I appreciated the explanation of forces and angles, with a primary goal of safety. This was a gnarly complex challenge, and a great case study to learn from. Bravo!
Mr. Hale, I tip my hat to you sir. Obviously you are an engineer of some sort, as I have now watched several of your videos and your explanation of math, strength of items and how to calculate loading is nothing short of amazing. It truly makes me go back downstairs and dig through my high school physics and trigonometry books to run numbers for my own tree cutting situations. I am delighted by your videos and have a good take away each time I watch one. Please don't stop what your doing, there are people like me who truly appreciate the scientific approach as well as the practical to the execution of proper and safe tree felling.
I am glad there are no "I could have cut that down in 10 mins" comments yet. Methodical and safe work for a difficult situation. You are making very good instructional videos. Thank you.
As a person who works as a welder, Im typically faced with situations that require ppe, or lock out procedures...possible tie offs, confined space watchers/aim monitoring, hang up clearing, and many other things to do the job safe. There is a legitimacy to saying someone can do a job faster, but it really comes down to a few key points. To work safe you have to have you're mind on task, R.A.C (risk, asses, control) Your area, and think about newtons third law "for every action there is an equal an opposite reaction."... Safety isnt learned in a day, it is an attitude and way of life that is built over years of work and re-work.. Notice this man was walking, why not instead clear a pathway to move more quickly? Instead of using a chain saw, why not use a series of pulleys to increase the amount of work put out and reduce the amount of work put in..A 5T comealong may have snapped those damaged tress, or prevented a hang up in the crotch/roots of the tree nearing the end of the video... That alone could have saved you about an hour...maybe 2? And hey, at 60$ an hour...plus insurance..plus the customer down time (which could be 100K of loss an hour...or more..can be upwards of a few million...). If you think of life like a car factory, and grow accustomed to a safety stand point, you only work faster
Great. I appreciate how you fastfwd thru the chainsawing part, it is easier to see, and I know what a chainsaw sounds like. Your explanations are important.
Yup.. nice job. I would not have even attempted to use a chainsaw to bring them down. Anytime I get a tree hung up in another tree... I use my backhoe and a long chain to pull the whole mess down.
Thankyou for your information, I fell dangerous trees for a living (always learning) and your video and manner which you assess trees is something I want to replicate to keep me safe and do a good job. Excellent video mate
I have a very similar scenario in the tree belt at the back of my property that is uncomfortably close to my neighbor's shed. My only real woodcutting experience is bucking and splitting for my fireplace, but I was entertaining the idea of bringing down the "widowmakers" myself, as just another yard maintenance project. I'm glad I watched this video. It made me realize how ill-equipped I am for this. I'm going to suck it up and hire a professional. Thanks for posting, it was very informative.
I love the detailed explanation and focus on the analysis and plan, as well as execution. I particularly appreciate the use of simple machines (i.e. pulleys / ropes) as well as natural things like the wild grape. My lot is very similar to your forest here and I'll be using what I learned from you today a great deal. Thanks again!
Nice job! That deal at 8:20.....I've face that situation too. Very smart having that safety cable to keep it from coming back on you. I've done that myself.
Guess I,d better go buy some ropes. Great video on how to do it safely. Big winter storm left my acreage looking like this video. Feel a lot more confident in how to begin my clean up now. Thank you.
I am always amazed at how much Physics and trig go into these operations. One thing that I love about your channel is that you explain all of the math as it happens, which helps to give a really comprehensive understanding of the math and physics of silviculture. It goes to show why many people go out and attempt to fell trees thinking they are Paul Bunyan, and then end up killed because they didn't do the math first. Anyway, love your videos. Thanks ;)
I would like to thank you for learning me how to think during tree felling. This knowledge, I used it yesterday while cutting a leaner. During the process I realized how easily the compression forces are transformed into distraction ones depending on the angle of your cutting. Knowledge is the force to solve easily, difficult situations. Greetings from mount Olympus, Greece.
I do a lot of tree cutting, but not a professional by any means, I could work with this man and feel SAFE, and that is not some thing I take lightly, well done Mr. Hale
@@terryhale9006 I've become a weekend warrior, cutting an ancient apple orchard free from below some towering spruce with the intention of restoring it. Having a blast!
