to offer us humans. You consider nothing else. That ideology says all I need to know about where your mindset it.
4 years later and people are still pissed at skadill A rotting tree is a ticking time bomb and could cause much more harm then good. It's not even a habitable place for critters, just insects and mites.
a tree that big around is worth a crap load of money depending on what the prices are like were u to it u could probably get $20,000 to $50,000 sometimes even more
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I work more in the field of urban forestry, in a town aptly nicknamed "Tree City", but I can, from experience, in-depth research, and a multitude of others' observations, tell you that cutting down this tree, and many like it, will allow many other trees to grow significantly healthier.
You are pointing out an outdated view of forestry. These large pines have a different gene pool and are suitable for reproduction. She could still outlive us. The concept of removing such large (over-ripe) trees has already been revised by both science and foresters since writing your comment.
@@user-yh7it4de8bother than replying to a 9-year-old comment, what are you trying to say? You didn’t make a point.
This video just makes my heart cry. They cut down a tree. I'm just so glad I have no part in the timber industry's cruelty. Thankfully, my house...flooring...paper...toilet paper...paper towels...egg cartons...piano keys...newspapers...coffee filters...are all made of unicorns and rainbows.
Carl Saberhagen Yes,too bad we can't all eat rainbows and poop butterflies.Until then I guess wood is good.
Those things are not made from ancient trees.
People are such pussies, there are people dying in hilarious places right now, but we're focused on SAVING THE TREES
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i was joking anyways,
i just dgf about dat stuff
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You could tell by the amount of dust coming off the cut that she was way past her prime
Very well done👍🏽
that was just the bark.
Didn't hit any of the smaller trees..Nice job!!!!!
+Tim VanBuren finally someone that understands the profession..
+mosam beak You really shouldn't say that
dude shut the fuck up and go cry somewhere else
+mosam beak You, too?
Cartman God only hates those who hate on others, and hates people who claim to be him, you will probably get smited now.
is no one going to point out the beautiful job they did. didn't damage any other trees or cause the tree being cut unnecessary damage. honestly great treemanship
Agree
Umm they killed something for no teason possible
@@los6265 it was already dying anyway🙃
@@markalvisbual88 Not you commenting on something i said 3 years ago 🥲
Last thoughts of the Fir tree as it fell: I have survived wars, floods, famine and disease but I couldn't survive an idiot with a chainsaw. The age of stupid is upon us.
+PlantsAsMedicine Yes,and we vote you mayor the stupid age
Hay! lets cut down the thing that provides us with the oxygen we breath... stupid fucking bastards.
It provides us with wood,get your own air
+PlantsAsMedicine Uhhh. Trees don't have thoughts and emotions. ITS A TREE!
Jason Carr Wow you are as stupid as they come.
I could never get tired of the sound of big trees falling. Thank you.
Despite all of the forest management issues - this is really interesting to see how it's done. That giant fellow was really old and looked dead or nearly so. It seems better to cut it now and make beautiful furniture out of it than have it blow down. I would love to have some of that wood.
Interesting how you cut the bark away like that.
PEOPLE STOP WEARING FIR ! : )
brilliant :P
Why? A fishercat back in the day used to be 300 dollars a pelt. Back when my grandfather was a boy and he made some good money trapping.
I knew if i posted my comment atlease one guy wouldn't get it .. Fir and Fur two diffrent words two diffrent...awww forget it
freakyflow that would be Fur smartypants. btw I raise rabbits for fur and meat. So shut up this is a stupid dead tree!
LOL vote trump ! ..
everyone in the comments saying that its stupid to cut trees, and use toilet paper is a hypocrite.
+Sadistic Spece Marine its a differnet if you cut a tree who is 1000 years old or 20 years old...
mrhavana1411 things all come to an end even me and you.
+Toxic Peach in its old age it was probably losing more wood to decay than it was gaining, might as well give room for the other trees to grow and become just like this one
Sadistic Spece Marine you dont understand the different between 1000years and a 10 years old tree. You have no respect for the nature
+Moist Gnome Because it's on top of other trees doesnt mean its fucking... Trees cant fuck, you idiot!
