August Hunicke Demonstrates That Knowledge Is Power! Y’all are funny! I love your back and forth conferencing! I am constantly amazed at how you can down trees to specific spots. Geometry teachers everywhere should sing your praises! As always, y’all are the BEST TEAM!
I had to watch this video series a few times to really try to understand what all is involved. You guys are like yoda-masters with chainsaws and describe the difficult elements involved to a level I can understand and use around our home. Very much appreciate what you show us. Please keep up the good work and sharing videos.
I have so much respect for your skill , but even more so how well your crew seems to work together. Being able to work when your hot or cold or stressed and tired but get along is really the impressive part of humans. I am far to old and beat up to do what you do, but I sure enjoy watching how well you do them. I love watching your 200 T saws play in the trees, I have used them and they are sure fun.
Great video as always . I for one enjoy the talking and the detailed explanations of what your doing and why . Thanks for taking the time and effort in posting these videos, its much appreciated .
August, in Physics terms, what you were talking about in the first clip, is "vector addition of forces". So, the 'natural lean' plus a 'side winch' = 'fall it where you need'. :)
Showing and explaining your skills isn´t bragging. So many issues on that last one, so many focus points... Love it, when you guys chit-chat... Feels like another family... Thanks for the videos.
I’m getting the feeling August has simply maxed out his skill level, now he must notice, consider, solve and overcome every single possible negative outcome of his actions. Like truly do no harm on a biblical level, next video- he considers the fall angel to prevent disturbing a neighboring Robbins nest while splitting the two ant hills in the middle of a field. Our local tree guys considered the gutter and a square of shingles and sheeting as simply sacrificial and overall a successful day.
Dang it August! With just the one exception you keep putting the tough ones right where you want 'em. Very nicely done young fella! Be safe my friend! Randy
Another Great video. A person can learn so much from the master. Thanks for taking the time to explain what you are doing and why and taking the time to edit great job.
I really enjoy watching you guys bring em down and chip em up, but I really really feel sorry for those people who have come outside every morning for decades maybe their whole life to the comfort and shade of that tree in their yard , and now it’s GONE.
Great work MB team. My little boy and I enjoyed your fence smashing lol. Always good when you have a pleasant client that gets the situation like that chap.
Thanks for yet another view into the minds behind the saws of THE Monkey Beaver Team. Ohhhh the bouncing butts.... ohhhh the bounding butts : ) Thank you for sharing. You made my morning watching that one.
I understand what you are saying August with the truck pull! I am not a professional arborist, but I can understand some basic physics. Keep having fun guys!
I have evaluated so many different workplace scenarios and skills over the years, I also specialise in the treatment of neuro-cognitive disorders so I know what it takes to work in an environment when one has to account for so many variables and not doing so can result in some serious harm. Tree feeling is an occupation I truly admire but I think it is more artistry than work for you August. I truly am impressed with what it takes to do what you do, so I wouldn't be at all concerned about those who think there is nothing to it. This is one of those occupations where laxity and errors kill people very, very dead. So there is nothing at all flippant about it.
Sometimes its hard to be humble, but i just so happened to have learned pretty good from someone..... not sayin any names😉thanks for including that fenceshot, my record has a couple fence bumps for sure😆
We hardly ever get multiple removal jobs in open areas. Almost all in tight spaces. If it is in the woods, it's usually one dead tree that we have to piece down because of neighbors properties. Hate climbing dead trees.
Good explanation for the pull plan on the second tree. Knowledge and skill go hand-in-hand in this trade and we also need to stay sharp to stay safe. Great thorough job guys.
