Exactly, especially from someone as skilled as him. I love learning from people who know their trade in and out and who have been doing it for many years.
@@TechandTools1 Well put!! August does quite a good job of getting thoughts&details in, honestly I'd still want *even more* lol as it's the details that matter i mean otherwise it's really more of an action-video (don't get me wrong, lawrenceschultz's stuff - pfannerman3000 I think on youtube - is some of the coolest action-vids out there but not the same type of vids, thankfully Lawrence organized it all into the amazing Schultz Effect videos!) Would love if, in addition to good explanations/observations/thoughts on-camera, if there were also a lotta details in the summary (ie just adding a list of things like saw(s) used, types of bull-rope & anchoring when not visibly-discernible in the vid, etc) August may have some of the best-balance between the action vids like Schultz's, and the deeper explanations like arborpod is all about, gotta love it :D
No your not talking too much....you sound intelligent and informative. I enjoy learning about your jobs....could watch it all day. Super BRAVE TO TAKE DOWN TREES. Thanks for sharing. 🍃🌏🕊🇺🇸
At 9900 pounds you could pull the tree out by the roots, but space limitations put a climber in the tree. However, we all know your penchant for using every inch of available space! Next cut: jumps up about one inch from pretensioning! Masters of your craft! It is good for me to watch your big operation. I work alone mostly, and without the fancier labor saving devices, so I would be bucking off all the limbs to stack and bundle for removal, and cutting the wood to 16s. Some day I may have a chipper that can take entire trees and save all that labor! Adam! My dad once hurt his first two fingers, he did Nixon "I'm not a crook" impersonations while waving a bandaged peace sign until they healed! (This was in 1975?) You guys make my heart smile, stay safe out there!
Good morning August it's great to see ya climbing in that big oak . Most of the time you do not make me feel like chopped liver, Thank you vary mutch . I know it's like a broken record but I appreciate you your guys all your work your beautiful family . Your commentary it's all good . Be safe August, Love wins.
Anything that comes out of your channel is eminently watchable August. Wisdom, experience, calm, interesting, fun, full of insight, family and brotherhood, care and duty, consideration and cool as s&%t action... Let the dogs bark, you've no need to jump the fence = )
No you do not talk too much. You explain every step as your go. which makes the whole process much more interesting and I’ve gotten addicted to your videos and now I watch them morning noon and night. If I’m not sure about what you’re talking about I just Google the words and get my answers I have learned so much from watching you and your guys. You’re all amazing and awesome especially you August. My heart was in my throat watching you as you Worked on that tree that had a large portion of the center cut out. It was swaying back-and-forth and I was so afraid you were going to fall.❤️
I don't think you're talking too much at all. I love learning from people like you who know far more than most and who are extremely knowledgeable in you trade/craft. Thank you for sharing your experience and expertise with us.
I like how you explain everything and it helps the people that don’t know anything about Tree Work🇺🇸🌲🚚 I have an 1890 intimidator Brush Bandit I Chip all my wood if it’s too big it gets bucked in Half .
Can't believe I stayed up till 2 am watching you guys cut trees, I love cuttin wood, your shows are good. Our trees ain't quite that tall over here in Texas, but I have cut mesquite trees in excess of 38" diameter at the trunk and lots of big oaks, mostly dead, try to keep the live ones standing. Keep up the good work, keep safe
I really like how you think, your narration is great for amateurs aka knows zip about doing trees like me. and wow talk about the thought, work and $$$ it takes to be in this profession. And, you’re so nice to the trolls.
I like it when you talk explaining what your doing much better than videos where people film with no narration or explaining. Keep doing what your doing.👍
You can sure tell those trees were bone dry dead from the way the dust flew from the chipper and the way the super fine sawdust floated . I do like your explaining stuff also. Thanks
No! TO your question about talking too much. Just clear up front and informative No nonsense just directly to the point of one's interest. If not for your sake then what's yhe point . Your purpose is educational structure and fact! Nothing wrong with that . Another's including major sponsorship and networking can learn from you! But there's more drama! And nonsense to grab viewers and major sponsorship to phony! Keep up the honest straight forward way you do business, and I'll be glad to call you my friend and favorite channel on UA-cam arborist. 👌🏻👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
The narration is good. Also I like the longer videos. Lot more info packed in. As far as the logs go I totally understand the reasoning for chipping... Up here in BC I would buck that fir into firewood down to a 6"top. Mostly cause the wood is worth $250/cord here.
Even though the "flower" comments were possibly partially sarcastic, I do appreciate the minimized impact and respect these guys have for the landowner's property. Just in case anyone is curious, the "flower" looks to be digitalis or foxglove. It's not only good for pollinators and pretty to look at, it's also used to produce heart medicine. If everyone worked as hard and as well together as these guys do, the world would be a better place. Thanks for being the best tree work channel on youtube. Informative, instructional, often funny, but always professional.
