I'm as green as a gourd. I don't know how to take him, I used to enjoy his "gear reviews" but haven't seen any lately. Might be due to his use of "foul" language(which doesn't bother me) that he has lost some connections but I don't know? Not sure why he thinks that people want to watch some of his truck maintenance, home repair, or yard cleanup videos but it's his channel so I reckon he can post what he likes. I would characterize him as as a "different type of bird" but it takes all kinds to make the world go round?
HUMAN.....man is still at it.... THIS dude is on something
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samsquatch
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Nah bro, that's just human nature. I'm sure this shit was happening in the stone ages too, isn't self-promotion more of a survival instinct anyway?
I know it's a mating instinct
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Very nice NailerB! Do I have your permission to use that in the future?
B_Strange
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“Green as a gourd” is a new one to me. I like it! My great grandmother would say “green as goose sh.t.” Colorful lady. She once pulled a pistol on a boyfriend of my cousin’s who was “sassing” her. I ALWAYS called ahead when I visited. And never sassed.
Honestly fuck youtube for learning. Some need visual. Ok I get that. There are two books that stand out in my mind after the tree climbers companion. That is The Fundementals of General Tree Work by G. BERENAK. The next is the Art and Science of Practical Rigging by Pete Donzelli. Read those two books 5 times and so much will sink in. Proper sound cutting and rigging techniques. It explains many thing in full detail. My problem today is folks do not like to fucking read and digest.
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Another thing about me is I do not give 2 fucks about motives or if he is on drugs or whatever. I can say what it seems. Not rocket science in my world. I posted this vid to see what others thought of his tree intelligence and methods. It is fair gamme. Post up something and that is what hapoens.
I’d much rather watch Human (Cory) than Daniel........Daniel makes me want to puke, Cory is entertaining at least.
If you catch the episode about his history, you might get a little of where he came from. He’s got quite an interesting history. If I were him, I’d be proud of where he’s at in life.
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If you catch the episode about his history, you might get a little of where he came from. He’s got quite an interesting history. If I were him, I’d be proud of where he’s at in life.
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climbstihl
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Who is Daniel?
rope-a-dope
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Daniel Murphy. He is the intentional barber chair guy. Bucket guru. Many vidoes, lots of "how to..." stuff.
Any time you like!
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i'm not gonna bash anyone i'm to green for that. but does Daniel climb i'm just wondering
rope-a-dope
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I'm not opposed to seeing videos up that make me cringe. It makes me think, which is good, but it can draw you into the mental position of judgement based on assumptions. I watch a lot of YouTube mainly to see things outside of my usual work, like gigantic removals or logging type felling. It's good to see what others are doing, for better or worse. You just gotta watch with a measured point of view. Don't scream at the screen and don't go outside to try what you just saw.
I will share my specific peeves: the stubs of course, footage of him cleaning stuff, lowering limbs that are clearly too big for the DZ, and generally shrugging off close calls.
I will share my specific peeves: the stubs of course, footage of him cleaning stuff, lowering limbs that are clearly too big for the DZ, and generally shrugging off close calls.
RBJtree
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No, Daniel doesn't climb. It would be like a fish climbing a tree. A limp fish. I'm surprised his bucket truck isn't limp. Now, that was low. I shouldn't have said that. But it's too late now.
rope-a-dope
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He used to, stopped cuz of whatever hurts.
I did watch one where he goes up like 20 feet to cut something way too big with a special wizzy sizzle to make it land somewhere other than where it actually landed.
RBJtree
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In all fairness, I only know Daniel from his comments here on the buzz. I don't watch his videos, never met the guy, maybe he was great and something happened. I was just trying to be funny.
So I basically say if you post some dumb shit expect to be called out on it here and you say the dude should get bashed for making mistakes how is that different and how does that make me an elitist? you are saying the same thing. Did you read what you wrote before posting it? Sure seems like he is looking for validation if not what is the purpose of his videos? I never called anybody a green horn or any name or suggested anyone should turn cold shoulder and not be part of this community. Just that bullshit will be called bullshit, please clarify your insult.
Nope he laughed at the guy and never admitted his mistake acted like it wasn't a problem. We must have seen a different video. Further more 2 guys in a tree for a removal, other than crane work seems like a hazard for the ground crew and just unnecessary.
Went back and read some of your posts after saying I have an elitist attitude for calling people out on bullshit. And here you are saying we should call people out on BS.
That's right, that's what I have been saying. You post a video the work will speak for itself. Video doesn't lie. As soon as we start giving out participation trophies around here I am out.
Well that seems to be the modern way. Kids are running a race and 5th and 6th getting medals WTF. Go work harder. No handouts. That only enables and breeds mediocricy.
