nice vid, i would of done my hinge cut a lot lower then that and just done a bore and release cut, nice saw by the way, i have a 385 xp husky, i love the grunt it has
@emnoptcrusier The camera angle makes the back stump look much smaller than it was. Cypress has a habit of wanting to barberchair if it is not completely cut up, so was not willing to bore in from the sides and not be able to reach the heart wood. Also, it was a little breezy that day and I needed to encourage the tree over with some wedging. If I had made a lower stump and could not cut up all the holding wood, the wedges would not of helped me at all. Then I would of been in a real pickle.
@britty67 Generally a low stump is preferred. However this stump had 2 trees growing out of it . To cut the back trees stump off low enough to lower my back cut any measurable distance would require considerable effort and time. Also, the first log typically has the highest value lumber. If I was able to make a lower stump, the wood I gained at the bottom of the tree would of been removed by someone in another part of the harvesting proccess because the twisted grain would reduce it's value.
That was impressive work. I have to comment on the spectacular lighting & the quality of the filming/video. Looked absolutely beautiful out there. Vancouver Is. or the mainland?
This is really cool... ive always wanted to try my skills out on the west coast.. im from nova scotia logging with my team of oxen.. nothing as large around as this tree you just harvested but im glad to see not all timber jobs have been lost to large equipment..
I fell timber on the coast for thirty years and I would have had that thing on the ground and the butt log bucked off before he got the first of his fake-aloo springboards in. Shave off that stump on the backside, bore in low on the front and drive a wedge into it to put a foot on and cut every thing from the high side, getting the far side with the tip. If that tree is five foot then he's the first seven foot faller I've ever seen.
I am happy to see that there are still people out there doing it right. I am sick of the harvesters rolling in and clearing everything in sight. Kudos to you. You are a credit to your profession.
Nice fall!!! this makes me miss falling, i fell in Oona river, on porcher island (near prince rupert) on the west coast too. Where specifically is this? how long have you been a faller?
"The best view of the valley, is always from the top of a big stump." Otherwise, we would never know how tall a tree like that was, until it is cut down and measured. I would love to have got about 20 lineal feet of that tree for my canoes!
372xp ? Thats it?? That surprises me, I use my 372 for spacing with a 18" bar and for fall and burn with a 26" bar and mine is piped. I always assumed if I wanted to break into coastal falling I'd need to invest in something bigger. This hippy has his BC falling ticket and the ponytail is just to hide my redneck. ;-) But I'm not ready yet, right now my stihl 200 keeps me busy swinging along the tree tops on the north coast. Great video, real professional job! Play safe out there.
@6049233972 haha good one :P No i mean i cut trees by myself in germany, and i totally respect what youre doing, cos somone has to do it, but nevertheless, it was a beautiful tree... ;)
@6049233972 for the same reason people watch the news: good or bad it is important to stay in tune with how the world operates.. sorry for not wanting to be ignorant
@reillyj42 I respect that you want to gain knowledge on subjects you are not deeply informed or educated in. The "ignorant" part comes in, when someone makes a judgemental comment like "this is gross". If you want to make rude comments on my occupation, I accept that. But don't try to dress it up like you want to be informed. If that was the case, you would be asking questions, not not making snide remarks.
@zackownsathalo3 I used a cheap ($90.00) video camera from Canadian Tire ( a Canadian BOX STORE). The saw is a 372 Husky with a 32" bar. Thanks for the compliment.
@zackownsathalo3 It is called a JAZZ (2 or 3 years old). I think lots of box stores (STAPLES) carry them under different brand names. From the little bit of mucking around I have done with this one and a little better one I got recently. I believe the video turned out pretty good because the camera was stationary (if you move the Jazz while filming, it tends to be a bit blurry) and I was lucky with the angle of the sun light.
Could you please tell/show how to do a backslip? hotsaws101 had posted a video on it but never explained how to do it....I cant find any information online so i figured i would ask you.( A highly skilled logger) Please help me!
@4inches4u I`m not sure what you mean by a ``backslip``. It might also be known by another name. If you send me a link to the video I could take a look & see what he did.
Ahhh, I love this video! I would love to cut wood here. Cedar is my favourite to cut, the smell of those cedar wood chips and bar oil mixed together are one of a kind! Great video! Safe harvesting!
@tataboy96 is there anything made of wood in your house or your neighborhood? Why don't you satisfy your guilty conscience by working in a soup kitchen or cleaning houses for the disabled or something instead of harrassing anything that represents productivity.
@tataboy96 where do u think u get ur toilet paper from to wipe ur fat ass..................... save the world save the world i bet u drive a car u dip shit a man has got to make a living....
@tataboy96 Why are you "green" people oblivious to the fact that you could not survive in this day and age without wood, oil, etc. How stupid do you need to be?! It baffles me to read comments of your type, people like you are such nuisances when it comes to getting work done, you always have something to say.
@tataboy96 if only you had any idea how many products that you use on a daily basis come from trees. its not just paper. asphalt, paint, chewing gum, detergents, turpentine,dinnerware, toilet seats, tool handles, cellophane. wood pulping by-products are used for many different things, ranging from cleaning compounds, deodorants and hair spray, to artificial vanilla flavoring, medicines and cosmetics.
I dig how he cooly walks away from the tree as it is beginning to drop. The hinge made an awesome sound as it bent then snapped. A real pleasure to watch- thank you for posting it!
