The Biggest Tree I've Ever Felled
2022 ж. 10 Қар.
1 499 180 Рет қаралды
I hope it comes across in the video just how big this old guy was. I hate to cut it down, but it had to be done.
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I don't know what's better - watching you take the tree down or the useful little tidbits you drop along the way.
Tutorial to watch
You are like a internet dad that teaches real good stuff. Love it!
I was just thinking the same thing 🤣😅
Thinking the same thing. A lot of us had to start from scratch. Thanks internet Dad!
Hopefully, you have someone in your family, interested in working the property, when you finish with your time... if not, you're welcome to adopt me. Continued blessings to you, and warm regards from Bob.
Working the opposite of gravity... Brilliant teacher...
We all need internet Dads .. LMAO
Not bored! I don't watch TV; I watch YT in the evening! I have been using the bowline, clove hitch, half-hitch and square knot since I was kid almost seventy years ago! My Dad was Chief Botswain's Mate in the Navy. He taught me the standard bowline and had many more knots that he used. I'll be using that bowling on a bite 23:26 tomorrow, cutting about 20 hemlocks. Excellent video production and content. Thanks!
EXCELLENT CONTENT...💯 PERCENT
I was watching you coil the rope or maybe a drop cord, I'm 70 and nothing boring about watching that. I still enjoy learning. Thank you!
Nothing like watching Farmcraft and eating pizza! I'd definitely want to see the video on the HVAC systems!
I'm watching and waiting for pizza
Totally agree, I have been thinking of putting in a similar system, and would be very interested to see what you have done.
Coffee in the morning here , don`t have to put your coat on to see how its done .
I’m a commercial hvac tech, I’m definitely interested in seeing that video. I always enjoy seeing other peoples work. Gives me ideas on future projects
@@maintenanceman1015.
You collapsing when it finally fell was well deserved! She fought all the way what a great ole 200 plus tree !
I'm a certified arborist, and id say anywhere between 3 to 5k is fair game for this removal. Especially if the tree is being hauled away that really factors into the price.
I know I will never need the information from this video, however, I sat fascinated by your narrative and how you so skillfully cut down that monster tree. And, to boot, you even made use of the wood.! I am also very impressed with your teaching skills. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos and sharing your expertise. Much admiration from a NYC apartment dweller.
Everything you produce is just top notch! It's educational, entertaining, and just really high quality. The camera work and editing is wonderful and it's crazy to think you're doing all of this yourself. You're highly appreciated!
Just keep your eyes off his chainsaw. I like him too.
You truly can fix anything. Just found your channel and am binge watching all your videos. You have a very diversified skill set that I’m sure you learnt over many years. I’ve yet to watch a video I haven’t enjoyed! On a side note your filming style is out of this world, multiple angles and replays are wicked! Keep it up from Canada!
I wanted to see that tree fall about seven more times, tho'.
Yes I agree, the filmography is quite good. John's Little Production Company...
Texas sucks butt
I’m amazed at how knowledgeable you are on so many different jobs.
If I could give you a couple of tips in case you are ever going to fell another tree that is bigger than the length of your bar they would be 1 use a thin straight edge to check your scarf/hinge is straight. It was slightly convex and gave the hinge extra geometry to fight you. 2 before you start your back cut plunge the center of the hinge removing the middle of the tree so you don't have to notch the back when the back cut is already made. Also less important is that a 28in full house chain is a big step up from a 20in bar with skip tooth chain. You're obviously a lateral thinker and hard worker I hope these couple of points can help save you time and effort in future endeavors.
full skip for sure on a 28" on what looks like a 460/1 in hardwoods. It's also nice when ya cut farm trees full of metal, pretty rare to dull chains from just cutting at a farm. Tip #4 leave some more weight in the tree, you had plenty of room. Use the trees weight to tip it over.
Anything you turn into a video I’m watching. HVAC is always educational. I look forward to it. Thanks for your hard work.
After watching you with your boom lift, I rented one to clean up my property. That was SO much easier than climbing or using a ladder, and a lot safer. Thanks for all the life pro tips!
