Thanks for the story time today. We're never too old to keep learning. I got whacked on the hand today by an ash tree that was hung up in a nearby maple as a result of a very strong wind storm that blew through 2 days ago. I was bringing it down in pieces from the ground up (it was leaning into the maple) and when the double-top finally hit the ground, it spun on the uneven ground slope and kissed me before coming to rest. First time in 50 years that has happened. It was a good reminder to never stop paying attention when you are holding a chainsaw. I always enjoy listening to you in the treetops; it's very relaxing in a white-knuckle kind of way. I appreciate your wisdom and the way you share it.
You just described my situation. Had to save up and buy my own gear to climb. Practice for a while trimming my parent’s trees. Somehow I didn’t mess them up. Got a couple jobs on my own. I was in over my head but I loved it and learned so much. Nothing like jumping into the deep end. Wasn’t until my boss found out that he started checking my skills on the job. He definitely gave me some sketchy tree to start with. Really tried to test me. Now I’m getting my own company going. It’s incredibly satisfying and fulfilling to create something of yourself from nothing. High climbers and timber fallers was the book that really inspired me as a ground guy to take the leap. Good video Mr Hunicke.
Praise the Lord❤. I pray on the way up and give thanks when I’m back on the ground. I Also pray for the safety of anyone under me as well. He never lets me down. Thanks August for another great video.
Yes mate, for sure you got the end right. His grace is sufficient! He helps to keep us out of harms way and do a good job! Great witness on being humble and remembering where you came from.
The way you were placing the logs made it look almost like you had done it before! Dang you are good 😂. Loved the story of growing. I didn’t say up, thankfully 😂. Thanks August 😊
I took up climbing more or less as a hobby a few years ago. My first removal was a large hemlock that required rigging. I had spent most of the previous winter watching you and a few other arborists on here and on the instant gram and slowly acquired the gear I thought I would need. Despite a moderate fear of heights, I've climbed every tree I've climbed to date as absolutely high as I could and taken the smallest tops possible. I am actually more afraid of the forces sending a large top will exert on the stem than I am the height. I reckon if not for you tube videos, I would have been more afraid to climb higher. I don't know how many trees it will take before I cut a big top just because it will fit. Awesome story time August, always appreciate your experiences and insights. Thank you for sharing with us!
August, I was scared to climb high at one time too. But, you kept me from making silly mistakes like that. I’ve said this before on a different profile but yeah,,, thanks again. Your examples save lives. I POUND your passed on knowledge on to my co-workers DAILY. They’re probably a lil sick of it 😂 Thanks again for sharing ✌🏽🙏🏽🇺🇸
I’m sharing constantly on our crew as well and they do tease me about it yet we do many things the way I have learned from watching. ~~~Old Dogs new tricks~~~Speed Lining for instance they would reset the line as they move up starting low. Now we set a line up top come down then start down low. Seem obvious but when you teach yourself how to do something you do it the way that seams to work. We have a MB Sling Kit w/ both teams now
Hey August, thanks for sharing! Great job choosing saws 😅. I've recently had to make a significant change (leaving my job as construction director at Habitat for Humanity) which likely will lead to going out on my own for work again and taking on tree work as a new part of it!
The art of the "slice cut". I was in a similar situation with a couple small residential companies including my dad's tree service and i never did any arial work for years. I wanted to learn to cut so i got a job at Nelson doing line clearance and learned many tricks there. I climbed and ran bucket for them for 15 years. Best decision i ever made. People who want to be the big man will stop us from advancing and they do it on purpose. Glad to see you overcome that and do your own thing. Thanks for sharing.
I really wish you would talk more about how to know what is safe to climb and what is not safe. Some trees are more flexible and less brittle. Maple, cottonwood oak pine ECT. I feel like Maple is very forgivable. Cottonwood is very soft and can be brittle and oak is just a toss-up for me. It's a hardwood but can be very brittle as well. I think the new climbers would like to know your opinions on different trees and how the strength off those trees can vary from your point of view.
