As someone who works on chippers for a living, it almost brought tears to my eyes to hear you say you need to grease it. I wish everyone would maintain their machines and actually grease them. It will save you a ton of money in future repairs.😂
When you own them like he does then yeah you’ll wanna maintain it, everyone else doesn’t care usually because it’s a rental or leased machine so it’s “not their issue”
nice job kevin and jake! I swear no matter what. when you want a top to land flat no matter the size it will always turn the last second and land strang down. never fails!
No 2 driveways are the same, it’s tough to know how thick or how strong the asphalt is or what the base material is and how it can support the asphalt. On a different driveway it could have been just fine!
Gordy said it in a video of his, one of the reasons he likes you, if because you got balls. And I admire a guy like you for it. Stay safe man. Mistakes happen. That rope chipper story send chives down my spine…
When I'm over asphalt. I always rig tops, always mistakes happen. We all make them. I've done it before but I know it sucks. The first time I blew a top Over asphalt I did the same exact thing I learned from that day on rig.
Rigging the top seems like a no-brainer. It only takes a few minutes to set up a line and it guarantees no damage. I understand wanting to go fast, but it isn’t like saving a couple of minutes is going to enable you to squeeze an extra job in that day. You’re there all day to take the tree down. Don’t cut corners to save a few minutes.
Dude, that rope and chipper story is nuts. I had a much less near death experience recently when I sent a pile into the chipper and saw our climbers rope going in! I grabbed it as fast as I could and yanked it out, one second later would have been too late but oh man I’m so glad it didn’t go all the way lol. Scared the shart out of me and I too am way paranoid about it happening again
Man I wish you would have asked 😂I had a couple junk sheets of plywood leaned up against the house that would have been perfect!! Anyway 30 minutes on the tamper and the driveway is patched and no one is the wiser now 🤫
Jake, i have been watching your videos for a few weeks now and I am a fan. Your positive attitude is an inspiration, let alone your skill and tree climbing bravery! You decide what's in your videos, but if i may make a suggestion: Your videos tend to focus on chain sawing. It is interesting for sure, and i have picked up a few tips, but many of us either own a saw or can imagine using one. What sets you arborists apart from the rest of us is the tree climbing, that is the most fascinating. The ropes, the knots, the techniques, the gadgets (ascenders, spurs,...), how to set a zip line, how to be safe up there. There is some of that already, but please show more of that and tell what you are are looking for while climbing, when it is safe to do so. Keep up the good work!
I totally agree, as a rock climber I don’t use the rope for anything but a slip or fall, he never shows how the rope somehow gets above him, and it looks like he has some sort of safety line to make a cut instead of just on his flip line, let’s keep asking because he does get a lot of time off between jobs
Climber asks for a crash pad. Groundman/Forman/Owner doesn't give him a crash pad ask him to take a small 4" top climber does it, Groundman doesn't even leave a pile of brush or crash pad for climber and chances it then gets mad at the climber. If I was the climber I would have climbed down smacked Forman for raising his voice and then went back up to finish the tree.
Jake ,I always leave some brush as a buffer zone over the important stuff .The top was around 4 inches and Kevin did ask for a brush buffer ,so you need to share the blame also .Crap happens but with a little extra site prep ,crap can be reduced to a minimum. 30 years in the biz has taught me that 🙂
Climber asks for a crash pad. Groundman/Forman/Owner doesn't give him a crash pad ask him to take a small 4" top climber does it, Groundman doesn't even leave a pile of brush or crash pad for climber and chances it then gets mad at the climber. If I was the climber I would have climbed down smacked Forman for raising his voice and then went back up to finish the tree.
Fuuugggghh..... 6 minutes in and I have chills from that story. I don't even let people on the job with hoody strings still in their sweatshirts. Spinning things are the absolute pits for stray bits of any type of line or strap. Thanks for sharing that.
Ah yes, the down side of owning a tree service. It truly is coming together 😅. Keep your head up. Stuff happens. Take care of yourself and your guys. You’ll continue to grow!
Thanks for the video Jake! That’s a great looking new trailer you got! Got its first battle scar! Your building a nice fleet of equipment! Dang that was a scary story for sure about that camo rope going in the chipper 😱 👋
Our local park, during a thunderstorm, a young girl, twenty something, took refuge under a tree. A four inch limb, dropping twenty feet, struck her head, she did not survive. They didn't realize how damaged, most of the trees were, very sad. I was always taught to respect, any branch that is falling.
I've been here before. We always left some of the brush on the landing spot to stop exactly what happened. the accumalated brush and logs also buffer when you're piecing down the rest of the tree. Well, live and learn. Never failed to work. Clean up takes a little longer but it's worth it. I got my first echo 27 years ago. Retired in 03 the year I climbed my last tree and sold my business. Still have 2 echos. Best tree saw I've ever used. You guys did a geat job. Really good crew. The new type of rope gear is really nice. A lots changed since I was climbing.
Make sure to check the grease in the hubs with a new trailer purchase! I learned that most trailer manufacturers only put like a 1/2 teaspoon of grease in and call it "transportation lube." I read about it in the manual after I had hauled 2 loads of gravel. Hehe
Jacob - watching you drop the pieces while taking down that stem waaaaaaay high up there gave me an idea, which would make for a great video but probably will be difficult to find the situation: if you ever have a tree job next to an abandoned house or one slated for demolition, you should set up cameras inside the house and show the consequences of dropping a branch butt end straight down and some shorter chunks right onto the roof. Primarily to show climbers what the consequences are of any errors in the air, so to speak. We already know what a tree falling over into the house looks like (tons of videos on that), but dropping a 4" diameter 18" long piece from that high up? Will that go through the roof all the way into the living space? How big of a piece will? There are some science-project level questions to be answered here!
