Climbing, Righting, and Bucking BLOWDOWNS -- Solo Tree Work from Climbing to Cleanup

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5 ай бұрын

Strong winds came through and blew down a bunch of trees in the area.
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@carsonwashburn1 5 ай бұрын

I love the way you take your time and think through each cut in hopes of being safe!

@ericvault 5 ай бұрын

Seeing your creativity in these jobs really helps us fellow solo tree guys. Thank you!

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

thanks for that! always opportunities out there to innovate

@LEPPER500 5 ай бұрын

I saw a video once of a climber who hooked a caribeaner to his left or right side, at or kind of behind his hip. He hooked the tail of his rope ( the section hanging by your feet when your spurring ) into that caribeaner and just that few inches of offset hanging that tail just behind his waist was enough to keep his rope out from under his feet. The rope hung off to the side of him so he never spiked his rope under him while spurring 😊

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

it's a great practice and good idea -- it's easy to get sloppy up there and mess up your ropes. little tricks like that are worth it. thanks man

@knittingthestash 5 ай бұрын

so many winter jobs with all this wind! Way to go!

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

chiillllllly!

@BigBlackTruckDave 5 ай бұрын

1 Man Army! Thanks for the share

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Ten hut!

@purryegbert8609 5 ай бұрын

Always good to see a new upload!

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for that! much appreciated encouragement goes a long way

@metzgerbass 5 ай бұрын

As usual, Spencer calmly bringing unprecedented levels of strategy and stamina. Jeez 🤯

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

thanks buddy!

@Cholton327 5 ай бұрын

I really thought u were going to flick the tip of the pine cone. 😂.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Ya never know what will happen! haha

@anthonygalipo9875 5 ай бұрын

Awesome job dam ground crew

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Yeah where are those ground crew guys when ya need them!?

@xmtowntyx 5 ай бұрын

Ground crew is slackin 😂

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

You said it man. First snow and they’re off to Florida

@gwheel3502 5 ай бұрын

Was looking this morning at your videos to see how long it’s been since you posted, ha! Great video as always, Spencer

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

haha thanks for checking on me! yeah haven't been doing as many videos lately as I like to :)

@dqmc07 5 ай бұрын

Always enjoy your videos, Take care and keep warm.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

thanks for that, man!

@williamrehberg2546 5 ай бұрын

8 degrees? Gracious I'm glad I live in the south. They're calling for 23 tonight and I'm about to freeze. Stay warm Spencer!

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Oh that 23 sounds good! we have ice on our ice :)

@williamrehberg2546 5 ай бұрын

@@metaspencer 🤣🤣🤣

@ShadowMoonFarms 5 ай бұрын

Always love it when it looks like you're just chunking it by hand. Thanks for sharing

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

snap! yeah, gotta love it :)

@nhmountains5683 5 ай бұрын

We had another storm roll in Saturday morning. Lots of trees came down from an east wind. We had a large basswood hit our camp. The ground is saturated. We don’t need anymore rain.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

A basswood fell across out walking trail -- BIG trees those! Here the ground is now frozen but only down a few inches, then the soggy slop

@alotl1kevegas860 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Interesting use of a farm jack. I'll have to remember that one.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

It was a weird situation and the jack just came to mind. I tried pulling without the lift and that thing was going nowhere. With the jack I got a better angle and things started to move :) ya never know what will work out

@justinsigmon1878 5 ай бұрын

Have missed your tree videos. They helped me take the step to start my own landscaping/tree business. I love it.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

I bet that business of yours is rewarding! keep it up and thanks for that comment ... it means a lot!

@justinsigmon1878 5 ай бұрын

@metaspencer it's going good got little slow after Thanksgiving till first of year but now it seems like it's picking up.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

@@justinsigmon1878 yeah winter is usually slow ... something to plan and budget for as time goes on

@justinsigmon1878 5 ай бұрын

@metaspencer well I did. Buttt my transmission went out of my cummins so that was 7k I had put back lol. That hurt.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

ouch!!! dang trucks will bleed us dry@@justinsigmon1878

@HomesteadJay 5 ай бұрын

Nice work brother! 😸

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Big thanks!

@carlobernardi1387 5 ай бұрын

Look at u go... rocking the 200 T and a new unicenter... Santa was very good to you😊😊..

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Yeah I've got a couple of 200s now and really love them -- until yesterday, that is, when one fell off the truck and POW. Then there was one

@Cholton327 5 ай бұрын

Love it bud . Bsafe my yt friend. ❤

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for that. Absolutely :)

@mikemjw4533 5 ай бұрын

Ground crew was slacking!

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

yeah where were those guys??? WTF!?

@ragnarocking 5 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing, Spencer

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@johnsommerfeld6889 5 ай бұрын

Some nice easy ones for a change! That winch is getting a lot of use for sure. 😊

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

you said it! good times out there, if a bit chilly

@johnsommerfeld6889 5 ай бұрын

@@metaspencer Chilly weather always makes things more difficult! Keep the videos coming!

