Whoever edited the video deserves props as well as the crew. I love how you hear the last rev and then tree chunks drop away. That's what made the whole thing for me. Little talking and tons of tree falling. Great job 👏

I’ve been seeing this thumbnail for a few days, and I finally gave in and watched. Apparently I’m a tree cutting fan, only KZfaq knew it though.

I always wanted to be a tree surgeon, but faint at the sight of sap. Great job guys.

I’m surprised the big beautiful tree didn’t totally split a long time ago. They saved their home by the severe trim. I don’t think many people really realize how heavy one tree limb is😶 Great job!👍🏻🌻

Just for future reference, ive strapped massive trees before with enormous splits in them with a steel band, one of them was one of the biggest Algerian oaks in the UK (it was in an arboretum and is still going strong 15 years later) if anyone is worried about split trees and dont want them felling, there are ways to help them. But its not always an option, that's when you get these guys in.

"Big black oak threatens home" Tree: *yells threats at the house

Awesome. In my younger years I did this kind of work and fully appreciate the complexity. I climbed trees for several years and did not get hurt or crash anything ... I had a great teacher & I was very lucky. You guys are pros of the pros.

The thing should have been maintained. Years before it got the the point its breaking under its own weight

And this is why professional arborists earn every penny you pay them.

You tree guys are a special breed of people man fearless. You guys work hard, and save people's homes and property.

Adam you were no doubt the star of this show! Rope-man skills on fire, Be Well MB Crew and Family

That wasn't too sketchy and the awareness of what's going to happen is what matters most. Been doing a lot of residential dead ash trees with decent spread. Nice work as always!

My dad was an old Tree Man from NC. I've seen quite a few emergency situations just like this. We were in SoCal. The winds and the eucalyptus were nasty as hell. But my uncle would throw on his climbers and up he went. Swaying back and forth with gusts to probably 20-30. You do great work August. It was cool as hell watching you do your mastery. Stay safe and keep the feet pointed down. Thanks for a great video

A great day when you all go home safe and smiling. Regards from Scotland.

This is so nice to watch. I trained in Arboriculture many years ago, attracted by the artistic side of the work. I think I remember being told there were two sides, those who enjoyed takedowns, as of pines and using cleats and those who liked the repair and forming work. Each had value.A

Im super afraid of falling from heights and this video made me sweat a little. You guys are amazing.

Suggestion: next time show how you tied the ropes before the cuts, the knots are always tight and secure, seems an important part of a good cut you are bypassing

The moss is beautiful on this tree.

Adam is the MVP of the day, its easy to ride around in a carnival ride, talk smart and run the chainsaw, the ground man does the bulk of the work and make or breaks the day. Hats off to you sir....P.S. if things don't work out for you with August, I will pay you $1,000,000 to come work with me, just saying................

like the safety precautions..good boom truck, good coworker who is alert and able, safety ropes..and not being to aggressive..pros!..and 329 nay sayers who can do it better..

A nice and professional job done August, I can see that you have a passion for trees. What is so sad for all old trees is that they cannot move anywhere and are at the mercy of anybody with a chainsaw and in this case the tree was there first so it was good that the home owners didn't take it out but lightened it's load so it could live longer. I highly recommend a book that changed my views on farming and managing nature called 'Wilding'. it's written by an English lady with a name I'd like called Isabella Tree, I have even met her and seen one of her talks and at the moment she's travelling around the US, so go and see a talk if you can. She and her husband Charlie have a dairy farm of about 3,500 hectares in Sussex, England and by pure luck decided to quit farming in about 2000 just before the foot & mouth disease that nearly wiped out Britain's dairy farm industry. They sold all their farming equipment and dairy herd and left their land to look after itself with ponies, beaver, pigs, deer and long-horned cattle to do most of the land management. 20 years on their efforts have been rewarded and the results can be seen at the Knepp Farm Estate where they do safari's and wedding events. Their book has an entire chapter about trees which has some amazing facts about trees which you may or may not know. They are also lucky to have some very ancient Oak trees and the facts and anecdotes that she write about those trees are really cool especially the symbiotic relationship that they have with a member of the Corvid family, the Jay. Oak trees will actually put down branches to the ground so that they can help support their own weight. Unfortunately because we humans have an idealised view of how trees should look the trees that grow in the urban environment usually have these limbs chopped off. In the UK there are about 8 to 900 or so of these really ancient (500 years plus) beauties and in the whole of Europe there are about 1,200 of them. Anyway, keep up the good work and video's and just in case you want to know more about sustainable buildings using cob, lime mortars/plasters or even straw-bale structure then please contact me here on KZfaq and I'll do what I can to answer you, I don't advertise as all my work is by word of mouth. Also I get no money from talking about Isabella's book or the Knepp estate, I do it because the whole world should do this, rewilding would probably help to save our planet, it would certainly help to stop all the flooding that happens.