When you look back and see how bad you were you also see how much you have grown. Nice story to share with the new guy or gal as they start their journey.
You hit the nail on the head. My dad was a tree man and he handed it down to me. He was always on me about the same thing “ young guys are afraid to climb higher, want to take huge pieces off and get done quick “ ….. you both spoke the truth.. haha. Great experience talking there.
Thanks for sharing. Good reminder that we’re all human & we all start somewhere. I’ll never forget my first big pine. Literally had to force myself to keep climbing. Probably took me an hour just to get to the first limb. I’m definitely thankful for His grace.
Good evening August... This is one of my most favorite videos you posted. Hell yea, I'd rather go high, and cut that tree piece meal, than cut 1/2 of it, and risk being taken with it on the way down. I like that slant slice cut you showed. Way cool, and the commentary with it... In the Window Cleaning Business, I'm in, I have guys who hang from rope and chair, for tall applications, and where ladders don't work for the situation. I never did the rope work, only ladder work. I have a great respect for working at heights, yet, and do it... I think what you guys do, and some of my guys do 15 story buildings, damn, that's some "man shit," I'm sure I'd be, about to you know what, my pants, first several times doing that high though. Ahaha! Ok, keep on keeping on, carry on. Yes, quality business owner/operator, is one facet of the Truth, of Old School Americans, who value the rewards of Life, via providing worthy services, based upon merit... Moreover, small business owners, who know, & can execute all facets of same, yet, delegate too, provide worthy employment to others. We have plenty examples of those folks, who think it all should be handed to them, with no amount of earning, what in LIfe. Best wishes, always!
lol, thanks for sharing brother. It's too often we get complacent or take for granted our skills & proficiency. Or, are too afraid to take certain risks. One can get stagnated with failures or risk of failure. Good lessons hidden in the story time lol hahahahaha
Reaĺly great story time 👍👍 I've only been climbin 2 or 3 year's so sometimes I'm still there 🤣🤣 but watchin your video's helps TREMENDOUSLY !!! You've probably saved my life ❤❤
Fantastic content August, the quick video cuts of you cutting limbs on way up show off how steady your work positioning is, holding back your climbing line away to hand underneath. Your effortless flicks of logs all landing together laid out evenly on top of cushy bed of branches, very refined and impressive! You heart felt stories are so true, what you remember about being new and climbing is pricless to us. Your stories are the best, you are so humble when you recount them. Thank you as always
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, top and drop sounds classy. You better believe I would be using a pole saw to get mistletoe lol, I like that little long boy one for stupid shit like that because I can keep it on my saddle. Luckily I have not seen that stuff since I moved to Washington. We do have some ugly English ivy though.
Amen...that story hit home ..the climbing and buisness owner part..of course the lord s grace .and mercy to begin with..kinda needed to hear something like that ..been struggling with this back injury..and realy affects my confidence and the pain hard to concentrate alone all the time.but then i get a helper and there just not PRESENT..if that makes sense so it then becomes worse.most times.in every way bevause they dont want to do tree work they say they do but they just want pay..so it becomes a hindering instead. I love working could make it woth out it..i cannot understand a man that dont..and cant concentrate atcwork like that ..while in pain.like barly walk pain.GREAT VIDEO
Great video and story. I try to stay humble because I have been humbled more than once and it’s not a good feeling. Thank you for all of your videos. I have learned a lot from them and have been able to merge from just a landscaper to an occasional tree guy. Hang in there, a lot of entitled people and politicians depending us working people
I love the videos man you’ve definitely taught me a lot I’ve been climbing since I was 14 now 16 climb cut etc I want to definitely start my own tree service business here in a couple years after school any tips would be much appreciated keep up the amazing work!!
I'm still early into the afraid to go higher stage and I'm pretty ok with it. I'm not doing it for a living yet and the trees I'm working on aren't the convenient straight ones. My dad's been threatening to rent a lift to take out the stuff I know I can't do from a rope but man those things are expensive. No hurry, though. Windshields are cheaper than broken bones.
