Who else things Reg should publish a book and make a film of his life as a tree man! 👌👍🌲🌳 brilliant videos, educational as well as entertaining. Keep up the good work Reg, stay safe, climb safe 💪👍
I think he could be the Larry Haun of Treework. Larry and his brother's house build video is 30 years old and it's still totally ultra-badass. ua-cam.com/video/IQmt27qN6AI/v-deo.html
Hvorfor må du kommentere all du gjør? Mange som gjør samme jobben... ganske mange faktisk...uten at de trenger oppmerksomhet.... Hva med alle småfeil? Ingen kommentarer?
@@frodetorsvik1219 You sound pretty jealous. If you don't have anything good to say why don't you keep quiet. What he does is none of your business. Don't watch if you don't like it.
I’m 30 years in the business, 3rd generation. It’s rare I watch a man that really gets it like this man. Excellent work, excellent cutting, excellent rope handling. Very methodical and sequential . Stay safe my friend.
Hi Reg, I don't know if you realise it, but for us firewood cutters or a occasional chainsaw users, the way you go about your job and how you approach your work, is extremely valuable to us. The knowledge you have, your willingness to share it, and your professionalism has been most beneficial in improving my approach to using a chainsaw. Enjoy your English sense of humour too 😀. Thank you 👍
I've been a lineman for 35 years and an old lineman told me one time.. always have a plan B.. but as you well know mate plan B sometimes is pure luck. And whatever you are getting paid.. it ain't enough... You are a true professional..
The worst thing about your videos is when they're over. Thanks for putting so much educational and entertaining content out over the years. It's always a nice treat coming home and seeing a new upload. Cheers
Reg you are a great source on the internet. Don't every let yourself think that your content does not matter because you a REAL credible source. I appreciate all of the knowledge you have provided in past and present videos. I am good climber and still look up to you as many of us do :D
Love the redirects, not only allows repositioning but adds safety. Watching you move in the canopy: every muscle fibre knows what to do, no wasted energy...quintessential, and no self aggrandizing bravado-just minimalist - effective, efficient movement and commentary-so refreshing! kind regards
I'm going back through your older videos Reg. They are timeless. Trees are still trees and your skills are superb. It doesn't matter how old your videos are I can still learn things from them. Thanks for the video.
I’ve been cutting ‘habitat trees’ I call them. When a rancher or what have you needs me to get rid of a large hazard tree I usually try to convince them to let me leave a stump about twenty feet high (usually Larger D-Fir since it works well) so that the wildlife can still make use of it. What I do is bring the tree down in chunks and leave the stump 20 or do feet high... while I scare up the top cut to promote rot down the center of the trunk. They usually hollow out nice and are not much hazard since they erode in their own footprint at twenty or so feet tall. Great vid Reg.
@Shane Herrick, I've been creating wildlife snags since 1990... If there's room, higher is better. leave branch stubs out as far as is feasible, too. Brian French goes further, in taking time to make properly sized and designed cavity for the bird species/types he has in mind. He's been teaching classes at our ISA conferences for a few years..
Very nice... I do leave branches at times, and if at all possible, leave them taller. It really comes down to what I can convince the land owner to allow, and what may be best suited in that particular situation. A topic worthy of much discussion. Much appreciated
Kinda reminds me of the beech,chestnut, and lime tree days in England....sir you make it look so easy...thanks for over 10yrs of knowledge and expert opinions
Totally! The explanation of the work and Reg's history with the tree make this a film. The safety tip! The safety tip is legacy. 2:58 This channel should be around as long as free men work in trees. I hope it's centuries, y'all.
Genuinely enjoyed your short film, Mr. Coates. No hype. Years ago I subscribed to all the big tree work channels. This is the only one I kept over the years. So glad I did. Thank You.
Well done Reg. Your man on the rope also did a great job. 👍 I very much appreciate you putting in the process of transferring to the other tree, changing your tie in and transferring back. Always more for me to learn. Also glad to see you were able to work around the woodpecker's home. Some great views from that tree. 🙂👍❤️🌲 Thanks again and keep yourselves safe! Randy
Thank you Reg for your thought‘s and that you take us with you to work. It‘s really amazing to see how calm and well thought you execute your treework.