I found it interesting you have uploads of a 300 ZX on your site. I owned a 260 Z when I was a teenager then bought a 280Z a few years ago for my daughter to drive while she was going to university (she loved it).
@6049233972 modified? new jug and piston with carb ? my old lady is a small engine mechanic, and we want to make my husky a fuckin beast, yours sounds like a BEAST! so what mods are yas talkin bout ?
@RedliningRedneck I'd like to help you, but my interest in my saw starts when I fire it up. For everything else it goes to a good saw mechanic I know. When I buy a new saw, I drop it off to him and say "GIVE ME MORE POWER". If it runs rough or I squish it under a tree, again it goes back to the mechanic. SORRY
Respect! Living in coastal Oregon I see some pretty nice trees and understand logging. Thanks for showing a professional image to the world, excellent camera work (especially the framing on the first shot), and taking the extra time to be safe.
Looking at the slopes and the high stumps where you have to use springboards, you guys earn every cent you get paid, very nice work. My Dad was a logger and I worked in the woods in the N. California Klamath River country for several summers and it is hard dangerous work, but I loved it and wish I could go back to those days that are long gone.
The problem I have with these big trees being fallen is their being waisted on 2x4's and such yet hemp if it was legalized can easily be compressed into 2x4's and we all know hemp can be regrown much faster then one of those hundreds of years old cedars.
@DragonRoLo Yellow cedar isn't used for 2x4s. It's wood for finish carpentry, shingles, siding, etc - too nice for 2x4s. Why would someone want to handle a crop and have to compress it into something that doesn't have the same properties or attractiveness as wood when you could just saw up a tree, anyway?
@daw162 Like he said--it takes 100 years plus to to grow trees of this size and quality--whereas you can grow a full 100 acres of hemp, make 6 times the product, and regrow it all within 9 months tops. A quality that lasts much longer than any lumber or oil industry could ever provide.
I'm a certified arborist and a tree climber...i love fixing trees...i don't like the thought of cutting down big trees...but i do cut one down once in a while...u know, sometimes u just need the money...but for sure i can say u can have respect for the skill and craftsmanship of this type of work...he knows what he's doing.
Nice clean drop. The hourly fallers are tree butchers. Those that get paid by BF are surgical to save BF and they want the money more then the hourly fallers.
You have a job that alot of people would just love to have. I could only think of the smells and feeling that you have around you. The sight of this background is almost breath taking. I live in Texas and we don't have sights like that. You are blessed if you are a christian, if not nice job. Great video.
This probabley isn't old growth. Here on Vancouver Island that tree would take about 80 years im guessing to grow to that size. Dependent on the elevation of course. Nicely done by the way!
@bjet2 Thanks for the compliment. The area I fell this tree in was old growth. Cypress (Yellow Cedar) tends to be a high elevation tree, therefor it is fairly slow going. I did not count the growth rings on this one, but I would estimate it to be about 600 - 700 years old.
Yes, we still have 'old growth forests' here in BC, but not very much of it. There is enough second growth on stream that we should never have to cut down another old tree. Unfortunately, they are so damn valuable...
@UDubFootballFan Actually, the 'logging industry' does not plant trees as a rule. The trees are mostly planted by independent contractors, who, ironically enough, used to hire mostly 'hippies'. I know, because I was one of them. I've also worked on the logging end of things.
@Shmerpy I Don't want to sound like I am splitting hairs. But, The "logging industry" is not just the big (HUGE) logging companies. It is all the people and companies (most of which are independent contractors) that are involved in the planning, harvesting, processing or planting of trees in the forest.
@6049233972 Thanks for the reply. When I think of 'the logging industry' I think of people who do logging ie extraction of timber. When I think of the 'forest industry', I think of everything you have mentioned. So maybe it is splitting hairs, maybe not. Semantics.
@Shmerpy When the "large logging companies" replant an area, they usually hire contractors because they claim a contractor can do the job at a lower cost than there own employees could. Hippies are the only ones crazy enough to plant some of the places that must be planted.
@6049233972 Well, it is a fact that independent contractors, paying their employees piece-work, do a better job, quality- wise,and production wise, than 'loggers' being payed an hourly wage. Treeplanting is a job that you HAVE to do piece-work (payed per tree) otherwise there is no incentive to work hard. Years ago they tried hiring unemployed loggers to plant trees, but it was a disaster.
As for 'hippies are the only crazy ones', I'm sure that was a tongue-in-cheek comment.
@Shmerpy Yes it was my feeble attempt at humor. As for hourly employees not being as productive as piece-work workers. I guess that's just human nature. Mind you, in the 70's when I was a contract tree spacer for a couple of years. I had the opportunity to supervise a group of company hourly paid workers spacing an area. They did not get much area finished but when I walked threw what they had done, I found chainsaw carvings on large stumps and other creative things they found time to do.
@6049233972 Having said all that, I have immense respect for people in your profession. One has to be in awesome shape to be a faller.
I planted a million trees in my time, but later on I much preferred the (to me at least) less spiritually uplifting occupations of road-building and hoechucking in a climate-controlled machine, as opposed to planting steep, rocky mountainsides with the sleet blowing in sideways. Actually, treeplanting wasn't all that spiritually uplifting either...
