When tip-tying large limbs and standing them up like you are, I’ve found it works best to back-cut a little,pull in line, back-cut a little more, pullin a little more line and so on until the limb is vertical. Ideally, I like to still have a bit of hinge attached when the branch is vertical, so it drops straight down when I cut the last of the hinge instead of swinging around wildly. But, as we all know,every branch requires a different approach!
@johns3106 for approach. That method wpukd load the rigging system woth more than the weight of the limb, but if you have the capacity to spare and the hinge is holding well, who can say it's wrong?! I personally wpukd prefer to have the limb swing around rather than drop onto the line. Its just an effort to avoid dynamic loading, but again, if you have the capacity for it, that's nit a problem at all.
Nice job as always Zach! I see your tree rash on your left arm hasn't healed up yet. Something I noticed in this video since I have known you... your cuts for free falling and confidence in free falling over obstructions has gotten even better! Gotta get me a GRCS too.
@osagejon8972 Thanks for taking notice! This video is actually froma cpuole weeks ago, and my arm is all better now. I've gone from cowboying free falls to being afraid of them to finally respecting them and getting better at making my judgements. I think there is a graph for it 😅 I believe it's called the dunning kruger effect
Enjoyed the video. Especially the view from the ground camera. Taking chances lifting up those big limbs with the GRCS and depending on hinge wood to control the butt. I would probably leash the butt ends to control the swing. This also protect s the climber from the wild butt swings. And use of a tag line is always a good idea whenever control of the limb is in question. JMHO (I like the idea of being hauled up by the GRCS. One time climbing up the tree per day is plenty for my old legs.😉😉
@havespurswillclimb absolutely a solid idea. We did do it with one smaller one toward the end there. It seems like it doubles the set up time for a rig. That doesn't mean it's not worth it, I just try to balance production with safety and if I can make myself safe by getting away, I try to take that route. It is ultimately more risky though, you're not wrong.
Very interesting and informative - I could have used the limb lifting method many times and the GRCS would have been great also - most of the trees I had to deal with were over 125ft. tall pine trees and oak trees and Cottonwood trees
Hi Zach, thanks for another awesome Tree Removal video. Appreciate all of the Voiceover to explain what was happening. Glad that you filmed the second day from the ground as we got a good view of the GRCS doing it's job of lifting the tree limbs. It was interesting to see how lifting it made the limbs swing out to avoid the house. Seeing the very top of that of that tree fall from the ground was great as well. Never realized the Wedge angles could make such a difference. Thanks for all of the explaining of that as well. That large trunk you cut in one piece looks like it fell perfectly on top of the other limbs on the ground to avoid extra lawn damage. Hope your arm is healing ok. Looks like you got some burns or other injury on your arm?
@@benburns5995 I'm glad those things were helpful! I have to balance getting the job done and putting extra effort into filming to make the video good. I'm glad to hear the effort was worth it. It's an embarrassing story, but I took a little slide down a limb in another tree. I was helping a friend and let myself get in a rush. It's all healed up now
To get the hinge to hold on for the maximum time...first do a bore-cut (bar width is enough) through the limb on the plane you want your hinge on.. Then cut your wide open face cuts to meet either end of your bore. So now your face has a bar width flat in it - instead of the face cuts meeting. That flat will give you max bend before fibers start breaking :) Thanks for the entertainment :)
@eclipsearchery9387 I think I know what you're talking about. I might try it, but when you have exposed fiber face, you risk loosing control of the direction the limb goes in.
@geoffreygreen297 haha yeah pretty much! 😂 there was a lot I didn't film because I wanted to focus on the GRCS stuff. Also, I was kinda playing games with the chipper and trying to film while it wasn't making too much noise.
@@Nitroxdude thanks man! Id say just start small and work your way bigger. There are a bunch of little things you’ll find yourself learning along the way and it’s best to learn them in small pieces, rather than big ones 😅 don’t get discouraged when one doesn’t go right.
@@zaccheus thanks a lot for the advice I will be sure to do just that . I know my way around a tree pretty well, but you are on another level. I was amazed the very first video I seen of you’res picking up some massive pin oak limbs with that grcs I’ve got to admit that’s a bit intimidating
@ haha it’s humbled me several times for sure. Once you get it figured out, it’s the best pathway to getting big pieces down that I know of. One tip that someone gave me is that when making your notch, make one cut either leave or plumb and make the second one perpendicular to the limb. In theory the notch will close right when the limb reaches its vertical orientation. I kind like to make them a smidge wider because it’s not good when the hinge fails prematurely.