I'd been even happier had you cut another tree down just as big. You keep me in business, and help keep the prices down. TY.
To all the ignorant do-gooders on here who don't understand the factors at play and reasons one might fell a tree.
I am a tree surgeon, I adore trees and that is why I devote my life to working with them, primarily it is my job to keep them healthy and alive, felling is always the last option but there are so many factors and reasons for why it is done and not to forget the wonderful things that happen afterwards, especially in woodland, look it up.
Remember, nature never intended any tree to live forever and sometimes it is better to fell a tree in a controlled way when it is reaching the end of its life, rather than leave it to come down on its own potentially causing a huge amount of destruction.
In the forestry world conifers are planted and harvested as a crop just like wheat or barley, and again I don't see a problem with this, it's a sustainable means of harvesting timber.
Of course it is always sad when a tree has to come down but don't be so blindly outraged, learn the facts before you start spewing hatred from all holes.
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Bro u dont dont know trees five us air
truly i appreciate this. As a botanist i have extreme reverence for the ecosystems around me. I think a lot of people are on high alert with climate change and very little political representation regarding care for the planet. Policy roll backs, coupled with old growth clear cuts from california to British columbia. It gets really easy to think that hatred and anger is the correct response..
@@los6265 U dont know trees either
Before you go getting mad, take a good look at that tree. It was visibly not a healthy tree. It was already dying. It's not like he cut down a healthy tree. He cut down a tree that was doomed to fall within a few years anyway. At least by him cutting it down he was able to make sure it fell in such a way as to not damage any of the younger growth.
That's right. He probably saved three or four trees by cutting this one down. Sit and think about that before you go hating on the guy.
+Kris Sisk How is it not healthy? It is visibly healthy, it is simply an old tree.
DarklordDaUnicorn DaThird
Um...dude...Its needles are gone and there is visible decay on the trunk. In what way do you think that tree looks healthy?
Kris Sisk What do you mean by decay? It's still a living tree, it's not dead. All things decay over time, that tree probably has a thousand years left.
+DarklordDaUnicorn DaThird That tree would have been lucky to see another 10 years.
Sideslip Why? It looks just fine to me. Trees don't just snap like it's nothing, it takes a very, very long time for things like that to happen.
Really? people are complaining about this? See how far you go with no timber.
GreatSteamingCatBox Killiing thousands of innocent tree for Money? See how far you go without oxygen,fruit and animals.
Maleawesomegamer sylveon "innocent trees" they are hardly sentient. Also if you knew anything, you'd know there's barely any knock-on-effect from this. Plus these trees are at the end.
GreatSteamingCatBox Counting that 8 billion trees get cut down each year and there is only 7 billion people on earth.Fuck you.
GreatSteamingCatBox But they can feel pain. If there was an alien race that has way more sentience than us (beyond our imagination), I hope they go for you first. I'd happily watch heartless assholes face the same fate as what they call 'ok'. You say 'ah, it's ok to kill this living thing that can feel pain and turn it into furniture. Because that isn't morbid at all'.
And yes, I do hate humanity.
epiccarrot88 Do you wear a tin foil hat and smoke meth?
One hell of a big tree. I'm glad someone knows how to fell them because the only tree I ever cut was in my back yard and when it came down it took out the power line to my house and my neighbors fence. I gave up logging that day. The electric crew repairing my line were overheard saying "at least he didn't take out his gas line". lol.
John Parker if your in a residential area you cut the tree down a little at a time and pull the branches in a safe direction with a rope
you did a great job with this one. good to see A fellow logger doing it right !!!!
I realize these trees don't live forever, and this tree seems to have been on the way out anyway. But what an amazing thing it is. That tree was around for how many centuries? I would still really like to have the opportunity one day to mill a tree like that and build a home with all the framing done and left open and bare, for everyone to see and appreciate. Beautiful trees and beautiful lumber.
