Mike great video. We are in middle georgia and it was 90 degrees today. Thanks for being safe. I really never like working a chainsaw in the woods by myself. Thanks for the video and always enjoy the beautiful country. God does an awesome job with green
Great video, Mike....wish I had seen it 30 years ago when I was cutting up a tree about twice the size of the one you faced. I was unaware of the tension on it and I was on the wrong side and It was about 4 feet off the ground when I cut through it. It sprang towards me so quickly and pinned me under it on top of my left leg. I could not get myself out from under it and finally my wife heard my yells for help. She called the fire department. They finally cut this large tree off of me. My left leg had 3 compound open fractures of the tibia and fibula. Two surgeries, a rod inserted in my tibia and numerous plates and screws later, I healed and was playing singles tennis 5 months later. I was very fortunate my wife heard my shouting or I would have perished due to the blood loss I was experiencing. Your video will prevent numerous serious injuries I am sure. Thank you.
Hey Mike! I know you always like saying..."I'm no expert".... but I've been watching your videos from the start, and you don't give yourself credit for your knowledge and what you teach. You explained exactly what would happen...and then demonstrated it! I personally haven't seen anything like that, so count me as one of those learners today! You and the family do a tremendous job with these videos and I appreciate it!!
Hey I live in Vegas, been here since ‘83, born and raised Rochester NY. Break them green trails in!!! Used to cut wood in Upstate NY, could do that all day long, very satisfying to watch as well. Great safe work Mike.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Man!!! You need some quads and some racing trails. Since Truck Night In America is no longer on TV, you need to make your own courses and do it with quads. :)
Back on November 1 I made a cut like that with the tree in the grip of the backhoe thumb. Well I was on the wrong side of the pressure and blew apart 3 ligaments in my left knee. After a lengthy surgery and months of therapy I am back to 95% but will always have the pain reminding me of the dangers of cutting logs under pressure. Stay safe.
I cut down trees for 22 years until a stroke retired me. Made me think of safety, which in turn made me think of first aid kits. Do you have one with you, on your tractor? Do you carry a tourniquet? Blood expanders? If you dont, you probably should as it appears you work alone alot. Perhaps a future video idea. Please consider keeping a few first aid items with you, you cant always make it back to your rig! Anyways, keep up the great videos. Have a blessed day
Mary, how far is the garden shed from your house? The good thing about working alone in the woods is you will not hurt someone else. I find it more distracting to have someone else in the woods with me . This day and age with cell phones, help is instantly on its way.
Rockie, I guess I am comfortable with being alone since I have been doing it since 1976. I cut mostly in the winter and survey everything quite well before cutting.
Mike, Good example of what to watch for and be safe. It’s amazing how many people on UA-cam do crazy things that can get people killed. Thank you for pointing out to everyone what to watch out for and providing examples.
Mike, as I watched your video #798, I felt compelled to comment. I know you keep saying "this is just how I do it" but I really think any "weekend Warrior" should get some training if they are going to use a chainsaw. I highly recommend a training called "Game of logging". I took it at the suggestion of a forester volunteer who helped me plan how to improve my property. At first I thought I knew pretty well how to fell a tree because I had been doing it for over 25 years at that point, but I signed up for courses 1 and 2. Back then (in 2004) I paid $90 for each day. Each was a 1 day hands on course and in the 2 days I learned far more about safety cutting a tree down safely than I had learned in my 25+ years experience. Point I'm trying to get to is not the oak you cut while under tension, but rather the spring pole you cut. The spring pole was the sapling that got pushed to the ground with a huge amount of tension in it. You did not get hurt, but doing it the way you did, could have gotten hurt real bad. The game of logging will teach you how to relieve the tension safely. I think, being so popular on you tube as you are gives you some responsibility to use the safest methods to cut trees because people are watching how you do it, and use that as a how to do it, even though you say you are not an expert. I'm not trying to find fault, just trying to help. By the way, most insurance companies require courses 1-4 for professional loggers before they will carry Workman's comp for the logging company. I only took 1 and 2 and the instructor said 3 and 4 were mainly for the pros. It covered log skidders and such. I watch every episode you post, keep up the good work! Dave Klish Oneida, NY about 1 hr south of Boonville
Maple grove and all those ferns looks very peaceful. Excellent lesson with the wedged tree! Would be interesting to know how much potential force there was but for sure a pretty large amount. We all work by ourselves but need to have a plan B. Have a day.