Summoning doubts, demons and thoughts of death all with the consideration of the affects it would have on the people who cared for you in your lifetime. Using that to sharpen your mind and skills before getting on with the task... Epic. Truly gave me chills to hear you say that, as I do the same, before serious work. I know for a fact it keeps me from doing stupid shit. Not without saying that I haven't gotten away with some stupid shit in the past. Love and respect your personality, demeanor and work ethic. Thank you for being Who You Are and sharing yourself with all of us.
Many thanks Reg for the detailed information and video of how you go about this sort of removal including all of the factors that go into the decisions. I really appreciate all the extra effort in terms of camera placement, camera retrieval, downloading files, editing and uploading. I prefer watching your videos over the news. Cheers!
Really enjoy your videos and can relate to so much of the content, very new to serious tree work, (feet firmly on the ground at present) at 52 in NZ with a 45 degree hillside of lifestyle block firewood pines up to 2 ft diameter that I think will take about 3 yrs to drop, ring, axe split, wheel barrow (or quad trailer later), throw down steep hill in to catch fence, then split again and eventually deliver. What started 3 months ago as a “get the boy working” idea has turned in to a challenging physical and mental addiction for myself. Grew up in Bolton til about 14 so really enjoy the lingo and humor. In this video I especially relate to the mental prep work before starting, using in my own case fear to load up the danger ap in the back of my mind to get in the right head space for working. I don’t make pluck it cuts anymore but occasionally get a “well I wasn’t quite expecting that”
Hi Reg, excellent video. Very instructional. I need to learn how to climb, I do all of my work out of my bucket truck, but am leaning towards learning to climb, I watched ur video on fear of heights, which I have, but everything you put out in that video makes sense. I was a paratrooper and a Helicopter pilot, you wouldn' think I would have that fear, but through your video, I am refreshed on my irrational fear, trust your equipment... so true!!! Thx!!
Got the heeby-jeebys there when you pushed those logs off. I reakon I could get used to heights but now im wondering lol. Great vid again love the soundtrack 🍺
Always smooth reg!!!! Been watching your videos for years . I’ve learned several things from you like your rigging techniques. You’re a legend in the tree industry my friend. Keep it up 👍
There are a lot of indicators even in this video of what you are all about. Peace and intuition, smoothness and control. Love your piano playing as well. Excellent video. Subscribed.
Thank you for all these videos. Ive only been climbing a little shy of a year so far and I do the same thing about imagining the worst possible outcome except I do it nearly every cut I make, or everytime i have to climb to a less than ideal position in a tree. It definitely causes to to think outside the box and take extra precautions to make sure those things can't happen. Stay safe brother, climb high.
Reg you are GOLDEN!, I am so happy that you actually care about birds especially the fabulous Acorn Woodpecker, unlike August Hunicke who destroyed multiple live fir tree's on a jobsite that had many woodpecker families living in them and then being so ignorant thinking that he would be able to raise the displaced fledglings only to have them die. The true colors of ones soul is revealed by how a person treats all living creatures both large and small and you certainly have genuine love for the creatures in the forest. M
Sean Arbor he’s spinning the story for some reason Sean. The trees were felled whole and the birds were discovered after the fact. We took most of them to the wildlife sanctuary but I doubted their diligence with them so I tried to raise some. The wood chip guy is toxic, and judgemental without knowledge of us or the site.
We do the best we can I lower nests of squirrels and birds down to my guys and have someone that tries to raise them with an incubator pink squirrels are tough but sometimes it will work out I always nickname them
Having a live adjacent tree on a dead tree really makes the job so much more comfortable! Madrona's are beautiful but always a challenge to climb. Great footage!
Really Enjoying your videos man!!! Please keep them coming!!! Learning a Lot from them. And always nice to see a proper professional doing things right - it is an encouragement as much as entertainment...! 👍👍👍❤️💪👍
Amazing video thanks ! It was a very dark story almost like watching Valhalla rising , what with the silent soundtrack and the battery saw and listening to rigging ropes buzzing over it all it was eerie and being a climber and understanding that place that you have to take your mind and body makes it all the better watching , I was sitting on the edge of my seat because as you know any massive shock loading with the condition of those trees and it’s game over(was it as brittle as it looked) ! Fair play Reg awesome video and spine tingling thank you keep safe and stay well 💪
As much as I dislike thinking about bad accidents that's a great approach you use to keep focused and prevent them. I was just telling someone yesterday how a white pine tree top fell directly down in front of me and a branch hit my helmet because I took the cut for granted bs-ing with groundman and didn't pay attention I cut through my hinge on left side. Too easy to forget how dangerous this job is. Downside to cutting this time of year is it can be hard on wildlife. I run juveniles I find to a local wildlife rescue and give a donation.
