I know it’s hard to post mistakes in this perfect world but you probably saved someone’s life so that’s a good thing. Be save and saw on.

You posting this video is one of the reasons I love your channel so much. Straight forward, honest, and wanting to share something that would help someone else. In this case, what you shared will likely save someone's life. I actually think you should be most proud of this video beyond all others! 👏🙏👍

@falllineridge

3 жыл бұрын

Greatly appreciate you watching!

Glad you're ok, and glad you still posted this even if its not the proudest moment of this channel. Having a tree fall towards you can easily happen to anyone. Nice reminder to stay focused. God bless you and your family.

Thanks for sharing. It shows your genuine character to admit your error and in so doing could prevent one of us from making the same mistake. Thank you :)

I do this for a living. Things happen. I'm not going to start saying would of should of could of. Lesson learned.

@ZachsTreeService

3 жыл бұрын

Amen brother. We've all been there forsure. I may or ma not have taking out a power line before lol.

@makeitpay8241

3 жыл бұрын

my wedge is 50% of the total width of the trunk, is that too much?

The best part of that video is YOU were able to post it. There is always a greater power watching over and protecting us. Glad you were unhurt, and thanks for showing what can happen when you lose focus for a second or two.

Most certainly glad you are still with us Wes, and even more thankful that God spared your family a lot of grief. As you know I'm a safety bugger and I'll continue trying to keep your back around Fall Line Ridge

Glad you are safe. Learning moment for all. His eye is on the sparrow.

@garykemp977

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you are safe. Thanks for posting this, so others may learn. Enjoy your channel.

@falllineridge

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is, always.

First, praise the Lord you are still with us. When I was teaching an in service workshop was offered on felling trees. Instructor was a professional logger that also taught for insurance cos. It's probably saved my life before. Honestly, I need to review before cutting again. Think about leaving that segment in your other video. It might save a life. Always enjoy your videos .

Thank you for the reminder. I am getting ready to pick up a chain saw for the first time in 30 years to clean up some 4-6" trees on my son's property, not as big as you do but still big enough to cause injuries.

Whether a novice or experienced feller, mistakes are made sometimes. Lesson learned and blessed to not get hurt. Thanks for sharing this. 👍

That’s an authentic honest video, I appreciate you posting it. You probably saved someone’s life! Blessings my friend. Jeff

@falllineridge

3 жыл бұрын

Hope so, thanks, Jeff.

Your first 20 words prove without a doubt that your integrity is impeccable. Grew up in Nassau County, Florida (Georgia and Florida line on the Atlantic Coast). Therefore your Southern dialect is no problem with me. Where I grew up Pines Trees are king, there are two major Paper Mills that operate 24/7/265 in Nassau County, Florida on Amelia Island, and the third one in St. Mary's, Georgia. Imagine the appetite of these three paper mills. growing up there in the '60s and 70's many of the residents of the community which I grew up in worked as Loggers (for you Southerns this means they worked in the Pulpwood). I recalled several deaths as a child when falling trees during their harvest actually killed workers, Try cutting the back cut at a slight angle, it works for me. Keep this thought in the back of your head at all times, "This tree is not my friend and I'm going to watch it every second until it's on the ground." Harvesting Southern Pines techniques has made some real progress since the 1950s. Be safe out there. Logging has come a long way, even for the homeowner. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIeouquveqq_eLg.html

Always so honest with what you do, how you do it and with product reviews. We always know we get your best even when it might be your worst. Thanks.

It's videos like this that I precisely look for. Those unintended oversights that come up in any situation, I'm def glad you're okay and I am extremely glad you broke down what all happened. God only knows how many lives were saved just by this video alone. Nothing outweighs experience.

One persons mistakes always makes many people safer.The first generation of anything has faults then the second and third are perfect.You also could have also not shown the videos of your sawmill hitting nails but you are genuine and show your viewers what can happen and the costs which go with it.We are all glad your backup safety plan was instant and you were safe.Thanks for all your videos and i look forward to the next one.

