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I can appreciate your craftsmanship, and ability. But your genuine personality is your strongest talent.

I loved the single little branch with leaves ad you drove away...

4:06 Buy a snatch block and let the winch do all the work.

This looks like a hold my beer and watch episode. And we have a winner!!

One piece of lumbar divided by two, lifted as one. That equipment has already paid for itself.

It’s a gorgeous art piece Sam.

Matt, have been watching for years. You never fail to entertain. And more importantly, to inform. This old man has learned a lot from you. Wishing that you be well and prosper in all you do. Peace and grace to you and yours.

I still maintain that your channel is an ongoing advertisement for owning a telehandler. Fun to watch. Keep up the good work. I wonder if my neighbors would notice if I parked one in front of my house.... 🤣

A few 6 inch lodge pole fence post might be helpful for reducing friction and yard damage? Strong work on wearing saw chaps and hearing pro. One kick back into your thigh and you’ll be happy you had them on.

Matt, how do you stay so happy all the time? At least on camera. I aways come away smiling after watching. Have another great day.

that WAS A LOT OF LABOR! hope IT MAKES GOOD MONEY FOR IT!

Well I’m tired just watching Matt do his tremendous job of making things work!

I love working with this stuff. Can I recommend a choker chain. You can pull and turn a log by choking on the back side of the log. As you pull the log will actually roll into position as the choker will bite into the log.

I was standing in a friends kitchen when lightening hit a tree right outside her home. It was so loud and bright. It split the tree. Was just so amazing to see the power lightening has.

I live in a suburban neighborhood in Baltimore County, MD. In the past 5 years we have lost many Oak, Hickory, and Tulip Poplar trees due to lightning strikes, high rains + high winds, and simply end of life. I lost 2 Oaks out of 4. The largest being 115 years old. It is sad to see all of this great hardwood being used only for split firewood, since Oak lumber is rarely used here anymore. Forty years ago my neighbor who worked at UMBC University brought home some beautful black walnut that had been cleared from UMBC to build more buildings or parking lots. He was burning it in his wood stove. It made me sick to see such a waste. I asked him for a few of the split pieces to use for knife handles, black powder pistol grips, and powder horn plugs, etc. At least that wood did not go up in smoke. I have used pruchased Cherry and Black Walnut to stock black powder rifles and smooth bores. I used linseed oil to finish the stocks which really brought out their grain and color. I look forward to seeing what you find inside that trunk when you saw it.

Cremona man. Back to his roots as urban logging master! That log was hard for you but probably impossible for anyone else.

I've definitely cut into some logs that poured water like that. It usually stinks to high heaven too 🙂

8"40 I'm gunna need a BIG flag to get this home! !! !!! This was only a "junk log" until Matt Cremona got a hold of it. It's going to be quit a while until this one will be ready to slab. GREAT job Matt, as usual.

Always enjoy these recovery videos and I'm looking forward to seeing the inside of this water storage container.

Good to see the trailer doing some work again. well done

Damn, telehandler kickin' ass and taking names. Respect !

Great save on this fallen giant.

That went up the new driveway very smoothly. Well done!

Love the way you can analyze load and balance of a humungous tree

Matt hook the log to the winch jump in the truck just turn your wheel to the left and pull forward and all will align buddy. I’ve hauled everything and anything you can imagine in my 40 years of driving heavy haul trucks . Let the machine do the work quit overthinking buddy and trusting to muscle everything and please don’t stand beside that cable while loading if it breaks loose up top it wile whip around and take your head off . Love all your videos and thanks for sharing .

Glad to see you back in hauling logs which always has a new twist to recovery. Trailer design sure works great.

I can only imagine all of us arm-chair loggers thinking.... if you just lifted the first one to have the banana up , it would have a smaller footprint in the trailer.... and, you can use the jack with the finger on the trailer jack and the base on the log to push it.... and.... if you..... and you could have..... but dang, you amazed me with the way you lifted and the back end came around...... clearly you know what you are doing and are getting the job done.

21:32 Those two boards were really necessary :)

17:31 armor plated and re-enforced fender wells.

