Boom Lift Tree Work, Directly Over A House.
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2023
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My friends need some tree work done over their house, and I own a boom lift. Should be easy right? Easier...yes, but still quite challenging. I make a few mistakes, but thankfully no big casualties come of them. Tree work is dangerous, be careful out there folks!
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My left knee had a 3" scar pretty much like yours but the coco butter has reduced the scar too 1 1/2 inches. Just apply it often, it really works.
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This is not good advice, use a licenced ,regulated advisor.
kind of foolish to be doing tree work without a hard hat, one of those dead little branches just 10 feet above your head could kill you.
After you cut the wedge out and after you start doing the final cut you need to use wedges, to both manipulate the tree and have some clearance so your saw doesn't get jammed
The homeowner wanted more light. You provided them with more ventilation for free. That's what I call customer service! 😁
LOL! Service with a smile! 😅
That’s way too funny 😁
LMAO
Your multi angle, multi camera cinematography beats Hollywood, keeping in mind that you are actually doing hard work along with making excellent video.
Yeap. The videos are GREAT.
yeah drones and the numerous go-pro's and proper microphones and tri-pods are hella expensive
then there is the editing, a beefy PC and a suite that lets you easily overlay text and adjust speed for timelapses can't be easy
farmcraft, diesel creek, AVE, and several others are providing content that holywood would not bother with, yet are doing it at nearly holywood quality
these dudes have a passion, and decided that showing good shots of how they do what they do was a value to society
hell I bet a lot of people would directly pay these guys for help, because heavy equipment is tough to fix and maintain, yet is still something normal people may need to interact with someday
You can tell the good youtubers because they even post their mess-ups, instead of trying to appear perfect every time in falsehood
Thanks for showing all, including messups, you learn much from them. Glad that this was one simple glass to replace, not some whole window.
With your narration, multiple camera angles, and the way you keep it very interesting, your videos are always great and better than most of what Hollywood puts out. Thanks for the videos John and keep them coming!
Oh, and a damn good job clearing the trees and limbs.
Remember folks, You get what you pay for!
Lol, love ya Jon!
"Hello. Welcome back to FarmCraft. I am John and this behind me is my Johns... my boomlift." 😄
Arborist here, the main problem is that you are not lining up your back-cut with the hinge. Hard to see accurately on video obviously, but it looks like your back-cut was quite severly above your hinge when the saw got grabbed, which is a big no-no. Sometimes it's appropriate to back cut slightly (about half an inch) below the hinge, but never cut above it.
Regarding the window trick-shot. Even limbs that are too short to reach something fragile from their landing spot can, given enough drop velocity, flex like a bow when landing on their tip and absolutely launch themselves like a vaulting pole. Always be extra careful when dropping, and preferably use a cut technique that drops the wood flat, rather than droop-n-drop.
Love your content, and sorry for my lack of skill in the English language :)
This reminded me of 44 years ago when I lived in Daphne, Alabama. It was the year that hurricane Frederic came to call, and among the many trees damaged a large pine tree on the property line twisted and "bent" to lay on the roof of our house. It didn't break because it had a diseased section about 10 feet up the trunk. Dad got his big ladder and leaned it against the tree to cut it with his chain saw. As he sawed through the trunk it snapped up as the weight of the top came free, which meant that the ladder no longer had anything to rest against. Dad jumped free of the ladder, simultaneously throwing the chainsaw away from him... only to have it land blade down right between his legs! Miraculously, it missed his legs by inches and was sticking into the ground. It took a few seconds to realize how close he came to a potentially serious accident before we started laughing.
“That’s a mighty nice chainsaw you have there… would be a shame if someone were to…take it with them.”
- Dead Pine Tree
"Ask me how I know" )) The same stuff. MS 361, left knee, 8 stitches. 1 month recovery. 30 minutes before that I took off my protective pants (because of heat). Safety rules are written in blood )) Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Like from a father I've never had. Thanks man and keep up a good job! ))
And yes - I've seen your video where you stressed on having the protective pants on, but at some point I was like "Oh, what can even happen? I'm finishing my job here. 7 hours without an incident" and then MS 361 "explained" me )))
Lesson learned (the hard way).