Just keep talking, August! Only you get tired of hearing what you say. To us, it puts us on the job site WITH YOU & CREW; makes us part of the action. We get to get involved because what you do (& how) is so impressive along with your ever great video 'captures'. Just stay safe (all of you) and keep on keeping on!!! Sonny (CT)
Wow we have asplundh tree in Maine too, didn't realize they were nationwide. I pulled a dumbass last week and forgot to move my 2511T before I moved the tractor and chipper on a job. Surprisingly only seems to have broke the top handle and air filter, waiting on parts now
You explained the chipping perfectly, most do chip for those reasons, occasionally depending where the company is some will be bucked and taken to mills for lumber or pulp, i've run across people here cutting pine/fir trees and ask if i can take home some logs for firewood and i've never been turned down, they just tell me to stay in one location then gather up what i want before they finish all the chipping.. everybody is great here. Asphlund lost the power contract here, they were cutting trees on peoples property that were no where near the lines and pissing off home owners.
scott findlay, when Hurricane Michael tried to remove our part of the state from the country, we had trees down EVERYWHERE! There were plenty of Asphlund trucks running around but nobody could hire one to help clear the trees from their property or even the roadways so they could get in and out. We never knew why. The were just untouchable. Many people started walking down the roads and cutting the trees out of the way then someone else would come by with a front end loader or some other kind of equipment and shove everything over to the side so the roads could be opened back up and we could get in and out. It wasn't until tree companies from out of state, licensed to local contractors, started showing up that we could get any kind of help.
Hello August, I come to UA-cam to learn, and I really learn a lot listening to your thoughts and reasonings. Keep up the good work! And thank you for the valuable insights rather than the Hollywood drama.
I like that you talk about your work. When I grow tired of it, IF that happens, I stop watching and start talking to myself 😂 Cheers from the Netherlands 💪👍🤝🇳🇱
No your not talking to much, just explaining everything that’s going on to everyone that’s just either browsing or tuned in to your channel. Thumbs up guys
nice to see profesionals takeing a little extra time to minimise there impact as opposed to some bunch of cowboys going rip shit or bust and leaving the place like a bomb site
Great content August thanks. I always try to chip as much as possible. I’m on the other side of the planet but the principles the same. I spread wood chips on woodland paths here in Oxfordshire :-)
People seem to think there is a sawmill on every corner. Nowadays, even the little bandsaw mills are few and far between. Also, the same people who bitch about not using it for furniture go to IKEA and buy their furniture made out of …..chips.
I have a CNC router table 8' x 4 ' in my garage with an 8' long lathe for 4 axis work. And I buy my wood from a lumber yard/ occasionally from a sawmill. I do that rather then cut my wood because I want it to be dry , I don't want sap and absolutely don't want warping caused by drying when I am trying to carve wood panels. The same people that want that rustic wood look don't get that you need literally acres of space and months of time to properly dry and treat that wood.
Totally irrational that you say the same people who (complain) about chipping wood buy composite furniture. It's as if you're saying vegetarians complain about killing animals and then buy steaks.
nice work .The flower that got snapped off is a foxglove . Lovely and sometime s fragrant . I had some by a fence and a heifer stuck her head over the fence and nipped off the top . In 2 weeks there were ten more fewer sprouted there to replace it .Hope the neighbour compensated you for the chips. Have a great day eh !
i love these videos, very addicting, so much so that i find myself watching too much you tube i need to go to work , but anyway, thank you and please keep them coming, very very cool................
Much of the time when I chime in here it is for the others who are watching and reading. I have a forestry background and have been an arborist since the 1980s. The first thing I would tell people (clients) is, things change. It depends on the job, location, circumstances, species, condition of the tree(s) and what the tree man is hired to do -- and sometimes, not do. Rotten wood needs chipping, not firewood prep. (See the mushroomy growth on the roots and trunk? Rot is happening there.) My wife finally made me a work order that listed everything we could think of... options for the customer: •prune (get details) •make clearance for vehicles/pedestrians/mowing •removal (around here a 12" stump height is good forestry). My British sister in law wanted a 4' stump so they could have tea on it. •we don't grind stumps •cleanup or not: Discount if the grandson does it and not us. •firewood? Length? •we warn the customer about rotten wood. It's not good firewood. Good enough chips though. Mulch is good. •fee for extra help; dump run, too many hashed chains when they could have told us about the concrete filling •discount for letting us broadcast chips around the property •we don't spray •we do teach proper cuts •sunscald painting •occasional special projects. While we had the paint out for sunscald, we painted the edges of a raised concrete sidewalk section as a visible trip hazard near an office •folloup visits for spcial circumstances. A recent one was to check on a redbud that is a memoial tree. And it did need more dead wood removal due to shading by a neighbor tree. This is good for the heart of the client. And it doesn't hurt our reputation either. •And a bit more... Those not in the tree business ahould ASK questions. Not suggest very much. And not criticize.
Even in the shipyard the rule was "work first, learn some thing, then make suggestions later." What ever a knothead I may have been earlier, I can't tell you how many times I'd listen patiently and then, when there was time "we do it this way because we've tried it that way and it didn't work." Had a few very good suggestions, but most were conversation vice real input. Can't tell you, either, when even though they insisted, they didn't know how to properly drill a hole, etc., but had really thought "how hard can this be, I'll bet I can bull through it" and on a ship. A ship belonging to someone else. A ship that can't be sent out untill we spend our money, reducing profit and efficiency and delaying good training fixing an unnecessary foul up. I used to explain, some where in there. A ship breaks down too badly out at sea, it's a bad, bad thing - they can not get out and walk home. They doggone sure won't be in a hurry to hire you again.
You have been making videos for some time and the one thing you probably have learned is that no matter what you do somebody is going to find something wrong with it. Keep doing what you are doing and the way you are doing it.
Chipping it IS using it. Much better than tossing it in a dump. My daughter uses wood chips in her yard and garden areas. Area arborists just drop them off at her house rather than taking it miles away to a dump and wasting fuel and time. If more people did that, tree services would be cheaper and faster. Since i first wrote this I added a chipper at home for smaller branches under 7" at home. It has helped a lot because I can make walking paths in the yard, woods, and flower beds without buying mulch.