Scenic view, beautiful contrast and color of the smooth barked Madrone. Masterful SRT. Looks like surface compaction limited water percolation between the pavement and crusted soil which smothered the roots. Grass was uptaking the water faster than the tree could.
No, it's something else that's killed 10s of thousands on the island. I've taken out at least 40 from that property and the neighbors combined. Once the leaves start turning black it's like the kiss of death. Although I have seen much smaller stands of hedge arbutus trees generate clear new growth as they are periodically pruned every 2 years. Obviously that wouldn't be viable on mature trees. Theres several potential culprits for the symptoms floating around discussions, but nobody has been able to truly nail it down.
My wife and I took down a lot of a pretty large (for us) ash tree in hopes that the remainder will recover (ash borer). It's hard to give up on a tree like that, you know you can't get another one like that in your lifetime, but it is what it is! Next year I have a feeling we will be felling it. Its fun to climb anyways.
When I saw his one I saw a vision in my head of a nimble squirrel in tall trees with a rope and saw leaping from tree to tree throwing down nuts to the ground to be gathered later. VERY NICE!
Good stuff Reg! That was a great message to give to your fellow climbers....when it comes to playing out all bad scenarios in your mind, before arriving on the job site. I do the same👍 STAY SAFE
I've learned not to tell clients or loved ones all the scenarios that could happen because they don't see it as being on top of things, they just get worried.
@@buillioncubes yeah me too, & I try to avoid telling my crew members as well. Unless they have been in the industry for years, because it makes them really nervous. We live on the edge daily, because trees can be unpredictable sometimes. That's why I play these scenarios over & over in my head before I start, & adjust to be safe in as many of those scenarios as I possibly can. (We are CONSTANTLY weighing risk with reward) STAY SAFE BROTHER
Wish I could've seen the remaining stump! Love the majesty of trees I mean what a great example here, I've gotten clients to keep stems myself but nothing of that nature (for example one was stumped at about 4.5' tall, a 5' wide Live Oak, , I dogged-out a "10 gallon planter" in its top and planted a bunch of Ficus Microcarpa seedlings, within another couple years their aerial-roots will have draped the entirety of the stump and my client will have a Ficus.M specimen-tree that looks >20yrs old with (the appearance of)a 5-foot-wide trunk, even though it'll really be >10 Ficus seedlings that've just overgrown a decaying stump...honestly I'm convinced the breakdown of the wood is fueling their growth in a way I never could get w/ Miracle Gro! (Makes me think of your reco' for "The Body Language of Trees", gonna go order that now heck I'd meant to when you 1st mentioned it but forgot so will get on that, thanks a TON for that reco I mean trees - bonsai & tree-surgery/climbing - trees are my life, the way you described that book has me thinking/knowing it's a must-read for me so thanks a ton "pre-emptively" on that one ;D ) Great vid always, if I'm honest it's these exact scenarios - @height on skinny, compromised wood - that scare me more than anything in this field, your vids are great it is awesome watching what is possible!!!
As an arborist from Brisbane Australia this tree grows kind of like angophora all twisted and narley mate. And I'm always thinking about what could fail and and dangerous trees are my down fall I don't want to risk it at all nicely done Reg Coates. And I really enjoy your video making and the way you engage others mate noice MATE
Masterful work as always! Thanks for the great camera angles! I will gladly pay you an annual fee to keep this up. What have you got to lose. You deserve it mate.
I also get the dark thoughts of grisly injury prior to performing woods work. Perhaps my subconscious reminding me of prior mishaps resulting in permanent dysfunction.
If and when you leave the business will you mess the audience ? I never thought I would have when I retired but I did, retired neighbors setting up lawn chair to watch, even though I often thought that it wasn't so much that they were mesmerize by what I was doing but were waiting for me to make a mistake. Away's love to watch, you are a master at rigging.
Nice. Like our jobs aren’t hard enough as it is. To get this kind of footage without a drone is awesome. Took a lot of extra muscle and time for the viewers.
Apreciate the referance to australian trees, more knowledge on eucalyptus tips would be awesome. Really enjoy watching your videos because your always thinking but make things look smooth, some other guys out there are just trying too hard to be fast.