Only a real man can admit fault, because the pride definantly takes a hit. 90% of guys would of deleted that footage before they got home. Takes allot to post it, but i always do because i hope it helps/saves someone someday! Stay safe 😎
@@briankennedy1313 you always seem to show up everywhere i go, & make an ass of yourself! Grow up man, & stop letting your insecuities get the best of you. You can deny it til you are blue in the face, but its obvious & isnt gonna get you anywhere in life. Its getting exhausting trying to over look your riduculous comments, & i dont wanna hear you play it off as a joke. You gotta crappy sense of humor if it is & you need to stop cause im over it! STAY SAFE
7:07 ... Yes! I do think it makes perfect sense... if I understand correctly... and I believe I do. Yes, the Buckin' axe unboxing...that is the video where Damien tied those codominent stems together in the top of that tree using an Alpine Butterfly knot. That was irony, right? ... earlier you and Damien saying how "phony" you both were.... then frankly showing the "disaster" at the end ... irony and self-redemption. Great video. Thanks for all the instruction! What a team!
OK August. I can just go with a bar length rule of thumb of sorts. My background is forestry, where diameter and height are important. We even have special measuring tapes that give tree diameter. When I got into tree work I still carried diameter tapes. And put those figures on the work orders I told about. As I return to the same properties through the years it has also been interesting to track the growth of some recorded trees. Like a big black oak I have tracked since the mid 1980s. It has gained 4" of diameter. Up from a first measurement of 50".
Yep I’m familiar with DBH record-keeping. Reminds me of a place I worked that I’d like to forget tho 😬 The whole “arboristy” technical language actually bugs me. I even prefer the term treeman over the word arborist. TMI probably but there’s a back-story too long for the comment section.
@@AugustHunicke OK August, I will go with you on some of that. With a forestry background I see a few things differently. At least in forestry it has a purpose, which I choose to keep. However one phrase I don't care for is "tree trimmer." To me that sounds trite. Trivial. Like someone who knocks candles off a pine in the spring without knowing what they are doing. So I will meet you in the middle with Tree Man. (Not person. Man.)
What do you think guys? Which weighs more that Pine tree or your pick-up? Nice choice of words when you "clipped" the fence. Thank's for sharing "May God keep all of you safe. Amen."
Yada yada chop chop boom boom 🐿 What’s the compressive rating of your line? If a tree falls in the woods does the bear defecate? Thanx from the left coast near the Krapitol of California
He is human!! Getting a little greedy it seems haha. And I mean that in a taking big risks for big reward kind of way. You are a master at explaining the dynamics involved with every cut. Another smooth and thought out edit as well. I swear those damn chain link fences are the most damaged piece of property in the tree bizz.
I was going to make a Humbold pun if you didn't. Nice work sir. I can't help while watching this but to think of Indiana Jones walking through the traps and repeating as his father states in the distance "The penitent man kneels before god."
August, didn't you ever hear the story... what does a goat eat? Anything and everything it wants. They are great at cleaning out Poison Ivy vines also.
Every now and then I get an easy open field tree and I put up flags, 2 1/2' diameter pine and I tried to twist my first tree. Had there been something 40' to the right it would've been in trouble
Love the discussion and the planning. Real pro work. Minor suggestion, but try an APTA or similar air launcher for throw lines. Better accuracy drives productivity.
The Goal Posts CAM is Almost AS relevant to what A pHILLY Eagles fan would call a DOUBLE DOINK. That said YOur methodology IS a total Romantic novel to tree felling and IM just a Utility guy , NON arborist. EXcellent work... Alotta times a great arborist is needed to help alleviate some danger after a good storm to get us in there..
It's alright to say " bullseye bullseye bullseye,this ain't luck". You should be that confident as you've earned it! But at the same time no matter how good you get these things happen once in a while to us all. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Is there a way to record the conversation between you guys in the helmets to add to the video.....then we can hear the convo and or instructions as the trees are being cut. That would be super cool 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
It’s difficult. I’ve spent a lot of money trying to dial that in and haven’t found a good way other than to have a helmet cam on each person. The sound is good but I hate helmet cam view.
@@AugustHunicke maybe you could just use the audio from the helmet cams and not the video, and lay it over the video from gopros? Love your videos!! You are a outstanding tree faller!! Very awesome to watch! Keep it up we love it, stay safe out there!
@@042mandy Thanks ya I do that often. And lots of other little tricks editing. I don't always take the time on site though while filming to prep for that sound scenario. Lots going on.