In a video I think you did last week, You said at the end, I'm paraphrasing "Thanks for all of you watching, BUT I am cool if you don't because I like having a record of the stuff I do and I would be cool just watching my own stuff." You hit the 'nail on the head' I treat my channel the same way! I only have like 34 subscribers BUT I am 'KOOL AND THE GANG' with it because I like having a diary of stuff I do so the nurses at the ol' folks home can just wheel me up to a computer and I can see what I did when I was a young whipper snapper.
August, you need to get a jammer truck, with a serco 7000 log loader. That's what we use and it's wonderful. It has a 18 ft dump bed. Keep up the good work. And be safe. Woodland tree service.
Thanks for chipping all that wood August ! I was hoping to have a little campfire in my store bought fire ring in my backyard but now I guess that's off...😭
Wheather we burn it, or take it to the dump, "tree and brush dumps" here in V.A.. most all of it gets turned into mulch and resold to landscapers by the ton pretty much. The 3 outfits around me, who have large operations, tub grinders, excavators, loaders etcetera grind 6 days a week mostly all year. It all goes to use
I don't know, may be corona berry prefers the totally natural and little cared for type of lot. Live in certain places, though, the work keeping ones place up is a ton of work and nearly year round - and that's only keeping the area safe from fire and varmints and safe and prepared for garden. To each their own, and that's fine. If the trimmer has a market for that as wood chips, great. Helps many people.
Looks like the same bug problem with the “balsam” trees keeping Buckin’ busy. Between pine nettles and emerald ash beetles, a lot of trees are having troubles.
Watching the skill with the saws, ropes and machines is great but even a rank amateur like me can use them to some extent however limited but in my opinion by far the most interesting thing is listening to the thought processes that are behind the work. That’s what marks out a true professional from a wannabe and these guys are top of the game 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I love the water bottle throw up into the tree. What a accurate shot that was. And, very nice operation of the crane, Very smooth, no bouncing stuff all over. Thats a sign of a great operator right there. Totally excellent job once again. What state are you located ? Jim
I’m an uraban arborist from the SF east Bay Area and I’m looking at moving on up to G.P. It’s too good to be with my sons up there! Yeah Dutch is some drive there! 😇 I’m sorry for the simple fact, be good and be kind of Ovid 19(social distancing) 6’. You can be respectful!
Don't worry about 'narrating' too much. A lot of us are geeks who will never do this kind of work, but we're fascinated by watching you do what you do - the explanation is just a bonus. I'll never have the expertise, experience or equipment you do, nor will I have the opportunity to do it. But as others have said, it's pretty incredible to watch an expert at work regardless of what they are doing.
On my several-acre forested property, I generally just toss the wood (logs, branches) into the forest and let it rot. 30+ years ago, when the hired arborist initially cleared the driveway and house clearing, he neatly stacked up 4 cords of wood. the logs were offered to the wood-heat people, but they couldn't be bothered unless I cut it, split it, dried it, delivered it, fed it into their woodstove, washed their dishes, and filled their car with gasoline. So the 4 cords was ignored and slowly disappeared into the ground. As I did the forest maintenance, I made a pile of branches that must have been 20-feet tall, and it just faded away to nothing.
You do fine work. Somebody has to do it. Maybe you can help those who hate your business understand reality. That chipper is a monster. We could use that in DC the next time there is a joint session.
I'm enjoying the way you deal with your critics August .. it's beautifully subtle .. sprinkled with a hint of sarcasm as a topping cracking video as always .. thank you
In australia we have “forest mulch” which is producing when they clear land and put everything through a grinder. Chipped wood is a much better mulch and will last longer and release nutrients over a longer period.
I watched because I liked the fact that you were protecting lives and increasing new climbers safety by your in the tree equipment discussions and sharing insight into the pros and cons of specific climbing hardware. That seems to be diminishing since you bought the crane. Very few of us will purchase a crane but still enjoy your videos. As a former helicopter logger in the Rocky Mountains I don't enjoy the air lifts much. As a lifetime musician I miss the music in your music as well. Thanks for what you do.
@@AugustHunicke I totally understand August. I love ya. The only regret I have is that I'm not your neighbor. I share your sense of humor and your work ethic. I think you and I would get along real well. Until you ask me to watch all your kids while you went on an extended vacation with your parents and never came back. HA. Not true. I can tell your kids are so well-behaved I could probably put them to work and get a lot more done around my house. Think about that. While I'm making room for them.
My local city uses wood chips donated by a local tree service to maintain walking trails in a rustic mostly open field park. If you do a google maps search for Rivergrove Oregon Heritage Park, you can see the looping trails, covered in wood chips. It is popular with joggers and dog walkers. August is RIGHT, trunk wood chips are great!
Love your channel. Honest hard working guys. Bunch of guys, tons of equipment. Curious what an operation like this costs to the client? $5k ish or $15k ish?
Based on what the company I work for charges, the cost would be somewhere near $5,000...not anywhere near $15K. But cost is highly dependent on local conditions.
We still make firewood out of most wood over 4” and more and more has gone through the Woodmizer to become live edge slabs or lumber and trim of various sizes, styles and species. Some as chainsaw carvings. Some as cants for area woodcarvers. Some for the woodturners and bowl makers. Heavier wood for mats and cribbing. We were green before it was a thing I guess.
@@AugustHunicke That is what I was going to ask you about. I assume things slow down in the winter. You could stock pile logs, and then mill them through winter.
I've got a 100 year old pine that was struck by lightning 6 years ago. It's gotta come down. It's gotta be 5ft across at the stump. I've got some quotes, but I'd rather see it turned into lumber instead of chips.
