One of my work Mates just turned 60' climbs at every opportunity he gets. Ps smokes drinks& still dose all the other thing we'r told are bad for us lol. Age is just a number.
Mad respect dude. That’s a dying art, most new guys or even guys that have been in the industry for a few years would look at that and run. I’m fortunate enough to have been taught by a guy like you. Someone with a “ no bs” attitude that was all about little fuel and energy savings tricks just like that. Good to see what one of these videos as it has been a little while. Keep these style of vids coming buddy👌.
Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate all those different ways of cutting the limbs off to encouraage them to go in the direction you want. Very interesting!
Doing what you love -- so evident in this video. Excellent instruction/description of work and a sense of humor that had me laughing out loud. Thank you!
These are some of my favorite videos, don’t get me wrong I love your artistic videos. Dropping little pearls of wisdom has really helped me to understand things at another level, have a great weekend and be well MB Crew and Family 👍❤️
19:15 If I did the math correctly the free fall time of the log was 2.46 seconds, the calculated height for a free fall of this length puts you at 98 feet (30 meters). The log impacts the ground going 54 mph (87km/h), so it is best to avoid being at the spot the log will arrive at. :-) As you one might guess I'm a computer geek not a tree guy, but I do enjoy the content, skill, and clever physics you and your team employ!
I have 9 more years till I'm 50. Ill still be climbing and removing these massive hard woods here in Missouri. I'm gunna love every bit of it too! Great job August!
My 1.5 year old grandson and I watched on their big screen TV today... he loves it! :) Thanks a lot for taking the time to explain so much of your hard won, intelligent, conscientious, professional experience!
You are the best I have ever seen and the most knowledgeable, I love watching you and listening to you explain your cuts. Have a Blessed day and oh yes from the goodies in your boot ,you are a great father.
If I put food in MY boots, I probably wouldn't eat it. When explaining how to make certain cuts, it is important to explain that different species react differently. A lot of conifers will behave the way you are explaining but many trees will pop as soon as you start the cut. Redwood for example will often just break though quickly. Some climbers get used to working the same types of trees for much of their career and are surprised when they work in a different area. I'm going to be 67 in December so I get it.
Really like when you put text up with quick little explanation. i.e. “peel cut”, “hang” “spur kick”. I think it would help us newer guys learn the terminology a lot
Yes! This was soo fun to watch, Nice spur kicks! Ofcourse its more sketchy to europeans. We dont have those big trees anymore. We had hundreds of years more time to cut everything down and now we forgot the art.
45 + years back, I was hanging TV antennas in tree tops. Sure wished I had someone like you to show me some of these tricks way back then. Still learning from you but physically just can't climb anymore. I do enjoy the videos a lot. Might even have to hire you to do a removal here.
Off topic, but my Daughter is in scouts (they don't need to be "boys" in Australia) and she wants to learn & teach some knots to her group (these days they encourage the kids to take on more leadership). So I showed her your "early lockdown" video on knot tying. It was a revelation for her! She loves the idea of a blake hitch and ascending a rope. She went straight outside, got two ropes, tied loops for her feet (also from your video) and with blake hitches on the other ends, went an alarming distance up a rope. She will be teaching this to the others soon - so I will get back to you regarding injuries... She is only 10yo - way better than playing video games. (and yes, she realises there is more to safe climbing than just this - but she is so impressed with how much you can do with such simple gear)
I think any guy who's been up there long enough does. I'm in Rochester, NY and only make two cuts or a gaffe if I need to. The fibers of the wood and lean usually give you enough to work with.
Have you noticed that Black Squirrels are starting to be more common out East, where they never used to be? Also, Black Vultures are taking over lots of territory from native Turkey Vultures out here. I'm rooting for the Gray Squirrels to stand their ground!!
Okay, so please understand that this is coming from someone who was more than a little nervous getting up on the floor joints of a single story house (while putting the subfloor on)...looking down when you topped that tree and thinking just how far UP you were...YOU'RE NUTS!!! hahaha Thanks for another great instructional and entertaining video sir. Cheers
I came into this at 45. Never liked the break Cuts either. Or doing a back cut first. Just roll my saw around intuiting the wood hold. Glad to see someone else who gets it. Don't misunderstand me in perilous occasions, by the book LOL
When chucking, I usually use top chain and cut %90 of the way through, leaving the %10 where a notch would be. Then pull saw out, make snap cut below. This usually helps make a hinge, or just pop it off. I am from northeast, but I'm not telling you how to do it, just saying what I like. Keep showing those young climbers how it's done, great job August.
rock climbing will cure that elbow pain. i had it terribly from tree work, started climbing again and it went away. give it a shot. you'll feel great physically too!
