"Daddy, that is a dumb idea!" precious. :) Your videos are awesome, please do not apologize for your content. It is good, on topic and refreshing... what a family.
Don’t apologize for you videos. Everything you post is great quality and entertaining and at least I enjoy and look forward to watching everything you post. If you keep posting, I will keep watching! Great job getting the rope over the branch!
Just keep doing what you’re doing, Neil. I find your videos entertaining and down to earth. Nice to see family always involved. Family is what it’s all about!
One of your positives of the channel is when you have the family working with you and the support you give each other. The kids are always ready to help 👍 Love your safety crew and their comments
I appreciate it Tim. I'm glad to have them helping and glad that folks appreciate them in the videos. Trying to raise those girls right! Thanks for watching.
Time killers, yes. But it shows the pride you have in your property and is just part of life. Looks like it was some quality family time, so its a win.
Had a little chuckle at the end from the safety supervisor. In the Coast Guard the term is “Safety time out”. All work stops to mitigate danger “. Thanks for the daily entertainment.
Just subscribed Neil..... I'm just a dude in North Carolina who can recognize an interesting channel - dripping with honesty and the best of intentions. I hope you're rewarded with many more subscribers (if that's your goal) so they can get to know you, your family and appreciate your groovy content!
Thanks a lot Rob! We have family in Statesville and it's beautiful there. Really appreciate the kind words and I hope that the videos bring some level of "infotainment" to viewers that can relate. Thanks for subbing and commenting!
Impressed with clean up ingenuity. You belong with “the big guys” at the expo. You offer “homeowner” content vs their professional content. You add a nice contrast.
You are very deserving to be included in that group of UA-camrs! I watch a handful of bigger channels and I respect you more than any of them! You da man!!!
Wow, I really appreciate that Jeremy! That means a lot as I respect you and what you're doing over there at Cairn Creek as well. You make some really great videos and I know the amount of time it takes to do them. You must sleep about as much as I do. :) Thanks for the support and kind words.
Boy, that Wes did me a solid by mentioning my name. I think I had quite a few come over to check out my channel cause of that. Thanks so much for checking out my videos. I'm very glad to have you. I really enjoy Wes's channel too.
Great video. I took our oldest son to our daughter and she wanted a tree down, we needed to pull it away from a fence so our son went and got a hammer and tossed it into the tree. The hammer was stuck so I cut, our son and grandson pulled and the tree was on the ground. The only other comment that I can make is I wish you had some hearing protection. Keep up the great work, from west central Illinois, peace
Hi Curt! Glad that hammer trick worked out for you. I wasn't sure about the whole hitch pin thing that I was trying but by dumb luck it worked out. You're right on the hearing protection. Usually I'm good about that but just got in a hurry. Thanks so much for watching!
New viewer here. Honestly the pond build caught my attention - fascinating!!!! Truly enjoy your channel, very interesting, entertaining & informative!! Thank you very much
Where I'm at in PA, we were lucky to only have one large limb fall down during the same system on Friday night. It was still large enough we burned most of the small stuff yesterday. The larger chunks will probably get split up or put at the end of our driveway and they'll go with people driving by. Can't imagine how long all of that would've taken to chip for a compost pile. At least your damage wasn't any worse as I saw a lot of downed limbs and branches while driving to Snap Fitness on Saturday morning. You, Tim, Dirt Perfect and all of the others together would be a fun time under one roof.
Well glad you only had the one limb Robert. Sometimes the wind does some needed "natural pruning" and sometimes it just tears stuff up. Our case was a little of both cause I hated what it did to that maple tree in the middle. There were some folks around here with worse, my neighbor being one of them. I'm really looking forward to the trip to Louisville to hang out with all those guys. Thanks for watching!
Ha! Yeah, been neglecting the yard for a bit. Thankful the wife keeps up on things. I need to do some driveway edging and Momma wants some landscaping stuff... so maybe more coming. Thanks for watching!
You have a great channel Neil, always worth watching. You keep the videos a reasonable time and filled with content. On the subject of this video, hmm, tree trimming, whether planned or otherwise always begets more tree trimming doesn't it? I mean you trim a few, then need some balance....while I got the equipment out, I might as well hit this tree of take care of those branches. You're all done, you look up, doesn't look like you did much....you look down and there is a mountain of work in breaking down the branches and getting them to the fire pile. What a chore, a satisfying chore, but a chore nonetheless.
Thanks Don! You're very right about the extra trimming! As a matter of fact, once we were done with the storm limbs the wife picked out a few others that needed trimmed. Half a day later and we had another round of brush for the fire on Sunday! Thanks much for the support and viewership!
I don’t care how good, or bad the videos you think you put out are, in my mind their all great because I’m always exited to see what you have in store, and you videos always make my day.
Wow, I really appreciate that Jaeden. I'm glad to have folks willing to watch me do whatever comes my way cause I usually don't know from day to day. Thanks again!
Looks like it’s 4:45 minutes from North Alabama to Louisville, but it may be worth it to meet and greet with Celebrities! 🤪😜 Prayers for safety and Covid doesn’t squelch it.
It's about 4 hours for me. I'm looking forward to meeting those celebrities as well!!! Man, I didn't think about Covid being flared up. I sure hope not. Cross your fingers and hope to see you there!
Thanks so much Russell. Yeah, I think as the years go on I'll be forced to listen more and more to the advice from the ladies in my life! Fortunately this time it worked out! Thanks as always!