@6049233972 jesteście bandyckim narodem gorszym od Niemców i sram na was waszym sprzymierzeńcem nigdy nie byłem i nie ben de życzę wam jak najgorzej a te wasze fordy w dupę sobie wsadźcie oby cała Ameryka północna pod ziemie się zapadła amen jebać usa
This is a real pleasure to watch, calm confident workmanship. Well composed shots too. Watching this made me feel not only immense respect for competent present day tree fellers, but also immense respect for the folk who felled (and manhandled) trees like this with stone axes or fire to get canoe logs in past times, even cutting the mortices for the poles must have taken ages using an elbow adze....
@RYDERkN I leave a thin strip of work uncut across the center of the tree from one side to the other. This controls the direction the tree falls. As the tree falls over the uncut wood breaks. That is the sound you are hearing.
@Bushcrafts Thanks far the compliment. As I said to Smokie181, I always have a Falling partner in the general area but we do not work close to each other as that would be too dangerous. Some of the trees I fall are over 200 feet tall and weight over 60 tons. For that reason we always work a minimum of 2 tree lengths plus a little more apart.
You have a pretty cool job! Get to go out in the forest and work with those great views. No telephones ringing every min, no boss behind ya yelling, no stinky office cubicals, sound of traffic and city gone...nothing but you, nature and fresh air and sunshine. Must be nice.
Do you work alone? Isn't there suppose to be a partner with you?
@Smokie181 Yes we always work with at least one other Faller in the area that can give immediate assistance if needed. But all Fallers must work a minimum of 2 tree lengths apart (200-500 feet)at all times unless assistance is requested or you believe your partner has been injured.
@blaszko24 Przykro nam czuć w ten sposób. W rzeczywistości, wszyscy mamy jakiś wpływ na przyrodę w domu iw pracy. Staram się wykonywać moją pracę, jak również i szacunkiem dla środowiska, jak to możliwe.
@6049233972 Przykro mi ale nie potrafię tego zrozumieć. Widocznie taka nasza natura żeby zacząć chronić najpierw trzeba częściowo zniszczyć! Myślę że zwalanie winy na pracodawce nie ma sensu. Wszyscy jesteśmy dorośli i mamy świadomość swoich czynów!
@blaszko24 Jeśli nie używamy drewna do budowania rzeczy, co powinniśmy wykorzystać? Metal? Wydobycia metali szkodzi środowisku. Z tworzyw sztucznych? Dokonywanie tworzyw sztucznych szkodzi środowisku. Łatwo jest krytykować.
@bushcraft96 No, If a branch or anything else was to fall from the canopy I would not be able to move or jump clear of it. Or if a gust came up and took the tree or backwards or sideways I must be able to move clear of the tree quickly without any restrictions.
@6049233972 Nothing better than getting to work alone in the woods everyday without some fucking white collar asshole boss breathing down the back of your neck while you're trying to crunch numbers in your 4x4 cubicle.
@CustomCarpentryUK It is a Coastal Rainforest managed by the government of British Columbia. Very little of the forest land in British Columbia is privately owned. All companies that log on public land in BC must do so according to the regulations set out by the BC government. After harvesting of timber is completed the land is replanted.
@6049233972 I appreciate your reply, thank you! So the land behind you we see in the background is that all planted by man? If so do you know when? And is it the same forest as where you are? The forest where you are cutting the tree looks natural whatever that is, how old is the tree you are cutting?
@CustomCarpentryUK Most of the trees you see in the background are "Old Growth". One small patch that looks like a green lawn was planted only a few years ago. The view the camera shows when I am wedging the tree over (striking the wedge with my ax) shows a recently planted area (bright Green) and another small area that has just been logged (Brown). The Tree I fell in the video was about 500 years old.
@CustomCarpentryUK The trees newly logged area were around the same age as the ones in the video. Depending on the area. some are relogged in 60-80 years. In my opinion that that is much too early. Yes, as the debris left behind after logging deteriorates, it turns brown then gray. Some areas are completely felled, others have small patches of trees scattered throughout the area left standing.
awesome vid btw what kind of husqvarna are you using? it sounds real nice.
RushLedZeppelin 2 hours ago
nice vid, i would of done my hinge cut a lot lower then that and just done a bore and release cut, nice saw by the way, i have a 385 xp husky, i love the grunt it has
emnoptcrusier 3 days ago
@emnoptcrusier The camera angle makes the back stump look much smaller than it was. Cypress has a habit of wanting to barberchair if it is not completely cut up, so was not willing to bore in from the sides and not be able to reach the heart wood. Also, it was a little breezy that day and I needed to encourage the tree over with some wedging. If I had made a lower stump and could not cut up all the holding wood, the wedges would not of helped me at all. Then I would of been in a real pickle.
6049233972 2 days ago
Why do you cut so high from the ground?
Just interested.
britty67 3 days ago
@britty67 Generally a low stump is preferred. However this stump had 2 trees growing out of it . To cut the back trees stump off low enough to lower my back cut any measurable distance would require considerable effort and time. Also, the first log typically has the highest value lumber. If I was able to make a lower stump, the wood I gained at the bottom of the tree would of been removed by someone in another part of the harvesting proccess because the twisted grain would reduce it's value.
6049233972 2 days ago
@6049233972
Thanks for reply, i am a carpenter, so that makes it clear.
Looked a fantastic location, shame to cut em down, but hey! i would be out of a job if you did'nt.
britty67 2 days ago
The Ewok's would disapprove....