6:44 Great video as always! If you remember the size and brand of rigging line you used let me know, I really like the color scheme and could use an extra line
@larryenticeher It's 5/8 raging red sold by all gear. 19,500lb ABS I believe which is pretty good compared to 5/8 stable braid at 16,000 MBS. It milked a lot at the beginning but it's good now. It keeps it's color which I like. Stable braid always fades quick.
Have you seen the optional strap plate sole by Sappy Supplies that allows you to remove the heavy strap winch and simply secure the GRCS with a heavy duty 4” ratchet strap?
@born2climb2 I haven't seen that. That sounds like an interesting idea. I like the strap winch on the GRCS quite a bit, but I can see how it would be easier to mount if the weight of the strap winch wasn't on it.
I’m curious about what you did for ropes overnight. We have debate about leaving them in vs leaving throw line. If you do leave them, on the pulley and cambium saver, or natural crotch and reposition in the morning? Would have enjoyed seeing you go out on a couple more limbs. People think it’s a simple move, but if you don’t see others techniques, you don’t pick up different tricks to use. One guys standard move is another’s trick, when you see it for the first time. Enjoyed the video, thanks for the on going effort.
@dancutting8940 well the appropriate answer is that you shpuod never leave anything in a tree overnight. I think there is an ANSI standard that talks about it. I left the ropes in the tree and just put the ends in rope bags and got them off of the ground so nobody could mess with them and get hurt. Short of getting struck by lightning, nothing about leaving the ropes up is bad for them. The thought is simply that unattended ropes could be dangerous for curious children or someone pulling something down on themselves. Thanks for that feedback. I tried to include some of that in this video, but a lot of the footage is very dizzying with all the head movements I make while looking back and forth. I'll have to take a mount uo in the tree and fix the camera somewhere it can see me go all the way out and back.
Fair enough, it does take a number of trees to pay for a GRCS. An inventive fellow climber who does trees on the weekend emailed me some photos of a device he made. I believe it's a 12v bumper winch that he mounts to the bottom of the tree and uses a prusik to pull down on the rigging rope. He was taking pretty big pieces with it 🤷♂️
@@zaccheusSounds like the same method I use with the rope puller with less manual labor, haven't found out if the puller or the prusik slips first but I know it won't keep up with the GRCS, totally jealous, I'm sure it will pay for itself soon enough.
how much do you think the largest weight of a branch you rigged was? Im trying to asses the weights of the branches. I do line clearance, and we don't get to do a lot of technical stuff. if its too bad, we get an outage or just cut the tree entirely as we are in a rural area and work primarily in the mountains.
@Tekkadan-IBO probably not more than 1,500 lbs. Thays just a guess in the dark though. That drill will lift 2,000lb with the GRCS and we definitely didn't have any that threatened to stall the drill.
Black oak is my favorite to take down. Plenty strong, good hinge properties, often interesting canopy structure. Good stuff man. What drill do you use with your grcs?
@dertyjerz3 I'm pretty sure this was red oak. I'm a little color blind so I do struggle with seeing the color of the wood. I thought black oak had a narrower profile at the base and a wider profile at the top of the leaf. I use the makita angle drill. I compared it to the milwaukee hole hawg in a video here: ua-cam.com/video/LOp-iATox24/v-deo.html
@gregbrown9271 Thanks, Greg! Ohh it's an embarrassing story. I was helping a friend who had a top break out of one of his oak trees. It was a weekday evening after work and in my haste I set things up poorly. I went for a little ride and grabbed the spar I was on even though my lanyard was on it and wpukd have caught me. I slid down the spar a little bit and it tore up my arm. I should have known better 😒
Really enjoyed this one Zach. Nice to see a bit more of the rigging process. Yep no doubt about it, GRCS is worth every penny of its cost. Good stuff as always. Hey quick ? Do you know if OsageJohn might be coming to Bunyan?
Zach, great job as usual. Once again, people buy houses with trees and then decide to remove them all and put in a pool. You would think they would consider it before purchasing the home to begin with. Is it the same house you dropped the big oak. Is that hand crank or is a drill used to put tension on the rigging rope.
@robertvannicolo4435 Yep! This is the same place where we felled the white oak in the front yard. I have the guys on the ground use a makita angle drill. We tested it once with a load cell and we were able to produce 1,950lb of lifting force with the drill and I was o ly about to get another 100 or 150 pounds pur of it with the crank.