This is the first video of tree lopping where the guy is not an improvised cowboy. Very professional. 😁👍

Such a beautiful big tree with full ecosystems growing on each branch. Shame to tear it up but the danger was obvious.

Let's get this straight. That oak was there long before that house.

As a fellow tree guy awesome job, whoever you have running the ropes on the ground is damn good! That’s as important as the guy in the tree

Heh, damn silly place to grow a house if you ask me. Those things can get pretty big!

As a woodworker my heart sunk thinking of some of those larger straight pieces going through the chipper..

There is a tree in the neighborhood that has a big split in it like this one. It has a big chunk of chain wrapped around it holding it together. Looks like it has been that way quite awhile. There are spots where the tree has grown completely over the chain.

You guys make a difficult and dangerous job look so easy. Well done. Top skills!

You know that you are dealing with professionals when they wear Pfanner gear instead of denim jeans and 50 year old aluminium hard hats

So glad I found your channel. Absolutely amazing work.

Thank you for explaining your planning of you do your job. Love to watch a professional at work.

Oak is very heavy, will no doubt would flatten the house.

This tree is such an amazing structure, complex, strong.

Not gonna lie, tree work scares me, always. Pleasure to watch you guys, stay safe.

We had a large Oak with 3 Trunks. It was over 15' in circumference, 4' off the ground. The Canopy spanned 97'. Some people suggested cabling it for added strength. The center of the trunks had a deep bowl that water would get into and sit. There was a crack that started at bowl and went down between trunks. We knew it would go some day. We had a rope swing on it for years. Luckly it sat 120 yards behind house. One breezy day 3 years after seeing the crack it split into 3rds. No words could describe the sadness I felt. I knew we were not the only ones that enjoyed it. The kids had found an old coin from the mid 1700's under the tree, prior to it coming down.

Damien has become quite a narrator 💪 Way to go bud 🤠. Who needs August ”all the time” 🤣

Always interesting to see pros working.

It is always great to watch true craftsman at work. I would have loved to see a sample of how your rigged the rope for the drops and the crane work.

Why the hell was this recommended to me. I swear, you watch 25 tree removal videos and...

Looking forward to the next episode. You have a good crew there keep up the good work guys.

that looks like some good wood coming off that tree. a suggestion, if i may?......send some of it to a place like the "guitar clinic" in hamilton, ontario.

Wow, nice teamwork with the cutting and dropping / placement of the branch sections. Also, I'm subbed to a few wood turning channels & I'd be willing to bet those guys would love to get their creative hands and carving tools on the pieces that were cut at about 8:55 & 10:51. 😁. Bye for now, I'm gonna go watch part 2.

A trimmer is only as good as his groundman And you guys have a great crew

Damien and Adam, well done getting there and saving that house from certain destruction..... 😎👊 .....OK, maybe not certain destruction but, it wasn't gonna end well if that tree wasn't taken down right away. Very much looking forward to the next video. That tree is huge. It's a shame it had to come down but, gotta be safe. Thanks for sharing another great video August. Your crew is on point. Keep yourselves safe! Randy

Nice oak 😎👍 Nice first part. Looking forward to part 2.

You guys are so amazing. I watched all three videos. Great job done. Men are so smart.

Excellent series of videos guys.. loved watching all the way from Scotland.. 👍

What a shame but not something one can save. It's amazing just how tough trees are. I've seen completely hollow rotted at the trunk big tress like this one with a full canopy fail suddenly and wonder just how they stood as long as they did. Thanks for the video. 👍

Awesome job guys keep up the good work!!!! 🤟🏻🤟🏻 as Buckin’ would say be kind!!

2:49 - Excellent 3D visualization of what amounts to a 'ballistic' falling path!

Wow, that's incredible how the weight shifted back. Trees. Strong yet fragile.

I would never buy a house with big looming trees.

When Adam was standing next to the tree, he should have sung "well I'm a lumberjack and..."

You guys are amazing! You know your job very well. It is fun to watch you

Great video bro! Huge job. Just subscribed after seeing you one handed bowline video. I've been using that method to tie my running bowline for years now, its awesome. I just started playing with spider rigging recently. Works awesome for branches overhanging houses or what not. If spider rigging is something you do it'll be cool to see a video on it. Cheers.

That is a good looking tree. I understand why they would want to save it. To be honest they shouldn't have let it get that bad.

Boom truck is super nice. When I was 30 years younger, we climbed up there. The good ol days...🥴

Much like the way it grew, it takes a tremendous amount of patience to take that beast down. Gotta have a level head to plan the disassembly. Nice work!!

