Good advice Damien! 'Do what needs to be done not what you want to do'.My husband used to be in aircraft design and some university graduates only wanted to do the interesting stuff - they thought they were above doing the boring basic stuff! My husband had to remind them they were paid to do whatever needed doing!
Great format. Loved the juxtaposition between ground crew and climber. Damien was great as a teacher, interviewer, and rope/sling guy. Next e[episode could be Damien doing a deep-dive on handling slings on the ground. Thanks August,, great vid.
August, just wanted to say how important your videos r to me and others. I’m 70 and unless the temp is at least 40 degrees I don’t work cus the cold brings on the arthritis in my hands .I go nuts when I can’t get in the trees and watching you work is great! It’s way better than watching movies that you have seen 100 times !
I’ll be 60 in April I know there are some climbers older than me but I do often wonder how many? Hope I still can and want to do it at 70 good on ya!!!
@@jibiroo I’ve tried to find out how many of use old guys are still climbing but have not had any luck . I figure if I’m going to be climbing for an other 10 years I’m going to have to buy one of those raptors , I’m going to sell my road bike and my drag bike this spring and buy one !
Great advice..... A good one I was taught if you’re working on a slope, face up the hill. If picking stuff up and your butt is higher than your head your facing the wrong way. A bad back makes doing anything difficult so saving it as much as you can helps when your older
Man it just makes your day better when you see a new August video pop up ❤❤ And I love watching you work these type of tree's cause this is what I have 😊 Thank you sir for bringing us along and letting us learn ❤
I agree August. The gear makes life safer, easier and faster. Why would you not use it? I always used a steel carabiner on my drop lines. Unfortunately, I am old now and don’t get to climb anymore. I had to stop over 10 years ago because of back issues. Love the videos. I get to continue to climb through you. So thank you so much. It means a lot.
Hey August! Great portrayal of balance between climber and ground guy! It's nice to see how you work some of these "smaller" trees. They still have their challenges 👍
August is the best. My sister lived in Central Point and my other sister lived in Medford and my folks lived out by Brownsboro. Wish I knew August years ago as I would have loved to just come up and watch him work in the Rogue Valley. This guy is at the top of the totem pole when it comes to being a talented tree master. Safe and smart. Doesn't get any better than that.
Always enjoy the videos. I appreciate how you build the morale of your employees. There is great respect given because great respect has been earned. It shows. The light hearted banter, while recognizing where the lines of communication are so refreshing. As always, great work. May the God who orders your steps keep you safe every day. Take care my friends.
i was starting to disassociate from your climbs because on the east coast there are no 140ft furs. But here is a nice tulip that we can all mother____ together.
as a previous ground worker for this "Startup Company" they had experience but werent as safe as you when climbing up trees, resulting in scary moments and damaged headsets that barely worked. First thing i learned is to listen and keep moving, you gotta keep the bottom cleaned as its easier to get it all done progressively rather than all at once cause it gets twisted and heavy. and listening helped me multiple times from either getting hit by a falling log or to stay back for a minute or 2, but the lead arborist was strict and didnt let me take many breaks to rest which i never minded unless i was the only ground worker, only break i really got was lunch and water being right next to the chipper. The amount of times ive stalled the chipper or clogged it is humorous same with the stump grinder. but its fun watching a more coordinated team go at it, and im happy i never have to do that again.
What I do is that helps a lot. If I'm working the ground. I will put a tarp off to the side and I will throw all the small stuff on there. Until it gets full and then drag it to the chipper that helps as well. That way, you're not making so many trips. With all that small tiny stuff god bless everybody they safe great video
I am recent subscriber and have been binge watching your videos. You are fantastic at what you do and a great teacher. In a few of the videos, you mentioned that you have walked away from many jobs that were too sketchy. Do you have any of those on RU-vid? I know that since you didn't do the job, there wouldn't be much to video but I would love to hear your analysis on why and how each one was too sketchy.
Had an interview with a company I won't name (rhymes with slave a tree) today and it was cut short the moment i started to justify one handed saw use 😅
From an avid fan but non-tree guy: Why not speedline to the chipper? It's so fun watching you and the crew work in a trade I really don't know much about! Thanks for all the awesome content!