The coolest tree service job I had involved 6 80 foot red pines near an 100 year old cottage by a lake.The cottage was scheduled for demolition to make room for a modular home . Originally the cottage was supposed to be out of there before I took the trees down but the excavator couldn't fit due to the trees .I told the guy that the only way they can come down is if I can drop them on the cottage. He agreed and we went at it .The first 5 landed on the roof and did some damage but not until I dropped the sixth one did we see some change .The sixth tree had a back lean away from the cottage and leaned towards a highway and some major pipelines and the only way to get it to go on the cottage was to shoot my pull line up high to get the most leverage and pull with my one ton truck .Needless to say when it hit it took down the roof to the first floor and blew out the window glass 20 feet .I remember the man's son in law saying "That was friggin sweet!" He has it on video somewhere 😂😂😂😂😂
Those trees never seem to get smaller. Nerves of steel to climb that high. Respect to you all for that work that you make look easy but foreign to most of us. 👍👍👍
Airbags are good for loading just the truck. Weight distribution hitch will be better for trailer tongue weight and proper weight distribution on the truck. Will be a ton safer driving down the road also.💪
From experience I would ditch the pins on the dump trailer door. Weld a loop on the door and one on the side of your trailer. The put old zip line sling and a carabiner in one of the loops to hold the doors open instead. So much more reliable and makes the trailer less wide when dumping. Love the video and how you show the mess ups. Everyone has them. Stay safe!
I soooo Wish I had all that for Fire Wood!! I love how you guys do such a Great Job of cleaning up afterwards too. I’m sure the Customers appreciate that as well. Well done Guys!!
Hey Jacob, I was interested in you explaining the dangers of climbing ropes and chippers, maybe not the best idea to have a camo rope eh. There's a guy here called David Suarez who has rigged up a simulation of a dummy being dragged into a chipper, as you say, if you can imagine it then it'll be a whole lot worse. Stay safe buddy and sorry about the manmade pothole.
JACOB, I broke a rib this past summer doing some tree work. The break was not far from my spinal column. It took a couple of weeks to heal before I moved so that I didn’t even notice it anymore. I ended up laying on the ground for about 4hrs because of the intense pain. I’m just glad that it WASN’T my spine that broke! I’m not mentally prepared for something that devastating! I can LITERALLY feel your pain. I’m DO SORRY for you that you went through that, because it’s ROUGH!!! Just finish healing up and DON’T PUSH IT!
Trailer doors are always a bummer! (Especially when you’ve just replaced them 😅) appreciate seeing the mishaps; makes me feel not so alone when I run into issues! Stay safe brotha!
fiy if you want to keep that 6.4 reliable you might want to keep that tow haul button on each time you drive it, with or without a trailer. they are quite proud of collapsing their lifters and causing a whole mess of internal engine problems with it. unless you want to drop a few grand to tune out the cylinder deactivation (doubtful) the only way to disable it is with tow/haul button being on.
I mean the man did request for the cushioning down there. He is climber, I think I’d listen to what his idea is more than from someone on the ground. Very unfortunate but also a great lesson learned
Great to watch you guys doing y our job ..all foreign to me as i live in Australia ...so thanks for videoing your business...i appallaud.you and all you do in taking thoes dangerous trees out
Another great vlog Jacob dude always cool to see Gordy put in an appearance and also fully understand you having a bit of a go at your climber for not doing what you had asked him nicely not to do but luckily the guy was ok with it but just generally love your vlogs and keep em up dude 😅😊😊
Great video! Just a friendly reminder to adjust your headlights when you're weighed down like this. You don't want to blind oncoming traffic and cause an accident!
Dude, I am so happy to hear you are hitting it out of the park with your business. That sucked you messing up your dump trailer like that. Gotta watch those details.
I'm extra glad for the videos of pine trees coming down because I'm allergic to pine! I'd have to stay inside if I was there in person. I discovered that when a few pine trees were taken down here last summer. I realized I was coughing quite a bit and was wondering why, then I remembered my allergy and went in.
YOU SNAPPED AT KEVIN/very good he will not forget an in business this is low cost training video. Very well done,to the top or should i say point we get it.
Hi Jacob , really enjoyed this video mate apart from the church video with the crane. This is got to be one of your best really enjoyed it Jacob thank you yesterday I was watching someone else felling trees and after 20 minutes I had to turn him . he was doing my head in. He was an accident waiting to happen. Great content on this one so made up your company vehicles are growing😊😊😊.oops I nearly forgot. Great editing by the way mate when you start topping the tree into short logs, you don’t see the cutting you just see the logs falling
Just watched this and the 2 Maple tree cut down you guys are artists, man climbing up a tree that tall takes some big balls, you guys are joined at the hip
always amazing seeing you take down such tall trees. great job it is great to see the wood being used for heating ! great job, and you were safe too! it is so hard when you are the BOSS! take care.
What a superb video. Your fleet is growing which is so awesome to see. To bad about the pin on the trailer but it could have been a lot worse. And it's broke in now. lol The clean-up looked so good, I would hate that part, all of the chain saw chips. Bless you guys and stay safe.
It was good to see the 540i still is in use despite the faults. One of many charms with the channel is to see the big variety of chainsaws one can buy and or use. Great video Jacob, and great work all of you! one learns by ones mistakes, god knows i have made many of them!
Has shivers run down my spine when you were telling the story about the rope in the chipper. Also, it takes bending your gate at least once for you to remember that they're there. I did it really good once, took the sledge hammer to it and got it squared away.
