I think i have watched these shrub removals from you for close to 8 years and you add some new gem every time!

@keith-kalfas

25 күн бұрын

Haha thanks bro

@farcyde2948

9 күн бұрын

Really? I could use the help, I keep leaving roots from stubborn plants that either don't want to pull out, or are too weak for me to grab onto them well.

You should use the spare tire trick : place a spare tire upright next to the shrub, put the rope over it and pull. It will pull the shrub in a vertical direction instead sideways/horizontal, what is much easier and more effective!! Tom 😎

The home owner coming out last second: Oh hey guys btw right where you're cutting there's a water line, a power line, and a gas l...BOOM!!!!!

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

Haha. 😂😊

@idadho

19 күн бұрын

Those have to be 12 inches (low voltage, telecom, cable) or 18 to 36 inches deep gas, power, water.

@TOOL_TECHNICAL

19 күн бұрын

@@idadho TRUE! but usually homeowners cut costs trying to do things themselves. unless it was a new house you have to always assume they tried to do it themselves or pay their uncle's cousin's grandma's dog to do the work cheaper

@idadho

19 күн бұрын

@@TOOL_TECHNICAL That still does not change the fact that those utilities are much deeper than any SawsAll can reach. BTW, an overnight slow soak will free the roots without a need to cut with a SawsAll

@TOOL_TECHNICAL

19 күн бұрын

@@idadho roots can be a hazard one of my neighbors had a couple spots where the roots were a tripping hazard for him to get to his chickens while walking his dogs. I was kinda aprehensive about putting my hackzall through the hard ground (it's alot of rocks and gravel but I cut out the rough spots and trimmed the yard a bit including a lot of branches putting serious pressure on his power lines (don't try this I'm just sharing lol) it's always good to help someone in need. Good tip on soaking the roots the ones around here much like the trees seem to be made of steel and bulletproof. My dewalt chainsaw struggles when it gets halfway through the diameter of ~12" thick logs/trees.

that sawzall trick has saved me so much time and effort with removing bushes from my yard

Great video. Don't be scared of knots. Learn the bowline knot. You can always undo it. And It retains 80% of the ropes' origal strength. 👍👍👍

@cosmoscience2092

22 күн бұрын

Yea I came here to say just that

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

@chaz2020

4 күн бұрын

60 to 50% depending on bowline on a bite or running bowline

QUALITY DIGGING SPADES work great

"Don't drag it all over!" Schwarzenneger voice xD

Slip chain works great and no stretching or chance of the rope breaking!

Use a "Tree Protector" which is a part of a 4wd recovery kit..... It's intended purpose is to protect a tree when you use the tree as an anchor pint for a winch pulley... but works very well as a tree uprooter and dragger outer... I love Nissan gardening....

Good tip. Thanks. I jave a bunch that need removal, and have been asking around for advice. This is the best I have found. Awesome.

There's nothing like watching a professional work.. nice job friend..I'll garentee this fella always leaves the customer happy...

If more instructions were like that... people wouldn't be quitting the trades

Appreciate all your helpful tips and vids brotha, watched your vids 11 years ago and had a successful landscaping company, now I’ve moved on to e-commerce, but man your tips are goated. You helped me really set my foundation to being a great business owner.

@keith-kalfas

3 күн бұрын

Thanks bor you're welcome. Sounds like you're crushing it

So funny I did the same thing years and years ago. I'm a carpenter and find all kinds of creative ways to do things.

20,000 lb tow strap works great also and no knots 😃. Compromising the root structure is key for this type of removal. Thanks Keith 🌳😃🌳

@keith-kalfas

29 күн бұрын

Great tip!

Nice that it went good but I was waiting for a oh darn moment 😂

I do this whenever applicable! Makes quick work of older hedges

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

Yes!

Great idea! Might wreck a blade if you have rocks or sand in there, but so worth it! Thanks!

@JeffyNguyen

23 күн бұрын

Sure beats digging!

I invented a tripod with a winch or come-along above to pull bushes straight up. That is the easy way to pull bushes. Btw, I started looking in to the design and someone beat me the idea. However, pulling straight up the beat way.

Good tip. Hard to believe but a lot of people just dont apply any grubbing techniques. I use them all the time. Finishing up clearing the back this year. Chain, rope and carabiner just like you said. I have removed small trees with the same technique with little effort. Once and a while a fence post but that's a whole different fiasco.