@ARBORIST.OF.UKRAINE 5 ай бұрын

Hello, Metaspencer!))) ❤❤❤ Congratulations with Ukraine arborist Peter Hobel, thanks for your videos and jobs. God bless you 😇🙏

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

great hearing from you buddy! piles of snow here today but the jobs keep coming

@gregbrown9271 5 ай бұрын

Nice job Spencer it did look pretty soggy🫡

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

you said it man ... wild out there lately

@carsonwashburn1 5 ай бұрын

It’s awesome to see the sweet winch setup in the new truck getting some use!

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! thanks buddy

@sporranheid 5 ай бұрын

Happy New Year! A gnarly start for ye, deftly handled. 👍 That pine cone! I love nature's little anomalies (try saying "nature's little anomalies" three times, fast.) 😊

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Even more snow here today -- so yeah, lots of WINTER to enjoy this time of year :)

@havespurswillclimb 5 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the video. You have sure progressed in your tree working abilities. Great job.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

I try to keep learning out there and progressing, instead of getting stuck in the old ruts :) hahaha thanks man

@sandypratt8951 5 ай бұрын

❤️👍👍👍

@rickstafford5316 5 ай бұрын

Nice wenching. Oh I remember those days in that warm weather. Lol Just think only 3 more months of it. Glad to see the videos. Great jobs

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

now we've got snow on top of ice so it's only getting better! I think I'll watch another YOuTube video haha :)

@rickstafford5316 5 ай бұрын

@@metaspencer dang

@judsonkimble 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Good to see what you are up to.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

thanks buddy!

@timfolgers2759 5 ай бұрын

Great video, if you find the time I’d love to see a video going over what features you liked about the Infront mini skid vs what you like about the Wacker Newson. Cheers.

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

hey, thanks for the idea! yeah a comparison would be cool ... thanks for the idea

@SteampunkSteve 5 ай бұрын

I just stumbled on a video about how Stihl saws have a summer and winter mode. Not sure if you'd heard that

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

yeah most have a little door you can switch around and then forget all about until the middle of summer when they start running like crap hahaha ... thanks man

@ScottWConvid19 5 ай бұрын

Great editing

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Thanks man -- always some interesting and good times out there

@julianalderson3938 5 ай бұрын

Nice work'

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Big thanks!

@nonsequitur807 13 күн бұрын

I really wish you'd get the 6.0 tree truck in rotation. This new one has no pizzaz.

@metaspencer 13 күн бұрын

I hear ya. I’ve got the older truck runnin but it conks out when hot so I’ve gotta tear into it and do some serious work. On the list for next winter

@pekerja27 5 ай бұрын

Pohon tumbang 😮. Yang kedua yang di panjat tinggi banget pohon nya

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

terima kasih telah melihat videonya!

@jtrocktree5409 5 ай бұрын

You've got that know how and the do how , slinging and rigging , yee ha 😜

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Haha thanks buddy … good times out there

@koreyhayes1621 5 ай бұрын

Hey Spencer, I had an idea of how to solo rig limbs and chunks down and when I looked it up on KZfaq, you came up (as well as Buckin' Billy Ray). I ended up making my own slings out of some 12 Kn carabiners and 600 lb ratchet straps with a sewing machine. I'm rather impressed with myself for that. Saved a tonne and I tested my slings by hanging from each of them in the garage. Can't imagine I'll be using them for anything bigger than my weight. Anyways, I love how you explain what your though process is. Would you share how you ended up making your slings? (I'm assuming you made them yourself in a similar way).

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like you're making some progress! Yeah I also sew all my own slings using nylon webbing and high-strength rated thread (for climbing equipment manufacturing) ... you can see many sewing patters online but I tend to go with 6 bars or so just to be safe. Remember that your static weight hanging on them is different than a shock load, so be careful out there! great hearing from ya

@koreyhayes1621 5 ай бұрын

@@metaspencer Thanks for the reply. I don't plan on using these slings for anything too crazy. With the way that I've sewn them I believe it's the webbing that will fail first before my stitch will. When I set up these slings in the canopy it will be for manual lowering with a rigging line so I won't be doing anything too crazy with them. Thanks for the input!

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

sounds like a plan! good stuff@@koreyhayes1621

@jonathanglanville7953 5 ай бұрын

What hitch/knot are you using between your rigging line and winch line? Right around 6:30

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

I used to use an alpine butterfly at moments like that, but I've started using a version of a bowline on a bite ... it unties easier than the butterfly, in my experience

@jonathanglanville7953 5 ай бұрын

@metaspencer I've seized alpine butterflies in the past in this same configuration

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

@@jonathanglanville7953 yeah that confirms my experience which is that this bowline on a bite is easier to loosen and doesn't slip

@6ftS 5 ай бұрын

This is not exactly and instructional comment... there are plenty of instructional comments out there, but I appreciate your checking it out... 😀Have a great 2024 dude

@metaspencer 5 ай бұрын

haha good one man! have a good year yourself!

@6ftS 5 ай бұрын

@@metaspencer thanks Spence...