I definitely agree. I certainly dont try to hide my mistakes, and those ones are all in their reapective videos

@ReallyTallTreeGuy good on you for posting this. I try to keep the limbs butt heavy for crane picks, getting chased by it is not fun

@@SLOCLMBR yeah I'm not super experienced doing crane work, and as such I make a few more mistakes than normal. I'm just glad I put myself in a position where I could Dodge out of the way if I needed to and I ended up having to.

@@ReallyTallTreeGuy be able to move is the trick to all of it really, lol

Well said 👍🏾

Yea I know there weren't any major 'fails' but I could have avoided all of these, so I wanted to highlight things that I messed up and could have avoided.

True. At least nobody got hurt. But I'm sure the homeowners will have something to say about any and all damage.

I dont want to pretend I'm something I'm not, so i want to show my mistakes, in every single video that these mistakes came from they're not edited out. They're shown in the video, however I figured I'd make a compilation of my mistakes from last year so that I can better learn from them. Think it's completely foolish to think that no one ever makes a mistake especially doing tree work. No one's gotten seriously hurt especially from my mistakes and I certainly do my best to learn from them.

Sorry for your loss, its definitely a dangerous job

So sorry for your loss I also do this job and know it’s dangerous sadly we have to put food on the table

sucks to suck, maybe he shouldnt have been a tard

@@hugosanchez9025damn it sucks that you are forced at gunpoint to work as an arborist

I’m so sorry you lost your brother to this. Thank you for doing a job that needs to be done but, by sheer danger and skill alone, not many can do at all.

WOW!! I was just commenting on how you really have to know what youre doing and take Safety seriously.. No Joke Career

Everyone wants to be a tree climber, until you have to do what a tree climber does. 45 yrs is impressive, I’m going on 30yrs. Most only last 2 or 3

I did not see too many large failures just some minor issues

Are you a risk taker type of person in your private life?

And don't forget Murphy's law.. lol, I appreciate you making a difference in your years of work.

I certainly try not to destroy anyone's roof, and if its iffy that I'll be making an unscheduled decent I wont climb it, but I try to learn from these mistakes. But thanks for downgrading them.

Exactly! I don't see how this is a "fail" as suggested by the title.

Why not just let the branch it the ground straight down instead of swinging it out

Jed?

Sorry to hear. Insurance money helps, but doesn’t replace a dad. Nothing does.

My Great-Grandfather was killed while felling a tree at only 22 yrs of age; leaving a daughter and three sons - 1888

@@wwaynemcg Same here in 1889, north central Pa. Best wishes to you and yours.

Sorry for your loss, HARD, dangerous work for sure !!

Yeah I say it a lot, but it's funny how many people don't really listen. But I'm not perfect and I'm not going to pretend like I am. And that's partially why I posted my mistake so that I'm showing and demonstrating clearly that I am not perfect and I do make mistakes. And I have absolutely learned from every single one of them.

Those types of people think blue collar are the dumb kids in school so smart they’re fucking stupid

​@@ReallyTallTreeGuy I've made a bunch of the same ones..maybe some new jack will see it and learn it before it goes wrong. 🤘🤘 good shit man stay safe

@@natemartinez4595 I made a specific videoto show that I'm not perfect and don't pretend to be. All of these clips are in the videos that represent the respective trees. Everyone of these mistakes was preventable, and I do my best to learn from my mistakes and try to not repeat them.

Also how easily a huge branch gets hung up in a neighboring tree and refuses to move.

How much for the lift?

I did the same. Rented a lift and thought itd be no problem...boomed the lift the whole way up and i was probably still at least 30 feet from the top. Thats when i knew i was in over my head lol. Im not afraid of lifts though. It sure was a long day.

I dont want to pretend I'm perfect, and as such I know all of these mistakes could have been avoided. I wanted to make the video to remind myself of things to try to not do again

True! Even learning to run a saw on the ground, one of the best ways to learn the crazy dangers is to watch chainsaw fails. Somebody can tell you all day long, and it might sink in, but you see it a few times and it makes sense and helps get you paying attention.

Saying this out of genuine love and concern, do you have background experience in tree work?

​@@Scott-fy7fm I started with no background and since then iv taken down hundreds like (500)+ of trees and still do it as a side gig .

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Right I was waiting for the actual fail😂this is like second Tuesday every month

How can you make that many mistakes and still be alive?

When you dumb you gotta be tough like we always say it takes a special kinda stupid to do tree work:)

Appreciate it thank you.

You bet

Thanks. I cuss occasionally but for the most part it's not really in my videos, but for some of these mistakes it was kind of inevitable that there'd be a few words here and there. Just wanted to show that no matter what people put on the internet they're not perfect

@@ReallyTallTreeGuy guts to do that man 😊😊😊😊

Thanks. Wanted to share it to show that I'm not perfectand certainl make mistakes.

