A note to the sensitive viewers. In the video I poke a little fun at the conventional notches and those who do them. This is all done with the intent of it being all in good fun. Some of my viewers like to razz me about my “upside down notches”. All of this is just friendly banter.

@thekiltedsawyer

6 ай бұрын

Humboldt, always on saw logs!👍👍👌

@thekiltedsawyer

6 ай бұрын

Good morning buddy, that buck you filmed was a trophy, excellent job. Are you re sharpening your own bands?

@stroys7061

6 ай бұрын

I was so triggered by your comments I had to get a pina colada with a pink umbrella to calm down. 😂😂 Right after I finish my whiskey.

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

@@thekiltedsawyer no I have always used Woodmizer resharp. I just recorded a video today about them ending resharp. I either need to get some sharpening equipment or find another solution.

@thekiltedsawyer

6 ай бұрын

I'd be glad to help, I just added another bms 250 to my arsenal

This man is the Bob Ross of logging. Bob Ross paints happy trees. This man cuts them down.

I can't think of any higher praise than to say I found this very, very useful. I like the clarity of your explanations, your dry sense of humor and the pace of your delivery. All in all, most excellent.

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Brian. Kind of you to say.

@572Btriode

6 ай бұрын

I concur.

@inyobill

4 ай бұрын

Makes me wonder how many folks he's saved from injury, or property damage, or ...

@brucevoiles7434

3 ай бұрын

@@572Btriode😅

@Jeff-rk8hq

2 ай бұрын

Well said

I am impressed!!! Clear, cocise and honest. Nothing gives a better feeling that dropping a 12k pound tree where you want it to fall...safely. Keep it up!

@Joe-yu2se

2 ай бұрын

I agree, this man is very experienced indeed and he is dead on when saying he should save as much wood by cutting the stump. This is a true work of art not like those other viral video showing the key notch (or Tongue & Groove) technique which is the worst amateur things I have ever seen.

Today I learned that chainsaws have iron sights. Also very informative.

@daviddavidson4496

Ай бұрын

Simo Häyhä would be proud

Finally a youtuber that understands how to fall a tree

I cut for a 'gypo' cutting company and we had to use the Humbolt cut to save more good Doug Fir wood on the logs because the mill wanted nice, square-end logs. You are a great teacher and add a little humor to make an interesting video. Blessings to you.

I'm saving this vid and watching it again tomorrow. Thanks for the wonderful video, and a huge thanks for not ruining it with crappy background music.

I've been cutting trees professionally 38 years. This guy knows his stuff and no ego. Just smooth and steady. My only comment is always plan to use a wedge. I once had a sudden wind gust push a tree about this size back up after it started to go. Thankfully I had placed a wedge and it saved me.

@TheAcenightcreeper

5 ай бұрын

Can i ask a serious question, if you have been cutting professionally for 40 years…why are you watching a how to video? Genuinely curious…ive been cutting for 18 months and have in field teachers, everything i saw here was already known to me in the short time ive been learning, but was curious to see if my instructors were providing same info as others…i imagine if i did this for 38 more years, i would have done thousands of humboldt cuts and wouldnt find any use in spending 15 minutes in my advanced age watching a video about one

@luigit.3428

2 ай бұрын

@@TheAcenightcreeper ...could be what is called "professional bias"...

@Joe-yu2se

2 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more with your comment David ! I never tire of witnessing such skilled workers in the tree felling trade. Kudos for this well-executed video instruction Wilson - it brings me back fond memories !

@beaugalbraith3891

Ай бұрын

​@@TheAcenightcreeperI know your question was for the other commenter, but I've been falling for 29 years and I just enjoy watching someone who knows what they're doing. This video just popped up on my feed, and honestly I thought maybe I'd get to see some carnage, but low and behold this dude has good skills and he explained things perfectly. You never know what you may learn! I learned that this guy has good aim😊

@rickhofsess84

Ай бұрын

I'm no pro, but have dropped many trees in the last 45 years. Always something to learn from a guy who knows what he's doing, even if it's only a reassurance that you would have done it correctly.

I hate it when I'm trying to demonstrate a "mistake" but I didn't make the mistake! Great video as always!

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Yes but it’s probably the kind of problem that could be considered a high quality problem. Thanks for the comment.

My Dad was a timber faller. He started when he was 18 and cut until he was 65. If you asked him how to cut a tree, he would say, “Well, I don’t know.” He was known for accurately dropping trees. They used him in areas where there were burns and they wanted the dead trees down without harming the live trees.

