FAT AND ELABORATE COTTONWOOD FELL!!! One of the broadest canopies I've ever felled. 

Gotta say, living in the Northeast US it is nice to finally see you dealing with trees more like the crap I'm used to. All those bone straight, butter soft fir trees in the PNW don't have much in common with something like a 1/2 frozen, sprawling red oak that's "only" 75 feet high... but also 75 feet wide.

This was perfect! This is HOW to do it - slow, incremental, steady, cautious, and finally success! This is the antithesis to the tree-falling-fail videos so common on YT. Thanks for posting this. Very informational and a wonderful example of how to do it correctly. I would have used a heavier hammer for the wedges but that's just me. Also, another excellent example of how to tackle a trunk with a short (relatively-speaking) bar - get half the wedge out to see exactly where you are at. A perfect tutorial.

Cottonwood! I remember going to the woods, on the banks of Missoure River in Missouri. I was 4 or 5. My dad and uncle would cut gigantic Cottonwoods. Grandpa would show up with his team of horses to skid them out. My dad would build a fire to keep me warm and have me back out of the way. The trees were taken to a saw mill at some point and cut into lumber. Cottonwood was cheap but good lumber. It had a stringy texture. The secret to Cottonwood lumber is to always keep it dry. It will last forever. But, keep it dry! Then you usually had seed where you stacked the lumber. Cut it down! Seems like they draw lightning. Thanks Kevin. Another memory I hadn't thought of in a long time. One other thing. The trees were so large they used a 2 man saw. Don't remember brand name, but it was red. Good old days. Maybe you should cut 1 for saw log, then someone skid out with horses. An interesting experience.

The banter between the 2 of you is so funny! I never knew felling trees could be so fun to watch!

Sitting down with my first cup of coffee on my day off, watching you guys wrestle this beast. A good start!

Thanks for showing me how to dress up a running bowline, I will be doing that from now on. Nice work.

Fun to see you hacking away at tree like we often deal with here in the river breaks of South Dakota. Have never had a bowline come loose but I can sure appreciate the addition of the yosemite and will use it in the future. Thanks guys for sharing

If you are working in my yard, I want the slow and careful method! Well done, Jacob.

That'll make a nice stack of fire wood, especially with all that white stuff around and abouts. For one minute I was thinking that worst was going to happen, as I have seen befor . Even with a crane cable tugging, this Eucalyptus just rested back on itself and flattened an un-occupied sunday school hall. Trees are nice most of the time, they give you shade, they break the winds. However when you want them down when they're not ready they can be very argumentative.

Man you have worked along great guys in this series. Everyone has a lot of passion and knows their stuff.

Love watching your videos brother. I live in northwest Michigan right across the lake from you guys. Are you making a U.S. tour? If so come on over. Van's Tree Service. 🌳 I'm 33 yrs. into my tree cutting journey. I'm so glad to see some professional young Tree guys. Alot of fly by nighters over here. Stay safe.

I got some massive secondary oak removals that need to be climbed and rigged all the way down. I love watching you work in Wisconsin. Makes me more confident in the way I do things. Much love jacob work safe brother.

Welcome to WI and the waterlogged cottonwood! Try it again in summer on the shores of lake Winnebago. The water will run out when cutting and can smell the lake. They are definitely have a spread. Great approach and tact. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Your channel has helped me learn so many of the trees I have trimmed and been around all my life. I always wanted to be able co correctly id them and know many now. Already in a weeks time I doubled this number. Keep on telling us the facts on them. Iven if you got to dig a bit for the hard ones. I Love your channel so you will see me again here.

We have quite a few of these all along the rivers in Nebraska. In the atrium-City area there are some beasts left hidden away that are so fat 4 grown men couldn’t even link hands around some of these trees around here. The big ones are usually buried in the tree lines along the rivers or way up North in the Sandhills along bodies of water or streams.

I never had a husky saw in my life until about 2 months ago I bought one off of walkers Saw shop that is walkerized that thing rips I have a bunch of other saws from the West Coast all souped up from the saw King rich them saws also rip

I think the same way Jake anytime I have a big tree I am dropping by a house a building a structure and we're pulling it over always take my time it's critical you're definitely right

You guys are great. One thing please take your rings off. Years ago I lost my rind finger because I was wearing my wedding band

Great to see you run though exactly what you are doing even the basics to help everyone out! Amazing work 🇦🇺

Kevin seems like a real cool dude to work for or with definitely so do you Jake

Another potential solution to wood left in the middle and getting an uneven wedge could be doing a heart cut as I know it by. Before starting your felling cut, you could cut through the middle of the wedge from the front, and thereby removing the middle and a little bit of not needed wedge in the center. Love your channel, keep up the good work, and good luck with your new business

Holy crap! That thing looked like it was all back weight. Welcome to the place where trees tend to be as wide as they are tall.

That was a good show guys, thanks.

Great vid 👌 so I wouldn't go for dinner on Friday and if we never see another video will know Y 👍 great felling 🤪

Bless Very nice video. Not being in a hurry means success. Thanks 😊

That is a massive amount of tree! Excellent wood. No rot

Loved the Leatherface dance while you cut those vines loose..Epic!

Always take your time

with the baclava he totally reminds me of great khali. kevin has at least the same big heart!!

Head on down to south alabama and get some of the live oaks!! Hardest, most dense and heavy wood in the us!! 150ft wide canopy with some pushing 10ft in diameter! That would be a awesome video I believe!!

That was a ruch. Dealing with a broad sprawlers is so cool.

Sometimes ya gotta spend alotta time on the rigging and the cut to make it work. I’ve personally done lots of trees this way to get it done. Sometimes slow and steady is what’s needed to bring it home safe. Nice work man 👍

BOOM that thing took its time for sure! What will happen with the wood? Cheers!

