Nice job, as for the homeowner fertilizing the grass, that was pretty funny. It happens to me all the time. I'm out there working in a tree and homeowner decides to come out and trim the hedges beneath me, or mow the lawn. I'm not sure why they do it but feels almost like they're saying this is my yard I'll do what I want in it or something. All I know is I am not nearly as patient with that as you were. When they do that to me I tell them they can't be underneath me when I'm in the tree, my insurance won't cover it. That usually gets them to move, but if they don't I let them know I will stop working until they leave the drop zone.

working solo and rigging a very difficult tree over a fence, very impressive work! Very good setup, planning, top level climbing and rigging skills, great attitude.

That's very creative rigging, I never thought much about how to rig solo.

Ha we have a neighbor like the fertilizer guy! Awesome work Spencer! Thank you for another suspense filled video!

Hey man, I know your name from our arborist board. That's some well thought out solo work. Most people would have f'ed something up doing that! I've done my share solo and have a good bit of respect for being able to pull some of that off. Hopefully you can find a PT hand to help with those tops. You think you can train the dog to run a porty? LOL.

Brother, I'm so envious of your patience with the customer. You just laughed & made the best of it.....I would of probably been a bit meaner which isn't good. Great job rigging & really good edit. STAY SAFE

Kudos to you attempting solo work. It's sizwheel and that wasn't even close to being one. In fact you were closer to hitting the fence than not. Why not just gun it to the center of the yard? Lots of chance taking! Yes it was on the house and patio.Good luck in the future. Climb safe.

We watched a tree climbing arborist taking down a tree on a pipeline right of way once. The crew went to lunch and he thought he'd get it delimbed while they were gone. Turns out he pinches his saw and his rope where he couldn't get down and discovered a yellow jackets nest all at the same time. He couldn't do anything but wait on more tools.

Fertilizer guy really wanted to help, I have a couple neighbors like that. Retirement can drive a man mad. 😂 Great video, well done.

Love the video Spencer! God bless you!

I learned something new today. I cut lots of trees but never solo rigged. I like your style

Great work, planning on using this stategy for tomorrows job

This was a great video, I really enjoyed watching it, and I’m glad I’m not the only one who deals with a fertilizer guy on my jobs, crazy how some don’t utilize common sense.

I'm watching this video again and reading comments. I saw your comment that you might not do a job like this tgese days. I, too, have had to rethink jobs. I quoted a guy last year to fell his dying maple tree. He said he could help with his tractor, but he chose to wait until this year. I looked at the tree last week and with more experience now I told him tge tree had to much back weight and I wouldn't fell it. I also don't accept a customers help on sketchy jobs. I haven't had to use my liability insurance on 150 jobs and I don't want to. I love watching your videos.

Great job That guy was nuts playing in the yard while you’re up IN the tree. It takes all kinds. Stay safe

Good stuff, thanks.

nice work...you are really starting to put together a nice arsenal of equipment....i will recommend getting a mini porta wrap if you are going to be solo rigging ... It will allow you to wrap off and hold a larger amount weight with little to no effort could be much safer in much more reliable stay safe stay healthy

You are a very skilled worker. Yes, that crazy gardener, was something else😩

Nice job!

Nice rigging. It’s good when limbs break themselves into manageable pieces for you. Great job

This looks so fun

I’ve been enjoying your videos lately just wondering what rigging rope you used and how long it is out of interest looks quite light duties but obviously it’s doubled up ..

impresive working solo, I like your tecnics and your green trailer🐒🐒🐒

Freaking awesome

nice vid brother! Just learned a new way of solo rigging. Im assuming the red rigging line your using is a static rope?

good work brother stay safe i am two and half hours north west of you lockport new york

I most definitely want to add this to my lawn care business. Solo I’m all for it. Make some videos or classes. I will most definitely participate

Good morning was wondering what kind of carabiners you use ?