For the number of technical fells you performed, that little fence boo boo does not count as a fail in my book. Those unplanned events though keep me humbled and thankful for my long career. Triage or "treeage" as i call it(often a good joke that clients understand) "I like to use a little system I call Treeage" LOL, priorities first, the roof before a fence post ;-)
Ages ago my family had a goat. So I was touched by the considerate plan for the goats. Nice trim job on the stumps too. My wife and I put together a work order for tree jobs. I tried to think of everything. There is even a place for stump height if the stump remains. This was inspired by one of my British sisters-in-law, who put a table top on her stump, for outdoor tea parties. How would you feel about measuring and reporting the actual diameters of trees that you are discussing? (DBH, as in the proper "Diameter Breast High"?) Like you said more than once, the video distorts the way things appear. And then you would move the camera and at least twice in this video I was surprised by the size of the trees in this video. Good work. Thanks.
@@nmmxiii9389~ Good joke. I wish I had thought to say that to my wife while she was still alive. I can just see her very earnest face now as she would say, "Would you like me to type those in?" LOL I can only wish for you a wife as sweet and good as she was. Thanks for the humor. Good one.
One thing ive learned in this business, have fence parts, screws, and a drill cause id say 75% of us or more have damaged a fence here or there. Great job(s) as usual.
There's two things you have to do to officially join the tree guy club. 1. Take a dump in the chip truck. 2. Bust a fence. Shit happens. Just gotta fix it when it does.
Couple questions August, when pulling a tree over do you always go with the base tie? I tend to use a running bowline most cases. Does the base tie kind of spread the load along the whole stem rather than having the stress go to the weakest point? I hope I'm making sense here. I guess what I'm asking is when should I employ the base tie set up? Also, the tree Damien mentioned the "squish", could you explain that for me a little? Love the videos man, learned quite a bit from you. I'm a residential guy, N.W. IN., right outside Chicago. Thanks in advance if you decide to respond, it'd be much appreciated. Keep up the great work and stay safe.
squish or soft dutchmen tactics I don't have time to go into here but it basically helps a tree get moving albeit not in the final intended direction so that you can re-harness the movement incrementally to the intended lay. I don't always base tie. I do it if there is a strong branch union to go over. The advantage being not having to climb.
@@AugustHunicke thanks for replying. Figured there was more to the base tie than that. No need to climb with the running bowline either so i suppose it's just preference then. Keep up the great video my man. Stay safe.
Jesse Short no, choking a tree and having the line travel 360° around the trunk and over all the limbs at that height to the running bowline is OFTEN not easily done without climbing unless you’re throwing over the first bottom limb or something. Thus base tie is a simple shot up and over and down to the base tie instead of around also. Do you follow what saying?
@@AugustHunicke Sorry, I got ya. Totally get where you're coming from now. Little different when the trees you're doing are probably 2-3 times the size of ours. Very seldom can we drop a whole tree like that. Most of the time they're topped and and not much more than 20 to 30 ft. Please excuse the brain fart.
Be humble or be humbled. The former is much less painful than the latter. Anybody who claims they never accidentaly hit something with a tree probably never cut one down. Nice job all around and I'd like to hear more about 'squishies'.
Damian mentions 'Squish' at 13:40. That's a new word for me, and Google isn't finding a definition that would fit the context. So what is squish in arborist terms?
August Hunicke Demonstrates That Knowledge Is Power! Y’all are funny! I love your back and forth conferencing! I am constantly amazed at how you can down trees to specific spots. Geometry teachers everywhere should sing your praises! As always, y’all are the BEST TEAM!
Being bold and beeing humble is priceless.
I had to watch this video series a few times to really try to understand what all is involved. You guys are like yoda-masters with chainsaws and describe the difficult elements involved to a level I can understand and use around our home. Very much appreciate what you show us. Please keep up the good work and sharing videos.
I have so much respect for your skill , but even more so how well your crew seems to work together. Being able to work when your hot or cold or stressed and tired but get along is really the impressive part of humans. I am far to old and beat up to do what you do, but I sure enjoy watching how well you do them. I love watching your 200 T saws play in the trees, I have used them and they are sure fun.