GCEism 3 days ago
Killing mother nature :(
Pablito1512 4 days ago
@Pablito1512 "Killing mother nature :(" -says a fan of the Madonna half time show.
FuzzyLice 4 days ago
ive gotta say, you have much bigger balls than me and i climb for a living!
imtubin25 4 days ago
That was impressive work. I have to comment on the spectacular lighting & the quality of the filming/video. Looked absolutely beautiful out there. Vancouver Is. or the mainland?
graemelockieable 5 days ago
@graemelockieable Thank you. Northern Vancouver Island.
6049233972 4 days ago
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Karakural 5 days ago
This is really cool... ive always wanted to try my skills out on the west coast.. im from nova scotia logging with my team of oxen.. nothing as large around as this tree you just harvested but im glad to see not all timber jobs have been lost to large equipment..
yeahitspersonal 1 week ago
I fell timber on the coast for thirty years and I would have had that thing on the ground and the butt log bucked off before he got the first of his fake-aloo springboards in. Shave off that stump on the backside, bore in low on the front and drive a wedge into it to put a foot on and cut every thing from the high side, getting the far side with the tip. If that tree is five foot then he's the first seven foot faller I've ever seen.
MikeOther 1 week ago
wow , he knows what he's doing
UdiSiag 1 week ago
Must take some balls to do this work
goldennugget100 1 week ago
Well done Sir!
BRICEN18 2 weeks ago
I am happy to see that there are still people out there doing it right. I am sick of the harvesters rolling in and clearing everything in sight. Kudos to you. You are a credit to your profession.
Wasupidat001 2 weeks ago
*kracksss..wryyöyyy..whoom*
Darkskate12 2 weeks ago
Nice fall!!! this makes me miss falling, i fell in Oona river, on porcher island (near prince rupert) on the west coast too. Where specifically is this? how long have you been a faller?
strikeanywherematchs 2 weeks ago
"The best view of the valley, is always from the top of a big stump." Otherwise, we would never know how tall a tree like that was, until it is cut down and measured. I would love to have got about 20 lineal feet of that tree for my canoes!
nice, safely done, falling job!
bearingbeater 2 weeks ago
372xp ? Thats it?? That surprises me, I use my 372 for spacing with a 18" bar and for fall and burn with a 26" bar and mine is piped. I always assumed if I wanted to break into coastal falling I'd need to invest in something bigger. This hippy has his BC falling ticket and the ponytail is just to hide my redneck. ;-) But I'm not ready yet, right now my stihl 200 keeps me busy swinging along the tree tops on the north coast. Great video, real professional job! Play safe out there.
capogiraffe 2 weeks ago
i love it how people are complaning yet there are a billion other trees off to the distance.
zxsk8zx 2 weeks ago
such a beautiful tree :`(
Einheit396 2 weeks ago
@Einheit396 Do you think I should just cut down "UGLY" trees? That would be like, only dating good looking women :).
6049233972 2 weeks ago 3
@6049233972 haha good one :P No i mean i cut trees by myself in germany, and i totally respect what youre doing, cos somone has to do it, but nevertheless, it was a beautiful tree... ;)
Einheit396 2 weeks ago
@6049233972 Dude.... so you date ugly women? ... what's wrong with you?
TheRaginTiger 2 weeks ago
Great video!
ManxAce500 2 weeks ago
why on earth would you ever cut down a tree like that?? this is gross
reillyj42 2 weeks ago
@reillyj42 " WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU" watch a falling video when you think they are "GROSS". I don't watch videos on a topic I do not like.
6049233972 2 weeks ago 10
@6049233972 for the same reason people watch the news: good or bad it is important to stay in tune with how the world operates.. sorry for not wanting to be ignorant
reillyj42 2 weeks ago
@reillyj42 I respect that you want to gain knowledge on subjects you are not deeply informed or educated in. The "ignorant" part comes in, when someone makes a judgemental comment like "this is gross". If you want to make rude comments on my occupation, I accept that. But don't try to dress it up like you want to be informed. If that was the case, you would be asking questions, not not making snide remarks.
6049233972 2 weeks ago 4
@6049233972 You are right. I apologize. I overreacted and should have asked more questions. I don't mean to discredit your occupation.
reillyj42 2 weeks ago
@reillyj42 Hi there. I had DOSEDcouUK (the person that left a comment below your last
comment) tear a bit of a strip off me over my response to your original comment. I have to
admit I was a little testier than normal that day. Just wanted to tell you I appreciate the
sincerity of your last comment. PS I did not remove his comment. Do you think I used the word "COMMENT" too many times?
6049233972 1 week ago
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DOSEDcoUK 1 week ago
What camera Did you record this with?
And what saw /Inch bar you running?
Great video btw
zackownsathalo3 2 weeks ago
@zackownsathalo3 I used a cheap ($90.00) video camera from Canadian Tire ( a Canadian BOX STORE). The saw is a 372 Husky with a 32" bar. Thanks for the compliment.
6049233972 2 weeks ago
@6049233972 Haha, allright thanks! A good ol' Crappy tire Camera you say? What model/brand ? It actually has amazing quality for $90.00 .
zackownsathalo3 1 week ago
@zackownsathalo3 It is called a JAZZ (2 or 3 years old). I think lots of box stores (STAPLES) carry them under different brand names. From the little bit of mucking around I have done with this one and a little better one I got recently. I believe the video turned out pretty good because the camera was stationary (if you move the Jazz while filming, it tends to be a bit blurry) and I was lucky with the angle of the sun light.