Common misconception tree work is not dangerous it’s hazardous because if you plan your shit out generally the danger can be avoided unless you’re complacent then you’re just asking for the butt of a limb to smack you in the teeth Edit: not god, I’ve made my share of mistakes but as someone will 15k plus hours in less than a 4 year period I’ve seen some off the wall shit and a lot of what not to do 5:52 i commented before that time but it rains true

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It was certainly an oversight on our behalf, and something that we have since started to do if we are working near condensers

@@ReallyTallTreeGuy Cheers, always good to see crews who are willing to go that extra mile 👍

Thanks, I'm always trying to improve.

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@@ReallyTallTreeGuy You know it.

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Every single one of them i could have prevented/avoided. I have done my best to learn from my mistakes, and to not repeat them. Figured that I would make a compilation of all of them in one place outside of their respective videos to show that everyone makes mistakes, and that I am by no means perfect or the best.

Some were...some not...one thing I noticed...never try to meet a forward cut with a back cut...it will ALWAYS grab your saw/bar...just use a notch...even a slight one.

@@patrickgrant9502 takes some practice but when chunking if you can cut downwards and when almost finished put a couple of twigs in the back of the cut to act like wedges...you have to put a hand on the top of the chunk so it doesn't slide back into you...then you finish the cut and the piece and saw bar and all slides right off. Requires a one hand cut but it is the best option in my opinion but I am not an employee but an employer. 53 years in this year.

​@@patrickgrant9502the finishing cut of a step cut has to be into the standing piece rather than the falling. On a stem lower or on a limb inward. Then if saw does stick it's in the static piece.

@5:50 I was like, “I guess he wants to go see Vlad the Impaler”.

I certainly have done my best to learn from these mistakes and done my best to not repeat them.

Thanks. Yeah, I always try to match my Cuts up, but I was pretty tired by that point in the day and just made a simple mistake.

My buddy took a ride with a 1,000 lb oak log when he cut a saw snatcher by accident. Took the 460 with it and pulled him out of his gaffs. Lucky we use break away lanyards and he ended up fine other than some nasty scrapes and bruises. Stay safe man. If this job wasn’t fun it wouldn’t be worth the money 😂

@@cm9195 yea i have a breakaway lanyard for precisely that reason.

I certainly try.

That's a really good practice

More companies should do that. We don't unfortunately although because I have the GoPro I have the ability to go back and watch my mistakes, so I do my best to learn from them.

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Yeah, I'd probably cut through my harness on the first day.

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The fails can all be found in their original videos. I did not edit them out I don't want someone to watch my videos that I've hidden all my mistakes in and think I'm perfect, when the reality is I make mistakes I'm not perfect and I'm still learning.

Thanks, it doesn't help that I was out all summer because I had broken my wrist. If I had worked the entire summer then I'm sure there would be a few more thrown in there

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I try my best to avoid making them, but as you can see I'm not perfect and I do still make them.

Sure did

I dodged that thing too!

When mistakes can cost me my life, I tend to make way less mistakes! 🤷🏻‍♂️💯 how you have 2 fails in the same damn tree?? I couldn’t have someone on my job site like this! More of a liability than anything.

@@_Roasted_Marshmallow I am not perfect, and given that these are all of the mistakes that I made last year I am pretty happy, especially given that nothing was damaged, and no-one was hurt. If you think I should have done something different please tell me, I am still learning and welcome constructive criticism.

Thanks, all of theese fails are pulled from the individual video that ahowed the entire job.

They were all avoidable, but that's hindsight speaking. I have donemy best to learn from them, and not repeat the same mistakes

That is very much true and the best of the best learn from their mistakes, make them fast and do not repeat. Then there is wreckless stupidity that we see from what I call the " Lawn Mower Guys" you know the ones that only climb with a linemans belt, tag line and spurs.

I counted these as mistakes, because right after they happened I immediately knew what I could have done differently in order to prevent them. And as such I wanted to share that everyone makes mistakes, especially people who are "professionals"

Thank you, although I certainly don't know everything, and I'm still trying to learn as much as I can

Yeah especially wanted to share it because I don't want to pretend like I'm perfect. Because I'm not, and I'm still learning.

Thanks, definitely not everything that could have gone bad, just the handful of things I clearly and obviously messed up this year

Yea I'm not super experienced with cranes so i make more miatakea then Id like to.

@@ReallyTallTreeGuy its all about balance for the load. if you're serious about crane removals the crane safety climber school in Pennsylvania is worth the trip.

@@scott6361 yeah I understand the theory behind it all, the thing I struggle with is when I'm in the tree looking out along a branch, and picking where it's Center of balance is. It also didn't help that that operator didn't let me ride the ball so I had a little bit more difficult of a time getting out to the tips to balance everything. But I'll definitely look into that school. Thanks

@@ReallyTallTreeGuy what is the logic behind not letting guys ride the ball?

@@taylorstephens2027 its a liability for the crane company, and is only supposed to happen if its a hazardous tree.

