Old timer here, I've had those webbings snap on before from long exposure to UV light and I've had stainless steel fittings 12mm(1/2") thick snap from stress corrosion. If you are climbing without a backup you need to renew all your gear on a regular basis.

randomly stumbled across this video, simultaneously fascinating and terrifying, generally not afraid of highs and I've climbed plenty of trees before when I was younger, but none remotely this tall and never with a chainsaw on my person. Really cool video.

Kinda glad you explained the issue with the limbs. I had noticed several times lower in the tree they would pop as the saw made contact with the top almost as if the bark was the main support.

Dude you are such a character to listen too. Your right about these Doug Firs, Im here in Washington State also. Just bucked me up a 42" - a nice work out. Enjoy your vids and banter. Best vid Ive seen of tree removal in a long time. Steve

I was getting nervous around 19:50 and how close it "appeared" the saw tip was getting to your rope!! Awesome video.

I subbed when you were over at ETW and moved here. I knew you would do great. Your explanation of the Doug Firs popping limbs solved my question to my prior problems. Yeah I have 5- 120’ Doug Firs 75 ft from my house and had an 5” diameter branch come down last years late snow ice in Feb 2023. Paid Arborist to come and clean the damaged widowmakers that remained and some proper long term love. I did have a crew trim them waaay back in 2008 after we purchased the house and so it was time. 50 year old trees are 120 ft tall. I know, counted rings on prior thinning job. Basically planted in the year the house was built in 1962. The area was a former pasture and dairy farm in the 40-50’s and the farmer sold and it became a housing tract.

Great camerawork, well edited,seeing the chainsaw blade so close to your harness rope sometimes was a bit scary..

Awesome video. Helps me pass the time as I recover from Covid! Thanks for posting.

I love this video the way the limbs just pop off are so cool. Just got myself a second hand saw can’t wait to try it out.

Always Love watching you cutting down the big fir trees!

I used to leave some of those stubs on the way up and finish them on the way down. Much more comfortable than using only spikes on the entire job. Take some of the stress off your feet. Also for removals, my rule was always use a flipline with a steel cable. Use the rope one for trimming and lighter work. It's also easier to throw around a large tree. I was surprised to see you using only a rope flipline on this job.

Man, that saw is almost too hot to make small notches. One little blip, and it's half way through the branch already. The way the limbs were popping off was awsome

My favorite topping yet, fits look like fun when there’s minimal rigging

Totally get the square vs round issues. At some point I want to get a full spool of square and turn it into as many chains as I can get and have them all ready to go. When one gets dull I’ll swap. When I finally run out I’ll spend the afternoon sharpening them all at once.

It's probably the camera, but it seems like your chainsaw is super close to the rope holding you to the tree. Crazy scary looking!

My brother and I both run Husq 394xp's (94 cc) with 32" bars for our big saws. High rpm and they cut like a bat outta hell. We've tried a lot of others and keep coming back to Husqvarna. I've had my Stihl 066 Mag with a 36" bar fail running the same chain as the Husqs and stepped in with the 394xp to get it done. The Husqs just never let us down. Nice work.

Well done Jacob. Professional as always.

You are such a daring dude, thanks for such cool content.

Nice work Jacob. Really like that Husqvarna top handle with that bar and chain combination. Does a lot of production

I was so fascinated just watching you work. I kept worrying about the saw hitting a rope.

Mesmerising watching the process

Nice work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Can you show how you climb around on the tree and cut each branch. Im very curious on how you dont damage your ropes while working. Great video. Love this kind of content. Gets the blood flowiing from the safty of my chair lol

Great Job Guy's, and nobody got hurt cutting-down the Big Fir Tree.

Nice job with the split trunk log 🎉🎉🎉

I have noticed limb drop of similar type trees on my customers lawns. I have surmised the trees drop them purposefully to almost provide a self made mulch around the base. Such tree matter on the ground would discourage the growth of competition. Respect your hard work and wish I was there to help.

Great job Jake stay safe. God bless. I hope always well my friend.

These vids are always so satisfying and actually quite educational. Thank you for providing the content. You ever watch Buckin' Billy Ray? Also love that channel.