@beaugalbraith3891

Ай бұрын

Sounds like some fallers I've known over the years. The I don't know means they have so much knowledge that it's hard to put into words for mere mortals to understand.

I cut trees 5 days a week (not for logging, but for residential). I found this to be more helpful than most of the tree-cutting videos on KZread. You explain. the details that were needed very well! The only thing we do differently is we try to line up our back cut dead center on our notch cut or a little bit above as you do.

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your input Mike. I appreciate the comment. I get the impression they are more about making higher back cut with conventional style than we are with the Humboldt.

@dougreid2351

6 ай бұрын

I think a Humbot cut is less likely to kickback off the stump in the feller's direction, the reason for coming in above the face cut on the conventional method. With your coaching I think I'm going to try this method again-first efforts were dismal. DOUG out

You had me at "watch a tree fall down go boom." About the landing of the timber, show off.

You should when ever possible have a buddy with you when felling trees. If you have an accident your buddy may save your life.

As a Kiwi who has dropped lots of big pinus radiata trees on steep hillsides, I like the "upside down cut". I do the upward cut first. Easier to get the right meeting of the two with a horizontal cut. I use several cheap Chinese saws with full chisel teeth, these are fast on pine. They do not like grit so I just get another saw and sharpen them all later.

Great entertainment. Great instruction. Great video. Thank you!

That was probably the clearest explanation of correct technique I have ever seen. I've done a couple of "professional week long courses and have some 30 years experience, but your modest, dry, detailed, humourous and super clear explanations are an example to all of those tutors. I feel the Humbolt makes sense on a slope. On flat ground, unless there is huge flare, it just gives you a high stump.

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. What you said sounds like a good explanation of why west coast has gravitated toward Humboldt and East coast has toward conventional.

@ChrisJ144

6 ай бұрын

I agree. This man is a natural teacher and I thank him. This has helped me so much.

@robertstewart3862

6 ай бұрын

Hey that’s a great job on explaining the proper way to make a tree go boom and exactly where you want it to go boom . I am from the PNW grew up on a hydraulic tank of a D8 cat my step father was one of the best him and his brother. So I have seen a lot of faller’s making there section of the cut go boom helped some also . But the that we were taught was by being yelled at and called something’s that weren’t your name until you did it right lol, I don’t think that is ok to do anymore because of the sensitivity of society today but I really enjoyed watching and listening to and the boom. Thank You nicely Done.

@erniecesana7496

3 ай бұрын

Very good at what you do,thanks.😊

@PatrickKQ4HBD

2 ай бұрын

​@@robertstewart3862 When I was younger I put up with some of that kind of talk. Nowadays a guy had better be ready to fight me if he wants to.

Came for the tree fall down, go boom. Stayed for the explanation of the wizardry behind the making of the tree fall down go boom. 🎉

Best video I've seen to date. No ego. Intellectual, academic but yet very human. Nice balance.. Great!!

Been watching these types pf videos for the past few months. This was was by far one of my favs! Clarity and spot on comedy! Not bad for the west coast. . ... You just had some goofy front cut 😂

Any person who watches this informative video deserves college credit. A lot of it.

Great video bud! I hope you do a swinging Dutchman video. The only one I’ve seen was on Guilty of Treeson’s channel. They did that cut on a huge redwood. The whole mechanics of that cut just blows my mind. You west coast fallers do some really cool stuff on the stump, that’s for damn sure.

Ive been cutting trees for only about 10 years never done an undercut but this dude on the internet is enough to make me give er a try

@lancehughes4132

2 ай бұрын

If you've never done an undercut, you're lucky to still be alive.

@jackh7977

2 ай бұрын

@@lancehughes4132 howso?

@dhgmllcshea5038

Ай бұрын

​@@jackh7977 I think he took your "undercut" name for the Humboldt to mean you fell them without taking a wedge out... that would be like Russian roulette, right?

@yearginclarke

2 күн бұрын

@@dhgmllcshea5038 Yes that's what it appears to me, a simple misunderstanding of what "undercut" means.

Thanks so much for this. I would say that this is the best tree cutting video I’ve ever watched. Obvious experience, no BS, and really fun dry humour. Even the description answers the other immediate questions. I’ve been cutting our own firewood for 15 years or so, and things go the way I want most of the time now. My biggest challenge is lining up the notches and you have me some new tips to try that I think will make a big difference. Sure am glad that the algorithm’ decided to put one or your videos in my feed, this was the second one I watched. I’m about to see what else I’ve been missing.