Bidding mode versus cutting mode sometimes I wonder what I was thinking and then I get started and remember how capable I am I always talk to myself about the safety issues prior to starting just like you were saying and always treat my chainsaw as if it were loaded
Hi Reg! Thanks for your videos! I have one question for you, why on some limbs do you tie them off and some you use a sling or sling hooked to a prusik friction hitched on the working rope? It looks like you do it on small limbs so Aaron can have the rope and they are attached mid line so he can pull them out but I was wondering
The friction hitch is set mid point of the line or slightly favoring one side so Aaron can indeed use the excess trailing part of the rigging line as a tag line. But I'll avoid catching big, falling logs into a friction hitch
Never thought I would stop climbing for any reason other than my own but this Covid19 saga has got me bored stiffer than that dead Arbutus...At least I can watch lol, stay healthy ladies n gents.
Mope, @John ABA. Liriodendron is one of the softest "hardwoods" arbutus is the 2nd hardest/heaviest wood in America, after only live oak..and maybe shagbark hickory. It does cut easily, however.
Cool reg. What would you have done if there wasn’t any other trees around to tie into? I ask because of how rotten and hollow the base of the tree was. Would you have had no choice but to bring a bucket truck in? If so, what if it didn’t get high enough to cut a small enough piece(s) as to not damage anything?
I was also wondering why the electric saw. So cool that they make them strong for professional work. Thanks Reg. Btw dark thoughts are what keeps us humble and alive, you know that.
Reg, is there a good resource, such as a book or a class, that one can go to in order to learn what NOT to climb? Or is the best resource decades of experience? I ask because I have a 36” wide, 100’ tall dead tree that is 12’ away from my house and the tree houses squirrels and woodpeckers and I am uncertain if I should attempt it.
I agree that safety is often overlooked not intentionally but lack of experience or occupied with the task at hand. It would seam that there is an element of risk in just about any occupation but in high risk occupations no room for error.
Who else things Reg should publish a book and make a film of his life as a tree man! 👌👍🌲🌳 brilliant videos, educational as well as entertaining. Keep up the good work Reg, stay safe, climb safe 💪👍
I think he could be the Larry Haun of Treework. Larry and his brother's house build video is 30 years old and it's still totally ultra-badass. ua-cam.com/video/IQmt27qN6AI/v-deo.html
I’m sure he has plenty of time for that
Hvorfor må du kommentere all du gjør?
Mange som gjør samme jobben... ganske mange faktisk...uten at de trenger oppmerksomhet....
Hva med alle småfeil?
Ingen kommentarer?
@@frodetorsvik1219
You sound pretty jealous.
If you don't have anything good to say why don't you keep quiet.
What he does is none of your business. Don't watch if you don't like it.
I’m 30 years in the business, 3rd generation. It’s rare I watch a man that really gets it like this man. Excellent work, excellent cutting, excellent rope handling. Very methodical and sequential . Stay safe my friend.
Nice job! I like the extra "raw" footage of you setting up and chatting before, after and during your jobs.
Same. As he says, "30 years of tree work." It comes through. It's important.
Hi Reg, I don't know if you realise it, but for us firewood cutters or a occasional chainsaw users, the way you go about your job and how you approach your work, is extremely valuable to us. The knowledge you have, your willingness to share it, and your professionalism has been most beneficial in improving my approach to using a chainsaw. Enjoy your English sense of humour too 😀. Thank you 👍
Deliberate and methodical. I've learned so much from your videos, thanks Reg
I've been a lineman for 35 years and an old lineman told me one time.. always have a plan B.. but as you well know mate plan B sometimes is pure luck.
And whatever you are getting paid.. it ain't enough... You are a true professional..
I'm so glad you didn't stop a short while back...that sound track is a nice touch...best wishes from Ireland...
The worst thing about your videos is when they're over. Thanks for putting so much educational and entertaining content out over the years. It's always a nice treat coming home and seeing a new upload. Cheers
Definitely 👍
Reg you are a great source on the internet. Don't every let yourself think that your content does not matter because you a REAL credible source. I appreciate all of the knowledge you have provided in past and present videos. I am good climber and still look up to you as many of us do :D
When Reg uploads, you know it's a good day!
Peace and love to you! ✌♥️😝
Love the redirects, not only allows repositioning but adds safety.
Watching you move in the canopy: every muscle fibre knows what to do, no wasted energy...quintessential, and no self aggrandizing bravado-just minimalist - effective, efficient movement and commentary-so refreshing!
kind regards
I'm going back through your older videos Reg.