Dude ive done tha sawzall trick a handful of times over the years, mostly i use a narrow ditch shovel and work my way around cutting the roots. I have a super duper easy way for stumps, faster than a grinder at removal, took alot of stumps to figure out!

@keith-kalfas

29 күн бұрын

Very cool!

@racerx9223

29 күн бұрын

@@keith-kalfas try my stump removal techniques, maybe on a smaller 20-30" tree if you have a smaller saw. Clean back loose stuff, tip end of bar down and plunge in, work your way around it and it should be shaped like a pencil slightly. Then repeat the process from inside outward to get the outer ring below dirt level. With a backup chain incase I hit something, I can do a 30"er in about 4-6 minutes and very very little mess, if your ever in WV I'll show you!

Frick. I wish I would have known that sawzall trick like ten years ago. Been working harder not smarter all this time.

I upgraded my ford transit work van to a truck with a hitch. I’m excited I can finally do this instead of dig for an hour

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

You can do it!

I did this with fence posts that were concreted into the ground. Many were rotten and broken at the bottom so I bought a D hook and some 8in lag bolts, tacked that into the wood going into the concrete hooked up a tow strap and they came right out. My back sure thanked me.

Have the new home for the shrub ready to move in

You can use a running bowline at the shrub and a bowline on a bight at the hitch. Neither will bind up on you and work just the same.

Salute to your professionalism!

Great vid and explanation brother

@keith-kalfas

25 күн бұрын

Much appreciated

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

Thanks and you're welcome 😊

Took that bush out like a Smooth Criminal!!😎🤙

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

Lol 💪

Just use a bowline knot. Ive pulled trucks out of ditches, stumps, straigtened walls and can untie them by hand every time.

Make sure you cut a water line and maybe a phine line too.

Man that f150 is a landscaping monster 😂😂😂😂

I throwba coat over the rope. Had one break and snap my back window once. Probably had to much tension but we were all young once. Lol

Ok that's impressive

TK U great job,I got the sawzall part the circular cut earth and roots

Thanks will try

Hey Keith, buddy, instead of the rope behind you, you should get a wireless winch. I did a big-time game chainger

Hey Keith.....there is this great knot that most arborist use its called a "running bowline" it definitely will hold more weight and tension then the carabiner.......and I also suggest this knot if using your arborflex in a crotch or false crotch situation....chances are your arborflex won't fail but a carabiner doesn't carry the load maximum that the rope tighted properly will.

@keith-kalfas

29 күн бұрын

We tried the running bowling know and that truck pulls it so tight that it gets stuck around the bush.

@LastLaugh1173

28 күн бұрын

@@keith-kalfas sometimes with heavy leaders we would have to use a screwdriver 🪛 to get it started on loosing...there's a improvise way in tying which it's quick release also .....and it's not like your dropping a 200- 300 lbs. Leader over a rooftop ....the two top knots your gonna see in the tree service industry is the running bowline and the Blake's hitch ....And anything above 10-12ft you should use a climbing belt with a steel core lanyard and helmet they say arbor chaps too but I'm in the south and Chaps are extremely hot....I used to do a lot of Coconut palms 50-60 ft in the air , every coconut bundle had to be roped down a lot of times these coconuts where on waterways that you couldn't get a bucket truck too .... Need less to say Tree trimming is considered extremely dangerous work .......BE SAFE OUT THERE AND ALWAYS USE YOUR PPE

@wowrealbad

24 күн бұрын

​@@keith-kalfas I wonder if a timber hitch would work ok if you didn't have a carabineer. The wraps would have to extend around the bush (three very long wraps to halfway behind the bush), but there's not much to bind on after it's cinched up.

Do to rope elasticity and being gentle this went well .

Try putting a 4' 4x4 under the rope, 2' away from the bush/tree, and UP she comes

Great tips

Isn’t there a knot tying on the carabiner? To truly make it knot-less, double over the rope and use a cow hitch. It tightens the more you pull and is stronger.

David Arquette does landscaping 😂

Right about the no knots it takes the strength and half and for safety you already supposed to take the strength in half in the when I took rigging class. But for safety, I just don’t want you using anything that’s gonna break even if it’s in bad shape.

You can also wrap a towel under the rope for cushion so it doesn’t dig into the shrub.

@keith-kalfas

22 күн бұрын

Genius

Wheres the FUN in that!😂😂

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

Lol. I know right. Haha

The confidence made we really really want to see a fail here.

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

Haha. I cam see that. Lol 😅

Apply some Tordon RTU to the remaining roots so the bush doesn't grow back. KZread has several videos on this.

Perfect.