Thats just an amazing amount of work to get those loaded!

I recommend you add a roller bar on rear off trailer. It’s like an extra hand or 2

place chain on ground at end of log and "saw' back and forth to work it under the log- trick my dad taught me as a boy - a lot easier than what you ended up doing

Had a Bob Ross vibe there at the end lol.

I don't anticipate having to move logs with such unusual obstructions. Watching your use and placement of chains and cables, along with the resultant effects, is a lesson in the applied physics of vectors and stresses. I'll be watching this video several times to build my understanding. Thank you.

Matt: It will be interesting when you get to saw that log. Thanks again for making my day with some excitement and entertainment.

I can't believe how your lift equipment (name unknown) lifted BOTH logs in one lift !! Amazing !!

Mathew… nicely done. Here’s a tip for ya: When cross-cutting a log under tension. Stick a felling wedge into your back pocket. When you’ve cut deep enough, pound a wedge into the kerf. You can then cut all the way through from the top down. It’ll save you from having to cut bottom up or worse, getting your bar & chain pinched in the cut.

Ya gotta love it when you're being watched! Arms crossed= bonus! LOL!

I am a project guy so I like all the different projects.

I loved this one more than I thought I would. I am so amazed at your talent in loading as well. It was not in my mind you would haul both out at the same time. You really are a logistics champion, too.

Thanks for this video. Enjoy seeing you do this work. Out of sequence, no sign of the new "barn". LOL

Finally something I am here for, 😂

To me this is the most interesting part of your channel.

Back to the "good old days" for a video. Make no mistake, loving the remodel and barn build.

Watched when you built the trailer. Stood the test of time and still looks new. Well done!

Matt, your trailer man-handled that old tree! that is quite the testament to your design and your build!

Super interesting to see how you load a log and readjust when you have a hard angle.

Just a suggestion, you should chock the trailer tires so you don't transmit all of those pulling loads through the transmission possibly damaging it.

Such a wonderful wood to turn, so expensive to buy. In the UK that trunk would be worth thousands you would have wood turner's lining up at your door. I've got a few peaces I save for special projects

I make jewelry and keepsake boxes and this would make some beautiful ones.

Very well done !

That is amazing ! Good stuff

I would like to leave a suggestion when cutting the tree in that position if you cut part way through from the top then drive a wedge or two in the top you can continue cutting through from above

Matt, have you ever considered putting oak or hickory runners in your trailer bed, or even replaceable metal runners? I watched all the effort you went to building the trailer, and seeing the bed of it getting beat up and rusting is tough to watch. Thanks for the great content.

I find this whole process of loading logs onto your custom built trailer very impressive, and even more so since I watched you build and paint the trailer yourself, which was very impressive in itself. Also enjoying watching you build the new building and the house remodel. You are a man of many talents Matt, and probably some we haven't even seen yet.

Matt - you are working smart and well at 21 years of age. (Groucho Marks image with cigar)

I can't wait to see you open this one up! I cut up a friend's tree it had a rotten old limb stump. When I cut the base of the tree, I was getting showered with stinky water and wood fibers!!! Next time I'm going to make a stab cut and let the tree drain for a day or two.

Matt loves this log because it is at least an 8.5 out of 10 on the goofiness scale. Of course Matt had to also show off with the telehandler and pick up both logs at the same time. LOL

Great job and equipment ☝️❤️🌍

A lesson in geometry and having a lazy susan end skid platform and using a longer chain to the hoist cable to 'situate' the far end before all else.

I too worked heavy equipment and enjoyed figuring how to maneuver and cantilever objects around to get them to go where you want.

Very nice job! And very nice trailer! I reccomend that you better not move/walk next to a steel rope under tension.. When it snaps..it will....

use wheel chocks on all 4 trailer tires or pay a lot to replace or repair your parking brake pawl on your truck transmission. Also set your parking brake and chock the truck tires

Matt, you never cease to amaze!

That top log has some absolutely gorgeous figured wood to be extracted. Stress grain and feather. Turning blanks!!!