Wish I had 4-5 acres near you. Id take all your logs. Saw em up. Sell lumber or build with it. Wanna get into timberframes. Where are you anyway? Wood chips are awesome as well. Make great compost with mushroom spores. God Bless ya!!!
3M Blue Ice safety glasses for the win. I order a dozen or so about once a year. It’s all I’ve worn for about 20 years now. They stay snug to my face and keep the flying chips out better than any other glasses I’ve tried. Ya can’t save every sweet log. Just no way. Sad, but true.
Very nicely done! Hey August, really enjoy watching you and your crew make hard work look so easy..... and fun. 😎👍❤️🌲 Thanks for posting it up and keep yourselves safe! Randy
Yes as one who grew up cutting firewood, and family that is in the timber industry, there is a part of me that hurts to see all that good wood turned to dust. Oh and I do a little woodworking also...some furniture, but mostly small projects. So it's a little painful....but let's be honest, the firewood- heating gang is a dying breed. When I was young where I grew up, there were probably 90% or more of the homes in my area that used firewood for heat for at least part of their heating needs. Fast-forward a couple of years to today and I can think of maybe 10 homes out of hundreds , that still heat with firewood. Even nearly all of the homes that had nice fireplaces, have now converted to gas log fireplaces. You very rarely see a new home built with a wood fireplace or a wood stove. Mostly because insurance companies almost make it impossible to get insurance. But beyond that, there just aren't that many people willing to do that much physical labor. And not to mention the lack of common sense and skill required to cut firewood! If you put a chainsaw or an axe in the hands of the average person it would be a bloodbath!!
That answers a question that I was wondering about. It seems so criminal to chip what could be perfectly good firewood but if there's no immediate use for it and if it has to go then I guess chips it has to be. I'll still cry a bit though when I see good sized wood being chipped.
The auto parts place where I work has a big tree care company next door. We sell them a lot of filters and other maintenance parts, as you might imagine, as they like to keep their equipment in top condition. I sometimes see them hauling big wood, and wonder why, since the chips take up much less room. I figure that they have places for both, depending on "downstream markets." And, yes, if I wanted some of the wood, they'd drop it in my driveway for me, since my house is half a mile away. I don't need any of their firewood, though--I lost a couple Ash trees over the years, and kept the firewood from them as good tree service people did their part and chipped the rest.
Pine borer beetles. You can stand next to the tree and hear them chew it to death. Happens after pine tree is stressed after hurricane here in Florida.
We could say, "August, shut your pie-hole and cut wood!" But, then we would have to wonder what's going on. You have a great combination of enough narration and explaination so Keep Em Coming. BTW, Some tubers ruin a great video with music. Appropriate and occasionally is one thing but sometimes I just have to abandon the site because it drives me nuts.
The electric company came and cut down a big oak tree and a big maple tree out of our yard. I just asked the tree cutters if I could have all of the larger pieces, they chipped the brush and small limbs and they left me all of the larger limbs and trunks and even cut them up into splittable sizes for me. I used it for the offset smoker to do brisket, ribs, chicken, turkey, and all kinds of good foods.
"Am I talking too much?" NOPE< we like it. It's good to know what's going on when/where/why/ &/or how!
Arbor on!!!!
Exactly, especially from someone as skilled as him. I love learning from people who know their trade in and out and who have been doing it for many years.
@@TechandTools1 Well put!! August does quite a good job of getting thoughts&details in, honestly I'd still want *even more* lol as it's the details that matter i mean otherwise it's really more of an action-video (don't get me wrong, lawrenceschultz's stuff - pfannerman3000 I think on youtube - is some of the coolest action-vids out there but not the same type of vids, thankfully Lawrence organized it all into the amazing Schultz Effect videos!) Would love if, in addition to good explanations/observations/thoughts on-camera, if there were also a lotta details in the summary (ie just adding a list of things like saw(s) used, types of bull-rope & anchoring when not visibly-discernible in the vid, etc)
August may have some of the best-balance between the action vids like Schultz's, and the deeper explanations like arborpod is all about, gotta love it :D
I like to hear intelligent people speak.
I quite like the narration. Pretty interesting to hear about your thoughts etc
You are not talking too much. Thank you for explaining what you are doing. We don't have many trees here in western oklahoma.
I consider myself a firewood guy. Thanks for explaining the chipping, I’ve always wondered. Never been mad about it, smart business decision.
I watch because you talk and explain. I also like when you give your thinking process as you go.
Not talking to much this is useful information. I have always wondered about why you chip so much Thank you for taking the time to explain
No your not talking too much....you sound intelligent and informative. I enjoy learning about your jobs....could watch it all day. Super BRAVE TO TAKE DOWN TREES. Thanks for sharing. 🍃🌏🕊🇺🇸
At 9900 pounds you could pull the tree out by the roots, but space limitations put a climber in the tree. However, we all know your penchant for using every inch of available space! Next cut: jumps up about one inch from pretensioning! Masters of your craft! It is good for me to watch your big operation. I work alone mostly, and without the fancier labor saving devices, so I would be bucking off all the limbs to stack and bundle for removal, and cutting the wood to 16s. Some day I may have a chipper that can take entire trees and save all that labor! Adam! My dad once hurt his first two fingers, he did Nixon "I'm not a crook" impersonations while waving a bandaged peace sign until they healed! (This was in 1975?) You guys make my heart smile, stay safe out there!
