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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- I was asked to look at this tree the previous week and agreed to work on it. Then, it failed! Big time! This could have been really bad. I can only imagine if one of us had been up in the tree when it exploded!
This is a good video that we are showing from two different perspectives. Hope you enjoy this.
10:52 'Holy shit, the whole thing moved.'
replay, replay, replay...
Your son is amazing, superb.
You too, of course.
James Fox scared him big time!
Indeed! Sometimes difficult to tell which is whom by voice alone when both wearing their kit!
James Fox thanks
Colin Gantiglew I truly enjoy working with my son. Rare in the world we live in to have family working together. A blessing.
Wow very sketchy great job
As NHLocal would say, "stay safe, check yourself, get home safe, never get complacent".
Glad the job went well and you all got away safe and sound. Got to admit, my toes curled when you started cutting cables!
Me too but I can’t show my son that I’m nervous!
Personally I think those folks are playing with fire keeping that tree. It's an accident waiting to happen.
Nice job on the clean up.
Thanks for the video.
Duncan Mac it’s gone
I think the scariest part for me would be the cables when up in the tree. If they break and whip into you they end you for sure. Great job slowly and methodically taking it down to unlock that jigsaw puzzle!
Justin McNulty that was on our mind as well. Key was lots of little cuts reducing strain as we go.
I'd like to see a short piece on the knots, rope and the thought process you guys use to safely bring down a tree. Great series.
photoguyroger that’s not a short piece. One could do a long video on the use of a single knot. Why I use it, why he doesn’t, why it’s easy or safest or convenient, or how much weight, or how easy it is to untie etc--
would take years to explain bro
The more I watch your videos of cabled trees, the more I believe that most trees shouldn't be cabled. If they get to a point where cables are needed to support the tree, it's time to remove large branches or the whole tree. Of course there would be some cases where it would be ok, but not as much as is customary.
In a previous video I have seen from Mr. Glen, he states that he does not like cabling trees because of the failures that will happen as a result of the cables and aging tree. One never knows how it will fail in the future.
@@lourias I believe you're correct.
I wonder if cables are worthwhile long term. They seemed to cause real problems here with regards to loading and stress points. Kudos for showing that saw jam,we all do it from time to time.
Hedge hog I show mistakes because we all learn from them. Nobody is perfect but we strive to do better. Thanks
Another awesome video. Glad to see no one hurt!
Amazing job balancing that large limb to lower it in a controlled way. A less experienced person might have had a much harder time of predicting how it would go. Thanks for sharing, the gopro is a nice view. Charles
465maltbie this was a complicated job to figure out. Good thing that I like puzzles!
Additional video credit on this one to my son Kalen Glenn. Great use of the GoPro and editing. All of the GoPro clips are edited by Kalen and inserted by me into my edit. Truly a full father son project!
"Churchbells and Chainsaws" sounds like a good title for a novel or TV episode.
pneumatic00 write the script! I love it! A story about a confused tree worker and his lack of faith coming together from a life changing experience. Then there’s the girl! Always a girl😊👍🏻
@@arboristBlairGlenn A quiet but gritty Alaskan town is rocked by the shotgun marriage between the daughter of a wealthy timber magnate and Bruce, a roustabout lumberjack. Forced from the opulent home in which she was raised, the would-be debutante nevertheless takes up homestead with the logger on a piece of remote land reluctantly given them by the lumber magnate as a dowry. Only a few years later, the two of them have forged a new life of self-sufficiency when one day, Bruce discovers a massive gold vein on their property; which yields enough gold for Bruce to buy out and furnish a generous stipend to the magnate, whose business has been since been bankrupted by a radical change in long established spotted-owl nesting patterns brought on by global warming.
