Thank you for putting these videos up sir. I a guy that likes to learn new shit. And I just wrapped my palm with rope lights but with all the old fronds it looks so uneven. If I skin it the way u just taught me I bet it will look amazing thank u sir.

@mr.benitezhimself

4 ай бұрын

Definitely a fire hazard! Be careful, Thank you for watching!

Nice job. You make ot LOOK easy.

@mr.benitezhimself

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate you

I have 8 palm trees and did the skinning by myself. It is tedious, but hard too, especially the very tall ones. Whew!!! Then the cleaning and disposal.

@mr.benitezhimself

3 ай бұрын

Respect for doing it! Sooo much debris to haul away 🥵

@Itz_RinoRyry

2 ай бұрын

Hold long would you say it took you for all 8 because I started on my first out of 9 and it is WORKING ME

@sciencelad8286

2 ай бұрын

@@Itz_RinoRyry Including the cleaning, it took me 5 days, working a few hours a day. First, I was inexperienced and wasn’t sure what blades worked best. I found out that utility blades worked well, so I stuck to them.

I tried to just do maybe bottom third of my palm tree and holy hell its work. These pros on youtube made it look easy

You are awesome! I am going to try this myself. Thanks for showing how!

@mr.benitezhimself

7 ай бұрын

Be safe!

He makes it look easy Ive done this a couple times now in Nor Cal and trust me its not as easy as he makes it look 😂

Very nice work. Thanks for the video & instruction.

@mr.benitezhimself

5 ай бұрын

Anytime! Thanks for watching

How utterly satisfying!

Thanks. I needed to know how to do this.

@mr.benitezhimself

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🌴🌴

Good thing for the tarps

Is it really necessary to trim all this fibers? really don't know . It is really tough work

I need to skin mine. How far out do you recommend I set the blade? Is 1 cm safe?

nice in japan

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Las Vegas 🌴

This guy will be there a year

@mr.benitezhimself

Жыл бұрын

2 years 😂😂

Lemme know if you ever could use some work! steve in Pahrump

Do jelly Palms need this skinning as well ? My palms look like it cant be done 😢

Hi mate thanks for your video, I want to know the knife name and where can I buy it? thank a lot mate, wish you all good. Byron, Auckland New Zealand

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, greetings from Las Vegas! Thank you for watching You can purchase the blade I use here amzn.to/3FzdgEE

thats awesome man. do you genuinly like palms outside from skinning them?

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

I love palms

What is the point of doing this? Is it cosmetic only or some other reason.

@mr.benitezhimself

7 ай бұрын

Aesthetics and to avoid infestations

Nice work man keep it up and how long did it take you to finish up that palm tree. 💪🏾💯

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

Not long 🌴

@davidneumann6231

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.benitezhimself like an hour or two hours?

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidneumann6231 I’d say less than an hr

@luislopez-xu6zf

Жыл бұрын

How much do I charge for a palm

@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk

11 ай бұрын

Fifty years

How often does it need to be skinned? I have 8 palms trees and they are pretty tall as well😫.

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

Unlike trimming your palms, once you skin your palm. You never have to skin it again

Can you use a grinder instead of a blade to smooth it out?

@mr.benitezhimself

5 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t recommend it

Is there a mechanised way instead of the blade. Like an attachment to chainsaw engine?

@mr.benitezhimself

5 ай бұрын

The million dollar idea 💡

Aren’t you supposed to leave it on to protect the tree?

@mr.benitezhimself

7 ай бұрын

Not if there an infestation

That a sable palm?

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

Mexican fan palm Washingtonian

@stinky9707

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.benitezhimself thanks man, palms be looking way to similar

Can’t u use a chain saw to make it easier on that part?

I tried and failed. I’ve got about 3’ of “hair” left behind. The bark didn’t come off nearly as easily as that tree. My tree is only 10’ - 12’ tall, maybe it’s too young to skin 3’ off the bottom?

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

Did you use the same blade I’m using in this video ? It’s a carpet blade. Makes my life so much easier using that tool to skin the palms

@brianjohnson4802

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.benitezhimself I haven’t even really started to use the blade yet. I just pulled off the loose bark which beyond a half dozen or so we’re not not really loose. The result was a lot of tearing up the first 18’ to 24” off the bottom. I’ve got a couple of different carpet blades. I’m having more luck with the replaceable razor blade one. Fewer trips to the grinder to sharpen the blade. Frankly, scissors may be better option until I can actually see what I’m cutting with the knife.

@brianjohnson4802

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.benitezhimself I put in another 1 1/2 hours with the utility knife and switched out the blades a couple of times and just about got it all cleaned up. All-in, four hours to take it up 20” but I learned a lot. The bottom was the worst part. I think I’ll quit while I’m ahead. Thanks for the video!

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianjohnson4802 I don’t ever sharpen them. I just flip them (if there double sided blade) and use it again. As soon as I’m done with that blade I toss it out and replace it with a new one

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianjohnson4802 I see you got the hang of it though! Switching blades the second they become dull is key. But yeah it’s tough work. I’ve been doing it for 3-4 years now… ive come to love this work

I saw a dude here in San Diego the other day he started from the top and was easily pulling off dead palm skins. Why not start at the top and get the easy stuff off and then knife it clean?

@mr.benitezhimself

Жыл бұрын

From my experience, that only happens when the palm tree is neglected. So it has over 5+ years of dead growth on the palm. In that situation, The safest way is to start from the top, down. Not in my case. The majority of palms in Las Vegas aren’t neglected.

@Rambleon444

Жыл бұрын

@@mr.benitezhimself Makes sense, Thank you

Come to Phoenix so I can hire you to skin my palm 😭

@mr.benitezhimself

5 ай бұрын

👀🌴🌴🌴

Can this be done to a Canary Island Palm?

@mr.benitezhimself

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can. But you use a chainsaw for the canary palms SHAVING a Canary palm into a "PINEAPPLE" (STIHL 151t) kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYyFp5SPitvQp8Y.html

how too hire you?

@mr.benitezhimself

8 ай бұрын

I am in Las Vegas, Nevada. Are you a local ?

How much do you normally charge for these type of jobs ?

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

It all depends on the palm and many other factors

You said you are in Vegas. How to contact you to trim my palms?

@mr.benitezhimself

Жыл бұрын

L.benitez1991@gmail.com

How much do you charge per foot to skin it?

@crispysocksss

2 жыл бұрын

$20/hr

@wildlifewarrior2670

Жыл бұрын

@@crispysocksss you don't charge per foot because palm trees are skin by the Foot taller is even if you have a fatty Palm it takes longer

@mr.benitezhimself

Жыл бұрын

A lot of dollars

not hard but very tedious

@mr.benitezhimself

5 ай бұрын

Agreed.

Where u located? What State?

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

Nevada Las Vegas

You were there a week or so?

@mr.benitezhimself

Жыл бұрын

No this was a while ago

What tools you are using??

@mr.benitezhimself

Ай бұрын

A simple carpentry knife my friend

I use a sharpened garden hoe. Remove the fronds and scrape the tree vertically with a hoe. It's faster than your razor knife.

@mr.benitezhimself

2 жыл бұрын

That’s very good for you 👍🏽

@wildlifewarrior2670

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't think a garden hoe would work you don't know what you're talking about

Whatd you charge for these ?

@mr.benitezhimself

4 ай бұрын

A couple hundred idr

Asking for a friend… Why are you wearing a helmet?

@mr.benitezhimself

6 ай бұрын

PPE

my god thats alot of work. you better charge 500 per tree for that shit.

@mr.benitezhimself

3 ай бұрын

lol