Humility has a hefty pricetag... Great storytime and confessions of a seasoned arborist 🫶 thanks August for the candid/sordid tales from above and below 🙏 Grateful for your shared wisdom Brother 🙌 MVP award... The unseen intervention safety team ❤️
Starting to do small jobs on the side of operating a heavy wrecker just because I love to climb. It just can’t replace what I make working a heavy tow truck
this week i climbed a tree that got really spongy from the second half. i climbed as high as i thought it would hold me and sent the top as smooth as i could. i wondered where i could get the knowledge from to really know. when people say it comes from experience i wonder if that's true, because you kind of only experience the things that go well in that kind of scenario, otherwise you would have fallen off a huge tree already. And then i think about how i am such a little weight and impulse on the tree compared to the weight of wood and the wind that pressures the tree sideways. Might be a mix of your feelings and also experience of what you have already done before. idk. what do you think? anyway great video again have a nice weekend Joris
I remember the first time i started climbing and been a og watched since the og days and I learned the spear cut from your video and had a perfect tree to try it on nothing around to damage and was like im gonna give this a try the top stole my helmet 😂!
@@ericharris893 yeah I started practicing them and got better I havent used it in awhile but when I do I gotten better by cutting most of the branches on my side 😂
@@brandon-rustystreecare my life is a blurr. I can’t remember nothing until somebody reminds me. I don’t even remember what fun is until somebody drags me into it and I realize I’m having fun. Not complaining, just surviving in New York with a wife and children. I think there’s a name for that mental condition. Called over worked over taxed and under appreciated
It’s strange how your mind knows just how far up you’ve climbed when you’re new and every climb above that is a new challenge. I finally stopped the mental game when I accepted that Nothing has changed at 30 ft vs 120.
Thank you August for everything. I’m sure you probably covered this in one of your previous videos but what size is your Omni block? And your take on negative Rigging? Or negative reason within reason????
Hey August...... Why is it that this one spruce tree on Washington coast has only a 60 ft height about 28 inch diameter tree...but .......some of the branches are 7 in in diameter they may even be 8 inch.... We have engelmann and Sitka I think... I drove around town here mostly spruce trees with small diameter branches... But some of the trees have extremely large diameter branches... I aged a 4-inch diameter branch or should I say I seasoned it for 2 years.... Put it in the wood stove and it glowed for 20 hours like a piece of coal and it had a translucent look to it... Kind of like a piece of red glass. I saved some 6 inch diameter pieces of branch... They are extremely heavy... And they don't seem to get much liter .
Because they are grown whilst resisting the elements of wind etc. and are likely more or less in the open, so they don’t have to reach way up for light competing with other trees.
@@AugustHunickeI'm going to slice one of those spruce branches into some thin slices... The branches seem to be made out of a completely different wood.... Someone told me they're almost like hard rubber... Loaded with real thick pitch.... I was thinking that the branches get literally tortured by the wind and snow load and the freeze and tree services haha thank you very much that's a very interesting concept.... I might try to make something out of one of the branches. I want to make a violin.
Possibly a strange question but here goes. Is the top 30" of a 130" tree about the same as a 30" tree of the same diameter strength wise?(sure it wont sway as much)
@@AugustHunicke I can try. It may help if I use the correct symbol. I meant feet and used the symbol for inches. Sorry I mostly use metric. What I'm wondering is. If you wanted to practice "climbing higher", could just just climb smaller and smaller trees as if they were the top of a larger tree? e.g. you could be 2 feet off the ground in a 3 inch diameter tree, rather than 15 feet from the top of a 100 foot tree.
I cut a huge Willow tree down at my mothers house when I was 20 years old . (30+ years ago) and I had NO business doing that. It was 8ft circumference or more ,at bottom, and was 20 ft from her house. 100 ft tall and could reach several houses and buildings if fell in wrong direction. Had all the neighbors out watching ,,some in fear of their house being hit. Well,,I cut a notch and a back cut and my saw was not big enough to cut anymore and it was still standing. Ended up getting a 2 man hand saw my mother had and finished cutting it. And it fell perfectly with a thud that shook the ground. After that I would not cut another tree that close to houses ,,as it scared the crap outta me.