The former magnate now not only accepts Bruce and becomes eternally grateful to his generous son in law. Until one day, a charging moose kills Bruce's wife. Bruce's sluice truce marred by moose.
pneumatic00 good sense of humor!👍🏻
@@arboristBlairGlenn would you believe it? ua-cam.com/video/Tpy6MRtyL7s/v-deo.html
Even considering the importance of the tree, would it not be wiser and safer to remove it completely? Not much of a sanctuary if individuals end up wearing it. Scary work. You gentlemen really earn your money.
John Asumaa I cant make that decision. If they are indeed too afraid if the tree, it will go away. However, if they choose to keep it, I need to make it as safe as possible
Not sure cables should be in a tree at all. If the tree is not able to support itself, it is hazardous until it is on the ground. This is not aimed at you, Blair, just an opinion.
Tough job! Way to man up. It's going to be a long exploding oak season I fear. Years of drought followed by copious rain is the perfect recipe to reveal weaknesses. Just had a sixteen inch main scaffold limb squash a fence, the corner of a shed, and swiped a ten inch limb off its neighbor.
Trees lose limbs & have structural failures, it happens all the time. Even in such high traffic areas as this church, even when trees fail, it is the exception that they seriously hurt someone. It is understandable to want to remove the tree, but it is premature to condemn this tree based on the information provided. That it is why I appreciate a very experienced arborist like Blair being involved to provide prudent insight into different courses of action in this situation. I hope the tree can be retained, it is always my preference. Good luck to this majestic darling. Clear root collars & strong tie-ins!
A third option might be to drop the tree- but leave the main trunk and about 1-2ft of branches standing.
Then comission a woodcarver/chainsaw artist to work some magic and turn the remains into a nice feature.
Wow. That is such an extremely dangerous failure. Those old trees with all the cables are just ticking time bombs
Great work and skilled crew .
I am glad they shout their communications frequently. They respect the input of others... they know and understand that their own safety is based on how they work as a team...
I also love how Mr. Blair is a working leader. He participates in the felling as much as the young guys.
Wuuuuuf. I had white knuckles during the whole video. Blair, that was a masterful piece of arborist's work.
Wow, very interesting.
Thanks for documenting the whole thing.
Would like to see a follow-up as to what you come up with.
We refer to something like this as a "Treemergency" in our town - in addition to our live oaks, lots of laurel and water oaks which don't weather hurricanes and strong storms as well. When they fail, they usually fail spectacularly.
Scott A. Len Treemendous!
Intricate puzzle to solve. More so because of the cabling. You sure need to have a keen eye to weight distributions and potential trigger points. Nice work. Nice to see your son working with you. Thanks for sharing.
Had ten years of working side by side with my son. I really wish I had that kind of time with my father. Hope he grows to recognize our time together as the real value.
Safety first. Good job y'all!
Best yet Blair! The inclusion of the GoPro footage added a new dimension to your videos. When you combine drone, GoPro and your nice camera, that'll be a cool video. A brickbat, though - the tail-out was way too loud.
Mike Jowsey think I was tired at that point and pushed send
Great Video ! Well done Sir . Big risk. I would cover myself and put your recommendations in writing . Swift action required before the space can be used again in safety
boyse69 meeting with them tomorrow to fully explain the risks as well as the options for what is next.
It took a trained eye and quite a bit of luck to get that mess dealt with. This job really demonstrated the skilled teamwork and communication you guys have developed over the years. ~ This explosive failure clearly shows that having people congregate under this tree has been a very bad idea for decades. To continue to do so is extremely unwise. If this tree was out in a field, I’d say maybe try to save it . Where it is , it best come down. ~ I feel the same way about go pro ‘fisheye ‘ effect, but the clips that you included herein did add nicely to the video.
Again, wow! I like to consider myself pretty handy with trees, but this was scary to watch. Be safe and discerning out there guys. God bless
Thanks Trey, yeah, took some thinking
That was scary stuff. You did a great job.
Thanks, slept well that night!
@@arboristBlairGlenn I bet it's mentally fatiguing as well as physcially demanding. Hope you were able to manged the adrenaline okay. Fight or flight response isn't readily appropriate when perched up in a tree.
gorillaau I often have sleepless nights.