Wow what a large tree! Great job on falling that behemoth! I read some of the comments and they were just plain silly! I support logging and forest management. 👍
Ha Ha, I have to admit part of the reason I clicked on this was to witness first hand the frothing and gnashing of teeth down below in the comments, all the " enlightened " people trying to force there opinions on others LOL when that dosnt work they revert to name calling and insults. Yup very entertaining indeed.... Oh and the video was good too. looks like everyone was safe !!
+ZEUKI1 Could you actually show any single comment in which someone is trying to "force their* opinions on others"? People are simply calling out the idiocy of cutting down centuries-old trees that provide significantly for the surrounding habitat when there are whole forests grown for such lumber. You're fine with "connecting to our past", why not everything else?
My favorite part is this guys beautiful, beautiful chainsaw.
Darc Gibson but if you actually were educated about trees you would know it was showing signs of sickness. Cut it down and get much use (lumber) it off her or let her slowly rot away. Potentially knocking down healthy trees. You mean well just need to know more so you can have a more educated opinion 😉 have a nice day cupcake 😂
Im 'Triggered"
Darc Gibson please educate yourself on trees before writing ignorant comments, thanks. The tree is sick. Harvesting now can provide a lot of good internal wood to build with. If left it will rot and become a hazard and be useless.
Did all of the negative commentors hear the best b4 part that tree was rotten inside out just look the saw isn't throwing chips it's dust that tree was past it's life cycle and now the canopy is open for new trees to sprout up and make a push to the sun they did the right thing and a very good job at felling very safe all ppe in place thumbs up from me
If the tree was dead then why did have leaves
I'm not a tree hugger but I do feel some sort of loss when I see a tree this size being felled. I've built my share of red wood and pine decks and fences and I love the feeling of lumber in my hands but I always hate to think the lumber came from something so large and magnificent as a tree like this. Oh well at least their are lots of these types of trees protected in National parks, national forests and state parks.
Agree.
Great thing about wood you can always plant more for the next harvest.
Men like these are America's heart,this is hard work and as for the treehuggers we need plywood and 2x4s ECT,ECT, not to mention furniture wood,! I felled trees for five years steady but had more experience than that helping my dad when he was in the logging buissness,a hard thankless job!!
Great to see a craftsman going about his work, well done.
That was a good job all the way around. Does my heart good to hear those Stihl saws pop when they idle. I have an old Super 45 that sounds just like that 880. Running old saw too. Out-do my MS 440 Mag. Do what you do the best you can. Another good one!
I'm completely against logging and cutting of wood of any kind. I'm going to write 500 letters about it. Put them all in a big cardboard box. Eat lunch off my paper plates. Throw a few logs in the woodstove and then continue my crusade against logging!
U know it brother damn yuppies they think all that shit comes from the paper fairy lmao
Cool video. Thanks! No problems here cutting something like that down FWIW. My thoughts are trees are renewable resources that are meant to benefit people. If you a.) "worship" a tree/forest to the point where you cannot cut anything, or b.) clear cut everything so you don't have anything left then with either of those extremes its no longer "renewable".
Nice solid looking wood. Love that sound when they start to go! Sort of like a space shuttle lifting off, just a tremendous sound of power.
Unless your house is built entirely of mud - the complaining needs to stop.
Benny1581 killing a innoent tree for sport and Money.My house is not build out of wood and how far can you live without oxygen,fruits and animals.
Your house isn't built with wood... really? Im fairly certain it is built on land that used to be a forest. Forest that was slaughtered so you could have a place to live.
I live in the bush in a small town - we have lots of logging, lots of fresh air and LOTS of wildlife. Cutting down trees doesn't kill the planet.
Benny1581 I live on a village on a beach ON SAND idiot.
I still refuse to believe you (or anyone) can exist without cutting a tree. I simply don't believe it
Benny1581 Refuse believing your shit.
Awesome renewable resource.
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it...it's too bad because it makes a wonderful cracking sound. I found something very satisfying about that.
What's everyone complaining about. The tree is already dead.
+Pa Aa YA for Pa Aa! Short, sweet, to the point and Accurate! A few of you Bitches could learn from that!
Riyaad Farid what if the tree falls because it’s too old?
