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Ha! Folks here won't pay like they will elsewhere. Didn't take but 4.5-5 hours climb time.

Crane would have cost too much, Cory. I took that oak out for $600. No way I could have done that using a crane. Also took out a pecan, though it was rather simple in comparison. There were three guys from the church there, one of whom lived two blocks away. He brought his Kubota with front end...

Here's some footage of a water oak I took down two years ago. Helmet cam card was full...got zero footage with it....:( My daughter filmed with my Canon on tripod until its card got full or batteries died, I forget which. Anywho, here's some of what I got.... <iframe width="560" height="315"...

Yes, part of the time. The drill had (unknowingly) gotten bumped into high gear, and wasn't doing very well....I though I'd burned it up. Once that was straightened out, it did great. (That , coupled with the fact that the Harken 48 is geared backward from the 46...)

Thanks! It would have gone a LOT smoother had all the rigging worked properly. I had a prussik set up to capture/hold the load line, so that it could be rolled out to the far end of the house. On the first four, the new cord I was using refused to hold to my satisfaction. I wasn't interested in...

Little job from today. I had topped this dead oak out a couple of years ago, and due to where it was, the owner said to just leave the spar. He began to get worried about it not long ago, so asked me could it be gotten down safely. House, porch, propane tank, and AC unit surrounded it on all...

Here's a short video of a dead pine I took out this morning. I had to fold it as there was not enough room to throw it, and it was too far gone to climb to the top. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SUcx-trzBRQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I assured him there would be a couple of limbs broken by throwing the pine that way, but he was fine with it so long as the bridge wasn't damaged. We used a throwline/rope to pull a couple of small hangers out so they wouldn't fall on someone later.

I had a guy call me Wednesday about a pine that was growing on a creek bank just out of his yard. The whole root system had broken loose from the bank and was slowly crumbling down into the creek bed. The tree was 90-ish feet tall and leaning worse by the day. He had secured a cable to it at...

Just curious, Daniel....how did you get the line set in the failing lead? Were you able to set it from the ground with a throwline? Nasty one for sure.

That's just it....standing in the spurs and running a big saw and standing on the ground and running a big saw ARE NOT equal. I'd heap rather lock the chain brake and step around the tree on the ground than have to hold it in place and work my way around the tree in the spurs. But then I'm lazy.....

I jest hike my saddle a lot. No way I'd have started out with a 361. A 200T would have handled quite a bit of that top stuff. I've blocked down some pretty big stuff with a 192 and 16" bar before getting my first 200T. I'vbe taken 24" cuts a time or two with the old 192. Slow, but easier to...

C'mon Chris, this was EXTEME tree cutting...not your ordinary, everyday tree service. And they had some shiny cones, and hard hats....and a climber's saw to die for. Anybody look them up on youtube? Their signature line is, "Hire Us to cut a tree and we'll plant a new one for free!" I wonder...

There are so many vids on youtube where trees hit cars/houses/etc, that it makes me wonder if some of them aren't staged. Junk cars, houses that are to be demoed.....I don't know though, there ARE lotsa stupid folks out there.

I wondered if anyone would consider that...:lol:

Jack's trick is also very clever if release is needed part-way through the fall, as the height the ballast is raised to directly affects when/where its influence will end. And if ballast of desirable size/weight is not available, an adventurous co-worker could be suspended in lieu of the...

I'll try that tomorrow! Ah shucks, I don't have anything to cut tomorrow....:( A similar trick when speed of pull is needed, (but not a lot of it), is to run the pull line through a block and back to a point near the butt of the tree being pulled. Then rig the block to your truck, and as you...

I respect your thoughts whole-heartedly, B! I have worked alone alot though, and when alone, you do what you must. Needing a quick pull is certainly not the norm, only in rare occasions. I was simply asking concerning your line earlier...."Fairly big tree...not so sure setting a line would have...

I agree, but side-leaning red oaks and others like them don't hinge very well, and I often rely on some other influences to help things along. :D

I agree as far as time-consuming so far as the ropes go. No doubt wedges are quicker. But are wedges more dependable for controlling direction of fall? Or are you saying that folks substitute rope for poor falling skill? I would think that a rope would give MORE control, assuming there was...