Felling a hung up tree - safety first

[henryzimmer]

Thanks for a good video

[PInk77W1]

very proper and english chap. never seen someone with so much gear on their belt.

[huuhko]

buy docma winch--it has power!

[MaxSafeheaD]

Irritating camera directional work but otherwise good video.

[tahoeskibum7]

why didn't he step cut it?

[seizetheweakened]

I think I'll stick with my plastic wedges because they don't allow the tree to rock back the wrong way like this 'felling lever' does

[seizetheweakened]

what a cute little saw :)

[kenfo0]

That was just silly.

[PInk77W1]

@kenfo0 way worse than that

[PInk77W1]

i have been cutting trees for over 25yrs... never seen anything so silly. Was he trying to save the log? He lost me. could of had that thing on the ground in seconds with a 45degree cut at about chest height.

[brianmsee]

Baby trees.Cute!

[etipsh]

cut the one is hung one 123 done

[kenfo0]

@etipsh stop your ching-chong china talk and get me some fried rice. NO, not flyed lice!

[Oldfrisian]

you also can use the chain saw to get it down, but it needs a better skill the way this guy is doing is for him more safe....

[murphy4trees]

Is that mesh facemask considred proper PPE.. not in the states.. glasses are a must

[Travis7114]

@murphy4trees No, thats not proper PPE because if something impaled the mesh it would just puncture through and could possibly injure his eye/facial region. So ,even though he has the mesh face mask he whould still need safety glasses. although they sell visors which replace safety glasses for some brands of helmets

[JoesJelly10]

@Travis7114 glasses tend to hurt the tops of your ears from the ear defenders inward pressure after an hour or two of wearing them.

[mrmonkeybuns]

@murphy4trees says who?

[mikepepler]

In reply to the comments below, he's going slowly for the video. I trained with this guy (David Rossney, of Esus Forestry), and he's really good at taking you slowly through all the steps so you understand what to do. I've seen him work at full speed, and he's fast!

And about tree size, he was doing a small one for demonstration purposes, as he only had a short time during the day. He trains and assesses people on all sizes of tree.

[gregger66100]

Holy smokes...took two naps during this video! Not too terribly bad tho...seen worse! This guy has skill, guess it's the video making portion that's slowing him down. I would have around 20 trees on the ground in that time frame!

[lukthedrifter]

try o do that with a real size tree

[lazlow69]

Would love to know the name of the metal bar tool you were using... looks like a very useful item... Please let us know!

[mikepepler]

@lazlow69 It's a "felling lever", or "breaking bar".

[thearborist87]

excellent video fella:). Im a self employeed Arborist. I have many NPTC's. Including c.s.31,32.cs.38,39,40,41. Brushwood chipper,pole pruner hedgetrimmer/chainsaw. And a few others. Hope to see some more mate im from the great UK to

[olivertractor1650]

that was at small tree i started felling those trees when i was 12 year old not lieing. im felling big oaks now and im 16 years old

[Roboflux]

Again thanks for great information.

[HxXFromFirstToLastXx]

can you make a video showing a dog cut please?

[merlinfluff]

I enjoyed watching this, I'm a self-taught woman thinning out a pine forest we've rented for horse grazing, trees we've taken out go for our own fire wood stack :)

My fiance fells the bigger ones, I've worked up to felling about the size you've dropped. Any bigger is kinda scary :p

[RedheadCobweb]

Strangely compelling.

Thanks for showing how it can be done in a calm and controlled manner. I didn't realise there was so much to it!