You posted this because you're honest--that's more than most and we all appreciate that!

I was an urban tree trimmer/feller for 15 years, and did a lot of demo/removal work. Always knowing your escape route is critical. We used a lot of ropes to sometimes control the direction, but even then things can go awry. The man who wrote the bible of tree removal and felling ended up dying in a tree removal. He was in a bucket lift 40' to 50' away from the work, and the tree twisted and hit the arm of the lift.... Tree work should never be taken lightly. Glad you survived, and thanks for sharing!

@falllineridge

3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how it can all go south so fast.

Thank you for posting. I just started working with two of my son’s on falling and cutting up trees the past week and this was perfect timing. We all watched it together and it made a huge impact on the importance of taking your time a getting everything set up correct and having situation awareness of what is happening around you. Your example of managing your pride is an example to us all!

Wow... that was close... glad you're still here... no need to feel bad about it... by posting this you just may save someone's life... that's a win all the way around...

God took care of you. I did nearly the same thing some years back, it woke me up right then. Glad you’re still ok and making videos for us to enjoy.

Glad you're still with us brother. I really enjoy your videos!

Really good video glad you posted it as this is something that gets a lot of amature in trouble. But don't feel bad this on occasion even happens to us professionals. When cutting as much as we do and you got a lot of equipment running here and there. We can get distracted and this does happen but you did good just shake it off and keep on making saw dust. The lessons learned only go to make you more diligent and a better feller.

@falllineridge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ken. Always appreciate your contributions to the channel. Was much more cognizant of what I was doing after this one!

@kenjett2434

3 жыл бұрын

@@falllineridge I bet and it will stick with you it's that experience that is the best teacher. The thing is it can be dangerous so one has to be alert to live through it to gain from that experience.

God sends us these little wakeup calls. A good lesson for us all. Thank you for sharing.

Really glad you're safe and super impressed that you posted. Thank you, very informative and helpful.

Glad you are safe. Thanks for sharing an important reminder. You can never take this sort of thing for granted.

Great deal of respect for putting mistakes out there for the rest of us to learn from. Glad you're ok and some grace and mercy followed you.

Thank you for your humility and willingness to share. I am exactly the person you described...just a homeowner with some land that enjoys working outdoors and cutting wood for fires. Your message has been received! Thank you!

Glad you're okay. You're only human after all- your pride will heal. Keep up the good work!

Glad you're safe and well. Thanks for sharing your real life lesson learned. Hopefully someone will learn from it, rather than the hard way. I've picked up a lot from Buckin Bill Ray as well on tree cutting. He almost always cuts a pretty generous notch (usually a humboldt), and is usually almost OCD about lining up his back-cut direction, sighting down the perpendicular lines on the saw cover and checking the far side multiple times per cut. Look forward to more real videos.

Wow , glad you are ok. Thanks for posting we all need reminders of how we need to pay attention to the details. I am so enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work. A fellow Georgiaian.

Agree with you that He was looking at for you. Appreciate your humility which is far too rare on KZread. Thanks for sharing and I will make sure that in even more cautious when I drop my next tree.

Glad to see you are OK Wes - that could have been nasty. Thanks for posting the video - it will serve as a good reminder to others and may save another life. Stay safe & well.

Glad you're safe. You were right to put your pride in check, and sharing it with us was a good thing.

Glad you're ok my man, and glad you could overcome your pride and post this!

Good you're safe!!! Thanks for posting this as people like me are learning and this was a great thing to learn from. Keep up the good work, brother.

One: thank God you acted quickly. Two: dont worry or be afraid our thoughts. The reason most of us watch these videos is to learn some new tricks. You never know who might have their life saved by your being couragous enough to show us this. Love you brother! God bless and keep you.

Sure helps to remember to say "Thank you lord, AMEN!" and NOT say a nasty word or two and forget who was at fault.

Well done for deciding that warning others is more important than your pride. Glad you're safe.

