Mike, glad you are safe. You are absolutely right, that stored energy can sometimes pack wallop. I am always glad when a tree is on the ground also. WOW!!! That was some "let go" when you cut that tree loose! THANK YOU for posting this, Mike. It was a real eye-opener for things to look for when out in the woods. Release of stored energy. Always asking our team to consider. “What if?” Where is the energy. Lots of injuries rushing through tasks with out stopping to consider. We are delicate beings compared to a tree.

Great video, Mike....wish I had seen it 30 years ago when I was cutting up a tree about twice the size of the one you faced. I was unaware of the tension on it and I was on the wrong side and It was about 4 feet off the ground when I cut through it. It sprang towards me so quickly and pinned me under it on top of my left leg. I could not get myself out from under it and finally my wife heard my yells for help. She called the fire department. They finally cut this large tree off of me. My left leg had 3 compound open fractures of the tibia and fibula. Two surgeries, a rod inserted in my tibia and numerous plates and screws later, I healed and was playing singles tennis 5 months later. I was very fortunate my wife heard my shouting or I would have perished due to the blood loss I was experiencing. Your video will prevent numerous serious injuries I am sure. Thank you.

Oh my Goodness! Look at all the ferns! We have those growing wild too here in Owen County Indiana. Really beautiful. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.

Hey I live in Vegas, been here since ‘83, born and raised Rochester NY. Break them green trails in!!! Used to cut wood in Upstate NY, could do that all day long, very satisfying to watch as well. Great safe work Mike.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Hey Mike! I know you always like saying..."I'm no expert".... but I've been watching your videos from the start, and you don't give yourself credit for your knowledge and what you teach. You explained exactly what would happen...and then demonstrated it! I personally haven't seen anything like that, so count me as one of those learners today! You and the family do a tremendous job with these videos and I appreciate it!!

I was raised in Wheeling, WV, not too far from you all. The scenery and topography of your homestead is very familiar. Thanks for the memories.

Mike great video. We are in middle georgia and it was 90 degrees today. Thanks for being safe. I really never like working a chainsaw in the woods by myself. Thanks for the video and always enjoy the beautiful country. God does an awesome job with green

You’re so lucky. Those woods are a little bit of paradise.

Back on November 1 I made a cut like that with the tree in the grip of the backhoe thumb. Well I was on the wrong side of the pressure and blew apart 3 ligaments in my left knee. After a lengthy surgery and months of therapy I am back to 95% but will always have the pain reminding me of the dangers of cutting logs under pressure. Stay safe.

Smart work, stay safe. It pays to be patient and think thru everything you do. You respect the hazards around you and you demonstrate smart work.

Man!!! You need some quads and some racing trails. Since Truck Night In America is no longer on TV, you need to make your own courses and do it with quads. :)

Beautiful furns, Mike. Please have Melissa with you while dropping and bucking tree's. Her smile, headed to the E.R. will be priceless... be careful,

Good video again. Nice nod to the camera. Thank you for sharing your day.

WOW !!! Glad you know your stuff , that could have been Bad !!! Hello to Hunter !!!

Maple grove and all those ferns looks very peaceful. Excellent lesson with the wedged tree! Would be interesting to know how much potential force there was but for sure a pretty large amount. We all work by ourselves but need to have a plan B. Have a day.

Mike, as I watched your video #798, I felt compelled to comment. I know you keep saying "this is just how I do it" but I really think any "weekend Warrior" should get some training if they are going to use a chainsaw. I highly recommend a training called "Game of logging". I took it at the suggestion of a forester volunteer who helped me plan how to improve my property. At first I thought I knew pretty well how to fell a tree because I had been doing it for over 25 years at that point, but I signed up for courses 1 and 2. Back then (in 2004) I paid $90 for each day. Each was a 1 day hands on course and in the 2 days I learned far more about safety cutting a tree down safely than I had learned in my 25+ years experience. Point I'm trying to get to is not the oak you cut while under tension, but rather the spring pole you cut. The spring pole was the sapling that got pushed to the ground with a huge amount of tension in it. You did not get hurt, but doing it the way you did, could have gotten hurt real bad. The game of logging will teach you how to relieve the tension safely. I think, being so popular on you tube as you are gives you some responsibility to use the safest methods to cut trees because people are watching how you do it, and use that as a how to do it, even though you say you are not an expert. I'm not trying to find fault, just trying to help. By the way, most insurance companies require courses 1-4 for professional loggers before they will carry Workman's comp for the logging company. I only took 1 and 2 and the instructor said 3 and 4 were mainly for the pros. It covered log skidders and such. I watch every episode you post, keep up the good work! Dave Klish Oneida, NY about 1 hr south of Boonville

@maryblaylock6545

4 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Have a blessed day! 🕊🙏🖖👍

As a Timber Faller of over 40 years, I was holding my breath, for you to make the Correct decision, as to how to cut that dangerous tree...Im so relieved to see that you are a Thinking man, Safety being job one, Im sure your Beautiful wife would completely agree. And the other mans suggestion, on keeping a Emergency kit with out, Very Wise Suggestion. Have A Safe Day.