First time finding your videos. Very nice work as many have mentioned. Thoughtfully done. I recently purchased chaps, which I love, and see you use them and a safety helmet. I'm also glad I read your replies to see why you didn't use your tractor. My forester has many trees marked for removal and I love spending time in the woods planning the easiest and most safe way to take them for firewood. A really good 3/4" rope, snatch block, wedges and tractor all help me avoid problems...but your roping and systematic cuts were brilliant.
Thanks. Scott. "Easiest and safest" is the way to go. I admit to being intrigued by doing things with century-old technology. That said, I gave up chopping down trees nearly half a century ago.
Excellent analysis of a very complicated situation. Fortunately, I've never come on something this involved but taking a lot of time to think it out as he has can save your life. Great video.
Thy Harry for your very very helpfull videos for an unexperienced tree cutters! I thinks it save lot of life and lot of families to be widow and orphan! I usually cutting 2-3 tree / year but without these videos i would be in trouble i think! So very very thank you for your effort to making these videos.
Very intelligent conservation. So many people act without thinking, or they see the difficulty and just say I'm leaving it there and cut down a healthy tree. Thank you for this excellent video
He said at least he has his dignity.... What an understatement. Brilliant work of a hard situation. You've got far more than just your dignity in tact sir. Here's to a job well done. I tip my hat to you.
Great video. Dealing with widow makers are not always easy. I had a huge Poplar fall and take down 14 trees. At first I looked at it like a gold mine of firewood. But processing the tangled mess was anything but easy. I started by cutting the branches and tops off. Cleared all the debris, tops, branched away. It was a lot of work and got firewood of maples, birch, aspen, and some small oaks. Your video clearly shows how hard it is to get free wood.
Hi, Nine. I hope that poplar works for you as a firewood. I only use it to give live branches to the beavers. The poplar in this part of New York comes down wet and heavy. Once it finally dries, much of the mass is gone, so it burns up quickly. To make matters even worse, I find the smell of its smoke unpleasant. Again, I hope yours is better in every aspect.
You are a master Terry! This video is worth a few watches. You tackle some common issues when cutting in a real forest scenario common to where I live.
Good show! I was also out working. Volunteer tree work at a small nature preserve. Delayed an hour due to Sheriffs swooping in to bust an addict shooting up in the small parking area. Different and disturbing.
Corrrect me if I'm wrong. At 7:44 when you fell couldn't that poplar have fallen right back toward you? I use snatch blocks to keep my bones out of the kill zone.
It was definitely tall enough to have reached me. However, the lean was still away from me and, by pulling the base towards me, the lean away from me was increased so that there was essentially no danger of it falling my direction. I probably should have stated it, but this video was intended for those who either don't have a good winch or, for some reason, didn't bring it with them. At the time, I had two good winches (now three) and using them would have made this a much more straight-forward task.
good call ed. hes putting sidepressure and should focus on the rope puller from masdaam which coupled with a arborist block could ramp up any half inch dynamic line up to one and a half ton pull. i have pulled over backleaner giants next to million dollar homes and won bets. I wont use trucks except as pulley anchors and even they have moved and drifted but they are consistent with no surprises slipping off the gas pedals. this method he is doing isnt proffesional
Excellent presentation with slow and steady progress. A lot of time I get impatient and just try to force it rather than let gravity work for me. I loved your extensive use of pulleys.
Terry, I use a come-along and a cable instead of rope and whatever kind of tensioner you are using. They are relatively light and I carry them through the woods all the time. I have pulled down a lot of widow makers with them.
Terry, Thanks for this video. I'm a beginner, and a LONG way from felling any tree, let alone complex cases like this, but still, there is knowledge here, and I am learning something!
Wow your riggong im pressive. Also the simple guide lines with freeze frames are great somple and clear. Its easy to see years of experience in beinf an arborist. Also this video is amazing because you dont start off tiwht who you are and youe life story or whatever social media is upto these days (hence watching this video in 2024, a decade after the onset) oh how the world has dramaticly change in that time. Thank for the great content, your knowledge will contineu to transend time!
A handy tool for hung up trees is a hand winch , or better a tractor winch , but whatever you use look up all the time, there’s always something up there waiting to get you , great vid , C Taylor .
That's is some awesome work and the closest thing I could find to help me wrap my head around cutting down a medium-sized banyan trees that has multiple trunks. Thanks.
