If anyone needs a tutorial on how to transfer weight into the crane, Damien has just given you a master class! Great job Damien with a perfect explanation of how and why. The only thing I could correct you on is ahh, ahh, ahh ...🤔. Have a great New Year everyone and stay safe!
Well we were gone a couple day's to a wedding so I'm late on watching this video but WOW what great one !!!! After reading all the comments I'm fairly speechless !!! Amazing work on a nasty dangerous job !!!! Thank you SOOO much for this year and all the past year's !!!!! ❤❤❤ Unfortunately I'm not very optimistic for the future but certainly wish you and everyone the very best !!!!
*YOU & YOUR CHANNEL* accompanied me as I aged. Thanks for being part of my journey. It's been many years and I cannot pinpoint how many. I learned a lot from you other than trees but *ALL* the LIFE LESSONS you've shared. I believe you have been able to use RU-vid to transform a great many of us - *THANKS TO GOD YOU & CREW* !
❤”Make the Next Right Choice”, “Walk in Thankfulness for God daily” 🌲❤️ Always grateful for your videos, sharing words of wisdom, sense of humor, and outlook. Your extra touches in editing bring joy & smiles. Your positivity and grace have made a difference in so many. Thank you Sending hellos to Mrs. Helen Hunicke ♥️Mom 👍 and the whole family. Grateful to have been blessed by so many wonderful videos over numerous years. Sending blessings to All and best wishes in the New Year.
Damian, you are a master teacher and your desire to share procedures make you very interesting to watch. You care about safety and stay in contact with the crane operator to make smooth lifts. Blessings to you, August and the crew.
Usually for crane videos on the internet I like to see stuff tip over into the power lines, but since it's you guys this is preferable. The banter makes a work day so much more enjoyable. Thanks for another great video, stay safe out there.
You guys are masters of your craft it’s great to watch. I was on a crane that hit 11000 volts power line. I was standing on the deck luckily for me and the driver the timbers under the outriggers was dry or it would have been our last day on earth. The other riggers were fucking around and were not paying attention. It was a 140 ton crane and it blew the lifting cable in half and shut down a massive shopping centre.
Watching you guys work reminds me of the brother hood I cherish growing up on my grandparents farm working with my cousins. And the memories of unselfish commitment to my fellow Marines while serving during Desert Storm and my whole 4 years. I worked with a tree/ land clearing outfit when I got out but had to find a job with benefits. Loved the work and still do it to this day. Helping out lagit outfits and small jobs. I had a mentor like August when I co-oped in high school. He was older and approachable and could relate to my youth. August reminds me to share my experiences and knowledge to my children and neighbors. You guys are the real deal and I can’t wait to buy a Monkey Beaver Harness for my boy. Stay safe and God bless you guys.💪🇺🇸
Hello Helen, great to see you post comments !!! And I couldn't agree more !!! You have reason to be Very Proud ❤❤ Wishing you all an extremely happy and full New Year !!!
Been reading George Beranek's Fundamentals and watching your videos. It's great to see the techniques and concepts in the book in action here on your channel. Thanks for the excellent learning opportunities!
Well done guys! Thanks for a great year of awesome video’s! You have created a great list of achievements for next year! Hope you get through them all! All the very best to you and everyone for 2024… Be be safe, Cheers Stoney.
Do the next right thing.....words to live by. Thanks for all the videos, thoughts and insight in 2023. The one clip when you made the cars go backwards down I-5 was kinda trippy. 😆
Gratitude. Walk with humble gratitude…love your commentary, wisdom, kindness, and your goals. The skill present within your tight circle is amazing. I am thankful for your content. It inspires me, it calms me and it encourages me to improve - keep pushing my craft. Happy new year!
Happy new year August & family. Have to agree on reading every day with the family. We try and have family devotions each night by reading from the scriptures and expounding from a biblical perspective. Praying also changes our perspective when we pray according to His will. Your brother in Christ, Nigel.
Nice cutting and coordination to stabilize the picks - that's gotta be one of if the not the biggest difference between crane use in industrial and construction settings and tree work - manufactured items arrive with center of gravity labelled - tree limbs not so much - and thanks for the break down at 16:50. My first tree-related goal for 2024: order boots
Been watching you guys for over a year now. Every job done with great skill and professionalism. This scenario had all the hazards rolled into one. As expected, you completed the task with amazing skill and precision. A top tier team. You guys are truly masters of your craft and it is always fun to watch master craftsmen do what they do!
Your skill level with the crane is right up there with the ropes and saw, I marvel as the fibers separate and the top floats away having been preloaded just right. I"ve worked with crane operators in the past setting HVAC cooling towers and I have to say your skills are right there with guys that do nothing but run cranes all day long every day. Blessings to you and your family this new year!
👍👍 Nicely Engineered and Executed!! Awesome bench cuts, Damien!! I could feel the stress.. but also the confidence! Been about 10 yrs since I've been past those trees on my way to Mexico... You guys definitely have my sympathy on those jobs where they want you to do a 'miracle'... but please don't damage any of my trees! Gotta get down to GP again one of these days!!! (in the summer... lol) Take care!!
Thank you for all the videos this past year. I began my tree journey in earnest in late 2022 and your videos this past year along with a few others (reg, Jacob, strider, Buckin) have been instrumental in my learning.
That my friend was one awesome video. Safety first. And a whole lotta skill. You guys really show how much training it takes to do a job like that. Here's to a year gone by safely. Happy New Year and best wishes to all the family and friends.
Gotta be testing Damian's pucker-factor, with those thousands of volts poised to strike. Real pros get to walk away. A prosperous and peaceful new year to you all.
