What Could Be More Important Than Knowing These Things? 

Don't be so hard on yourself man. That was quality work. A lot of us are learning as we go and we don't have videos catching out mistakes. Stay safe man

Another fun one! Thanks for bringing us along, I enjoy watching you explain things while you work

6:30 we call that a spear or "spearing the branch" since the branch rockets down and spears itself into the ground, great for when the only spot to drop branches is right in close to the trunk or trees with tangly vertical stems. We do it with a high angle upwards cut from the bottom of the branch like you did, then the top cut slightly up the limb so it breaks like a step cut

Great explanations, all the skills of an outstanding teacher along with the humility of a great leader. Well done.

I watch a LOT of fellers, (Nuts319), good example, and tree people such as yourself, and the common denominator is always just simple physics! Angles, levers, and fulcrums. I appreciate your method of articulating what your doin and the reasons. Thanks. The Old Retired Laborer 😄👍

Wow you’re really good at concisely explaining what to to, how to do it, and aftermath explanations

Thanks... you're a good man.

You just blew my mind with your connection point on the knee ascender. That’s so cool.

Nice job! Can you please do a video on how you set up your knee ascender with the Akimbo or how you use your Akimbo as the ascender? Looks cool!

Deine Videos sind sehr lehrreich! Vielen Dank!

Good advice to tell new climbers that tieing into the rigging spar should be last resort or only used in specific situations. STAY SAFE

Superrrr informative! Thank you!!

That tip tie was a great tip idea!

I'm sharing this with my crew. Excellent rundown. Thanks for taking the time for this excellent work.

First of all, great video! I am starting in this business. When cutting the stick down, I looked at it and thought maybe cutting it in three parts for safety. Again, I am new but loved the way you explained the hole process. Thank you for sharing!

I built a launcher exactly like yours. Works great 👌

Great job I like the open areas to drop cut. Those are the best. Stay safe

Great job brother

I'm recently subscribed. I'm really appreciating your explanations, in each of your vids. Many thanks.

Thanks for the great pointers...😁😁.. again you make it look easy..

Enjoyed the video. Nice tree to work in. Fun.

Very nice video, lots of info

Excellence can be found anywhere!

That’s interesting what type of a system you had on your left foot when climbing. Maybe you will show it in more detail next time. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

God job teknic

Hi Zacc, East Coast Arborist here. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was always taught that when making snap cuts or slash cuts your undercut or weakening cut should always be further out (or in the case of a slash cut directly flush with) your second cut to prevent the chance of your saw becoming pinched in the falling limb or branch. That way should anything fail early it mitigates the chance of your saw being brought with it, both preventing potential saw damage from falling or worse the weight of the branch being placed on your saw lanyard and ultimately yourself. I enjoy watching your videos, and the quality and knowledge you demonstrate regularly.

Just a little note...at 17:00 you mentioned making sure to have the rigging point "out" from your cutting position, on a tip-tie, so that it doesn't come back and hit you. This is good to be cognizant of, certainly, but just so everyone knows, this is absolutely NOT a guarantee against the limb coming back at the climber!!!

excellent cuttin🤙 stay safe stay healthy

Nice job as always brother. Who would want to save a gum tree!

Great video! Realy helpfull for a beginner climber like me

Nice video

I've heard it said that a bounce test is a bit more risky than a static test with two people, as the bounce can create more force, and since its sudden force it can cause damage that then makes it fail once you're climbing. Also, a minor sidenote is i notice you using a suicide grip on the saw quite a lot. And I get that having the thumb to push can make it feel a bit easier, but it really gives you a significantly worse grip in case of a kickback or something. Wrap those thumbs around the handle properly!

Hard to judge branch size due to camera lens, anyone else? Great work

Great video! I was looking for the video you mentioned somewhere else about an alternative to a knee ascender that you use. Can you provide a link for that? Thank you!

hey man.... would love to see more details on that cannon! .. thanks for sharing

I was curious as to what foot and knee ascenders you are using and how much damage to the rope they are doing? Great video. Thank you for sharing.

2:03 I like that I'm not the only one who do it this way :-)

More important than knowing? Doing it, experience... :p Fun vid as always!

If Billy Strings became an harborist.

Привіт з України. Дякую що виставляє таке класне навчальне відео.

Is that launcher some kind of home made launcher? I noticed its a PVC pipe and valve.

Nice video ,have you made a review on them spikes (edelrid ) iv heard good and bad about them …

Hey! If you don't mind answering, but what foot ascender are you using that works with the spurs? Lots of situations that I would like to use something like that in. Appreciate it, stay safe!

What kind of rig did you use to send up that climb line at the beginning?

What are you using for your intercom between you and your guys.

10:00 This is really species dependent but I prefer not to put a wide face cut on the underneath, instead just make a cut from the top down with no notch. This way it will rip down and off the tree which allows it to hang on longer. The only downside is you have no control over when it will break off (may even need to cut it off) and how and where it lands below the tree. But you are practically assured it will hug the tree and away from avoidables. I just tell the groundie to back away and wait till it's down. Be careful with it though, species such as maple (especially norway), white pine, tree of heaven etc. have really brittle wood that doesn't bend much before breaking and may come down before folding hit tip first and bounce the butt into whatever you want to avoid. BTW, I hate the word target to describe things to not hit. Who the hell came up with that term?

Climbing tree yesterday and kept gaffing out any tips on Climbing them slick limbs?

What ascender was that that you were using?

Do you own your own chipper and chip truck? If not do you rent one or have a different company clean up? Very curious lol

On the last top your climbing line and lanyard were right next to each other kinda defeats the purpose of having both

How do you like the Talon's? Lookin at then or the carbon fiber gecko's. I have the aluminum now but want to upgrade

I just subscribed because your name and your in a tree, do you collect taxes as well 😄 jk, awesome job here, helpful stuff!

Is there any chainsaw cancelling mike you can use while making your videos? I love all the info you give but the screaming chainsaw between each comment is a real pain in the ears.

You said "for all intensive purposes"... It's For all intents and purposes.

this dude is the calmest and most level headed dude in our industry.. most guys in this industry are complete wack jobs, that you want nothing to do with in life a complete embarrassment on jobsite’s and in life, this dude is solid🫵🏼

A broken wekk pump ain't shit. Youd recover just fine