Hello my fellow human beings and welcome to my channel. My name is Fermin, also known as Fer or Fir, see the connection? The main objective for this channel is to bring entertaining videos related to arboriculture to fellow arborists and people that want to know more about the industry or are searching for a career in the arboricultural world. My goal is to bring joy and possibly attract people to this awesome industry. I invite you to come on a journey of excitement for the care of trees.
A little bit about myself. I am a second generation arborist and grew up in Michigan, mainly doing crane removals. After being a crane operator and learning how to climb, I wondered if there was more information of a better approach on tree preservation (don't get me wrong, my family loves trees but their experience as far as preservation were limited). I decided to work for others and learn different perspectives and now I live and work in the beautiful Emerald City (Seattle).
Yes you should never use a carabiner for rigging. Besides side loading it, the braking point of the rope is less than tying a not. Due to the fact that I am tying a fishermen bend on the carabiner (instead of having a splice), under certain circumstances the rope could snap (never seen it happen but that's what I been told). Thanks for pointing it out! It's extremely important that people take as much precautions as possible. I never use a carabiner for heavy wood only on branches, mainly for convenience ( as I get older I get lazier lol). That being said it doesn't mean it's right, you should never side load a carabiner since they are not design for that. Thanks for the comment ! cheers!
yeah for sure! I have a couple videos that I still got to edit but I would definitely do that in the future. It's an awesome truck it has an amazing turning radius which is handy for working in the city.
@@geothr33 The homeowner loves this tree ( as well as everyone in the neighborhood). She has arborist every 5 years or so to tackle different tasks. Its nice climbing a tree the has been taken well care of. Thanks for the comment! Cheers!
Just found this only a couple minutes in and I know I’m a new sub for your channel. I’ve been doing tree work for 44 years. That said I mostly do pruning work these days. It is great to see a pruning job, love your commentary.
@@joncozzi1701 awesome! That’s a lot of experience you’ve been doing tree work longer than I have been alive. Thanks for the comment and welcome to my channel ( thanks for subscribing) cheers !!!
I have been pruning trees primarily fruit trees since I was in my 20s and went logging then too and you definitely need a bigger saw for the job! Wow ! Other than that you do it fine with what I know
Beautiful. Sometimes you need to build a nest of brush in the tree and deal with that later with a limited drop zone, and the precautions you took to do what needed to be done with energized wires around is fantastic. Well done brother
Love it!!! That was outstanding, and I can't think of a better way to spend my afternoon taking a nature hike with ya and talking about trees. Absolutely fantastic video homie!
Outstanding job. Quite rare to see these content on youtube. Most people just upload tree felling videos, but pruning like you do while climbing is a whole lot different thing. Well done sir. Enjoy the vacations ;)
@@kdasilva2467 Thanks so much for the comment, it is is so encouraging, I appreciate it! Spoiler alert I was supposed to post this video 2 weeks ago, I just got back from camping ( I had a great time). Have a great day!
That is a lot of work! I've done similar work in big Doug firs, but I always had a pole saw with one or two 8 ft. sticks for better reach. I also usually threw a lanyard around another limb for more stability. Maybe you practice by climbing tight ropes?!
@@davidbraun9309 Thanks for the comment! I do use pole tools when I can make good pruning cuts with them, they’re quite handy (I do prefer using a handsaw, it’s more precise) I’ve used the tail of my line when needed for more stability( usually on long secondary steams in deciduous trees, kind of like a second tie in). Tight ropes sounds fun! I haven’t tried it yet but I have done a little bit of indoor bouldering. Cheers!!
@@RC-Heli835 Thanks for the comment. I do not have spikes with ascenders. For this video I am pruning and I am not using spikes just regular foot and knee ascender ( the foot ascender is single). Cheers!
There are two saplings twisting together in my neighbor's yard and I can't wait to see what they look like in 30 years. Unfortunately, they're Norway Maples...
@@justinwest4923 Nice ! Do you think they would be eventually graft? 🤔 It would be cool if they do, although I haven’t seen a successful graft on a Northway Maple. Thanks for the comment!
Thanks bro! I really appreciate the feedback. The star wars text was totally helpful to save time on editing haha, glad you liked it. We do as much as we can to save our mature trees and it’s actually against the law in the city of Seattle to remove a mature tree without a permit.
Awesome video bro! Stunning Maple tree. Great climbing! Hand saw work & tip pruning is the best, it can be super taxing on the body sometimes or even mentally draining trying to best distribute your time in the crown as you know, I like the point you mentioned, do you climb out or grab the pole saw and be more efficient. Keep up the good work!
Technical & tricky crown reduction. The end result looks good bro! I was reading in the Australian ArborAge magazine recently...if you do selective branch removal to reduce the crown height by 5% it can reduce the loading in the root zone approx 40 - 45 % in bigger Eucalyptus species. I am not sure how the consulting arborist quantified the measurement, but interesting.
That’s amazing! it’s crazy how removing a little leverage makes a huge impact. Thanks for sharing I am definitely keeping that in my notes. Cheers brother!!!
Hey bro! Nice video, I like your textbook arborist work and creative approach. I run a tree surgery business in Australia and sub contract climb. Cheers!