Long-time lurker of your awesome channel... Odd thing to say, but I see sooo much of my "approaches & intuitions" in your vids & work (I climb on DIY spurs, and like you I have DIY Porta ;) ) Can I ask how long you've been at this? Your gear's new-condition contrasts with your moderately-advanced skill (that said, I was kinda cringing at two moments, once for your safety when you dumped that 2nd-highest piece right after the top and basically snubbed that tip-tied piece, but it looked like you had the trunk "as protection" suitably enough, the other was when you bombed a piece of thick limb right beside that fence, damn man I have seen wayyyy too many do weird bounces whether it hit a big rock or whatever and goes right through the fencing :P ) Would LOVE to know - even just a rough range - how much you priced that job? Or just the Oak? I'm a 3rd year climber, but only in the past year did I "go solo" and get insured / get a truck and go into business for myself (was doing contract climbs and the lighest tree-work before that) I ask because I'm still quoting so low, and when I get offered jobs like the one you're doing there, I am so eager to do them that as long as I know I'll clear $40/hr I tend to price "so I can get the job"....am leaving TONS on the table, can say w/o doubt that I'm probably 50% as cheap as the 2nd-cheapest (insured!) climber in my area, am working prices upwards each job though -- guess I'll find my ceiling soon enough! You chose the 2511t, the most amazing petrol unit conceived, congrats!! I have a $135 "scheppach" 25cc for my "lil climbsaw", and use a 355T from Echo for my big climbsaw (surprised you'd buy the Stihl, it's the same price as the 355T but is a "mid" climbsaw, and if you already have a "small" like the 2511t then a big one would be your best bet IMO, those "mid" saws are -- IMO -- for when you don't wanna get a small&large complement ;D Funnily I have the same poulan pp4218a as you, thing is a great saw!! Want more power from your 2511t? Echo's are shipped VERY lean, you may need to remove the carb's limiter caps but otherwise it's a very simple job, if you do that **in-conjunction-with** a muffler-mod (very very quick&easy even for novices, for you, well, am surprised you haven't modded it :P ) Also -- and I love Echo -- but find their OEM bar&chain combos to be crap, would certainly advise going through august hunicke for the quarter-pitch Panther conversion kit, his vids have his 2511 with it and it's like all he uses :P Thanks for sharing, gotta say your vids are anomalous as your skill level, combined with "I work solo" (and you don't even seem to be a full fledged tree company?) are very impressive, and thanks for showing this in-particular as I learned something HUGE for myself--- if I double-whip my pieces when solo-rigging I can pull-back the bullrope!!! See, I'm the same, and I simply bring-up a couple extra ropes -- and I use both ends of the ropes lol -- then I descend down and un-tie everything, and go back up....your method of getting the bullrope back by double-whipping is just amazing, am so stoked to get-in on that!! Have been eager to do more double-whip rigging anyways but had only seen it as "for controlling more weight", something that - when the situation calls for it - something I simply use all my "advanced rigging gear" for (safebloc & xl rings, 1/2 and 5/8 polydyne, lots more but all way heavier-duty than I need so far :P ) so yeah am beyond stoked to make double-whipping a normal, routine part of my rigging instead of my "use as many rope-ends as you've got, then go down and get them back" approach :P

Do you have a saw mill? An oak like that would make some beautiful boards.

Great vid.... I would have been snapping at that fertilizer guy.... You have a lot of patience..big piece of wood for one person...

I think that’s husquvarna climb rope youre on. I rig a lot with that! Great rope!

Awesome video Spencer! I appreciate the effort. It wasn’t a how to video it was more of a how I did it video. 😅

Really good video. Would you ever do a solo zip line rig over this style?

Where did you get your slings?