@@arboristBlairGlenn Hopefully you got a better night sleep the following nights. Trying to operate on a longer term sleep deficient isn't safe. Take care.
There seems to be a chicken and the egg thing happens here. You want your best climber up there for the precarious jobs, but need to get the others upskilled with the experience to be able to do the precarious jobs.
Full respect to you and your crew.
Everyone loves big old trees because of their size and beauty. From your standpoint as an Arborist is it better to down the tree instead of attaching cables all over it? Or just remove the failing branches? Excellent job and video presentation. Thank you for making this available for all to see.
Every situation is different. The tree decision must be based on a good inspection.
@@arboristBlairGlenn thank you.
Pucker level 100 ! I totally thought this was that other cable nightmare you had on the house. someone made a lot of money cabling.
I really loved the Go-Pro vision in this video!
Reminds me of the game “pick up sticks”, pull the wrong one and the whole thing comes tumbling down.
Patrick...Yep, this 67 year "young" man remembers playing pick up sticks with the girls back in elementary school.
Or ker-plonk... a dozen or so marbles held up by plastic skewers, the person who drops the least nunber of marbles wins.
Love your videos! GREAT work
nathaniel peters thank you
It seems to be that cables just prolong the inevitable. They should probably only be used to allow you time to organise the safe removal of the tree.
reminds me of a game of Kerplunk. But with terrifying results it you loose.
Wow...........what a nightmare of dangerous entanglements. Those cables alone, were nerve wracking. High stress job right there, for sure.
Please consider a video on signs that should mean it is time to call in a pro. From watching your vids I learned a lot. I would love to be able to send a single vid by a PRO to friends whose trees worry me.
Forgive this second request, I could not find my first comment.
Alan L. Simmons symptoms and evidence is a guessing game in a lot of trees. How deep is the decay? How heave is too heavy for the species? Is there hidden fungus or insect infestation? Has there been past construction damage such as trenching. Is it a species that is prone to rapid decay? And the list goes on and on. So there really isn’t a clear “spot the problem” process. So many variables.
That was what I'd call a real bastard of a job. Whoever put all those cable braces in must have thought they were doing a good thing, but in the long run, they probably caused more problems than they solved. Certainly gave you lot a massive puzzle to figure out. You did it extremely well. Pity we don't get to see the finished result - saving that tree in any kind of attractive & safe shape was a tall order.
Sadly, the school parents at the church, insisted that the dangerous tree be removed. So much for the “outdoor sanctuary”. (As it was called) fear always wins. I could have made it safe and I told them so.
Great videos man! Haha yes I agree 100% about the strange gopro video look,it appears like a video shot three a jam jar lol
Google User thank you. Hope you enjoy my other videos as well.
If you love a tree build a deck around it so that it can't get water to its root system.
TheDisorderly1 in fairness, the wooden deck does drain through quite nicely
By no means am I trained in arboring...
Did you folks narrow the canopy of this tree so that there would not be as much stress on the trunk from the lower thick branches?
It appears to me, that when the upper branch failed, there are more unbalanced stresses on the trunk, making he overall integrity of the trunk more vulnerable.
I understand the temptation to cable some trees, but if a limb can't support itself maybe it's better to just cut it off.
Awesome video brother
Just used that to learn a running bowlin.
Paul Treiber you’re welcome:)
@@Karodrinker would love to see more knots also liked the POV camera work
At this point I think we should just make giant plastic trees with metal skeleton.
I am glad you, your son and crew is safe. Zen work puzzle! Love the Blakes rope work. You might want to share with folks when it is safer to not use positioning lanyard when climber is making a cut and is on one climbing rope. Your scenario is one of them. Best regards
Erlend Greulich Frontier Big Wood Climber I have not seen your comments before. Hope you enjoy my channel.