Love the channel bro congrats on the success

That double top was masterfully done!

so effing COOL! Cant believe I have never seen this youtube channel before. Amazing job cutting that tree and those branches down. You earned a sub! I'll be back for more.

Happy to see the 592 back in action! 🤙🏼

gosh, I see what you mean about the rapid growth of trees in that area! I have never seen growth rings that large! Some of them must have been 1/4" or more! Wow

Double Topping was sweet 🙂. Good job Jacob

Kind of blown away by that saw. Can't think of a better ad than this. Nice rigging.

Congrats on a million subs jake!

Dude I loved watching your videos like a year or two ago and I just couldn’t remember what your channel was called but I’m glad I did

That was really fun to watch, you are a pro.

Nice! Town I live at in Oregon has these monster Doug firs but in tiny back yards and I have to rig everything out 💪 climb high stay safe!

That log flop to the intro was fire.

Sir, you earned a sub, not just because of your tradecraft and the heights you work at, but because you did this whilst simultaneously making high quality informative and entertaining content. Great to watch and a good job done on the project !

Great Work Bud 👍👍Fantastic view not sure how high you were 👍👍

This might be your best video yet ! I now know what kind of person you are ! You are a great father ! And your heart is right where it should be ! No one could talk trash about you and get away wit it cuz I wouldn’t let that happen! You go guy ! And be safe ! Your brother for life ! Mr randy shaffer sr

Good job man.Perfectly.

Decent amount of soft wood there - be nice for some DIY projects. Looking on line I see that tree was roughly 75 - 80 years old as a guesstimate, so 139.5 cm in diameter is pretty impressive - must be all the water.

29:21 the clarity of this camera is seriously impressive.

Nice work. I like the Jake and Randy show too. Hope you guys do more work together.

Finally the 880 then instead disappointed with chain. Makes saw look bad. Great job Jac old climber here. Love watching every branch. Body’s shot minds still in the game.

I always love too see perfect cuts !

this video tickled my tism, thank you

my first tree, an oak, 54 inches across the stump after we felled it. I put together a 2 saw, double ended 66 inch bar rig. I asked a friend, retired, with tree service experience for help. He had a active tree service friend who "volunteered" (a 12 pack of his preferred beer). Turned out to be hollow. Well under 1 minute sawing time, could have felled it with a 12 inch bar. Real people, with real world experience, sharing and yes teaching here on "the youtube" are of great value to many.

My Dad planted two Douglas Firs outside out holiday home, way back in about 1980 or so. My mother, in her wisdom, cut the centre out of one of the trees because "that's what you're supposed to do" thinking they should be pruned the same as apple trees. My dad realised what she was doing and stopped her from maiming the second one. Dad sold the home in 1998 in order to build his retirement house. The Dougs at the time were about 20 feet tall and the damaged tree had grown out one of the side branches to become the new, near vertical trunk. I had the first chance since the sale to go see the place in June of this year and the trees are both at least 140ft tall. They are overhanging both the house and the garage, as well as intruding into the airspace above both neighbours' yards and dominating the entire front yard of the property. The tree that my mum had damaged has crotched and formed two trunks just a dozen feet or so from the base. I feel sorry for the new owners. It's going to cost them a bundle when they have to take down these nearly 45 year old trees.

Love the speed and handling of your small gas saw but I do like the small battery saw only for the sound or lack of when it is not running easier to hear but it what makes your work day goes easier and safer for your. Much love. Afriend.

damn, that small saw is amazing, did some really quick work of that tree

1 million bro. Congrats

Great vid!

this video is both relaxing and anxiety inducing at the same time

I have no idea why the algorithm decided I should watch this, but this was a really cool journey. Great video!

Jacob, you just get better every video you make mate,i love just watching your stuff

I’d love it if you worked with someone to sell fully ported saws directly from sappy supplies. Make it easy for us to get our hands on some rippers!

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Jake I was thinking about Jed today. Check in on his wife and kids would you?😢

That top handle husky is straight pissed 😤 it’s highly impressive!

Vermeer has some good chippers and small stand up skid steers also

You have the coolest play on words channel name!