I like your videos and channel i like watching others work

The man, the myth, the legend: _The fertilizer guy_ 😁

The fertilizer guy gives zero fs 😆

I have a question for you I just dropped a tree today 1 of probably three it's kind of almost a off-white or ash white and outer half and is a soft wood and the inner half would be a dark wood I would say kind of like charcoal gray and extremely hard to look at the bark I would say it would be an oak I didn't say to get a picture of it I'll have to try to get one for my brother-in-law

I think the fertilizer guy would make a good ground crew member for you !!

I work Solo 99.9 of the time some jobs I take my son with me. I love your rope rigging for a solo tree guy .. I’m going to use that tomorrow .. I have a Black Cherry that is right up against a Fence and a car port along with a row boat on the other side LOL .. ohh yeah the stack on the house for the wood stove lol .. I did most of the tree already with my son but he is now sick and I have two more Big limbs to cut and ill have enough weight to fall the tree in the front yard , the tree just had two much back weight do to the sunlight the tree had ...

I also been cutting trees for about 30 years I like your videos make more.

Why not have a 2nd set of hands?

I’ve gaffed my # of telephone poles in my life doing telecommunications and even a few trees for fun but none as big around as that oak. I can’t imagine dropping those big limbs and them slamming against that tree and shaking it. The first few times had to be heart stutterers. Lol I’ve released tension on over head guy wires and have had my come along slip and release slack and I’ve swayed back and forth but nothing slamming against the pole and causing it to shake and rattle. The weirdest things were working during storms and the lines get hit by lightning and see the blue ball come flying down the strand. I miss those good old times some days. Put Tink on a hard hat and harness and send her up in the trees. Lol

In the face of absolute anialation! Haha your killing me!

I would really like to know around how much you earn for some of these jobs. Great video. Subscribed.

That guy was crazy!! Lawn maintenance with a tree being felled?? Nice job though man

you might consider giving potential customers an hourly rate on jobs that are hard to price; it also gives the customer the opportunity to decide if they want to save money and do the cleanup or pay you more. My guess is that you have an established reputation and most people would go with you.

Hope u charged the guy a ton for a dead tree and right on the fence, good job on everything, definitely get the exercise from cutting trees.

Bro you hit the god damn house 😂

Life on the edge... Fertilizing 😂😂😂

Great video and clearly a successful job: 1. No damage to the fence 2. Fertilizer guy is still alive 3. Free fire wood Yep well done

Fertilizer guy used to stack bodies in the army. He ain’t scared of a couple falling branches

I would hire you

Was the fertilizer guy the owner or a neighbour ? Anyway, he likes to live dangerously :D

You handled the old fart much better than I would have. 10 cents holding up 10 dollars....

Haha old fullas love to get under the tree.

Not sure i like the no unclipin on the ground puttin fullas like me outa buiseness. 😢 but smart cheers

That guy with the fertilizer… yeesh. Some people just don’t have common sense.

A wolfgarten pole with hook can push the rope get em landin good. But i shouldnt be helpin ya.

Fertilizer man, Ferilizer man Does he get decked by falling logs looks like he lives another day Fertilizer man (I couldn't resist. It's the melody I heard when you said "Fertilizer man". In case you don't hear it resonating in your head, try this; kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebl6mpyS2ruqj6s.html "They Might Be Giants - Particle Man Live")

so the big question! why didn't you get someone to help? woulda been alot easier to pay for help. but man that's a lot of work! you did it like a champ though good job

Ground guy looks like trouble

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I was intrigued with your video until you said "Poulan Pro" lol

+$50 for waiting on the fertilizer guy.

No way would i sit up there waiting on him to do that nonsense smh get your ass out my drop zone and come back later sorry

"Its been dead so long I have no idea the species" ... it's got decay at the base... let's tie into it and put my life on the line...🙈🙉🙊. Working alone is just fine until something happens. They are called accidents beacuse they were not expected. It's quite dangerous work and with your experence level your risk level is incredibly high brother. Please get some proper training by working for a professional or taking some in person training and safety courses.

He might be in the face of danger you need to look at your face in the mirror