I'll never forget the first big maple tree I did. I took the job on a picture alone a big leader was torn out. The leader it tore off of was the leader I had to climb and rig everything from. Boy was I scared. I had to climb up past the tare out and just seeing that big hollowed out hole what's scary. But I climbed past it set my ropes and got the job done in 2 days. It was the job where I learned that I needed to climb as high as I could to the highest crotch in order to make the job easier. My buddy was more scared than me and he was on the ground LOL
Expert advice from a guy that puts it on the line every day… don’t take short cuts… unless you wanna buy someone a new deck. Tree work price $2000 deck price $17,500
So many blessings are available to us, if our hearts are courageous enough to accept them. Your wrap-up at the end of the video reminded me of the humbling realization as expressed in the song (a cover of a W. Wilkens composition) presented by Balsam Range, as, "Here's to the Trains I've Missed". If you haven't already, I hope you have a chance to enjoy it. Thanks for the opportunity to once again be aloft with you.
I've only been at the tree and climbing business for about three years now. (I'm 60) I grinned through the whole story, August! A few months into this adventure I basically cut a skinny cottonwood almost exactly in half! The 8" stem was freaking me out, and the top didn't look big at all... right next to the stick, looking up... Did I ask my groundie how far up the stem I was? Oh, heck no.😂 I had the sense to rig the piece, so instead of destroying the customer's sun room, I merely used the tree to sweep all of his furniture off his deck!😂
"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 2Cor12:-
August...You are at your absolute best when you are telling stories in the tree!
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Agreed
Thanks for the story time today. We're never too old to keep learning. I got whacked on the hand today by an ash tree that was hung up in a nearby maple as a result of a very strong wind storm that blew through 2 days ago. I was bringing it down in pieces from the ground up (it was leaning into the maple) and when the double-top finally hit the ground, it spun on the uneven ground slope and kissed me before coming to rest. First time in 50 years that has happened. It was a good reminder to never stop paying attention when you are holding a chainsaw. I always enjoy listening to you in the treetops; it's very relaxing in a white-knuckle kind of way. I appreciate your wisdom and the way you share it.
You just described my situation. Had to save up and buy my own gear to climb. Practice for a while trimming my parent’s trees. Somehow I didn’t mess them up. Got a couple jobs on my own. I was in over my head but I loved it and learned so much. Nothing like jumping into the deep end. Wasn’t until my boss found out that he started checking my skills on the job. He definitely gave me some sketchy tree to start with. Really tried to test me. Now I’m getting my own company going. It’s incredibly satisfying and fulfilling to create something of yourself from nothing. High climbers and timber fallers was the book that really inspired me as a ground guy to take the leap. Good video Mr Hunicke.
Love reading really real comments from those going where I’ve been.
Good luck young buck… be safe out there
Great job !!! Your so right, His Grace is Sufficient ✨✨✨
Praise the Lord❤. I pray on the way up and give thanks when I’m back on the ground. I Also pray for the safety of anyone under me as well. He never lets me down. Thanks August for another great video.
I've been petrified in many a tree. Then I think... what would Reg Coates do?
HIS Grace IS Sufficient!!!! AMEN!
We all have that experience when learning if God's Wills it to be our destiny.
Yes mate, for sure you got the end right. His grace is sufficient! He helps to keep us out of harms way and do a good job!
Great witness on being humble and remembering where you came from.