Glad you’re safe.. it’s interesting you made this video. Just day before yesterday I was in the woods cutting down some pine for my mill and had a close call as well. I was thinking to myself just how dangerous it is to do that type of work. And how you can never let down your guard. Something that those of us who don’t cut trees for a living don’t really think about

more lessons than just don't violate the hinge, have an ESCAPE route !! The saw will have a next one, if you trap yourself in you won't.

Thanks for posting this. This is how we learn from mistakes. Now hopefully someone will be able to look at there next fall with this in mind.

Glad your ok, Thanks for the reminder. Its so easy to get complacent. Ron

Really glad that you came through ok, and just by passing on this message you could save someone else life. Stay safe.

I always set up my exit . Usually it's clearing 3ft brush . Glad you booked in time. I have bought roping equipment to help guide and hoping to try it soon.

Thanks for the info. Glad you're safe.

Very well done for admitting your mistake, takes a bigger man to admit it than say nothing, plus you have shared your mistake with others to learn from, congratulations. We never stop learning, even the pros make mistakes, how many of them have been injured over the years. So very well done for sharing could save someone's life one day.

Glad you are safe Wes. Well done for showing your mistake. It will save someone else from death or injury I’m sure. Take care and stay safe my friend. Stan

Glad you’re ok. Shaken no doubt but fit n well. Well done fir posting. A timely reminder

Exactly why I follow your channel, Real and honest.

After seeing the pine on the ground, it looks like she had a slight lean towards the fence. that lean, the lack of hingewood and the very shallow notch all contributed in the tree going in the unintended direction. Thanks for sharing this, please take your time and be safe guys: make nice open face cuts that don't close too early and risk breaking the hingewood. cut at least 1/3 into the log for your face cut and always try to leave a good inch or two of holding wood. use wedges if you can. often times we'll use a pull line just for added security even when not neccessary.

It looked to me that the tree was leaning the way it fell. Also it looked heavey on the side it fell on also. Anyway, you did the one thing you needed to do, you left yourself a way of escape. God Bless.

Excellent choice to post this. Thank you for the real life lesson.

Thanks for posting this. Yeah it sucks when it goes wrong but that's the cost of doing business. Kid 1 and I were watching it and it was a great learning opportunity for him. Hard to teach them when there's multi thousand pounds of wood standing above you in tree form. I asked him what you did right and he said "Dropped everything and hauled butt." Glad the only thing that got hurt was the pride.

I'm happy you're okay. We learn from videos like this. Thanks for sharing. Be safe everyone.

I have done exactly the same thing. Glad you were not hurt. Plug cuts are a good option for a tree that size.

More respect than I already had for you. Pride usually goes before a fall..... not after!!!! There was only one perfect person in this world and they crucified Him.

@falllineridge

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, K Dawg. Greatly appreciate you watching.

Thanks for your honesty.

I had this conversation with a saw customer yesterday, he has a circular sawmill and falls wood to feed it. I'm going to send him a link to this video. I was describing to him how to bore cut behind the notch and then cut to the back side. Useful in falling heart rotted trees without barber chairing it. I guess the L65 survived, I heard it idling after the trunk was down. Call me and we will talk about a new saw. In a pinch horse power, chain speed and a really sharp chain can save the day. I'm so thankful you are ok!

First guy that died in my graduating class from high school died while out falling trees by himself. Tree fell on him and his family found him later in the day. He had dirt embedded under his fingernails where he tried to dig himself out before passing away. Thanks for sharing. May save a life.

Ya know. I am a landscaper and not an arborist, but I fell large trees from time to time. When Every I get those jobs, I like to watch youtube videos of people fucking up, which brought me here. You mentioned that the notch depth was a "secondary" issue. I am certain, though, it was the primary issue. The notch depth must be 30-40% of the caliper. Less than that, any minor lean will rip the holding wood in the direction of the lean. Just wanted to put that out there. I'm glad you're safe.

