I get the impression that he posts the videos because he thinks he is great... Not because he thinks he has things to learn or needs critiqued. There is a difference. That doesn't take balls, it takes arrogance.
Certainly makes the case for a hard line "never one hand the saw". (I am in that camp..). This topic has been beat to death. There are always some who say they one hand on occasion when there is not another/better way to make the cut, but very few who say "I'm just too lazy to put both hands on the saw" or "I'm so awesome, i don't need both hands" one of which is what seems to be the case here.
Yeah I agree. We tree people are an odd group, we post videos of the most mundane everyday boring tree jobs. Why? Caught myself the other day watching one such video and said to myself what kind of lame ass watches this crap? Quickly followed by, oh your watching it. I think its the times we live in. 20 years ago my tree friends would have said WTF I don't need to watch that crap I live it everyday.
I give him the benefit of the doubt. I think he posts the videos for people to get the chance to see when something goes wrong. I’d rather watch him make mistakes on YouTube and remember those so I don’t make them when I’m in the tree.
Tree vids really are quite boring unless you throw a bunch of awesome clips from various jobs and some killer tunes...to watch a tree being removed ya better show some drone footage.....
I always run the saw by telekinesis. So much safer that way!
#August! I really like those vids.
Nope don't buy it. You are saying he makes these videos because he knows he will make mistakes people can learn from? The video where he almost hits his buddy in the tree, which I don't get either, with a log and then played it off like it wasn't a problem. No this guy thinks he is great. I personally don't get my what to do and not do from youtube, this crap is pure entertainment. If you learn something, great but I don't think that's the intent. This guy in IMO is average doing average tree work at best that's giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Welcome to the wonderful world of tropical tree rigging on one of the mostl densely populated islands in the world. But the trunks are always huge multistemmed monsters.
Pure unadulterated comedy for the most part. A yawn for the next...some nice ones in between.....
I'm saying he's submitting his videos, without editing out the mistakes, not that he's making mistakes on purpose to get them on film. Nobody here is going to give the guy a gold medal for good tree climbing or cutting. And Youtube doesn't give him a gold medal for his tree climbing abilities either. It's all about views, and I'm not afraid to watch a video of someone who highlights mistakes in our business.
I've seen some of your multi-stemmed monsters, I'll take a big fat oak or maple over that any day. They look like a really serious pain in the ass!
Oh I refused to mention the obvious. I hate ever touching other trees not being removed. That is not acceptable. Thee are legit times not sure this was one. As angles can make shit look weird in the fisheye.
I agree with most of that. Here is what I dispute, a 48" DBH oak, 70ft tall a lead at 24" will be in the lower 1/3 to lower 1/2 especially near a house drop, which is in the lower 1/2 those proportions seem off. I was speaking generally that smaller branches are easier to manipulate that larger wood which obviously is lower down. You can always paint a picture of a situation outside a generalization. Example, no center, short wide tree many obstacles, wires everywhere. Again the example you use would be a challenge but not really what I was saying. That's why we love this work though, because things are different most every time. I do appreciate your response though because I do like those challenging ones.
Agreed. I shook my head as I saw him drop that stick into another tree. Def a rookie move. I wish there was a way for us to tell other viewers that it's not acceptable procedure. Oh wait, there is! the video comments