I bet you guys are good at bowling. Thanks for the excellent work. Don't fence me in.
Like the lines u put on vid showing everything helps alot👏👍
Man I just love your shit. In a humbold way.
Great video as always . I for one enjoy the talking and the detailed explanations of what your doing and why . Thanks for taking the time and effort in posting these videos, its much appreciated .
after watching dozens of the videos over a few days , i can say they have been great to watch. and super entertaining. cheers from uk
I really enjoy watching your work. You do an amazing job! Thanks August!
August, in Physics terms, what you were talking about in the first clip, is "vector addition of forces". So, the 'natural lean' plus a 'side winch' = 'fall it where you need'. :)
Nobody needs to do anything intentionally to remain humble. Life takes care of that!
Showing and explaining your skills isn´t bragging. So many issues on that last one, so many focus points... Love it, when you guys chit-chat... Feels like another family... Thanks for the videos.
Thanks for the comment, I definitely bond with people here in the comment section (family) by the class and grace of comments like yours.
Excellent videos August and great use of editing to further explain what we are seeing. Enjoy your videos and learn a lot. Thanks again.
I’m getting the feeling August has simply maxed out his skill level, now he must notice, consider, solve and overcome every single possible negative outcome of his actions. Like truly do no harm on a biblical level, next video- he considers the fall angel to prevent disturbing a neighboring Robbins nest while splitting the two ant hills in the middle of a field.
Our local tree guys considered the gutter and a square of shingles and sheeting as simply sacrificial and overall a successful day.
Felling Angel! Ha Ha💪
Dang it August!
With just the one exception you keep putting the tough ones right where you want 'em.
Very nicely done young fella!
Be safe my friend!
Randy
Another Great video. A person can learn so much from the master. Thanks for taking the time to explain what you are doing and why and taking the time to edit great job.
That 660 sounds awesome. Good job on the trees too!
Your a tree surgeon man, cool vids, been addicted this weekend, look into adding two vector math :)
Loved this vid. Your skill and knowledge is so evident.Especially when you take time to explain your trade craft.You should be teaching on the side.
A great job well done, sir 👏🏻
I like keeping the ole karma jar topped off, myself. Excellent video!
That wood that hit the fence was beautiful. I'm amazed at the work you and your crew do!
Great Jobs. I have watched this swedish instructor on UA-cam a lot, Svante Hansson. Different ways to use the saw in a safety way. Good luck!!
I love it when customers are like that, you know shit happens and you did the right thing by straightening it out. 👊
Great teamwork, that’s what any good crew is...skill plus collaboration
I really enjoy watching you guys bring em down and chip em up, but I really really feel sorry for those people who have come outside every morning for decades maybe their whole life to the comfort and shade of that tree in their yard , and now it’s GONE.
They often hate the mess of the leaves etc.
Great work MB team. My little boy and I enjoyed your fence smashing lol. Always good when you have a pleasant client that gets the situation like that chap.
One of your best Mr August!
Thanks for yet another view into the minds behind the saws of THE Monkey Beaver Team. Ohhhh the bouncing butts.... ohhhh the bounding butts : ) Thank you for sharing. You made my morning watching that one.
May we all use the Humbold cut n all aspects of our lives🍀🤙🌲Great vid my Friend👊
I totally agree, we are to be humbold .👍
Be Humbold!!! Love it!!!
I understand what you are saying August with the truck pull! I am not a professional arborist, but I can understand some basic physics. Keep having fun guys!
I have evaluated so many different workplace scenarios and skills over the years, I also specialise in the treatment of neuro-cognitive disorders so I know what it takes to work in an environment when one has to account for so many variables and not doing so can result in some serious harm. Tree feeling is an occupation I truly admire but I think it is more artistry than work for you August. I truly am impressed with what it takes to do what you do, so I wouldn't be at all concerned about those who think there is nothing to it. This is one of those occupations where laxity and errors kill people very, very dead. So there is nothing at all flippant about it.