U dumbass it needs to stop if a tree came in ur fucking and cut u down wouldbu be happy u dumbass it needs to stop tree gives us air dymb fuck
@@los6265 so you'd rather see the tree collapse from rot than see someone cut it down so it can be used how its supposed to? Dumbass😂
that tree probably coulda fit an eagle nest. Idk the tree doesnt belong to us. THey serve an important function outside of the realm of Humans direct needs. too bad yall dont care, its already too late anyways
Man I wish I was there for that tree falling. I'd say its an awesome experience. The sight, the sound and the feeling when it hits the ground
Id wish i was there for the tree falling like being at the exact point of a minnie earthquake amazing
I think that what a lot of people are missing is the true circumstances of this. I did not hear him state WHY he was cutting the tree down, but I did hear him say that it was missing the top. It also looked pretty ugly. Possibly, it was dead already. Removing trees from a forest can be a good thing, as it helps the ones that are left. Granted, there are trees that should not be cut in their prime, but it doesn't appear that this is one of them.
Seth Watson It was missing the top, but it could easily regrow. VERY easily. Also, if you'd kill a living thing just because it looked ugly, then you seriously need to rethink your life. And just because the tree was dead, doesn't mean the insects and animals that live in or on it wouldn't be affected.
epiccarrot88 Look at the colour of the wood. That was a dead tree and one that big would be dangerous if not cut down
Fiscalvids Doesn't change the amount of bugs that are living in there that would be killed...
You mean grubs and tree killing beetles?
Fiscalvids Call them whatever you want, you're still killing them.
Nice Low cut, this guy is a PRO.
I'm a tree hugger. love the scenery they have. love the opportunity they give me and you. most now are designed for use. leave the ancient ones alone.
Everyone's crying about this poor tree. Ok first of all this is sustainable forestry, and second of all, wood has to come from somewhere. Half of you are probably watching this on the toilet wiping your ass. Cry me a river
I wouldn't exactly say that the forestry industry is "sustainable".
+Evan Miles actually it is if its done right, lets say 1 tree takes up 12 feet of space and around 150sq feet of top light that means 1 tree takes up all that room now in that space I could easily fit 6+ trees. More trees less space
+Evan Miles Not always, but this type is sustainable
If you listen closely at 3:27you can hear the hearts of all the Nature Conservancy members and all the other granola heads stop.
i would like to see a hundred smelly northern California pot head hippies try and catch that tree as it falls after all would not want to smash a spider or something.
Came down great 👍 good job like the pulley setup
...balls of steel to cut down a tree that large!
+Livereater00 Just takes a little longer than a normal tree,thats all
My dad works cutting trees but he does it to help new trees grow and to replant smaller ones. People are idiots and dont know this helps other trees -__-
oh I think ppl get that pretty easy. "Helps other trees..." got it. How much did it help the tree he cut down? Lol, derp da derpp
I also kind of thought it was hilariously ironic that this is a purely capitalistic action of cutting the tree for profit BUT you used a wholly socialist principle to justify it. Killing the large tree to give to the poor neighbors... lol
@@TexasJack78 The older tree is shading out saplings, stunting their growth and taking water and nutrients that they can use.
This becomes an issue when you consider emissions as an older tree has a net output of carbon dioxide as they veterenise.
If we want to continue polluting at the rate we're doing, whether it's from creating a phone, computer or a solar panel or generating electricity we need every bit of carbon storage we can get.
congrats that's an impressive tree
I was scrolling the comments for awhile. I saw like 50 comments complaining about people who complain about cutting down trees. And 0 comments complaining about cutting down trees.
Nice job my friend love the sound of tree's when there cut down thank you for sharing
Screw you greedy money-making dirtbag.
now that is a man's chainsaw!!!
I just don't understand those people who don't like even damaged trees to be cut down...
Brainwashed children in adult bodies. I manage a lovely mixed forest with big trees and it's a wildlife sanctuary but sometimes the big old ones have to go, and sometimes you gotta do thinning
GEORGE ZARIFIS when you cut down and remove any tree, you are stealing the nutrients from the mycelium already in the ground that will decompose the tree and return the water and the needed materials back into the ground for the other trees to use.