I've got a question about the Makita Right Angle Drill. I watched your comparison with the Milwaukee and I feel like the extra power of the Makita warrants the investment. My question is has anyone used a battery adapter to run Milwaukee batteries on the Makita. Voltage wise there shouldn't be any issues but it looks like the Makita battery slots are pretty tight. I'm curious if Milwaukee 8.0's would fit side by side in the Makita slots. I already own an assortment of Milwaukee batteries that's why I ask. The Makita battery kit comes with two 5ah batteries. Do you find that even with a busy GRCS day just two batteries is plenty to get through the work day? Sorry for the essay I cant find answers to any of these questions anywhere. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
@@hart5745 I’ve never tried any adapters, but I can see why that might be appealing. In a long day of heavy use, I’ll need a second pair of batteries. It’s not super common, but in trees where we use it for every rig, you might need a second set. If you take a lunch, you might be able to charge them over the break and have enough charge to finish the day with only one pair.
@zaccheus I appreciate the reply. I think I'll grab the Makita and a set of batteries. I'll probably mock up a set of 8.0 milwaukees to see if they'll fit before I order the adapters. I'll try to remember to update this thread with my conclusions. Thanks
On the top handle saw, no. It does seem to run a little cooler which is good because the HO batteries overheat more than they die in hot weather. The battery level indicator is way easier to see which is good, but the saw has its own overdraw protection so it will shut itself down before the battery can offer its full performance. The forge batteries are supposed to make a real difference in the new 20" saw though. It's designed to use their full potential.
@bioniclife I don't know man, but I really wish I couod get an affiliate link for them 😅 it's an awesome tool and I wish everyone could have one, but they're made by a small business with tight margins already and so there aren't many discounts out there for them.
@austingriffith1118 Excellent idea. I do use a tag line occasionally, but I've found it to be a little faster and more reliable to put myself out of harms way up there if I can. Some situation definitely benefit from a tag line though
@masongreen1871 if you're doing a bunch if big bucking on the ground, I'd go 661. If you want something good to climb with or for a little bit of everything, I'd go 500i because it's a good bit lighter and has only a little less power. My 500i is the only big saw I own and I'd even say it's the most versatile. I can throw a 36" bar on it a fell a big old tree or I can leave the 25" bar on there and have a saw thats still manageable up in the tree. I do almost all of my work with a 500, 201, and now this little milwaukee electric saw.
@marymulrooney1334 Ohh it's an embarrassing story. I'm ashamed of it to be honest. I was helping a friend for free and in my haste I rigged something uo poorly and took a risk and it gave me a ride. I grabbed the tree with my arm, but got pulled down the stem and is scraped me up good. I shpuod have known better 😒
Practice somewhere where you have a drop zone free of any obstacles…it takes a fair bit of practice. Different species will have VERY different hingeing characteristics, and even different diameters of the same species will respond differently. But, like so much that we do, it’s not rocket science and most climbers will learn how to do it fairly quick.
@deadmanswife3625 it's a really handy approach for some limbs, but it can be risky which is why I wanted to try out this tree before it mattered. Species, size of limb, and time of season can all contribute to how well it works. You also can't to greedy on the angle. I have a video about what happens when it goes wrong if you haven't already seen it 😅
@natemiller5346 mmm a smaller 7 inch morbark I think? I work for this fella often, and he has tackled some huge jobs with that little chipper. Dude is a hard worker.
Ah, I was afraid someone would ask. I was doing some evening work for a friend for free and in my haste to get a broken top out of an oak tree I set things up poorly and took a risk, and went for a ride. Grabbed the spar out of reaction (my flipline was on it and I didn't need to) and slid a few feet. Tore up my arm 🙄 I should have known better. I was rather disappointed in myself after it happened.
@@crawfishcray I do a lot of contract climbing. My client is the tree service. I've worked for a few tree services that found out about me after watching my videos. It's also been handy when meeting people at trade shows and the like.
Thays because it doesn't matter. The adjustment lever on retains cam position when the device is open the cams are trapped in their position when by the side okayes when the device is closed.
When tip-tying large limbs and standing them up like you are, I’ve found it works best to back-cut a little,pull in line, back-cut a little more, pullin a little more line and so on until the limb is vertical. Ideally, I like to still have a bit of hinge attached when the branch is vertical, so it drops straight down when I cut the last of the hinge instead of swinging around wildly. But, as we all know,every branch requires a different approach!