59:59 those Stihl saws have a flexible rubber boot between the cylinder and carb mount, they can get flex cracks in them causing a slight intake leak which causes a lean condition at idle, causing a stall
Sounds like just the sort of thing they could be caused by a shock, like maybe dropping the saw? 😆
I spent the entirety of my youth working around trees cutting and chainsaws. Mostly with my family cutting firewood for sale, but in High School I worked for a tree trimming company for 3 years. You done did good work. The only damage I every really saw was almost identical to your broken window. Limb lands just perfect and launches like a spring. That guy was a damn good saw man in the bucket and out of it. It happens to everyone sometimes. Still did a lot of good work for your friend with no real issues that weren't easily fixed.
Gees, now I am talking to the video. He asks a question, "Is it moving?" and I holler, "Yes." And it's just me and the cat living here! So I think I better let those important people know. Get the room in the retirement home ready. It won't be long. Thanks John for all your entertainment.
You’re lonely, see your friends
Any man who has a wife that has a chainsaw of her own, chose wisely. Love the channel.
Did I just spend an hour watching a guy cut down a tree? You're darn right I did. 😊
Wow..The amount of time you spend _not_ farming but fixing the equipment is just incredible to this dairy farmer.
I can't say I "like" watching someone risk their own safety in this tree work, but this work removed a great deal of risk of damage and injury from the homeowner and thier house.
- Hey Y’all watch this 😂
- I’d expect this incident to be typical from other you tubers.
- Your right, not tethering a line to you or the basket right thing to do. This incident will be one you’ll never forget. Talk about creating exciting content.
OK John, I am happy to see that you survived your "bucket list" item of doing Evil Knievel stunts from your lift basket. I did similar work in the 1960's 2 summers when I was17 & 18. I did not go up into the trees, I stayed on the ground and sent things up on ropes and I controlled the descent speed of the big tree limbs by wrapping the ropes around the tree trunk and then slowly slacking the rope. We had no lift anything, the owner of the business used tree climbing spikes to get up into the trees. That's why he hired me and sometimes another guy to send things up and bring them back down. Once he was up there he didn't want to come back down and go back up. He never scared me and we never wrecked anything. I really disliked feeding the chipper because it would slap me with the branches and sometimes they'd grab my shirt so hard it ripped it. It was a very powerful chipper with a car 6cylinder engine powering it. Eventually I learned to feed it as I walked past the entrance to the feed chute. You jogged my memory and made me remember to have any kind of altitude work done by a licensed and insured professional. Nice video, thank you. ben/ michigan
"My wife's chainsaw" awesome 😊
Man, remind me to never take for granted the newer lifts where you just hit a button while you drive the lift to extend and retract the axles...
Great video as always!
Would love to know a little more about your background. E.g. where'd you learn all these things, have you always been around farms, any odd jobs you've had, etc? I'm sure you've got plenty of good stories.
Love your videos. Perfect for unwinding on Friday. Thank you!
Saw: falls 60'
John: It'll buff out.
Thanks Jennifer for helping with the camera work, this video was amazing!
Hi Jon, safety first and to infinity, I mean who are we going to watch on a Friday afternoon?? Seriously you are to good to not have around for your family and your viewers. Many thanks from UK.
Now I feel guilty. I watch a lot of tree climbing videos, and I found my self thinking “he should have his saw tied off, I hope he doesn’t drop it”. I’m glad everything worked out.
That little boy was so cute. He will be the next "Farmer".
I would recommend a self retracting lanyard for boom lift work ( they are now the industry standard) because not only will they soften your fall like your fixed lanyard, but they act like a seat belt and may prevent you from being ejected from the basket in the first place (once you are ejected and take a 6 ft fall it is difficult to self rescue). I Iove the channel and all of your content (even if it makes me jealous haha).
I was thinking the same thing. Self retracting lanyards are not that expensive and easy to work in.
The requirement where I was employed was 100% tie off if you're in it for any reason. Good call on the retracter. Check out the videos of people getting thrown out of lifts unloading them. I don't want to bring you bad luck, but you need to unload the lift as in sell it.
