Tree felling vids
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davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I'd not think a tree existed with fibers strong enough to do that if I wasn't seeing it with my own eyes.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Gray Pine will do that. Hell, you can slide it low enough to cut the brush off with out it hitting the ground. Still attached at the stump
Steve Mack
Life Member.
I was so waiting for that to happen, peeking through fingers...
Treeaddict
Treehouser
He’s doing great. Proud of him. Hard worker, that guy is. He’s running a tree business, an arb supply store, and making videos (an almost full time job in itself).
Treeaddict
Treehouser
American elm hangs on like something fierce. Locust will hold as well. A top could blow out and still hang on by a couple inch wide strip of bark.
Absolutely. That's all good.
My question is:1.2m?!?. That is a massive number of subscribers and far more than any other treework related site afaik so I am curious what the draw is. If those elements you mentioned are the attraction, I would respond that every tree vid guy does that, minus the arb store.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
I guess I’d have to see how many August and Buckin Billy have. Hold on….. Buckin 510K, August is 165K. At least when I pull up their names on YouTube, that’s what it says. I suppose you are well within reason to be dumbfounded by 1.2M. Didn’t think anything of it until I saw his contemporaries numbers. Wow!
If Buckin had an inordinately high # of subscribers I guess I could see that because he seems unique in the space. But Jake's vids seem mostly to be nearly unending footage of cutting off limbs. Hell that's what I do day in/day out, maybe I could be worth at least a few thousand views
Treeaddict
Treehouser
Start wearing a GoPro! I’ll subscribe and hit that like button!If Buckin had an inordinately high # of subscribers I guess I could see that because he seems unique in the space. But Jake's vids seem mostly to be nearly unending footage of cutting off limbs. Hell that's what I do day in/day out, maybe I could be worth at least a few thousand views
Heck, I’d settle for bi weekly work pictures of your jobs.
Kaveman
Treehouser
Jake is young, and has a presence online other than youtube. The internet generation has created a body of young people seeking to surround themselves with successful peers and to emulate them. Social media facilitates that to a degree previously unfathomable. It doesn't necessarily need to be someone in a similar field, but seeing someone put in the work, and become successful, is something a lot of folks want to see.
Because we climb, because we do the job, we often take for granted just how amazing and sometimes intimidating what we do really is. To us, it's endless monotony of dropping branches, to another, every cut may well be thrilling, or help to give a sense of the enormity of the task. Don't forget, the job you do is to climb into a tree, tie yourself off with a rope technically strong enough to pull a truck, and cut the tree down from the top.
Haven't you ever had a customer, and maybe their family and neighbors spectate as you make a huge plant disappear? Sometimes a veritable crowd forms, and you can't help giggling at their child like amazement, as you simply go about another Tuesday.
A lot of the comments on Jake's videos reflect this. There's a ton of tree workers of all stripes, offering thanks, advise, and criticism, and there's a ton of folks expressing sheer awe. He shows his mistakes, has a great sense of humor, and comes across as a guy I'd like to work with.
Because we climb, because we do the job, we often take for granted just how amazing and sometimes intimidating what we do really is. To us, it's endless monotony of dropping branches, to another, every cut may well be thrilling, or help to give a sense of the enormity of the task. Don't forget, the job you do is to climb into a tree, tie yourself off with a rope technically strong enough to pull a truck, and cut the tree down from the top.
Haven't you ever had a customer, and maybe their family and neighbors spectate as you make a huge plant disappear? Sometimes a veritable crowd forms, and you can't help giggling at their child like amazement, as you simply go about another Tuesday.
A lot of the comments on Jake's videos reflect this. There's a ton of tree workers of all stripes, offering thanks, advise, and criticism, and there's a ton of folks expressing sheer awe. He shows his mistakes, has a great sense of humor, and comes across as a guy I'd like to work with.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
😬
Kaveman
Treehouser
What do we call that face cut? A trout mouth cut? I have more questions than they have answers, that's for sure.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Been thinking about seeing if they’d like some pointers on felling and sharpening
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Stuff I see from them, dunno if they would or could be guided. Never really impressed by the work.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
They’re better than what I see down in the hole I live in 😆
SeanKroll
Treehouser
These dampening branches came up recently.
A climber referred a dead hemlock removal my way.
I knocked it out. He asked if it was hard and if I climbed another tree and came in from above.
i said it was easy. I climbed it to top it first, while the bulk of the dead crown remained. The hemlock had grown up into the maple, so the hemlock tapered drastically, then very slowly. I snap cut a 6" x 25' top, leaning the tip into the overstory maple. It was dead and dry, so I hand-over-handed it down until clear of the maple, then threw it.
I definitely liked that method. Zero wobble.
More branch dampening (warning: boring):
A climber referred a dead hemlock removal my way.
I knocked it out. He asked if it was hard and if I climbed another tree and came in from above.
i said it was easy. I climbed it to top it first, while the bulk of the dead crown remained. The hemlock had grown up into the maple, so the hemlock tapered drastically, then very slowly. I snap cut a 6" x 25' top, leaning the tip into the overstory maple. It was dead and dry, so I hand-over-handed it down until clear of the maple, then threw it.
I definitely liked that method. Zero wobble.
More branch dampening (warning: boring):
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