@johns3106 for approach. That method wpukd load the rigging system woth more than the weight of the limb, but if you have the capacity to spare and the hinge is holding well, who can say it's wrong?! I personally wpukd prefer to have the limb swing around rather than drop onto the line. Its just an effort to avoid dynamic loading, but again, if you have the capacity for it, that's nit a problem at all.
Prime example on how a pro works
Nice job as always Zach! I see your tree rash on your left arm hasn't healed up yet. Something I noticed in this video since I have known you... your cuts for free falling and confidence in free falling over obstructions has gotten even better! Gotta get me a GRCS too.
@osagejon8972 Thanks for taking notice! This video is actually froma cpuole weeks ago, and my arm is all better now.
I've gone from cowboying free falls to being afraid of them to finally respecting them and getting better at making my judgements. I think there is a graph for it 😅 I believe it's called the dunning kruger effect
Enjoyed the video. Especially the view from the ground camera. Taking chances lifting up those big limbs with the GRCS and depending on hinge wood to control the butt. I would probably leash the butt ends to control the swing. This also protect s the climber from the wild butt swings. And use of a tag line is always a good idea whenever control of the limb is in question. JMHO (I like the idea of being hauled up by the GRCS. One time climbing up the tree per day is plenty for my old legs.😉😉
@havespurswillclimb absolutely a solid idea. We did do it with one smaller one toward the end there. It seems like it doubles the set up time for a rig. That doesn't mean it's not worth it, I just try to balance production with safety and if I can make myself safe by getting away, I try to take that route. It is ultimately more risky though, you're not wrong.
Thank you very much for the detailed commentary, that was great. Nice job! :)
@@diegovd7215 thanks!
Amazing work 👏
One can learn a lot just by watching you work.
Keep up the good work man 😉
That's some cool Reagan man good job
Very interesting and informative - I could have used the limb lifting method many times and the GRCS would have been great also - most of the trees I had to deal with were over 125ft. tall pine trees and oak trees and Cottonwood trees
@@iduswelton9567 The taller the better for this method. My biggest struggle is often running out of vertical space to work with.
Nice work always hard leave enogh hinge but let grcs pull it up. That millwalkee stuff powerfull. Thanks
Hi Zach, thanks for another awesome Tree Removal video. Appreciate all of the Voiceover to explain what was happening.
Glad that you filmed the second day from the ground as we got a good view of the GRCS doing it's job of lifting the tree limbs. It was interesting to see how lifting it made the limbs swing out to avoid the house. Seeing the very top of that of that tree fall from the ground was great as well.
Never realized the Wedge angles could make such a difference. Thanks for all of the explaining of that as well.
That large trunk you cut in one piece looks like it fell perfectly on top of the other limbs on the ground to avoid extra lawn damage.
Hope your arm is healing ok. Looks like you got some burns or other injury on your arm?
@@benburns5995 I'm glad those things were helpful! I have to balance getting the job done and putting extra effort into filming to make the video good. I'm glad to hear the effort was worth it.
It's an embarrassing story, but I took a little slide down a limb in another tree. I was helping a friend and let myself get in a rush. It's all healed up now
Really nice job, good explanation of cuts. Still going to Bunyon
@michaelwhiteoldtimer7648 thanks! Yes, I'm planning on it!
Beautiful work Buddy as always God bless stay safe
@@br-dj2ti thanks Bill!
To get the hinge to hold on for the maximum time...first do a bore-cut (bar width is enough) through the limb on the plane you want your hinge on.. Then cut your wide open face cuts to meet either end of your bore. So now your face has a bar width flat in it - instead of the face cuts meeting. That flat will give you max bend before fibers start breaking :)
Thanks for the entertainment :)
@eclipsearchery9387 I think I know what you're talking about. I might try it, but when you have exposed fiber face, you risk loosing control of the direction the limb goes in.
Love a tag line!
Nice cutting Zack!!
@@s.b.treeservicecincy thanks Simon!
Hey great job man loved the video!!
@@JLMTreeService thanks man!
another awesome job well done
Just like that, in 20 minutes, the tree is done 😂 I always love the videos. Great job per usual.
@geoffreygreen297 haha yeah pretty much! 😂 there was a lot I didn't film because I wanted to focus on the GRCS stuff. Also, I was kinda playing games with the chipper and trying to film while it wasn't making too much noise.
thats is massive work man
@peacemaker54 thanks man!