But we missed your great tree cutting fail video on the Tube! There are some really good ones out there. Except for the poor fools that plummet down from the tree, that is!
Yes. This is the only way to fell trees. 😂 Great Idea.
Great entertaining video, from start to finish. No way I would be up in a JLG at 60'. My most was at 40' fabricating metal buildings ! LOL ! Many years ago. Thoughtful, safe and slow. No hospital visits. You did good. And that remaining Beech truly is a jewel ! The knot class was appreciated ! Thank you !
I worked for a arborist in Texas. Your looking at 4600 to cut it down and haul it off. If you want to keep the wood for fire wood, take off 250. The liability alone is worth having someone do it. Now remember if there is a out building near add 200, and if there is a house within 100 feet, add another $1000. Texas has a lot of pecan trees that can be 80 inches around and 120 feet tall. Great video!
Love the rope tutorial at the end. Don’t second guess your viewers interest- if we can watch you cut down a tree for an hour we would love to watch knots for hours as well! Keep it up!!
A sailor is not going to coil a rope your way - too messy and you would get soaked. There are a couple of other methods that work well, depending on the diameter and length of the line. What would have worked well for you would be to just lay the line down in a figure 8. When done, just fold one side of the figure 8 over the other and use a free end to secure the coils.
Teaching us how to properly keep rope and the 2nd way to finish it was really neat and helpful. I've never seen that done and I'll now be using that a lot more often.
I'm not an expert. I really appreciate all that you do. One comment worth making is that I believe some people look at putting a line on the tree pulling it in one direction. My opinion is that unless you have a constant INCREASED and rapid tension on the line, the tree initially will start to move in the direction of the line, but after moving 6" and taking the tension out of the line, it is going to move in whatever direction it wants.
What a magnificent tree to live for 200 years it gave shade, and now it will get warmth
I would very much like to see the geothermal/HVAC setup you put together with your brother-in-law! I have enjoyed and learned so much from your videos I’ve seen so far. I’m sure I’ll learn more. Can’t wait to see them all.
Ditto. I have learned so much from your videos but most of all, I have learned that one man can do anything he sets his mind to.
Here in New Zealand, our very benevolent climate creates phenomenal growing conditions, especially for exotic (introduced) species of trees such as Monterey Pine and Monterey Cypress. They can easily grow to 30 or 40 tonnes in only 50 or 60 years. I have processed single Monterey Pines (Pinus Radiata) that were over a complete logging truck and trailer load in one tree!
Marty T is a wild dude. Love watching his content.
When i did my City & Guilds Amenity Horticulture in 1982, it included a chainsaw course. You had to tie yourself off at least 10 feet above the ladder and safely using rope, take three branches down. A lift like that would have made life very easy. Three people had an immediate fail because they wouldn't leave the ladder. The whole point was to show us to learn the safe way to do it. ( 🇬🇧 ). My file had a guide plate on it so it was impossible to grind at wrong angle. If you chalk your file it doesn't clog up or ruin the file.
That's a called a mountaineers coil. You can do it with the rope doubled in exactly the same way you did. Then when you're done you can take the two ends and make the whole bundle into a "backpack" that you can easily carry. Great when you're hiking in to go climbing. Enjoyed your video!
I'd love to see a video on your HVAC as well as one on climbing tips and procedure.
The tree removal would of cost you $3000.00 at the minimum. Great job on the video. I am interested in watching the HVAC video as well. Whatever you film ends up great. I accidentally found a gun video you did several years ago. I hope you start posting them again. Thank you again for all your teachings!!!
This was such a great video! To see you safely take down this tree all by yourself was really informative and inspirational. Thank you.
I agree!
Very patient and thoughtful
Some ov those cuts were pretty dodgy and on the fell if max diameter was 55 bar is 28 two times that is 56 so why the struggle
Aside from the tree, your editing skills are superior and are the main reason for keeping eyes on the video. Any KZhead channel (baking cakes to motorcycle stunting), would learn a lot from this production.