Around here, western Montana anyway, we always refer to that as an “Oregon undercut”. I’ve been trying to figure out approximately where you live, whether it be Northern California or Southern Oregon. I think you dropped me a huge hint. Thanks for making these inspiring videos. I spend a lot of my days doing what you’re doing and then, because I can’t get enough chainsaw action during the day, I entertain myself at night watching you and listening to your chainsaw.

This might be the single best tree cutting instructional video I have ever seen. Supreme description of the how AND the why, in a really easy to watch and listen tone and style. Absolutely excellent work and thanks for taking the time and effort to do it.

@AndrewMoizer

2 ай бұрын

Was exactly my reaction too!

Your video reminded me of jerry baraneks video, which i miss since ive watched so many times....thankyou!

I got way more out of it than watch tree fall down, go boom even though I've never felled a tree before. Very interesting. Appreciate it.

As an xlogger, having fell thousands of trees for hongry skidders not far from the yard/deck, and having topped Spruce/Virginia pine in the summertime,😢 this tutorial was most informative, interesting, and accurate ever. 👍 Thank you Sir!

Thanks for the vid. I like your delivery and humor. Also the big boom replay at the end. Subscribed and watched the Sponsored advertisements. DOUG out

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Doug. Welcome to the channel.

Tree fall down, go boom! 😂😂 My favorite part! Thanks for sharing.

I've been logging and falling for many years here in B.C. , and we use the Humbolt so the sawmills don't whine and complain. We use the exact same terminology as you do. Great video, great explanation for aiming the tree's landing spot. I hope the young guys listen and learn from you.

Awesome, informative and slightly tongue in cheek humor. Loved it

To help align the back cut, I'll often place a small twig or weed stalk in the "V" of the undercut so it's sticking out the other side. It's easier with a hinge cut than the Humboldt because the twig will want to fall out but if it stays put you have a visual alignment aid instead of having to stop and walk around the tree

While not a pro, I have been clearing trees for better than 40 years, and managed to not get myself into trouble. I have some work coming up in a week or so and because I always like to prepare, I have been watching YT videos a lot lately. Even found some training videos I think from British Columbia. While pretty experienced I have learned a lot more, and I have to say this video of yours is the best I have seen. Your style of humor just resonates with me (and others from the comments here) and that makes this all the more enjoyable. Great job! I hope to view more of your videos to see your take on other techniques. At 68 I know a lot of stuff, but there is so much more I don't know, and I always want to learn. Thanks again.

Great job, and explanation!😊 thankyou!

Your camera placement is awesome.

Right where you wanted it. I have been felling trees since 89', Here in the UK where i work it's mainly hard wood, European Ash, Oak, Maple, even in local woodlands it's seen as urban forestry so amenity based for leisure. we usual cut 'Goofy' as you put it because the stump height is important for access and many stump are ground out or left for coppice The wood rarely goes to a mill but I do some with my Alaskan Mill on the spot. I cut a Humboldt gob when i get a chance. Great video. Thanks

There's nothing but experience in this video, i appreciate you sharing your wisdom . Knowledge is knowing ,wisdom is doing! I'm an ASE certified automotive technician and can relate to the fact that it's just second nature and its hard to explain how you make it look easy . Thank you for sharing, stay safe.

Hi, I,ve been felling for 20 yrs now in UK Not always as much as I would like. I look at youtubers doing this and they faff about to much. I think your video could be used as a training tutorial. To the point and showing in a simple manner. Explanation was really good. Will watch more of ypur videos.

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. I like how you said “faff about”. I have never heard that one. Those of you from the UK definitely have a way with the English language.

Good video. I like the way you keep on the safety part! I’ve seen trees spin, disintegrate into splinters! Felling a tree is not a task for your weekend firewood cutter!

Regardless of type of cut,everyone likes to hear the tree go boom. I use both types of cuts with equal success. Thanks for your input.

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

I could probably do a more informative video if I had more experience using both techniques. But either one makes the tree go boom, that’s the main thing.

Thanks alot for making this tutorial! Humboldt is not so well known here in Germany... Best regards and stay safe

Good Job. Keep the goofy for the chain.

HOO-YAAAAA! A NO BS PRESENTATION OF EXPERTISE SERVED UP WITH HUMBLE PIE! SIMPLY A RARITY IN TODAY's SCHEME OF THINGS!

