I'm the homeowner, very glad I hired a prefessional to do this.

The timing of ‘just wait a minute for it to fall’ and seeing it fall was perfect. I was expecting him to go back in to cut more, while being anxious it would kick back when falling. Definitely master at work.

Man you are so knowledgeable about falling trees at such a young age age, been following you for a while and it has helped with my understanding of trees. Guess you had the best teacher, RIP.

I can tell these are hard trees for you to work with and I'm referring to it being emotionally hard . Just remember that he knew you would be the best one to step up and take his spot . I work as a wild land fire fighter as a Sawyer and puller and your videos in the past with certain people up to your present videos of just yourself have been in valuable to me for my life of work and as well as outside of work as I enjoy free work so much to the point that it's a hobby. I appreciate what you do and the obvious Love you have for the work because your videos show that . You are very adamant about making sure you're S.A. is always 100% ,that you make it well known of all possible dangers and how to safely complete the job and overall your integrity for everything is on par . Can't thank you enough for the invaluable knowledge I have gained and the countless other people who feel the same. Keep up the good work bub and always remember he is looking down on you proud as ever

Been doing tree work for 39 years and I hate these trees so easy to go wrong easy even with everything right .everything your talking about is dead on right and love what you are doing for tree workers everywhere keep doing what you are doing we need this out thire you are keeping guys safe and save in lives or just a world of hurt we never had this when I was starting out or we would have done this same thing but u have so much more going on with big trees and crane work that we never need here in New Jersey were I work..but man I love to watch your videos. Be safe and keep the love of trees going..funny you love a job that just wants to beat u up ...but we love a job that hates us lol .....

I had a co-dominant ash tree I cut last year. Didn't know how to cut it but i cut into one of them and pinched my bar and ended up cutting the other one with my other saw and had to do my 1st plunge cut into it and was completely rotten inside but got lucky that it fell where I had it aimed and then cut the other tree and was able to open it up enough to get my bar out and fell it. Your video a few years back on 7 ways to cut a tree helped me out that day. But thankfully I fell them in an open yard far away from a house

Really good example tree you selected. And the execution of your plan was magic. Well done!

I have been watching your videos for a while now and I have to say the sound of this one cracking and falling might be the best one yet. Very informative as well, I have heard of co-dominant trees before but never realized how dangerous they would be to fall. Nicely Done!

After having broken half my cheap wedges at a job yesterday, the next tree I fell (co-dominant or not) will be done with the 4 new wedges I just ordered from sappy supplies! Just started the video! Can't wait to see how it turns out. I warn you - I will be silently judging. 🙂 I see you're using the 395. I like it. Also, I'm a tiny bit jealous.

I like how your content style has matured lately. More informative and technical than some of your earlier stuff (with Eastside, I guess?) Keep up the good work.

That anticipation of it falling, just waaaiiiiting, was awesome!

Terrific job Jake!!! Thank you for being safe and allowing Mother Nature to finish the job of felling those woven trees.

Great content, video and sound quality. You and your channel are succeeding in every way Jacob. Best wishes to you and your family for the New Year>

Great job, always fun to watch, you always have a great time with co-workers, THANKS FOR INVITING US ALONG ON YOUR JOURNEYS...😏

Very interesting content Jacob. Thanx for sharing your knowledge.

Really great job. I love how much patience you have in dropping these trees.

One of the best so far, the knowledge, the patience, the safety, respecting the holding wood, this one had it all. I appreciate this channel so much Jacob, keep it up. My 40 acres benefits from you, and I am regular customer at Sappy...not Snappy...although I love Randy content. RIP Jed.

That walking away with the slo-oo-ow motion felling was soo kick azz props to you guys

Awesome advice Jake, to all those youngsters that want to get into this kind of business.

jeez ive learned more from your posts than any other on here, keep up the good work mate and stay safe always

Jake. That was a very good video. Great explanation of everything to think about and look for.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. You have taught me a lot. Me being a rural land owner in Australia and female. I greatly enjoy your videos and have been following you since almost from the beginning. Thank you again 😁

You are truly amazing Jacob i just love watching your videos… you are like a book of knowledge thank you for sharing all this with us all😊😊😊😊

When Caleb says "another short video"... we are in for another GOaT that isn't so short

Solid felling and great explanations mate cheers from the uk love your stuff

In the UĶ, we have lots of goat willows near water courses. These are often multi stemmed co- doms and prone to just collapsing outwards in all directions.

I am impressed with your knowledge and that you take the time to explain your actions. Thank you.

Thanks for showing all us that prosedure.....may save a life !

It’s crazy how fast a KZfaq channel grows when they don’t clickbait.

The ol Magic yellow wedge @12:25. They just appear out of thin air!

Nicely done, and great explanation. Ever since hearing about what happened to Jed, I watch for sawyers frequently looking up while cutting and wedging, and have made it habit when doing any saw work on or under trees.

Good class, professor!👍👍🙂 thanks for emphasizing the safety.

GOOD JOB, and you handled it safely!!!

Thanx bro' vids like this can save some disasters.

Great job, Jake! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Great job Jake, your methods of working with tree's far exceeds my hero Logger friend as a kid, I really like the way your easy on the power of your Saw and almost always take the extra time to wedge them over.....k

I know it would be a little extra work, but I would have cabled the two trunks together as high as I could reach with a couple of extra heavy duty ratchet straps or better yet a logging chain just for extra insurance.

Working with Randy no doubt provides some insight into handling delicate co-dominant situations as well.