Am I the only one who thinks natty rigging tops with your climbing line is kinda gnarly? lol I ain’t the canopy cops so idc but pretty gnarly, even seen Jacob tie a piece one with his zig zag attached 😂🤠
Love the chipper parts. There's something that's just so satisfying about watching a chipper in action. Maybe a mini window in a corner showing the chipper would cool
Let’s say the chipper’s drum has a circumference of 4ft. If it’s spinning at 2000 rpm, that’s about 130fps of rope being pulled in. Scary to think about, unimaginably more so to experience. Glad you came out of that situation with only a lumpy rib and brown pair of pants
Dont worry its always a relief after the first scratch or dent on a new toy, you dont worry quite as much after the first accidental bump or scratch 😊❤
That's some hard work. I've thrown around a Husqvarnna18 lb/20" saw for 6 hours before. Several days of work. My back was aching. We did have a DeWalt 16" battery powered trim saw that I was actually impressed with.
That's awesome how your growing your business. When I started with my friend we had my 77 e100 van and one saw. In a year we also had 9" chipper 60ft bucket truck 2 Toyota pick ups and a 28ft Hydraulic dump trailer. Sadly we got into an argument about money and that killed our business. But toward the end it was what was once a 50/50 partnership with agreements on what we spent to toward the end I was basically being paid as an employee... I wish you all the luck tho. Love watching you tree guys on UA-cam
Get some aftermarket bump stops for the rear axle on that truck. Those have coil rear suspension so they naturally sag more than a leaf spring truck would. Bump stops would help eliminate the sag of the truck along with added stress on driveline components
Enjoyed the video. Nice work on those pines. One thing....suppose you injured yourself up top while chunking and you had to exit quick? Say a saw cut. You only have your lanyard holding you , no climb line. So tied in twice is safety in case of lanyard failure...but also allows you to bail out quickly if necessary. I like the zigzag running through an adjustable friction saver or usaver. Just saying.
Good video... those chippers, as i know you know, can be an evil beast. That rope getting in it could have been a major double catastrophe. Thank God everything worked out.. Here close to my hours about 8 years ago, a man went half way through a chipper, not a pretty sight... 🙏
Congrats on expanding the fleet with some excellent equipment Jake . Always focused on doing exemplary work , don't let stress get to you. I saw a video here on the tube of some people showing what happens when a climber's rope gets in a chipper . It is exactly as you say .. almost unbelievably fast ... you have very little time to react and shut it off before someone gets killed . They put at least a 100' line attached to a 200lb (I think) rescue mannikin . It was pulled into the chipper in about 2-3 seconds . Very chilling to see that.
Don't blame you employee, you should have provided plywood to protect the pavement. From the climber's safety standpoint, it was getting hairy to climb higher on such a small piece of timber.
I hope the trailer door hinge will be all right. When you were backing up all I could think of was Chris Farley reversing David Spade's GTX with the door open in Tommy Boy. My best advice: do not pick up any deer!
That 2500 will do more than fine. I recommend a helper spring, or air bags to assist the springs when loaded heavy. It'll help keep the geometry/alignment proper when towing heavy
I don’t know if you know, but you can just tie a running bowline and put a caribiner in the eye of your rope where you made the running bowline and then pull it out at the ground. Save you time from having to make sure both ends touch the ground while you’re in the tree. With that akimbo you would also have to have the rope below the akimbo go through a caribiner or pulley to make sure it had a fairlead below the device before you put the rope back through the caribiner on your bowline eye. The rope runner and zig zag don’t need anything below cause they have a pulley built in
I love watching your videos and how your channel grows. You are stepping up! Good job :) Just stay focused and be save! Try cutting with two points more often! Thanks !!
Jake, I am so glad your OK. That was a really great example of downing trees in a tight location, great rope work. BY the way, there is a major rope factory here in Ferndale, WA where I live off of Thornton Road where they just finished constructing a new Railroad over pass bridge. It's called Samson Rope and it seems very impressive. Have you used any of their products? Cheers, Rik Spector
Jake, nice you had a cool customer. You were more upset about punching the asphalt than the customer. Lesson. To keep your truck from stargazing when pulling a loaded trailer, there are helper springs you can install on top of the stock springs. They don't engage unless the stock springs flatten out under load so they don't stiffen the ride when not loaded. I've had several trucks that I've installed them on. It's one of the first mods I do.
Aye awesome video homie! About not being able to see the chipper behind the bucket truck, grab a pair of orange trailer markers they attach right to the fenders and stick out
Hey Jacob At the bid box hardware store they sell asphalt in a bag and a tamper cheap if you’re there buying plywood anyway If you fell the top with the shortest but end you can it reduces the risk of punching a hole in asphalt
Guilty of Treeson: Entrepeneur in Action! 👍 Random thought that made me chuckle a few videos ago: Ye'll never see Gordy in a pair of "hi-tech, modern" pants! 😂 ✌
I pull a dump trailer with12k axles. 8x20 with 30" sides. In it, I carry 35 sheets of plywood, rayco rg 50, 80 horse skid with grapples and a bucket. Behind the dump I pull a biljax towable boom. Gas truck wouldn't cut pulling 28k everyday. I got a dually diesel, aisin tranny, and 4:10 gears.
The sop for Hackett and Hill Tree Specialists Inc., is no rope within 50 ft of the chipper. Our smallest chipper is a 200 horse Intimidator Bandit, 1890 chipper. If a climber's rope catches on a branch, the climber would be ripped from the tree in 3-4 seconds and not slow the machine. Never allow a rope near a chipper indeed.
modern petrol engines are pretty much up there with modern diesels, here in Australia a very common diesel people use is the Toyota V8 diesel but in all honesty the Nissan Patrol with the V8 petrol is pretty much equal on every aspect, a lot of people actually prefer the petrol once driving as they can actually overtake much easier and keep the torque going on climbs and stuff. Think the petrol engine was a great choice !