I have dropped a few trees, and the job you took on was one we would have left for nature and wind to eventually bring down......well done, well explained....and I learned a few things.
Thanks, Mike. For the wood I got, it was a poor use of my time. However, I did want to do it for entertainment and education. Thanks for making it worthwhile.
LOL! Feral me, as an adult, tried to show my kids how to swing out over a pond on such a vine. It was plenty strong, but, as I swung out, the vine carefully lowered me into the pond up to my waist.
@@terryhale9006 So, I work for Davey Tree Service in Latham NY, and I noticed you listed off all the common species of plants I commonly deal with: Wild Grape, bittersweet, poison ivy, chipmunks, red oak, poplar... The forest looks familiar, and you said you were in the northeast. I noticed you live very close to me! I would love to have a coffee with you sometime!
@@terryhale9006 oh! I worked at that Hannaford on Wolf Road for 11 years before the tree stuff! And minus a 4 year stint while on active duty in the Navy. Well, cheers!
I have a bunch of ashes hung up like that, and was wondering if there's some amazing trick the pros would use to deal with it. Nope, just a careful, methodical approach, evaluating each step and using some physics. Very helpful video.
Thanks KJ. As a few commentors have suggested, "I'd just hook my bulldozer up to it and yank it outta there." While I do have a tractor, the video is for the vast majority of people who have no good reason to invest in heavy equipment.
Same here kjm. We have a woodland of mainly dying ash. It's become a game of jack straws. This video puts me back in the mindset to go and tackle it with my husband.
Thanks. A lot of work for a little bit of wood. I just couldn't stand the idea of leaving good oak to rot. I had a much higher yield for my efforts this year.
This was exactly what I needed to see. I got a good few widowmakers in the forest that I need to be clearing out before the spring gets properly on its way. REALLY important to see a tutorial that has setbacks all the way so I can start copying the ropeworks approach for securing the hanging trunks. Still need to be doing a fair bit of overkill safety on my problem trees but at least I don't have that grape stuff growing here, just trees hanging from trees.
great stuff, it will help be alot in my efforts to keep my local forest road/trails open. i like the emphasis on the unpredictability of trees in those circumstances. I looked through your vids. I had surprising circumstance where i had the opposite problem of a learner. Standing deadwood which i wanted to fall away from a trail, I had a very tough time getting it to go over even with a felling lever and wedges just resisted leaning it seamed. wood was punky.
Cutting trees down in a thick forest where just about every felled tree gets caught up on branches, sucks. I had to invest in a few snatch blocks and a power puller!
"Aw come On" (13:22). You know that you are having a bad day when you can't get your log out of a crotch. You're the Man Terry Hale. I applaud your ability to instruct. I also appreciate the job you did in filming this video. I'll have to admit, "I don't need a bigger boat", I need more rope!
May I suggest adding a Come-along to your arsenal of equipment? It comes in very handy for pulling hung-up trees away from their snags. They're most effective after the ground freezes. That way the tree doesn't dig in as you pull the base along the ground. Tip: re rig the come-along as many times as it takes until the tree falls.
Justin, Thanks for the kind suggestion. I've actually had come-alongs for decades and had three at the time this was shot. My intent was to make a demonstration video for those who either had none or didn't want to lug more than a chain saw and a couple lengths of rope deep into the woods.
Watching this makes me very happy to be living and working in an evergreen jungle where tie-ups such as this rarely happen and we have no wild grapevines to contend with either. Good job, wood down and you lived to post the video. Win win. I would have to gain a few pounds to copy your technique totally though, or use a winch.
Holy Wah !!! A triple. And two split or broken bases. Well done. Very scary to unravel,,, and you did super. You nearly do what I do. I call it 'walking the butt'. If I have a hanger, lets say in a crotch leaning west. I sometimes use notches,, not always, I cut fireplace lengths (you cut 5 footers) but for each piece,, I walk the butt that same length closer to the base of the tree until it is straight up and down, then push or pull it to the east.. Pushing often works well because I have the standing tree, the crotch tree to shield me, or pry against.