Being taught something new is never boring 👍
The last 6 minutes was an education👨🎓👨🎓👨🎓. Thank you Professor
There's nothing like a good water fight, a good snowball fight or a good beaver dam fight...but nothing beats a huge tree fight!
Truly appreciate the time and effort you put into explaining how you coil your rope/extension cords. Very enlightening information!!
Great video! You’re about right on the price to clean up the tree. I worked for a tree service for 2 years and we would charge roughly $3,000-$3,500 if there wasn’t obstacles to remove trees that size. Slightly cheaper if are dump spot was close.
I work for a tree service right now and I would definitely agree that would be $3500👍
All I can say is bravo, you did a very good job in cutting and let the viewers learn a lot about cautions. Wishing you stay well and safe.
I really like all your videos because you explain everything you are doing and why you do things the way you do, sure would be nice to have a boom lift like that, made that job easer and safer. Keep the video coming.
Not at all boring for this non-farm boy, very interesting, enjoyable and learned. Also your approach and teaching style easy going and kept my interest. Thanks.
Never bored watching your stories. Good job and done safely! Thanks for teaching me.
This channel is one of the greatest on KZhead. The moment the algorithm pushes it, it'll be one of the biggest. Great work as usual, John. Given your skills, I believe a good series in addition to the black smithing press would be a wood splitter.
I want to thank you for sharing what you know. I grew up in the country, learning about hard work, and I hated it when I was a kid. I live in a city now, and I miss being able to enjoy good hard work. As I watched your video, I found myself wanting to help out, and to learn what you know. Thanks again, from this old fart.
nice and concise my friend.been 45 years working saws now.I do take an extra bit off my rakers myself(running on my husky395xp,as she's got the brute force to keep cutting.very jealous of all your machinery.cherry pickers are a great extra level of security working rotten trees,as sometimes it's near on impossible to get any good trustworthy anchor points for ropes and straps.I am blessed to be doing work that I enjoy immensely,and can see you're enthusiasm in your mannersisms.so thanks again.stay safe and lucky, and blessings be upon you and yours.with respect.maddog.off grid in West cork,eire
Rope coiling was really interesting, learned a lot. Now, how about wrestling with the air hose that's still under pressure.
I'm retired and not long for this..... I watch KZhead videos on hundreds of subjects. This is one of the greatest videos I have seen. Explains EVERYTHING, all about the process and never about himself. My new hero. What a shame that beech could not be utilized in anything other than firewood. Think of the amount of great mulch you could make out of that last healthy beech.
Love the little tips and tricks. This old dog learned something new today.
The way you wrapped your rope the first time reminded me of the way I used to wrap halyards and sheets on my dad's 40-foot sailing boat. The second way you showed to tie off the wrap reminded me of how to whip a rope end, and/or make a tassel! You'd make a great deck hand! Thanks for a fascinating video! ❤️
Farmcraft 101, the go to channel when you want good hard working entertainment. Man, is there anything you can't do? Love your channel and how you explain everything.
definitely want to see the hvac system!! thx for the tree cutting info and skills!
Great video! I have a brother-in-law that was in the wood cutting business...He had a wood processor for years and did many mountains of wood.
I wish I were your neighbor. I’d be over at your house every day volunteering and soaking up your knowledge. Your videos are the next best thing. Thank you for sharing your vast experience!
Ah, Ed time to go home now.😂
Did not realise how hard beach wood actually is opened my eyes.. great video production 👍🏻
Just discovered your channel...a lot of useful and practical info. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge about tree/property/equipment management.
My first time here and love watching you cutting the tree down. It’s an amazing video and learning experience..!
There you go again reinforcing what you've taught us. That's the mark of an excellent teacher! I saw Fireball Tools video about the files. I love stuff like that. And of course I would love to watch any video that you want to make. So that's one vote for me. ☺️
As a retired land clearing guy, you nailed the price that I'd quote you for that job, without removing the debris from the property or stump removal.