Good job guys. Y'all take care and be careful out there and have a blessed day and I'll see you on your next video.

I’ve had the bowline come undone in the tree before. I only fell a couple feet but still…. Now I always use the Yosemite finish.

Great timing good job .

Yeahhh!! You did it!

Hahaha! Did he really just make a Land Before Time 5 reference with singing “friends for dinner”

Nice job. Thanks for the video and stay safe.

If that thing went backwards I'm sure you would not have posted a video so I knew it was gonna fall correctly, BUT I was still nervous as hell, great job everyone!

I will leave my wedges loose at first then as wedges get pinched, I will stop my back cut then proceed to winching, noting that the wedge has become unstuck. This gives me peace of mind that the ropes have cotroll.

Just my opinion I've pulled some big trees over with a lot of lean that final last couple poles that's a lot of tension on the ropes I would have double stacked a couple wedges just to take some tension off the ropes on that final straw just me but you guys did amazing great job

Nice work. I know of several cotton woods in my area that would dwarf that one. I wouldn't know where to begin

Awesome job guys !!

You got your channel name back? Thats awesome to see

Great seeing you all laughing and having so much fun out there. I was trying my hardest to not laugh too and wake my wife. i ahve a feeling I failed and will be reprimanded in the morning. Anyway, great content. Looking forward to the next.

Thanks for the great video!

Good job.. Cotton sucks on the hinge it easy to have them snap off goin slow was the best move u need a better wedge banger tho lol

Nice work gents.

You don't want to murder me on a Thursday because you probably want me to work on Friday. That's funny 😄 😆 🤣 😂 😁

Dawns here ☀️

Great that you have A wedge. You need more than one! Also, you need something besides a tack hammer to set them with! A 3-4 pound sledge works much better, and much safer.

BIG tree ! Good job

It's not tedious, it's deliberate!

Hey guilty! Awesome content man nice!

Glad you had a good time in Wisconsin.

Well done Jake bit different wood out on the way to east coast

Nice work!

Have never had a Bowline come undone

try a Fremont or Rio Grande cottonwood {alamogordos}. Good bit of firewood and feed troughs.

Just done well cheers.

I had a moment of comedy gold today (for the wife), getting the chain and bar stuck in the limb of a dropped willow. Had to go home for a handsaw, axe and car jack.

Great 👍🏻 👌 job guys

Cool video. Be safe out there

No axe!!!!! Woooooow!!! Haha

Watching him set up lines and you just filing away.... “If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe.” - Abraham Lincoln."

Good stuff

Great job Jake!

That was awesome

There’s a lot of trees in the east that you can still climb an there down great vid 👊 would like to cut some out with you guys in some tall stuff

That kind of had my cheeks clenched. Nice watching that double face cut.

The best line of the video: “It never gets old!” (26:38)

Great job men!

You should try to take some of the trees 10ft by 3-4ft trunks as a whole piece. You can make some crazy $ selling slabs of specific trees with the rite grain and knots. Im sure a bunch of subscribers doo woodworking and would buy. Few hundred bucks for a 4ft round live edge slab of walnut and upwards of 1500 for the rite 4x10 slab. Start with chainsaw slabs and when you get enough to buy a mill with the slab $ you can get an extra slab out of each trunk if you use a band saw mill. You can make alot by selling them whole too. 5-10k to the table makers and wood workers and if it doesnt sell alot of mills will pay for it too. My unkle sells trunks and slabs to carpenters and the straight limbs in 10ftx10in± sections to a local mill. The rest he sells as firewood and the dust and chips he runs his house and shop with by turning the chips to dust and running it all through a pellet mill and screen. He does like 10 trees a year with him and his son cherry picking the jobs with the best trees and with the extra firewood, slabs and pellet sales they do well enough to have enough extra time and $ to have built 2 amazing houses in their spare time up in their mountain in the last 5 years.

That was one ugly monster!! Nice drop Jake

Cottonwood can get pretty huge, as a kid we had one in our woods, got so big it couldn't support itself ..probable 12feet accross

Good job

Good content keep it coming

Oh, now I see that you have more wedges. Great. You still need a hammer big enough to drive them.

Nice.😆 mate

Great technique my NEW FRIEND!!!

Great job well well

Might be beneficial if you clear the base of tree before you start cutting. Safety first.👍

So Kevin would you say I could use the bowline with that Yosemite finish on a base anchor for SRT

Welcome to life for the rest of us guys Jacob🤣

When you decide to come to Arnold ca, let me know man. I'll show you around

Hey Kevin do you sell them coat that Jake has on the game of Tress coat or no. man I'd love one of those

I'm curious with bark that thick how would you climb something like that with spurs and not sink in right up to your boot and then have to reef your spur out of the bark.

Great job!

Good job fellas 👌 You're right, it's almost impossible to capture the lean of a tree on camera.

When they lean like that I like to leave a little extra holding wood on the lighter side

I've figured out a way to store my throw line I almost never have any rats nests. Takes a little bit of time to stow away but it's worth it.

Great job guys.

I was wondering if you guys could do a in depth look of the knuckle boom how it works controls all that nifty stuff. I looked to see if you already did a video on it but did not see 1 but I'm also stupid so I may have missed it. Thank you for all you do God bless you all be safe out there

If you’re an arborist working temporarily with another outfit, how does that work with insurance? It came to mind hearing you talk about the garage and house nearby!

Still waiting for the blue vs orange saw comparison lmfao

Just some trees gota be round the trunk for fear with back wieght n power pullin it of without the rest.

used that knot for climbing in school 😄

Wouldn’t it be better to have a jack at the back instead of wedges ? But the rest of the information was fantastic thank you

It must have eaten a lotta cheese 🤣