6049233972 1 week ago
I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok....
loudwaters9 3 weeks ago
At about 5:20 it sounds like a Rancor LLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOl
newgamerdude1668 3 weeks ago
Could you please tell/show how to do a backslip? hotsaws101 had posted a video on it but never explained how to do it....I cant find any information online so i figured i would ask you.( A highly skilled logger) Please help me!
4inches4u 3 weeks ago
@4inches4u I`m not sure what you mean by a ``backslip``. It might also be known by another name. If you send me a link to the video I could take a look & see what he did.
6049233972 3 weeks ago
that was freaking awesome!!!! I want to try that but where I live there aren't trees big enoush to necessitate that. Time to move!!!
snowman3856 3 weeks ago
that saw has small blade he needs a big one.
bluebowtie01 3 weeks ago
@bluebowtie01 It's not the size of your blade (bar) that matters. It's what you do with it :-)
6049233972 3 weeks ago 13
Ahhh, I love this video! I would love to cut wood here. Cedar is my favourite to cut, the smell of those cedar wood chips and bar oil mixed together are one of a kind! Great video! Safe harvesting!
cadets318 4 weeks ago
@cadets318 i did never cut cedars but do they smell better than douglas firs?
MrTony079 2 weeks ago
@MrTony079 i not sure ive never cut douglas firs haha, but cedar smells so good freshly cut, all softwoods ive cut seem to smell great
cadets318 2 weeks ago
beautiful it looks unreal up there how much is remote land . . . .south carolina .. is where im located
diesellifter 4 weeks ago
@diesellifter The vast majority of British Columbia is covered by forests. Either Boreal or Rain Forest.
6049233972 4 weeks ago
great vid. be safe
wiscoondog02 4 weeks ago
@tataboy96 Frigging hippie bet most loggers wd like to cut them down with ur neck chained to the front dnt worry they'll grow back again I'm sure
woollyification1 1 month ago
Ignorancia pura
pipinocho1 1 month ago
Now i know where to build my house.
Boboped1 1 month ago
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fuck u u stupid fuck i wanna kill all loggers they dont realize what there doing when they cut a tree ur killing ur self u dumm ass
tataboy96 1 month ago
@tataboy96 Don't be shy. Tell me what you really think.
6049233972 1 month ago 5
@tataboy96 Do you not notice all those other trees in the background, or are you just stupid?
lzwillis 1 month ago
@tataboy96 is there anything made of wood in your house or your neighborhood? Why don't you satisfy your guilty conscience by working in a soup kitchen or cleaning houses for the disabled or something instead of harrassing anything that represents productivity.
daw162 1 month ago
@tataboy96 where do u think u get ur toilet paper from to wipe ur fat ass..................... save the world save the world i bet u drive a car u dip shit a man has got to make a living....
adamaus4680 1 month ago
@tataboy96 Why are you "green" people oblivious to the fact that you could not survive in this day and age without wood, oil, etc. How stupid do you need to be?! It baffles me to read comments of your type, people like you are such nuisances when it comes to getting work done, you always have something to say.
cadets318 4 weeks ago
@tataboy96 if only you had any idea how many products that you use on a daily basis come from trees. its not just paper. asphalt, paint, chewing gum, detergents, turpentine,dinnerware, toilet seats, tool handles, cellophane. wood pulping by-products are used for many different things, ranging from cleaning compounds, deodorants and hair spray, to artificial vanilla flavoring, medicines and cosmetics.
badluckbill91 3 weeks ago
@tataboy96 Why are you watching videos on falling trees again?
ACDmax08 3 weeks ago
Beautiful scenery.
xxxxLEADERxxxx 1 month ago
Pulled it unfortunately, nice work though.
Tungstencube66 1 month ago
really nice job the right way to cut down a tree amazing seanery nice video
jeryl68 1 month ago
Heli show?
surferqci 1 month ago
@surferqci No, haven't done Heli for quite a while.
6049233972 1 month ago
I dig how he cooly walks away from the tree as it is beginning to drop. The hinge made an awesome sound as it bent then snapped. A real pleasure to watch- thank you for posting it!
Mosparx78 1 month ago
holy shit what camera you using and what an amazing beautiful place should be my desktop background
AsianInvasion904 1 month ago
Haven't seen spring boards used in ages. Great video!
cranston2snord 1 month ago
I found it interesting you have uploads of a 300 ZX on your site. I owned a 260 Z when I was a teenager then bought a 280Z a few years ago for my daughter to drive while she was going to university (she loved it).
6049233972 1 month ago
I'm curious as to how far the stem had been cut by the time you walked in front of the cut notch at about 1:23?
komodo180 1 month ago
@komodo180 Most of the undercut was completed, so just over one third the depth of the tree has been cut threw.
6049233972 1 month ago
how far is that drop near the branches u were on a 2:35
kessman94 1 month ago
@kessman94 From the branches (Spring Board) to the ground on the far side of the tree was about 12 feet.
6049233972 1 month ago
hippy: you're killing the lungs of the earth!
me: so....?
hippy: you're causing everyones death
me: but dam i look so cool doing it!
XD
almostalways803 1 month ago
skills
jammaldive 1 month ago
hey man ? what kinda saw is that ? what bore and make is it ?