I cut trees from a lift as well, though not for a career. Couple possibilities: 1. Have someone with you in the basket. They can hold branches and keep them from whacking you or dropping where you don't want them. No putting the saw down after every cut either. It's a game changer. 2. Cut the lower limbs off first and work up the tree. Limbs then fall right around the base of the tree without hitting and bouncing off stuff. Can't do that if the tree is so rotten that stuff would fall off from above.
Love watching you work!
When you broke the window I was waiting for you to say ,Sorry Mom! Took me back to baseball in the front yard! Lol
I just knew you hand the knowledge to replace that broken glass lol. Please never stop making videos good sir!
Hats off to you, sir, I am a adrenaline junkie myself and you are hanging on the edge with a smile
Always, Always, Always cut your lower limbs first. It will let your upper cuts drop straight down or you can direct your higher cuts better and safer. lower limbs left on can deflect or spring your cuts in directions you would never think they could and cause damage to something you never thought it would. Like your channel and you have shown me a thing or two even though I am 63. Great channel
I was going to say, "This is why professionals tie down their saws with special ropes." But you already said this and even showed what kind of ropes and how to use them.
Man as a tradesman I definitely felt your pain on this job. Sometimes things that you think will go easily just don’t. You get flustered and make more mistakes. Most of the time they aren’t any thing too major but just the embarrassment, inconvenience and time wasted. We have all been there. Good thing you’re handy and could change out just the single window pane. I might have been buying them a new window 😢.
He was lucky it was an old window. A double pane would have been a bigger deal because there'd be only one big piece of glass (actually two or more) for the whole sash instead of several small ones like that one had. The whole sash would need to be replaced.
Chainsaw is german quality ;) In germany, such kind of treework is only allowed by special trained people. And only with a lot of body protection like helmet, protection for body and legs, etc.. I do a lot of cutting wood at home, but I would never climp up on a tree which I will cut down or use a boom lift. Great work and respect that you do such dangerous jobs!
Yeah, y'all love rules.
I would argue that he is trained, just not certified/licensed. Sad day for the paperwork monkeys, but thats about it.
In Germany you must ask permission to blow your nose, I'm shocked the German people haven't revolted yet.
I bet those trees will love their new haircuts.
Wisdom comes from knowledge, knowledge comes from experience, experience comes from making mistakes. You have become wiser.
We are really lucky that you own so many crappy maschines to make entertaining videos of the repairs!
Listen Bud,you never make mistake when you are doing nothing,so keep on going and have fun at it.
19:53 Your camera shot of the topping was great. At 35:01 I see the Why this video turned out so well, it was the head camera person expertise.
Your Dam project and this tree work were great content and I hope a nice supplement to a farmers income.
The tree grabbed your saw because your back was higher than the apex of your notch and you cut passed your notch turning it into a snap cut. your bar got caught in the keef ot by pass wood. when blocking wood like that either make a notch and leave hinge wood then pull the saw and push it over, or make a proper snap cut, pull the saw and push it over.
At 6:45 “don’t worry it’s only temporary” 😂 we all know how that works out every time 😂
John - Do you attach your rappelling gear bag to the basket of your lift? It would be a shame if you get tossed around, but remain attached to the lift while your emergency gear is catapulted down to the ground. Stay safe, friend. You are irreplaceable.
I am sorry but I can not stop laughing, not because of the accident, but because you really dare and funny at the same time. Truth is I enjoy your videos which are educational and very intertaining.
Got to work out of a bucket lift back in December and it was a real hoot. You're right that it's work! I was tired as the day is long by the time I was done, and I'd just been standing in the bucket! The upside is that I got all the limbs down and didn't damage the roof. Unlike you, I thought I could do it without roping anything off, and I was wrong. Had a few pieces hit the roof, but there wasn't any damage, which I'm glad for. I've been watching a ton of arborist videos to learn more about roping, and it's been really fun to think about what I'll do next year when it's time to go back up and finish things. I had to rent a lift for $500, which isn't bad, but time was short and my learning curve was long. As such, I didn't get all the work done. Still, it's something to look forward too, especially if I can find someone that rents a self-driving lift like you've got!
No matter how many times I watch your videos I come away with learning something new. I really enjoy your videos and look forward to them.
Another awesome video - but the real win was not making us wait on the carb rebuild kit. Small, but greatly appreciated!