I'll admit to doing exactly the same. However, I wouldn't want to publish that as someone could easily not get it right and then come to serious harm. (Each of those ~5 footers was destined to become three ~20" fireplace lengths.)
amazing I live remote rural in Australia and only use my chainsaw in winter for firewood,learnt so much from this video especially on the safety side thanks for uploading it will be watching it more than once :)
I appreciated the explanation of forces and angles, with a primary goal of safety. This was a gnarly complex challenge, and a great case study to learn from. Bravo!
You absolutely have the best arborist/tree felling videos on youtube. Well done, very clear, concise, and focused.
Kind of you David. Thanks!
Mr. Hale, I tip my hat to you sir. Obviously you are an engineer of some sort, as I have now watched several of your videos and your explanation of math, strength of items and how to calculate loading is nothing short of amazing. It truly makes me go back downstairs and dig through my high school physics and trigonometry books to run numbers for my own tree cutting situations. I am delighted by your videos and have a good take away each time I watch one. Please don't stop what your doing, there are people like me who truly appreciate the scientific approach as well as the practical to the execution of proper and safe tree felling.
I am glad there are no "I could have cut that down in 10 mins" comments yet. Methodical and safe work for a difficult situation. You are making very good instructional videos. Thank you.
I'm glad u brought the unspoken truth to light though
Roy feels threatened by the use of polysyllabic words. Roy is not real smart.
Any guy that might say that is probably dead already.
As a person who works as a welder, Im typically faced with situations that require ppe, or lock out procedures...possible tie offs, confined space watchers/aim monitoring, hang up clearing, and many other things to do the job safe. There is a legitimacy to saying someone can do a job faster, but it really comes down to a few key points. To work safe you have to have you're mind on task, R.A.C (risk, asses, control) Your area, and think about newtons third law "for every action there is an equal an opposite reaction."... Safety isnt learned in a day, it is an attitude and way of life that is built over years of work and re-work.. Notice this man was walking, why not instead clear a pathway to move more quickly? Instead of using a chain saw, why not use a series of pulleys to increase the amount of work put out and reduce the amount of work put in..A 5T comealong may have snapped those damaged tress, or prevented a hang up in the crotch/roots of the tree nearing the end of the video... That alone could have saved you about an hour...maybe 2? And hey, at 60$ an hour...plus insurance..plus the customer down time (which could be 100K of loss an hour...or more..can be upwards of a few million...). If you think of life like a car factory, and grow accustomed to a safety stand point, you only work faster
That could have cut me down in 10 minutes.
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Honestly, if I see a situation like this, I find another tree to make into firewood.
Great. I appreciate how you fastfwd thru the chainsawing part, it is easier to see, and I know what a chainsaw sounds like. Your explanations are important.
This guy is awesome! Such an understated presentation of expert knowledge. There's gold in these videos/
James O'Neil you are right these are excellent videos from an old professional that knows what he’s doing and will probably save lives including mine.
I couldn’t agree more
He's definitely thinking from a "safety first" perspective... and, a very strong man too!
World's most complicated tree-cutting puzzle ! You did a great job.
Ha ha. Thanks.
Yup.. nice job. I would not have even attempted to use a chainsaw to bring them down. Anytime I get a tree hung up in another tree... I use my backhoe and a long chain to pull the whole mess down.
yup. like puzzle and math problems. nice
i pictured myself just cutting tree after tree, each landing on the next tree like never-ending dominos
"At least I preserved my dignity." I lost it! LOL!!
Seconded! Spit my drink out when he said that!
I subscribed after this line :D
I lol'd at that too. That line is going into my mental rolodex.
@@aljosazorc Same here. I immediately hit back on my cell and hit subscribe.
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Earned a like from me.
Not only the cuts you make but your use of the ropes is amazing. Thank you sir for the education.
13:26 "Aw, come on!" Very relatable. Excellent job, Terry! I learn a ton from your videos. Thank you for posting!
Thankyou for your information, I fell dangerous trees for a living (always learning) and your video and manner which you assess trees is something I want to replicate to keep me safe and do a good job. Excellent video mate
Thank you, Felix.
(Any "learning experience" you can walk away from is a good one.)
I have a very similar scenario in the tree belt at the back of my property that is uncomfortably close to my neighbor's shed. My only real woodcutting experience is bucking and splitting for my fireplace, but I was entertaining the idea of bringing down the "widowmakers" myself, as just another yard maintenance project. I'm glad I watched this video. It made me realize how ill-equipped I am for this. I'm going to suck it up and hire a professional. Thanks for posting, it was very informative.