This is my favorite 'August ' era of all time. Attitude, experience, creativity and no bullshit type of dude....about as real as they come here on YT
Good morning August it's great to see ya climbing in that big oak . Most of the time you do not make me feel like chopped liver, Thank you vary mutch . I know it's like a broken record but I appreciate you your guys all your work your beautiful family . Your commentary it's all good . Be safe August, Love wins.
Anything that comes out of your channel is eminently watchable August. Wisdom, experience, calm, interesting, fun, full of insight, family and brotherhood, care and duty, consideration and cool as s&%t action... Let the dogs bark, you've no need to jump the fence = )
No you do not talk too much. You explain every step as your go. which makes the whole process much more interesting and I’ve gotten addicted to your videos and now I watch them morning noon and night. If I’m not sure about what you’re talking about I just Google the words and get my answers I have learned so much from watching you and your guys. You’re all amazing and awesome especially you August. My heart was in my throat watching you as you Worked on that tree that had a large portion of the center cut out. It was swaying back-and-forth and I was so afraid you were going to fall.❤️
I haven't read the previous comments but you have a beast chipper so feed that thing. Especially that wood. 👍👍Like you guys!
i like the explanations. I can learn a lot by watching but the detail make a big difference
I don't think you're talking too much at all. I love learning from people like you who know far more than most and who are extremely knowledgeable in you trade/craft. Thank you for sharing your experience and expertise with us.
I love you explaining how you do your job and why. Please keep going. I enjoy it all immensely. X
I like how you explain everything and it helps the people that don’t know anything about Tree Work🇺🇸🌲🚚 I have an 1890 intimidator Brush Bandit I Chip all my wood if it’s too big it gets bucked in Half .
That chipper is a great piece of kit I did not know they could chip such big wood, I would love to know how it works 😊👌
Love to hear you talk and explain what you are doing and I love the fact you love your family.
Can't believe I stayed up till 2 am watching you guys cut trees, I love cuttin wood, your shows are good. Our trees ain't quite that tall over here in Texas, but I have cut mesquite trees in excess of 38" diameter at the trunk and lots of big oaks, mostly dead, try to keep the live ones standing. Keep up the good work, keep safe
I totally agree with the homeowner, in my youth I climbed the masts of tall sailing ships daily and now I hate doing the gutters from a ladder.
I was up our Douglas fir to where it was wrist-thick and swinging back n forth was totally fun
I like the narration too. I know nothing about this stuff and you make it interesting.
I really like how you think, your narration is great for amateurs aka knows zip about doing trees like me. and wow talk about the thought, work and $$$ it takes to be in this profession. And, you’re so nice to the trolls.
I like it when you talk explaining what your doing much better than videos where people film with no narration or explaining. Keep doing what your doing.👍
You can sure tell those trees were bone dry dead from the way the dust flew from the chipper and the way the super fine sawdust floated . I do like your explaining stuff also. Thanks
I don’t mind the narration at all, August.
No! TO your question about talking too much.
Just clear up front and informative No nonsense just directly to the point of one's interest. If not for your sake then what's yhe point . Your purpose is educational structure and fact! Nothing wrong with that . Another's including major sponsorship and networking can learn from you! But there's more drama! And nonsense to grab viewers and major sponsorship to phony! Keep up the honest straight forward way you do business, and I'll be glad to call you my friend and favorite channel on UA-cam arborist. 👌🏻👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
You just keep doing what you do, it’s interesting, informative as well as being entertaining. A great combination, all around brilliant videos.
No, I enjoy your video's, learning alot about trees. thank you.
The narration is good. Also I like the longer videos. Lot more info packed in. As far as the logs go I totally understand the reasoning for chipping... Up here in BC I would buck that fir into firewood down to a 6"top. Mostly cause the wood is worth $250/cord here.
Thank you for sharing your work!!
Even though the "flower" comments were possibly partially sarcastic, I do appreciate the minimized impact and respect these guys have for the landowner's property. Just in case anyone is curious, the "flower" looks to be digitalis or foxglove. It's not only good for pollinators and pretty to look at, it's also used to produce heart medicine. If everyone worked as hard and as well together as these guys do, the world would be a better place. Thanks for being the best tree work channel on youtube. Informative, instructional, often funny, but always professional.
Just keep talking, August! Only you get tired of hearing what you say. To us, it puts us on the job site WITH YOU & CREW; makes us part of the action. We get to get involved because what you do (& how) is so impressive along with your ever great video 'captures'. Just stay safe (all of you) and keep on keeping on!!! Sonny (CT)
Wow we have asplundh tree in Maine too, didn't realize they were nationwide. I pulled a dumbass last week and forgot to move my 2511T before I moved the tractor and chipper on a job. Surprisingly only seems to have broke the top handle and air filter, waiting on parts now
You explained the chipping perfectly, most do chip for those reasons, occasionally depending where the company is some will be bucked and taken to mills for lumber or pulp, i've run across people here cutting pine/fir trees and ask if i can take home some logs for firewood and i've never been turned down, they just tell me to stay in one location then gather up what i want before they finish all the chipping.. everybody is great here. Asphlund lost the power contract here, they were cutting trees on peoples property that were no where near the lines and pissing off home owners.
scott findlay, when Hurricane Michael tried to remove our part of the state from the country, we had trees down EVERYWHERE! There were plenty of Asphlund trucks running around but nobody could hire one to help clear the trees from their property or even the roadways so they could get in and out.
We never knew why. The were just untouchable. Many people started walking down the roads and cutting the trees out of the way then someone else would come by with a front end loader or some other kind of equipment and shove everything over to the side so the roads could be opened back up and we could get in and out. It wasn't until tree companies from out of state, licensed to local contractors, started showing up that we could get any kind of help.