Thank you for sharing such valuable information

@keith-kalfas

19 күн бұрын

You're welcome 😊

What kind of seat covers are those ? Look good and want to buy some for my f150

What blades are best for cutting in the dirt for roots without dulling?

You should have drilled some holes and soaked it with a hose.

I have the same glasses from AliExpress

My buddy told me to use a spare tire close to the shrub to help with a vertical direction of pull.....slow pull with someone helping to guide the webbing strap on the top of the tire. Leverage my man!!

@RaymondYocum-uw5hd

6 күн бұрын

Somebody standing near that rope is a fool

@davidh8928

6 күн бұрын

@@RaymondYocum-uw5hd When using a fulcrum (tire in my case), no speed is needed to remove the bush. It is not as catastrophic as you appear to think. It is a slow and controlled operation.

I love this man!

Ah come on brah...u no fun....you punch it..mrip that brush to shreds....lol😅

Great advice

My buddy did the yank at full throttle and it went through the back glass AND blew out the dash board and windshield..! The look on his face was like he got shot...!!

@keith-kalfas

19 күн бұрын

Dang

Don’t forget to call Digrite first. Mark your utilities! Very important!

I like to use a tow strap, I've had nylon rope snap.

Dig a shallow trench around it add water let it soak then pull.

ah yes, the popular SahhzAhhhhh

How would you suggest someone to remove bamboo, and keep bamboo from continuously keep growing.

Nice

Imagine needing a video on how not to be an idiot 😂

What if there's an irrigation system? Is it still ok to sawzall around the base to free it? Just go in at an angle of the roots?

So, no nuts! Got it!

No knots? Why tf not? Just tie a bowline and you don’t run the risk of it uncoiling and cutting some bystander in half

@jakeedwards3220

23 күн бұрын

Mans literally got a knot on the carabiner, makes sense that he removes shrubs and not trees

@John11033

17 күн бұрын

That’s literally impossible lol

amazing ..

@keith-kalfas

29 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

You mean to tell me that caribeaner isn't tied to the rope using a knot? 😂

@keith-kalfas

24 күн бұрын

It's an illusion. Lol

You don’t need a saw you just need a running start. Just rev it to 5 grand slam it in gear boom it’ll come right out.

Finally, something a ford can pull a couple sticks 😂😂😂

I do this after a good rain and without the cuts.

After you call for utility locate.

@LastLaugh1173

27 күн бұрын

@@davidjung3819 it's free here and not a lot of people use it ... usually takes about a week to paint it out

recip doesn’t sound too happy 😂

What brand blade is that? I can never find the longer Diablo ones just the smaller ones

Take the data, water, and gas lines with you too

Seriously, I have crap I want out. I have a F250 Tremor.. I'm going to try this.

@keith-kalfas

26 күн бұрын

Nice

@OperationPitbull

25 күн бұрын

I've pulled shrubs out with my Chevy S10, bud. Some people work for a livin'.

"Sometimes you feel like a knot.... Sometimes you don't. "

It will grow back next year

Perfecto 👌🏽

Sooo how do you attack the carabiner with no knots?

Profesional and Mature men.

Great advice, alot of guys doing a little job like this act like they are operating a D9a Cat

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

Thank you you're welcome. 😊

Where did you get those seat covers and centre console cover??? 🔥

@keith-kalfas

Күн бұрын

Amazon

You need a tire and rim my friend.

@keith-kalfas

27 күн бұрын

I really do. Haha

What’s your favorite blade for this?

@keith-kalfas

25 күн бұрын

Definitely the Diablo

@GotMyChevy

15 күн бұрын

@@keith-kalfasWhich model Diablo blade?

Sorry for The dumb question, but What gear?

Is this near macomb? Looks like it

First you call 811 to located underground utilities

helps to know roots aren't wrapped around a gas line.

My buddy did the same thing. Ended up cuttinh elec lines and water. Lmao. We still lol about it tell this day.

Stop spoiling my entertainment!! I enjoy those fail videos.

@keith-kalfas

21 күн бұрын

Haha. I know right lol.

Probably have a bent frame and need an alignment on that ford there buddy

What happens when u try to pull it and rocks just end up hitting the glass window ?

I thought i was the only one that knew that? 😅😅😅

I wouldn’t use a metal carabiner but probably won’t come flying at you

You were super lucky you didn’t dig into an electrical or a waterline because regardless of what the paperwork says, you never know where they actually put these lines

Also make sure there are no water,gas and electric running where you cut 😂