Don't do it yourself! Discretion is the better part of valor.
I love the detailed explanation and focus on the analysis and plan, as well as execution. I particularly appreciate the use of simple machines (i.e. pulleys / ropes) as well as natural things like the wild grape. My lot is very similar to your forest here and I'll be using what I learned from you today a great deal. Thanks again!
Thanks a b. A pleasant counter to some of the "I'd just yank it down with my tractor." comments.
Nice job! That deal at 8:20.....I've face that situation too. Very smart having that safety cable to keep it from coming back on you. I've done that myself.
I like how you explain things, very instructional, thanks
+Bill N Thanks Bill.
Guess I,d better go buy some ropes. Great video on how to do it safely. Big winter storm left my acreage looking like this video. Feel a lot more confident in how to begin my clean up now. Thank you.
I am always amazed at how much Physics and trig go into these operations. One thing that I love about your channel is that you explain all of the math as it happens, which helps to give a really comprehensive understanding of the math and physics of silviculture. It goes to show why many people go out and attempt to fell trees thinking they are Paul Bunyan, and then end up killed because they didn't do the math first. Anyway, love your videos. Thanks ;)
+Royce Zaro Thanks Royce. I'm just hoping I can help at least one person avoid a costly incident. Confidence, sadly, does not require experience.
I would like to thank you for learning me how to think during tree felling. This knowledge, I used it yesterday while cutting a leaner. During the process I realized how easily the compression forces are transformed into distraction ones depending on the angle of your cutting. Knowledge is the force to solve easily, difficult situations.
Greetings from mount Olympus, Greece.
Thank you, Konstantinos! I applaud you for researching a potentially dangerous situation before acting.
I do a lot of tree cutting, but not a professional by any means, I could work with this man and feel SAFE, and that is not some thing I take lightly, well done Mr. Hale
My favorite part of working in the woods is solving all the puzzles the forest presents you. This was a good one!
Puzzle solving with high stakes. Addictive.
@@terryhale9006 I've become a weekend warrior, cutting an ancient apple orchard free from below some towering spruce with the intention of restoring it. Having a blast!
Too bad the addicted the cops were after doesn't know the high you brought down! Thanks for sharing
First time finding your videos. Very nice work as many have mentioned. Thoughtfully done. I recently purchased chaps, which I love, and see you use them and a safety helmet. I'm also glad I read your replies to see why you didn't use your tractor. My forester has many trees marked for removal and I love spending time in the woods planning the easiest and most safe way to take them for firewood. A really good 3/4" rope, snatch block, wedges and tractor all help me avoid problems...but your roping and systematic cuts were brilliant.
Thanks. Scott. "Easiest and safest" is the way to go. I admit to being intrigued by doing things with century-old technology. That said, I gave up chopping down trees nearly half a century ago.
Your dignity is more than in tact. That was a textbook example professionally performed and explained. Thank you!
Thanks. I appreciate your generosity.
Wow! You are so knowledgable and professional. A pleasure to watch you share your skill.
Great stuff.
I’d love to see a short tutorial about the knots and anchor points you used on this and other projects.
you have a very good way of explaining what needs to be done, and making it happen. and you seem to be safety first.
Thanks Robert.
Excellent analysis of a very complicated situation. Fortunately, I've never come on something this involved but taking a lot of time to think it out as he has can save your life. Great video.
Thanks, Al!
Thy Harry for your very very helpfull videos for an unexperienced tree cutters! I thinks it save lot of life and lot of families to be widow and orphan! I usually cutting 2-3 tree / year but without these videos i would be in trouble i think!
So very very thank you for your effort to making these videos.
Very intelligent conservation. So many people act without thinking, or they see the difficulty and just say I'm leaving it there and cut down a healthy tree. Thank you for this excellent video
He said at least he has his dignity.... What an understatement. Brilliant work of a hard situation. You've got far more than just your dignity in tact sir. Here's to a job well done. I tip my hat to you.
Great video. Dealing with widow makers are not always easy. I had a huge Poplar fall and take down 14 trees. At first I looked at it like a gold mine of firewood. But processing the tangled mess was anything but easy. I started by cutting the branches and tops off. Cleared all the debris, tops, branched away. It was a lot of work and got firewood of maples, birch, aspen, and some small oaks. Your video clearly shows how hard it is to get free wood.