RedliningRedneck 1 month ago
@RedliningRedneck It's a modified 372 HUSKY
6049233972 1 month ago
@6049233972 modified? new jug and piston with carb ? my old lady is a small engine mechanic, and we want to make my husky a fuckin beast, yours sounds like a BEAST! so what mods are yas talkin bout ?
RedliningRedneck 1 month ago
@RedliningRedneck I'd like to help you, but my interest in my saw starts when I fire it up. For everything else it goes to a good saw mechanic I know. When I buy a new saw, I drop it off to him and say "GIVE ME MORE POWER". If it runs rough or I squish it under a tree, again it goes back to the mechanic. SORRY
6049233972 1 month ago
@6049233972 fuck yea buddy!!! where abouts in bc yas workin right now ? im up here is alberta pulling the dragons outa the ground...
RedliningRedneck 1 month ago
Nice job man, poetry in motion! 5*
Jakeyboyshow 1 month ago
Great Job! Greetings from Germany
vomheinerland 1 month ago
No wasted motion/energy. Nice clean professional job of work. (Don't like to saw above my head, though.)
Aphidboy 1 month ago
I just had to play this over and over again at LOUD VOLUME from 5:10 onwards. Thanks for uploading - great work.
fastvelz 1 month ago
Respect! Living in coastal Oregon I see some pretty nice trees and understand logging. Thanks for showing a professional image to the world, excellent camera work (especially the framing on the first shot), and taking the extra time to be safe.
ambledog 1 month ago
@ambledog Thank you
6049233972 1 month ago
Nice tree. I'd love to fall that thing myself!
Deere2954d 1 month ago
piękny krajobraz...miodzio
blurally 1 month ago 3
That's a long way down to the road. Balls that would not be an easy job
Strum2223 1 month ago
an artist at work and what an office to work in , you lucky man !!!!!!!
louis4317 1 month ago
The first piece You cut out would be enough to keep our house warm a week!
GrusbilGrusbil 1 month ago
Looking at the slopes and the high stumps where you have to use springboards, you guys earn every cent you get paid, very nice work. My Dad was a logger and I worked in the woods in the N. California Klamath River country for several summers and it is hard dangerous work, but I loved it and wish I could go back to those days that are long gone.
Norcal8470 1 month ago
The problem I have with these big trees being fallen is their being waisted on 2x4's and such yet hemp if it was legalized can easily be compressed into 2x4's and we all know hemp can be regrown much faster then one of those hundreds of years old cedars.
DragonRoLo 1 month ago 10
@DragonRoLo Yellow cedar isn't used for 2x4s. It's wood for finish carpentry, shingles, siding, etc - too nice for 2x4s. Why would someone want to handle a crop and have to compress it into something that doesn't have the same properties or attractiveness as wood when you could just saw up a tree, anyway?
daw162 1 month ago
@daw162 Like he said--it takes 100 years plus to to grow trees of this size and quality--whereas you can grow a full 100 acres of hemp, make 6 times the product, and regrow it all within 9 months tops. A quality that lasts much longer than any lumber or oil industry could ever provide.
passthebreadsauce 1 month ago 2
@DragonRoLo I was gonna comment something similar but instead I thumbed you...that's right.
passthebreadsauce 1 month ago
@DragonRoLo Clearly you're smokin something. You'd have to cut down whole forests to create a land base large enough to produce this hemp.
stumpfarming 3 weeks ago
@stumpfarming Clearly you're mistaken, we could just use abandoned subsidized corn fields.
discodenial 3 weeks ago
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jacksonhobbs1 1 month ago 8
well framed shots too. nice work all around!
Beefpoweredcars 1 month ago
A job well done ,i would love the chance to work with some one like you.keep safe.
MyDriftmonkey 1 month ago
I'm a certified arborist and a tree climber...i love fixing trees...i don't like the thought of cutting down big trees...but i do cut one down once in a while...u know, sometimes u just need the money...but for sure i can say u can have respect for the skill and craftsmanship of this type of work...he knows what he's doing.
prorover 1 month ago
Great quality vid, awesome work, thanks for sharing this! Stay safe, happy falling!
MikeRootsToShoots 1 month ago
Nice clean drop. The hourly fallers are tree butchers. Those that get paid by BF are surgical to save BF and they want the money more then the hourly fallers.
highcountrytimber 1 month ago
You have a job that alot of people would just love to have. I could only think of the smells and feeling that you have around you. The sight of this background is almost breath taking. I live in Texas and we don't have sights like that. You are blessed if you are a christian, if not nice job. Great video.
303yerffej 1 month ago
Very nice good job! Here in germany we dont have such large Trees(I wish we have xd) Go on and be carefull
MrLumberking 1 month ago
This probabley isn't old growth. Here on Vancouver Island that tree would take about 80 years im guessing to grow to that size. Dependent on the elevation of course. Nicely done by the way!
bjet2 1 month ago
@bjet2 Thanks for the compliment. The area I fell this tree in was old growth. Cypress (Yellow Cedar) tends to be a high elevation tree, therefor it is fairly slow going. I did not count the growth rings on this one, but I would estimate it to be about 600 - 700 years old.
6049233972 1 month ago
Yes, we still have 'old growth forests' here in BC, but not very much of it. There is enough second growth on stream that we should never have to cut down another old tree. Unfortunately, they are so damn valuable...