Hello August, I come to UA-cam to learn, and I really learn a lot listening to your thoughts and reasonings. Keep up the good work! And thank you for the valuable insights rather than the Hollywood drama.
I like that you talk about your work. When I grow tired of it, IF that happens, I stop watching and start talking to myself 😂
Cheers from the Netherlands 💪👍🤝🇳🇱
That's what I do at 0:22 seconds. I haul brush and all wood. Awesome video August. It's always nice to get rid of all brush and wood while on site.
No your not talking to much, just explaining everything that’s going on to everyone that’s just either browsing or tuned in to your channel. Thumbs up guys
By the way that a fox glove (or what they are called here in Wales)
Please keep talking. No drama, just GOOD content.Thanks. Monsoon season in AZ. Set record today,121 temp. Humidity around 50%
Very sharp operation. Very entertaining videos. Thanks!
I always like Damian's fun attitude, he can come work for our crew in the UK anytime 👍
nice to see profesionals takeing a little extra time to minimise there impact as opposed to some bunch of cowboys going rip shit or bust and leaving the place like a bomb site
Great content August thanks. I always try to chip as much as possible. I’m on the other side of the planet but the principles the same. I spread wood chips on woodland paths here in Oxfordshire :-)
People seem to think there is a sawmill on every corner. Nowadays, even the little bandsaw mills are few and far between. Also, the same people who bitch about not using it for furniture go to IKEA and buy their furniture made out of …..chips.
I have a CNC router table 8' x 4 ' in my garage with an 8' long lathe for 4 axis work. And I buy my wood from a lumber yard/ occasionally from a sawmill. I do that rather then cut my wood because I want it to be dry , I don't want sap and absolutely don't want warping caused by drying when I am trying to carve wood panels.
The same people that want that rustic wood look don't get that you need literally acres of space and months of time to properly dry and treat that wood.
@@BType13X2 too true .
From When I mill to when i use the dried wood for furniture etc is up to 9 years .
Totally irrational that you say the same people who (complain) about chipping wood buy composite furniture. It's as if you're saying vegetarians complain about killing animals and then buy steaks.
nice work .The flower that got snapped off is a foxglove . Lovely and sometime s fragrant . I had some by a fence and a heifer stuck her head over the fence and nipped off the top . In 2 weeks there were ten more fewer sprouted there to replace it .Hope the neighbour compensated you for the chips. Have a great day eh !
i love these videos, very addicting, so much so that i find myself watching too much you tube i need to go to work , but anyway, thank you and please keep them coming, very very cool................
Much of the time when I chime in here it is for the others who are watching and reading.
I have a forestry background and have been an arborist since the 1980s.
The first thing I would tell people (clients) is, things change. It depends on the job, location, circumstances, species, condition of the tree(s) and what the tree man is hired to do -- and sometimes, not do.
Rotten wood needs chipping, not firewood prep.
(See the mushroomy growth on the roots and trunk? Rot is happening there.)
My wife finally made me a work order that listed everything we could think of... options for the customer:
•prune (get details)
•make clearance for vehicles/pedestrians/mowing
•removal (around here a 12" stump height is good forestry). My British sister in law wanted a 4' stump so they could have tea on it.
•we don't grind stumps
•cleanup or not: Discount if the grandson does it and not us.
•firewood? Length?
•we warn the customer about rotten wood. It's not good firewood. Good enough chips though. Mulch is good.
•fee for extra help; dump run, too many hashed chains when they could have told us about the concrete filling
•discount for letting us broadcast chips around the property
•we don't spray
•we do teach proper cuts
•sunscald painting
•occasional special projects. While we had the paint out for sunscald, we painted the edges of a raised concrete sidewalk section as a visible trip hazard near an office
•folloup visits for spcial circumstances. A recent one was to check on a redbud that is a memoial tree. And it did need more dead wood removal due to shading by a neighbor tree. This is good for the heart of the client. And it doesn't hurt our reputation either.
•And a bit more...
Those not in the tree business ahould ASK questions. Not suggest very much. And not criticize.
Even in the shipyard the rule was "work first, learn some thing, then make suggestions later." What ever a knothead I may have been earlier, I can't tell you how many times I'd listen patiently and then, when there was time "we do it this way because we've tried it that way and it didn't work." Had a few very good suggestions, but most were conversation vice real input. Can't tell you, either, when even though they insisted, they didn't know how to properly drill a hole, etc., but had really thought "how hard can this be, I'll bet I can bull through it" and on a ship. A ship belonging to someone else. A ship that can't be sent out untill we spend our money, reducing profit and efficiency and delaying good training fixing an unnecessary foul up. I used to explain, some where in there. A ship breaks down too badly out at sea, it's a bad, bad thing - they can not get out and walk home. They doggone sure won't be in a hurry to hire you again.
@@davidburroughs7068 - Navy Yard in Philly?
You have been making videos for some time and the one thing you probably have learned is that no matter what you do somebody is going to find something wrong with it. Keep doing what you are doing and the way you are doing it.
Chipping it IS using it. Much better than tossing it in a dump. My daughter uses wood chips in her yard and garden areas. Area arborists just drop them off at her house rather than taking it miles away to a dump and wasting fuel and time. If more people did that, tree services would be cheaper and faster. Since i first wrote this I added a chipper at home for smaller branches under 7" at home. It has helped a lot because I can make walking paths in the yard, woods, and flower beds without buying mulch.