Electric for the smaller branches would be much better with the cuts to talking, i'm constantly adjusting my volume up and down haha but really enjoying the videos. you're definitely a pro at what you do man
Kevin! Y’all worked together at Eastside, correct? That house is beautiful, as is their property! It has to be a slice of heaven. ❤ Smart man to notice the situation and have those two trees removed. Hello to Gordy! 😊
@@GuiltyofTreeson Good for him! It’s great how y’all help one another. You’re a great friend, Jake! *Stay blessed, safe, and kiss them babies everyday!*
Hi i have kind of an odd question. I served 20 years in the military but recently came into some hard times and my only saw just crapped out it was an old stihl ms440 and i am in need of a saw but dont have the means right now and ive tried every veteran support avenue i could and ive not found anyone who will part with a saw. so my question is do you know of anyone that want to get rid of a decent running saw? a larger pro saw would be preferable also if anyone needs proof of my military service i have my DD214 if needed. thank you for all your very entertaining videos ive learned some good tips and trick from then i watch them regularly. thank you again sincerly Rich from CT.
Jake, or Jacob, which ever you prefer, but I know Sir works in a pinch. lol. ❤❤ I went to Walmart and bought bulky items, a case of Coke- a- Cola and when I got home on my 2 wheel scooter, I was going too slow to navigate the curb to the yard. The scooter went down and I broke ribs. Like you, I knew they wouldn't tape or band them. After I got everything Inside I fell to sleep on the couch. When I woke up one violent cough, all 5 ribs broke and collapsed the left lung. The drugs must have been good, I lost 10 days in the Hospital and went home 2 weeks later. ❤❤
"You get that on big jobs." I know it's a natural reaction, to chew your climber out when he does something like that. But remember...theres still a lot of work to be done, and some guys dont do well after an ass chewing, with a cloud of guilt hanging overhead.
Arborists Bino H did a video on chipper safety, even shows a rope with manican climber attached, and how fast it took the chipper to consume everything attached..
Out of all the jobs I've ever did in my life being a tree laborer was the most tiring job ever. That was when I smoked and after the day was over you were ready to sleep.
"colour blind"... has many degrees. At an architectural practice I worked at decades ago we had 6 "Industrial Designers" ~ 5 men and 1 women; Heather was their "colour consultant" because all the guys had different types of "colour blindness"; know your weakness, use whatever negates your weakness. (luro ropes?)
I just love the sound of a br800. See if Gordy can port it. I'm definitely interested in knowing. I'm a landscaper so any extra help with the wind at the beach would be appreciated
Idk if it was already said but “You’ll have that on them big jobs” 😂😂 I get the frustration of the bigger jobs seemes like I always screw up on them somehow but it all works out
13:57 Whoa! Never heard Jacob sound so upset! Obviously Kevin didn't do it on purpose, and for all intents and purposes, it was a pretty small top. My thoughts, maybe cutting right at the base of the union of all those twiggy branches would help dissipate the impact on landing, rather than cutting 18 inches below the union which left a fairly solid 18 inch projectile? Just my non-arborist thoughts.
Love when you explain how you take the trees down and explain what equipment you use. Great work as all ways
As someone who works on chippers for a living, it almost brought tears to my eyes to hear you say you need to grease it. I wish everyone would maintain their machines and actually grease them. It will save you a ton of money in future repairs.😂
When you own them like he does then yeah you’ll wanna maintain it, everyone else doesn’t care usually because it’s a rental or leased machine so it’s “not their issue”
nice job kevin and jake! I swear no matter what. when you want a top to land flat no matter the size it will always turn the last second and land strang down. never fails!
I really like that you replace "cus" words with chainsaw noise👍
I love how jake talked about how the top would bust the asphalt and 5 min later it happens 😂🤦♂️
But it his own fault for not making a bed or ply wood boards, nothing they can do but repair the hole and in future be ready..
I was thinking “ that’s not the 4” dia top Jake was just talking about “
In all fairness, Kevin said they should get a crash pad made before topping the tree.
He told the guy to drop a small top so they didn't need the plywood
No 2 driveways are the same, it’s tough to know how thick or how strong the asphalt is or what the base material is and how it can support the asphalt. On a different driveway it could have been just fine!
Respect on your honesty 👏🏻 great video! Your my #1 favorite arborist channel
Awesome! Thank you!
There my favorite also.
Along with Ace tree management, but they dont post that often.
Gordy said it in a video of his, one of the reasons he likes you, if because you got balls. And I admire a guy like you for it. Stay safe man. Mistakes happen. That rope chipper story send chives down my spine…
There is demo footage of ropes going into chippers if anyone is curious.
ua-cam.com/video/F12LAqs7GjE/v-deo.htmlsi=yD2qQj7hHgfYQYeV
I know it’s a typo, but chives down my spine is just too funny.
I watched for the cab of my excavator someone’s chainsaw go into and out of a chipper 😂
When I'm over asphalt. I always rig tops, always mistakes happen. We all make them. I've done it before but I know it sucks. The first time I blew a top Over asphalt I did the same exact thing I learned from that day on rig.
Rigging the top seems like a no-brainer. It only takes a few minutes to set up a line and it guarantees no damage. I understand wanting to go fast, but it isn’t like saving a couple of minutes is going to enable you to squeeze an extra job in that day. You’re there all day to take the tree down. Don’t cut corners to save a few minutes.