Hi, Nine. I hope that poplar works for you as a firewood. I only use it to give live branches to the beavers. The poplar in this part of New York comes down wet and heavy. Once it finally dries, much of the mass is gone, so it burns up quickly. To make matters even worse, I find the smell of its smoke unpleasant. Again, I hope yours is better in every aspect.
Terry Hale : I burn it during the day only. Burns fast and hot
Glad to hear it's working for you. I burn around the clock and save the oak for overnight.
You are a master Terry! This video is worth a few watches. You tackle some common issues when cutting in a real forest scenario common to where I live.
Well done taking your time rather than rushing through because of frustration. Logic, planning and patience keeps a guy alive to fell another day.
currently dealing with a tree that didn't quite fall the direction I was expecting and is now hung up. your use of ropes has given me some ideas.
Great! Hope your ideas work out for you.
Terry Hale tree is now down. fallen exactly where I want. thank you for the informative video. Happy Thanksgiving.
Good show! I was also out working. Volunteer tree work at a small nature preserve. Delayed an hour due to Sheriffs swooping in to bust an addict shooting up in the small parking area. Different and disturbing.
Corrrect me if I'm wrong. At 7:44 when you fell couldn't that poplar have fallen right back toward you? I use snatch blocks to keep my bones out of the kill zone.
It was definitely tall enough to have reached me. However, the lean was still away from me and, by pulling the base towards me, the lean away from me was increased so that there was essentially no danger of it falling my direction.
I probably should have stated it, but this video was intended for those who either don't have a good winch or, for some reason, didn't bring it with them. At the time, I had two good winches (now three) and using them would have made this a much more straight-forward task.
good call ed. hes putting sidepressure and should focus on the rope puller from masdaam which coupled with a arborist block could ramp up any half inch dynamic line up to one and a half ton pull. i have pulled over backleaner giants next to million dollar homes and won bets. I wont use trucks except as pulley anchors and even they have moved and drifted but they are consistent with no surprises slipping off the gas pedals. this method he is doing isnt proffesional
Excellent presentation with slow and steady progress. A lot of time I get impatient and just try to force it rather than let gravity work for me. I loved your extensive use of pulleys.
I liked that so much, I don't have words for it.
What an excellent presentation! Splendid!
Careful and safe. Worth watching many times to fully understand. thousands of crippling tree accidents happen each yea r
Tom,
A sad truth; and not just among amateurs. I will die happy if my videos can save a few people from misfortune.
Terry
Wow. It's evident this guy is a pro. Cool, experience, calculated. Makes a difficult situation look so easy.
Terry, I use a come-along and a cable instead of rope and whatever kind of tensioner you are using. They are relatively light and I carry them through the woods all the time. I have pulled down a lot of widow makers with them.
Impressive demo of forestry skills.
And personal safety!
Terry you have taught me alot, thanks so much
Terry, Thanks for this video. I'm a beginner, and a LONG way from felling any tree, let alone complex cases like this, but still, there is knowledge here, and I am learning something!
Love your videos , explained well and you're always so calm. I try not remember that when I'm in the woods thanks
typo I try to remember being calm
Watched this again after a few years...a good reminder of the dangers!
Hi Terry, you are awesome, it's real cool your way of teaching, it will help me a lot...
Merci Francois.
this fella could use the masdaam rope puller, the bigger powr puller with 35 ft amsteel blue, or the biggest goode rigging control device
Cut with safety and dignity. Nice work much appreciated the lesson! Thank you!
Cracking video! One hell on a deadly puzzle sorted in a very safe, controlled manner. Brilliant work.
Thanks Alister. A lot of work for a little bit of firewood. I couldn't stand the thought of letting good oak just rot away in the forest.
Wow your riggong im pressive. Also the simple guide lines with freeze frames are great somple and clear. Its easy to see years of experience in beinf an arborist.
Also this video is amazing because you dont start off tiwht who you are and youe life story or whatever social media is upto these days (hence watching this video in 2024, a decade after the onset) oh how the world has dramaticly change in that time.
Thank for the great content, your knowledge will contineu to transend time!