The way you were placing the logs made it look almost like you had done it before! Dang you are good 😂. Loved the story of growing. I didn’t say up, thankfully 😂. Thanks August 😊
I took up climbing more or less as a hobby a few years ago. My first removal was a large hemlock that required rigging. I had spent most of the previous winter watching you and a few other arborists on here and on the instant gram and slowly acquired the gear I thought I would need. Despite a moderate fear of heights, I've climbed every tree I've climbed to date as absolutely high as I could and taken the smallest tops possible. I am actually more afraid of the forces sending a large top will exert on the stem than I am the height. I reckon if not for you tube videos, I would have been more afraid to climb higher. I don't know how many trees it will take before I cut a big top just because it will fit. Awesome story time August, always appreciate your experiences and insights. Thank you for sharing with us!
You sound wise.
Wait till you cut a tree in half and your right there at the hinge
August, I was scared to climb high at one time too. But, you kept me from making silly mistakes like that. I’ve said this before on a different profile but yeah,,, thanks again. Your examples save lives.
I POUND your passed on knowledge on to my co-workers DAILY. They’re probably a lil sick of it 😂 Thanks again for sharing ✌🏽🙏🏽🇺🇸
I’m sharing constantly on our crew as well and they do tease me about it yet we do many things the way I have learned from watching. ~~~Old Dogs new tricks~~~Speed Lining for instance they would reset the line as they move up starting low. Now we set a line up top come down then start down low. Seem obvious but when you teach yourself how to do something you do it the way that seams to work. We have a MB Sling Kit w/ both teams now
Went through that today. Thank you for all of your coaching!
Haha...'so I let myself do it' :) Loved the storytime August. The way you laid those logs down in that perfect stack....was poetry in motion :)
A true fountain of wisdom
Great teaching story . I liked the editing when wrecking the tree.
Thank you August. That exactly the video I needed. And i completely agree that His grace is sufficient!!! Praise God!!
Hey August, thanks for sharing! Great job choosing saws 😅. I've recently had to make a significant change (leaving my job as construction director at Habitat for Humanity) which likely will lead to going out on my own for work again and taking on tree work as a new part of it!
The art of the "slice cut". I was in a similar situation with a couple small residential companies including my dad's tree service and i never did any arial work for years. I wanted to learn to cut so i got a job at Nelson doing line clearance and learned many tricks there. I climbed and ran bucket for them for 15 years. Best decision i ever made. People who want to be the big man will stop us from advancing and they do it on purpose. Glad to see you overcome that and do your own thing. Thanks for sharing.
I wish I had some nice tall and straight trees so I could go higher!
I really wish you would talk more about how to know what is safe to climb and what is not safe. Some trees are more flexible and less brittle. Maple, cottonwood oak pine ECT. I feel like Maple is very forgivable. Cottonwood is very soft and can be brittle and oak is just a toss-up for me. It's a hardwood but can be very brittle as well. I think the new climbers would like to know your opinions on different trees and how the strength off those trees can vary from your point of view.
Perhaps, but I cannot speak categorically, because I only work in one region.
@@AugustHunicke I hear ya broham.
Very cool.
Yes, we ALL should stay humble. Great stories along with the work.
Hey Mo!
praise the Lord indeed
When you look back and see how bad you were you also see how much you have grown. Nice story to share with the new guy or gal as they start their journey.
Thanks for the story. I'm always reminded that I'm not that much different from everyone. And I HOPE! that it keeps me grounded.
Another great story!!! “Well it was you”
That Sir, was an excellent and profound story. Thank you for this. God be with you. 😊
You touched my heart bless you all in the name of Jesus
Thanks for sharing August. I always enjoy hearing more about your story. You have been an inspiration to me and many others keep them coming.
Well those 14 minutes flew by. I guess good stories can make that happen.
Great Video! Life Stories and lesson learned are one of your many strengths!
Thanks for your thoughts and reflections. Keep it up. Master in philosophical tree felling...🙂👊 Greetings from Denmark
Another great Video and Story. It seems you were wise to "hire" yourself 😁👍
Thanks for paving the UA-cam way for new guys like me.
Damn sexy timing on that spear cut. That’s my Friday night sorted!
Humility always beats hubris. Well done, and thanks for all the chunks...