@@dp1381 definitely
Dude, that rope and chipper story is nuts.
I had a much less near death experience recently when I sent a pile into the chipper and saw our climbers rope going in! I grabbed it as fast as I could and yanked it out, one second later would have been too late but oh man I’m so glad it didn’t go all the way lol. Scared the shart out of me and I too am way paranoid about it happening again
Man I wish you would have asked 😂I had a couple junk sheets of plywood leaned up against the house that would have been perfect!! Anyway 30 minutes on the tamper and the driveway is patched and no one is the wiser now 🤫
Jake, i have been watching your videos for a few weeks now and I am a fan. Your positive attitude is an inspiration, let alone your skill and tree climbing bravery!
You decide what's in your videos, but if i may make a suggestion: Your videos tend to focus on chain sawing. It is interesting for sure, and i have picked up a few tips, but many of us either own a saw or can imagine using one. What sets you arborists apart from the rest of us is the tree climbing, that is the most fascinating. The ropes, the knots, the techniques, the gadgets (ascenders, spurs,...), how to set a zip line, how to be safe up there. There is some of that already, but please show more of that and tell what you are are looking for while climbing, when it is safe to do so.
Keep up the good work!
I totally agree, as a rock climber I don’t use the rope for anything but a slip or fall, he never shows how the rope somehow gets above him, and it looks like he has some sort of safety line to make a cut instead of just on his flip line, let’s keep asking because he does get a lot of time off between jobs
Climber asks for a crash pad. Groundman/Forman/Owner doesn't give him a crash pad ask him to take a small 4" top climber does it, Groundman doesn't even leave a pile of brush or crash pad for climber and chances it then gets mad at the climber. If I was the climber I would have climbed down smacked Forman for raising his voice and then went back up to finish the tree.
that would’ve been a waste of energy.
@@ztkrxbut would have been the right thing to do. Ownership is damn important.
Jake ,I always leave some brush as a buffer zone over the important stuff .The top was around 4 inches and Kevin did ask for a brush buffer ,so you need to share the blame also .Crap happens but with a little extra site prep ,crap can be reduced to a minimum. 30 years in the biz has taught me that 🙂
You are totally right 👍
Crash pad, smaller 2'' top, rigging all could have mitigated the damage but cost time, cutting corners to save time do not always work out.
100% agree
Climber asks for a crash pad. Groundman/Forman/Owner doesn't give him a crash pad ask him to take a small 4" top climber does it, Groundman doesn't even leave a pile of brush or crash pad for climber and chances it then gets mad at the climber. If I was the climber I would have climbed down smacked Forman for raising his voice and then went back up to finish the tree.
@@Docsullydefs wasn’t a 4inch top man… climber shoulda just went up 5 or so steps instead of sending it
Fuuugggghh..... 6 minutes in and I have chills from that story. I don't even let people on the job with hoody strings still in their sweatshirts. Spinning things are the absolute pits for stray bits of any type of line or strap. Thanks for sharing that.
Ah yes, the down side of owning a tree service. It truly is coming together 😅. Keep your head up. Stuff happens. Take care of yourself and your guys. You’ll continue to grow!
Thanks for the video Jake! That’s a great looking new trailer you got! Got its first battle scar! Your building a nice fleet of equipment! Dang that was a scary story for sure about that camo rope going in the chipper 😱 👋
Our local park, during a thunderstorm, a young girl, twenty something, took refuge under a tree. A four inch limb, dropping twenty feet, struck her head, she did not survive. They didn't realize how damaged, most of the trees were, very sad. I was always taught to respect, any branch that is falling.
I've been here before. We always left some of the brush on the landing spot to stop exactly what happened. the accumalated brush and logs also buffer when you're piecing down the rest of the tree. Well, live and learn. Never failed to work. Clean up takes a little longer but it's worth it. I got my first echo 27 years ago. Retired in 03 the year I climbed my last tree and sold my business. Still have 2 echos. Best tree saw I've ever used. You guys did a geat job. Really good crew. The new type of rope gear is really nice. A lots changed since I was climbing.
Now it’s sounding like a tree service. Welcome to managing the chaos! Keep it up
Make sure to check the grease in the hubs with a new trailer purchase! I learned that most trailer manufacturers only put like a 1/2 teaspoon of grease in and call it "transportation lube." I read about it in the manual after I had hauled 2 loads of gravel. Hehe
Jacob - watching you drop the pieces while taking down that stem waaaaaaay high up there gave me an idea, which would make for a great video but probably will be difficult to find the situation: if you ever have a tree job next to an abandoned house or one slated for demolition, you should set up cameras inside the house and show the consequences of dropping a branch butt end straight down and some shorter chunks right onto the roof. Primarily to show climbers what the consequences are of any errors in the air, so to speak. We already know what a tree falling over into the house looks like (tons of videos on that), but dropping a 4" diameter 18" long piece from that high up? Will that go through the roof all the way into the living space? How big of a piece will? There are some science-project level questions to be answered here!
Great idea!
The coolest tree service job I had involved 6 80 foot red pines near an 100 year old cottage by a lake.The cottage was scheduled for demolition to make room for a modular home . Originally the cottage was supposed to be out of there before I took the trees down but the excavator couldn't fit due to the trees .I told the guy that the only way they can come down is if I can drop them on the cottage. He agreed and we went at it .The first 5 landed on the roof and did some damage but not until I dropped the sixth one did we see some change .The sixth tree had a back lean away from the cottage and leaned towards a highway and some major pipelines and the only way to get it to go on the cottage was to shoot my pull line up high to get the most leverage and pull with my one ton truck .Needless to say when it hit it took down the roof to the first floor and blew out the window glass 20 feet .I remember the man's son in law saying "That was friggin sweet!" He has it on video somewhere 😂😂😂😂😂
Those trees never seem to get smaller. Nerves of steel to climb that high. Respect to you all for that work that you make look easy but foreign to most of us. 👍👍👍
Great work guys. Love seeing the professionals at work. Such a good platform to learn from.