As a Timber Faller of over 40 years, I was holding my breath, for you to make the Correct decision, as to how to cut that dangerous tree...Im so relieved to see that you are a Thinking man, Safety being job one, Im sure your Beautiful wife would completely agree. And the other mans suggestion, on keeping a Emergency kit with out, Very Wise Suggestion. Have A Safe Day.
WOW!!! That was some "let go" when you cut that tree loose! THANK YOU for posting this, Mike. It was a real eye-opener for things to look for when out in the woods.
Mike, Thanks for showing how to cut that tree under tension. I got a rude awakening two years ago cutting one of these on the wrong side. I had no idea that it was under any tension. Luckily it only sprung a foot or so but I ended up on my back ten feet backward with saw staying next to the cut I made. Maybe you should make a separate video just showing the danger! Great job as always!!
Mike, glad you are safe. You are absolutely right, that stored energy can sometimes pack wallop. I am always glad when a tree is on the ground also. Stay safe, not just from the virus.
Good call Mike! We were active with the National Forestry Service years ago and had a well-experienced field guy misread a tree and was launched by it - and ended up with multiple fractures.
Several years ago, a good friend of mine cut a tree that ended up in a situation like that, under extreme tension. He's a very experienced woodsman, but he misjudged the tension. He began a cut to release the tension, just as you did, near a standing tree that the cut tree was wedged against. As soon as he began the cut, the tree was under so much stress that it literally exploded! The chainsaw was forced back right into his gut, perforating some of his intestines! Ultimately, he was lifeflighted to the hospital where he had emergency surgery where a portion of his intestines had to be removed and then reattached. So yes, those situations are very dangerous and even the most experienced can misread them.
Excellent demonstration of knowing what you're doing on making that last cut on this video. Planning and figuring out the second and third order effects.... Stay safe.. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The ride out to Maple Grove was as beautiful as the scenes on post cards or calendar pictures. What a treat! Thank you for showing & sharing it. And let’s hear it for the helmet cam!!! From Central Texas y’all Have A Day!
Good morning Mike and Melissa, good video of Maple Grove. Really a nice place for photo shoots!! Lots of good wood around there to be harvested for many uses. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.
Good job Mike. Lots of opportunity to get hurt outdoors. Stay safe. That was a great lesson for all. Sometimes it is very difficult to see where the stress lies.
Mike - That last cut was pretty scary. Thanks for sharing your knowledge about working with a chain saw in that kind of situation. You have learned a lot over the years, and now get an opportunity to share your knowledge with rookies to perhaps save someone else from injury. Great shots from the side by side. Am wondering if that camera doesn't have a bit of anti-shake built into it. It is certainly smooth, and I understand why you like it so much. Blessings to you, Melissa, and the family. Hi Hunter - take care sir.
I've cut a thousand trees and always get scared when I encounter those situations, seen some crazy reactions when you start or finish a cut . Good for you Mike to be so cautious.
So many ferns in one place at the top of a hill. My experience tells e it is swampy but it couldn't be because of where it is. I could get lost and be right at home on your property. Mike as usual you averted a tragedy with that old red oak. The "chipper chic" has more chips to make. Thank you for sharing your video with us. Hello Hunter. Ed
Outdoors With The Morgans you got her down safe I’d say you did just fine! When a tree gets threaded like that it can be awful tricky at times well done👍
After watching the video the sudden urge came over me to watch East Coast vs West Coast ...again. Even after watching it several times I still crack up when I see the water bottle hit the ground in slow motion. I have enjoyed that video.
Guys...if you were to come to North Carolina....browse through the bushes like that...you'd be itching and covered in little biting critters! We avoid tall grass at all costs lol....chiggers and ticks and "grass mites" will eat ya alive! #stoneyridgefarmer
LOVED the ferns❣️ took me back to being a kid in the woods! I really appreciate the video content taking my thoughts away from world happenings... love you guys from Marcus in Chesapeake VA.
Like the ferns also. When in my woods I side step around them, but do eat the fiddle heads when first emerging in spring. We also use young basswood leave, cattail root an leeks to make a salad, and garnish it with trilliums flowers.