You hit the nail on the head. My dad was a tree man and he handed it down to me. He was always on me about the same thing “ young guys are afraid to climb higher, want to take huge pieces off and get done quick “ ….. you both spoke the truth.. haha. Great experience talking there.
Thanks for sharing. Good reminder that we’re all human & we all start somewhere. I’ll never forget my first big pine. Literally had to force myself to keep climbing. Probably took me an hour just to get to the first limb. I’m definitely thankful for His grace.
Great story. Thanks for sharing that.
Thankyou so much for sharing the... this, the that and grace sufficient. Love it.
I love that slice method. There are certainly some trees that are easier to do it with then others, but it is a useful technique with a sharp saw.
Good evening August... This is one of my most favorite videos you posted. Hell yea, I'd rather go high, and cut that tree piece meal, than cut 1/2 of it, and risk being taken with it on the way down. I like that slant slice cut you showed. Way cool, and the commentary with it... In the Window Cleaning Business, I'm in, I have guys who hang from rope and chair, for tall applications, and where ladders don't work for the situation. I never did the rope work, only ladder work. I have a great respect for working at heights, yet, and do it... I think what you guys do, and some of my guys do 15 story buildings, damn, that's some "man shit," I'm sure I'd be, about to you know what, my pants, first several times doing that high though. Ahaha! Ok, keep on keeping on, carry on. Yes, quality business owner/operator, is one facet of the Truth, of Old School Americans, who value the rewards of Life, via providing worthy services, based upon merit... Moreover, small business owners, who know, & can execute all facets of same, yet, delegate too, provide worthy employment to others. We have plenty examples of those folks, who think it all should be handed to them, with no amount of earning, what in LIfe. Best wishes, always!
Love that you slash so much stuff especially them dead ones. Thanks for validating my ideas!
cheers to "better control of these tree parts"!
Grace was sufficient! Amen
Amen sufficient
lol, thanks for sharing brother. It's too often we get complacent or take for granted our skills & proficiency. Or, are too afraid to take certain risks. One can get stagnated with failures or risk of failure. Good lessons hidden in the story time lol hahahahaha
Reaĺly great story time 👍👍 I've only been climbin 2 or 3 year's so sometimes I'm still there 🤣🤣 but watchin your video's helps TREMENDOUSLY !!! You've probably saved my life ❤❤
I wonder how many job applications August gets 🤔
Fantastic content August, the quick video cuts of you cutting limbs on way up show off how steady your work positioning is, holding back your climbing line away to hand underneath. Your effortless flicks of logs all landing together laid out evenly on top of cushy bed of branches, very refined and impressive! You heart felt stories are so true, what you remember about being new and climbing is pricless to us. Your stories are the best, you are so humble when you recount them. Thank you as always
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, top and drop sounds classy. You better believe I would be using a pole saw to get mistletoe lol, I like that little long boy one for stupid shit like that because I can keep it on my saddle. Luckily I have not seen that stuff since I moved to Washington. We do have some ugly English ivy though.
Amen...that story hit home ..the climbing and buisness owner part..of course the lord s grace .and mercy to begin with..kinda needed to hear something like that ..been struggling with this back injury..and realy affects my confidence and the pain hard to concentrate alone all the time.but then i get a helper and there just not PRESENT..if that makes sense so it then becomes worse.most times.in every way bevause they dont want to do tree work they say they do but they just want pay..so it becomes a hindering instead. I love working could make it woth out it..i cannot understand a man that dont..and cant concentrate atcwork like that ..while in pain.like barly walk pain.GREAT VIDEO
Hey August, just wanna say your editing style has gotten soooo good man! Love to see how you do things. Very nice work!
Great video and story. I try to stay humble because I have been humbled more than once and it’s not a good feeling. Thank you for all of your videos. I have learned a lot from them and have been able to merge from just a landscaper to an occasional tree guy. Hang in there, a lot of entitled people and politicians depending us working people
Thanks for the story it is much appreciated! I’ve learned a lot from you along the way keep up the good work!