i feel your pain i have 30 trees in my yard and it is always clean up time love hate relationship with my trees. all your videos are great...love them cause they are real
O’ the pain of losing a limb! I know those trees cry in silence. I have proof… if you look around the broken off stump of the limb, you’ll see that the tree is weeping. Living in the midwest… Over time you develop a cadre of tricks for cleaning up storm damage. Here, it is wind and tornados when we have leaves on. That is followed by ice and sleet storms, when they are bare. I am so glad that OSHA can’t fine me for working from a bucket loader… if so, I’d have to sell the tractor to pay them! My baby backhoe bucket doesn’t reach high enough to pluck limbs out of a tree… but I suppose I could use it to pick them off the top of Nana’s rose bushes. Now, the rope toss game… I have that down to an art. I even have my own custom limb lasso. It is made from 1/2” braided nylon rope. The tossed end is two steel rings from an old grain drill drag. It started as a 100’ piece of continuous rope. Then along came Bob. Bob is one of those guys who has worked all of his life in an office or a car. He’s the guy who calls a handyman to spackle over nail holes when his wife moves a painting on the living room wall. When getting materials for a job we are doing, he’ll invariably pick up studs when we need 8 footers. Power tools don’t like Bob… so, he has none. Bob is always ready to trade labor to get tasks that he needs done. Last Fall he needed a driveway culvert replaced and concrete ends poured. My neighbor was doing that when he happened to mention his next project. It was to remove a tree right next to his house. Of course, Bob tells him that he’ll be there to help. Fast forward to tree day… four of us are there. Three of us have been cutting trees for at least two score years…. And then there is Bob! The tree is a 30” diameter white oak in declining health. Two large limbs hang over the house. Once those are removed, the tree will have a slight lean toward the house… but we all agree (including Bob) that the remainder of the limbs will counterbalance it away from the house. The plan of attack is for my neighbor (Cutter) to run the saw, me to run the bucket loader, experienced tree-smith (let’s just call him Smith) to drive the farm truck attached to the rope… and Bob to relay signals between Cutter and Smith. Rope in place, Bob is standing under the limb fall so we move him out of the way. This puts him where his sight is obstructed and he must listen for instructions. Cutter tells Bob to have Smith put some tension on the rope. Bob yells at the driver to pull. Smith starts forward slowly until he can see the rope is taut. Cutter say’s, “That’s enough.” Bob hollers, “STOP” and waves his arms violently. Smith hits the brakes hard. The sudden jolt to the limb causes a 30’ long dead piece (about the diameter of a quart of paint) to fall right where Bob would have been standing. So far, No harm/No foul. Cutter then begins to cut the limb. He finishes the under cut relief and says, “Get ready”. Bob relays that as, “When I holler GO, you pull like a bat out of hell.” Which neither Cutter nor myself hear because, we are behind the tree with the saw running. Cutter has resumed his back cut. As I said, Smith is experienced at tree work. He knows that the tension in the rope alone will likely pull the limb away from the house. All he needs is a timely notice that the limb is starting to break loose… but that is not what he gets. As soon as Cutter says, “Get ready”, Bob starts acting like he is a third base coach instructing a runner coming in hot from second… with barely enough time to slide in home ‘Safe’. He yells, “GO” and starts mimicking a prairie windmill in a tornado with his signal arm. I look on in amazement as Bob’s shout (and excessive signal) spook Smith into tapping the accelerator just a bit too hard. In an instant, I see the rope snap and the limb swing back up. The stunned Cutter puts his hand in front of his face to keep the broken end of the whiplike rope from taking his head off. Then, in slow motion the limb swings back down and breaks off at the perfect angle. This allows the tip to topple harmlessly onto the ground and bounce the limb away from the house. Smith parks the truck and walks back to the tree to find out exactly what happened. I lower Cutter to the ground where all four of us gather to discuss our adventure. Our postmortem goes like this… Cutter describes the Bullwhip encounter. Smith apologizes for panicking. I get ready to suggest that perhaps Bob had misinterpreted the signal. But, I am cut short by Bob’s announcement that his suspicion had been confirmed. “I knew all along that rope wasn’t going to be strong enough!” Cutter looks at Bob and says, “You might be onto something there!” As I’m doing my Boy Scout Knot Tying Merit Badge practice on the rope ends…. I ask the rope, “Why after 10 years of use in pulling limbs and trees, did you decide to fail today?” A question for which the world may never have an answer. Neil, as I said, my rope used to be one continuous 100’ length… before Bob. Well, I just described the first time it got broken that day… curiously it was not to be the last but… I’ll have to describe the second Bob Effect later… You see, all those promised and forewarned severe thunderstorms of the past three weeks have missed us. The ground is parched and I have to go water the ‘maters. Thanks for showing how a real crew tackles tree cleanup!
Oh man! We all know a Bob or two. The hindsight is oh-so acute for the guys I know that must be similar to Bob. Never a mention or concern before the incident but knew it all too well it was gonna happen afterwards! Well, I'm certainly glad to hear of the accident free outcome. You got me chuckling with the "prairie windmill in a tornado" line. I could see those arms flailing just perfectly! Tree work on the surface always starts out looking like an easy task. Just get up high or reach up high and cut this or tug on that and let gravity do all the work. But, there is way more geometry and physics at play than what is usually first assumed for most folks. I mentioned that my brother-in-law is a tree climber and boy oh boy, it is amazing to watch him work. I have learned a lot from him and I still don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to tree work and ropes and knots and tie lines... I didn't hear from him today on this video, but I can only assume the cringe on his face as he watches me fumble around with that hitch pin on a rope whilst ignoring the helmet in the cabinet I reached over to get said rope! I think next time I'll remember to get a lid on my noggin' if I start whipping that pin around again cause I know if it would have clunked me somebody would have said "I knew that was gonna happen"! I knew the tree work video would be relatable for you since you live amongst the trees. I hope this is the extent of our midwestern wind storm season and we can have a little break before we move onto the ice storm season. There can't be many little dead sticks left in these trees so should be a light load this winter! Not sure why your comment went away but glad to see it again now. Thanks as always!
@@digdrivediy I think Bob must have been a Little League coach at one time.... he flailed his arm perfectly to play the part! Yeah, a professional Arborist would have had a heart attack... from laughing... to see us that day. And, non of us were wearing our hardhats either!!! Thanks for the comeback!
Your wife was right! Safety first always. I have enjoyed all your videos and look for the new ones. A lot of what you do, has and is now what I have done and do. I wish Louisville was closer, I look for to that posting on the other UA-cam channels as well as yours.
Yes, she was certainly right! I get in too big of a hurry and get sloppy with safety from time to time. Thanks for the kind words. I'm looking forward to Louisville! I get to meet some of my favorites UA-camrs!