Shmerpy 2 months ago
@UDubFootballFan Actually, the 'logging industry' does not plant trees as a rule. The trees are mostly planted by independent contractors, who, ironically enough, used to hire mostly 'hippies'. I know, because I was one of them. I've also worked on the logging end of things.
Shmerpy 2 months ago
@Shmerpy I Don't want to sound like I am splitting hairs. But, The "logging industry" is not just the big (HUGE) logging companies. It is all the people and companies (most of which are independent contractors) that are involved in the planning, harvesting, processing or planting of trees in the forest.
6049233972 1 month ago
@6049233972 Thanks for the reply. When I think of 'the logging industry' I think of people who do logging ie extraction of timber. When I think of the 'forest industry', I think of everything you have mentioned. So maybe it is splitting hairs, maybe not. Semantics.
Shmerpy 1 month ago
@Shmerpy When the "large logging companies" replant an area, they usually hire contractors because they claim a contractor can do the job at a lower cost than there own employees could. Hippies are the only ones crazy enough to plant some of the places that must be planted.
6049233972 1 month ago
@6049233972 Well, it is a fact that independent contractors, paying their employees piece-work, do a better job, quality- wise,and production wise, than 'loggers' being payed an hourly wage. Treeplanting is a job that you HAVE to do piece-work (payed per tree) otherwise there is no incentive to work hard. Years ago they tried hiring unemployed loggers to plant trees, but it was a disaster.
As for 'hippies are the only crazy ones', I'm sure that was a tongue-in-cheek comment.
Shmerpy 1 month ago
@Shmerpy Yes it was my feeble attempt at humor. As for hourly employees not being as productive as piece-work workers. I guess that's just human nature. Mind you, in the 70's when I was a contract tree spacer for a couple of years. I had the opportunity to supervise a group of company hourly paid workers spacing an area. They did not get much area finished but when I walked threw what they had done, I found chainsaw carvings on large stumps and other creative things they found time to do.
6049233972 1 month ago
@6049233972 That's funny.
Shmerpy 1 month ago
@6049233972 Having said all that, I have immense respect for people in your profession. One has to be in awesome shape to be a faller.
I planted a million trees in my time, but later on I much preferred the (to me at least) less spiritually uplifting occupations of road-building and hoechucking in a climate-controlled machine, as opposed to planting steep, rocky mountainsides with the sleet blowing in sideways. Actually, treeplanting wasn't all that spiritually uplifting either...
Shmerpy 1 month ago
i to wszystko dla tej nie nażartej ameryki żałuje że ruskie was nie zniszczyli życzę wam jak najgorzej bandyci mordercy
1987Magnat 2 months ago
@1987Magnat Trzymasz tyle nienawiści w sercu. Jestem kanadyjski nie amerykański
6049233972 2 months ago
@6049233972 jesteście bandyckim narodem gorszym od Niemców i sram na was waszym sprzymierzeńcem nigdy nie byłem i nie ben de życzę wam jak najgorzej a te wasze fordy w dupę sobie wsadźcie oby cała Ameryka północna pod ziemie się zapadła amen jebać usa
1987Magnat 2 months ago
That was awesome....
savagenomore 2 months ago
Awesome! The back drops, mountains and the forest seen is just epic!
maxmamed 2 months ago
that view is amazing
ChrisreadIRL 2 months ago
You really did a good job on that one, what a fantastic and beautiful country you work in.
ernestdurant 2 months ago
impressive quality of your camera!
aqwyxse 2 months ago
Fun, fun, fun!
Logjam5 2 months ago
wery GOOD video :P
rottnekenneth 2 months ago
Had to like this just for the scenery alone! Nice job on the drop. What did the wood end up being used for?
Hogavich 2 months ago
This is a real pleasure to watch, calm confident workmanship. Well composed shots too. Watching this made me feel not only immense respect for competent present day tree fellers, but also immense respect for the folk who felled (and manhandled) trees like this with stone axes or fire to get canoe logs in past times, even cutting the mortices for the poles must have taken ages using an elbow adze....
goldsmithexile 2 months ago
very nice IMO this beats any office job
you my friend keep doing what you enjoy !
eshyoboy 2 months ago
Amazing. What a job! Id love to be up in the hills like that! Nicely done, thanks for sharing this vid. Loved it
privatewade 2 months ago
who do u work for?
skeezabuddy 2 months ago
what was that noise when it was falling at 5:18?
RYDERkN 2 months ago
@RYDERkN I leave a thin strip of work uncut across the center of the tree from one side to the other. This controls the direction the tree falls. As the tree falls over the uncut wood breaks. That is the sound you are hearing.
6049233972 2 months ago
Wow u really are a professional! I hope u got someone with u.
Bushcrafts 2 months ago
@Bushcrafts Thanks far the compliment. As I said to Smokie181, I always have a Falling partner in the general area but we do not work close to each other as that would be too dangerous. Some of the trees I fall are over 200 feet tall and weight over 60 tons. For that reason we always work a minimum of 2 tree lengths plus a little more apart.
6049233972 2 months ago
A really well made film, thank you so much!
kortison 2 months ago
What a cool 'thud' as it hits the ground.
You have a pretty cool job! Get to go out in the forest and work with those great views. No telephones ringing every min, no boss behind ya yelling, no stinky office cubicals, sound of traffic and city gone...nothing but you, nature and fresh air and sunshine. Must be nice.