Mike, thanks for all the great videos! Let me start out by saying I am not a guy that goes around preaching safety but we all have family’s etc... You work in the woods a lot by yourself with chainsaws, tractors and the list goes on. Have you thought about maybe getting some radios or does Melissa check on you periodically? Just kinda of a thought. Stay safe!
Hello to my youtube friends Mike and Melissa and of course the rest of the Morgan Clan . I cant make any promises but I was at my local Cub cadet and kuboto dealer and I saw Something i know Mike and especially Melissa would enjoy so . If I can I am going to get it and try and send it to you guys. Will see So for Now Stay Safe stay happy and thank you Morgans
Ann says, "You're in the right place at the right time MIke." While you had the camera pointing out the lean of the tree you dropped, I thought that I saw at least three other standing dead trees that could be taken down in that area. Nice work, Great video, thumbs up.
Actually a bad call on cutting the oak. He should have cut the leaner first. Always clear a path for those big trees to fall. Where the oak slammed into the maple will cause a bruise on the maple and the bark will fall of that area and expose the sap wood to insects. Who says that, I says that and is a guy who has been cutting wood for 50 years. Motor Mike was in diapers then.
OMG I know your sister!! I live in Vegas and she does a lot of work for us photographing our celebrities and performers. I am now totally seeing the resemblance.
That whole situation with the hung up tree could have been prevented by cutting down the snag before you cut the tree. You acknowledged that you were aiming at it and thought it would break but didn’t, causing at least two hazards. One when the original tree fell the butt end kicked up, luckily away from you. The second was wedging it against the maple. A minute to walk over and drop the snag would have made the whole job safer. Unless you were trying to set up a less than ideal situation for demonstration purposes, then brilliant!! Keep safe!
Accidents usually don't happen after just one mistake. It's possible, but much more common is chain or sequence of mistakes. It's great to see pointed out in the video the hazard of the tree under tension, as well as the comments suggesting a comprehensive first aid plan, including the wisdom of having a second person around as often as possible. But... This whole thing started when you decided to leave the snag in the intended fall path. That was a *huge* mistake, and it bears at least mentioning, if not emphasizing as the first link in the chain of mistakes that can lead to injury. Fortunately, that mistake led to a correctable situation *and* you understood well enough how to recognize and correct it. But will you the next time? We sure hope so! But don't leave it to chance...clear the fall path first and avoid getting yourself into the situation in the first place. (And while you avoided injury to yourself, one of the trees suffered unnecessarily...it'll take that maple (?) a fair amount of time to recover from the bark being scraped off, and it'll likely never be quite as strong as it could have been. That smaller sapling, I can't tell from the video...maybe it was doomed regardless, but the larger tree that got injured could've been spared the trauma for sure.)
Loved today's video - I can see why you like to stay on your property. I do wish you went a little slower on the video so we could really appreciate the beauty of the forest trails
Still waiting to see Motor Mikes Mum come out and drive the baby kabota! That would be cool. I would guess that a wood processor would show up some day.
Chuck- I agree, if it were me and I cut down trees on regular basis I would buy an older excavator unit with feller buncher attachment. Much safer especially if you're the bread winner of the family.
we were at a scout camp near you I think it is called Sinoquipe (?) and the Ranger that lived there had us helping get some projects done and he got all busted up doing the same thing you just avoided he was layed up for months
Mike, good heads up on thinking that out. Saved yourself an injury. I could tell that you didn't know the magnitude of that energy until after. You looked a little unnerved at the end if the video.
Greetings from Central Mo. sitting on screened porch listening to the birds in background for OWTM. When I saw your fern patch, I thought of the animated dinosaur cartoon with the place called Ferngully. We don’t get such expanses of ferns like that here, so it looks really exotic to me. Pretty place. Thanks for the suggestion about 1080 and the focus. I usually watch on smartphone, but I’ll check on the TV for that focus.
Interesting in checking settings, the TV says the video is max 720p. The TV is 1080p. The settings were auto, and were degrading it to 480 for some reason. Setting to the max made it MUCH better. Way more crisp. However, the fast motion still had trouble handling the compression algorithm, just not as bad as before. Thanks.