That eastern undercut, I've learned to call, from the folks I work with, a "Saskatchewan undercut" P.s...most my work was in the west😉

Not bad for some guy on youtube😅 I'm a carpenter who dabbles in tree work, and this was REALLY informative thanks! 🙏

Thanks great video, wanted to share about how much hing to leave. I was taught to leave a 10th of the width. So if you have a tree 15 inches wide then you will need a 1.5 inch hing. This has always worked well for me and hope it helps other people.

He called his shot and delivered! Spot on target! Nice job!

Thanks very clear explanations with some humor included.

Here in uk most folk do what you would say was east coast cut but there are exceptions. As I understand it (and that could be very wrong, but I am sure I will very quickly get corrected). West coast trees are largely on steep slopes and in exposed conditions which gives rise to the flaring at the stump. The humbolt cut takes the waste on the stump and often (but not always) the face cut is needed to be done from the low side so having an undercut is more accessible. The other and probably more important when the tree is falling as the face cut closes and the hinge wood snaps the butt end of the tree slides down & forward on the under cut making the tree fall butt 1st and less likely to kick back toward the faller. As far as I can tell most forestry trees on the east coast are smaller and are largely on relatively sheltered flatter ground, this favours the opposite approach. Lower stumps are possible and humbolt would not be so good. I have also noticed that east coast cutters often have the back cut a bit higher relative to the face cut than west coast, this is to help prevent the tree kicking back because they will tend to drop top 1st. Am I on the right track here? Or have I got it completely wrong?

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Everything you have said here sounds reasonable to me. Good information and very well said. Thank you.

@ironworkerfxr7105

6 ай бұрын

You put some good thoughts into that statement.

@mick4862

6 ай бұрын

@@ironworkerfxr7105 Thanks

@daveh4106

Ай бұрын

I think you nailed it. The butt sliding down the face cut also puts the butt on the ground first cutting down on velocity and damage to brittle trees like redwood. I suspect Humbolt comes from Humbolt County which is redwood country.

@mick4862

Ай бұрын

@@daveh4106 Thanks, yes thats as I understood it, I believe it's the official method in British columbia training schemes. Personally I use either Hombolt or conventional depending on the specific situation. Or maybe I'm just a confused Brit.

Thanks for explaining how to fell a tree!! Your patience is always appreciated!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Thank you David

Bullseye! What an accurate call. A pro!👍🏻🇺🇸

Who knew that learning could be so enjoyable...thank you and carry on.

Thank you Sir....I've already cut the tree i needed, and I'm here alive uninjured to watch. I think i did it mostly correct, as i did rush the cut or panic at the fell. You're very humble and modest regarding your professionalism. Great work❤

Thank you for responding to a request to do this type of video. I appreciate your disclaimer , but to most of us I’m sure you are considered an Expert. Ever video you put out you are doing a teaching video. I think the most important message you left me with, is experience is the greatest teacher, but your guidance and help is very much appreciated. Great channel. Thank you.

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate that comment.

Thanks for sharing this, I use mostly the conventional cut and have been practicing the humboldt, but it feels awkward for me. Yes, please show the swinging Dutchman. I have tried it several times and have had various results. It comes in handy on some of the trees I cut down for firewood, mostly conifer pine.

I will definitely save this video as well 😊

Though I have never cut trees down, I have always felt that there is a science to it. You proved it. Thanks for the education. I hope to see you do the Dutchman sometime in the future. This does interest me. Thank you!!

Good Sir, I was very much impressed with the amount of "Larnin' y'all pumped into my tiny little brain. I've never fallen a tree bigger than a ten foot Xmas tree but I love being in the bush and always admired a skilled Faller at work. You explained, in a clear yet humerous manner: what is basically going on, some important why & where-fores and just how to make that all work. Plus, you threw in some critically important safety tips. I really enjoyed your video and will watch more as the mood strikes me - I'd druther that strike me than a tree. A very good video. Thanks again, Garth

You nailed the landing zone buddy. I don’t cut a lot of trees, this was a very good video.

"The Tree Whisperer" has arrived. Can I get an AMEN somebody. Well Done Youngster ! ! ! .................

It's amazing that little wedge does anything

Great video brother. Great attitude, thanks for sharing. I think some of the debate over type of notch might stem from the type of forrest. Here in Ohio there you're probably forcing through heavy branches, so we end up doing that dance of fast enough without hearting, or splitting when it hits, and not hanging, or dying. I can't do it, but have worked with some guys who could spin them, etc, for how big limbs land, just to keep from damaging a high dollar log. I guess kinda like the swinging dutchman. Great video brother. 😂

I love the jokes you make. It makes it not just a bland instructional video. Conventional or Humboldt your all a bunch of knuckle dragging lumberjacks and all face cuts are created equal. Thanks for the video man. I appreciate you and the pokes at us conventional fallers.

