I am in the works of starting my own tree service, 26 years old. One of the hardest things i see in my future are finding GOOD GUYS. Damian is a solid dude, u guys make a good team. Wish me luck in northern ca, no holes in any roof.. Yet. I do everything solo, literally everything. Climbing gear, 562xp, echo topper, a 5.9 cummins and a trailer.

Awesome video August. Thank you for adding the details about gear & rigging.

Well done August and Damien. I always appreciate the commentary on how and why you do what you do. Now I need to go catch up on some of my tree work. 😎👍❤️🌲 Thanks and keep yourselves safe! Randy

August. Thank you for talking about your spurs and boots. Gear talk always appreciated 😃

I love seeing the high morale of your team... even when is just two of you guys. Would love to see a video of the factors that you think play a role on this on a job that is dangerous and rough. Thanks for the constant great work and videos! Just starting on tree work and I admire you and your team!

Great work great explanation. Wish KZfaq was around when I started we did a little more of the cut and duck and learn as you go 😊

Love the V-cut and your rookie team pick. Total pros. Thanks for sharing. The rope bag is awesome, too.

Excellent work gentlemen...i did a bit of crane work years ago and I really enjoy watching crane videos ....i don't remember using anything but snap cuts and notches..but I can definitely see a wide range of use for that V cut....great job Damien..stay safe stay healthy

That is one sweet saw ! Great video August, thumbs up.

Interesting rope bag. I've been using the Wesspur torpedo bags for crane work. Your concept is easier to load rope in. The new generation of eye splices also works well for riding the ball. There's nothing to get hung up when pulling the rope out. The 20" setup is cool and goofy at the same time.

You have a great crew. How you talk to them and interact with them is why.

Nice work. Thank you August!!

That rope bag looks awesome. The picks were good. Good job Damian. Thanks August.

Different take on that saw!!! Thank you for your time!!!

Thank you for the crane technique explaining!

Stand and buck is the way to go. And I think one of those new beaver bags is going on my tool list soon. Great setup

16:24 "I would like it to be perfect, it was not perfect, and I apologise..." August, keep it in perspective, mate - it got safely to the ground, and you didn't wear it in the face. I see nothing to apologise for... 😂👍🌲🇦🇺

For what it's worth...... Inspired by your setup here, I changed my 355t's bar up from a 15.25" to an 18", am loving it!!! And, now that it's more modified & broken-in by another year, my g2500 clone (25cc) is actually **plenty** powerful to push that 15.25" which I've got on it now in fact the chain is dull *and* rakers are high and it still cut well enough (the 18", on the 355t....the 355t didn't seem to notice the extra length lol, if I put it to a 10" log it still seems to cut-through at a nearly identical rate!) Thanks for the tip, was actually seeing a lil clip of you from another vid where you're walking-away from a tree you'd just felled and you'd done the back-cut with your 20" 200t, I knew it'd been a lil while since your 'experiment' began and figured if you'd have opted to use it there then it must be a desirable setup and boy it sure is (only issue I could cite is my bar bumping into stuff a bit more when it's racked but that's hardly been a bother!)

I love the way you and Damien work together. It is very familiar to the way I learned this craft. You are a great teacher and he is a great student. You guys continually make me proud to be a tree guy. I wish Joe and Jeff weren't so camera shy, but I know they are both very skilled, and they are taking care of business off-camera. Thanks for what you do, August and the gang. Stay safe, fellas.

I like this dude, really chill and honest, good videos my dude!

You and Damien are a stellar team. Top notch video as per usual.

Thanks for another great video August and Damien! You know that is an oxymoron when Damien, who's absolutely not a flake, is flaking rope. Damien is a good fit for operating the crane. He knows that it's a serious responsibility and treats it accordingly.

I’d give anything in the world to be back doing tree work again but idk if that’s ever gonna happen due to a back injury but just wanted to say thanks for the videos, appreciate you guys.

It's not only fun, but also a good thing to change places. If August for what ever reason can't make it to the job site there has to be someone to take his spot and still let the team do it's job. Great video and... great little saw! 🙂

Your 020 / ms200, the idle, it can be an adjustment, but it can be the acceletation pump that is leaking air. I have cured a few of them by plugging the canals inside of the little oval welsh plug in the intake flange on the carburettor

thanks for the crane consult!