Never had a problem with the oak behind my boyhood home. An arborist estimated it’s 500 years old, and estimated it pulls up 800 gallons of water every day. My father was a land surveyor so when he said it was 192 feet drip edge to drip edge I believe it. And after he retired, during an exceptionally productive year he actually weighed the acorns he raked up. 11,750 pounds of acorns! And it never had any significant branch break off in 58 years.

It won't be long before tree-crawling little robots make their way into the tree cutting business. Not long after, the first of a long list of "out-of-control" robot tree cutter slasher/horror movies will make their debut.

love to see you guys work :D i was up in a 98 feet beech today.

A job professionally carried out there guys.. great video mate

BLACK OAK! THAT IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL WOOD!

“Damien surrrrre does knoooooow how tooo run a bucket” 😂 great work guys

It's amazing that tree is even standing, with all the leverage of those humongous lateral limbs

I love it when you got a nice big landing zone

Being from Northern Michigan, I see a months worth of firewood from that bad boy! The eager beaver impressive, but a waste of firewood, not needed in your warm climate. Great skill and patience on that Widow Maker!

Definitely an emergency situation. Can’t wait for part 2

Excellent work men! Especially getting there quickly with the impending hazard. Please stay safe and never get too comfortable with one hand on that saw and the other pushing and directing; super focus always, every second

I'm impressed! Good thing someone was paying attention during geometry class.

Very cool video and awesome presentation of detail...... show how you tame that wide section if possible..... much love, God Bless!

yeah that crack was a little bit scary .. good job getting out there quick and keeping them safe.. they're gonna burn it hmmm would be nice to see some furniture come out of that... its so old

The gopro can be a great informative tool.... I had issues with my groundie running my ropes, ever since we switched to a bollard. I put a gopro on his head & after watching footage I realized he was actually hooking it up wrong. Its difficult to know what's happening on the ground when you are in the tree, but the ability to veiw footage after work has helped me MANY times. Great job & good edit! STAY SAFE #AdamIsABigDude😂

Love it! Looking forward to Part 2... - Patrick

Whoa, haven't seen the topmost of and old, huge Oak before, what a view. There's a lot of science gone into this cutting...great job👍⭐😎

thats very sad, to see the end of a big mature oak. it's hundreds of years old. but everything has to end eventually.

I don't know why I do this to myself, I feel like passing out. It's so damn high up there..... 🤢😱

You tree guys amaze me I m amazed at the tying skills required very impressed

Nice job man! I've done a lot of roping for my buddy, he does all the climbing. It's pretty cool watching it all come down!

I like the way you edit videos. And I like the foreshadowing for next time. 👍🏽. Good work guys and gals.

No fails here. Good job👌👌👌

Excellent vid. You never get to see it from this perspective so it was quite exciting

Great skill in knowing how and where you can cut. Had to have professionals come to my dad's house to take care of trees in powerlines.. Good job gentleman.

It's like the old serial episodes,... "Tune in next time, when Monkey Beaver takes on Big Black Oak!" Love it Brother good job Damien and Adam! Stay Safe!

Yeah, big black things usually wreck homes.

Awesome job, very professional.

What a great video ! Can't wait for the conclusion. Thumbs up.

god i got dizzy, made half way through. we usually cut fire wood size then toss em. 2 people in bucket no ropes

Just wondering how much the bill is for a job like this

Watch a few lawn care videos, get recommended this. Well time to binge on this now lol

Very entertaining in a multitude of ways. That was a lot of wood expertly processed from start to finish, well done. I hope the client appreciates just how difficult that was and just how it could have been disastrous in the wrong hands. What was the cost of this job? Must have been a monster bill for such a monster tree and where it was, requiring a lot of expensive equipment? Only very very slightly negative thing I thought was that some of the heavier wood should not have been put through the chipper but used either for burning or craft work but that's just me being a typical thrifty Scot. Well done for all the hard work and for letting us virtual loggers be a part of your exciting world. Great stuff!!!

Amazing how that big gap closed up. Some people call It a cra Voss ! Lol

Very clever pruning. Planning where the limbs will swing. Excellent.

I can smell the oak wood chips from here in Britain, great job guys , and hopefully that wonderful tree 🌲 has many more years on the planet.

So impressive!! Do you have a video that shows how you set and reset the redirect rigging?

I've cut down dozens of Black Oaks over the years and it seams like a lot of them were rotten in the middle.

i would hate to lose that tree if it was mine

Praise God for giving these guys skill, knowledge, and talent. Fantastic job.

Two things went through my mind simultaneously.....BUNGEEEEE!!!! and TIMMBEERRR!!!! Great job guys! 😊