Do you work alone? Isn't there suppose to be a partner with you?
Smokie181 2 months ago
@Smokie181 Yes we always work with at least one other Faller in the area that can give immediate assistance if needed. But all Fallers must work a minimum of 2 tree lengths apart (200-500 feet)at all times unless assistance is requested or you believe your partner has been injured.
6049233972 2 months ago
@6049233972 maybe he wanted to specify that you might have used a program that kept the video aspect ratio.
mat31new 2 months ago
Niszczyć takie piękne miejsce tylko po to by wyprodukować meble lub jakieś inne gówna! Wstyd!!!
blaszko24 2 months ago
@blaszko24 Przykro nam czuć w ten sposób. W rzeczywistości, wszyscy mamy jakiś wpływ na przyrodę w domu iw pracy. Staram się wykonywać moją pracę, jak również i szacunkiem dla środowiska, jak to możliwe.
6049233972 2 months ago
@6049233972 what did he say or ask?
4inches4u 2 months ago
@4inches4u He said. Shame on me for destroying the forest so we could build things. ie...furniture.
6049233972 1 month ago
@6049233972 Przykro mi ale nie potrafię tego zrozumieć. Widocznie taka nasza natura żeby zacząć chronić najpierw trzeba częściowo zniszczyć! Myślę że zwalanie winy na pracodawce nie ma sensu. Wszyscy jesteśmy dorośli i mamy świadomość swoich czynów!
blaszko24 2 months ago
@blaszko24 Jeśli nie używamy drewna do budowania rzeczy, co powinniśmy wykorzystać? Metal? Wydobycia metali szkodzi środowisku. Z tworzyw sztucznych? Dokonywanie tworzyw sztucznych szkodzi środowisku. Łatwo jest krytykować.
6049233972 1 month ago
i am interested in this type of work how would go around getting a job like this ?
jdub1230 2 months ago
great job!!!!nice video!!cool view!!!!
stapfi02 2 months ago
did u have a harness?
bushcraft96 2 months ago
@bushcraft96 No, If a branch or anything else was to fall from the canopy I would not be able to move or jump clear of it. Or if a gust came up and took the tree or backwards or sideways I must be able to move clear of the tree quickly without any restrictions.
6049233972 2 months ago
@6049233972 Nothing better than getting to work alone in the woods everyday without some fucking white collar asshole boss breathing down the back of your neck while you're trying to crunch numbers in your 4x4 cubicle.
sk8tafrnk 2 months ago
'Oh, it worked!' I really hope you weren't out in the woods alone with just your saw and quality video camera......
jdtrees 2 months ago
@jdtrees it's called handycam not quality video camera...
mat31new 2 months ago
That was just about perfect. We don't have trees that old around here.
AndrewHecker85 2 months ago
that is some beautiful wood
YouGotsToBeStupid 2 months ago
True;without timber no civilisation at all!It all began with the trees.
Squarerig 2 months ago
this is an awesomely filmed awesome fell, good job man
nedned8 2 months ago
And I love the sound when it hits the ground :-D
sideshowbobthe2nd 2 months ago
What a magnificent working place! Jealous!!!!
sideshowbobthe2nd 2 months ago
WOW! Iam really impressed! Greetings from Germany to Canada :)
NKCdaniel 2 months ago
Amazing scenery and skill!! Awesome "office"! A side of the industry we don't get to see. Nice vid thanks for sharing it.
robfsmts 2 months ago
Hello @6049233972 Your video is well shot and a beautiful location with the valleys in the background!
I was wondering if these where Boreal forests?
Or are they managed forests?
Are trees replanted? I am curious to learn how it works.
Who owns that forest?
Thank you!
Tristan
CustomCarpentryUK 2 months ago
@CustomCarpentryUK It is a Coastal Rainforest managed by the government of British Columbia. Very little of the forest land in British Columbia is privately owned. All companies that log on public land in BC must do so according to the regulations set out by the BC government. After harvesting of timber is completed the land is replanted.
6049233972 2 months ago
@6049233972 I appreciate your reply, thank you! So the land behind you we see in the background is that all planted by man? If so do you know when? And is it the same forest as where you are? The forest where you are cutting the tree looks natural whatever that is, how old is the tree you are cutting?
Thanks,
Tristan
CustomCarpentryUK 2 months ago
@CustomCarpentryUK Most of the trees you see in the background are "Old Growth". One small patch that looks like a green lawn was planted only a few years ago. The view the camera shows when I am wedging the tree over (striking the wedge with my ax) shows a recently planted area (bright Green) and another small area that has just been logged (Brown). The Tree I fell in the video was about 500 years old.
6049233972 2 months ago
@6049233972 I see, thanks. So the trees at the bottom in brown that have been logged how old were those trees?
And the new ones that are planted, when will they be ready to cut?
So where you are cutting that tree will that be eventually like the brown bit in the background? All completely felled? Or do you cut a percentage?
Thanks I am really enjoying learning about this.
CustomCarpentryUK 2 months ago
@CustomCarpentryUK The trees newly logged area were around the same age as the ones in the video. Depending on the area. some are relogged in 60-80 years. In my opinion that that is much too early. Yes, as the debris left behind after logging deteriorates, it turns brown then gray. Some areas are completely felled, others have small patches of trees scattered throughout the area left standing.
6049233972 1 month ago