Get a throw line with a throw bag and you can get all those limbs with out leaving the ground. Throw bags are a lot of fun to play with. That big ole pin even though it worked, is pretty dangerous stuff. Had a buddy that needed face reconstruction doing the exact same thing, but he was using a 2 1/16ths inch socket and para cord. As far as pole sawls go, spend the $300 and get the silky hayauchi. Best $300 you’ll ever spend. Throw line and bag with that saw, and you’ll be semi pro. Make sure you buy Samson throw line. It’s the best in my opinion. 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
You're exactly right Rob. I was waiting for someone to call me out on the sketchy pin throws! When I watched it back I was cringing too! Thanks for the tips on the saw too. My brother in law has all the best tree gear goodies and I've got to use his throw ball. It's way better than mine :)
I have a very wooded yard and I dread those storms as well. A pole saw is very handy even if you only use it a couple times a year, keeps me from being in a skid steer bucket most of the time. Good thing my kids are there to tell me when I'm doing something dumb too hahaha!
Yep 👍 we had damage from the same storms that went through east central Illinois I got one tree left to clean up it’s a big old rotten oak tree that is blocking a trail in the woods
Man, that storm system had a pretty big wake behind it! I've still got a few trees to clean up for the neighbor as well! Probably get it all cleaned up and another will come through 😉 Good exercise though!
"Daddy, that's a dumb idea!" ha ha ha, classic. I agree with one of the other comments, no need to apologize! your point was still well made. As an army officer, civilian construction project manager, and homesteader nothing could be more true... Unexpected and unwanted projects are time killers! Thanks for the great video... I love the small, local, home life, and general connected feel that your short videos have. I always know that you will read my comment, often reply, and have something good to say. You could almost say its neighborly (from the days when being a neighbor really meant something lol but that's a conversation for another day!). I look forward to the next video! I also plan to reach out to you by email to pick your brain on a few things and I look forward to those conversations as well!
I appreciate it Stephen. I do feel that same neighborly sense and I thank you for the kind words. I am grateful there are still folks out there that will connect with that mindset and this style of video. I really look forward to reading the comments from like minded individuals as well. Thanks again, and I'll look forward to that email.
Ha I’ve always been going to ask you Niel if Twins run in your family, after this video I see that they do 😂. Thanks for the entertainment and congratulations on the invite! Take care my friend!!
Always fun watching fellow Hoosiers on UA-cam. You TTWT, DirtP, Southern Logger and so on. Keep em coming. Im a hour ish south of FtW and the storms have been fun, so far no major damage luckily
Yeah, me too Ron. That one tree in the middle took a pretty hard hit but I hope it will fill in where it is bare now. I hate getting firewood from my own trees! Thanks.
I’m a fan of your work and look forward to your videos. I haven’t been disappointed yet. I highly recommend investing in a pole saw. I lived too long without one. Now I have 2. A manual and a battery powered. The manual has a little more reach, which comes in handy sometimes. I find myself using it at least twice a year in the yard just for routine tree maintenance. And several times now for storm damage just like you dealt with.
The plus side to weighing 120 pounds and being built like a squirrel is i can bring limbs like that down with nothing more then a hand saw. Thanks for another great video you never disappoint.
Now if there were two of you all the time like in part of this video, you would have gotten done in half the time. Although, I thought the guy of you on the right was slacking some. LOL. I actually had to do the same thing in June with a rope and weight on a couple dead limbs. Finally got it on the 4th try?!?! I do see a pole saw coming. KARA!!! Have fun at the show in Louisville. We have been to the National Farm Machinery Show there several times that usually takes place in mid Feb. each year.
This was actually the first time I've tried the rope trick at home. I've helped my BIL try to do it before but he has the right gear to be doing it with. I hope Kara sees your call for a pole saw... my birthday is coming up in October!! I'm really looking forward to Louisville. I've been to the Farm Show many times as well but never to this show. Should be a good time!
Your channel was recommended by Watch Wes Work. I've watched about a 12 so far and gotta tell ya, pretty entertaining and interesting. Your boiler is fascinating to me. 7000 sq feet is impressive. You got a new subscriber from Oregon out of me brother!
Wow Greg. Thanks so much for checking in on my channel. I owe Wes a handshake and lunch for mentioning my channel as I've seen quite a bit of traffic from it in the last day or so. He's a great guy. I plan to do a boiler story video this fall when I fire up my boiler. I'm really thankful for the boiler or I don't think I'd feel good about heating my shop and garage all winter without it. Glad to hear from you in Oregon and very glad to have you watching. Take care!
Full on sketchy moments for sure! I always watch myself back when editing and think "man, that could have went badly!". Appreciate you watching and commenting Peter!
You live in a beautiful place!! I have an echo gas pole saw. It’s really heavy and I get tired Out fast. My body has an electric stihl it’s great Light weight and I was surprised at how long the battery last. But I now use a A manual one with a sharp blade. It’s still faster than the echo
Thanks DB! Yeah, I like the idea of the electric for no more than I will likely be using it. My uncle has an electric with a cord and that works fine most of the time too. Thanks for checking in on the video! I hope I have a video of a barn door tailgate install one of these days now too!
Great job on the cleanup! I think you needed the helmet more throwing the pin then when you were in the bucket 🤣! I sure wish I could be there to meet everyone in Louisville but I can’t since we are back in school. Do you ever go to the National Farm Machinery show there in Louisville, usually it’s in February. I try to go every year but of course it was canceled last year. Take care!
Thanks Ben. You're right on the helmet for sure! Yes, I've been to the National Farm Machinery show many times over the years but not in the last 5-6 or so. Don't know what we're doing this year. Might go down there. Thanks for watching!
Puts a helmet on to cut some branches. Puts a baseball cap on to throw a lump of metal 20ft up while standing underneath. Your daughter needs to supervise your projects!
Ha! So true. I knew somebody would be calling me out on that and rightfully so. Did you notice the helmet was in the cabinet with the rope? I won't let that happen again! 😋 Thanks for watching!
Could send the rain to Minnesota? we seem to be lacking that thing called water...what rain we get isn't enough to fill a bottle . Btw I need a few trees pruned care to come up and prune them?
Ha! I don't think my style of pruning will keep me in business too long! Sorry to hear of the draught up that way. We've been wet all year. Weird how it all works... Thanks for watching!