Great job as always guys. Thanks for the vids. Love them. Cut it deep
good video - thanks for posting - thanks for yr tips on side leaners - job well done
Sometimes its hard to be humble, but i just so happened to have learned pretty good from someone..... not sayin any names😉thanks for including that fenceshot, my record has a couple fence bumps for sure😆
Amazing field goal.
We hardly ever get multiple removal jobs in open areas. Almost all in tight spaces. If it is in the woods, it's usually one dead tree that we have to piece down because of neighbors properties. Hate climbing dead trees.
Just another great job done by the A team ... a little bent fence can not be un bent ... mathew verse 10 chapter 6 ... Great video guys .. enjoyed
wow August the editing was exceptional ! darn stump , I was like yeahhhhh OH darn oh well humble it was great video ..
Good explanation for the pull plan on the second tree. Knowledge and skill go hand-in-hand in this trade and we also need to stay sharp to stay safe. Great thorough job guys.
That fence came out of nowhere. What a chill customer though.
You make it look so easy.
I believe that you know more about cutting wood than anyone I have ever met
Only a real man can admit fault, because the pride definantly takes a hit. 90% of guys would of deleted that footage before they got home. Takes allot to post it, but i always do because i hope it helps/saves someone someday!
Stay safe 😎
STIHL BORN I really really really wanted to do a sad crying meme so I got my wish. I think it’s fun to just tell the story of reality.
@@briankennedy1313 you always seem to show up everywhere i go, & make an ass of yourself! Grow up man, & stop letting your insecuities get the best of you. You can deny it til you are blue in the face, but its obvious & isnt gonna get you anywhere in life. Its getting exhausting trying to over look your riduculous comments, & i dont wanna hear you play it off as a joke. You gotta crappy sense of humor if it is & you need to stop cause im over it!
STAY SAFE
Nice tree fall. Right through the goal posts😎.
7:07 ... Yes! I do think it makes perfect sense... if I understand correctly... and I believe I do.
Yes, the Buckin' axe unboxing...that is the video where Damien tied those codominent stems together in the top of that tree using an Alpine Butterfly knot.
That was irony, right? ... earlier you and Damien saying how "phony" you both were.... then frankly showing the "disaster" at the end ... irony and self-redemption.
Great video. Thanks for all the instruction!
What a team!
OK August. I can just go with a bar length rule of thumb of sorts.
My background is forestry, where diameter and height are important. We even have special measuring tapes that give tree diameter. When I got into tree work I still carried diameter tapes. And put those figures on the work orders I told about. As I return to the same properties through the years it has also been interesting to track the growth of some recorded trees. Like a big black oak I have tracked since the mid 1980s. It has gained 4" of diameter. Up from a first measurement of 50".
Yep I’m familiar with DBH record-keeping. Reminds me of a place I worked that I’d like to forget tho 😬
The whole “arboristy” technical language actually bugs me. I even prefer the term treeman over the word arborist. TMI probably but there’s a back-story too long for the comment section.
@@AugustHunicke
OK August, I will go with you on some of that. With a forestry background I see a few things differently. At least in forestry it has a purpose, which I choose to keep. However one phrase I don't care for is "tree trimmer." To me that sounds trite. Trivial. Like someone who knocks candles off a pine in the spring without knowing what they are doing.
So I will meet you in the middle with Tree Man. (Not person. Man.)
Michael Dougfir I never say tree trimmer. Arborist is too fancy pants for me to love but I tolerate it.
Dang fence came out of nowhere! Slow mo sound on the hinge is so cool.
Swamp Bear LOL
Swamp Bear working on it.
Thanks for asking, I was thinking the same while watching the video..
If you're a residential tree guy who claims to have never hit a fence, with a falling piece of wood I'd probably call you a liar.
No doubt.
I didn't hit a fence.... at the beginning of my first removal. Lol
I must admit I have tagged my share. I'm just saying I don't like it.😝
Years ago we carefully dismantled a big Ash. Customer wanted stump left as bird table. I levelled it off, pushed the slab off and bust the fence...👎
@Will Kelly Hahh that snds like Liquid Nails construction adhesive.😜
What do you think guys? Which weighs more that Pine tree or your pick-up? Nice choice of words when you "clipped" the fence. Thank's for sharing "May God keep all of you safe. Amen."