Because you don’t understand a thing about trees. Damaged does not equal death
GEORGE ZARIFIS because most of the time the trees aren't remotely damaged or dead
Why are people complaining, it's almost dead and dangerous and a storm could blow it down and hit other trees.it needs cutting to let other trees grow
Nice job, you are the first on youtube that doesnt leave a high stump. I also love the sound of an old tree coming down making room for many young once. keep cutting trees its an honourable task.
I get a chuckle out of the narrator. He makes a big deal about which exact kind of chainsaw was used, but doesn't even know the true species of the tree he just took down. A fir tree???? A true fir would "NEVER" get that large. This is most likely a big Douglas Fir, which IS NOT a true fir. Of course, this guy is an expert at cutting them down.
You're splitting hairs. I live about 60 miles from where this is, and if it isn't a cedar or an alder, we call it fir. Sorta like how a Ferrari is a Ferrari to the rich folks of Beverly Hills - you don't see the forest from the tree when you're surrounded by mammoth 2nd gen trees.
Starving kids in Africa could have eaten that tree
XD I hope you're joking. I really do.
bald head, shut up. not funny so please quit .
So true LOL
There starving kid in america.
Starving kids in africa could've eaten that bad joke
Very nice clean,safe technique to put and old danger snag to rest and then on to beautiful products if only in your minds eye.I have a cabinet shop and seeing stock like this can make for such wonderful pieces from front doors to window lounges to absorb a good read.Nicely done there young fella,nice job!
Thanks very much Todd, not many trees of that size here in Lancashire but my friend Patrick Moore once promised me a crash course in tree felling in Vancouver
Beautiful tree, hope it was put to good use. Good fell.
Where are the environmental activists? "You guys, stop cutting down all of those trees! They have the wood at the store, duh!"
why on earth would you cut down a priceless chunk of history?!!
You guys that are talking about the tree being cut. YOu can tell by the looks of it that it is on the way out. The tree would die and go to waste like it was. It was best to cut it. It was mature and on the down hill side fast.
good job i need another box of toothpicks
...and the best thing about that tree coming down is you can build 2-3 houses from the wood, generate15-20 jobs as the wood moves from forrest to neighborhood, and create some wealth along the way. Then, you can plant 2 trees in its place and it will be ready for harvest for future generations. How creative.
I do love that sound too and how quiet everything is after the crash. The woods are silent for a while before the normal noises return.
That cracking sound when the tree was coming down was so satisfying
that tree is well over 200 years old. There's no reason to cut all the old growth down there is enough second growth to go around. your a monster and should be ashamed of your self for killing such a ancient thing.
+Captaraknospider you have zero understanding of what happens on the great pacific west coast with British Columbia Logging.You couldnt grasp the magnitude of the harvest here,
+Captaraknospider In life you eat the rioe fruit and let the young fruit mature.By removing the old,it makes way for the new.The old dies and goes away naturally.Old growth only gets so old,these oldies are losing more volume a year to rot and decay than they are putting on.Their time is limited,their health is questionable.Many get some decent last chance use out of them.
+milestracy or how about you educate yourself. He is saying if you don't cut it down then it will die very soon and no one will get any use out of it. But now it will build houses that people can live in. Now the young will grow and they cycle starts again. Think it through before you say something stupid next time.
+milestracy wow, really??? that's kinda like the pot calling the kettle black. must be a drag being you. lmao
We don't kill the old so they don't cause a drain on society. There's no need for this distinctive harvesting you haveany enough crop felines now no need to take all the old ones whether or not it's rotten.
this calls for a cold budweiser in the man cave.
Ewww. The watery tree-hugger of beers. Get a good IPA and file your chain.
Absolutely humongous! So cool that they can grow this big and thick. Hope it comes to good use.
what an awesome , useful , renewable resource... nice vid
Sure a lot of negative comments over a video you didn't have to watch....or for that matter why were you looking up logging related video's to begin with..A lot of angry people in this world......most of them all hidden behind a key board and a moniter......excuse me I have to go throw another log on the fire.......
***** still have to meet one of these days
***** 10/4 on the fire logs!! Winter's coming!
Another log on the fire? So, you like using a dirty burning fuel with low energy density?
