And the first felled tree looks just over 70 as well, by ring count.... :-)

I had a brother who sent me up to top a pine tree w/ a small chain saw. He really knew what he was doing... not. He was afraid of heights and acted like he knew what he was doing. I survived though I came a couple of inches from slicing up my face. You're right MRBILLGLEE.

No kidding! Great stuff and I am totally digging the clear eyed explanations of what they are working to accomplish with each fall.

Well said sir well said. I really like the part about non ego. Modest men very professional.

Ok boomer

Q1

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Well shit that sucks I just discovered these guys bought a 6 acre house and property and just bought my first saw. I'm a bastard so.yputube is where I learn the things I need to know.and I try to only find people to learn from.like jed and these guys. Thankfully jed shared his knowledge he really took everything into consideration

Got to watch out for that ego, mines been trying to take me out for the longest time.

Jed is the man

Me as well. !:- )

Cool, though I learned this stuff by doing and reading long ago.

👠👠👚👚👚

Awesome thought I was pretty good you're better

@Nicholas Oppenheimer... your comment/response to the content creators is probably the best I've read on KZfaq...

@@TheMgunner Thanks, bro. I try to call it as I see it. These lads are good.

What a comment

Hello from Riner VA

Nicholas, well put, Hello from Northern Virginia 🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸

What the hell happened to Jed?? Most heartfelt sincerest condolences to all!

He died in a tree accident

Noo I'm so sorry

Arh man that's sad

And Jed was a true pro. Just goes to show you it can happen to anyone. This is a dangerous job, even for the most seasoned pro.

Amen-may he rest in Paradise.

So true! I've been at it 46 years, and have learned the right to have an ego. But I try to educate others, and admonish anyone that comes across like a jerk or know-it-all, which is common when posting from behind a screen.

And they make it safer for us.

and safer

@@rbtree Right Rog and we seldom are allowed the open spaces shown in this vid as backyard residential take down experts. Back leaners seem to be a theme here and in residential I will install 2 ropes and go back and forth to the come a longs often run thru a block to gain mechanical advantage and at the same time get the 2 guys cranking alternatively out of the drop area. Come a long to a port a wrap to the rope set in the tree so it can be tensioned by hand prior to using up any come a long cable. Porties are locked on both ears. Sometimes you just can't get a crane to the stem. Like Rog, my 50th year this year.

Except he needs eye protection. A happy little clear plastic face shield hanging off the helmet would be pretty good. The in-ear hearing protection is bare minimum. Over-ear protection is better.

Ditto, and I've watched it twice - too bad it only let me subscribe once. Great job guys.

You'd really love Terence McKennas 8-11hr videos

started outstanding, then they were felled (fell? what's the right word?)

Look up fishing with luiza...

Indeed, great explanations and looks like a great crew to work with and learn from.

You're talking about crew toxicity. I worked with a plumbing crew as an apprentice, and the toxicity was so bad I almost got in a fist fight twice. Last November I had to quit after one year... to this day I still get knots in my stomach when I remember it. I barely have money to support my family now, but THANK GOD that daily dread is over!

Agree completely. Have worked in a lot of great places and a lot of crappy places. You can spot a cohesive team from a mile away and these guys definitely get on well with each other and I suspect they really enjoy working with each other too.

agreed, but why you quoting science there? They demonstrated a fairly legit understanding of physics, statics & kinematics, all science, not "science."

Great video. You guys exhibit all the characteristics of a high performing team. Most importantly a solid and deep trust in each other and the team’s purpose.

I agrea Rivited from start

I watched it and I am a psychologist, who owns no forest, not even a chainsaw. More entertaining than I could have anticipated

Right on!! What?! 45 minutes? No way I am watching video that long its midnight!! Its 00:45 and I am riveted to the video, rewinding watching pieces again etc 😂

Yeah same here😂

Me too. And now Im running off and joining a tree service first thing in the morning. Gonna be a lumberjack by george. Im sold.

I just heard. So sad. I'm taking a few months off work.

What happened?

@@bigskyvideo Jed died in a tree-felling accident.