Thanks, im completely self taught so I'm bound to make mistakes, and i do my best to learn from all of them. I appreciate the advice, i always welcome constructive criticism.

It's definitely an interesting time, to say the least especially given that pretty much everything is guesswork backed up by just experience. But I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Honestly the Carabiner was just there to keep it from pinching down on my bar. I thought I had more leverage than I did to push it out in front of me as opposed to it coming over to the right. Hindsight being 20/20 I should have just rigged it down like I'd rigged down all the other pieces.

Glad you enjoy the videos, and many people watching dont realize how challenging the job is.

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Thanks, some days are better then others, and as shown I definitely have occasional bad days

Thanks. Its a whole other world that most dont know

@@ReallyTallTreeGuy I just did project work like pre-commercial thinning and one hitch on wildfires. Both of those jobs were statistically more dangerous than my 3 overseas deployments. And still way safer than being strapped to a sketchy tree.

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Im glad you enjoyed it, but not sure this video will be the best educational advice.😅

​@@ReallyTallTreeGuya video in which everything goes smoothly is easily forgotten; a video that makes you stop breathing and wince sticks!

@@kennethsizer6217 thats fair I suppose

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@@ReallyTallTreeGuy sorry, it was meant to be a compliment. I wouldn't be able to climb that high and would get the saw pinched on my first cut.

The way I had the rope and spiderleg set up, it made it so that once it hit that nub it was impossible to get it to the ground with the rope. And it had to be cut in half so the two ends with then go to the ground. Basically the fail was I was being slightly lazy and didn't flush my nub

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Yea im always trying to learn and keep improving

Yea it's definitely one of the things people shouldn't try themselves. Far too easy for things to go bad real quickly

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Thanks. I certainly try to avoid the mistakes, but I'm not perfect, and i have certainly gotten better at calling for a tag line.

Oh it most certainly is.

It's definitely super helpful when it can be applied.

Yea, i should have just rigged it, but inwas tired, and just wanted to get the tree down.

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So hitting the roof with the Speed Line could have been avoided if I had simply went and put a redirect in the Speed Line in the top of the pine that I was in. The chainsaw getting stuck and pulled out of my hands could have been avoided if I had lined up my cuts better and then pulled it back just the hair right as it started to go over. The piece that almost hit the deck I should have rigged out but I was just trying to go fast for whatever reason I don't even remember at this point. The top that folded over towards the house realistically I didn't even need a rope in it it was already leaning in that direction all the way it was already over there but what I determined was that the face was too open which allowed it to rotate over too much. The piece that hit the fence I should have just rigged it down, but I figured that I could get it to land flat, but on account of the wind and me not cutting through a quick enough it kicked back and hit the fence. The two different clips where pieces got stuck on Nubs, is just I need to trim every single knob no matter what, and not be lazy. The pine tree that I was working over the shed I made a number of mistakes in that tree, and when that video releases I'm going to break down a little bit of what I did and what I should have done, but basically I should have just swung everything back to my primary ringing point and not tried to get fancy with a secondary one more above it. As for the mistakes I made doing crane work, I'm not super familiar or comfortable doing crane work as I haven't had much experience with it. And as such one of the things I'm most scared of doing crane work is tipping over a crane. That being said the crane we had out was 100 ton crane, and it would have been extremely difficult for me to tip it over. It just comes down to not having the most experience doing crane work which is why the mistakes that I made happened. Very shortly after those two pics that I showed I switched to just rigging out trunk pieces with the limbs still attached and that went significantly smoother and faster. I opted to not do that initially because I was trying to to get access to a very long and Big Branch that was down on the bottom and because I wasn't able to ride the ball I would have had to limb walk out on. I work mostly in the Hampton Roads area specifically in Virginia Beach.

Yea it definitely is dangerous. Thanks

That entierly depends on what you're cutting, and if you're touching uo your chain bwtween trees/tanks of gas. It doesnt matter how sharp your chain was if you hit dirt, rocks, etc.

My uncle unfortunately passed away after falling, so I do my best to not repeat that, and have yet to have anything serious happen. Luckily these mistakes were all pretty small in the grand scheme of things, and I have learned from them to try to not repeat them.

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Yeah I definitely had days like that. I have one video coming up at some point in the future where I was just off my game that day, you could say I got out of bed on the wrong side, or whatever saying you want but I just had mistake after mistake. It was a two tree job, and after the first tree I just had to take like 30 minutes and just kind of get out of my own head

Luckily I haven't messed up with anything to do with electricity, but have certainly made my fair share of mistakes

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The small climbing saw I have is a ms201t with a 16 inch bar, the larger saw that does not have a super easily accessible air filter I'm at the one with the full wrap handle isn't ms462c with a 28 inch bar, and then the largest saw in this video is an MS 661 Magnum with a 36-inch bar.

You could certainly try, but even just one tree company giving you all their wood would completely inundate you. Just because of how many takedowns we do.

Thanks, I certainly learned from those mistakes, and am doing my best to avoid making mistakes