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Sidonian Tree
United States
Приєднався 28 гру 2023
Travis Thompson
Hi there - thanks for checking out my channel! I've been doing tree work for 4 years now and love the trade skill. It has become a passion of mine and feels more like a hobby than work. I hope to bring you entertaining and also educational content as I share both my successes and failures in the tree care industry, small business, and life in general. I am a husband, father (of 4), Army veteran, and strive to glorify God in all that I do! I'd love for you to come along for the journey. See you in the trees!
Hi there - thanks for checking out my channel! I've been doing tree work for 4 years now and love the trade skill. It has become a passion of mine and feels more like a hobby than work. I hope to bring you entertaining and also educational content as I share both my successes and failures in the tree care industry, small business, and life in general. I am a husband, father (of 4), Army veteran, and strive to glorify God in all that I do! I'd love for you to come along for the journey. See you in the trees!
Black Walnut Tree Removal Over House
This was a hot one folks! Software Developer Alec decided to come out for another one and we ended up having to pick up about 1 MILLION walnuts. Thanks for watching! #treework #arborist #woodworking
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Front Yard Makeover | Tree Removal & NEW Fence!
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In this video, my dad and I spend 1 day at this property transforming the exterior with tree/brush removal as well as tearing out the fence fronts and rebuilding with steel posts and pressure treated lumber. It was a HOT day and ALOT of work but had a fun time making the video. Thanks for watching! #treework #fence #transformation Be sure to SUBSCRIBE and RING THE BELL to get notified when I po...
Software Developer Experiences Tree Climbing! (The HARD Way)
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In today's video, Alec (my brother-in-law) gets in the saddle to take down a large broken limb over the power lines at his new house! He had quite the experience! Thanks for watching #treework #dangerousjobs #chainsaw Be sure to SUBSCRIBE and RING THE BELL to get notified when I post another video!
I learned THIS from the richest man in history (NOT Elon Musk)
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Thankful I learned this lesson at a young(ish) age. Life is a mist (James 4:13-14). What will you do with it? "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man." Ecclesiastes 12:13 #faithingod #wealth #treework
Removing a 70' HOLLOW ASH TREE from backyard!
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Removing a 70' HOLLOW ASH TREE from backyard!
Arborist vs. ULTIMATE Tree Machine | Who will WIN?
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I LOVE my job | RANGER leaves Army to do this?!
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Making NEW FRIENDS while cutting down a DEAD TREE!
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😂😂😂 Nightmares of being on hands and knees for 4 hours picking up walnuts! 😅
@@geoffreygreen297 yeah we finally stopped raking and just picked the last thousand up by hand 😂
Helmet but no saw trousers is mad
@@sanjay0196 you climb with chainsaw rated pants in 95 degree weather? Not a chance 😂
@@SidonianTree you’ve got to way up the factors really you might be a bit hotter but if you hit an artery with the saw you’ll be dead in under a minute
@@sanjay0196 I do appreciate your concern brother but we do weigh the risk and take it seriously. I almost blacked out in a tree last year wearing Class A climbing pants and it was 95+ degrees. Descended just in time to see the stars. Good looking out but if it’s 80+ degrees I’m not climbing in chainsaw pants, nor forcing it on others. I do understand the risk as far as arterial wounds, I saw men die in Afghanistan from them. Take care my friend, God bless
Im so glad we juat use gas saws at my job
@@jevinmclean7924 for pruning jobs this thing is a great asset. Not my first choice on a removal but it does the job
Chainsaw sounds cheap
@@Hallzilla M18 FUEL 14” top handle by Milwaukee. The sound is irritating but it beats cranking on a gas saw every cut. Stihl 201T is $800 new but this is $350 (not including 12amp battery). I would buy another one
That electric saw sounds terrible, the hand held saw might be better
I don’t like the sound either 😂 but I have plenty of gas saws and this thing isn’t too bad honestly. This is also stone dead ash so it’s like cutting into concrete
@@SidonianTree you know what would be cool, some kind of gun that firers round sharp blades, you just aim at the limbs and fire, might require eye protection when using 🥹
Omg, Sharpen thst chain!