Last year august 10 in Madrid iowa we had 120 mile an hour winds not a tornado but a derecho that was the worst thing every I hauled out 85 dump trailer loads of trees out of my grandparents
Oh man, that's awful. We had a derecho take out one of my buildings back in 2012. That's how I got my new shop! 85 loads... That sucks. Thanks for watching Ty.
Great videos Neil, keep them coming, you're very good with editing and content. I for one find them very enjoyable....also i have a pole saw and is very handy for the small /hard to reach stuff...all the best..:)
Don’t you have the Stihl combi system? They’ve got to have a pole saw attachment right? I have one for the Milwaukee M18 trimmer. It works great. I think the quality of the video is just fine. It was nice to see the different problem solving for each tree. I’ll have to see if the wife wants to move our grandma visit to week of September 30.. ;)
I don't have the actual combi system as mine was pre-combi I believe. But you're probably right; I might be able to put a pole saw attachment on there but I wouldn't have the telescope feature like some have. I'm not too sure though to be honest. Hopefully that Grandma visit can be shuffled around for ya! Thanks for watching!
Gotta love them ruts I was in the same place on a pole saw couldnt see myself using it enough to spend 500 to 700 so I went and got a black and decker 20v 100 dollars it's worth it a little china build and u can tell but its halfway desent just saying
I think that would work just great for my needs. Need to look into it. BTW, I absolutely hate driving the backhoe in the yard. Fortunately it looked worse than what it was since the grass was so tall. Thanks for watching!
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"Daddy, that is a dumb idea!" precious. :) Your videos are awesome, please do not apologize for your content. It is good, on topic and refreshing... what a family.
Thanks for the kind words Shon! Glad to have you watching.
Don’t apologize for you videos. Everything you post is great quality and entertaining and at least I enjoy and look forward to watching everything you post. If you keep posting, I will keep watching! Great job getting the rope over the branch!
Boy, I really appreciate that AC. Thanks for the support and kind words.
I watched the video and went to the comment section and yours was the first one I read, I totally agree with your comment.
I agree with everything you said,.
I agree with everything you said.
Just keep doing what you’re doing, Neil. I find your videos entertaining and down to earth. Nice to see family always involved. Family is what it’s all about!
I really appreciate it. Rick. Sometimes I wonder, but the support from viewers is really nice and helpful.
One of your positives of the channel is when you have the family working with you and the support you give each other. The kids are always ready to help 👍
Love your safety crew and their comments
I appreciate it Tim. I'm glad to have them helping and glad that folks appreciate them in the videos. Trying to raise those girls right! Thanks for watching.
Time killers, yes. But it shows the pride you have in your property and is just part of life. Looks like it was some quality family time, so its a win.
You're right about that. All part of life and chalked up as a fun work day. Thanks for watching Kyle!
Had a little chuckle at the end from the safety supervisor. In the Coast Guard the term is “Safety time out”. All work stops to mitigate danger “. Thanks for the daily entertainment.
I think I'll have many more years of those safety supervisor remarks! I like the Coast Guard approach. Thanks John!
The unplanned projects are always the ones that challenge you the most. Thanks for the video.
Most definitely Walter. Thanks for watching!
Hey All of your videos are awesome, they are true life and informative. Beautiful family. Keep up the amazing work.
Just subscribed Neil..... I'm just a dude in North Carolina who can recognize an interesting channel - dripping with honesty and the best of intentions. I hope you're rewarded with many more subscribers (if that's your goal) so they can get to know you, your family and appreciate your groovy content!
Thanks a lot Rob! We have family in Statesville and it's beautiful there. Really appreciate the kind words and I hope that the videos bring some level of "infotainment" to viewers that can relate. Thanks for subbing and commenting!
Impressed with clean up ingenuity. You belong with “the big guys” at the expo. You offer “homeowner” content vs their professional content. You add a nice contrast.
Thanks Bob for that sentiment. I'm excited to be going and it will be a great experience to meet some of those guys.
As soon as you put the pin on the rope I knew what you were up to, and just like your wife I'm impressed.
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You are very deserving to be included in that group of UA-camrs! I watch a handful of bigger channels and I respect you more than any of them! You da man!!!
Wow, I really appreciate that Jeremy! That means a lot as I respect you and what you're doing over there at Cairn Creek as well. You make some really great videos and I know the amount of time it takes to do them. You must sleep about as much as I do. :) Thanks for the support and kind words.
Gotta do the same cleanup after a nasty tree ripping storm. Thanks the the entertainment and more please!
Appreciate it Cliff. Good luck with your clean up efforts!
Congrats on your invite. Love watching your videos, keep up the great work!!!
Appreciate it Micah! Thanks for watching.
I was sent by Wes at Watch Wes Work and I generally like the channels he recommends. Keep up the good work.
Boy, that Wes did me a solid by mentioning my name. I think I had quite a few come over to check out my channel cause of that. Thanks so much for checking out my videos. I'm very glad to have you. I really enjoy Wes's channel too.
Always enjoy the videos when I can make some time to watch along. Looking forward to a handshake on the 30th, See you there!
Hey Jason! I'm looking forward to it as well. How is the Lil' WorksAlot doing? Glad to hear you'll be able to make it to Louisville!
@@digdrivediy hes doing much better now thanks for asking! Will have him along with us 🙂
@@JasonWorksAlot So glad to hear that!
I really enjoy your videos, thanks for all your dedication and time spent making all these videos.
Thanks Dana!
Great video. I took our oldest son to our daughter and she wanted a tree down, we needed to pull it away from a fence so our son went and got a hammer and tossed it into the tree. The hammer was stuck so I cut, our son and grandson pulled and the tree was on the ground. The only other comment that I can make is I wish you had some hearing protection. Keep up the great work, from west central Illinois, peace
Hi Curt! Glad that hammer trick worked out for you. I wasn't sure about the whole hitch pin thing that I was trying but by dumb luck it worked out. You're right on the hearing protection. Usually I'm good about that but just got in a hurry. Thanks so much for watching!
Those storms were rough. Glad you didn't have any more damage
Yeah they were. I guess it could have always been worse for sure. That tree will fill in I think.
I think your Clone has been getting into your Wardrobe!
Ha! Full on copy cat!