Lesson learned vs cost of lesson learned is one of best ratios you’ll ever get. Single pane of glass is awfully cheap to learn this lesson.
Can be a job you have done hundreds of times but you do that exact same job for friends or family and it always manages to go south. 😄
Great that you just tug the logs away in the wood. The wildlife will appreciate this.
On first glance on seeing the first few minutes, I would say that a weather tight hard cover for that panel would help preserve function in my opinion. Eventually water and weather and even temperature sometimes will make things fail.
I do antenna work, mostly on the the rooves of multi-storey buildings.
We are absolutely forbidden to use the fall arrest (deceleration) lanyards because to do so, you are kind of admitting that you might fall, and that you need help WHEN you do.
What we DO use, is fall restraint (solid webbing) which completely prevents us from getting anywhere near the edge of the roof. If climbing or working from a ladder, we still use 2 very short fall restraint lanyards, which is a bit of a pain because you have to clip on with one, climb, clip off with the other strop, clip it on further up, climb .. ... ....
The advantage is that we can only fall as far as it takes for the tightest strop to go tight (maybe 2 or 3ft?).
You're probably better off using a solid strop to connect you to the basket, but one that ONLY allows you to stand up, no more. If the basket tries to catapult you, you're going nowhere. The strop should not be long enough to fall or build up momentum, so it should not be long enough for "snap back" situations.
If you're REALLY concerned, a better harness would pay dividends.
The one you have APPEARS to be what I'd regard as a fall restraint type. It has pretty skinny straps and it is pretty much designed not to fall off your body. You have it strapped to some solid object that prevents you from getting near the edge of anything.
If you DO fall in this harness, and you are not rescued quickly, you can suffer a potentially fatal suspension injury where carbon dioxide rich blood is pooled in your limbs (harness acts as a torniquet) and then suddenly released when you are rescued.
There are harnesses which are specifically designed to be suspended from which have thicker straps with more padding, and they prevent these types of injuries. With you being based on a farm, potentially some distance from help, it might be worth thinking about.
Oh, and get a climbing helmet. A high quality bike helmet would do, but you can get a real climbing helmet for similar prices. All it needs to be is a bit of padded plastic to cover your skull, and it's function is to stop you from being knocked unconsious. Unconsious people don't call for help when suspended.
Yup, that's another job that I will never ever attempt... 😆
Another great episode. Farm craft101 is truly a WINDOW Into The World of the life of a farmer haha.
Life of a deceased person in the making, perhaps.
You know who make the best Millwrights? -- Farmers. Found that out when working with my father to get his new veneer mill up and running, years back. The local farmer that we hired, as millwright, could do every GD thing. Amazing! I Learned a lot from him. Thanks Dough.
51.23 Love the camo job you did on your lift now the tree's wont see you coming.
Good job, Jon, just one little pane of glass knocked, but no damage at all to the roof. Good of you to fix the window, I can't think a 'proper' tree surgeon would have done that.
Tree guy would have kept the tree out of the house… that’s kind of the entire point
@@chappo8100 Can't assume tree guys don't make mistakes- that's why they have insurance.
every day a farmcraft video comes out is a good day! Saved my week! Nice Job!
So glad I’ve never seen myself screwing up from 4 different camera angles at once. Lol.
When I was young I was working in ABB high voltage laboratory in Stockholm. We had a lift to use to get to the ceiling, it just went straight up. It was the most terrifying experience I had..
Those fall restraints are akin to a parachute that opens on impact.
I have that same cordless saw. I recently flogged it for several days cleaning up some very old willow trees on the familys farm property. I was pleasantly surprised at how capable it is. It Is very quiet, obviously, and no 2-stroke exhaust in my face.
These safety items are a plus. I worked with power company florida power and light. We would not work by our self or without safety lanyards for ourselves or equipment. If tree parts falls on your lift or gets tangled in any part of you it will pull and when it reaches it limits. You will be slingshot out of that lift and hopefully be hanging by your safety gear. And at that time you better hope someone is there to let you down and at top of list knows how to work the lift. Safety-safety-safety.😮😊 because it will happen, like your friend said tis not whether it will happen, it's how many times will it happen. I worked 41-1/2 yrs till I retired. It's always a good thing to be able to say what a good day it was!!!!!
