I'm a homeless tree worker, saving for property. I don't do any of the things you were talking about and stay away from those people too. I sleep in my truck and just hope this doesn't keep me from reaching my goal. Still have about 3 years until I have enough money.

When you guys talked about driving by the drug addicts saying it’s a teaching moment…Reminds me of the meme with A mom pointing at tree guys saying don’t end up like these guys and she turns around it’s too late. The kid has pit vipers and a cigarette saying “who dulled this saw”😂😂😂

You articulated your solutions to this current blight very well , better than I could . In Anchorage the blight is growing .

Love watching you boys plant them right where you want them.

Since state and local governments make all the rules that have driven the cost of living as well as the costs of starting a business, through the roof. I think homeless should be required to camp out on the various Capital lawns and City government property. Anywhere else and you get arrested and made to work picking up trash around town, maintaining public parks and beaches or a million other public projects that need doing. At the end you receive a check commensurate with the effort you put in. If we have enough money to send to other countries, we can afford to get people in good enough physical and mental shape to join the work force and give them back some dignity. I’ve been a Transportation Surveyor for more than thirty years and have worked in and around several thousand homeless and I’d say the majority would jump at the chance of a better life if it was available to them. Let’s face it, if you don’t have enough money for a vehicle, insurance, registration, and have a place to shower, sleep and wash clothes, you aren’t getting a meaningful job that pays enough to acquire those things. 🤷🏽‍♂️

In my career it’s been my experience that those with the least and most experience have the most accidents. The former because they don’t respect the potential and the latter because they’ve gotten complacent because it hasn’t happened to them yet.

Thanks for speaking up. Well done Grants Pass.

Very good cutting Damien 👍👊 Where in the world did you learn your skill ? 😃 Really good for Grants Pass, now hopefully they follow through and don't allow thing's to go on !!! Good talk !!! REALLY cool saddle, whoever gets that will be getting the Best in a cool scheme 😁 Thank you for the extra work taking us along August ❤❤

I watch KZfaqrs who once a week visit overgrown homes, pathways and clear them, mow the grass, trim the bushes, it keeps the neighbourhood looking good, deters squatters. Some people fall on hard times, and need a little help. I’ve always thought that as well as mowing grass, hedge trimming, that some tree surgeons do the same or lease with a local lawn person who performs these things, so when there is a dead tree, or a fallen tree, they can call on the services to get it removed.

I find it so disturbing that society has granted a free for all attitude in the name of "political correctness". Enough is enough. Being irresponsible is not the same as having rights. Awesome saddle, awesome cut!

The two best teachers ever! Thank you for sharing!

I grew up in Roseburg. I often tell people it must have been built on an Indian burial grounds because it was so poverty stricken and depressed. Drug addiction is a right of passage for young people there, you either somehow miraculously get out and get clean like I did or wind up dead or living in poverty like many of my childhood friends. The wind down of a once booming timber industry has left Oregon with very limited options for young people to make a living. Surprisingly it seems like the weed industry has provided a few jobs for many who might have ended up even worse off. Also, surprisingly Covid era work from home brought some tech people from CA to bolster the economy a little bit. I appreciate that you mostly shy from political conversation but it's hard to stay silent when the political landscape is having such a negative effect on all of our daily lives. If we don't all start talking about figuring out a solution for this mess instead of pointing the finger at the "other side" things are only going to get worse. The whole country is suffering with inflation caused by the insane spending by the last 2 administrations. When you print billions of dollars it makes every dollar less valuable. If people understood this they would never vote for the two clowns that got us into this mess by spending more than any previous presidents in history combined. Both Trump and Biden have done this and instead of taking responsibility they distract us with fringe issues that are causing major division between us. Everyone needs to seriously look into RFK Jr because he actually has a plan to bring our nation together on issues we can ALL agree on so that together we can solve our common problems like massive government spending, inflation, the drug epidemic, the border crisis, failed education system, and our chronic health epidemic.

Disciplined under Christ. Thank you Lord for choosing and planting us for a time such as this. For the glory of the Father and His Kingdom.

The name itself doesn’t mean they are Granted a free Pass.

It’s gotten beyond repair. Our government has forsaken us.

Thank you August!

Great conversation!

Thank You August and Damien for everything Love You ( Ty RON ( Happy 4th July everyone Canada here Love You

Happy Fourth of July! I really enjoy your channel!❤❤❤

Love your channel

Once you lose Public or Municipal space to the people who just don´t care about themselves or what anyone else has to do to accomodate THEM, you are on a sliding scale to Bedlam and lawlessness, and your family and other decent law-abiding folks pay the cost, either financially or through added stress or both. In frontier times old timey justice was served on such people. The standard was imposed by the citizenry themselves. I sometimes think it would do well to bring that back.

Enjoyed the video. Super targeting of the trees.

At the 5:00-5:20 mark is probably the best advice I’ve heard in a while.

Sadly, the GP Police may be moving some of the homeless around, but they are not clearing homeless from the parks. The City Council seamlessly went from saying, "we can't do anything, there's an injunction" to "we can't do anything, there's this state law". In truth, some on the council have no problem with the state of things, so there's no real will on the council to clear the parks and I doubt there would be, even if they were clear to do so.

Thanks Grant's Pass! Step 1 in ending the madness - keeping the crazies from pooping where the kids play.

My flatmate was persuaded to buy 2 per chaps. First per lasted 20 minutes.😮

Congrats on the Supreme Court ruling!

Hey August, Good discussion, There are a lot of facets to Societal Issues for sure. Some of them more simple than others. Sorta like tree work, haha. Nice cutting Damien!