They are timeless. Trees are still trees and your skills are superb.
It doesn't matter how old your videos are I can still learn things from them.
Thanks for the video.
I’ve been cutting ‘habitat trees’ I call them.
When a rancher or what have you needs me to get rid of a large hazard tree I usually try to convince them to let me leave a stump about twenty feet high (usually Larger D-Fir since it works well) so that the wildlife can still make use of it. What I do is bring the tree down in chunks and leave the stump 20 or do feet high... while I scare up the top cut to promote rot down the center of the trunk.
They usually hollow out nice and are not much hazard since they erode in their own footprint at twenty or so feet tall.
Great vid Reg.
@Shane Herrick,
I've been creating wildlife snags since 1990... If there's room, higher is better. leave branch stubs out as far as is feasible, too. Brian French goes further, in taking time to make properly sized and designed cavity for the bird species/types he has in mind. He's been teaching classes at our ISA conferences for a few years..
Very nice...
I do leave branches at times, and if at all possible, leave them taller.
It really comes down to what I can convince the land owner to allow, and what may be best suited in that particular situation.
A topic worthy of much discussion.
Much appreciated
Kinda reminds me of the beech,chestnut, and lime tree days in England....sir you make it look so easy...thanks for over 10yrs of knowledge and expert opinions
Hey Reg. Lovin the extra content during the lock down.
Totally! The explanation of the work and Reg's history with the tree make this a film. The safety tip! The safety tip is legacy. 2:58 This channel should be around as long as free men work in trees. I hope it's centuries, y'all.
Amazing video, no BS no show boating. You are a master of your trade!
Genuinely enjoyed your short film, Mr. Coates. No hype. Years ago I subscribed to all the big tree work channels. This is the only one I kept over the years. So glad I did. Thank You.
We sure appreciate all that u do in filming for us. Always enjoy it!!
Well done Reg. Your man on the rope also did a great job. 👍
I very much appreciate you putting in the process of transferring
to the other tree, changing your tie in and transferring back. Always
more for me to learn. Also glad to see you were able to work around
the woodpecker's home. Some great views from that tree. 🙂👍❤️🌲
Thanks again and keep yourselves safe!
Randy
That reminds me of that graveyard humor...thinking of terrible things. Keeps you on your toes.. That was a cool oil soak trick , HA!
Thank you Reg for your thought‘s and that you take us with you to work. It‘s really amazing to see how calm and well thought you execute your treework.
You guys are a credit to the industry. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Summoning doubts, demons and thoughts of death all with the consideration of the affects it would have on the people who cared for you in your lifetime. Using that to sharpen your mind and skills before getting on with the task... Epic. Truly gave me chills to hear you say that, as I do the same, before serious work. I know for a fact it keeps me from doing stupid shit.
Not without saying that I haven't gotten away with some stupid shit in the past.
Love and respect your personality, demeanor and work ethic. Thank you for being Who You Are and sharing yourself with all of us.
Love watching you work, always wise & methodical with great technique. Thanks from West Midlands in the UK.
Many thanks Reg for the detailed information and video of how you go about this sort of removal including all of the factors that go into the decisions. I really appreciate all the extra effort in terms of camera placement, camera retrieval, downloading files, editing and uploading. I prefer watching your videos over the news. Cheers!
Your videos always have a tranquil quality. Almost like. . . Meditation after yoga 😉 Actually they are very calming.
Really enjoy your videos and can relate to so much of the content, very new to serious tree work, (feet firmly on the ground at present) at 52 in NZ with a 45 degree hillside of lifestyle block firewood pines up to 2 ft diameter that I think will take about 3 yrs to drop, ring, axe split, wheel barrow (or quad trailer later), throw down steep hill in to catch fence, then split again and eventually deliver. What started 3 months ago as a “get the boy working” idea has turned in to a challenging physical and mental addiction for myself. Grew up in Bolton til about 14 so really enjoy the lingo and humor. In this video I especially relate to the mental prep work before starting, using in my own case fear to load up the danger ap in the back of my mind to get in the right head space for working. I don’t make pluck it cuts anymore but occasionally get a “well I wasn’t quite expecting that”
Love your work Reg & your geordie twang ( & dark musings) & I'm glad you keep posting. Hang in there.
Thanks Reg. Always appreciate your work.