WOW!!! That was some "let go" when you cut that tree loose! THANK YOU for posting this, Mike. It was a real eye-opener for things to look for when out in the woods.

Nice job felling that red oak Mike! I like the way you think things through.

Several years ago, a good friend of mine cut a tree that ended up in a situation like that, under extreme tension. He's a very experienced woodsman, but he misjudged the tension. He began a cut to release the tension, just as you did, near a standing tree that the cut tree was wedged against. As soon as he began the cut, the tree was under so much stress that it literally exploded! The chainsaw was forced back right into his gut, perforating some of his intestines! Ultimately, he was lifeflighted to the hospital where he had emergency surgery where a portion of his intestines had to be removed and then reattached. So yes, those situations are very dangerous and even the most experienced can misread them.

Good video on the dangers of cutting hung up trees or trees under pressure! God Bless You Mike and all Your Family.👍

Nice video Mike! Nice work cutting down that tree and staying safe about it!

Glad you dropped that without getting hurt. Nice job.

Nice job. That was tricky and dangerous. Stay well, stay safe and yall HAVE A DAY 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Glad you took the time to think through that cut

Mike, glad you are safe. You are absolutely right, that stored energy can sometimes pack wallop. I am always glad when a tree is on the ground also. Stay safe, not just from the virus.

Mike, Good example of what to watch for and be safe. It’s amazing how many people on KZread do crazy things that can get people killed. Thank you for pointing out to everyone what to watch out for and providing examples.

The ride out to Maple Grove was as beautiful as the scenes on post cards or calendar pictures. What a treat! Thank you for showing & sharing it. And let’s hear it for the helmet cam!!! From Central Texas y’all Have A Day!

Mike, Thanks for showing how to cut that tree under tension. I got a rude awakening two years ago cutting one of these on the wrong side. I had no idea that it was under any tension. Luckily it only sprung a foot or so but I ended up on my back ten feet backward with saw staying next to the cut I made. Maybe you should make a separate video just showing the danger! Great job as always!!

I cut down trees for 22 years until a stroke retired me. Made me think of safety, which in turn made me think of first aid kits. Do you have one with you, on your tractor? Do you carry a tourniquet? Blood expanders? If you dont, you probably should as it appears you work alone alot. Perhaps a future video idea. Please consider keeping a few first aid items with you, you cant always make it back to your rig! Anyways, keep up the great videos. Have a blessed day

@maryblaylock6545

4 жыл бұрын

A really most excellent suggestion. Makes me think perhaps I should put a kit in my garden shed. Thank you very much. Have a blessed day. ⛺🤠🌱🕊🙏🖖

@realairplane261

4 жыл бұрын

Mary, how far is the garden shed from your house? The good thing about working alone in the woods is you will not hurt someone else. I find it more distracting to have someone else in the woods with me . This day and age with cell phones, help is instantly on its way.

@ECUDiscGolf

4 жыл бұрын

The best first aid kit in a chainsaw accident is another person. 2nd best most definitely includes some sort of clotting agent.

@rockiemountin7535

4 жыл бұрын

Real Airplane only if you are conscious and don’t bleed out before you awake if you awake

@realairplane261

4 жыл бұрын

Rockie, I guess I am comfortable with being alone since I have been doing it since 1976. I cut mostly in the winter and survey everything quite well before cutting.

Good job on that Hand. Always stay on the safe side.

Nice job showing us less experienced tree cutters what to look out for. Thanks Mike and keep up the good work.

Very nice Mike. Lots of less experienced people may not have foreseen the obvious danger in cutting off that Oak.