Zack I love your videos and GRCS rigs , I’m learning more and more as I watch , I just bought a grcs anything to look forward to for the first time ?
@@Nitroxdude thanks man! Id say just start small and work your way bigger. There are a bunch of little things you’ll find yourself learning along the way and it’s best to learn them in small pieces, rather than big ones 😅 don’t get discouraged when one doesn’t go right.
@@zaccheus thanks a lot for the advice I will be sure to do just that .
I know my way around a tree pretty well, but you are on another level. I was amazed the very first video I seen of you’res picking up some massive pin oak limbs with that grcs
I’ve got to admit that’s a bit intimidating
@ haha it’s humbled me several times for sure. Once you get it figured out, it’s the best pathway to getting big pieces down that I know of. One tip that someone gave me is that when making your notch, make one cut either leave or plumb and make the second one perpendicular to the limb. In theory the notch will close right when the limb reaches its vertical orientation. I kind like to make them a smidge wider because it’s not good when the hinge fails prematurely.
6:44 Great video as always! If you remember the size and brand of rigging line you used let me know, I really like the color scheme and could use an extra line
@larryenticeher It's 5/8 raging red sold by all gear. 19,500lb ABS I believe which is pretty good compared to 5/8 stable braid at 16,000 MBS. It milked a lot at the beginning but it's good now. It keeps it's color which I like. Stable braid always fades quick.
Have you seen the optional strap plate sole by Sappy Supplies that allows you to remove the heavy strap winch and simply secure the GRCS with a heavy duty 4” ratchet strap?
@born2climb2 I haven't seen that. That sounds like an interesting idea. I like the strap winch on the GRCS quite a bit, but I can see how it would be easier to mount if the weight of the strap winch wasn't on it.
@@zaccheus I have the visor on mine, so it’s a breeze with the ratchet strap and two wing slots.
@@born2climb2 I gotcha, I use the visor plate too. It's definitely a good investment. I tore up a few pads before I got it 😂
I’m curious about what you did for ropes overnight. We have debate about leaving them in vs leaving throw line. If you do leave them, on the pulley and cambium saver, or natural crotch and reposition in the morning?
Would have enjoyed seeing you go out on a couple more limbs. People think it’s a simple move, but if you don’t see others techniques, you don’t pick up different tricks to use. One guys standard move is another’s trick, when you see it for the first time.
Enjoyed the video, thanks for the on going effort.
@dancutting8940 well the appropriate answer is that you shpuod never leave anything in a tree overnight. I think there is an ANSI standard that talks about it. I left the ropes in the tree and just put the ends in rope bags and got them off of the ground so nobody could mess with them and get hurt. Short of getting struck by lightning, nothing about leaving the ropes up is bad for them. The thought is simply that unattended ropes could be dangerous for curious children or someone pulling something down on themselves.
Thanks for that feedback. I tried to include some of that in this video, but a lot of the footage is very dizzying with all the head movements I make while looking back and forth. I'll have to take a mount uo in the tree and fix the camera somewhere it can see me go all the way out and back.
Nice work brother, thanks for the video
@@SidonianTree thanks man!
I would love a GRCS however as a hobbyist I think I will have to stick with my Maasdam rope puller and a friction device.
Fair enough, it does take a number of trees to pay for a GRCS. An inventive fellow climber who does trees on the weekend emailed me some photos of a device he made. I believe it's a 12v bumper winch that he mounts to the bottom of the tree and uses a prusik to pull down on the rigging rope. He was taking pretty big pieces with it 🤷♂️
@@zaccheusSounds like the same method I use with the rope puller with less manual labor, haven't found out if the puller or the prusik slips first but I know it won't keep up with the GRCS, totally jealous, I'm sure it will pay for itself soon enough.
@@zaccheusyou talking about Dan dan..
19:47 Seeing how little you look here, puts it all into perspective. You look so small up high and shows how tall the tree was.
@marymulrooney1334 it was a big tree! I never measured, but I wpuodnt be too suprised if it was 85 or 90 feet tall
how much do you think the largest weight of a branch you rigged was? Im trying to asses the weights of the branches. I do line clearance, and we don't get to do a lot of technical stuff. if its too bad, we get an outage or just cut the tree entirely as we are in a rural area and work primarily in the mountains.