In a video I think you did last week, You said at the end, I'm paraphrasing "Thanks for all of you watching, BUT I am cool if you don't because I like having a record of the stuff I do and I would be cool just watching my own stuff." You hit the 'nail on the head' I treat my channel the same way! I only have like 34 subscribers BUT I am 'KOOL AND THE GANG' with it because I like having a diary of stuff I do so the nurses at the ol' folks home can just wheel me up to a computer and I can see what I did when I was a young whipper snapper.
August, you need to get a jammer truck, with a serco 7000 log loader. That's what we use and it's wonderful. It has a 18 ft dump bed. Keep up the good work. And be safe. Woodland tree service.
Have you got a crane and a skid steer?
Helps to know what is going on. I wondered about chipping.
I agree with others, we like you talking as much as you can on your videos👍❤️
Thanks for chipping all that wood August ! I was hoping to have a little campfire in my store bought fire ring in my backyard but now I guess that's off...😭
Wheather we burn it, or take it to the dump, "tree and brush dumps" here in V.A.. most all of it gets turned into mulch and resold to landscapers by the ton pretty much. The 3 outfits around me, who have large operations, tub grinders, excavators, loaders etcetera grind 6 days a week mostly all year. It all goes to use
@corona Bery Landscaping is not for morons. I've seen tons of successful landscape businesses around here, the owners make a great living.
I don't know, may be corona berry prefers the totally natural and little cared for type of lot. Live in certain places, though, the work keeping ones place up is a ton of work and nearly year round - and that's only keeping the area safe from fire and varmints and safe and prepared for garden. To each their own, and that's fine. If the trimmer has a market for that as wood chips, great. Helps many people.
Looks like the same bug problem with the “balsam” trees keeping Buckin’ busy. Between pine nettles and emerald ash beetles, a lot of trees are having troubles.
NO WE WANT 30 MIN VIDEOS! WE LOVE THE LONG VERSIONS
Really great video August. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
Mike Poole Nice to see you Mike. Hope everyone is well.
Watching the skill with the saws, ropes and machines is great but even a rank amateur like me can use them to some extent however limited but in my opinion by far the most interesting thing is listening to the thought processes that are behind the work. That’s what marks out a true professional from a wannabe and these guys are top of the game 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hollyhock has many buds on the stalks, they will take over for the one that broke. Love 💘 these in a bunch.
I love the water bottle throw up into the tree. What a accurate shot that was. And, very nice operation of the crane, Very smooth, no bouncing stuff all over. Thats a sign of a great operator right there.
Totally excellent job once again. What state are you located ? Jim
I’m an uraban arborist from the SF east Bay Area and I’m looking at moving on up to G.P. It’s too good to be with my sons up there! Yeah Dutch is some drive there! 😇 I’m sorry for the simple fact, be good and be kind of Ovid 19(social distancing) 6’. You can be respectful!
Don't worry about 'narrating' too much. A lot of us are geeks who will never do this kind of work, but we're fascinated by watching you do what you do - the explanation is just a bonus. I'll never have the expertise, experience or equipment you do, nor will I have the opportunity to do it. But as others have said, it's pretty incredible to watch an expert at work regardless of what they are doing.
On my several-acre forested property, I generally just toss the wood (logs, branches) into the forest and let it rot. 30+ years ago, when the hired arborist initially cleared the driveway and house clearing, he neatly stacked up 4 cords of wood. the logs were offered to the wood-heat people, but they couldn't be bothered unless I cut it, split it, dried it, delivered it, fed it into their woodstove, washed their dishes, and filled their car with gasoline. So the 4 cords was ignored and slowly disappeared into the ground. As I did the forest maintenance, I made a pile of branches that must have been 20-feet tall, and it just faded away to nothing.
I understood the reason for chipping but I burn wood and im crying lol. Great videos bud!
Lovely gentlemen. I sure miss doing crane work. This guy used to crane at least once a week.
You do fine work. Somebody has to do it. Maybe you can help those who hate your business understand reality.
That chipper is a monster. We could use that in DC the next time there is a joint session.
could make a lot of money putting that on PPV. make sure to get all 546 uses from it.
Talking = good, action = good, we learn something either way.
I'm enjoying the way you deal with your critics August .. it's beautifully subtle .. sprinkled with a hint of sarcasm as a topping
cracking video as always .. thank you
Keep talking, I find it all interesting. You have different trees that we have in Australia.
greatest cold open out of any video of yours.
I like making live edge discs and boards. Mirka and Osmo. Stay safe August and crew. Got myself a van and a minor eliet chipper shredder.
No August you're not talking too much, your talking facts!! #💯✔👍💪
In australia we have “forest mulch” which is producing when they clear land and put everything through a grinder. Chipped wood is a much better mulch and will last longer and release nutrients over a longer period.
Up here in British Columbia we’ve had plenty of experience with Pine Bark Beetles over the last 30 or so years and the trees look just like those.
It smells so good where they are right now with all that fir pitch flying... I promise!
Keep on talking. Good to hear what is going on.
I watched because I liked the fact that you were protecting lives and increasing new climbers safety by your in the tree equipment discussions and sharing insight into the pros and cons of specific climbing hardware. That seems to be diminishing since you bought the crane. Very few of us will purchase a crane but still enjoy your videos. As a former helicopter logger in the Rocky Mountains I don't enjoy the air lifts much. As a lifetime musician I miss the music in your music as well. Thanks for what you do.
Thanks Daniel. Ya it’s been changing. I find myself doing less of what I want to do and more of what’s requested these days.