A handy tool for hung up trees is a hand winch , or better a tractor winch , but whatever you use look up all the time, there’s always something up there waiting to get you , great vid , C Taylor .
You are a great teacher. THANKS for the videos.
Just excellent! Great explanations. Great post video production. Such a good job of teaching!
You're very kind! Thank you!
That's is some awesome work and the closest thing I could find to help me wrap my head around cutting down a medium-sized banyan trees that has multiple trunks. Thanks.
I have dropped a few trees, and the job you took on was one we would have left for nature and wind to eventually bring down......well done, well explained....and I learned a few things.
Thanks, Mike. For the wood I got, it was a poor use of my time. However, I did want to do it for entertainment and education. Thanks for making it worthwhile.
Greetings from dystopian 2024! Thank you for a great video with no irritating music!!!!
Thanks! I like your handle. Would be a great one for a skier who only does double black diamonds.
@@terryhale9006😂
Love your video series. Every once in a while I'll watch them again for refresher. Thanks! Looking forward to any vids you may make in the future.
Thanks. I have two more that I plan to make, but I'm still working full time at 68 and can't seem to find the time to complete them.
@@terryhale9006 👍
The case at 8:33 is very interesting as in front of such a situation, it would be very hard to predict the way the tree will move then fall.
This video should be called," When Trees Unite and Revolt". Very well done.
At 13:23 I Literally said "Aw that's horseshit!" Those vines are no joke, feral children like me would swing on them for fun when we were little. :D
LOL! Feral me, as an adult, tried to show my kids how to swing out over a pond on such a vine. It was plenty strong, but, as I swung out, the vine carefully lowered me into the pond up to my waist.
@@terryhale9006 That's the secret my friend. We're all kids, just bigger and probably more experienced :D
13:26 "Awww, c'mon..." saidTerry Hale, one of us.
"At least I preserved my dignity" 😂😂😂
I love your videos! I just found them today! And I live in the Northeast too!
Thanks, Arachnophile!
@@terryhale9006 So, I work for Davey Tree Service in Latham NY, and I noticed you listed off all the common species of plants I commonly deal with: Wild Grape, bittersweet, poison ivy, chipmunks, red oak, poplar... The forest looks familiar, and you said you were in the northeast. I noticed you live very close to me! I would love to have a coffee with you sometime!
@@IloveSPIDERZ I do indeed. Up in Wilton. PreCoVID, I was commuting to Wolf Road. Now, I am quite happily working remotely, for as long as that lasts.
@@terryhale9006 oh! I worked at that Hannaford on Wolf Road for 11 years before the tree stuff! And minus a 4 year stint while on active duty in the Navy.
Well, cheers!
Window makers no kidding!! Great work and i love the use of youre ingenuity with ropes & pulleys. . .
Very informative, thank you for sharing, I have been learning a lot from you and recognize how amateur I really am
I have a bunch of ashes hung up like that, and was wondering if there's some amazing trick the pros would use to deal with it. Nope, just a careful, methodical approach, evaluating each step and using some physics. Very helpful video.
Thanks KJ. As a few commentors have suggested, "I'd just hook my bulldozer up to it and yank it outta there." While I do have a tractor, the video is for the vast majority of people who have no good reason to invest in heavy equipment.
Same here kjm. We have a woodland of mainly dying ash. It's become a game of jack straws. This video puts me back in the mindset to go and tackle it with my husband.
What a job! Loved watching your video.
Thanks. A lot of work for a little bit of wood. I just couldn't stand the idea of leaving good oak to rot.
I had a much higher yield for my efforts this year.
This was exactly what I needed to see. I got a good few widowmakers in the forest that I need to be clearing out before the spring gets properly on its way. REALLY important to see a tutorial that has setbacks all the way so I can start copying the ropeworks approach for securing the hanging trunks. Still need to be doing a fair bit of overkill safety on my problem trees but at least I don't have that grape stuff growing here, just trees hanging from trees.
Sounds like a lot of work. Good luck to you!
I love it. Not only are you an intellectual your tools are in perfect condition and you can explain it. Hooh rah cowboy!
Excellent content, thanks you. Really helped removing 3 hung trees from my mother in laws. Keep up the good work
"At least I preserved my dignity." Haha. I don't know why that made me laugh out loud.