Love your positive encouragement fir the goal post camera 🤣
That part was too perfect. Loved how it happened to be aiming perfectly to capture the rescue lol
Thank you for taking the time to share!
Only last year we had a row of 12 trees like that ! Stripped bark but by the ponies in a field !
how fun to watch you guys....as always. well done.
Found you from Buckin. Diggin the drone shots.
Accidents happen even to the best of us. Still killer work and great footage. Stand proud and be "Humbold." Be safe and climb well brothers
Makes total sense.💪
Nice work fellas, as always, i know it hurts the heart when that happens
The man who talks to trees, the Zen faller👍🏻😎
Yada yada chop chop boom boom 🐿
What’s the compressive rating of your line?
If a tree falls in the woods does the bear defecate?
Thanx from the left coast near the Krapitol of California
Is there a "be humbold" shirt?!
If so, take my money. If not, ill wait.
New subcriber right here!
Hey. Its my favorite channel with a new upload. Happy Saturday morning August and crew.
Loving the penance music. Hilarious!
He is human!! Getting a little greedy it seems haha. And I mean that in a taking big risks for big reward kind of way. You are a master at explaining the dynamics involved with every cut. Another smooth and thought out edit as well. I swear those damn chain link fences are the most damaged piece of property in the tree bizz.
Nah mate, Human is another channel.
Sorry for the dad joke.
@@v3124 I just came from there watching him run a muck!
Beaver-Goats!!! 😂😂😂👍
Even when you fail, the haters remain mistaken.
If a tree falls in the forest does it make any sound lol.i love your vids
I feel like you made perfect sense
I kinda like it when the customer tells me beforehand to not worry about that fence and to feel free to take it out!
Your like a professional field goal kicker, just splitting uprights!!
I was going to make a Humbold pun if you didn't. Nice work sir. I can't help while watching this but to think of Indiana Jones walking through the traps and repeating as his father states in the distance "The penitent man kneels before god."
I just wish you were closer to me. Just watching your videos is enough to trust you yo drop some trees on my place. Again I wish you were closer.
Thanks for another great vidéo 👌😃
Screw the fence all I care is that you missed the roof :-) that Ford is all kinds of cool! Nice work bro
Great video August! Thanks
You guys are good!!!
August, didn't you ever hear the story... what does a goat eat? Anything and everything it wants. They are great at cleaning out Poison Ivy vines also.
Great job guys! One miner slip no big deal! Lol
HEY! I FAILED THIS WEEK TOO..🤣🤣
Every now and then I get an easy open field tree and I put up flags, 2 1/2' diameter pine and I tried to twist my first tree. Had there been something 40' to the right it would've been in trouble
Don't care what anyone says nice job you guys are a hoot 👍😎👊
Love the discussion and the planning. Real pro work. Minor suggestion, but try an APTA or similar air launcher for throw lines. Better accuracy drives productivity.
I have one. Use it for high shots.
The Goal Posts CAM is Almost AS relevant to what A pHILLY Eagles fan would call a DOUBLE DOINK. That said YOur methodology IS a total Romantic novel to tree felling and IM just a Utility guy , NON arborist. EXcellent work... Alotta times a great arborist is needed to help alleviate some danger after a good storm to get us in there..
It's alright to say " bullseye bullseye bullseye,this ain't luck". You should be that confident as you've earned it! But at the same time no matter how good you get these things happen once in a while to us all. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
When making the last cut before grinding, any tips on getting that bar level. So not to be cutting down into the dirt?
Is there a way to record the conversation between you guys in the helmets to add to the video.....then we can hear the convo and or instructions as the trees are being cut. That would be super cool 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
It’s difficult. I’ve spent a lot of money trying to dial that in and haven’t found a good way other than to have a helmet cam on each person. The sound is good but I hate helmet cam view.