Probably because the tree was too wide for the height of the tree, speed lines are really good for spars but conventional rigging is usually the go to for decurrent trees. That being said if he was just pruning, a speed line might have been a better option. Everything is dependent on the tree and the works you’re doing to it !!
@@jimholmes4729 if there’s anyone to learn from online it’s august. He’s really good at what he does, there’s no debating that and if there was a better way to do that tree he would have done it. Tree work around the world is very different too, I work in Australia and speed line sometimes- usually while pruning at the end of branches but I often find myself doing conventional or cradle rigging when doing removals, you can take much bigger pieces with wide trees and create space to swing branches over building ect.
I learned pretty quick to orient the brush for the chipper saves a lot of work . Also, instead of fully cutting branches to prep for the chipper , if sometimes it’s best to just cut into the branch so it will fold easy going into the chute and you’re handling less material. I learned quickly to always keep moving towards the chipper. When in doubt hands full with rake or branches!
My mother planted a tulip tree on our farm. Sandy soil. She tended it for decades but it never grew beyond thirty feet. Shame this one has to go. But circumstances rule.
Why were you cutting firewood sized pieces off the branches? Were they keeping all that? Seems like a lot of extra cutting for the climber, and thats gas and oil that you gotta wait for instead of letting them cut it up down there...
Thought the same thing. If we see a climber doing all that cutting into tiny bits, we say something like - you got any bacon bits with that salad? Totally unnecessary cutting making TONS more work for the ground crew.
@truthboomertruthbomber5125 I get that in some instances, but this really didn't look like one of those times. I could be wrong, but it looked like they were very small pieces, and they could have been 2-3x bigger and still very easily directed to the DZ, and frankly, any reasonably skilled cutter can send some fairly large pieces 180⁰ around the trunk and land them in the size space they had to work with. I know August is no slouch, and I am genuinely curious what his thought process was there.
@@truthboomertruthbomber5125 You're not explaining some wildly new concept here my man. I agree with @matiascamprubi-soms7719 He could've taken larger pieces and still controlled them.
I really enjoy the commentary from the ground guys, I’ve been teaching a sheet Bend for the rope going to the canopy for my guys. What is the name of that slipknot Ty in the Damien used?
Another thing for new ground. Guys. Watch the climbers rope always. If you see it's tangled up, tell the climber you're going under to clear it. If you're dragging brush, make sure the rope of the climber is not in the brush. You are dragging to the chipper God bless.
Great vid, good to see the gang out getting it done! From my armchair quarterback point of view, would that have been a MB speedline candidate if not for the broken stem below you?
Long time viewer seen every video some more than twice nothing is owed to me, but I don’t know how I would’ve missed what happened to Adam I seen him stop by on one of your videos a couple weeks ago, but nothings ever been broadcasted of why he left. Just curious keep up the good work.
Zip lines are a pain, either you've got to move and apply tension to it constantly or you've got to move branches to the zip line. Either way it creates a bottleneck, much quicker to let gravity and your ground crew do the work.
Loving your work guys very professional outfit, but do you have anything where it doesn’t go to plan.im not talking massive fail, just stuff like branches hung up ropes stuck or a saw that desides it won’t start at the top of a big tree , just to show me you’re human 😂😂
22:00 this is a nitty gritty question. Why'd you change your mind about where to put that last cut? I saw you start and get about a third through it, then start a new cut below it.
Sure wood be cool if that crane truck would haved Reached over there.... Right ? Or if you could have pulled the tree over with a winch... I know if if if if. It's just that the crane truck is such a back saver.... There's just something about it it reminds me of ballet when you use that crane truck.... Maybe sometime you could play "The Blue Danube" when you're lifting a big ugly snag up and setting it on a trailer... So powerful so graceful... And so much safer... And so much quicker.... And so much more practical... And such a good advertisement.... I could see people hiring you with that crane truck just to be entertained... While watching a tree safely be removed from their very much so valued structures.
NO LENGTHY COMMENT TODAY *other than to say - LOVE you guys along with the information you ALL put out, safety. property/site concern & leaving an area in nicer shape than when you arrived with the mission @ 100% complete!