I love the videos man you’ve definitely taught me a lot I’ve been climbing since I was 14 now 16 climb cut etc I want to definitely start my own tree service business here in a couple years after school any tips would be much appreciated keep up the amazing work!!
You killed it August!
I'm still early into the afraid to go higher stage and I'm pretty ok with it. I'm not doing it for a living yet and the trees I'm working on aren't the convenient straight ones. My dad's been threatening to rent a lift to take out the stuff I know I can't do from a rope but man those things are expensive. No hurry, though. Windshields are cheaper than broken bones.
Good stuff here boss!
Great story about Top n Drop
I can relate to this love the story
Considering how many of us are too scared to go up there in the first place :) More power to ya ;)
Humility has a hefty pricetag...
Great storytime and confessions of a seasoned arborist 🫶 thanks August for the candid/sordid tales from above and below 🙏
Grateful for your shared wisdom Brother 🙌
MVP award... The unseen intervention safety team ❤️
Really enjoyed this video August
Thanks
*Tells stories while laying every piece perfectly flat and still stays humble!
Starting to do small jobs on the side of operating a heavy wrecker just because I love to climb. It just can’t replace what I make working a heavy tow truck
Made that slice cut yesterday the branch hung up when I wasn’t expecting and came back on me and smashed my finger. Lesson learned
this week i climbed a tree that got really spongy from the second half. i climbed as high as i thought it would hold me and sent the top as smooth as i could. i wondered where i could get the knowledge from to really know. when people say it comes from experience i wonder if that's true, because you kind of only experience the things that go well in that kind of scenario, otherwise you would have fallen off a huge tree already. And then i think about how i am such a little weight and impulse on the tree compared to the weight of wood and the wind that pressures the tree sideways. Might be a mix of your feelings and also experience of what you have already done before. idk. what do you think? anyway great video again
have a nice weekend
Joris
Very enjoyable video
Beautiful
I remember the first time i started climbing and been a og watched since the og days and I learned the spear cut from your video and had a perfect tree to try it on nothing around to damage and was like im gonna give this a try the top stole my helmet 😂!
Yeah them cuts ain’t free of hazard. That’s what I call getting broomed out
@@ericharris893 yeah I started practicing them and got better I havent used it in awhile but when I do I gotten better by cutting most of the branches on my side 😂
@@brandon-rustystreecare affirmative
@@ericharris893 its crazy what practice and experience will do for you. I remember my first climb like it was yesterday 😂
@@brandon-rustystreecare my life is a blurr. I can’t remember nothing until somebody reminds me. I don’t even remember what fun is until somebody drags me into it and I realize I’m having fun. Not complaining, just surviving in New York with a wife and children. I think there’s a name for that mental condition. Called over worked over taxed and under appreciated
I enjoy your videos. Just curious, have you or members of your crew ever done any chainsaw art?
I really like the story time...
It’s strange how your mind knows just how far up you’ve climbed when you’re new and every climb above that is a new challenge. I finally stopped the mental game when I accepted that Nothing has changed at 30 ft vs 120.
Thank you August for everything. I’m sure you probably covered this in one of your previous videos but what size is your Omni block? And your take on negative Rigging? Or negative reason within reason????
Hey August...... Why is it that this one spruce tree on Washington coast has only a 60 ft height about 28 inch diameter tree...but .......some of the branches are 7 in in diameter they may even be 8 inch.... We have engelmann and Sitka I think... I drove around town here mostly spruce trees with small diameter branches... But some of the trees have extremely large diameter branches... I aged a 4-inch diameter branch or should I say I seasoned it for 2 years.... Put it in the wood stove and it glowed for 20 hours like a piece of coal and it had a translucent look to it... Kind of like a piece of red glass. I saved some 6 inch diameter pieces of branch... They are extremely heavy... And they don't seem to get much liter .
Because they are grown whilst resisting the elements of wind etc. and are likely more or less in the open, so they don’t have to reach way up for light competing with other trees.