I do not comment often but I have on your channel. Enjoy your perspective. For instance I commented when your son I believe was looking at Gecko spurs. My background is plant physiology training in undergraduate and graduate school, working with trees since 1979/80. Had rock climbing as my foundation for climbing in trees. Still climb trees today for a living - now however have my own company. Kind regards
Erlend Greulich Frontier Big Wood Climber 👍🏻👍🏻 here’s me in 1972
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Talking about risk management and work safety is much needed and this tree collapse would be a challenge for any seasoned tree worker! However, I'm surprised seeing the one-handed chainsaw technique, cut-and-holds, and stopped watching after seeing it being used all the time. I hope only tree limbs were cut.
“Jenga” in reverse !
Although seldom needed, please run a figure 8 stopper knot.
Jon Ford on the end of the rope for long raps is a good idea
Astronauts flying to the Moon lost less total sweat to worry than you and your climbing crew skillfully managing this shattered octopus of a tree.
Great idea for a new mobile educational app for professional arborist interested in learning all about tree weight physics. Of course this trees situation would make it on the extreme app version.
BG thank God you didn't have to learn through "What not to do's." You'd make a great U.S. president making best responsible decisions.
CONCERTMANchicago President? Well that’s for a job I would never want. I have too much integrity to swing that one😊
I like ur dodge bucket pickup truck that's really neat truck
john Hildebrand it is a sweet rig that fits nicely under branches and tight areas.
Great video Blair. Thanks!
Hes worried about falling but there's a lot of slack in his climb why it should be tight in case he does fall or the piece gives
b r the angle of the rope was too steep. The best he could do in a slip is to lean back on the rope. He also do not want to be in the fall zone.
I am happy the bees were kind
Niki Canotas turned out to be a very small hive. You still doing the bees in Campbell?
Yes
We need wood chips in the apiary to cut down weeds
Niki Canotas I will be there soon to spread chips. I can bring some over to the hive area
That tree should never be left standing. It's a deadly hazard and time is not it's friend.
It’s gone
@@arboristBlairGlenn Folk just don't realize the problems they cause with indiscriminate pruning, cutting cabling, etc. A tree has a life span and there are indicators as to the health and survival of the tree. I'm not a fan of cabling a tree to keep it going.....no matter the beauty or history. Enjoy your videos. I live in TN now, but lived in capital district area and the Adirondacks for 55 years (snow/cold finally chased me out).
wow Blair watching footage of what I've done in the past make me really appreciate the caution i use daily really your videos Joe
Dangerous is an understatement.
Col Sinclair 👍🏻
The go-pro gives an added dimension to the videos.great job on removals. Did I see you making regular checks looking up for widow makers falling unannounced. Thanks for sharing.
ala montana you probably saw me looking (and listening), for any change.
Bad trees are a puzzle the Right peace and one at a time 👍
Greg Brown I did sleep well after it was done!
Nicely done!
Bradley Carrico Thanks. I slept well AFTER it was done!
Great job vary smooth.
Brent Ibeling thank you
amazing love these!
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Well that sure ruined the trees upper canopy. Looked decayed where it failed. At least it's still standing and hopefully safe enough to stay.
Edit: by the way I think your son did a great job. Very dangerous situation with a broken branch supported by cables.
obs ford diesels inc. I point out the issues and they decide.
Great job Blair! I bet that one cost alot ! 👊
Poplar Mechanic it’s for a church and my fees are very fair. Thanks, I appreciate your kind words.
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When you eventually (but sadly) get called back to take down the rest of the tree;
Leave the main trunk- they could commission an artist to turn it into a feature for the outside area.
Some of the wood could be carved into a rustic styled table and chairs.
In the meanwhile- would it be good advice to plant a new tree now? (giving it more time to grow in), or would it be too likely for the new one to be destroyed by the failure of the old?
Phoe Phoe no place (in that area), to plant another tree.