Mike watch the tops of dead trees the vibs the saw makes sometimes will cause the dead limbs to just fall off and you will not know they are coming for you
My work theory... Every tree wants to kill you. I fell some trees last weekend, the homeowner just wanted them felled and they would cut them up. As I dropped them I cut any spring poles created and any part of the trees with stored energy so they wouldn't have to deal with that. My last cut I didn't get my saw out in time and it bent my new bar and chain. :( The homeowner felt bad and I told them it was my fault and all part of the game. Tuesday a new bar and chain arrived from Amazon, that was a great tip from an appreciative customer.
How are your woods so clear and open? Beautiful. Ours are like a jungle (SE Michigan) immediately off the edge of the trail. Is there something you do to manage for this? So jealous!
Everyone please think your cuts through before you make them. Cutting a tree from the path of it's energy release can be deadly. Please stay safe. Have a day:)
Enjoyed the video and safety lesson. But... you had that lovely tractor with a handy gripper that could have pulled the tree back off the one it was hung up on enough to cut off a few pieces. Then you could have relieved the energy slowly with the tractor.
richard here - incognito. with as much stored energy that was in that tree the poor tractor would most likely have been catapulted back a few feet. It may have some weight to it but it sits on only a few square inches of slippery ground. It would be like being rear ended while at a stop light - BIG OUCH!
Richard, I understand what you’re saying. I still would pull on it and if it came off the tree then I would feel safe to cut it off. I don’t have a tractor so I us a cumalong and chains.
Glad you know your physics. Otherwise video #797 might have been your last. Say, is that an ORANGE skidding winch I see on the Kubota? Guess you don't need that Wallenstein anymore. I'd be happy to store it for you and run it now and then to keep it in working order ;)
Mike great video. We are in middle georgia and it was 90 degrees today. Thanks for being safe. I really never like working a chainsaw in the woods by myself. Thanks for the video and always enjoy the beautiful country. God does an awesome job with green
Oh my Goodness! Look at all the ferns! We have those growing wild too here in Owen County Indiana. Really beautiful. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
Great video, Mike....wish I had seen it 30 years ago when I was cutting up a tree about twice the size of the one you faced. I was unaware of the tension on it and I was on the wrong side and It was about 4 feet off the ground when I cut through it. It sprang towards me so quickly and pinned me under it on top of my left leg. I could not get myself out from under it and finally my wife heard my yells for help. She called the fire department. They finally cut this large tree off of me. My left leg had 3 compound open fractures of the tibia and fibula. Two surgeries, a rod inserted in my tibia and numerous plates and screws later, I healed and was playing singles tennis 5 months later. I was very fortunate my wife heard my shouting or I would have perished due to the blood loss I was experiencing. Your video will prevent numerous serious injuries I am sure. Thank you.
Hey Mike! I know you always like saying..."I'm no expert".... but I've been watching your videos from the start, and you don't give yourself credit for your knowledge and what you teach. You explained exactly what would happen...and then demonstrated it! I personally haven't seen anything like that, so count me as one of those learners today! You and the family do a tremendous job with these videos and I appreciate it!!
I was raised in Wheeling, WV, not too far from you all. The scenery and topography of your homestead is very familiar. Thanks for the memories.
Hey I live in Vegas, been here since ‘83, born and raised Rochester NY.
Break them green trails in!!! Used to cut wood in Upstate NY, could do that all day long, very satisfying to watch as well. Great safe work Mike.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You’re so lucky. Those woods are a little bit of paradise.
Smart work, stay safe. It pays to be patient and think thru everything you do. You respect the hazards around you and you demonstrate smart work.
Man!!! You need some quads and some racing trails. Since Truck Night In America is no longer on TV, you need to make your own courses and do it with quads. :)
Back on November 1 I made a cut like that with the tree in the grip of the backhoe thumb. Well I was on the wrong side of the pressure and blew apart 3 ligaments in my left knee. After a lengthy surgery and months of therapy I am back to 95% but will always have the pain reminding me of the dangers of cutting logs under pressure. Stay safe.