New viewer here. Honestly the pond build caught my attention - fascinating!!!!
Truly enjoy your channel, very interesting, entertaining & informative!!
Thank you very much
Welcome aboard and thanks so much for giving it a chance 👍🏻
Where I'm at in PA, we were lucky to only have one large limb fall down during the same system on Friday night. It was still large enough we burned most of the small stuff yesterday. The larger chunks will probably get split up or put at the end of our driveway and they'll go with people driving by. Can't imagine how long all of that would've taken to chip for a compost pile. At least your damage wasn't any worse as I saw a lot of downed limbs and branches while driving to Snap Fitness on Saturday morning. You, Tim, Dirt Perfect and all of the others together would be a fun time under one roof.
Well glad you only had the one limb Robert. Sometimes the wind does some needed "natural pruning" and sometimes it just tears stuff up. Our case was a little of both cause I hated what it did to that maple tree in the middle. There were some folks around here with worse, my neighbor being one of them. I'm really looking forward to the trip to Louisville to hang out with all those guys. Thanks for watching!
Nice work. It's always amazing how the to do list never shrinks
Boy, you're right about that Jacob. It never does shrink!
I was missing the yard maintenance videos.
This filled the need .... For now
Ha! Yeah, been neglecting the yard for a bit. Thankful the wife keeps up on things. I need to do some driveway edging and Momma wants some landscaping stuff... so maybe more coming. Thanks for watching!
@@digdrivediy no customer work ?? i'm not going anywhere you're my mentor
Your daughter is not afraid to dispense the wisdom about the wisdom of your ideas, I see.
So very true. Neither of my daughters is afraid...nor is my wife :) They'll keep me in line!
You deserved to go to the Expo... You are the best sir!
You have a great channel Neil, always worth watching. You keep the videos a reasonable time and filled with content. On the subject of this video, hmm, tree trimming, whether planned or otherwise always begets more tree trimming doesn't it? I mean you trim a few, then need some balance....while I got the equipment out, I might as well hit this tree of take care of those branches. You're all done, you look up, doesn't look like you did much....you look down and there is a mountain of work in breaking down the branches and getting them to the fire pile. What a chore, a satisfying chore, but a chore nonetheless.
Thanks Don! You're very right about the extra trimming! As a matter of fact, once we were done with the storm limbs the wife picked out a few others that needed trimmed. Half a day later and we had another round of brush for the fire on Sunday! Thanks much for the support and viewership!
I don’t care how good, or bad the videos you think you put out are, in my mind their all great because I’m always exited to see what you have in store, and you videos always make my day.
Wow, I really appreciate that Jaeden. I'm glad to have folks willing to watch me do whatever comes my way cause I usually don't know from day to day. Thanks again!
Your place is beautiful, thanks for sharing your clean up video. Have a great day. Lisa@moneypit homestead
Thanks so much Lisa. My wife really does a lot to keep it looking polished around here!
from the Netherlands thanks for the video Neil and Fam
Our pleasure sir!
Looks like it’s 4:45 minutes from North Alabama to Louisville, but it may be worth it to meet and greet with Celebrities! 🤪😜
Prayers for safety and Covid doesn’t squelch it.
It's about 4 hours for me. I'm looking forward to meeting those celebrities as well!!! Man, I didn't think about Covid being flared up. I sure hope not. Cross your fingers and hope to see you there!
Good work… glad you didn’t get hurt !!!!!
Thanks Tim. Yeah, no doubt. Little sketchy with the pin tossing!
Thanks for posting great info I really enjoy your channel
Thanks for watching!
Great video as usual. Listen to your kids if they think it’s a dumb idea then it probably is lol. 😘🇬🇧
Thanks so much Russell. Yeah, I think as the years go on I'll be forced to listen more and more to the advice from the ladies in my life! Fortunately this time it worked out! Thanks as always!
Your videos are always fun to watch even if it is cleaning limbs up.
Thanks a lot Jeff!
Look at it this way Neil. You’re getting a start on firewood for this year. 😉 Always try to look on the bright side.
That's right! Always a positive side! That's enough wood for a day or so 😬
I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for that Jim! Appreciate you watching.
That corn is looking good !
It sure is Ed! Good eye. This is one of the biggest corn crops we've ever had around here. We will have some record yields for our area.
Ha ha, that last comment in the video had me 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I've heard that several times myself. Lol. Stay safe.
Yeah, I get those kinda comments from three of them now! 😋
i feel your pain i have 30 trees in my yard and it is always clean up time love hate relationship with my trees. all your videos are great...love them cause they are real
Nice to have a helper clone! Reminds me of that movie Multiplicity 😅
O’ the pain of losing a limb! I know those trees cry in silence. I have proof… if you look around the broken off stump of the limb, you’ll see that the tree is weeping.
Living in the midwest… Over time you develop a cadre of tricks for cleaning up storm damage. Here, it is wind and tornados when we have leaves on. That is followed by ice and sleet storms, when they are bare. I am so glad that OSHA can’t fine me for working from a bucket loader… if so, I’d have to sell the tractor to pay them!
My baby backhoe bucket doesn’t reach high enough to pluck limbs out of a tree… but I suppose I could use it to pick them off the top of Nana’s rose bushes.
Now, the rope toss game… I have that down to an art. I even have my own custom limb lasso. It is made from 1/2” braided nylon rope. The tossed end is two steel rings from an old grain drill drag. It started as a 100’ piece of continuous rope. Then along came Bob.
Bob is one of those guys who has worked all of his life in an office or a car. He’s the guy who calls a handyman to spackle over nail holes when his wife moves a painting on the living room wall. When getting materials for a job we are doing, he’ll invariably pick up studs when we need 8 footers. Power tools don’t like Bob… so, he has none.
Bob is always ready to trade labor to get tasks that he needs done. Last Fall he needed a driveway culvert replaced and concrete ends poured. My neighbor was doing that when he happened to mention his next project. It was to remove a tree right next to his house. Of course, Bob tells him that he’ll be there to help.
Fast forward to tree day… four of us are there. Three of us have been cutting trees for at least two score years…. And then there is Bob!