Hay ! I watch your videos all the time . Your one of my mentors. I like a lot of others have a lot of problem with pine sap in my ropes and presics .until a week ago the only thing that worked was dawn soap and it was slow . I took my gummed up lanyard and sprayed it with brake clean and it just literally devolved it ! And it did no damage to my rope ! Just to be safe I rinsed it with hot water. Try it and tell me what you think .

its sad to see such a beautiful and huge tree go away, but it is for the better

Very nice top out!

Excellent Video !! What is the brand/model of saw your using to trim off limbs ? ?

Hi and Gday from sunny Queensland Australia , good job on this one , love your vid , cheers

Bro you are fearless!!! If I tried to do that I would be in a stage 2 coma

That was a cool double topping mate.

I've caught a lot of wooded in my time, but I've never climbed a tree to do it lol. You make it look easy brother.

That saw SCREAMS!!!!👍🏻😀👍🏻

You should try the Reecoil Big Boss and full reach chainsaw lanyard. I love those, they work great with little saws and packing up your bucking saw.

amazing how those branches just pop off like that while you're sawing

Good job Tazan!

Awesome video 👍🏼

The more i work with Stihls, the more i hate them. The more i work with huskies, the more i love them. I dont fan boy for brands, i just want what works and it seems like huskies are the way forward. Edit: except the 500i, i like it a lot…..however, right now mines in the shop…again. To be fair though i think if it was just me using the saws they would hold up better but i work with adult children if that makes sense. Contract climbing seems like a better gig, i cant stand having to share equipment with people who dont care. You’re a great example of how skill and preparedness can make work such a joy, wish you were on my crew. God bless and stay safe brother

Excellent video.

When I cut backyard trees I used cheaper chains from Amazon and it turned out these set of 3 cut better than some more expensive chains. 3 chains for $23.99 @ Amazon, and even hitting metal (embedded chain link fence) they stood up better. Abroman 3 Pack S62 18 inch Chainsaw Chain 3/8" Pitch .050" Gauge 62 DL

you wouldn't get me up there in a million years, love watching you do it though !

Man that t540 cuts awesome never thought a 200t would be beat but that looks killer👌. We get sudden limb drop in the UK mainly on broadleaf trees such as oaks and beeches. In the hot summer the timber dries out and weakens slightly due to lack of rain and moisture then when then next big rainfall hits the trees suck up the water rapidly as they are desperate for it and that's when the limbs tend to drop as all the water weight is a "sudden" gain of weight to the still drier and weaker timber. Hence the name Sudden Limb drop.

Wish we had all those beautiful trees here in Western Australia...

I ordered 2 of those 5 40s of a red beard. That should be here in a couple weeks. I cannot wait god bless Jake

I've had those webbings snap on before from long exposure to UV light and I've had stainless steel fittings

Guilty of Treeson - Highly Skilled Tree Man!

Smellavision would be awesome right now. I love the smell of pine.

Yer bro that one was gona split out 4 sure. Great vid thanx

"Alotta brush on this thing buddy" really is alot of material.

Love the video, How tall or how high up do you estimate you were off the ground?

really enjoyed watching and listening to your explanation of technique. Not super comfortable with how close your free hand comes to the blade why limbing, but you seem to know what you are doing.

Seeing how you like husky 592 you should try the 3120xp running your big bars you might like how much sauce they have the 880 has good torque but the husky just has a bit better throttle response just an observation over the years

Knocked that big thing out!! Great work

I thought that was a Pine tree. They do/can grow that tall here in northeast Florida. Great video, I couldn't do this kinda job, mainly due to the climbing and cutting. 😀

I miss being able to go up to the mountains and cut trees down with my dad. We just didn't have a place that had a wood burning stove to heat up the house but watching this I can still smell the wood getting cut and the chainsaw also.

Something about things falling that is so fascinating

We live in NW Washington state, and during the big freeze a few years ago those limbs snap and sound like a monster coming through the woods. 😅

This channel has the best name on yt.

Had a tree that size an arms width from the house I bought. It would drop a limb on the roof every winter, always flat, until once the butt stuck through the roof. Lucky for me, it fell over and sealed the hole because there was nothing I could do with 6 inches of snow up there. Late spring of that year, we had it taken down. The crew was up for 9 hours because everything had to be roped down. After it was down we discovered that one big root had popped part of the foundation. The wall is still noticeably out of kilter.