@@AugustHunicke maybe you could just use the audio from the helmet cams and not the video, and lay it over the video from gopros? Love your videos!! You are a outstanding tree faller!! Very awesome to watch! Keep it up we love it, stay safe out there!
@@042mandy Thanks ya I do that often. And lots of other little tricks editing. I don't always take the time on site though while filming to prep for that sound scenario. Lots going on.
For the number of technical fells you performed, that little fence boo boo does not count as a fail in my book. Those unplanned events though keep me humbled and thankful for my long career. Triage or "treeage" as i call it(often a good joke that clients understand) "I like to use a little system I call Treeage" LOL, priorities first, the roof before a fence post ;-)
Got to love cool customers
Great work, Sir
Ages ago my family had a goat. So I was touched by the considerate plan for the goats. Nice trim job on the stumps too.
My wife and I put together a work order for tree jobs. I tried to think of everything. There is even a place for stump height if the stump remains. This was inspired by one of my British sisters-in-law, who put a table top on her stump, for outdoor tea parties.
How would you feel about measuring and reporting the actual diameters of trees that you are discussing? (DBH, as in the proper "Diameter Breast High"?) Like you said more than once, the video distorts the way things appear. And then you would move the camera and at least twice in this video I was surprised by the size of the trees in this video.
Good work. Thanks.
easier to just make a note of the bar length, 36 in. bar in most of these
And wind speed , air pressure and humidity
@@nmmxiii9389~
Good joke. I wish I had thought to say that to my wife while she was still alive. I can just see her very earnest face now as she would say, "Would you like me to type those in?" LOL
I can only wish for you a wife as sweet and good as she was.
Thanks for the humor. Good one.
It happens. Good video!
One thing ive learned in this business, have fence parts, screws, and a drill cause id say 75% of us or more have damaged a fence here or there. Great job(s) as usual.
There's two things you have to do to officially join the tree guy club.
1. Take a dump in the chip truck.
2. Bust a fence.
Shit happens. Just gotta fix it when it does.
No wedges I'm impressed . Camera work awesome .
Couple questions August, when pulling a tree over do you always go with the base tie? I tend to use a running bowline most cases. Does the base tie kind of spread the load along the whole stem rather than having the stress go to the weakest point? I hope I'm making sense here. I guess what I'm asking is when should I employ the base tie set up? Also, the tree Damien mentioned the "squish", could you explain that for me a little? Love the videos man, learned quite a bit from you. I'm a residential guy, N.W. IN., right outside Chicago. Thanks in advance if you decide to respond, it'd be much appreciated. Keep up the great work and stay safe.
squish or soft dutchmen tactics I don't have time to go into here but it basically helps a tree get moving albeit not in the final intended direction so that you can re-harness the movement incrementally to the intended lay.
I don't always base tie. I do it if there is a strong branch union to go over. The advantage being not having to climb.
@@AugustHunicke thanks for replying. Figured there was more to the base tie than that. No need to climb with the running bowline either so i suppose it's just preference then. Keep up the great video my man. Stay safe.
Jesse Short no, choking a tree and having the line travel 360° around the trunk and over all the limbs at that height to the running bowline is OFTEN not easily done without climbing unless you’re throwing over the first bottom limb or something. Thus base tie is a simple shot up and over and down to the base tie instead of around also. Do you follow what saying?
@@AugustHunicke Sorry, I got ya. Totally get where you're coming from now. Little different when the trees you're doing are probably 2-3 times the size of ours. Very seldom can we drop a whole tree like that. Most of the time they're topped and and not much more than 20 to 30 ft. Please excuse the brain fart.
Be humble or be humbled. The former is much less painful than the latter. Anybody who claims they never accidentaly hit something with a tree probably never cut one down. Nice job all around and I'd like to hear more about 'squishies'.
Damian mentions 'Squish' at 13:40. That's a new word for me, and Google isn't finding a definition that would fit the context. So what is squish in arborist terms?
GREAT JOB 😉👍
It happens to the best of us 👍🇦🇺
and the rest of us.