Excellent demonstration of knowing what you're doing on making that last cut on this video. Planning and figuring out the second and third order effects.... Stay safe.. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Mike - That last cut was pretty scary. Thanks for sharing your knowledge about working with a chain saw in that kind of situation. You have learned a lot over the years, and now get an opportunity to share your knowledge with rookies to perhaps save someone else from injury. Great shots from the side by side. Am wondering if that camera doesn't have a bit of anti-shake built into it. It is certainly smooth, and I understand why you like it so much. Blessings to you, Melissa, and the family. Hi Hunter - take care sir.

Way to be smart while cutting wood!!👍👊

Enjoy the nice weather, it’s in the 90’s on the MS coast🥵

LOVED the ferns❣️ took me back to being a kid in the woods! I really appreciate the video content taking my thoughts away from world happenings... love you guys from Marcus in Chesapeake VA.

@realairplane261

4 жыл бұрын

Like the ferns also. When in my woods I side step around them, but do eat the fiddle heads when first emerging in spring. We also use young basswood leave, cattail root an leeks to make a salad, and garnish it with trilliums flowers.

Beautiful forest. Thankyou for showing

Happy you took the time to think that one through before you cut it!

Good morning Mike and Melissa, good video of Maple Grove. Really a nice place for photo shoots!! Lots of good wood around there to be harvested for many uses. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.

Wow! Physics come into play sometimes when cutting trees. Interesting!!

Beautiful at the maple grove with all the ferns. Hope you checked for ticks.

nice cut on that tree it pad to be safe god bless you& all hi hunter

Good call Mike! We were active with the National Forestry Service years ago and had a well-experienced field guy misread a tree and was launched by it - and ended up with multiple fractures.

Good read Mike on that tricky last cut. Stay safe.

Mike, thanks for all the great videos! Let me start out by saying I am not a guy that goes around preaching safety but we all have family’s etc... You work in the woods a lot by yourself with chainsaws, tractors and the list goes on. Have you thought about maybe getting some radios or does Melissa check on you periodically? Just kinda of a thought. Stay safe!

Ann says, "You're in the right place at the right time MIke." While you had the camera pointing out the lean of the tree you dropped, I thought that I saw at least three other standing dead trees that could be taken down in that area. Nice work, Great video, thumbs up.

Good job Mike. Lots of opportunity to get hurt outdoors. Stay safe. That was a great lesson for all. Sometimes it is very difficult to see where the stress lies.

Good morning Mike and Melissa. Have a fantastic day. God bless.

I've cut a thousand trees and always get scared when I encounter those situations, seen some crazy reactions when you start or finish a cut . Good for you Mike to be so cautious.

Great video. Very educational. So much energy in that tree. Thanks for showing it. Be safe.

Thanks for the ride to the grove. The ferns are SO lovely! Nice break for a hot morning.

Glad you are ok. Don’t want to see Mike Morgan get hurt.

Good call on the loaded tree.

Hey you all lov what you are doing

Wow Mike you have a great eye for where those trees are going to go when you cut them down. Well done. 👍

Great video, glad you thought that through

Mike, excellent work, knowledge and demonstration. Stay safe. Have a productive day.

So many ferns in one place at the top of a hill. My experience tells e it is swampy but it couldn't be because of where it is. I could get lost and be right at home on your property. Mike as usual you averted a tragedy with that old red oak. The "chipper chic" has more chips to make. Thank you for sharing your video with us. Hello Hunter. Ed

Love Maple Grove, thanks for the tour

Y'all got some beautiful land. Plus yeah dang that tree could really hurt ya if you didn't know what you were doing...that was a lot of force...wow.

Great way to start my morning Mike and Melissa. Thank you for sharing and motivating.

Accidents usually don't happen after just one mistake. It's possible, but much more common is chain or sequence of mistakes. It's great to see pointed out in the video the hazard of the tree under tension, as well as the comments suggesting a comprehensive first aid plan, including the wisdom of having a second person around as often as possible. But... This whole thing started when you decided to leave the snag in the intended fall path. That was a *huge* mistake, and it bears at least mentioning, if not emphasizing as the first link in the chain of mistakes that can lead to injury. Fortunately, that mistake led to a correctable situation *and* you understood well enough how to recognize and correct it. But will you the next time? We sure hope so! But don't leave it to chance...clear the fall path first and avoid getting yourself into the situation in the first place. (And while you avoided injury to yourself, one of the trees suffered unnecessarily...it'll take that maple (?) a fair amount of time to recover from the bark being scraped off, and it'll likely never be quite as strong as it could have been. That smaller sapling, I can't tell from the video...maybe it was doomed regardless, but the larger tree that got injured could've been spared the trauma for sure.)