A few of us recognized that tree at that church from a previous video. I have been watching Blair Glenn for quite a while now, and it still looks odd to me to see trees with cables crossing back & forth among the branches. I understand the purpose and all that, but it just looks odd. Hey, I know...wrap the cables with artificial vines or something similar and they wouldn't be so obvious..LOL..!!
marbleman52 cables were over used in the past.
I find your autopsies very informative.
Vamos Lucas good
Brrrr 🥴, whit the liability claims in your country..... is “safe as possible” enough to keep you safe. This tree does goes in my opinion in the category; not if, but when!
Joop Terwijn I cant make the call just point out the facts
what is that ?
we don't see that up north here, looks like what they called a pepper tree in Fla. Subbed , good show man.
Quercus agrifolia , Coast Live Oak
@@arboristBlairGlenn wow so pin oak?
we called that in va
i do remember them now
snappy as hell
i do hazardous removals . im way behind u in tech though
Very tricky job.
WoodyJim thanks for commenting
My nerves were as tense as those wires. 😨
Then I painted a good picture of the situation!
A tough and scary job but an excellent video. What species of tree is this?
Quercia agrifolia (Coast Live Oak)
Thanks for commenting.
I wonder if the bees will know if/when the tree will fail..
Animals and insect behavior is an interesting topic that we humans are so ignorant to begin to understand. How do ants communicate? What is the language that termites use that enables them to build such complex systems of their community.
Sorry to say it. That tree has to go!
That is a amazing old tree. It's a shame that it lost that big ol section. How old do you guess that tree was/ is?
Joseph the diesel tree doctor not as old as one might think. My guess, 75
I like your videos. I often feel like they leave the viewer hanging though. Maybe consider describing the outcomes?
OzrikKnob on this tree, the church still has not made a decision so no outcome yet. Thanks for following my channel.
Blair
There should be a law preventing people from saving portions of a corrupt tree! These people should be charged with reckless endangerment. One of those branches could fall at any given time and kill someone. A Judge should legally charge them and then sentence them to psychiatric care for however long it takes to get the Tree Huger syndrome out of them!
Also, their insurance premiums should be escalated to the max! It's only when their wallets are affected, do they see the light of common sense.
Just, ...wow. We ALL stress how safety must be first, no high risk moves. Any competent climber that says they've never made any daredevil decisions is disingenuous. We've ALL taken unwise remedies that, literally, has to be done.
Michigan Mister true. Our line of work is potentially risky if you move too fast and don’t anticipate the potential problems. Many of the “What if’s”, are an understanding of a past experience. How many times has your intuition been about knowing that you have been here before?
@@arboristBlairGlenn, my intuition kept me from 0 major injuries, that, and the cats that actually cared that trained me/ they were my idols back then. but, there was the time that I...…………….OH! that time that......………………..
Michigan Mister too many close calls for me too
And Blair, when you're trained in groups actually staying in trailers out in the woods 6 days a week, you quickly learn who was going to make "boot camp", and who wasn't. Who was a likely example to get hurt, and who was overly cautious, scared of the job. The guy that couldn't learn a knot to save his life. For me it was a fascinating, life changing time. 19, full of myself, and ready to be a bad ass. I quickly learned it was time to grow up,...all thanks to a wiry little cat, around 45, named 'Eldon', that could climb a Redwood with the confidence of an Olympic star. I wanted to be like Eldon and Blair.
You can change the lens view on the go pro in settings
telioty thanks
oh no! sorry for commenting before watching most of the video but OH NO! we've seen this tree before! :(
well, glad to see she's gonna live to fight another day. Wow!
Poor tree. Looks so sick and full of fungal damage. They tried. Is there anything for treating trees from fungal diseases?
The Analyst not really. Fungus is nature’s way of putting everything back into the earth
awesome job as Always..:)
i would remove the tree..iam not very trusting from something above..:D
martin Spijker fear not the things that might happen but try to improve the things that will eventually happen. We are all going to die including the trees. We are just buying time.
Tree is now gone. We did not get the job.
Not my decision
At least on that one your removing weight the whole time so as you work the piece its getting more managable.