@@AugustHunicke I totally understand August. I love ya.
The only regret I have is that I'm not your neighbor. I share your sense of humor and your work ethic. I think you and I would get along real well. Until you ask me to watch all your kids while you went on an extended vacation with your parents and never came back. HA. Not true. I can tell your kids are so well-behaved I could probably put them to work and get a lot more done around my house. Think about that. While I'm making room for them.
My local city uses wood chips donated by a local tree service to maintain walking trails in a rustic mostly open field park. If you do a google maps search for Rivergrove Oregon Heritage Park, you can see the looping trails, covered in wood chips. It is popular with joggers and dog walkers. August is RIGHT, trunk wood chips are great!
Love your channel. Honest hard working guys.
Bunch of guys, tons of equipment.
Curious what an operation like this costs to the client?
$5k ish or $15k ish?
Costs about tree fiddy
Based on what the company I work for charges, the cost would be somewhere near $5,000...not anywhere near $15K. But cost is highly dependent on local conditions.
@@mehdigharib4710 😂😂
From Wyoming heat with wood, I went through a box of Kleenex watching that chipper
We still make firewood out of most wood over 4” and more and more has gone through the Woodmizer to become live edge slabs or lumber and trim of various sizes, styles and species. Some as chainsaw carvings. Some as cants for area woodcarvers. Some for the woodturners and bowl makers. Heavier wood for mats and cribbing. We were green before it was a thing I guess.
Sawmill for me soon I hope..
Love my Woodmizer. Have the 36" model which is really 34 1/2" for the bottom cut.
@@AugustHunicke That is what I was going to ask you about. I assume things slow down in the winter. You could stock pile logs, and then mill them through winter.
I've got a 100 year old pine that was struck by lightning 6 years ago. It's gotta come down. It's gotta be 5ft across at the stump. I've got some quotes, but I'd rather see it turned into lumber instead of chips.
Talking is good! Often I'm doing other things like driving while I'm watching videos. Talking is good
Wish I had 4-5 acres near you. Id take all your logs. Saw em up. Sell lumber or build with it. Wanna get into timberframes. Where are you anyway?
Wood chips are awesome as well. Make great compost with mushroom spores.
God Bless ya!!!
... About the woodchips...You expect me to believe a business man makes a decision based on efficiency and convenience ? I'm not buying it !
3M Blue Ice safety glasses for the win. I order a dozen or so about once a year. It’s all I’ve worn for about 20 years now. They stay snug to my face and keep the flying chips out better than any other glasses I’ve tried.
Ya can’t save every sweet log. Just no way. Sad, but true.
And best of all the ear muffs can press the stems without much discomfort.
My sinuses hurt just watching the dust those fine machine making
Very nicely done!
Hey August, really enjoy watching you and your crew make hard work look so easy..... and fun. 😎👍❤️🌲
Thanks for posting it up and keep yourselves safe!
Randy
Yes as one who grew up cutting firewood, and family that is in the timber industry, there is a part of me that hurts to see all that good wood turned to dust. Oh and I do a little woodworking also...some furniture, but mostly small projects. So it's a little painful....but let's be honest, the firewood- heating gang is a dying breed. When I was young where I grew up, there were probably 90% or more of the homes in my area that used firewood for heat for at least part of their heating needs. Fast-forward a couple of years to today and I can think of maybe 10 homes out of hundreds , that still heat with firewood. Even nearly all of the homes that had nice fireplaces, have now converted to gas log fireplaces. You very rarely see a new home built with a wood fireplace or a wood stove. Mostly because insurance companies almost make it impossible to get insurance. But beyond that, there just aren't that many people willing to do that much physical labor. And not to mention the lack of common sense and skill required to cut firewood! If you put a chainsaw or an axe in the hands of the average person it would be a bloodbath!!
Mr. H you can talk all you want. Because at the end of the day you will do what you do best...
That answers a question that I was wondering about. It seems so criminal to chip what could be perfectly good firewood but if there's no immediate use for it and if it has to go then I guess chips it has to be. I'll still cry a bit though when I see good sized wood being chipped.
I am going to steal that when I borrow stuff. "I'm a better size and they are the wrong size so it had to be adjusted". :).
The auto parts place where I work has a big tree care company next door. We sell them a lot of filters and other maintenance parts, as you might imagine, as they like to keep their equipment in top condition.
I sometimes see them hauling big wood, and wonder why, since the chips take up much less room. I figure that they have places for both, depending on "downstream markets."
And, yes, if I wanted some of the wood, they'd drop it in my driveway for me, since my house is half a mile away. I don't need any of their firewood, though--I lost a couple Ash trees over the years, and kept the firewood from them as good tree service people did their part and chipped the rest.
Great video as always
Pine borer beetles. You can stand next to the tree and hear them chew it to death. Happens after pine tree is stressed after hurricane here in Florida.
Those chips are actually great firewood for a gasifier. They're preferred!
We could say, "August, shut your pie-hole and cut wood!" But, then we would have to wonder what's going on. You have a great combination of enough narration and explaination so Keep Em Coming. BTW, Some tubers ruin a great video with music. Appropriate and occasionally is one thing but sometimes I just have to abandon the site because it drives me nuts.
Ya 😬
The electric company came and cut down a big oak tree and a big maple tree out of our yard. I just asked the tree cutters if I could have all of the larger pieces, they chipped the brush and small limbs and they left me all of the larger limbs and trunks and even cut them up into splittable sizes for me. I used it for the offset smoker to do brisket, ribs, chicken, turkey, and all kinds of good foods.
Love this channel!