How well do you like the Milwaukee top-handle?
@@jakehinton732 love it. Will definitely buy another one. Only use 12amp battery though, other ones aren’t enough for any meaningful amount of cutting. I’ve had almost every kind of top handle and landed on the echo 355T and this Milwaukee. For the money both of these are great options
@@SidonianTree I run a Stihl top handle with a 14 in bar when I gotta use a gas saw but I noticed it's a lot heavier than the echo gas top handle so was thinking of getting one. I do have the echo battery operated top saw but it's like having a fucking car battery in the damn thing so it doesn't offset the weight issue. Arm fatigue is a big deal in 100 degree weather up in a tree so I'm trying to find something light weight but dependable also.
@@jakehinton732 I used to run Stihl 201T but it was double the cost of echo 355T so when it was time to get another gas I went with that, it’s been very dependable. I made a few simple mods and it does great. I’ve never tried echo battery but the Milwaukee is reasonable on weight distribution. I could not reconcile Husqvarna at $1k+. I know it’s a great saw but dang man I’m just trying to get the tree down, spending that kind of money did not seem like a worthy investment. I know some guys love it though
@@SidonianTree hell yea man I appreciate the knowledge, be safe out there bud.
@@jakehinton732 you bet. Climb high, work safe 🪵🪓
Does the electric chainsaw last you longer than the gas chainsaw?
@@Arctic-qr9eh I normally use the electric saw for pruning only, but wanted to see what it could do on this removal. It almost took the whole tree down. I was impressed. The biggest difference I can think of is not having to pull start every time you want to start the saw and make a cut. It really does change the game. I will buy another one
@@SidonianTree What brand is it? Our company uses the Stihl electric chainsaws, but no one really likes them. Our climbers say they're too heavy and don't have the same power as our gas chainsaws. I agree, though-they're great for smaller cuts, which is what we use them for exclusively.
@@Arctic-qr9eh Milwaukee M18 Fuel 14” top handle with 12amp battery. It has a slow chain speed which is actually ideal and works decent even for removals. I’ve demo’d the Husqvarna but couldn’t imagine lugging it around the tree. This thing is much more manageable (in my opinion)
@@SidonianTree ah, so much more light. Well thanks man! I've recently got into this type of work so I'm trying to learn whatever I can. I love the job it's really fun! Stay safe!
@@Arctic-qr9eh sure thing. Take care 🪵🪓
That looks dangerous ash
@@hunterdrinnon1986 yeah it was a dangerous tree for sure. Unfortunately, I’ve had to climb worse. We took it slow
I’ll always say tree climbers got balls of steel man, especially on hot days it is much hotter up there when you’re 100 feet closer to the suns beating rays
Sick saw!!
@@Crazy_Terryy I usually run the echo on removals but wanted to see what this had in it for the day. Almost took down the whole tree with it. Great top handle 🪚
Tree man with fence building experience, that’s handy! 😂 Great transformation, looks great! 97* is sick, way to tough it out!!
Yeah I know fence but trees are way more fun 😂
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New climber on deck! Woohoo!
The funny thing is he already told me he plans to quote a job this week for someone who asked... climbers multiply themselves :) it's hard to stop once you get going. Nothing wrong with a bit of weekend warrior action. Lol
@@SidonianTree yeah the chemicals start flowing in the blood stream and there's no turning back
I'm glad I don't have a wife and 10 kids right now, I can really feel the struggle in my Arborist company
I understand brother, a tough time for the tree care industry. Regardless, I couldn't be more blessed as a husband and father, wouldn't change a thing in that facet. Take care and God bless you
Oh, wow, I feel so much better knowing there are other developer-arborists in the world! Might not make me less crazy, but it makes me less unicorn-y 🤣
@@kennethsizer6217 you guys might still be unicorns! But that’s not always a bad thing!