Just amazing. I’d give about anything to be as skilled and fearless as this man.
Hi Reg, excellent video. Very instructional. I need to learn how to climb, I do all of my work out of my bucket truck, but am leaning towards learning to climb, I watched ur video on fear of heights, which I have, but everything you put out in that video makes sense. I was a paratrooper and a Helicopter pilot, you wouldn' think I would have that fear, but through your video, I am refreshed on my irrational fear, trust your equipment... so true!!! Thx!!
We're dam glad you're still makin videos Reg.
Thanks for the video. And the education regarding similarities and differences between Eucalyptus. Glad the job went well cheers
Got the heeby-jeebys there when you pushed those logs off. I reakon I could get used to heights but now im wondering lol. Great vid again love the soundtrack 🍺
RC you are one cool 😎 climber I enjoy watching you work!! You are so precise with every move and cut. Enjoyed the video keep up the good work.
thanks reg ... always a treat to watch you work ... THANKS
Great job always a joy watching you do what you do and listen to you explain everything with great knowledge. Very much appreciated friend.
thanks Reg, nice vid. Love it that you are strapped into the tree so well.
Always smooth reg!!!! Been watching your videos for years . I’ve learned several things from you like your rigging techniques. You’re a legend in the tree industry my friend. Keep it up 👍
Thanks for the time and effort you put into creating videos, I really enjoy them and learn a lot.
There are a lot of indicators even in this video of what you are all about. Peace and intuition, smoothness and control. Love your piano playing as well. Excellent video. Subscribed.
pretty slick little trick tipping the oil directly onto the bar like that! nice!!
Thank you for all these videos. Ive only been climbing a little shy of a year so far and I do the same thing about imagining the worst possible outcome except I do it nearly every cut I make, or everytime i have to climb to a less than ideal position in a tree. It definitely causes to to think outside the box and take extra precautions to make sure those things can't happen. Stay safe brother, climb high.
Thanks for sharing the life. I always enjoy watching.
Reg you are GOLDEN!, I am so happy that you actually care about birds especially the fabulous Acorn Woodpecker, unlike August Hunicke who destroyed multiple live fir tree's on a jobsite that had many woodpecker families living in them and then being so ignorant thinking that he would be able to raise the displaced fledglings only to have them die. The true colors of ones soul is revealed by how a person treats all living creatures both large and small and you certainly have genuine love for the creatures in the forest. M
Do you have a reference to that vid ?
Sean Arbor he’s spinning the story for some reason Sean. The trees were felled whole and the birds were discovered after the fact. We took most of them to the wildlife sanctuary but I doubted their diligence with them so I tried to raise some. The wood chip guy is toxic, and judgemental without knowledge of us or the site.
We do the best we can I lower nests of squirrels and birds down to my guys and have someone that tries to raise them with an incubator pink squirrels are tough but sometimes it will work out I always nickname them
Marti must have a chip on his shoulder
Great job Reg the details were revealed with remote location camera thanks for sharing!
Having a live adjacent tree on a dead tree really makes the job so much more comfortable! Madrona's are beautiful but always a challenge to climb. Great footage!
Wild looking tree Reg. Your work up in the trees is really great to watch. Hell of a set of skills you have👍
Really Enjoying your videos man!!!
Please keep them coming!!! Learning a Lot from them. And always nice to see a proper professional doing things right - it is an encouragement as much as entertainment...! 👍👍👍❤️💪👍
I like the prussic on the lowering line to use for both lowering and as a tag line
Amazing video thanks ! It was a very dark story almost like watching Valhalla rising , what with the silent soundtrack and the battery saw and listening to rigging ropes buzzing over it all it was eerie and being a climber and understanding that place that you have to take your mind and body makes it all the better watching , I was sitting on the edge of my seat because as you know any massive shock loading with the condition of those trees and it’s game over(was it as brittle as it looked) ! Fair play Reg awesome video and spine tingling thank you keep safe and stay well 💪
Excellent video! I like how you used the tail end of the rigging line as a tag line...very creative in that situation.
Thanks for taking the time to do these videos enjoying them
Rigging off a prusik, brilliant! Saves the hassle of a secondary tag line, defiantly going to try that.
Arbutus trees are wonderful. I love the orange color, like flowing candle wax. I wish we had them in upstate New York.