Good afternoon you did a great job explaining thank you

The bag looks good for black berry picking too.

I love how you counter every argument before anyone has time to thumb it in the comments 😂 you’re the goat august

Much respect and appreciation for the knowledge that you provide to the young climber I am and I I'm going to take my job very serious and this is all good pointers and stuff like that and we'll put it into practice little by little you're right here in my neighborhood it sounds like Oregon but just want to say thanks again for your knowledge

Awesome & beautiful~

haha, "hey, KZfaq, didn't see you there" .... (oldie but goodie :) ..."and nobody would think we would have left it"... yes! ... totally know what you mean! Thanks for all the What and Where and When and Why and How and Who! ... "I have six honest serving men, they taught me all I knew..." .... what a saw! ... NOW .... I will watch that video about the saw. Congratulations on the crane work, Damien. "STAND" "FIRM"

We ride the crane here in PA. This bag would be great ! Def getting one

Nice job fellas! Jeremy thanks for the awesome superchat buddy.... Lol ...sorry i didn't get to match you . Next time buddy

Dam impressive 200t driving that 20in .25 chain/bar combo 👍👍🇦🇺.

I really like that rope bag. The motion is so familiar to an honest man.

So I did a 1/4 pitch conversion to one of my 201s a couple years ago. I didn’t think of going longer on the bar and I quickly destroyed 2 14” bars😀. Well done, the 1/4 pitch sprocket may yet come back out again!

Hi august, I'm a retired builder and when I needed a new trowel I went for a marshalltown with a blade with plenty of lift I've seen me go through a whole pack of trowels to get the one with the blade that when put on the ground it would not lie flat but when the heel of the trowel was on the ground the tip was raised about an inch and this took a lot of pressure off the wrist and you were able to spread the mortar further along the wall and thus you were quicker because you didn't have to go back for more motor as often

Love the saw an Damien did nice job thinkin like the bag to thanks guys

I like the bag idea cuz I just figured out I can hook my rope bags on the bumper of a truck and flake standing up. But I can't get my truck into the tree so you nailed it!

Oh yeah! MB suspenders are in stock! I've been waiting on those. :)

*You guys should make a little mini crane to enter a parade like the little cars the Shriners ride around in. Made for that.*

I always tidy up other folks bad cuts, it leaves the job the way you want it to look. Every tree you finish is your latest advert. Cheers

Hey! I thought I came up with the term 'little BIG saw'!😂 I did kinda the same thing when I bought my 14" saw. The battery operated platform that I regularly use; would make for a ginormous 14" saw. So I switched makers; and gave up a little battery power; (56v down to 40v); and got the compact saw I was looking for; with a slightly long bar.

You look so happy up there

Nice work guys

Wait for the sling to come back while enjoying the view! Stay safe y'all!

Great video!

I still have my original Buckingham's . My very first pair and there still my go to spikes.

Thanks for the front row seat.

Rode the ball and set chokers on a huge 80in stone dead cotton wood. First time ever riding the ball, 130 ton crane, 130+ ft of reach. It was so wicked, can’t wait until I can do it again.

Have you thought about getting the 2nd gen zigzag? I found fault in the 1st gen. The 2nd gets rid of the aluminum dowel you tie into

"Stand Up and Coil" A day without a video from you and Buckin' is an incomplete day. At 72 yr.s old I like for every day to be complete.

New sub, Chris liggett the tree man sent me, nice saw! Nice job!

Great work Damien! That’s not an easy transition no matter what anyone says. You guys should try out the Crane Man rope slings from WesPur! Those slings are sweet, yes you have to tie them instead of latching a snap but you can terminate them exactly where you want to get perfect balance friends. And also I’ve seen those gates fail on those slings before, I used them for years and had a couple close calls. Actually in this very video on last wood pick you can see the weight against the gate. I’m not a critic friends just a friendly tree guy tryin to pass on a heads up I’m a fan! Keep on the good work💪

Another great video

Sweet man. Never did any crane tree work. Makes me nervous really. Bucket truck Always does the trick and if I can’t, gotta call the crane guys. Most of my trees get felled with ropes up high in the tree. Climb it up, get my ropes set, lighten the tree as I come down if possible and cut the whole thing with wedges and winch or the truck itself if it requires a lot of travel to come over center. The whole ideah of swinging a tree near me while I’m in the tree, makes me nervous.