Hell yeah. If you can do it with one cut, why wouldn't you? I also use my foot to hold a piece up briefly, to have it land flat, to swing it, to get the butt come down early, to miss obstacles or stack branches up for the ground guys.
Howdy August, great tutorial on the different cutting techniques. Especially liked the Billy Ray Cyrus "just a swing'n" cut that launched the limb way out into the clear. Gonna look for something to shove today as well! Have A Day! ;~)
Im kinda self taught off your videos, regs, daniel murphys, reons, pfanner, you know all the other good guys. Been watching you guys for probably 6 years now. Billy way, treeson, all of you guys. Im 26, i work with a guy who is about36 and taught thru the power companies. He was the foreman for 10 years and general foreman for a few. He snap cuts everything, takes everything super small and sets his rigging up for every single limb. When we do trees, i am seriously somewhere around 4-5x faster than him, whether its climbing, bucket work, or felling. I am better than any tree guy or utility guy around my area and produce more work than any other crew around. Ive been foreman now for probably 5-6 years. the tricks you've taught me like one pass cuts, (the rip cuts on big pine limbs was the best probably), and the everything else has made me the best in my area. Thank you so much for sharing your info and helping me become the best i can and the safest i can. I love watching you. I remember watching Damien first climb and i was pretty new back then so it was awesome to learn with him even it was thru videos. You're the best man i love your channel. Thank you so much.
👍Thanks for taking the time Time is 💰 Knowledge makes money Give a guy a fish he eats one day teach him how to fish He will never Starve God-bless Stay safe🇺🇸👌
Thanks for putting the Panther Bar info at the end of the video. Looking forward to a comprehensive video about the deal with those in the coming weeks...😉
Love the cuts, especially the swing shot man! I just did that a few hours ago on an ash limb-I’ve learned a lot from you, thanks for the great work!--sorry, did I break RU-vid law with my link?
Try using a 15-25lbs steel cylinder from a machinist supply and try rolling out your arm with the weight to get rid of the tendinitis. Worked to heal me after trying dry needling.
August if you remember the movie Christine about the old Plymouth. Rico reminds me of the guy that sold the car to the kid. Everytime I see him all I hear is "I'll get the pink slip." Lol
Ya, we have those trees too and mostly one pass everything. If leaning, sometimes we start at the bottom and cut out toward the tension wood and then pull it off the strap rather than snapcut. If not a major lean we will one pass and finesse it as it leaves. Sometimes we Snapcut. Just a generalization I’ve noticed. The one pass seems to be more western regardless of spreading Tree or vertical stem.
Gloves are hot, they hinder knot tying, get all sticky from sap halfway through the removal and then theyre useless anyways... I wear gloves for thorny trees and thats about it. Helps build those callouses up anyways
Good job sir. I love watching your videos! I've gained so much knowledge and technique from your content. I appreciate you and what you do. How long did it take you to get that behemoth on the ground? Just curious...
If it's to big to single pass with the saw then it gets a notch lol snap cuts are so aggravating more often then not! Thanks for all the extra hard work to put these videos together.
No excuse but it just hurts everywhere. LOL not laughing at your pain. Without pain there's no gain I assume that's the saying that somewhat isn't factual but kinda is at the same time. I laughed at the way you remind me of me how youb just casually was like "Yeah no excuse idk just got pain everywhere" haha then instantly the topic changed to a reference about a healthy guy named Rico and how he's strong and etc! 🤣🤣 August said must be good genetics!!! 😭🤣🤣🤣 Swear so random but sounds just like me. Love it brother & the content! Watched so many of your videos my fiancé gets so mad at me! Haha Take care
I kinda wish I'd known this career existed 20 years-ago... I'm probably too old to break into it now. (Almost 45.) I think I have the critical thinking and visualization skills you're applying in this video though.
I enjoy your videos very much very informative. Let me know if there's a day I can work for you I used to work for Eric's Tree Service in Grants Pass Oregon. My daughter lives in Grants Pass. I'm in California.
August I have had a bad back for years and i Tried Yoga and physio to no effect. Pilates worked for me was gonna start back running before pandemic stopped classes
Any time I can make snap cuts I do. On straight pines I usually start with a cut 80-90% through on first cut. Then and inch below I just Cut through the back side a ways. so it doesn’t tear and possibly harass my buck strap. Probably not recommended but when you feel comfortable and it works. Why not.
Hey man, try a good whey protein drink such as muscle milk or similar with your morning breakfast before work and when you get home at the end of the day. I don't know about anyone else but it makes a huge difference in how I feel the next day. I am 54 years old and I recover very quickly that way.
Do you think you could have gotten Damien to go for the ole heads I win tails you lose? Beautiful cinematography. Your film making skills are rapidly approaching your arborists skills.