Get airbag for rear axle on your truck. That will keep you kind of level when towing heavy loads.
Airbags are good for loading just the truck. Weight distribution hitch will be better for trailer tongue weight and proper weight distribution on the truck. Will be a ton safer driving down the road also.💪
From experience I would ditch the pins on the dump trailer door. Weld a loop on the door and one on the side of your trailer. The put old zip line sling and a carabiner in one of the loops to hold the doors open instead. So much more reliable and makes the trailer less wide when dumping. Love the video and how you show the mess ups. Everyone has them. Stay safe!
I soooo Wish I had all that for Fire Wood!! I love how you guys do such a Great Job of cleaning up afterwards too. I’m sure the Customers appreciate that as well. Well done Guys!!
Great episode
Loved the explanation of the equipment and the days.
Love that 661!
Cool operation
Great flops
Love how Gordy looks after his stuff so meticulously.
Hey Jacob, I was interested in you explaining the dangers of climbing ropes and chippers, maybe not the best idea to have a camo rope eh. There's a guy here called David Suarez who has rigged up a simulation of a dummy being dragged into a chipper, as you say, if you can imagine it then it'll be a whole lot worse. Stay safe buddy and sorry about the manmade pothole.
JACOB, I broke a rib this past summer doing some tree work. The break was not far from my spinal column. It took a couple of weeks to heal before I moved so that I didn’t even notice it anymore. I ended up laying on the ground for about 4hrs because of the intense pain. I’m just glad that it WASN’T my spine that broke! I’m not mentally prepared for something that devastating! I can LITERALLY feel your pain. I’m DO SORRY for you that you went through that, because it’s ROUGH!!!
Just finish healing up and DON’T PUSH IT!
I’m so glad you focus on safety. I know someone that was cutting alone to make extra money and fell. He didn’t survive.
Trailer doors are always a bummer! (Especially when you’ve just replaced them 😅) appreciate seeing the mishaps; makes me feel not so alone when I run into issues! Stay safe brotha!
Making big moves Jacob. And the Avant....bro!!!!! Congrats on passion coming together.
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if you want to keep that 6.4 reliable you might want to keep that tow haul button on each time you drive it, with or without a trailer.
they are quite proud of collapsing their lifters and causing a whole mess of internal engine problems with it.
unless you want to drop a few grand to tune out the cylinder deactivation (doubtful) the only way to disable it is with tow/haul button being on.
hello so 19:44 when you climbed to the top would you not use like a block or friction saver to lower all those limbs down ? does it not burn the rope
I mean the man did request for the cushioning down there. He is climber, I think I’d listen to what his idea is more than from someone on the ground. Very unfortunate but also a great lesson learned
Great to watch you guys doing y our job ..all foreign to me as i live in Australia ...so thanks for videoing your business...i appallaud.you and all you do in taking thoes dangerous trees out
Another great vlog Jacob dude always cool to see Gordy put in an appearance and also fully understand you having a bit of a go at your climber for not doing what you had asked him nicely not to do but luckily the guy was ok with it but just generally love your vlogs and keep em up dude 😅😊😊
Great video!
Just a friendly reminder to adjust your headlights when you're weighed down like this. You don't want to blind oncoming traffic and cause an accident!
Dude, I am so happy to hear you are hitting it out of the park with your business. That sucked you messing up your dump trailer like that. Gotta watch those details.
I'm extra glad for the videos of pine trees coming down because I'm allergic to pine! I'd have to stay inside if I was there in person. I discovered that when a few pine trees were taken down here last summer. I realized I was coughing quite a bit and was wondering why, then I remembered my allergy and went in.
Why not zip line for softer landings on big brush?
YOU SNAPPED AT KEVIN/very good he will not forget an in business this is low cost training video. Very well done,to the top or should i say point we get it.
Hi Jacob , really enjoyed this video mate apart from the church video with the crane. This is got to be one of your best really enjoyed it Jacob thank you yesterday I was watching someone else felling trees and after 20 minutes I had to turn him . he was doing my head in. He was an accident waiting to happen. Great content on this one so made up your company vehicles are growing😊😊😊.oops I nearly forgot. Great editing by the way mate when you start topping the tree into short logs, you don’t see the cutting you just see the logs falling
Just watched this and the 2 Maple tree cut down you guys are artists, man climbing up a tree that tall takes some big balls, you guys are joined at the hip
Anyone else love how the closed captions read the chainsaw's engine revving as "[Music]"🤣
And when the tree is cracking on the way down, it reads "[Applause]" :)
always amazing seeing you take down such tall trees. great job it is great to see the wood being
used for heating ! great job, and you were safe too! it is so hard when you are the BOSS! take care.
What a superb video. Your fleet is growing which is so awesome to see. To bad about the pin on the trailer but it could have been a lot worse. And it's broke in now. lol The clean-up looked so good, I would hate that part, all of the chain saw chips. Bless you guys and stay safe.
It was good to see the 540i still is in use despite the faults. One of many charms with the channel is to see the big variety of chainsaws one can buy and or use.
Great video Jacob, and great work all of you!
one learns by ones mistakes, god knows i have made many of them!