Beautiful furns, Mike. Please have Melissa with you while dropping and bucking tree's. Her smile, headed to the E.R. will be priceless... be careful,
I cut down trees for 22 years until a stroke retired me. Made me think of safety, which in turn made me think of first aid kits. Do you have one with you, on your tractor? Do you carry a tourniquet? Blood expanders? If you dont, you probably should as it appears you work alone alot. Perhaps a future video idea. Please consider keeping a few first aid items with you, you cant always make it back to your rig! Anyways, keep up the great videos. Have a blessed day
A really most excellent suggestion. Makes me think perhaps I should put a kit in my garden shed. Thank you very much. Have a blessed day. ⛺🤠🌱🕊🙏🖖
Mary, how far is the garden shed from your house? The good thing about working alone in the woods is you will not hurt someone else. I find it more distracting to have someone else in the woods with me . This day and age with cell phones, help is instantly on its way.
The best first aid kit in a chainsaw accident is another person. 2nd best most definitely includes some sort of clotting agent.
Real Airplane only if you are conscious and don’t bleed out before you awake if you awake
Rockie, I guess I am comfortable with being alone since I have been doing it since 1976. I cut mostly in the winter and survey everything quite well before cutting.
Nice job showing us less experienced tree cutters what to look out for. Thanks Mike and keep up the good work.
Nice job felling that red oak Mike! I like the way you think things through.
Mike,
Good example of what to watch for and be safe. It’s amazing how many people on UA-cam do crazy things that can get people killed. Thank you for pointing out to everyone what to watch out for and providing examples.
Mike, as I watched your video #798, I felt compelled to comment. I know you keep saying "this is just how I do it" but I really think any "weekend Warrior" should get some training if they are going to use a chainsaw. I highly recommend a training called "Game of logging".
I took it at the suggestion of a forester volunteer who helped me plan how to improve my property. At first I thought I knew pretty well how to fell a tree because I had been doing it for over 25 years at that point, but I signed up for courses 1 and 2. Back then (in 2004) I paid $90 for each day. Each was a 1 day hands on course and in the 2 days I learned far more about safety cutting a tree down safely than I had learned in my 25+ years experience.
Point I'm trying to get to is not the oak you cut while under tension, but rather the spring pole you cut. The spring pole was the sapling that got pushed to the ground with a huge amount of tension in it. You did not get hurt, but doing it the way you did, could have gotten hurt real bad. The game of logging will teach you how to relieve the tension safely.
I think, being so popular on you tube as you are gives you some responsibility to use the safest methods to cut trees because people are watching how you do it, and use that as a how to do it, even though you say you are not an expert.
I'm not trying to find fault, just trying to help.
By the way, most insurance companies require courses 1-4 for professional loggers before they will carry Workman's comp for the logging company. I only took 1 and 2 and the instructor said 3 and 4 were mainly for the pros. It covered log skidders and such.
I watch every episode you post, keep up the good work!
Dave Klish
Oneida, NY
about 1 hr south of Boonville
Greetings from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Have a blessed day! 🕊🙏🖖👍
Maple grove and all those ferns looks very peaceful. Excellent lesson with the wedged tree! Would be interesting to know how much potential force there was but for sure a pretty large amount. We all work by ourselves but need to have a plan B. Have a day.
As a Timber Faller of over 40 years, I was holding my breath, for you to make the Correct decision, as to how to cut that dangerous tree...Im so relieved to see that you are a Thinking man, Safety being job one, Im sure your Beautiful wife would completely agree. And the other mans suggestion, on keeping a Emergency kit with out, Very Wise Suggestion. Have A Safe Day.
WOW !!! Glad you know your stuff , that could have been Bad !!! Hello to Hunter !!!
WOW!!! That was some "let go" when you cut that tree loose! THANK YOU for posting this, Mike. It was a real eye-opener for things to look for when out in the woods.
Mike,
Thanks for showing how to cut that tree under tension. I got a rude awakening two years ago cutting one of these on the wrong side. I had no idea that it was under any tension. Luckily it only sprung a foot or so but I ended up on my back ten feet backward with saw staying next to the cut I made. Maybe you should make a separate video just showing the danger! Great job as always!!
Good video again. Nice nod to the camera. Thank you for sharing your day.
Mike, glad you are safe. You are absolutely right, that stored energy can sometimes pack wallop. I am always glad when a tree is on the ground also. Stay safe, not just from the virus.
Nice video Mike! Nice work cutting down that tree and staying safe about it!