Sometimes that butt pucker factor keeps us honest and from getting complacent
Bulletprf performance can’t ever be complacent in our line of work
Absolutely, holding that edge and keeping your wits is an overlooked requirement in this trade. Making sure every action is deliberate and never by habbit keeps everyone safe.
Your crew does great work, lots of communication and everyone gets home safe. UA-cam and the industry needs to see more of it.
Wow
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I hope that they had feed you guys last night.
Ken L we could have stayed but I was trashed
Anybody notice the upsidedown cross in the background @ 0:49? There was a bit of evil going on there that day..
The sun lighting up the wall? That’s a stretch
Is that tree even worth trying to save ?
Gg
Why not cut down the tree and make furniture for the church out of it?
Brett Swampy if that happen, the furniture could be a nice remembrance.
Seems to me people expect you guys to do the work that should be done by a civil engineer or structural engineer
Ed. Farr as if they can read a tree?
All those people that escaped certain injuries and even death by only 3 hours! But all are fine. As if the Almighty is trying to get your attention Blair? Praise Jesus
Coil's Tree Service --show me a sign! Not that kind of sign!!!
@@arboristBlairGlenn if it's a sign you want just look around,they're everywhere! STOP, YIELD, TREE WORK AHEAD. But if it's the who or what that created all things, that sign would have to be the cross. Not the shiny one on a necklace but the one He hung on in order to pay for our mistakes so we may have eternal life with Him. Despite all the preachers passing the hat here on Earth Jesus' was a free gift. That's how much He loves us. And He did all this knowing most of us won't love Him back. There's your sign my brother. In the Name of Jesus the ONE we're all counting time by "2019 Anno Domini" May God continue Blessing you.
Coil
Holly oak?
ELMT03 Coast Live oak
Thank you sir.
Did you recommend to them that it should be removed
Michael Wade no, I advise them of the problems and how to make it safer but I’m careful not to try and influence a removal unless it is really bad.
Michael Wade no, I advise them of the problems and how to make it safer but I’m careful not to try and influence a removal unless it is really bad.
Human life trumps any valued place on a tree. I disagree with cables holding trees together. Think of how important it is to locate, and install cables on a bridge. There is no way to know cable placement. "Reasonably?" Hmm, your lawyers would not like it.
J F no one will say SAFE. Reasonably infers an attempt at due diligence. Ignoring a recognized problem that has been identified is an Issue. Judging past pruning wounds and associated weakness is often an educated guess. Finally, the City has final say as heritage trees such as this oak need a permit to remove.
@@arboristBlairGlenn I understand. These trees are from the Family known as Bureaucracy. We don't have those species here.
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Have all the years of being around 2 cycle engines affected your lungs. I know if I chainsaw for just a few hours my lungs get irritated
Good question. I don’t feel it but who knows. I did just buy my first battery powered chainsaw. Video coming!
I have spent plenty of time around race go-karts (the two stroke variety) which can run a lot more rich than chainsaws, and no allergies or irritants here. Some could be more affected that others, so to each their own.
Blair, I've noticed many of the trees in your area have this spreading type canopy and limbs. This is pretty rare here in south central ky. Do you think it is more of an urban thing with trimming and pruning happening or the trees taking advantage of the clearer areas around them and growing "wide" to take advantage of the sunlight? Butt puckering job for sure. Tell your son he has some cojones and respect for going in that potential death trap. Thanks again for sharing your experience and knowledge and jobs. I enjoy these videos very much. On another note, on my grandmother's old.place is a sycamore you may find interesting. I'm guessing 200 to 300 feet tall and approximately 10 feet across at my 6 foot chest height. Got anywhere I can send my potato phone pics? If you are interested or whatever and don't want to share your email you can mail me at baronclime at g mail dot com. Thanks again! Props to you and your crew.
Baron Clime trees grow larger and faster in this California climate. Often too fast and too large.
I hope mine last until fall before I cut some limbs off
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