+1 climbing code generator here :)
Good job Alec!
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Why the music and not the regular sound of the saw are you that stupid
I’ve had people complain about the music and then people complain about the saw so I guess to each his own 🤷🏼♂️
Thank you for your service. Rangers lead the way.
@@11b-to-cop RLTW
wby is the saw screaming in agony
@@WUMDINGUS 😂 good question
Nice shirt! RLTW!
@@exorcists B Co 1/75 - RLTW
I cant be the only one that heard horrible screams the first time the saw made noise ...
Haha I had to replay it back after that comment and now I think I know what you’re saying 😂
straight up thought he just went "AHHHH"😂
The rebar jn the ground are property or lease corners
It was about a foot off the house, ended up being an ornamental piece people use for gardening 😂
DAMN metal in trees, you ever cracked your crankshaft by hitting metal.
@@stevenbenavente1229 nope but ruined a lot of chains! 😂 I hit glass in a tree one time and that was the worst surprisingly
😮😮😮 nice work
40-foot ladder is as high as I got. Happy you had a lift for that one.
@@donnash5813 me too! 😂
Solid video man!
Thanks brother!
My life is on repeat. I'm happy, spoiled really. BUT, nothing brings me more joy than spending time with God. The time with Him makes everything else in life seem dull. I tell my wife all the time, I've done enough. I'm ready to meet God. 😊♥️ I'm sure I'll still be around for another 50 years though.
Sounds like we’re in a very similar position. Always good to take a step back and give praise to the Lord who has blessed us abundantly! Take care brother
So good. Life stills being learned right there. Nice work on the video as well.
@@jacksoncollective4331 thank you!
Just subscribed, brother. I did not know you had a channel. So good! I have one too, if you are interested.
@@matthewwarford3077 awesome! I just subscribed as well!
@@SidonianTree so did I!
Sums it up, doesn’t it. Fear the LORD and obey his commands.
@@geoffreygreen297 yes sir! Life is much more simple now. I love it, very blessed
Enjoyed the video! We live on an 8 acre lot that is ALL solid forest except for the house, small cleared front and back yard areas, and the pool area. I absolutely LOVE living here with all of our beautiful trees... but If you have trees, you have to be a good steward of the land and be mindful of them, and when they start to die or begin to pose a threat you really need to have them removed before something bad happens. 4 years ago I had 27 trees, several of them MASSIVE, closest to the house removed. 3 days ago I had a HUGE nearly 30" trunk pignut hickory close to the house and a smaller oak beside it removed, and a two stemmed river birch in the back yard removed. The third stem of that river birch, which had been leaning alarmingly towards the house, had been removed with the others 4 years ago, and it was past time for the remaining 2 stems to go. I feel much better having those trees gone, even tho they were my wife's favorite trees. Yesterday the guys came back to grind all of the stumps. Those areas look very nice now, and are getting full sun for the first time ever! I had my tree guys just blow all of the chips from those trees using their huge Bandit 21XP chipper (that thing is truly a BEAST and I loved watching it gobble up all of the wood!) into the front yard instead of into their chip truck, and I now have several crazy-big piles of chips in the front yard, which is all mulched and needed to be re-mulched anyway. I will spend the next several WEEKS spreading all of those chips around all of the now-cleared areas. I'm retired, and I love doing hard physical work like that. It keeps me in shape and out of trouble! 2 years ago, one of the massive stems of an absolutely HUGE co-dom oak about halfway up the 800' long driveway got struck by lightning, and it fell on a 14" trunk pine and snapped it off, and the whole mess fell across the driveway, completely blocking it for several days until I could clear it and buck every thing up. I used that event to "justify" buying a new Husqvarna 455 Rancher chainsaw, and I got quite a bit of nice firewood from it that I stacked into 3 big piles up there. ANY event works to "justify" buying a new tool! It also broke off 3 big limbs from another tree during the fall and left those hanging about 40' up, all of them caught up on a large branch of yet another big tulip poplar. I finally had my tree guys remove those widowmakers 3 days ago as well. They were still pretty firmly attached up there but they were dead and they would have fallen on the driveway eventually. I'm REALLY glad they are no longer there! As my tree guys were working their way up the long driveway that winds through the woods up to the street, chipping up boatloads of smaller brush I had cut down and stacked in numerous piles over the past two years, I noticed 4 smaller but quite tall dead pines with 5" to 8" trunks very near the driveway, and I had the guys cut them down and chip them up as well.