The tree is a 30” diameter white oak in declining health. Two large limbs hang over the house. Once those are removed, the tree will have a slight lean toward the house… but we all agree (including Bob) that the remainder of the limbs will counterbalance it away from the house.
The plan of attack is for my neighbor (Cutter) to run the saw, me to run the bucket loader, experienced tree-smith (let’s just call him Smith) to drive the farm truck attached to the rope… and Bob to relay signals between Cutter and Smith.
Rope in place, Bob is standing under the limb fall so we move him out of the way. This puts him where his sight is obstructed and he must listen for instructions. Cutter tells Bob to have Smith put some tension on the rope. Bob yells at the driver to pull. Smith starts forward slowly until he can see the rope is taut. Cutter say’s, “That’s enough.”
Bob hollers, “STOP” and waves his arms violently. Smith hits the brakes hard. The sudden jolt to the limb causes a 30’ long dead piece (about the diameter of a quart of paint) to fall right where Bob would have been standing. So far, No harm/No foul.
Cutter then begins to cut the limb. He finishes the under cut relief and says, “Get ready”. Bob relays that as, “When I holler GO, you pull like a bat out of hell.” Which neither Cutter nor myself hear because, we are behind the tree with the saw running. Cutter has resumed his back cut.
As I said, Smith is experienced at tree work. He knows that the tension in the rope alone will likely pull the limb away from the house. All he needs is a timely notice that the limb is starting to break loose… but that is not what he gets.
As soon as Cutter says, “Get ready”, Bob starts acting like he is a third base coach instructing a runner coming in hot from second… with barely enough time to slide in home ‘Safe’. He yells, “GO” and starts mimicking a prairie windmill in a tornado with his signal arm.
I look on in amazement as Bob’s shout (and excessive signal) spook Smith into tapping the accelerator just a bit too hard. In an instant, I see the rope snap and the limb swing back up. The stunned Cutter puts his hand in front of his face to keep the broken end of the whiplike rope from taking his head off.
Then, in slow motion the limb swings back down and breaks off at the perfect angle. This allows the tip to topple harmlessly onto the ground and bounce the limb away from the house.
Smith parks the truck and walks back to the tree to find out exactly what happened. I lower Cutter to the ground where all four of us gather to discuss our adventure.
Our postmortem goes like this…
Cutter describes the Bullwhip encounter.
Smith apologizes for panicking.
I get ready to suggest that perhaps Bob had misinterpreted the signal. But, I am cut short by Bob’s announcement that his suspicion had been confirmed. “I knew all along that rope wasn’t going to be strong enough!”
Cutter looks at Bob and says, “You might be onto something there!”
As I’m doing my Boy Scout Knot Tying Merit Badge practice on the rope ends…. I ask the rope, “Why after 10 years of use in pulling limbs and trees, did you decide to fail today?” A question for which the world may never have an answer.
Neil, as I said, my rope used to be one continuous 100’ length… before Bob. Well, I just described the first time it got broken that day… curiously it was not to be the last but… I’ll have to describe the second Bob Effect later…
You see, all those promised and forewarned severe thunderstorms of the past three weeks have missed us. The ground is parched and I have to go water the ‘maters.
Thanks for showing how a real crew tackles tree cleanup!
Neil... did it show up this time?
Now I can see it! That was weird? Now I can get to my Sunday evening routine! :)
Oh man! We all know a Bob or two. The hindsight is oh-so acute for the guys I know that must be similar to Bob. Never a mention or concern before the incident but knew it all too well it was gonna happen afterwards! Well, I'm certainly glad to hear of the accident free outcome. You got me chuckling with the "prairie windmill in a tornado" line. I could see those arms flailing just perfectly!
Tree work on the surface always starts out looking like an easy task. Just get up high or reach up high and cut this or tug on that and let gravity do all the work. But, there is way more geometry and physics at play than what is usually first assumed for most folks. I mentioned that my brother-in-law is a tree climber and boy oh boy, it is amazing to watch him work. I have learned a lot from him and I still don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to tree work and ropes and knots and tie lines... I didn't hear from him today on this video, but I can only assume the cringe on his face as he watches me fumble around with that hitch pin on a rope whilst ignoring the helmet in the cabinet I reached over to get said rope! I think next time I'll remember to get a lid on my noggin' if I start whipping that pin around again cause I know if it would have clunked me somebody would have said "I knew that was gonna happen"!
I knew the tree work video would be relatable for you since you live amongst the trees. I hope this is the extent of our midwestern wind storm season and we can have a little break before we move onto the ice storm season. There can't be many little dead sticks left in these trees so should be a light load this winter!
Not sure why your comment went away but glad to see it again now. Thanks as always!
@@digdrivediy I think Bob must have been a Little League coach at one time.... he flailed his arm perfectly to play the part!
Yeah, a professional Arborist would have had a heart attack... from laughing... to see us that day. And, non of us were wearing our hardhats either!!!
Thanks for the comeback!
Your wife was right! Safety first always. I have enjoyed all your videos and look for the new ones. A lot of what you do, has and is now what I have done and do. I wish Louisville was closer, I look for to that posting on the other UA-cam channels as well as yours.
Yes, she was certainly right! I get in too big of a hurry and get sloppy with safety from time to time. Thanks for the kind words. I'm looking forward to Louisville! I get to meet some of my favorites UA-camrs!
Loved the clone of yourself when you picked up. Thought one of them was Nate at first. Great editing.
Ha! Nate didn't seem to be around when it was clean up time...? But, he did help when I needed so I'll give him a break! Thanks Jason!
Get a throw line with a throw bag and you can get all those limbs with out leaving the ground. Throw bags are a lot of fun to play with.
That big ole pin even though it worked, is pretty dangerous stuff. Had a buddy that needed face reconstruction doing the exact same thing, but he was using a 2 1/16ths inch socket and para cord.
As far as pole sawls go, spend the $300 and get the silky hayauchi. Best $300 you’ll ever spend. Throw line and bag with that saw, and you’ll be semi pro. Make sure you buy Samson throw line. It’s the best in my opinion. 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
You're exactly right Rob. I was waiting for someone to call me out on the sketchy pin throws! When I watched it back I was cringing too! Thanks for the tips on the saw too. My brother in law has all the best tree gear goodies and I've got to use his throw ball. It's way better than mine :)
@@digdrivediy ISA certification is no joke. I bow down to him and his knowledge. 🙇♂️
@@robsmith7681 Yeah me too. I'll probably get in trouble over this video when he sees me going full OSHA violation!!
