Seconded! Spit my drink out when he said that!

I subscribed after this line :D

I lol'd at that too. That line is going into my mental rolodex.

@@aljosazorc Same here. I immediately hit back on my cell and hit subscribe. 😂

Earned a like from me.

Kind of you David. Thanks!

James O'Neil you are right these are excellent videos from an old professional that knows what he’s doing and will probably save lives including mine.

I couldn’t agree more

He's definitely thinking from a "safety first" perspective... and, a very strong man too!

I'm glad u brought the unspoken truth to light though

Roy feels threatened by the use of polysyllabic words. Roy is not real smart.

Any guy that might say that is probably dead already.

As a person who works as a welder, Im typically faced with situations that require ppe, or lock out procedures...possible tie offs, confined space watchers/aim monitoring, hang up clearing, and many other things to do the job safe. There is a legitimacy to saying someone can do a job faster, but it really comes down to a few key points. To work safe you have to have you're mind on task, R.A.C (risk, asses, control) Your area, and think about newtons third law "for every action there is an equal an opposite reaction."... Safety isnt learned in a day, it is an attitude and way of life that is built over years of work and re-work.. Notice this man was walking, why not instead clear a pathway to move more quickly? Instead of using a chain saw, why not use a series of pulleys to increase the amount of work put out and reduce the amount of work put in..A 5T comealong may have snapped those damaged tress, or prevented a hang up in the crotch/roots of the tree nearing the end of the video... That alone could have saved you about an hour...maybe 2? And hey, at 60$ an hour...plus insurance..plus the customer down time (which could be 100K of loss an hour...or more..can be upwards of a few million...). If you think of life like a car factory, and grow accustomed to a safety stand point, you only work faster

That could have cut me down in 10 minutes. . Honestly, if I see a situation like this, I find another tree to make into firewood.

Ha ha. Thanks.

Yup.. nice job. I would not have even attempted to use a chainsaw to bring them down. Anytime I get a tree hung up in another tree... I use my backhoe and a long chain to pull the whole mess down.

yup. like puzzle and math problems. nice

i pictured myself just cutting tree after tree, each landing on the next tree like never-ending dominos

Thanks! I like your handle. Would be a great one for a skier who only does double black diamonds.

Don't do it yourself! Discretion is the better part of valor.

Puzzle solving with high stakes. Addictive.

@@terryhale9006 I've become a weekend warrior, cutting an ancient apple orchard free from below some towering spruce with the intention of restoring it. Having a blast!

Too bad the addicted the cops were after doesn't know the high you brought down! Thanks for sharing

+Bill N Thanks Bill.

Thank you, Felix. (Any "learning experience" you can walk away from is a good one.)

You're very kind! Thank you!

Thanks a b. A pleasant counter to some of the "I'd just yank it down with my tractor." comments.

Thanks. I appreciate your generosity.

+Royce Zaro Thanks Royce. I'm just hoping I can help at least one person avoid a costly incident. Confidence, sadly, does not require experience.

Thanks Robert.

Sounds like a lot of work. Good luck to you!

Tom, A sad truth; and not just among amateurs. I will die happy if my videos can save a few people from misfortune. Terry

Thank you, Konstantinos! I applaud you for researching a potentially dangerous situation before acting.

Thanks, Al!

Thanks for your appreciation.

Thanks. Scott. "Easiest and safest" is the way to go. I admit to being intrigued by doing things with century-old technology. That said, I gave up chopping down trees nearly half a century ago.

Thanks. A lot of work for a little bit of wood. I just couldn't stand the idea of leaving good oak to rot. I had a much higher yield for my efforts this year.

Great! Hope your ideas work out for you.

Terry Hale tree is now down. fallen exactly where I want. thank you for the informative video. Happy Thanksgiving.

Good show! I was also out working. Volunteer tree work at a small nature preserve. Delayed an hour due to Sheriffs swooping in to bust an addict shooting up in the small parking area. Different and disturbing.

Thanks Alister. A lot of work for a little bit of firewood. I couldn't stand the thought of letting good oak just rot away in the forest.

Thanks, BB.

I am generally antagonistic to those vines, but had never heard it advocated that vehemently. Will plan to become a bit more vicious.

@@terryhale9006 This naturalist guy was out on our place 25 years or so ago tree ring drilling some of our trees for a survey of some sort and told my Dad that. So we've done it every since. One North facing Oak had been there since the 1740's hung in there until the early 21st but is now gone.

typo I try to remember being calm

Merci Francois.

this fella could use the masdaam rope puller, the bigger powr puller with 35 ft amsteel blue, or the biggest goode rigging control device

Hi, Nine. I hope that poplar works for you as a firewood. I only use it to give live branches to the beavers. The poplar in this part of New York comes down wet and heavy. Once it finally dries, much of the mass is gone, so it burns up quickly. To make matters even worse, I find the smell of its smoke unpleasant. Again, I hope yours is better in every aspect.

Terry Hale : I burn it during the day only. Burns fast and hot

Glad to hear it's working for you. I burn around the clock and save the oak for overnight.

Thanks Holly.

Thanks. I have two more that I plan to make, but I'm still working full time at 68 and can't seem to find the time to complete them.

@@terryhale9006 👍

Thank you for confessing your puzzling laughter.

Thanks, Mike. For the wood I got, it was a poor use of my time. However, I did want to do it for entertainment and education. Thanks for making it worthwhile.

Thank you, Stan.

Thank you.

Thanks, Mike.

It was definitely tall enough to have reached me. However, the lean was still away from me and, by pulling the base towards me, the lean away from me was increased so that there was essentially no danger of it falling my direction. I probably should have stated it, but this video was intended for those who either don't have a good winch or, for some reason, didn't bring it with them. At the time, I had two good winches (now three) and using them would have made this a much more straight-forward task.

good call ed. hes putting sidepressure and should focus on the rope puller from masdaam which coupled with a arborist block could ramp up any half inch dynamic line up to one and a half ton pull. i have pulled over backleaner giants next to million dollar homes and won bets. I wont use trucks except as pulley anchors and even they have moved and drifted but they are consistent with no surprises slipping off the gas pedals. this method he is doing isnt proffesional

Thanks, TY

Am I the only one who gets it (the joke) bahahaha

+goerizal1 Thanks Goeri.

Thanks KJ. As a few commentors have suggested, "I'd just hook my bulldozer up to it and yank it outta there." While I do have a tractor, the video is for the vast majority of people who have no good reason to invest in heavy equipment.

Same here kjm. We have a woodland of mainly dying ash. It's become a game of jack straws. This video puts me back in the mindset to go and tackle it with my husband.

Has something to do with having a wife who is a bit of a tree-hugger. We have 72 acres, but she is only comfortable with me cutting up dead or blown-down trees. Since there are plenty that end up qualifying each year, I don't mind respecting her wishes.

Thanks, Arachnophile!

@@terryhale9006 So, I work for Davey Tree Service in Latham NY, and I noticed you listed off all the common species of plants I commonly deal with: Wild Grape, bittersweet, poison ivy, chipmunks, red oak, poplar... The forest looks familiar, and you said you were in the northeast. I noticed you live very close to me! I would love to have a coffee with you sometime!

@@IloveSPIDERZ I do indeed. Up in Wilton. PreCoVID, I was commuting to Wolf Road. Now, I am quite happily working remotely, for as long as that lasts.

@@terryhale9006 oh! I worked at that Hannaford on Wolf Road for 11 years before the tree stuff! And minus a 4 year stint while on active duty in the Navy. Well, cheers!

Old...but not quite dead...yet. (Thanks.)

You're welcome. Thanks and stay safe.