Good call Mike! We were active with the National Forestry Service years ago and had a well-experienced field guy misread a tree and was launched by it - and ended up with multiple fractures.
Several years ago, a good friend of mine cut a tree that ended up in a situation like that, under extreme tension. He's a very experienced woodsman, but he misjudged the tension. He began a cut to release the tension, just as you did, near a standing tree that the cut tree was wedged against. As soon as he began the cut, the tree was under so much stress that it literally exploded! The chainsaw was forced back right into his gut, perforating some of his intestines! Ultimately, he was lifeflighted to the hospital where he had emergency surgery where a portion of his intestines had to be removed and then reattached. So yes, those situations are very dangerous and even the most experienced can misread them.
Good video on the dangers of cutting hung up trees or trees under pressure! God Bless You Mike and all Your Family.👍
Excellent demonstration of knowing what you're doing on making that last cut on this video. Planning and figuring out the second and third order effects.... Stay safe.. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great video. Very educational. So much energy in that tree. Thanks for showing it. Be safe.
Glad you dropped that without getting hurt. Nice job.
The ride out to Maple Grove was as beautiful as the scenes on post cards or calendar pictures. What a treat! Thank you for showing & sharing it. And let’s hear it for the helmet cam!!!
From Central Texas y’all Have A Day!
Thanks for the ride to the grove. The ferns are SO lovely! Nice break for a hot morning.
Good morning Mike and Melissa, good video of Maple Grove. Really a nice place for photo shoots!! Lots of good wood around there to be harvested for many uses. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.
Good job Mike. Lots of opportunity to get hurt outdoors. Stay safe. That was a great lesson for all. Sometimes it is very difficult to see where the stress lies.
Very nice Mike. Lots of less experienced people may not have foreseen the obvious danger in cutting off that Oak.
Mike - That last cut was pretty scary. Thanks for sharing your knowledge about working with a chain saw in that kind of situation. You have learned a lot over the years, and now get an opportunity to share your knowledge with rookies to perhaps save someone else from injury. Great shots from the side by side. Am wondering if that camera doesn't have a bit of anti-shake built into it. It is certainly smooth, and I understand why you like it so much. Blessings to you, Melissa, and the family. Hi Hunter - take care sir.
I've cut a thousand trees and always get scared when I encounter those situations, seen some crazy reactions when you start or finish a cut . Good for you Mike to be so cautious.
Good job on that Hand. Always stay on the safe side.
Wow! Physics come into play sometimes when cutting trees. Interesting!!
Beautiful at the maple grove with all the ferns. Hope you checked for ticks.
So many ferns in one place at the top of a hill. My experience tells e it is swampy but it couldn't be because of where it is. I could get lost and be right at home on your property. Mike as usual you averted a tragedy with that old red oak. The "chipper chic" has more chips to make. Thank you for sharing your video with us. Hello Hunter. Ed
I often say dealing with the tree once it’s down can often be more dangerous than falling it, this video here is a prime example👍
What are your thoughts on this one? Anything I should have done different?
Outdoors With The Morgans you got her down safe I’d say you did just fine! When a tree gets threaded like that it can be awful tricky at times well done👍
After watching the video the sudden urge came over me to watch East Coast vs West Coast ...again. Even after watching it several times I still crack up when I see the water bottle hit the ground in slow motion. I have enjoyed that video.
Guys...if you were to come to North Carolina....browse through the bushes like that...you'd be itching and covered in little biting critters! We avoid tall grass at all costs lol....chiggers and ticks and "grass mites" will eat ya alive! #stoneyridgefarmer
Same in Western Ozarks. Almost makes me cringe watching!
LOVED the ferns❣️ took me back to being a kid in the woods! I really appreciate the video content taking my thoughts away from world happenings... love you guys from Marcus in Chesapeake VA.
Like the ferns also. When in my woods I side step around them, but do eat the fiddle heads when first emerging in spring. We also use young basswood leave, cattail root an leeks to make a salad, and garnish it with trilliums flowers.
Mike, thanks for all the great videos! Let me start out by saying I am not a guy that goes around preaching safety but we all have family’s etc... You work in the woods a lot by yourself with chainsaws, tractors and the list goes on. Have you thought about maybe getting some radios or does Melissa check on you periodically? Just kinda of a thought. Stay safe!