Certified arborist for 23 years now. You obviously know your stuff brother. Great work! You would love a skid steer with a grapple bucket. And that's actually a running bowline. A standard bowline is without the tail running through it. But I'm nitpicking. I knew it was an American Beech just from the thumbnail pic 😉. Don't know if you've had tree co experience before but you sure carry yourself like you do. Great sharpening skills! Great undercuts when needed. Followers should know to hold chainsaw off to the side, and never look down at the chain while bucking. Kickback to the face is a life changing experience. And I wish you'd wear a hardhat with ear muffs and a face mask. But only because I care about you. 👏👍 I have the masdam rope puller as well. Nice tool. I believe it uses 3 stand ropes only
Loved your rope coiling at the end, the second way looked a lot cleaner!
Rapidly becoming my favorite channel, I learn all sorts of stuff from you that unfortunately I will probably never need
I have been at sea nearly all my life and know knots but your flaking that rope was awesome. Thank you for teaching us that. Well done with tree too.
Lovin' your videos! Thank you for sharing your expertise and taking the time to set up, film, and edit multiple-camera angle footage--such a major undertaking besides the actual tree-felling. A class act! I once spent a weekend taking down 23 trees at my girlfriend's property, but while pretty tall, they were skinny rails (1-2 feet in diameter) compared to the behemoths you took down, and that work I did was nothing to what you're able to accomplish. Major Kudos!
The rope management section was great as well as the whole video. I always learn a lot.
I love your videos. Thanks for that. I wanna suggest building the log splitter yourself. You have a cylinder and connections and valves and a pump. Just need structure and an engine. It gonna be several videos and WIN WIN.
Could maybe just drive the cylinder off the excavator, don't need a separate engine and pump
@@pcb1962 He still has a good pump though. There are plenty of cheap or free pressure washers that people didn't winterize with perfectly good engines on them... Quite a few of them being Hondas!
I have a suggestion for the stump. Cut it below your wedge cut and remove that part for firewood, then cut another section below that about 10 or so inches but keep it intact (may need a 2 person crosscut saw to get the center). Bind that with metal, because as it dries it will start to split and the metal will keep it together till totally dried. Sand the snot out of it and make one or more table tops (10 inches is a lot of wood, 5 inches for 1 table maybe?). Plus, depending on the stain, it would really bring out number of rings. As for thick rings, that happens when a tree has a good growing year, the thicker the ring the more it grew that year.
Thank YOU... You are BLESSED with an absolutely beautiful historic home and fantastic farm property...!!
Great video! The knot tying and rope coiling were my favorite bits.
Excellent and educational as always. Never bored. One of the best “how to” channels on KZhead.
I enjoyed watching you fell the huge tree and all that followed. Great to see how to "coil" a rope or extension cord. I always had trouble with extension cords coming loose. You explain everything well. Thanks!!
Everything about this video is fantastic. So full of good, useful information. Thanks for creating it.
I'm surprised I remember how to cut down a large tree- haven't had to do it or even help out since around 1991. But watching your process and thinking, I was anticipating and matching your decisions, so I'm fairly confident I can still do it if I need to. Also, I do like how you showed the rope knots and "coils"- my father showed me when I was a kid, but he wasn't near as good as explaining, or maybe I was just not paying enough attention at the time to remember after several years, until I needed to know and realized I had no clue. I've gone at least 35 years causing myself a lot of aggravation, so at least I can go the rest of my years- hopefully another 30 at least- doing it a much easier way. Thanks!
At one time in your video as you battled that big trunk, I couldn't help but catch myself singing the oldie, "I fought the log and the log won...." But like the Phoenix you rose to meet the challenge and you laid the old man down. Enjoyed it!
The more content you put out, the more I learn. It would be great to see the work you and your brother-in-law did with the HVAC system. Thanks for sharing your skills. God bless you and yours.
Love to see Geothermal / HVAC install, when you get to its presentation. Thanks for all the content to date!
Thank you for the rope coiling tips! Definitely useful information! 😁
Never bored here and always enjoy the great camera and editing skills. Oh, would love to see a video on that HVAC system. You do an excellent job teaching and explaining what you are doing 👍👍👍👍
That was fun, thanks for sharing! One thing that I have done differently, is to cut a void out to insert a hydraulic jack on the back side. When done carefully with flat surfaces, it saves quite a lot of wedge and hammer work...I'm an old guy and that matters lol!