Yup,less than an hour,and here we are after ages of logging and there is still millions of acres of old growth around here
nice job didn't even damage any other trees you're a true professional watch your back the tree huggers are prowling in the woods
I bet the earth shook when that giant hit the ground! Nice job of bringing it down.
People need the wood but don't want it to come from trees lmao. Swear I think people get more ignorant every day. I'm not fighting a battle of words with dumb double standard hypocrites but I will say this looked like a good safe job. Well done!
They think trees have a soul and bigger trees have more soul than little trees. Every time you mow the lawn you kill hundreds of baby trees this is just a big one. Where is the soul in a tree it doesn't even have a brain. It's just wood!
people are getting stupider everyday and much more hypocritical. people love to hear themselves talk even if they are absolutely uneducated on the given situation
in my world there has to be a reason to cut such a tree down, unfortunately i could nt ,[by the video] see any reason for it to come down , but i dont no anything about that job at hand. it appears to me it was a residual left by the real loggers. its also appears to be standing relatively straight with quite large schoolmarms on it , the fella mentions theres another one on it as well. which by the size of them they wood happily sustain such a tree, but without seeing the foliage hard to say , but not that hard, I didnt see any trails near by is it in a park? hmmm ,interesting . not enough details for me, but i will say some pretty radical outlandish comments on this one
stop whining. there's no shortage of lumber in North America. we got wood. PS - i'm also a conservationist, which is why i stand by the belief that green logging is not only useful, but essential for the survival of ecosystems. the problem isn't the logging--it's the industrial waste caused further down the supply chain. get your eyes on the real perpetrators, folks.
Yes but these are old growth. They have different ecology than new growth.
+ air tf no more trees=no air think before. U comment dumbass mowsvur dumb
I would also make a couple of "hurting the nature" comments, but I'll be an adult here and not hide my jealousy for your awesome job. In my book, you guys are awesome!
beautiful tree, beautiful work, beautiful falling
3:37 What? Didn quite catch that.
hahaha
At the butt 7ft
take that hippys!!
that would be so fucking scary yet incredibly satisfying...
I can confirm this. I work for a tree service and felling a full tree is one of the best feelings in the world.
"It's 'best before' date is up today." LOL!!!
How dare you cut down a tree to make human life better and to give new growth a chance! Some people need to thank about where they live and what they sit on, or better yet, go to the doc office and use a tongue depressor.
Yes, but the old growth forests have a different ecosystem than new growth.
Ahem, 10,000 trees are planted everyday
I love all the comments about how bad it is to cut down a half dead tree. I suppose they think trees live forever.
Went down to comments and saw... A Lot of undestanding people who know where their toilet paper comes from, where the timber for their houses comes from. I'm glad there are a lot of smart people out there.
I think you did a great cut feller. good honest work for a hard working man.
I would typically take down a tree like this with the boy scout one hand axe I got when I was 12. Such wimps using that big azz saw and all that equipment.
You had an axe? I would just use a pocket knife....
I only used the ax because I was short on time, else I would have used a butter knife.
+TheRobertpyoung I would've used a spoon :/
i use a toothpick
A TOOTHPICK! Talk about overkill. If I walked by a tree like this too fast, my wake would probably cause it to fall.
Cutting down a tree may not impact our lives but it can impact the environment. call me whatever you want, some people (including me) care about these kinds of things. No stupid troll comment will change that.
There's many other trees its not gonna be that bad against the environment.
Tavis Young well one tree won't hurt the environment but contributing to the thousands of trees being cut down every day will.
Krizzy Bear yea but we need wood so what are we ment to do?
***** that's good. I part-time run a small environmental campaign (still in the making) so I am just passionate about this kind of thing :).
Tavis Young true, but we could also stop throwing things out, and recycling. It isnt a big deal, at the end of the day the tree was cut down, I just like to express my feelings about the environment because I care about it a lot, but we can all have different opinions :).
the sound of it falling is way to satisfying
Hell yea. That was FKN was a show ov talent!!! Great saw work!! The man makes the saw!
its ok to dismember an unborn baby while it is alive but dont cut our trees down . oh the inhumanity of murdering a tree
I hate the way those people think the ones that believe chopping a tree down is murder and inhumane, but taking the life of an unborn baby, a child that never got to experience love from a parent is not murder and is perfectly fine.