@@kencarp57 Amazing stuff! 27 trees is a HUGE job! Glad to hear you are retired but still getting after it. I love the Husqvarna saws so you made a great choice. We also just started keeping/splitting wood and it’s really beginning to add up. I look forward to burning all the way through the winter. Thanks for sharing!!
Amen brother. You do this because this is what God has put in front of you to do. That is your lot and you my brother are doing well. Thank you for your encouragement and keeping Him first.
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Homeowner s dont understand trees...and are obsessed over them..seen them wait for them to fall on there house
Yep, we've done a lot of those jobs 😂
Was a cop for 12 years and a swat guy for nine. Left it for tree work!!! Theres not much out there that's more challenging or fun!!
@@GreatWhiteSquid couldn’t agree more. Challenging but incredibly rewarding. Nothing quite like the before/after of a big removal!
Keeping it action packed! Good job keeping this goldfish mind engaged!!!
@@shinydisease7903 haha thanks!
That was a crispy one! Always nice when they’re left dead for that long 😉. Nice work Trav!
No kidding brother, where’s that spider lift when you need it? 😂
Good job
Thank you sir!
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I use a lift for complex deciduous trees. Makes solo work so much more viable. I love to climb spars....single stem softwood. Great job.
Thank you sir! I prefer climbing (for the fun of it) but like you said, some trees just aren’t tenable without a lift. We do about 50/50 climb vs. lift jobs so it’s a good mix
@@SidonianTree exactly!
Good job brothers.
We appreciate it!
I'm a retired Canadian paratrooper. Trained with the Rangers at Benning in 1975. After I left the forces , I graduated from the forest Ranger School in 1985. 39 years later, I'm still doing tree work. I'm 67 and just finished another rigging/climbing course.
@@Frontireadventures man that is awesome! Served with several Canadian soldiers both in garrison and deployed, always first-class. Going on 4yrs in tree work and continue to love it. Every day is a different problem set. We used to go fishing every summer north of Winnipeg 🇨🇦 climb on!
@ProjectFollowOn I'm going to subscribe and follow on. Lead the way Ranger. Be safe and have fun.
@@Frontireadventures RLTW
I worked with a retired Ranger and got me started in tree work. Learned a lot, He moved on but now I dress up all camo and tactical looking and people always ask me if Im in the military lol
@@marcofemto9417 that’s awesome you learned a lot from him! Tree work is a great trade skill to know
There will always be tree climbers
@@joshlower1 I agree. I plan to teach my son. I tried the desk job, couldn’t ever make it stick 😂 climb on!
Very nice! Cost wise id say climbing wins
I was just praying for the Spirit to help me. After finishing my morning reading in scripture, I saw a video of you cutting down a tree. I found this video and I am pleasantly reminded from you the wonderful work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. God bless, you!
@@WilliamDeanIII Amen! May the Holy Spirit continue to guide you in all truth! God bless
Brutal thumbnail.
My answer to the thumbnail is NO, climbers will always be relevant. Open discussion with some local guys I know, thought it would be interesting to get a wider audiences perspective. The majority of the companies that own these machines were built by successful climbers to begin with
Nice work! How’d you like running the spider lift?
Unbelievably efficient... Unbelievably expensive 🤣