Never ceases to amaze me how customers leave good, smashable stuff laying around and you're expected to do your job without breaking anything. I'd be an ideal customer. If I left something in the way, go ahead and smash it. My fault. Not yours.

@SteelheadTed

8 ай бұрын

That’s what I was thinking. It’s like they think, “gee, I have some tree guys coming tomorrow, let me put out Meemah’s irreplaceable antique lamp right next to the drop zone”

@AugustHunicke

8 ай бұрын

🤣

@tiprunner

6 ай бұрын

It is your job as a pro to inform them about the work and make sure that there is no stuff in the way.

@dylank6650

6 ай бұрын

If i left something out and it got broken, I would be like ah well shit that sucks i guess.

@bradbently

5 ай бұрын

thats why we make the big bucks, that stuff is expected to be ok, accidents happen at all levels its how you react and respond.

It's almost like, don't tell me I broke something until the end of the job because when I break stuff my heart sinks! I hate that feeling. It's all I think about the rest of the job. I just want to get out of the tree and fix it!

@jasonkohler-zz7mw

8 ай бұрын

Does that happen to you often? Lol

@joemyers4037

8 ай бұрын

It’s happened to everyone at least once or twice

@AugustHunicke

8 ай бұрын

Zactly

@jesseshort8

8 ай бұрын

Kinda ruins your day. Glad it's a rare occurrence. Seems like it's always a freak thing when it does happen too.

@kcsanson4216

8 ай бұрын

Yea I can def agree with that!

I always get a little laugh out of the reversed clips of the logs flying back up the tree.

That's when the new guys yells "OMG you fucked that thing up!!!" Right in front of the homeowner 😂

@jesseshort8

8 ай бұрын

Rookie/dick move right there.

@Revellersaws

6 ай бұрын

"Bro I knew that wasn't going to work" is another good thing to yell

It was Really Awesome finally getting to meet you guy's at the TCI expo !!! ❤❤ I've never been to one so I really wanted to see all I could but Man.... I REALLY just wanted to hang out with you guy's the Whole time 😀 can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge with the Whole world ❤❤

You know it's rotten when the OGMB won't climb any higher. Thanks for the video

Another simply awesome video! So much excellence of knowledge and spirit given! Much thanks!

I have been curious about the effort and difficulties of moving that rope up ahead of you. Thanks for leaving that part in.

Great video! Addresses important nuances like your spikes sinking into the tree. You nicely demonstrated that there are times to re-evaluate and change plans. The comments you illicit are also good and helpful. THANKS.

@wthomas5697

6 ай бұрын

elicit

I'm glad that there are brave people out there. I can't even finish the video, just thinking about heights makes me sick.

Great video as usual, I always learn something. Yeah that feeling when something breaks, my past life in commercial HVAC when you close a large disconnect switch and something smokes.... or blows up, your heart sinks or jumps out of your chest. Blessings and Happy Thanksgiving Sir.

"That sinking feeling when you hear something break....." I hate when that happens. 🤦🏻‍♂ MonkeyBeaver crew keeps on making the hard work look easy. Keep yourselves safe! 😃👍❤🌲 Randy

I enjoy watching. I learn many things every time I watch. I feel like I'm with you every step of the way. I go though emotion up down.

A trend that started with a friend that would often break things..he trained his ground guys to not yell or say something broke, but to simply yell watermelon as to not grab homeowners attention until necessary..ever since even anything that gets close to being damage.. everyone yells watermelon

@mattfleming86

7 ай бұрын

I like that.

Man, i get sweaty palms just watching this.

Made a promise to my wife that if there is a live tree to tie into I will, sometimes it's a bit more effort but it's always a more enjoyable climb having a safety net.

Really great long video! Thanks!❤❤❤

August quote "I dont always cut firewood, but when I do I start at 100ft"😂

August very interesting about shushing the naysayers in your mind. It's hard to explain to non climbers but I totally know what you mean. Sometimes your body is feeling unsafe, but in your mind you know it's irrational. Yet it can happen the other way round too. So it's about deciphering both and coming to a safe conclusion to progress. And not pushing either too far beyond what you feel is safe. I think... hard to explain.. Keep up the good work, Love from Australia

Thanks for sharing some of the expo behind the scenes and Reon. Miss his videos too. Appreciate you August and the crew. Nice job on that sketchy tree

Enjoyed the video. Nice work on the dead tree. Tough when you're in to punky wood. I liked the rigging of the top from the other tree with branches acting as a break. Like the chunking brothers. Love the Husky 540i.

Many years ago I almost didn't get to go in the arch because I had a 2 inch long assisted (not auto) knife in my pocket. They didn't care about the 4 inch conventional knife in my pocket.

"imagine the future where your the loser...feel it enough to NOT do the thing that creates the future that makes you a loser" nice quote

Another saying I believe is if your have never broken anything in this line of work you haven’t been doing it very long

Great job in the mush. Thank goodness for groundies.super cool rigging

That entire thing gave me anxiety.

Great video, your videos lately have been really well done. I watched this one start to finish, and the one from Damian's view too. That was really something up there on that dead fir, I got a little adrenaline just watching it. You da man.