As much as I dislike thinking about bad accidents that's a great approach you use to keep focused and prevent them. I was just telling someone yesterday how a white pine tree top fell directly down in front of me and a branch hit my helmet because I took the cut for granted bs-ing with groundman and didn't pay attention I cut through my hinge on left side. Too easy to forget how dangerous this job is. Downside to cutting this time of year is it can be hard on wildlife. I run juveniles I find to a local wildlife rescue and give a donation.
Scenic view, beautiful contrast and color of the smooth barked Madrone. Masterful SRT. Looks like surface compaction limited water percolation between the pavement and crusted soil which smothered the roots. Grass was uptaking the water faster than the tree could.
No, it's something else that's killed 10s of thousands on the island. I've taken out at least 40 from that property and the neighbors combined. Once the leaves start turning black it's like the kiss of death. Although I have seen much smaller stands of hedge arbutus trees generate clear new growth as they are periodically pruned every 2 years. Obviously that wouldn't be viable on mature trees. Theres several potential culprits for the symptoms floating around discussions, but nobody has been able to truly nail it down.
Thanks for all the recent uploads
My wife and I took down a lot of a pretty large (for us) ash tree in hopes that the remainder will recover (ash borer). It's hard to give up on a tree like that, you know you can't get another one like that in your lifetime, but it is what it is! Next year I have a feeling we will be felling it. Its fun to climb anyways.
Nice work, looking forward to the next vid !.
An absolute Masterclass in professionalism and calm measured work. Sublime.
When I saw his one I saw a vision in my head of a nimble squirrel in tall trees with a rope and saw leaping from tree to tree throwing down nuts to the ground to be gathered later. VERY NICE!
Good stuff Reg! That was a great message to give to your fellow climbers....when it comes to playing out all bad scenarios in your mind, before arriving on the job site. I do the same👍
STAY SAFE
I've learned not to tell clients or loved ones all the scenarios that could happen because they don't see it as being on top of things, they just get worried.
@@buillioncubes yeah me too, & I try to avoid telling my crew members as well. Unless they have been in the industry for years, because it makes them really nervous. We live on the edge daily, because trees can be unpredictable sometimes.
That's why I play these scenarios over & over in my head before I start, & adjust to be safe in as many of those scenarios as I possibly can. (We are CONSTANTLY weighing risk with reward)
STAY SAFE BROTHER
Wish I could've seen the remaining stump! Love the majesty of trees I mean what a great example here, I've gotten clients to keep stems myself but nothing of that nature (for example one was stumped at about 4.5' tall, a 5' wide Live Oak, , I dogged-out a "10 gallon planter" in its top and planted a bunch of Ficus Microcarpa seedlings, within another couple years their aerial-roots will have draped the entirety of the stump and my client will have a Ficus.M specimen-tree that looks >20yrs old with (the appearance of)a 5-foot-wide trunk, even though it'll really be >10 Ficus seedlings that've just overgrown a decaying stump...honestly I'm convinced the breakdown of the wood is fueling their growth in a way I never could get w/ Miracle Gro!
(Makes me think of your reco' for "The Body Language of Trees", gonna go order that now heck I'd meant to when you 1st mentioned it but forgot so will get on that, thanks a TON for that reco I mean trees - bonsai & tree-surgery/climbing - trees are my life, the way you described that book has me thinking/knowing it's a must-read for me so thanks a ton "pre-emptively" on that one ;D )
Great vid always, if I'm honest it's these exact scenarios - @height on skinny, compromised wood - that scare me more than anything in this field, your vids are great it is awesome watching what is possible!!!
As an arborist from Brisbane Australia this tree grows kind of like angophora all twisted and narley mate. And I'm always thinking about what could fail and and dangerous trees are my down fall I don't want to risk it at all nicely done Reg Coates. And I really enjoy your video making and the way you engage others mate noice MATE
Masterful work as always! Thanks for the great camera angles! I will gladly pay you an annual fee to keep this up. What have you got to lose. You deserve it mate.
9:28. Looks like you forgot to edit out using the *force* on that top. We always knew but you've officially exposed yourself , Reg.
It's cool to see the other other side of things. I don't climb often, I do a fair bit of roping though.
Some of the best climbers were the best ground guy regardless if you stay on the ground it is necessary to have a knowledgeable groundcrew
Reg tip my hat to you. That is some creative rope work
Another great video👍
You need to get that first saw ported Reg. It sounds sick.
Thanks for sharing your mind set 👊before job starts 👍
For all you out there learn from the legend,save to knowledge.thanks reg.