Thanks for the tips on securing the ropes for storage. As a weekend sailor I already use the Bowline knot for securing the Jib Sheet to the Clew of the Jib, this attachment gets put under a lot of tension particularly in high wind situations. Also your method of coiling the rope/line for storage,, I've just learned another way, great for those long lines such as the Main Halyard. I always pick up something new from your video's so please keep on keeping on, really enjoy you're channel. Don
Your property is so beautiful! Enjoy watching!
I loved it when you explained a bowline knot. Right before you did, I thought. "I hope you say the bunny out of the hole and around the tree. That is how I learned it when I was 9 years old learning how to sail. Love all your content :) :) :)
I always stay to the end and never mind learning things from you. You're a great teacher!
Thanks. Good to see the rope work.
Awesome job on taking that HUGE tree down. Thank you for 2 bowline knots and the wrapping/coiling your rope for storage.
Please keep making more content, we love your style.
Absolutely would love a video on the geothermal! Your videos are always so helpful!
question is, is it really geothermal (probably not) or is it what everyone wrongly refers to as "geothermal"?
Thank you for the whole adventure and the rope tips i.e.: the bowline and the storage! Cheers, Rik Spector
I've been cutting trees since before my teens and I learned a thing or two about cutting watching this video. I'm 78 years old. The best done video I've ever seen. Like the chain saw tips too. I sharpen with a multi tool now , though. If you have more videos, I'll be looking for them. One thing everyone needs to learn about is the danger of a storm downed tree that has a root ball. Don't get behind it while cutting or after cutting the tree into at the stump end. That stump will sit up in a flash and anyone back there is buried under tons of tree and earth . It also can happen a month or more after cutting. So, don't play around where the roots were blown over and pulled out of the ground
Awesome… rope work at the end was awesome. I love that sort of practical knowledge.😊
Great video! I was watching you struggle through the back cut and remembered watching my uncle cut a rectangle of wood out above the cut he could install a barrell style tire jack to use as the wedge. I can still remember the cracking and popping sounds as he turned the long screw arm and then it let go easy as pie.
I just found your videos and have watch only 2 so far but WILL watch more. Your way of teaching is very easy to understand and follow. You remind me of one of my brothers. :)
Hi!... New to your channel!! We just finished watching this particular video.. Excellent!!! And the quick tutorials on knots + rope "coiling" were great!!! Not boring at all! All around great video + we both learned a lot!!! And that is saying something bcuz my husband is 85 now + was cutting trees down up until a few years ago! He really enjoyed watching you work! 😆
Excellent! Good example to make the case that farmers were the world's first engineers going back thousands of years and yet today, still requires a lot of engineering/know how to get things done.
That's some beautiful countryside you have there. Definitely would be interested in seeing a video on the HVAC system you installed. Great videos!
Very informative and interesting video. Thanks for sharing. That was one stubborn tree. Love the rope advice.
Thanks for the bonus material!
Although I love my job it could really use more of a practical side like this. This makes me want to go out and do gardening or maintenance work.
I'm so jealous of your land, tools and home. Good on ya mate!! I look forward to the day I have my homestead.
Great video! I have two huge ash-trees on my property way too close to an old house. I’ve been wondering if I could take em down myself, and how I should go about it. You really inspire me. Thanks a lot. Keep ‘em coming. ❤ from Norway.
My first time here and love watching you cutting the tree down.
I'd love to see a video on your hvac systems. I currently have two geothermal units, one closed loop, and one pump and dump. Seems like an outside boiler would be an interesting and hopefully more efficient addition than drawing from my well and dumping it in the yard. Curious about the boiler system!
Amazing work, great cuts and explanations!
Would love to see the HVAC set up. Up in Alberta we don't get hardwood trees this big, so it hurts to see a big tree go but you gotta do what you gotta do. Thanks for the video!
Excellent teaching! Greatly appreciated!!! Blessings
just came across your channel, i admire the solo can-do attitude! Awesome content!