Great move Mike, like the way you work through that cut, great video God bless you and your family
Mike, excellent work, knowledge and demonstration. Stay safe. Have a productive day.
Wow Mike you have a great eye for where those trees are going to go when you cut them down. Well done. 👍
Happy you took the time to think that one through before you cut it!
Hello to my youtube friends Mike and Melissa and of course the rest of the Morgan Clan . I cant make any promises but I was at my local Cub cadet and kuboto dealer and I saw Something i know Mike and especially Melissa would enjoy so . If I can I am going to get it and try and send it to you guys. Will see So for Now Stay Safe stay happy and thank you Morgans
Ann says, "You're in the right place at the right time MIke." While you had the camera pointing out the lean of the tree you dropped, I thought that I saw at least three other standing dead trees that could be taken down in that area. Nice work, Great video, thumbs up.
Enjoy the nice weather, it’s in the 90’s on the MS coast🥵
Beautiful forest. Thankyou for showing
nice cut on that tree it pad to be safe god bless you& all hi hunter
Nice call and clean fall on the oak, especially nice call on the springboard Widowmaker. That would have left a mark!
Actually a bad call on cutting the oak. He should have cut the leaner first. Always clear a path for those big trees to fall. Where the oak slammed into the maple will cause a bruise on the maple and the bark will fall of that area and expose the sap wood to insects. Who says that, I says that and is a guy who has been cutting wood for 50 years. Motor Mike was in diapers then.
OMG I know your sister!! I live in Vegas and she does a lot of work for us photographing our celebrities and performers. I am now totally seeing the resemblance.
Glad you are ok. Don’t want to see Mike Morgan get hurt.
Good morning Mike and Melissa. Have a fantastic day. God bless.
Y'all got some beautiful land. Plus yeah dang that tree could really hurt ya if you didn't know what you were doing...that was a lot of force...wow.
Way to be smart while cutting wood!!👍👊
Good call on that last cut mike.pays to take the time to think about it and do it safe as possible 👍
You are blessed to have such beauty where you live!
That whole situation with the hung up tree could have been prevented by cutting down the snag before you cut the tree. You acknowledged that you were aiming at it and thought it would break but didn’t, causing at least two hazards. One when the original tree fell the butt end kicked up, luckily away from you. The second was wedging it against the maple. A minute to walk over and drop the snag would have made the whole job safer.
Unless you were trying to set up a less than ideal situation for demonstration purposes, then brilliant!! Keep safe!
Great way to start my morning Mike and Melissa. Thank you for sharing and motivating.
Accidents usually don't happen after just one mistake. It's possible, but much more common is chain or sequence of mistakes.
It's great to see pointed out in the video the hazard of the tree under tension, as well as the comments suggesting a comprehensive first aid plan, including the wisdom of having a second person around as often as possible. But...
This whole thing started when you decided to leave the snag in the intended fall path. That was a *huge* mistake, and it bears at least mentioning, if not emphasizing as the first link in the chain of mistakes that can lead to injury.
Fortunately, that mistake led to a correctable situation *and* you understood well enough how to recognize and correct it. But will you the next time? We sure hope so! But don't leave it to chance...clear the fall path first and avoid getting yourself into the situation in the first place.
(And while you avoided injury to yourself, one of the trees suffered unnecessarily...it'll take that maple (?) a fair amount of time to recover from the bark being scraped off, and it'll likely never be quite as strong as it could have been. That smaller sapling, I can't tell from the video...maybe it was doomed regardless, but the larger tree that got injured could've been spared the trauma for sure.)
Good read Mike on that tricky last cut. Stay safe.
Loved today's video - I can see why you like to stay on your property. I do wish you went a little slower on the video so we could really appreciate the beauty of the forest trails
I agree on going slower, it takes me back when I would get car sick. Most youtube people go too fast. In this case, less is best!
Still waiting to see Motor Mikes Mum come out and drive the baby kabota! That would be cool. I would guess that a wood processor would show up some day.
Hey you all lov what you are doing
Good job. Good eye Mike. Time to bring out the little dump trailer for all that wood
Mike.....I like how you preserved the Mayapples at the base of the 🌲!!! You are truly "Gentle Ben"!
Great video, glad you thought that through
Good call on the loaded tree.