Great move Mike, like the way you work through that cut, great video God bless you and your family

After watching the video the sudden urge came over me to watch East Coast vs West Coast ...again. Even after watching it several times I still crack up when I see the water bottle hit the ground in slow motion. I have enjoyed that video.

I’m glad you looked it over good before cutting the tree. I suppose you could have used the tractor grapple to stop it if you wanted to.

Wow. Nice prep. Got to be thinking.

Great job being safe!

Nice call and clean fall on the oak, especially nice call on the springboard Widowmaker. That would have left a mark!

@realairplane261

4 жыл бұрын

Actually a bad call on cutting the oak. He should have cut the leaner first. Always clear a path for those big trees to fall. Where the oak slammed into the maple will cause a bruise on the maple and the bark will fall of that area and expose the sap wood to insects. Who says that, I says that and is a guy who has been cutting wood for 50 years. Motor Mike was in diapers then.

Nice job to you both!! Have a day!!

That whole situation with the hung up tree could have been prevented by cutting down the snag before you cut the tree. You acknowledged that you were aiming at it and thought it would break but didn’t, causing at least two hazards. One when the original tree fell the butt end kicked up, luckily away from you. The second was wedging it against the maple. A minute to walk over and drop the snag would have made the whole job safer. Unless you were trying to set up a less than ideal situation for demonstration purposes, then brilliant!! Keep safe!

I often say dealing with the tree once it’s down can often be more dangerous than falling it, this video here is a prime example👍

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

4 жыл бұрын

What are your thoughts on this one? Anything I should have done different?

@nuts319

4 жыл бұрын

Outdoors With The Morgans you got her down safe I’d say you did just fine! When a tree gets threaded like that it can be awful tricky at times well done👍

we were at a scout camp near you I think it is called Sinoquipe (?) and the Ranger that lived there had us helping get some projects done and he got all busted up doing the same thing you just avoided he was layed up for months

Mike should use that 362 size saw more power for cutting them down always need a saw with the hp for chopping

Good call on that last cut mike.pays to take the time to think about it and do it safe as possible 👍

You are blessed to have such beauty where you live!

Nice sawing... Michael from Canada

Hello from Sardis City, Alabama. Smart thinking on your part! Nice place yall have. Yall have a great day!

Another great time in the woods. Just having another day 😁

Now that I got my fix of OWTM I can go outside and start cutting up my softwood log pile. I can burn "junk" wood since I have an outdoor wood boiler.

Great information about assessing the cuts. Thanks for sharing.

Hello to my youtube friends Mike and Melissa and of course the rest of the Morgan Clan . I cant make any promises but I was at my local Cub cadet and kuboto dealer and I saw Something i know Mike and especially Melissa would enjoy so . If I can I am going to get it and try and send it to you guys. Will see So for Now Stay Safe stay happy and thank you Morgans

Good job. Good eye Mike. Time to bring out the little dump trailer for all that wood

Mike.....I like how you preserved the Mayapples at the base of the 🌲!!! You are truly "Gentle Ben"!

Great video and lesson on safety. Thank you Mike!

How are your woods so clear and open? Beautiful. Ours are like a jungle (SE Michigan) immediately off the edge of the trail. Is there something you do to manage for this? So jealous!

That was impressive, didn’t think it would spring that far

Good thinking, Mike! Glad to see you unhurt.

Worked with a guy on the railroad that found out the hard way about stored energy with a bent rail after a derailment.

@maryblaylock6545

4 жыл бұрын

YIKES!!

Oh yeah, almost forgot! Thanks for explaining about the camera and stabilization!

Way to go Melissa!! Send some of that cool weather to Atlanta!!❤️❤️

Really loving the Music.May i have the artist please? Much Gratitude for You Guy's ✌🏆🏆

Great tree cutting lesson Mike! Love the green scenery as well.

Looks like the chipper chick needs to get busy on some of the trails. LOL Will say your family owns some nice land. I see you have May Apples on your property, going up my mom would make jelly and preserve it - tart but tasty.

Morning . Nice day great video 👍✊

Set up a chain link drag haro behind that side by side and clean up that grass in the middle of the train.

Mike watch the tops of dead trees the vibs the saw makes sometimes will cause the dead limbs to just fall off and you will not know they are coming for you

And that my friend is why you should never be in the woods working alone

Still waiting to see Motor Mikes Mum come out and drive the baby kabota! That would be cool. I would guess that a wood processor would show up some day.