Work fascinates me, I can sit and watch it for hours! N.E.OH Bob

Awesomeness homie, Lawrence did a great job on his demonstration as well. Stay safe gentlemen.

I miss living in Grants Pass. That’s where I started climbing vertically endowed trees and August you invited me to your home the first day I was there. You’re a good dude even if you did give me shit for screwing up that bid on that giant pondo.

I broke a window today, felled a top and it bounced of a stump 😢

Love the video it was nice meeting you in St Louis thanks for the advice

Hey August Hardcore Fan here 😊 I take long baths when a new long video gets posted.....thx for the 35 to 45 minute relaxation time! #LongVid #LongBaths

Absolutely epic gentleman! That chunk down race was rad! Jeff ran that top perfectly! Can’t wait to see what you carve Mr Hunicke. I did like Damian’s offensive approach; ripping chip at you lol. That was fair game! Wish I could send a pic of my 500i I’ve been doing quite a bit to her. You guys would appreciate it for sure. Stay safe gentlemen 👍 great work and vid!

@red---paulvanravenswaay2247

8 ай бұрын

The mighty 500i........yeah baby, a rocker fo sho😇😇😇

So enjoyable to watch.

That takes balls of steel. No way would I have the kahonas to even climb 10% of that height.

"shushing the committee of nay-sayers in your own mind" ... well said

They do have concrete chainsaws😂

I know I’m safe sitting here on my couch watching but I still get this odd lightness or butterfly feeling in my lower extremities . Crazy

great teamwork in this one!

Tree trimmer is here - Timmy did you clear the porch so nothing will break - The question people fail to ask

Just the right amount of self confidence. NN.E.OH Bob

I do work with trees, always admire your calmness up on tree

Great job August...... that was much harder than it looked.

I thought your title referred to the tree sounding like breaking.... Anyhoo, thanks for an hour of informative entertainment. You guys rock! (Which does beat chainsaws).

Imagine hearing the sound of the other chainsaw , you look down and they’re cutting the tree you’re up but they can’t hear your screams over the sound of the chainsaw .

Awesome job brother

When August says, "This is not a thing to go higher on" You *KNOW* it's styrofoam.

Not only cutting firewood but stacking it from 100 ft up😮

Good job guys

Never forget Murphy. Murphy's your friend, you learn a lot from Murphy.

Im glad u little guys do the tree climbing so us BIG guys don't have to lol 🤣🤣 - im 6ft 2inches @ 300pounds 🤣🤣🤣

I’m green. I can not identify the rope by looking at it yet 😂

That's your heart breaking or your Spirit August,we all need that these days,it helps identify the true spirit in us ,I take your cut wood,(soda can? lol),I make signs, allows people to see the fingerprint of God(grain),as I see it,I always mention you to arborists here,in Georgia (they know y'all here)I always take time to watch,,, August? Rich Mullins wrote a song called (Those are the breaks), check it out ,he has a line ( not speed) in song says"it is the wood that makes the Carpenter", Always pray Angel Armies around your tree before you go up,,, God Bless you and your family,,,even Damien 🙏🪓🦫

Looking forward to some Richard Mumford hitch hiker xf action

Lol😂 I'm a diehard. Time does go by to fast when watching a master pro at work! By the way, love the shirt.

Surgical skills.

Hey August, your thoughts at 22.00 were interesting stuff :) I think you would find a book called 'The Rock Warrior's Way' by Arno Ilgner very interesting....it is a book about the mental aspect of rock climbing but is applicable to anything that requires conciously going into 'risky' situations and dealing with the thoughts that arise from such things...i've been rock climbing for about 20 years and up trees for about a year now and the usefulness of that book has been priceless for both disciplines haha..anyway I think you would really enjoy the book and would like to hear your thoughts about it in the future sometime!

@AugustHunicke

8 ай бұрын

I’ll read it

That moment when you takevthe top, look down and see the cut. Then your heart falls out of your butt when you see what you're standing on... not maybe so much on this one August, but you know what I mean!

Gravity is a bitch. It happens. It is all good if everyone goes home healthy at the end of the day. It was great talking with you at the TCIA in St Louis. Canadian Dave.

Amazing content! Sheesh!!!

"shit...akee mushroom"

it's better than that falling feeling

Love my battery chainsaw . . .

I was trying to see what brand of trimming saw that was.

you just gotta focus.plan as you go.we've got ash blight on ireland.and.they got up the centre.widow makers galore,but you assess as you climb.stay safe and lucky.maddog west.cork

I feel everything you go through. As if I was side by side.

Great vid. Jeffs a rope runa'

Hot sauce and tree climbing? Sometimes you are your own enemy :) #sphinctersaysWHAT?

Grabbed the “Monkey Vuitton” (Louis Vuitton) print saddle at the show 👌🏼🤘🏼

I just did this like two weeks ago, sent a top chunk of cherry and didnt see a rotted piece . It hit the ground and blew right off into the siding.. i wanted to stop the job right their until it was fixed..