@Tekkadan-IBO probably not more than 1,500 lbs. Thays just a guess in the dark though. That drill will lift 2,000lb with the GRCS and we definitely didn't have any that threatened to stall the drill.
Black oak is my favorite to take down. Plenty strong, good hinge properties, often interesting canopy structure. Good stuff man. What drill do you use with your grcs?
@dertyjerz3 I'm pretty sure this was red oak. I'm a little color blind so I do struggle with seeing the color of the wood. I thought black oak had a narrower profile at the base and a wider profile at the top of the leaf.
I use the makita angle drill. I compared it to the milwaukee hole hawg in a video here: ua-cam.com/video/LOp-iATox24/v-deo.html
Nice work 👏 zach what did you do to your arm
@gregbrown9271 Thanks, Greg! Ohh it's an embarrassing story. I was helping a friend who had a top break out of one of his oak trees. It was a weekday evening after work and in my haste I set things up poorly. I went for a little ride and grabbed the spar I was on even though my lanyard was on it and wpukd have caught me. I slid down the spar a little bit and it tore up my arm. I should have known better 😒
@@zaccheus yeah the marks looked like something I'd seen before 🤟🙏
Really enjoyed this one Zach. Nice to see a bit more of the rigging process. Yep no doubt about it, GRCS is worth every penny of its cost. Good stuff as always. Hey quick ? Do you know if OsageJohn might be coming to Bunyan?
I want to go this year Clell kinda depends on how the work load is at the time. I've missed the past two years and need to go.
Zach, great job as usual. Once again, people buy houses with trees and then decide to remove them all and put in a pool. You would think they would consider it before purchasing the home to begin with. Is it the same house you dropped the big oak. Is that hand crank or is a drill used to put tension on the rigging rope.
@robertvannicolo4435 Yep! This is the same place where we felled the white oak in the front yard. I have the guys on the ground use a makita angle drill. We tested it once with a load cell and we were able to produce 1,950lb of lifting force with the drill and I was o ly about to get another 100 or 150 pounds pur of it with the crank.
Sweet would come in handy great with drill had guy that made one out of boat winch early 90s was alot of cranking to lift a load
@robertvannicolo4435 absolutely. I was only born in the 90s but I k ow enough to know that cordless tech wasn't great back then
I've got a question about the Makita Right Angle Drill. I watched your comparison with the Milwaukee and I feel like the extra power of the Makita warrants the investment. My question is has anyone used a battery adapter to run Milwaukee batteries on the Makita. Voltage wise there shouldn't be any issues but it looks like the Makita battery slots are pretty tight. I'm curious if Milwaukee 8.0's would fit side by side in the Makita slots. I already own an assortment of Milwaukee batteries that's why I ask. The Makita battery kit comes with two 5ah batteries. Do you find that even with a busy GRCS day just two batteries is plenty to get through the work day? Sorry for the essay I cant find answers to any of these questions anywhere. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
@@hart5745 I’ve never tried any adapters, but I can see why that might be appealing. In a long day of heavy use, I’ll need a second pair of batteries. It’s not super common, but in trees where we use it for every rig, you might need a second set. If you take a lunch, you might be able to charge them over the break and have enough charge to finish the day with only one pair.
@zaccheus I appreciate the reply. I think I'll grab the Makita and a set of batteries. I'll probably mock up a set of 8.0 milwaukees to see if they'll fit before I order the adapters. I'll try to remember to update this thread with my conclusions. Thanks
@ that’d be great! Thank you!
Do you feel the difference between the forge battery and the high out put one ?
On the top handle saw, no. It does seem to run a little cooler which is good because the HO batteries overheat more than they die in hot weather. The battery level indicator is way easier to see which is good, but the saw has its own overdraw protection so it will shut itself down before the battery can offer its full performance. The forge batteries are supposed to make a real difference in the new 20" saw though. It's designed to use their full potential.
I wonder how many of those winches have been sold thanks to your channel.
Atleast 1 I got mine after watching him an Kevin
@bioniclife I don't know man, but I really wish I couod get an affiliate link for them 😅 it's an awesome tool and I wish everyone could have one, but they're made by a small business with tight margins already and so there aren't many discounts out there for them.
You could have a 30' tag line and tie the butts to the trunk so they can't go wild when the hinge wood breaks.