Nice video and tricks. Hello from Italy

Great description and whether the humor was intended or not, I really enjoyed this video a lot!

Love your sense of humor, and common sense. I use the Humboldt, just to be different from the goofy notch.

Thank you for including many safety pointers in your video.

@grandy0406

5 ай бұрын

Best explanations and outstanding technical demonstration. If I had seen your video a few years back it would have prevented the scariest tree falling I ever had. Thanks also for your detailed and most courteous, professional advice.

“Entertainment only” is why I’m watching. I’m well past my years where I want to fell a whole tree, especially with a chainsaw. Nowadays I trim my trees, but with a pruning blade on my Sawzall. I have more control, in my situation. But I do love to watch a pro working his craft. Thanks for sharing

Wow Perfect!!

A very informative and and the point demo of how to and not to. I have been felling trees in New Zealand for many years and I am still learning. Thank you and cheers, keep up the good work . Thanks

Well.. Bruce Lee only feared that 1 practitioner who practiced 1 technique over a thousand times. That good you couldn't get it wrong if you tried. Subscribed 🤙

Ya know, this is one of the best cutting videos I have seen because you explain it while you go, you have a good sense of humor, and you know what you're doing. I really like this video. Well done, guy.

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words.

You are a great explainer. Fun but also with a great feeling for the important points and the mechanics of the thing...

You explained all of that really well I would love to see a demonstration of the swinging dutchman. For entertainment purposes of course

Found the information regarding the direction adjustment of the bottom cut really helpful - first time I have seen anyone explain the sighting of the bar angle from the far side .

Good job!!

You landed that perfect sir well done. 😉

It's a refreshing video that I enjoyed watching. A no-nonsense explanation that doesn't make your head swell.

Thanks for all the entertaining info.

Awesome video! Thanks!!

The explanations and demonstration are as good as it gets. Details matter in the woods. We've lost a few wood cutters with cutting errors and inattention to branches that have broken off above landing on the sawyer. Salute

Great explanation Michael, no waste in the log unlike that Goody East coast cut. Wonder if the Humboldt got its name from the county here in Coruptifornia, would never have happened these days with all that wacky weed smoke wafting about🇺🇸🇺🇸

@WilsonForestLands

6 ай бұрын

I have a long history with Humboldt County. Big timber country. I don’t know for sure but I always assumed it came from there.

@daleharvey3278

6 ай бұрын

Humboldt usually implies redwood area. In the crosscut days diston made saws longer just for logging redwoods. Humboldt/Trinity county area isn't what it used to be. I have no love for earth first and the trouble they caused...ie Spiking trees. If you've never heard the sound of a band saw coming off the mill..you just hope the offbearer wasn't hurt. To me earth first is in the same status as hamas

As a young man growing up in VT, we were cutting ski trails in the middle of the winter when they had winter. We're. talking below zero weather, sometimes 20 below. Anyway there were four of us cutting and we use to have competitions on felling. Yes, swinging Dutchman, you can really make a tree dance. We would take a tree and challenge someone to drop it in a place it shouldn't go. Lots of money changed hands and good times! The other part of that job is we went up in insulated suits and in 5-10 min you were peeling shirts off getting down to your long underwear. You would look like a steam man. The city folks photographed the heck out of us. What memories! Happy holiday

Great video!

Great demo

Absolutely perfect fell! Thanks for the great info.

That's pretty cool stuff

Thank you for excellent instruction. And, I don't know about anyone else, but that was one hell of a shot. Exactly where you wanted to drop it!

Man you nailed it with this video.

great info...thanks for the tips

Perfect job!

Great job brother. Couldn't have explained it any better. I'm old school like you.

"Tree fall down and go Boom!" Perfect!! 🤣🤣 The parts you can't articulate - "...depends on the tree." The intersection of Technique and Experience = Skill. You Have SKILL!

He nailed it! Sweet!

First time on the channel. You are the Bob Ross of tree felling and I mean that as a high compliment. Your delivery and pace is perfect. Subscribed

@WilsonForestLands

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I get that sometimes. So much that I did a video spoof about it last summer. 😁

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me!!!

Great tuition with excellent humour thank you 🙏

Enjoyed the video. Thanks 👍🏽