I am stunned at how productive this man is...
I frequently turn to UA-cam to learn how to repair things. What I love about your channel is that you taught me how to avoid repairing equipment because you taught me to not bother buying complex equipment on the cheap.
Since you were doing saw maintenance, replacing the in tank fuel filter is cheap insurance. Also check the fuel hose for cracks and tears.
Climber & cutter who runs saws for a living: always make the second cut LOWER than your fist cut if you are staggering/offsetting your cuts.
This will cause the wood to lift off your bar as it breaks free and your saw won’t get ripped from your hands. Second cut higher, as you’ve seen, can sometimes cause problems depending on how the wood breaks free.
That little DeWalt saw is pretty impressive
Your friends are lucky to have you. And thankfully you did dodge a couple bullets. Keep that Sthil going as long as you can. The new ones aren’t made as well.
For someone like you that does a lot of work by yourself
What you'd need is an electric winch with a remote. sling the winch to the base of the tree, sling a pulley to the main body of the tree, preferably above your working height, and just use remote control to operate the winch. might need to put a quick release hook on the winch so you could release the job with a pull cord once it's on the ground, they are not that expensive (I see them listed under sailing/ships)
Quick release hooks on limb work could be handy too. once the branch is hanging off the sling, you could just drop it straight down or release and lower it.
One thing I would try also would be to cut a limb while slinged, let it dangle, do the same further down and so on to the base, basically a long chain of limb bits held together by slings. that way the whole limb can be brought closer to the base of the tree with fewer operations. (on the other hand, you'll need more slings, and probably with higher rating as well)
Nice that you just repaired that window yourself.
Big job to tackle solo John. The conclusion I have is that you just love hard work. Can’t wait for the next one. 🔧👍🇬🇧
Gotta laughter at the saw hard hat /face guard and defenders laying on the floor of the light cage? Gonna help lots there!
48:40 if only there were some wooden shutters that they could have closed first to protect the windows… 🤔
Heh, I guess we could have all seen the possibility there but been more interested in getting the job over with. And the cost of paying ground crew is way more than a pane of glass. I’d just be happy that the tree guy went home intact
Nice to see the CEO / boss for a change
Every time I see you up in the basket reminds me of the frist time I operated boom lifts .
It was a little bit scary .
Given no training what so ever . My foreman asked if I knew how to run one . My answer was how hard could it be ? The first time was a puckering experience to say the least .
After a couple of long days it was more fun than being on the ground running a ninety pound jackhammer horizontally . Got really good at maneuvering the basket around to make the job easier .
We were doing a major paper mill remodeling project so many of the lifts were 120 feet .
Must have spent a total of three and half to four months on those machines . Was just as much fun as riding my motorcycle , which also needs a lot of respect and responsibility each time you mount up .
Just remember to take in the views each time you go up .
That happened to me , we were up 80', the tree was about 90' high. Ii took my brand new De Walt electric pole saw and was cutting overhead. As the branch began to fall it pinched the blade and ripped it right out of my hands and fell 80'. We watched it hit the ground, the pole bounced one way and the battery the other way. It bent the blade a little but it still worked. I am still amazed that it didn't bend the pole or shatter the saw housing or the battery.
A couple of wedges with some light tethers would keep you from having to use your axe. It would keep your saw from getting stuck and make the tree chunks start going in the right direction.
I'm getting cold sweats just from watching and imagining the wobbling of the lift, heights is really not my thing, even though I've become used to working with lifts and scaffolding it takes a while to get acclimatized and somewhat comfortable..
I’ve seen tree fellers using zip lines. That’s cool to watch
Wow that lift is so cool, didn't know they have an axle extend mechanism like that. That is sweet! By the way, glad you had the presence of mind to let go of the saw. Pretty impressive no real damage occurred to it.
An arborist showed me what he calls an "offset cut" for topping trees a pice at a time. Cut horizontally from the side where you want the chunk to fall. Cut 1 inch pass the center.
Then from the opposite side, cut horizontally but one inch higher again just pass the center.