Thank you for confessing your puzzling laughter.
Such a GREAT video! So excellent, wise and very, very funny.
Long day for sure. We have Wisteria here,. same vine problem. Thanks for the lesson, always dignity in teaching.
Nicely done and good to see a full set of PPE.
I’m binge watching this, these videos are awesome
great stuff, it will help be alot in my efforts to keep my local forest road/trails open. i like the emphasis on the unpredictability of trees in those circumstances.
I looked through your vids. I had surprising circumstance where i had the opposite problem of a learner. Standing deadwood which i wanted to fall away from a trail, I had a very tough time getting it to go over even with a felling lever and wedges just resisted leaning it seamed. wood was punky.
Great content. I just found your videos and have learned a thing or ten.
He thinks up some genius ideas. I would have thought my only way would be equipment to pull it down. But he did it all by himself. Amazing.
That is quite the challenge! Most of us should likely not even try to tackle this. Nice video!
Very well edited. Very informative. Thank you.
Thanks, BB.
I heard what he said he was going to do and I thought - impossible!
Then he did it. My hat's off to you sir.
Old...but not quite dead...yet. (Thanks.)
Very good video I appreciate that you are very calm doing this. Great instruction
Thanks, Mike.
Wow that thing fought you all the way down. Just another fun day in the woods. Great videos.
Cutting trees down in a thick forest where just about every felled tree gets caught up on branches, sucks. I had to invest in a few snatch blocks and a power puller!
Nice, safely well thought out! Good job!
Wow very well done. That was a complex one.
These are great videos, thank you Terrry
Thanks, TY
nice job. there really is a science to felling trees and you nailled it. be safe.
Wow, this is a very well done video.
What an impressive workman.
"Aw come On" (13:22). You know that you are having a bad day when you can't get your log out of a crotch. You're the Man Terry Hale. I applaud your ability to instruct. I also appreciate the job you did in filming this video. I'll have to admit, "I don't need a bigger boat", I need more rope!
Nature can be downright belligerent.
I love this guy. Safety first, always. I've learned some great stuff.
This is an excellent video. Thanks
Still cleaning up those widow makers after hurricane Fiona. Thanks. This video helped.
He’s cooler than the cool side of the pillow. Very nice sir👍
Awesome vid Terry!
This guy is definitely an "Ivey" Leaguer ... so generous with his knowledge
May I suggest adding a Come-along to your arsenal of equipment? It comes in very handy for pulling hung-up trees away from their snags. They're most effective after the ground freezes. That way the tree doesn't dig in as you pull the base along the ground. Tip: re rig the come-along as many times as it takes until the tree falls.
Justin, Thanks for the kind suggestion. I've actually had come-alongs for decades and had three at the time this was shot. My intent was to make a demonstration video for those who either had none or didn't want to lug more than a chain saw and a couple lengths of rope deep into the woods.
Once again a fascinating video! Thanks so much.
Thanks for your appreciation.
Damn I'm impressed you got that oak out of that maple crotch I think I learned a lot gonna have to watch again
i dont know why ppl would downvote this video... its a great video👍🏻
Watching this makes me very happy to be living and working in an evergreen jungle where tie-ups such as this rarely happen and we have no wild grapevines to contend with either. Good job, wood down and you lived to post the video. Win win. I would have to gain a few pounds to copy your technique totally though, or use a winch.
Gravity is our friend.
Holy Wah !!! A triple. And two split or broken bases. Well done. Very scary to unravel,,, and you did super.
You nearly do what I do. I call it 'walking the butt'. If I have a hanger, lets say in a crotch leaning west. I sometimes use notches,, not always, I cut fireplace lengths (you cut 5 footers) but for each piece,, I walk the butt that same length closer to the base of the tree until it is straight up and down, then push or pull it to the east.. Pushing often works well because I have the standing tree, the crotch tree to shield me, or pry against.
I'll admit to doing exactly the same. However, I wouldn't want to publish that as someone could easily not get it right and then come to serious harm.
(Each of those ~5 footers was destined to become three ~20" fireplace lengths.)
amazing I live remote rural in Australia and only use my chainsaw in winter for firewood,learnt so much from this video especially on the safety side thanks for uploading it will be watching it more than once :)
A fellow Tolkien fan! May life be good to you.