Has shivers run down my spine when you were telling the story about the rope in the chipper.
Also, it takes bending your gate at least once for you to remember that they're there. I did it really good once, took the sledge hammer to it and got it squared away.
It seems like 'Death Branch' vs 'Headache' would be a better callout. Lol.
really awesome video. great to see Gordy agaiin. hope your rib heals fairly quickly. stay safe. congratz on the trailer. what's next?
I’ve seen that guy on the tractor somewhere before he looks like a pretty good worker you better give him a raise Jacob
Haha nice job buddy 👊
maybe next time he can drop the stem and not land on the bush.
Hi Gordy 😁 very nice toy's 😉👍
Am I the only one who thinks natty rigging tops with your climbing line is kinda gnarly? lol I ain’t the canopy cops so idc but pretty gnarly, even seen Jacob tie a piece one with his zig zag attached 😂🤠
Great to see you tree fellas working so well together
Love the chipper parts. There's something that's just so satisfying about watching a chipper in action. Maybe a mini window in a corner showing the chipper would cool
Great job Jake....... keep em' coming
Let’s say the chipper’s drum has a circumference of 4ft. If it’s spinning at 2000 rpm, that’s about 130fps of rope being pulled in. Scary to think about, unimaginably more so to experience. Glad you came out of that situation with only a lumpy rib and brown pair of pants
Dont worry its always a relief after the first scratch or dent on a new toy, you dont worry quite as much after the first accidental bump or scratch 😊❤
That's some hard work.
I've thrown around a Husqvarnna18 lb/20" saw for 6 hours before.
Several days of work.
My back was aching.
We did have a DeWalt 16" battery powered trim saw that I was actually impressed with.
That's awesome how your growing your business. When I started with my friend we had my 77 e100 van and one saw. In a year we also had 9" chipper 60ft bucket truck 2 Toyota pick ups and a 28ft Hydraulic dump trailer. Sadly we got into an argument about money and that killed our business. But toward the end it was what was once a 50/50 partnership with agreements on what we spent to toward the end I was basically being paid as an employee... I wish you all the luck tho. Love watching you tree guys on UA-cam
Thumbs up. But i really thought u where going to 😢. Get a propane torch! Heat asphalt n smooth out that little blemish. ❤
Get some aftermarket bump stops for the rear axle on that truck. Those have coil rear suspension so they naturally sag more than a leaf spring truck would. Bump stops would help eliminate the sag of the truck along with added stress on driveline components
Enjoyed the video. Nice work on those pines. One thing....suppose you injured yourself up top while chunking and you had to exit quick? Say a saw cut. You only have your lanyard holding you , no climb line. So tied in twice is safety in case of lanyard failure...but also allows you to bail out quickly if necessary. I like the zigzag running through an adjustable friction saver or usaver. Just saying.
Good video... those chippers, as i know you know, can be an evil beast. That rope getting in it could have been a major double catastrophe. Thank God everything worked out.. Here close to my hours about 8 years ago, a man went half way through a chipper, not a pretty sight... 🙏
Congrats on expanding the fleet with some excellent equipment Jake . Always focused on doing exemplary work , don't let stress get to you. I saw a video here on the tube of some people showing what happens when a climber's rope gets in a chipper . It is exactly as you say .. almost unbelievably fast ... you have very little time to react and shut it off before someone gets killed . They put at least a 100' line attached to a 200lb (I think) rescue mannikin . It was pulled into the chipper in about 2-3 seconds . Very chilling to see that.
Don't blame you employee, you should have provided plywood to protect the pavement.
From the climber's safety standpoint, it was getting hairy to climb higher on such a small piece of timber.
I hope the trailer door hinge will be all right. When you were backing up all I could think of was Chris Farley reversing David Spade's GTX with the door open in Tommy Boy. My best advice: do not pick up any deer!
Great video. You make it look soooo easy. Keep it up!
That 2500 will do more than fine. I recommend a helper spring, or air bags to assist the springs when loaded heavy. It'll help keep the geometry/alignment proper when towing heavy
Hey Jake!
Awesome job as always!
Did you get back your lost/stolen 462?
I don’t know if you know, but you can just tie a running bowline and put a caribiner in the eye of your rope where you made the running bowline and then pull it out at the ground. Save you time from having to make sure both ends touch the ground while you’re in the tree. With that akimbo you would also have to have the rope below the akimbo go through a caribiner or pulley to make sure it had a fairlead below the device before you put the rope back through the caribiner on your bowline eye. The rope runner and zig zag don’t need anything below cause they have a pulley built in
Eastern KY I really enjoy these videos cut a lot of post timber but never climb
I love watching your videos and how your channel grows. You are stepping up! Good job :) Just stay focused and be save! Try cutting with two points more often! Thanks !!
Jake,
I am so glad your OK.
That was a really great example of downing trees in a tight location, great rope work.
BY the way, there is a major rope factory here in Ferndale, WA where I live off of Thornton Road where they just finished
constructing a new Railroad over pass bridge.
It's called Samson Rope and it seems very impressive.
Have you used any of their products?
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Absolutely awesome video guilty of treeson
Jake, nice you had a cool customer. You were more upset about punching the asphalt than the customer. Lesson.
To keep your truck from stargazing when pulling a loaded trailer, there are helper springs you can install on top of the stock springs. They don't engage unless the stock springs flatten out under load so they don't stiffen the ride when not loaded. I've had several trucks that I've installed them on. It's one of the first mods I do.
Aye awesome video homie! About not being able to see the chipper behind the bucket truck, grab a pair of orange trailer markers they attach right to the fenders and stick out
he could not see a 3 foot wide trailer door sticking out the side of his wood trailer when backing up.