I kind of have an itch for something that will run a 36" chain, I'm guessing the 460 would do it. Running an old 038 Super right now and the 460 is exactly the same weight, I have found myself cutting a lot of larger wood lately. My wife would have apoplexy were I to buy another saw however, I should probably shed a few first. Anybody need a Sears David Bradley gear drive or Mac 10-10? Thanks for posting the vid Sir! Damien is a tack driver with a chainsaw. Blessings to you this 4th, hope you're doing fun stuff with the family.

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Even in our little city, the police have had to move "tent cities". One was right along a railroad right-of-way at a major intersection. The city gave them 30 days to vacate. As I said, the police moved them. Some people don't want help. This is a way of life for them. They reject any help.

We need a sketchy Tree to forget about the signs of the times. Nihlism is saturated in Society unfortunately. Nice job with the Trees Damien.

Somewhere in this conversation we may have discovered how Damien received his facial scar.

It’s the same way in western Pennsylvania where we are. Hopefully changes start coming in our country

I live in the SF east bay, and we have the same problem as Grant's Pass. This used to be a pretty nice city to live in, but now there is a definite up tic in crime, vandalism, arson, pollution, and littering. I can't even go to any of the public parks without seeing someone slumped over on a park bench drooling, and what irks me is my property taxes go towards building, and maintaining these areas. I have no sympathy for dopers as drug use is a willful act.

kudos to your town for going to the supreme court, time for people to take a stand against wanting to live on the backs of others

Love that Harness!!!

Do you know it you cut down on your back cut it will make it tip over easier and keep it from going backwards……….. . . . . . calm down everyone it was a joke, great work as always!

Skills.

Oxy started lota hopelesnes. An those in power new but did nuthin?

So deal with the problem the tent city is the symptom not the problem. The lack of good mental health care is the problem.

They need a 400c, 462c or 500i. I bought a used 362c when I already had a 462c and 400c and I found it to be a bit of a dog. Any of these saws will be a big upgrade. You know what they say....buy nice or buy twice. Dave

For a long while, I have had the feeling that we might be in the end days. We might be, but I am encouraged by events like the court ruling, and it gives me hope that evil will not immediately take over. Not yet, anyway. We need to do what we can to spread the Word. God's Word.

At one moment I thought you will give your opinion on the judgment from supreme court in the case of Trump😊…

Based.

Good for Grants Pass I am sick of bums I won't go to Seattle any more

Yeah, he definitely needs to work with a professional tree service for a few years before he tries to do his own thing. Figuring it out as you go in tree work will get you killed. Many times, you do not get a chance to learn from your mistakes.

thanks for s peaking the truth

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When I see anyone using a chainsaw not wearing chaps, I cringe. Each to their own,but I still have two legs because of chaps

##getaugustto200k

So guys what type of top handle saws would you recommend for myself to upgrade to as I have a mil German top handle that is made in China 😢 and the the cover plate is not fitting properly and the kick back bar stop doesn’t work 😨😭

Interesting title to this post.

How much for the 460?

Well said I bet both of you are not dems and if you are Well said.

Agree but also powers that be have made more homeless than ever from greed. An some are workin but have no home. Cheers fullas'

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Just a belt ?

Dialed.

ill probably do this for ten years before yeeting my self out of a canopy as payment for gods good grace

Ramborista hat 💪🏽

weird this doesn't look like a podcast, but clearly it is just a podcast

What’s the hat your wearing August? It’s cool.

Im pretty proud of Grants Pass for wanting more for its People. Those Liberal states Are being ruined and whats so sad is how Beautiful they are before they're allowed to disentigrate when careless people get in charge. Elections have consequences .

How much you selling the saws for?

anarchy would be preferable to what we have now... anarchy means the people rule... not the government.... People can run things... we run businesses, we built this country... why can't we run it... to hell with all the politicians who want to give us chaos.

We are definitely moving forward with the homeless problem. Criminalizing drugs again is the ticket.

So on some leanining trees that may barber chair, it can still be safe not to do a plunge cut?

I’m interested in that 460 if it’s still available?

Definitely a complex issue. On the one hand, needles and filth in play parks is not good. On the other, they are people with severe social issues. Some will benefit from the stick, but some are better helped with the carrot. Just pushing it down the road isn't the whole answer. Thoroughly recommend listening to Dr Gabor Maté, a compassionate human who worked with addicts in Vancouver and maintains that all addiction stems from childhood trauma. Aye, not easy. Some fine cutting.

Government forcing people to live in homes is not a free country…homelessness is a symptom of a free country…70% of the united states is 1 missing paycheck away from missing a mortgage payment…keep that in mind when we make these decisions. Convenient legislation as we enter into an era of home prices only the wealthiest can “afford”…if there is another recession, housing collapse…there will be many people homeless that never thought they would be. Its easy to pick on the most vulnerable if you cant empathize or picture yourself in a similar situation. The enforcement should be mental asylums, methadone clinics, rehab centers and mental health treatment.

I never noticed the scar on your companions face........chainsaw accident?

Tent cities only allowed next to a garbage dump site!!!

Doesn't look like you have blm or forest service right outside of town, for homeless?

Most of us are closer to being homeless than we are to being millionaires. And if it happens, nobody will give a damn. Top that off with mental health issues and completely insane health care costs…why would anyone expect a different result?

Great shots, Damien. As for GP- I don't disagree about the nuisance, but also what would Jesus do? Frequently the homeless are with mental illness and need help... drugs are self medication. It's not always just laziness and hedonism.

What’s the hat your wearing August? It’s cool.