I have a very wooded yard and I dread those storms as well. A pole saw is very handy even if you only use it a couple times a year, keeps me from being in a skid steer bucket most of the time. Good thing my kids are there to tell me when I'm doing something dumb too hahaha!
Right on Trey! I've got three ladies to all help keep me in line nowadays! I'm gonna be in the market for a pole saw pretty soon I think.
Yep 👍 we had damage from the same storms that went through east central Illinois I got one tree left to clean up it’s a big old rotten oak tree that is blocking a trail in the woods
Man, that storm system had a pretty big wake behind it! I've still got a few trees to clean up for the neighbor as well! Probably get it all cleaned up and another will come through 😉 Good exercise though!
Love your videos thank you
these videos are fantastic Neil
.. another GREAT video Neil ! Thanks for keeping us entertained.
You bet! Thanks for watching!
Good job Neil!
Thanks so much!
Your channel is going to blow up. Every vid is great!!!
Very nice if you to say Thomas! I hope you're right 😋
"Daddy, that's a dumb idea!" ha ha ha, classic. I agree with one of the other comments, no need to apologize! your point was still well made. As an army officer, civilian construction project manager, and homesteader nothing could be more true... Unexpected and unwanted projects are time killers! Thanks for the great video... I love the small, local, home life, and general connected feel that your short videos have. I always know that you will read my comment, often reply, and have something good to say. You could almost say its neighborly (from the days when being a neighbor really meant something lol but that's a conversation for another day!). I look forward to the next video! I also plan to reach out to you by email to pick your brain on a few things and I look forward to those conversations as well!
I appreciate it Stephen. I do feel that same neighborly sense and I thank you for the kind words. I am grateful there are still folks out there that will connect with that mindset and this style of video. I really look forward to reading the comments from like minded individuals as well. Thanks again, and I'll look forward to that email.
Ha I’ve always been going to ask you Niel if Twins run in your family, after this video I see that they do 😂. Thanks for the entertainment and congratulations on the invite! Take care my friend!!
Thanks so much Mike! Yeah, any work that my twin does I can even feel it ache in my back too! :) Thanks for checking in!
i think all your videos are top notch.nice job getting those branches down.and your cabinet doors were very cool.
Thanks Ron. My father in law built those cabinets. We salvaged them out of a family members house that burnt in a fire.
Good video Neil.
Thanks Ryan!
Great video. Love your channel
Thanks so much Kevin! Really appreciate it.
Great job keep up the great work love your videos thank you
Always fun watching fellow Hoosiers on UA-cam. You TTWT, DirtP, Southern Logger and so on. Keep em coming. Im a hour ish south of FtW and the storms have been fun, so far no major damage luckily
Hey there Hoosier Matt! Yeah, the storms are all so hit-and-miss. Hopefully that will be it for us this season. Thanks for watching!
If you haven’t done one you should do a shop tour video I would love to see more of it give me some ideas for the shop I want to build
I've never done that but had a few others ask. I guess I gotta clean my shop 😋That could be fun to do though. Thanks Shane!
Glad your trees weren't destroyed Neil, not the best way to get more fire wood 😃
Yeah, me too Ron. That one tree in the middle took a pretty hard hit but I hope it will fill in where it is bare now. I hate getting firewood from my own trees! Thanks.
I’m a fan of your work and look forward to your videos. I haven’t been disappointed yet. I highly recommend investing in a pole saw. I lived too long without one. Now I have 2. A manual and a battery powered. The manual has a little more reach, which comes in handy sometimes. I find myself using it at least twice a year in the yard just for routine tree maintenance. And several times now for storm damage just like you dealt with.
Really appreciate it Gabriel! Yeah, I think I see a pole saw in my future for sure! Thanks for watching!
The plus side to weighing 120 pounds and being built like a squirrel is i can bring limbs like that down with nothing more then a hand saw. Thanks for another great video you never disappoint.
Ha! I did a little squirrel work in one of those trees as well but I'm not quite that nimble. Thanks for watching Henry!
I also live in N.E. Indiana. I am still trying to get cleaned up enough to mow.
Yeah, we got to mow today after a week of cleaning up in the evenings.
You make awesome videos. Ill watch them all, Im really hoping for some firewood videos this fall as thats what made me find your channel.
Thanks so much! I'm sure I'll be getting into plenty of firewood vids come this winter. The firewood is stacking up on my slab as we speak!
You make awesome videos keep in common by the way I like your tractor's the green
Thanks David! Really appreciate it!
Now if there were two of you all the time like in part of this video, you would have gotten done in half the time. Although, I thought the guy of you on the right was slacking some. LOL.
I actually had to do the same thing in June with a rope and weight on a couple dead limbs. Finally got it on the 4th try?!?!
I do see a pole saw coming. KARA!!!
Have fun at the show in Louisville. We have been to the National Farm Machinery Show there several times that usually takes place in mid Feb. each year.
This was actually the first time I've tried the rope trick at home. I've helped my BIL try to do it before but he has the right gear to be doing it with. I hope Kara sees your call for a pole saw... my birthday is coming up in October!!
I'm really looking forward to Louisville. I've been to the Farm Show many times as well but never to this show. Should be a good time!
Your channel was recommended by Watch Wes Work. I've watched about a 12 so far and gotta tell ya, pretty entertaining and interesting. Your boiler is fascinating to me. 7000 sq feet is impressive. You got a new subscriber from Oregon out of me brother!
Wow Greg. Thanks so much for checking in on my channel. I owe Wes a handshake and lunch for mentioning my channel as I've seen quite a bit of traffic from it in the last day or so. He's a great guy. I plan to do a boiler story video this fall when I fire up my boiler. I'm really thankful for the boiler or I don't think I'd feel good about heating my shop and garage all winter without it. Glad to hear from you in Oregon and very glad to have you watching. Take care!
Enjoyed the video as always no apology needed I just appreciate your efforts. Family and work come first. Stay safe some sketchy moments there.