This leaves a small "hinge" connected. Put the saw down, and manually push the chunk breaking the hinge and it goes in the direction you want with no surprises.
Even tho I don't have a boom lift, I always learn a lot from your videos..ty Sir
LOL "your not use to having an audience? " LOL what are we chopped liver. :)
Single Pane windows! I live in Minnesota so we don't have those anymore. Back in the day I used to glaze a bunch of those. That's maybe the first thing my Dad ever taught me as far as DIY stuff. I remember being proud of how clean I could make the glazing look.
Thanks for the chainsaw rebuild. I have a 5 year old 391 that's never let me down. I cut a lot of hard woods so I put it through it's paces. But that 460 is a beast. I can see why it's twice the price of mine. I've owned 3 Stihl chainsaws, getting larger with each purchase. I've got 15-20 years out of each saw. But the residential models are not worth rebuilding, so they're basically throwaways. That 460 is a different story. I'm 62 years old now so I might want to go that big by the time my 391 craps out, but now I'll know the difference.
I've learned so much from you over the years that I actuallly thought twice before deciding to correct you 😂 Stihl is a German company so the name wouldnt be pronounced as 'steel' but as 'schtil'. Love the videos Jon, you rock!! Cheers from Europe! ❤
I appreciate the convenient arrows on the chassis indicating the possible directions the machine can move. Very helpful.
So I got to give you credit. You are definitely a jack of all trades and you seem to have nearly mastered quite a few of them! Please keep the videos coming
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I had my heart in my mouth watching this. It's tense enough to observe I don't envy you up that lift with branching jumping around over someone's house.
You're going to want to use both the new fall arrest lanyard and a fall restraint. The fall arrest for when you're up in the air (20+ feet or so, you'd have to do your own calculations based on your height and lanyard length) and the restraint for when you're driving in the stowed position or just working under the height at which the arrester would fail to prevent you hitting the ground.
Yes, they make inertial reels that when they start extending quickly, flyweights engage a brake to slow your descent. They were mandatory use when I worked for an oilfield service company. We tested them (and the pipe hanger they attached to) by throwing a 55 gallon drum of water out of the work basket. We had one guy who at worked there for years and was a supervisor and SHOULD have known better not only not connect his harness to the fall arrest device, forgot to close the trap door where the ladder enters the work basket. He stepped backwards out into the hole and fell 40' to his death.
Sorry I seen it coming as your saw falling but you didn't hear me... That was the first thing I said on your first cut you needed a rope on your saw.. More so because you not as stable as on the ground... Glad it mostly worked out well...
Days gone by, local code OSHA did not require tie offs while driving due to people getting thrown and hung…
Jon, Glad the window was the only casualty!
When I saw you with the saws without a lanyard I was surprised. I always see the guys high up using lanyards on their saws.
I have that same saw but its called 046 Magnum.
It's heavy and is mainly used for blocking up big firewood.
Cannot imagine reaching out of a basket and notching the back side of a tree with it!
Every time I pick it up,
it seems heavier.
I have been contemplating buying an 18v Dewalt chainsaw for over a year now.
Watching this made my mind up, just ordered it and it will be here tomorrow. Great video as always.
It's pretty decent. Not as much power as my gas saws, but what can you expect? And I already had the dewalt batteries.
@@FarmCraft101 yep. I have more batteries than I can carry, + I always charge them on-site if I can: #free fuel.
I have both the 16” 20v electric Dewalt and the 60v 18” Dewalt. I like them both, but the 60v has a lot more power - but not as much as a gas saw… it’s quite a bit heavier than the 20v.
I was doing some volunteer work for one of our local railroad groups and cutting up a tree that had fallen across our track. I had previously sharpened the chain which I'm very inexperienced at and as a result my saw was doing a J cut which wouldn't have been a problem but my 25 inch bar wouldn't cut all the way through and the was up in the air and I was afraid that when it fell I didn't want to hit me. So when it let go I dropped the saw and got out of the way. On first inspection I thought it was fine. But then it became evident that the fall cracked my the fuel tank. The local saw place wanted $200 to replace it. So I did it myself.
Thanks for making all the mistakes, so I can learn and hopefully not repeat them.
Sir, don’t forget painting the window :) GOOD job 👏