Thanks Reg. Pretty work.
I also get the dark thoughts of grisly injury prior to performing woods work. Perhaps my subconscious reminding me of prior mishaps resulting in permanent dysfunction.
If and when you leave the business will you mess the audience ? I never thought I would have when I retired but I did, retired neighbors setting up lawn chair to watch, even though I often thought that it wasn't so much that they were mesmerize by what I was doing but were waiting for me to make a mistake. Away's love to watch, you are a master at rigging.
I probably wont look back if I can help it Robert
Nice. Like our jobs aren’t hard enough as it is. To get this kind of footage without a drone is awesome. Took a lot of extra muscle and time for the viewers.
That was a cruddy one bud. Thanks for sharing.
Apreciate the referance to australian trees, more knowledge on eucalyptus tips would be awesome. Really enjoy watching your videos because your always thinking but make things look smooth, some other guys out there are just trying too hard to be fast.
@9:30 limb is crippled. Stare down the limb, it got scared and fell away.
Nice and smooth that’s a lot of redirects great job
love to see you working the tree tops cheers m8 .
The Musical Soundtrack is beautiful.
Bidding mode versus cutting mode sometimes I wonder what I was thinking and then I get started and remember how capable I am I always talk to myself about the safety issues prior to starting just like you were saying and always treat my chainsaw as if it were loaded
Nice video Reg, very controlled and precise, not sure about the whale music, reminds me of a massage or yoga time :0)
Amazing decay pattern on it. Looks like it was in a fire.
Hi Reg! Thanks for your videos! I have one question for you, why on some limbs do you tie them off and some you use a sling or sling hooked to a prusik friction hitched on the working rope? It looks like you do it on small limbs so Aaron can have the rope and they are attached mid line so he can pull them out but I was wondering
The friction hitch is set mid point of the line or slightly favoring one side so Aaron can indeed use the excess trailing part of the rigging line as a tag line. But I'll avoid catching big, falling logs into a friction hitch
Reg Coates thanks for the reply. That’s a good idea I’m gonna use it sometime 👍
Never thought I would stop climbing for any reason other than my own but this Covid19 saga has got me bored stiffer than that dead Arbutus...At least I can watch lol, stay healthy ladies n gents.
Sounds like a fast cut tree like the poplars we have here in South Carolina
Mope, @John ABA. Liriodendron is one of the softest "hardwoods" arbutus is the 2nd hardest/heaviest wood in America, after only live oak..and maybe shagbark hickory. It does cut easily, however.
I just found another Monkey-Beaver tree cutter lol- great vids Mr Reg
great camera angles , really appreciate the use of eletric n gas saws . where there birds in the nest i thought I heard chirping ?
Yep, they were home
Cool reg. What would you have done if there wasn’t any other trees around to tie into? I ask because of how rotten and hollow the base of the tree was. Would you have had no choice but to bring a bucket truck in? If so, what if it didn’t get high enough to cut a small enough piece(s) as to not damage anything?
Soundtrack reminds me of Brian Eno's *Thursday Afternoon* and *Music For Films* albums.
Those batteries last the whole canopy? I may need to add a batt saw to the arsenal
Yeah, so long as you make your cuts count
Hi Reg, great videos..Did you use the electric top handle so you could hear better? Ie cracking sounds etc because the tree is dead?
I use it so I can hear everything. Not as powerful as a top end gas saw, but for precise and intricate cutting its deadly
I was also wondering why the electric saw. So cool that they make them strong for professional work. Thanks Reg.
Btw dark thoughts are what keeps us humble and alive, you know that.
Climbing Tiger, Hidden Yoga 😋
Caffeinated Skwirl - I love your squirrel! I'm picturing a squirrel jacked up on caffeine...😂
@@samuelluria4744 that's my life every day 🤣
Poor lil birds must've been terrified, but what the got is a lot better than what nests in clearcut areas get where I live.
Thanks Reg highly skilled 👍
Reg, is there a good resource, such as a book or a class, that one can go to in order to learn what NOT to climb? Or is the best resource decades of experience? I ask because I have a 36” wide, 100’ tall dead tree that is 12’ away from my house and the tree houses squirrels and woodpeckers and I am uncertain if I should attempt it.
I agree that safety is often overlooked not intentionally but lack of experience or occupied with the task at hand. It would seam that there is an element of risk in just about any occupation but in high risk occupations no room for error.