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Jeez, anyone know what exactly happened to prevent this type of situation from killing others? Seems like they are extremely skilled. Was he near and hit with someone else felling the tree or tree bounce and was near the base still?

Great video guys

thank you!!

Thank you Matt!

which one do u recomwnd which one is more safely ???

Bump.

Buckin' Billy Ray Smith is another great channel

Agreed, no drama, no talking too much. Right to the point.

Most ppl are scared to make this video.

Absolutely AGREE! This is one special video. Teaching at its best.

A few safety errors but yes, very informative.

Amen; that’s very sad that Jed died-he seemed to be a lovely chap from this vid-I’m so sorry. Would you please tell me what happened to him?

@@user-hl9nr7lx5e I dont know what happened to him, just that he died.

@@onnxyeah I’m so sorry. Thnx for your reply. Did you know him? Do you know if it happened at work?

@@user-hl9nr7lx5e No I dont know him or anything about the situation sorry, I only know he died from reading comments on these videos, I dont have any special information.

@@onnxyeah Oh, OK. Thanks very much for your reply. All the best, J

you call It basic, meanwhile where i live a lot of people (hobbyst) fell without notch 😂

I've cut timber for 35 years. 4th generation. These guys aren't bad but I can make them look like amateurs

Man I just this one myself and told my wife that I'd never would have fell that tree. I would climbed it and piece it down. That was pretty good stuff.

I hate loggers... loggers are horrible people and they don't know how to do anything but that shit

@@frost3060 wut

@@frost3060 you must live in a grass hut or a cave. you're the kind of guy that thinks meat comes from the store. troll much.

@@frost3060 lol know how to feed my family and get every one i work with home safe...

Hes dead?

@@CheeseMiser Killed on the job when hit by a snag.

@@redclayfarm6490 Really? A snag is a dead tree, right? (I'm french, so I don't know "snag" word). So sad...

Damn I’m just now hearing about this

Wow I’m so sorry and I’m just finding out about this now!

Haha I did the same thing. These guys did good explaining everything. Been falling for about ten years and have put all these cuts into practice. The bull buck that thought me the sizzwill called it something else though lol. Also I use Dutchman's to swing trees all the time. Wish they would've got into more methods to swing. Guess it's probably for the best though

I didn't even realize that it was 45 minutes until I read this comment.

@@willied2111 x2

I know. Me too and I ended up watching it 3 times. I dedicated about 8 years of my life to the paper industry so I really appreciated all the nuanced details about fiber and compression and tension etc. This is a science as much as it is an art!

@@hungry1011 I work in the paper industry npw....and for the last 28 years!

Guys generally don't stay on a crew long if they aren't respected for their skills and consideration for safety.

It really stood out when the narrator pointed to a spot and said "he's going in here". He immediately, (and probably subconciously) realized he shouldn't speak for the guy about to make the cut and asked if that was what he was thinking. It stood out as a simple, polite, respectful nuance of communication. Our world needs more of that.

Ha

Amen

What happened?

Yeah what happened

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So cool to hear! I was worried it was so long nobody would watch it

Guilty of Treeson yeah, I honestly didn’t realize how long it was until I saw the comment. 🤷🏻‍♂️ totally worth it!

@@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792 I loved the entire video, and was wishing it would go on longer. I spent a few years working in the woods a couple of decades ago, over here in New Zealand. I still have some saws, and use them regularly, mainly firewood these days. Cheers

And it is very nice to see the guys in good spirits and mutually supportive.

That was 45 minutes sure did not seem like it. Best comment in the video "i am just a tree linber".

I've been doing tree work for almost 2 days now and I kept my casualties rather low so far I haven't gotten the report yet but there's only two dead and one that looks pretty promising and after I watch this video I should be able to keep my casualties way down.

Ive only felled like 10 trees but i had no idea there was a sightline on your saw to help you get the parallel notch

Why do use Oregon bars and chains on Stihl saws?

@@jonathanduchene2374 they are cheap

Is the Stiga SP 526 a good chainsaw?

What he died???

@@enderslayer8436 yes unfortunately. Jacob made a video about it. Gotta be close to a year old by now.