I'm not an arborist, but fall and cut my own firewood (a bit of chainsaw milling too if the tree is worth it). In this situations I just prefer to do a longitudinal cut between the stems (obviously not exactly down the middle in all the trunk 😆), and just fell them individually after that, unless the union/crown was relatively simple like in this case. I've fell co-dominants like this with 3-5 trees in them for example (I know you in US do this too and its a regular thing with 2nd gen growths and the technique is identical), and in that case you got no other choice than to cut between them to separate at least in 2 pieces, sometimes even 1 by 1 if its some crazy clump. I don't know if you have hornbeam in Oregon, but here in Romania we got some crazy 10-15 tree trunks grown from old cuts. The ones grown from trees felled 60-100 years ago are wild, 5-8 feet thick or more (it grows very irregularly, sometimes twice as thick in one direction). Those are some fun ones to take down 🤣But I'm an outlier, most people here don't bother cutting the giants, too much hassle when so many smaller trees are more accessible and they don't require heavy lifting and a big chainsaw.

Take a shot every time he says "two trees". Nice video, thank you.

Thanks for all the cool videos this year, especially when you and Randy are a duo 😂. Best wishes for 2024 🎉😊

Great video Jake!

Looks alot like the tree you and jed did at gordys ...only smaller.....was one of my favorite videos ..loved jed ..

The boy did good 👍🏻 I’ve felled some bloody horrible awful trees like this and it’s all about taking your time. 🇬🇧

What a difference a nice camera makes. Looks so much better than GoPros 📸.

Great video explanation Jacob.

Love these how to videos!

nicely done Jake. very informative as usual

Thank you, great lesson. I do have two trees much the same but smaller in diameter. Crispy and losing its bark at the bottom. I'll drop together. Thanks Jason.

Great job , thx for showing

Just discovered the channel and subscribed. Wondered if you could add a timelapse clear up of the trees you cut down as an outro to the vids. Great work btw and fascinating to watch.

Nicely done Sir, that said i would have used a standard notch on that one. As a result you would have gotten closer to the ground and had more reliable holding wood for the hinge. You probably should have scribed you back cut before committing to it.

Thank you so much!! A Video like this was needed so much!! Great work!!!

Great tutorial, Jacob!

Great explanation Jacob! That’s definitely a huge maple! We’re from the same town man! I believe the term co-dominant or co-dom means it’s two tops fighting for dominance to be the main top. Excellent video!!! Hope to see ya around. That smell of sewage reminds me of doing cottonwood and yellow poplars 🤢🤮😮‍💨

Excellent video Jacob. Happy new year to you and your family!

Dude you are a BOSS MAN! totally solid!

Hey Jake good video stay safe n keep cutting brother! Happy new year. May 2024 grow your business 😊. New Jersey logman 👍🌲

Great job! Happy new year, Jacob!

Maybe it just wasn't visible in the camera shot but I didn't see the seam go all the way out to the outer bark. This may not have been two separate trees but two leads that came off of the same base near ground level.

OOW .... WOW .............A VERRY BEAUTIFUL ...........TREEE ........ EEEEEESS..........

Good to see another repeat customer.

Nicely done.

You are too cool for words. Happy New Year!

That was a joy to watch! 👍

Very nice, that info will come in handy here shortly, have a big maple that one side already came off ,yikes!. I will send you a pic

Very nice work Those are the most surprising.

Beautiful throw

Love these informative videos!

Excellent stuff! Really insightful 🤟

early, love the vids keep up the amazing work!!!!

Awesome job! I learn so much from your channel.

Good stuff

Outstanding explanation and a beautiful felling

Thank you young man for exposing the truth of your experience that many of your grandfather's new. Many blessings to your new adventures of good and safe adventures into being a good steward of our natural resources and environment. Knowledge is worth more than gold son. Be safe always. Even it conflicts with selfrightousness of what the customer think the job is worth to them. Walk away young man. It's not who you are.

Nicely Done, yep high risk!

Nice job Jake they are sketchy sometimes 👊thanks for some awesome vids this year hopefully many more 👊

Man, i have done fell quite a few co dominants, doug firs, maples, spruces, oregon oak, ... in my opinion, id have sent the climber up the maple in this video,limb/ top it, rig down some of it.? At least un limb lock it and than cut the stems fall the teunk etc. .. what with all that limb lock action, but then again, im not there to look at it in person. But hey good work my guy. Good humbolt. Had me on the edge worried it was gonna split and go sideways... but only for a few seconds 😂

HI, hope that your Christmas went great.. So when will you start opening a school of fallen friends? Great showing, understanding and cutting down problematic trees...

Nicely done. Like your axe, sweet little wedge driver. 28" handle?

Kevin was there the whole time 😂

VERY COOL

Nice work good Information

New camera? This looks awesome.

thank you for this video

Thanks for the really useful information

Great job!

thanks jacob

Very nicely done!

Nice shot.

WOW ....................

Bring that maple to my yard, I'm in lake Stevens 😢

Awesome tree cutting!

well done!

Thank you.

I have cut quite a few nasty trees like that. where I had to rope the two together between 2/3 and 3/4 up and then about about eight feet up to make sure it fell as one I also secured a pull line to the top rope and use a rope come along for good tension. you do a good 👍 job just a little foot note watch your hinge wood make sure you don't over cut stay safe 🙏

so wonderful beautiful videos my best friend i love it see so nice it make me so happy

Nice cut

_ "Let's just see if mother nature takes it's course" _ "Heard ya"

Good job