@@AugustHunickeI'm going to slice one of those spruce branches into some thin slices... The branches seem to be made out of a completely different wood.... Someone told me they're almost like hard rubber... Loaded with real thick pitch.... I was thinking that the branches get literally tortured by the wind and snow load and the freeze and tree services haha thank you very much that's a very interesting concept.... I might try to make something out of one of the branches. I want to make a violin.
Possibly a strange question but here goes.
Is the top 30" of a 130" tree about the same as a 30" tree of the same diameter strength wise?(sure it wont sway as much)
I don’t understand the question. Can you reword it?
@@AugustHunicke I can try.
It may help if I use the correct symbol. I meant feet and used the symbol for inches. Sorry I mostly use metric.
What I'm wondering is. If you wanted to practice "climbing higher", could just just climb smaller and smaller trees as if they were the top of a larger tree?
e.g. you could be 2 feet off the ground in a 3 inch diameter tree, rather than 15 feet from the top of a 100 foot tree.
Hobby climber aka nervous Nelly here. I often wonder the same thing.
Ha, interesting question.
@@AugustHunicke Seems three other people would like to know the answer also.
Understandable that some slip through the cracks though.
I cut a huge Willow tree down at my mothers house when I was 20 years old . (30+ years ago) and I had NO business doing that. It was 8ft circumference or more ,at bottom, and was 20 ft from her house. 100 ft tall and could reach several houses and buildings if fell in wrong direction.
Had all the neighbors out watching ,,some in fear of their house being hit. Well,,I cut a notch and a back cut and my saw was not big enough to cut anymore and it was still standing.
Ended up getting a 2 man hand saw my mother had and finished cutting it. And it fell perfectly with a thud that shook the ground.
After that I would not cut another tree that close to houses ,,as it scared the crap outta me.
I was afraid, I was petrified - Gloria Gaynor - vid soundtrack, hoho.
I'll never forget the first big maple tree I did. I took the job on a picture alone a big leader was torn out. The leader it tore off of was the leader I had to climb and rig everything from. Boy was I scared. I had to climb up past the tare out and just seeing that big hollowed out hole what's scary. But I climbed past it set my ropes and got the job done in 2 days. It was the job where I learned that I needed to climb as high as I could to the highest crotch in order to make the job easier. My buddy was more scared than me and he was on the ground LOL
Curious novice: How often do you sharpen chains? Or, do you send them out? Or, do you simply replace them when dull?
The laddy story sounds like the one that was the prom date and you couldnt remember her.
the first 20 years I remember every property I was on
Expert advice from a guy that puts it on the line every day… don’t take short cuts… unless you wanna buy someone a new deck. Tree work price $2000 deck price $17,500
Full dynamic:)
You are a Pro. August
Good stories
As I watch this from my desk at work 😢
Is there no way to light the top of a pine tree like a candle, and let it burn to the ground?
only august could tell a 15 minute story and in the meantime remove an entire tree landing every log flat without skipping a beat
Beaver Tales from the Treetops. 👍
So many blessings are available to us, if our hearts are courageous enough to accept them. Your wrap-up at the end of the video reminded me of the humbling realization as expressed in the song (a cover of a W. Wilkens composition) presented by Balsam Range, as, "Here's to the Trains I've Missed". If you haven't already, I hope you have a chance to enjoy it. Thanks for the opportunity to once again be aloft with you.
Never work serves I just love it
I've only been at the tree and climbing business for about three years now. (I'm 60)
I grinned through the whole story, August!
A few months into this adventure I basically cut a skinny cottonwood almost exactly in half! The 8" stem was freaking me out, and the top didn't look big at all... right next to the stick, looking up...
Did I ask my groundie how far up the stem I was? Oh, heck no.😂
I had the sense to rig the piece, so instead of destroying the customer's sun room, I merely used the tree to sweep all of his furniture off his deck!😂
"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
2Cor12:-
Rode it like a bull
the flatness is rediculous .
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Strong wood good soil living water
True
August, what’s the name of your other channel?