Full on sketchy moments for sure! I always watch myself back when editing and think "man, that could have went badly!". Appreciate you watching and commenting Peter!
You are a good Man Mr Koch, you could have left the missed throws with the rope out of the video lol
I think I did leave half a dozen of them out!!! That was tough but glad it worked out. Should have worn my helmet for that though!
You live in a beautiful place!! I have an echo gas pole saw. It’s really heavy and I get tired Out fast. My body has an electric stihl it’s great Light weight and I was surprised at how long the battery last. But I now use a A manual one with a sharp blade. It’s still faster than the echo
Thanks DB! Yeah, I like the idea of the electric for no more than I will likely be using it. My uncle has an electric with a cord and that works fine most of the time too. Thanks for checking in on the video! I hope I have a video of a barn door tailgate install one of these days now too!
@@digdrivediy 😂 If I can keep This GoPro from shutting off. It doesn’t like the heat !!
Great job on the cleanup! I think you needed the helmet more throwing the pin then when you were in the bucket 🤣! I sure wish I could be there to meet everyone in Louisville but I can’t since we are back in school. Do you ever go to the National Farm Machinery show there in Louisville, usually it’s in February. I try to go every year but of course it was canceled last year. Take care!
Thanks Ben. You're right on the helmet for sure! Yes, I've been to the National Farm Machinery show many times over the years but not in the last 5-6 or so. Don't know what we're doing this year. Might go down there. Thanks for watching!
Puts a helmet on to cut some branches. Puts a baseball cap on to throw a lump of metal 20ft up while standing underneath.
Your daughter needs to supervise your projects!
Ha! So true. I knew somebody would be calling me out on that and rightfully so. Did you notice the helmet was in the cabinet with the rope? I won't let that happen again! 😋 Thanks for watching!
Could send the rain to Minnesota? we seem to be lacking that thing called water...what rain we get isn't enough to fill a bottle .
Btw I need a few trees pruned care to come up and prune them?
Ha! I don't think my style of pruning will keep me in business too long! Sorry to hear of the draught up that way. We've been wet all year. Weird how it all works... Thanks for watching!
Dang, that was a long way up in the bucket with no harness! I don't bounce anymore lol
Last year august 10 in Madrid iowa we had 120 mile an hour winds not a tornado but a derecho that was the worst thing every I hauled out 85 dump trailer loads of trees out of my grandparents
Oh man, that's awful. We had a derecho take out one of my buildings back in 2012. That's how I got my new shop! 85 loads... That sucks. Thanks for watching Ty.
That hitch pin made me nervous lol
Yeah, in hindsight it would have been a lot smarter to wear my helmet!!!
Great vidoe! If you didn't have that backhoe I think you would have been out of luck! Thanks!
Appreciate it David. That backhoe helps me out of a lot of situations it seems!
Great videos Neil, keep them coming, you're very good with editing and content. I for one find them very enjoyable....also i have a pole saw and is very handy for the small /hard to reach stuff...all the best..:)
Thanks John. I hope a pole saw is in my future for sure. This would have been a great excuse to get one!
WHoa you have a twin!!! lol neat
you do good for how you do it
Ha! Sometimes my way is a little backwards but I eventually get there!!!
Don’t you have the Stihl combi system? They’ve got to have a pole saw attachment right? I have one for the Milwaukee M18 trimmer. It works great. I think the quality of the video is just fine. It was nice to see the different problem solving for each tree. I’ll have to see if the wife wants to move our grandma visit to week of September 30.. ;)
I don't have the actual combi system as mine was pre-combi I believe. But you're probably right; I might be able to put a pole saw attachment on there but I wouldn't have the telescope feature like some have. I'm not too sure though to be honest. Hopefully that Grandma visit can be shuffled around for ya! Thanks for watching!
You need a grapple. They make short work of brush piles.
Is there a way I could send a couple pictures of my pole saw, so you could make your own?
YES! I do need a grapple. One of these days. You could email me a pic? nkoch1976 at g mail.
COOL!
Hey Neil! How's that Clone workin out for Ya!
He's good, but I seem to be just as tired even when he's been helping!
@@digdrivediy I like your sense of humor ! LOL
So is that gonna be like a meet and greet type of thing?
Yes. I didn't do a very good job of explaining it but that is exactly what it is. At the Hyundai booth. Should be cool.
Necessary!
And necessary... yes!
Daddy!!!!! That's a dumb idea!!! oh my gosh hilarious
Yep. I get to hear it from more than one angle nowadays! Thanks Tony!
What kind of tree’s?
Maples
Gotta love them ruts I was in the same place on a pole saw couldnt see myself using it enough to spend 500 to 700 so I went and got a black and decker 20v 100 dollars it's worth it a little china build and u can tell but its halfway desent just saying
I think that would work just great for my needs. Need to look into it. BTW, I absolutely hate driving the backhoe in the yard. Fortunately it looked worse than what it was since the grass was so tall. Thanks for watching!
yup time invest in a pole saw ( that goes up at least 15-20 ft ) and hahaah a new hat that fits ya noggen
One Neil
Two Neil
Red Neil
Blue Neil
Perfect!
Excellent reply! I'll admit that he had me wondering who the second guy was! Now I'm wondering how he did it! haha
Haha! That's good :)
@@sassafrasvalley1939 Where'd your other comment go?
@@digdrivediy It shows up on my feed as a separate comment under my name? I'll comment under it again and see if it shows up on yours....
So if I drive to Louisville on September 30th, Can I get an autograph?
Of course! But I think you could get that autograph any day of the week! Your brother is gonna be down there too he said.
Lol the very last comment !
Ingenuity is the mother of invention and throwing rope is what’s learnt when young ,,made me laugh though
Glad to hear you had a chuckle Derek! Thanks for watching!
hey neil can u listen to change my clothes by dream and alec benjamin btw its a good song ;D
I'll give that a listen next time I think of it. Thanks for the suggestion.
U need to invest in a safety belt
This is true... Very true.
? I think it would have been smarter to wear the helmet while throwing the hitch pin, then it was to wear it up in the tree using that small saw. Dad
I think you're right. See, the difference is Kara was watching me do one of those tasks but not the other... Next time...