From what?​@@horsleyhorsepower3649

Where is the video about Jed? I just discovered this channel today but the video I saw was great

@@DukeTrana It's on another channel that's also called Guilty of Treeson

You grow a Beard hair for each tree you cut

Good cutting

Same... Ive got four course hairs that say I'm the admin office...

I do tree work too, but I'm like literally the only person to ever operate a saw that doesn't have a beard:/

I have the opposite problem; I grew a beard while I was in undergrad, and then one morning I woke up with a chainsaw.

Hi, can you explain something please. I can't get my head around why the tree fall towards the hinge side.. It seems to me that the tree would fall the side where you remove the most material.. 😑 I swear I m not dumb 😞🤣🤣

@@MrFlyingPanda get some clay/playdough, foam tubes, balsa wood, or other such materials and make some trees, and practice the cuts as they have demonstrated them, it should become self evident with a little practice.

@@MrFlyingPanda The hinge with the most wood, holds the tree the most. So, if he wanted it to pull left, he would leave a larger hinge on the left.

@@MrFlyingPanda It actually isn't to do with how deep the notches are at all, it's the way the trees are leaning in the first place that determines the basic direction of fall in a normal situation. The orientation of the hinge does steer the tree tho. The one at 29:15 leans away from the direction they want it to fall, and so that one had to be pulled over to start, or else it might have gone in the opposite direction. I was an actual arborist for a few years, so I'm not just blowing smoke.

Except for the bore / plunge cut

shit this video is 45 mins i didnt notice untill i read this comment XD

Exactly! Me too!

Lol, same here. I was like hell, 45 minutes just to cut down a trees? Stayed all the way to the end. Very informative, probably life saving and just enjoyable to watch. 👌

Same here! Thanks guys!

Same here lol, I don't even cut trees, suppose I like seeing experts at work, I find myself laughing when I watch something impressive - I laughed a lot at this video. And some awesome beards going down too.

@cyberfloater9293 I did wear gloves, eye protection, ear plugs, pants, and work boots. Are there cut proof pants? Either way, I only needed to do that once because I only had the 1tall palm tree, the smaller one I hope to sell and have them scoupe it out of the ground.

@cyberfloater9293 WOW. Didn't know pants like that existed. Ok.

Well put in Every Aspect.. great Video.!

78 Years old , been around the wood scene for approximately 62 of them. I love the way these guys took the guess work out of taking the trees down.. "These guys are definitely professionals"

Well put. I tried watching axe men. Could not finish any episode I tried. How anyone can tolerate the amount of yelling swearing etc etc. If you have to do all that, then it's just filled with all the wrong people. Or,done for rating's. This vid proves you don't need that crap.

The reason tree trimming is a "craft" or an "art" vs being a "trade" I'd say comes down to being exactly THAT. A trade is able to be taught by a book, that teaches how to read the plans, and the plans are followed to exact process regardless of who is the tradesman. Tree trimmers are so widely diverse in technique, climbing styles, rigging knowledge and preferences, plus every tree is also different there's no one way to teach it as a matter "this situation always needs this solution, and this scenario can always be best handled in this manner..." Every trimmer that you would consider "Journeyman" level will trim a tree to their own specific style, making cuts to different laterals, using different techniques, cuts, etc. When you have a gut, particularly one that manually climbs or has done a lot of manual work that really knows tree work, you'll be able to identify his ability rather quickly upon watching, and it's a rather spectacular thing to see. I did this work close to 15 years and had the privilege of being taught by men that made trees Their entire lifes work. I've been shown a million correct ways to solve any given situation, and there are a million more that I'm unaware of. A good tree trimmer is able to do what he knows and do it well, but a GREAT trimmer is willing to be honest about himself in his ability and skillset, and it's always down to learn a new method to an old problem! There's something about this work that gets into your blood and becomes a part of your very being. I know this sounds crazy to say about a "job" but ask any serious professional in the industry... They will conquer. Two tree trimmers at a gathering, will always migrate to the edge of the crowd and discuss their "craft" and what they've been encountering recently. While most people are not thinking about discussing "work" on their off time at all!

Blue-collar work isn't what it used to be. Safety, Education, Efficiency ! Hell-yeah

But still a good laugh to go to the pub and have a few pints with✌

Education

These guys aren't loggers, they're arborists.