@austingriffith1118 Excellent idea. I do use a tag line occasionally, but I've found it to be a little faster and more reliable to put myself out of harms way up there if I can. Some situation definitely benefit from a tag line though
I love the "Sonic The Hedgehog" style music on these videos xD
@@michaelevans7447 haha thanks man!
That wasn't "Sonic", it was the brush chipper. 😂
Have broken a anchor point before with the drum but yer always think bout it.
@julianalderson3938 I've never broken a rigging system. Alot of it has to do with understanding force vectors
@@zaccheus yes we didnt
Is the 500i worth it? Been eye balling them but have a 661 and some other ground saws already
@masongreen1871 if you're doing a bunch if big bucking on the ground, I'd go 661. If you want something good to climb with or for a little bit of everything, I'd go 500i because it's a good bit lighter and has only a little less power. My 500i is the only big saw I own and I'd even say it's the most versatile. I can throw a 36" bar on it a fell a big old tree or I can leave the 25" bar on there and have a saw thats still manageable up in the tree. I do almost all of my work with a 500, 201, and now this little milwaukee electric saw.
How did you scrape up your left arm?
@marymulrooney1334 Ohh it's an embarrassing story. I'm ashamed of it to be honest. I was helping a friend for free and in my haste I rigged something uo poorly and took a risk and it gave me a ride. I grabbed the tree with my arm, but got pulled down the stem and is scraped me up good. I shpuod have known better 😒
Cool 👍💪😃
What diameter rope were you using?
@personwhoexists4491 5/8 raging red from all gear. 19,500lb ABS I believe.
You could make a HUGE bonfire out of all this.
@wyattcensored9361 haha you're absolutely right! You might have to stand back a few hundred feet to cook your hot dogs though 😅
I've been wondering about trying to angle branches to go sideways it's a lot to think about I'm still thinking LOL
Practice somewhere where you have a drop zone free of any obstacles…it takes a fair bit of practice. Different species will have VERY different hingeing characteristics, and even different diameters of the same species will respond differently. But, like so much that we do, it’s not rocket science and most climbers will learn how to do it fairly quick.
You're investment in the GRCS has definitely been worth the money.
@@johns3106 ty
@@Demodad68 he could have eaten that four grand up on pizzas and going out to eat and through the drive-thru
@deadmanswife3625 it's a really handy approach for some limbs, but it can be risky which is why I wanted to try out this tree before it mattered. Species, size of limb, and time of season can all contribute to how well it works. You also can't to greedy on the angle. I have a video about what happens when it goes wrong if you haven't already seen it 😅
How tall was this tree was by your estimate?
@@marymulrooney1334 I never measured, but I'm guessing it was 85 or 90 feet
What chipper is being used?
@natemiller5346 mmm a smaller 7 inch morbark I think? I work for this fella often, and he has tackled some huge jobs with that little chipper. Dude is a hard worker.
Nice bro!
@@ArcaneArborWolfe thanks!
How did you jack up your arm?
@@TheModernArborist took a slide on a spar
@@zaccheus that will do it. Stay safe out there, brother
@ indeed, thanks, you too!
Rope burn on arm?
Ah, I was afraid someone would ask. I was doing some evening work for a friend for free and in my haste to get a broken top out of an oak tree I set things up poorly and took a risk, and went for a ride. Grabbed the spar out of reaction (my flipline was on it and I didn't need to) and slid a few feet. Tore up my arm 🙄 I should have known better. I was rather disappointed in myself after it happened.
@@zaccheus sheesh
i wonder if tree work channels like this benefit the company ,does a social media presence legitimately bring in more local customers?
Nah, I've only ever gotten a job or two from it. It has been really beneficial for networking within the industry, though
@@zaccheus I see , what do you mean by networking within the industry?
@@crawfishcray I do a lot of contract climbing. My client is the tree service. I've worked for a few tree services that found out about me after watching my videos. It's also been handy when meeting people at trade shows and the like.
That is so awesome to be able to take down huge limbs like that!😧
@RC-Heli835 Absolutely! I love it. Sometimes the ground crew hates it 😂 but thays how work is 🤷♂️😅
Nobody is mentioning bros akimbo is not fully closed on the adjustment lever
Thays because it doesn't matter. The adjustment lever on retains cam position when the device is open the cams are trapped in their position when by the side okayes when the device is closed.
Sometimes tie the but off so cant drop.
Yep, Yep! The trick is just determining when it's necessary and when it's not.
4:31 can it be a bad feling to have success
@@nicolaisvlog8701 haha, I guess not 😂