The talking takes away from the doing! Thank you for your efforts!

Just out of curiosity, would it help to rig a tight tarp across a porch like that, post to post, to help stop limb shards from jumping in there?

@AugustHunicke

8 ай бұрын

Yes, but we usually lean plywood against areas like that

Daaamn i had a limb hit a car like that and had to.get both doors painted hahah

5:57 Ooooh, I feel so sorry for you

Sry to hear your spurs got wet August. I hope you enjoyed your visit to my home state. Im glad i got the chance to meet you and Joe at TCIA. And i look forward to meeting again the next time TCIA is in St.louis Missouri. Oh and next time August my first name will be spelled correctly. It is spelled Jeremy. Accidental mistake when my boss sighned me up for the trade show. Hopefully i will have passed the ISA certification test by the time we meet again!.

They make concrete saws .ICS 680GC Concrete Chainsaw

who made that little "16 mini" battery chainsaw? it looks like it has loads of power to it! thats somehting I might consider to work on some large limbs next spring and not have to deal with the weight and cord of my larger electric

31:07 That was slick

How do we like the odds of that smaller (live) fir (hard lean, heavy branch weight) not dying and falling on the house/carport in future? And how do we like the rope rub on the larger live fir when roping out the dead fir top? (Im sure i would have done the same thing, unless the bid accomodated friction saver install)

@AugustHunicke

8 ай бұрын

I don’t understand the question except the part about the rope rub.

@jasonkohler-zz7mw

8 ай бұрын

Not much of a question I suppose... Just curious why that third smallish fir wasn't removed as well? To me it appears unattractive and potentially hazardous, leaning hard towards a structure and perhaps sharing the conditions which resulted in the death of the first two firs. One of the aspects I enjoy most about your videos is your vocalization of your thoughts and processes. Thanks for sharing any thoughts about this third fir tree 👍🏿

@radicalpaddyo

8 ай бұрын

Damaging the live tree by using it as a rigging point I think is what you mean?

@AugustHunicke

7 ай бұрын

@@jasonkohler-zz7mw that is Cedar. I told him to remove it, but he didn’t want to until the day I showed up . .so I scheduled it for later because we had a different job to do that day.

Hey August how are you? I hope I was well question for you. Your opinion, the older style zigzag is smaller than the newer's zigzag Do they both hold the same exact weight? Is that true? I believe it is I want to your opinion. Thank you so very much god bless my friend

@AugustHunicke

8 ай бұрын

I like the older one. Smaller and lighter.

Hallo there, amazing Job! I World live to know, hoffe much money you get for cutting one tree. I'm from germany, and the prices Arena lower i think... Thanks

@AugustHunicke - Just a friendly observation - You sure are wearing your _"55",_ better than I am! Happy belated birthday! Best regards- 👍 [my avatar is different now, in-case you remember me, by name} 😄

Guess the homeowner could have hauled his outdoor tv indoors. Seeing the title I was more concerned there was going to be part of the tree give up underneath him. Not an outdoors piece of glass.

@AugustHunicke

4 ай бұрын

Breaking something always casts a dark cloud over a tree crews morale.

Hey guys, I know you guys check your trees as you are spiking them up and you say if is too dead you won't climb it, just a quick comment here just keep in mind that with any dead tree we don't when/where it could fail (I'm in the same industry) but if we have a climbing line on another tree when there is another tree that could make the difference if the tree we are working on fails. If the the tree is too dead to climb,walking away could be the best thing to do. Greetings, GOD bless.

I misunderstood the title; thought you heard the trunk crack under you..... THAT would suck! 👍👍👍

@danmcburney3247

8 ай бұрын

Me too 😀

surprise you don't have roll up canvas or netting to help catch small missiles.

Is it left up to the crew on the ground to watch out for branches coming down? How do they not get clobbered? 😅

If it’s not to tight a drop zone I cut and let it peel then finish the cut with the swing. 😅

Which rope do you find best with the zigzag

@AugustHunicke

2 ай бұрын

Just pick one 16 strand or 24 strand close to half inch diameter

👍

Hello there could you show the Huck that Joe made looks interesting thanks you for the videos

@SaintRegime

7 ай бұрын

Commercial version is DMM Captain Hook. Has a little hole on the upper edge of the hook for various uses. Joe's hook looks a bit skinnier, but same concept.

eselente tra bajo

ami me gusta mucho ese tra bajo

Have you ever considered wearing a silicone wedding band while working?

Miracle Worker August Dead Tree Hugger Man (ty Ron

@36:20 I love a good groundie.

Austin, I was wondering where you got your spikes at how long old they are? How old they are. It's all I wanted to ask. I like the way you you use them the way you go about your tree work and every way you do things. I'm old school. I got 10 years on you All right. You have a good day. Answer me back will you please. This is tree frog

@AugustHunicke

8 ай бұрын

Names August. js they are very old Buckingham tree gaffes. Not pole gaffes.

"Rock-Star-Throw-Ball-Guy"?!!! I'm in tears. 😂❤🐒🦫

Is Damian still running a fuel driven saw? I've gotten rather used to your electric saw.