100th like 🙌 loving the channel, really using all your content to help me improve my own skill! Keep it up!
Hey Jacob
At the bid box hardware store they sell asphalt in a bag and a tamper cheap if you’re there buying plywood anyway
If you fell the top with the shortest but end you can it reduces the risk of punching a hole in asphalt
Bags at big box stores are for temporary patches. thier are bags of permanent cold patches thier not cheap, though.
Guilty of Treeson: Entrepeneur in Action! 👍
Random thought that made me chuckle a few videos ago: Ye'll never see Gordy in a pair of "hi-tech, modern" pants! 😂 ✌
I pull a dump trailer with12k axles. 8x20 with 30" sides. In it, I carry 35 sheets of plywood, rayco rg 50, 80 horse skid with grapples and a bucket. Behind the dump I pull a biljax towable boom. Gas truck wouldn't cut pulling 28k everyday. I got a dually diesel, aisin tranny, and 4:10 gears.
The sop for Hackett and Hill Tree Specialists Inc., is no rope within 50 ft of the chipper. Our smallest chipper is a 200 horse Intimidator Bandit, 1890 chipper. If a climber's rope catches on a branch, the climber would be ripped from the tree in 3-4 seconds and not slow the machine. Never allow a rope near a chipper indeed.
modern petrol engines are pretty much up there with modern diesels, here in Australia a very common diesel people use is the Toyota V8 diesel but in all honesty the Nissan Patrol with the V8 petrol is pretty much equal on every aspect, a lot of people actually prefer the petrol once driving as they can actually overtake much easier and keep the torque going on climbs and stuff.
Think the petrol engine was a great choice !
Electric for the smaller branches would be much better with the cuts to talking, i'm constantly adjusting my volume up and down haha but really enjoying the videos. you're definitely a pro at what you do man
Raw doggin it! Atta boy😂😂😂
I may have spoken too soon 😢 but yea, running rigging definitely wear gloves. Learned that one the hard way 😅
I can smell the pine sap through the video Jake 😂. Keep cutting brother ❤. The new Jersey logman
Kevin! Y’all worked together at Eastside, correct?
That house is beautiful, as is their property! It has to be a slice of heaven. ❤ Smart man to notice the situation and have those two trees removed.
Hello to Gordy! 😊
Yeah we worked together at eastside. He recently started his own contract climbing/tree business as well 👍
@@GuiltyofTreeson Good for him! It’s great how y’all help one another. You’re a great friend, Jake!
*Stay blessed, safe, and kiss them babies everyday!*
Hi i have kind of an odd question. I served 20 years in the military but recently came into some hard times and my only saw just crapped out it was an old stihl ms440 and i am in need of a saw but dont have the means right now and ive tried every veteran support avenue i could and ive not found anyone who will part with a saw. so my question is do you know of anyone that want to get rid of a decent running saw? a larger pro saw would be preferable also if anyone needs proof of my military service i have my DD214 if needed. thank you for all your very entertaining videos ive learned some good tips and trick from then i watch them regularly. thank you again sincerly Rich from CT.
Jake, or Jacob, which ever you prefer, but I know Sir works in a pinch. lol. ❤❤ I went to Walmart and bought bulky items, a case of Coke- a- Cola and when I got home on my 2 wheel scooter, I was going too slow to navigate the curb to the yard. The scooter went down and I broke ribs. Like you, I knew they wouldn't tape or band them. After I got everything Inside I fell to sleep on the couch. When I woke up one violent cough, all 5 ribs broke and collapsed the left lung.
The drugs must have been good, I lost 10 days in the Hospital and went home 2 weeks later. ❤❤
"You get that on big jobs."
I know it's a natural reaction, to chew your climber out when he does something like that. But remember...theres still a lot of work to be done, and some guys dont do well after an ass chewing, with a cloud of guilt hanging overhead.
Yeah totally shouldn’t have snapped like that! Kevin’s a great guy and I’ve done that a million times myself!
@@GuiltyofTreeson👍👍👍😉
love your videos!!! ty but i was wondering how much did the owners pay for those two trees?
Arborists Bino H did a video on chipper safety, even shows a rope with manican climber attached, and how fast it took the chipper to consume everything attached..
Out of all the jobs I've ever did in my life being a tree laborer was the most tiring job ever. That was when I smoked and after the day was over you were ready to sleep.
"colour blind"... has many degrees. At an architectural practice I worked at decades ago we had 6 "Industrial Designers" ~ 5 men and 1 women; Heather was their "colour consultant" because all the guys had different types of "colour blindness"; know your weakness, use whatever negates your weakness. (luro ropes?)
I just love the sound of a br800. See if Gordy can port it. I'm definitely interested in knowing. I'm a landscaper so any extra help with the wind at the beach would be appreciated
Idk if it was already said but
“You’ll have that on them big jobs”
😂😂 I get the frustration of the bigger jobs seemes like I always screw up on them somehow but it all works out
13:57 Whoa! Never heard Jacob sound so upset! Obviously Kevin didn't do it on purpose, and for all intents and purposes, it was a pretty small top. My thoughts, maybe cutting right at the base of the union of all those twiggy branches would help dissipate the impact on landing, rather than cutting 18 inches below the union which left a fairly solid 18 inch projectile? Just my non-arborist thoughts.
Yeah I lost my temper :( Kevin even asked for a crash pad and I said he didn’t need one
Hey Jake. What are you using to film all your videos. And what do you use to edit them. They look great keep up the good work
Sappy's should supply asphault cold patch. Lol, I'm sure Kevin felt bad but mistakes happen.