Respect for sharing! You probably helped a lot of us guys that think we are better at this than we really are. I know I'll think of this video and take an extra moment from now on!

Glad you wasnt hurt, thanks for showing this cut, it might just save someone life ...

we all need a wakeup now and then! great video, and great advice!

I'd say a huge lesson I learn on a regular basis is to take my time and be alert. If you give your mind time to process everything and pay attention you can usually walk away from the near misses unharmed. You can call it god's grace but that's not giving yourself enough credit. Careless maybe but focused yes and that's a big part of making it through every day with all your fingers and toes. Don't beat yourself up and thanks for posting.

All I can say is, man! I feel that! I used to be a groundsman in a local tree service and I've seen my share of felling mishaps.

full respect for showing this mate, its not everyone that will show thoer mistakes.

So glad you are safe. Things can and do happen fast. Thank God for his protection.

Glad you are safe my friend, very good lesson to share. 🙏🏻❤️

Good to see you! Stay safe!!👍👍

This is one of the best videos on cutting down a tree yet. Hopefully your mistake will save someone else. Great video!

Thank God your safe young man but don’t be embarrassed this old man has his scars from not paying enough attention to what I was doing just part of living. Stay safe and thanks for sharing your videos and being humble God bless

It takes a big man to show the world his mistakes . It takes courage to stand up and say I did it wrong. Good on you for doing it . No one is perfect and showing the mistakes is a great way to show you are bigger than a few moments on video....who would have known if you didn’t post this? By posting it will open a few eyes to the easy way life has a habit of saying “got ya” it didn’t this time thankfully Amacf

Yes sir! God is good. Always with us. Glad you’re safe. Thanks for sharing even though things didn’t go as planned! Maybe we can all learn from it. That why I watch your videos.

I'm so glad you vetoed your pride & posted this. It will probably save someone else's life!! ⭐ So great to hear you give God the glory!! 🙌

Thanks for the unintended lesson,glad your ok man

Thanks for being a strong Man.

Whew!!!!!!! That was too close. Glad you can run fast!

Glad it worked out okay. Everyone will make a mistake, the smart person learns from it. Good job!

Glad your ok. God Bless.

Glad to see your safe I’ve been there myself it’s not a fun place to be 👍

watched your video and while you were sawing the back side of the tree I saw before the tree fell the danger. remember the far side of the hinge is most important, I don't know it all but I have worked in the woods some but mostly I hauled wood from the loggers.

thank goodness you are all right stay safe pleas people need you love and pairs for you and yours love your work good stuff

Very happy you are still here... it just goes to show you that everything doesn't happen according to plan. Maybe God was just keeping you on your toes... if it was my video.. I'm sure there would have been an " oh Sh-t'" in there somewhere.. lol. take care bro.

Good to see that your OK, keep safe.

Thank you for posting this video. It takes a humble man to say he made a mistake and you are that kind of man. Check out August Hunicke and Guilty of Treeson on KZread for advice about tree felling.

Looking forward to there being a "next one".

GOOD for you...it's a good person who can 'own' their mistakes for all the world to see.

Thanks..epic timing I have some trees to cut today.

I’m a novice when it comes to cutting down a tree I’ve done it but just by imitation. Could you one day show how to drop a tree where you want it to fall. Appreciate it thanks.

👍 Good video 👍 perhaps you should write or instead of

You're one lucky puppy, Wes. I agree with WellMet. Put another way, you're one of the good guys.

Attention to detail ... hard lesson but by His grace you can use it as a teachable moment.

Thankfully you are ok, and a lesson was learned. I'm no expert, and can take something away from this.

God was with you, Wes. Stay safe.

@falllineridge

3 жыл бұрын

He was indeed.

Glad you are ok!

Thank God you’re OK 👌🙏🏽

It's a reminder to us that, even when you do everything right, it can still go wrong. Good thing about this is it's only costing you the fixing of a fence and a pair of drawers.

0:48 He’s like BYE 👋

Thanks for sharing