I’ve been wrestling with some walnut and ash logs for 4 weeks now. Such a tiring process. I wish I had that arch setup on our trailer. I’m going to have to build a lumber gantry.

I sure like that trailer! It has to give you a lot of satisfaction figuring out how to get logs on the trailer and then have your idea work. I was impressed. I've used High Lift Jacks for things you never would think of. You can use them to push things together or push them apart as well as lift them. Thanks for sharing with us. I want to see what the inside of that log looks like. Keep up the good work.

I'm anxious to see inside of that big walnut log.

That's a very Dangerous Contraption ! Watch out if a chain snaps !

Greetings from the BIG SKY. I'm glad you have good equipment.

Fun to see you doing a retrieval again Matt. this was an unexpected treat. Now...take a nap !

Nice garden, btw

That's a woodturning log! Plenty of large chunks outside of the defects for some great turning blanks. They make nice natural edge bowls too.

Good job wrestling that Big-O Walnut Matt!

Figuring out how to do it is more than half the fun. Can you believe there are people out there who go through life and never own a Jack All Jack or five. 😁

You had a big workout most of the week

I don't trade in wood so am educated by those that do. Thanks for that. I'm a metals guy. I get the benefit of knowing how much the steel weighs. If water weight is an added consideration, in my business I can typically flip something over to get rid of it or factor its weight fairly accurately. Steel is primarily knowing the knowable. Wood has knowables as well but there's some mojo to throwing trees around. I'm going to guess that for every construction crane that goes azz over teakettle there's a half dozen tree cranes that find themselves bottom side up. I offer a couple of armchair QB thoughts that aren't material specific. 1. An easy way to save thousands of dollars. Close the door on the JBC, or take it off. Don't ask how I know, but I know more than once. 2. I agree that there is zen in divining how the big thing will react to my methods of persuasion. I have to confess though that times that I let the dead end of my rigging drag along the ground in the area of the wheels of my equipment, hijinks have sometimes ensued. YMMV.

Good afternoon Matt. These will be very interesting when you cut into them. Can’t wait to watch. Thanks for sharing.

Boy Matt you had to Work for that piece of Lumber! 😆🤣 Nice video!

I might make a suggestion that would make it easier to load these heavy logs is to put a live roll on the tail of the trailer.

One big walnut! Hope I get to see you saw it.

Greetings from Illinois,Gusty’s American Adventures will subscribe to that!! Great work 👌

I have a pine tree with the same gouge. We moved into the home and the gouge was there 20 years ago. Since then it has just about closed. Also the next door neighbor had all his pines removed which was blocking the southern exposer. Now the canopy has grown out and tree looks great. Never thought of a lightning strike as the cause but yep it makes sense.

It was the first video, this is what you were doing been hooked ever since!!👍👍👍

Great effort !!! Pays off in the long run.

that was amazing Matt your skills are great viewing and you looked like you had fun as being a one man show excellent and funny to watch cheers.😀😀😀😀😀

Great job Matt, thank you

Great job

Ha ! Amazing !

Great effort. Impressive👍

Cool. You took out a tree, and dug them a new well with the jack ;)

If you had a block and tackle on the arch you could lift and pull forward at the same time.

If you put a snatch block on your arch, and loop your winch through it and connect back to the trailer, it will give you twice the torque.

Amazing to think about how much stress the winch and arch were under picking up that log. Like cutting the log stop recently removed doubt for the carbide blades, there is no doubt now that the trailer is up to the job!

No blade lubricant will be needed in cutting this, that's for sure. You inspire me all the time to make heavy things doing my bidding, as a fellow slender dude. Thanks and let's pick up more logs!

Matt, use a peanut roller for painting the ends of the logs. Big time saver.

That looks like my grandparents old house in Edina. Great memories

Do you ever get any grief from people due to the messed up lawn you leave? Do you warn them about it up front? Do you fix it after dragging the logs, or is that up to them? Loving the new series of building.

Try adding a second lifting Arch anchored between the wheels. Lifting efficiency and safety margin should increase.