Leviathan because trees are more valuable then an unborn baby i care more about plants then animals
eggrollsoupnova2000 um no, trees will only ever have s few uses and little potential, a baby has so much more potential and uses ( some are not good ik)
Earth first!!! Will clear cut the other planets later.
hey thats my line lol
I guess you don't need oxygen!? ....... dumb fuck
It sure is fun fucking with you tree huggers.
Dave Knepp shut up trees give us LIFE
Enzie - Minecraft exactly. Healthy, living trees do. This tree was neither of the above and having it gone benefits the other trees around it
Nice cutting job. Glad some use will be made of that huge tree before it rots on the forest floor.
i love cutting down big trees its awsome great work mate
A shame...
Yes,of course, many dozens of others things could have been done with it.
In 50 years from now earth will be the most boring planet
in the universe.
All impressiv animals...dead.
All impressive plants...cut dow.
All impressiv places... tourist traps. (starts with mount Everest)
Hopoefully someone will still be willing to wheel you out to the lobby then to try and enjoy the boredom that will abound
love all the videos greetings from Brooklyn NYC
Thanks,hello back!
Beautiful!!!
cool video i like to cut trees
Justin Miller Ugh.The people know only care for their selves...
Maleawesomegamer sylveon You are a fuck tard
Maleawesomegamer sylveon bro u should try it sometime its pretty fun
Lets just band together and cut trees :)
Justin Miller and destroy the animals and the enviorment.
Makes me sad to see a beautiful, hundreds of years old tree, being cut down. Makes me even more sad to see the comments here and be reminded just how little people care for our planet and it's resources. I don't know how someone could look at something so majestic, then destroy it in a matter of minutes.
Your state of sadness or content,does nothing for the economy or good jobs,the act of living and needing and using things.How does a chicken feel about its egg being stolen every day?
Your state of disregard puts our environment and resources at great risk, for generations to come. This self-centered mentality is exactly what is wrong with people today. It's all about me, right now. No one gives a shit what we are leaving behind for our children and grandchildren. As long as you can make a dollar, screw everybody else. I feel sorry for you.
Do at least a nine second research on Foresrty/logging/Land use/Parks in British Columbia here before your heart guides you to to your own truth.We have moreparks and set aside lands than will ever be used or needed
More parks and lands set aside, than will ever be used or needed? You can't possibly be serious. What about the wildlife and plants that rely on what meager land we don't develop or take for our own? We have already removed over 80% of the worlds forests, and that number continues to rise. The human population continues to rise at astounding rates and we are using resources faster than the earth can sustain long-term. You only consider forests value, in what it has to offer us humans. You consider nothing else. That ideology says all I need to know about where your mindset it.
Everyone back to work now
4 years later and people are still pissed at skadill
A rotting tree is a ticking time bomb and could cause much more harm then good.
It's not even a habitable place for critters, just insects and mites.
A 10' piece of the tree trunk would be all I want so that I can mill it and build some beautiful furniture with it.
Why tho??why they decided to cut that old three??
To sell it and make money 💰
If you listened to what he said in the video you would understand
To make a RUclips video. Duhh
a tree that big around is worth a crap load of money depending on what the prices are like were u to it u could probably get $20,000 to $50,000 sometimes even more
Gavin Woods and it was old and dead and it made it harder for the trees around it to thrive
this is why we cant have nice things
+Talieisn Morgan This is how we got those nice things called furniture.
+Talieisn Morgan Another guy who knows nothing about a forest...
+Talieisn Morgan i'll bet you never lived outside of the city in your life. huge ass trees like that are common in Alaska
i live in the blue ridge mountains of West Virginia my friend
I have held that 880 .. huge heavy monster saw compared to my Stihl MS 441 mag
great work guys ! tree is so HUGE
nice saw, better than the old 051 I used back in the day.