Now that I got my fix of OWTM I can go outside and start cutting up my softwood log pile. I can burn "junk" wood since I have an outdoor wood boiler.
That’s a widow maker! That’s why you keep your eyes up in the trees when your falling in dense areas...death from above
Chuck- I agree, if it were me and I cut down trees on regular basis I would buy an older excavator unit with feller
buncher attachment. Much safer especially if you're the bread winner of the family.
I’m glad you looked it over good before cutting the tree. I suppose you could have used the tractor grapple to stop it if you wanted to.
And that my friend is why you should never be in the woods working alone
Mike should use that 362 size saw more power for cutting them down always need a saw with the hp for chopping
Love Maple Grove, thanks for the tour
Great video and lesson on safety. Thank you Mike!
Another great time in the woods. Just having another day 😁
Worked with a guy on the railroad that found out the hard way about stored energy with a bent rail after a derailment.
YIKES!!
we were at a scout camp near you I think it is called Sinoquipe (?) and the Ranger that lived there had us helping get some projects done and he got all busted up doing the same thing you just avoided he was layed up for months
Oh yeah, almost forgot! Thanks for explaining about the camera and stabilization!
Great information about assessing the cuts. Thanks for sharing.
Mike, good heads up on thinking that out. Saved yourself an injury. I could tell that you didn't know the magnitude of that energy until after. You looked a little unnerved at the end if the video.
Greetings from Central Mo. sitting on screened porch listening to the birds in background for OWTM. When I saw your fern patch, I thought of the animated dinosaur cartoon with the place called Ferngully. We don’t get such expanses of ferns like that here, so it looks really exotic to me. Pretty place. Thanks for the suggestion about 1080 and the focus. I usually watch on smartphone, but I’ll check on the TV for that focus.
Interesting in checking settings, the TV says the video is max 720p. The TV is 1080p. The settings were auto, and were degrading it to 480 for some reason. Setting to the max made it MUCH better. Way more crisp. However, the fast motion still had trouble handling the compression algorithm, just not as bad as before. Thanks.
Mike watch the tops of dead trees the vibs the saw makes sometimes will cause the dead limbs to just fall off and you will not know they are coming for you
Wow. Nice prep. Got to be thinking.
My work theory... Every tree wants to kill you. I fell some trees last weekend, the homeowner just wanted them felled and they would cut them up. As I dropped them I cut any spring poles created and any part of the trees with stored energy so they wouldn't have to deal with that. My last cut I didn't get my saw out in time and it bent my new bar and chain. :( The homeowner felt bad and I told them it was my fault and all part of the game. Tuesday a new bar and chain arrived from Amazon, that was a great tip from an appreciative customer.
How are your woods so clear and open? Beautiful. Ours are like a jungle (SE Michigan) immediately off the edge of the trail. Is there something you do to manage for this? So jealous!
Hello from Sardis City, Alabama. Smart thinking on your part! Nice place yall have. Yall have a great day!
Way to go Melissa!! Send some of that cool weather to Atlanta!!❤️❤️
Everyone please think your cuts through before you make them. Cutting a tree from the path of it's energy release can be deadly. Please stay safe. Have a day:)
That was impressive, didn’t think it would spring that far
Great tree cutting lesson Mike! Love the green scenery as well.
Thank you for the content!!! So much entertainment! The ferns were beautiful. Are you going to cut the snag down when you go back?
Enjoyed the video and safety lesson. But... you had that lovely tractor with a handy gripper that could have pulled the tree back off the one it was hung up on enough to cut off a few pieces. Then you could have relieved the energy slowly with the tractor.
richard here - incognito. with as much stored energy that was in that tree the poor tractor would most likely have been catapulted back a few feet. It may have some weight to it but it sits on only a few square inches of slippery ground. It would be like being rear ended while at a stop light - BIG OUCH!
Richard, I understand what you’re saying. I still would pull on it and if it came off the tree then I would feel safe to cut it off. I don’t have a tractor so I us a cumalong and chains.
Glad you know your physics. Otherwise video #797 might have been your last.
Say, is that an ORANGE skidding winch I see on the Kubota? Guess you don't need that Wallenstein anymore. I'd be happy to store it for you and run it now and then to keep it in working order ;)