@@bigdave5707 such a major difference that people dont understand.

I can.😁

husqvarna usa and this guys the best in internet

Enjoyed your the man

Yup

Except for that back felling with wedges I agree, I like to use a cable or a Jack, leave a thicker Hinge, that way you know your safe, one Gust of wind and your dead falling a leaner with a wedge because the hinge has to be so narrow. Seen to many people die from that mistake.

@@carrollsanders9376 you have seen people die. Realy.

Yes but it was an hour well spent!

This is hilarious because last week i was trying to fix a burner on a water heater and ended up watching some epoxy tables being made lol

@@OIE82 said it is

It would probably

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Jed died from what?

@@josephrobi6806from a falling branch, search "I love you, Jed" ,in that video he explains how Jed passed away.

Me after cutting down a 18" diameter, 60' tall tree yesterday: looks like I did things right yesterday...

Haha same here 😅

Lolzzzz

limitless possibilities thats so me bro.

GREAT ONE SIR, LMFAO, THANKS YOU SIR.

Inbred Jed....hahahaha.....

😂😂

Is that really his nickname? 😂

Find a way, bro. It's worth it for the life experience.

Same here, I’m a skilled nursing facility maintenance director and I watched for learning purposes and this was a fun one!

I'm 99.9999% sure

yea it a lot but it's crazy cutting tress bro I love doing that and the video was very help full

Yeah, the all orange saws seemed pretty good, but I really liked the orange and white ones! 👍

I think the lads Brilliant ,Genuine lad

Absolutely would love a video on that.

Would be a 45 minute video on why you should call a professional because everything is so technical and backed by years of experience.

As a volunteer, certified (nuts) sawyer for National Scenic Hiking Trails ANY tips I can gleen from your vids are GREAT tools for safety and maintaining trails! One caveat; we DON'T have access to skidsteers and 36 inch bars... that's way too much to schlep into the backwoods. Thanks for your training.

Maasdam rope puller would yank em down. Depending on situation.

Exactly! Then you'd see a True catface instead of a knot confused as one.

I have cut a lot they help but it doesn't always work on your way

Yeah this kinda work I wanna say is mostly hard asses big ego tuff guys

@@BikerBenny I disagree in my experience most people in tree work are great, that being said there is definitely a few egos floating about. No one takes them seriously though..

Oh, lets all just hug!

probably greenies

Austin Edwards 821 now lmao 😂

800 tree huggers watched this video!

That’s a darn good question

tree huggers lol

Must've meant a rolling garage door rather than a standard swing on the hinges.

I agree, I enjoyed every second of it. Excellent explanation, good teaching and demonstration. Made me feel i wanna be an arborist. Well done guys, really.

At 60 Im with you on your comment

You and your dad are very wise! Happy tree cutting! Stay safe!

Ha! Same!

IT guy myself. Just fun watching real work. Thanks.

reconsidering your career? lol it looks really fun haha

Mechanical engineer that now does software creation. I think i like that this guy explained the theory and application not just a bunch of cuts.

I work at TJMaxx I’m here too

Kobo Glo Right. Because I was just enjoying the Team work and their Technics.

Same here

Haha same. Got to the end and thought "Huh they conveyed a lot in 15 or 20 minutes." Had no idea I'd just watched a 45 minutes video.

I didn´t know until I saw your comment, lol :D

😂😂 same as all yous, bloody time went quick ay i wanted more👍

09:37 - he is a kamikaze, not a professional. Even Russians wear safety glasses. That's the kind of a 18+ horror film. Teacher, keep the kids away.

I said it in a comment wear safety goggles. I wouldn't recommend this giving bad example.

@@kukuhaplus some times its safer if you can see you dont know what eye issues he has. A bit of sawdust in the eye is not likely to kill you. Incorrect felling techniques will?

@@natc1896 Nah, breaking safety is not discussable. Can't do it without breaking the safety, - just don't do it.

Not really. They're not wearing chaps

Yes indeed!

It made my butthole pucker

@@apalms93 LOL! l gotta remember that one!

That shit was crazy. I didn't think that could be done with wedges alone.