Enjoyed the video. I'm not excited about most crane videos. BUT, this was an excellent video. Kudos to sawman Damian....very nice! And the crane operator? Well, He da man...a good man. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
thank you so much for the amazing videos during the last year and the great inspiration from your words too , looking forward to a new year a fresh start , i myself am aiming to start over and move from England and start again on a Spanish island , me and my ginger cat will make the trip all being well when the visa comes through in February across France and down to Cadiz in Spain for the 2 day crossing by sea , this is my only goal for the new year
Ye guys are The Tops , a fabulous team that l would never get enough of, just like Hardcastle and Mc Cormick, Crocket and Tubbs, John and Ponch, Simon and Simon, Cagney and Lacey, Scarecrow and Mrs King, and the list goes on, be safe Always !!!
Watching and listening to you and your crew work is always inspiring. The care and caution you all take and at the same time keep the "mood" very upbeat. I very much appreciate you sharing that. I've never been one to write down my goals although I will make an honest effort to do it. Thanks again August and keep yourself safe! 😃👍❤🌲 Randy
Hey August, Happy New Year! Great video! Great work Damien, but I think those picks could be smoother 😂. August, that's a great list, ambitious... Perfect closing line-Love watching your videos, Thank you so much for all you do! I would echo your first 2 goals for sure, they are tough ones, gotta give it my best shot though...
Thanks for the great content. Setting goals is a sure way to succeed- My mum always taught us this and now I always set goals and write lists. Love your work and one day if I make it to the USA I’ll have to come say hi! Happy new year to you your family and the crew.
It's been a great year with all the great videos you put out. I'll be looking for forward to the upcoming year and all the madness you guy's do. God bless
That’s not just power lines. Not for certain what type they’re but I’m confident they’re every bit of 12KV. They’re bare wires and more than a triple phase. Something tells me the transmission lines aren’t far from these ones. Zero mercy In tree work like this. So critical that all goes perfect. Obviously, the right men were chosen for this job. August and Damien, I salute you both on a job well done. “Home owners” with big trees, near big power lines and a big Poulan chainsaws in the shed. 🫵🏻“DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!” Statistically, most tree work related injuries and deaths are home owners. Call certified pros, or else😊
@Damien Nice Zigzag & Zillon combo there, Damien! It would be cool if Petzl would sell the Zillon friction chain as an individual hardware piece, instead of as a complete unit with the wire core lanyard, but, ...alas they do not. =O( I already have a Rope Logic wire core flip line with a Petzl Micrograb on it. I don't need another wire core flip line, but it sure would be nice to have another rope lanyard with the Zillon friction chain on it. I can't see spending $250-$265 just to get the friction chain, and cut the Petzl wire core to get it off, and then put it on a rope lanyard
I've had Asplundh and several other companies working for my utility company. My power lines and now my fiber optic internet and digital phone line run through my 6 trees in my front yard. About every 5 years or so they come in and cut a new V in the middle of the trees. I understand this as a preventive measure to protect the lines from downed branches from our occasional Oklahoma ice storms. Makes an ugly mess of the trees but not so noticeable when they leaf out. A little less shade over the house each time. It is, what it is. Better that than no electricity, no internet, and no phone, I reckon.
And they do all this at best, with a manlift/cherry picker and a chainsaw on a pole. One crew asked me once if I had a chainsaw. Their chain was so stretched and they didn't have a spare.
What a complex tree to take down. Problem created by the crews cutting the poweline right of way? Is that Interstate 5? Thanks the great reminder using scripture.
August's rope can't touch the line because those transformers aren't rated to handle that many terrawatts of awesome. He'd overpower the whole grid. Ever notice how nobody shakes his hand unless he has gloves on? Now you know why.
Okay now I've watched a bunch of of your videos now and having issue. I have trim trees around power lines for a very long period of my life about 10 years. All the things you are doing what a crane like I did myself with my hands . And not just me a large variety of arborist. No big companies provide a cranes that wouldn't have an issue but they don't they don't care about there workers . Especially companies like Asplundh which is the most corporate in tree work. Workers our numbers and deaths are calculated risks.
I watch these videos and get jealous of a lot of the equipment they have access to while realizing how much of the same stuff we do without all the “fancy”equipment but with twice the amount of struggle and risk. I know they could afford to get us better gear and equipment but the higher ups don’t give a shit as long as they’re making fat checks. I always consider switching over from line clearance and starting out on my own because I know these corporations don’t care about us and never will.
@@garyhenion9459 I’m talking about the company I work for where I do line clearance. They would never get us a crane or even smaller equipment like a dingo or something. I’m not hating on anything August has…I even said I get jealous watching the videos because I wish we had access to the equipment he has. Lol
I’ve read this comment three times and cannot determine what you are trying to say. You seem to have a beef with someone but why it would be August isn’t clear.
the one thing that gets to me is you guys never wear chinstraps while in the air. ive had my helmet fall of multiple times and learned me lesson since. just lookin out. good work as always nonetheless
2024 goals: exonerate myself fully Get full custody of my son after exoneration. Show my devotion to my girlfriend and her daughter even more deeply than 2023. Eat cleaner Climb faster. Get MonkeyBeaver harness Get 2.0 suspenders Get hydration pack as soon as you make it. Get 500i Hand dig a nice level spot for my munchkin’s trampoline
pretty sketchy on the second to last brush pick should have had your lifeline and flip line about 4 feet further back and or had a relief cut small in front.
If you say so maybe sketchy wasn't the right verbiage but kind of scary watching your rope getting pulled from a cut, I think at least have a relief cut would have been good@@AugustHunicke
By the way of this subject, I love your saddles have 2 of them would love to have the newest model just running short on cash and love all of the accessories to the saddle I don't have the phone one or the water holder but love them and real love your speed line kit. thanks for all the videos.@@AugustHunicke