I have an Echo CS-355T. I bought it with the idea it was a climbing saw (biggish bar - 15 inch cut- a little heavy in the tip) that would also work as an adequate ground saw. I think it has delivered. It can certainly take down medium-sized trees with no problems. I did end up buying an Echo CS-620P. It was a little disappointing in that there were issues out of the factory and definite problems with adequate oiling. I allegedly had a cracked oil pipe. And that big guy is thirsty.

For future reference, you can still find Buckingham pole gaff replacements that carry that same angle from the shank, at least here in Canada. I don't like the way American gaffs are made nowadays either. I switched to pole gaffs for save my knees years ago and never looked back.

Working safe. Good examples.

I find quarter pitch to be pretty useless after 16". I actually switch to stihl .325 for smaller saws, with bars over 16". I've made semi skip quarter pitch, works pretty good, but the small chain,versus capacity, I still get binding. Looks like it worked pretty good for you, thanks for the great vids!

Nice job guys

Nice job.

In one of your more recent videos I watched, that 2511 sounds awesome

Yea, i miss the " Black beast " , and Working with you and the Team.... would like to meet again you, and your mom and Dad ... youre family. It was one of the best Things happens in my live ! Greetings from germany

Digging the rope bag👍

Thanks

That beard sure is getting glorious

I've got the 24" LP CANON bar.. pretty crazy on the MS251CBE and even more insane on my 'show only' MS200 rear-handle.. LOL

I've got a 201tc-m with the timing advanced and muffler opened up, thinkin of getting the panther 20 setup...you still happy with yours? Derail much? Will it bore? Is your chain a full chisel?

4:03 - which direction is the beach, Damian?

very cool

Thanks for the demo. Did you have to resharpen the chain during this tree takedown?

Have you tried the Origon chains. They cut differently and to me cutting Ohia stayed sharp for a long time. I even tried the electric CS1500 18" and was impressed.

Sweet 200T. Where do you find the Panther bars?

I always do that too. I will fix cuts that other tree guys did or homeowners did.

I read you IG post about this premiere 1 hour ago and then it wasn't showing on KZfaq yet... Kinda missed opportunity with the function.

Latest blockbuster: The fellowship of the saw The two conifers The return of the arborist One saw to rule them all. In theaters near you.

“I never really want to, but I’m doing it” Super real !

What's the RAM mount for on the crane? 19:20

1/4 pitch chain and bar looked like they worked good on the bar. You never know unless you try.

What's up august 😆 Nice.😆 mate

Trimmer/ feller. Speed and power will get you out of troubles. Experience can keep you out of it.

Oh yeah mate noice saw boss

Hello, where did you get that echo 2511t panther bar from? Model number? Chain? Thanks

I have fallen trees and it's very dangerous work. You guys are a class act operation and please be careful.

Nice mantle saw.

Stand and tuck!

There is always a unpredictable factor in every pick. It's our human nature to not be perfect. So we do our best and try to learn from every circumstance we get put in 👍👊

Damian is a good guy and funny 😂

MUCH LOVE ❤️ LOVE ❤️ for the BRISKET @4:00!!!

Was saw needing a new intake boot or idle adjust? It seemed to jump up to high idle after you pulled it out of second cut on first pick

Honestly, best video LooL

Speaking of "Little Saw" you said in one of your videos that you used a "Stanley" pruning saw instead of one of the more expensive models. Do you have a model number for the Stanley? I'm having a hard time finding one.

The Bag is a great Idea August ! Did you get a slice of brisket ?

4:00 The load cell digital readout widget is still broken?

What was Damien going to say about making ground cuts with a top handle saw?

Buckingham spurs... yeah yeah... me too!

I was just wondering how you get the pitch off your hands and arms?

Your trim saw cuts faster than most people's 'big saw'