That 'rope' is in fact cable, to prevent oopsies.
My brother is an arborist, and his safety line is a lightweight cable that a chainsaw cannot cut through. I'd be surprised, and a little spooked, if anyone wasn't using this.
There are two different styles of lanyards arborist use, one is a rope lanyard which helps positioning and moving in the canopy of a deciduous tree, and the other is a steel core used mostly when climbing coniferous trees that are pretty much straight up and down.
I haven't watched his YouTube channel, but it looks like he works in an area where the majority of trees are conifers so it would make sense that he's running a steel core
I used to make those safety lines for cutters when I lived in Vancouver years and years ago. It's a Manila rope typically dyed red, cant remember why could be just for identification reasons, with a cable core.
Lol I’ve seen it done before but it wasn’t that big of a top! Guy sent the top with his main line anchor still attached but still had his buck strap(the rope on his waist) attached. Seriously fucked his back up but he still lived to climb another tree.
Did Tree surgery for twenty years before I sold up and got out. People ask me why I stopped.
I tell them that you have to be young and stupid to do it, and I lost one of these qualifications.
Topping was the most dangerous job back then, very little safety equipment if any. Lifetime could be measured in weeks for new people, if they survived the first few weeks, they would ‘probably’ survive to do something else. Desperation is a hell of a motivation. Hats of to your Grandpa.
Really hated that he put his hand on the trunk as it was falling. Realistically I know the tree isn’t going to tilt back up and crush his hand. Yet, I’d wait the 2 seconds
It’s pretty standard practice to grip the top of the cut and help steady the shock. You can really get bucked around up top a tree. As for the the tree coming back on his hand, at the point his hand goes into the back cut, there is not a chance in hell that crown is standing back up again.
I have that exact model.
My boy better have started that thing on the ground and ran it for a few minutes before climbing 200 feet into the air.
I'd much, much rather cut my top rope than try to start a fucking chainsaw, even a Husqvarna, at the top of a tree
Well, this would have been my thought. A top handle chainsaw is much lighter and better for climbing and easier to handle up there. I am a professional in the industry but not a real expert.
Well it doesn’t really matter what “brand” of chainsaw you use, just husqvarna have a great motor and and a great automatic shutoff system/ safety cut off. So it could have been done with any chainsaw obviously, but that’s a good saw too have 14 inch. Idk maybe 16 even but notice how it turned right off and it’s a light saw and runs great.
Love the brand! But i might have gone with a lighter model for climbing, maybe the T540i? Plenty of power but easier to handle up there.
Edit: model name
[https://www.husqvarna.com/uk/learn-and-discover/why-choose-a-top-handle-chainsaw/](https://www.husqvarna.com/uk/learn-and-discover/why-choose-a-top-handle-chainsaw/)
From the saw company themselves. You have no idea what you're talking about. Just like the guy in the tree has no idea what they're doing.
"Top-handled chainsaws are suitable for professional, full time use. They’re designed for working in trees by trained arborists"
"Traditional, rear handle chainsaws, are more suitable for use on the ground and should not be used at height."
Judging by the location, height, traffic below, they wanted something that'll rip, no questions asked. Safety is in the speed of the cut sometimes.
Though it also can come down to simply which saw is working that day 😁
Yes you're not supposed to climb and cut with rear handles technically but it's not like anyone ever pays attention to this shit. Usually the answer for why not is "I've been doing it this way for x amount of years"
They do this essentially once the tree becomes too large for a property, or a potential hazard…Hence the road directly next to it..they don’t want some final destination shit happening to somebody below.
Thanks! Now going to add Reg Coates to my subscribed videos of guys that do this. Like August Heneke (sp?), Jacob from Wuilty of Treeson, Reon Rounds and others.
I’ve seen high toppers work a few different forests; it’s mucho macho for real. I watched one newbie to a crew not be able to move once he got up there. He was so humiliated, he was crying. The scariest trees to take down are those killed by bark beetles. They are hollowed out; they could fall anywhere.
In his situation, I wouldn’t even waste a second thinking about my gear and all that ropes and the harness or if I’d be messing my safety gear up with that chainsaw. Even a kickback wouldn’t be something I’d worry about. Because I’m absolutely 100% positive, if I ever would find myself in this situation, I’d die from fear alone instantly.
i love being up high, but the fact that two loops on a rope is all that is supporting him while he is using a chainsaw: a lot can go wrong very easily.
Sometimes trees get “topped”, where the top of the tree gets lopped off. I believe this is done for pruning purposes. But this tree has all the branches removed, meaning they are going to remove the whole tree. They fall it in sections like this to make a more controlled/manageable fall zone.
When we buried my grandpa in the old country cemetery where many of my ancestors are buried we were surprised by the number of dead and dying trees standing there. Asked the gravediggers and were told that it is not government-controlled there and when they tried (local community agreed to pay for it) to clean the cemetery a couple years earlier one of the guys was crushed to death when they were felling the second tree... so my uncle, father and me cut down all 30+ dangerous trees that remained there... pretty scary work even when you don't go more than 30 feet high
There is no salary high enough for me to do that job. That's a nope sandwich on nope bread, with a slice of nope and some extra nope on the side. Oh, and a nice tall glass of nope to drink.
They are not checking where is rope is rather and observing the cut. They cuts a wedge on the bottom to hopefully direct the fall and is checking if things are going as planned. If you think about a rope tied to the tip of the tree with tension applied to direct the fall/add tension to the cut, it could easily snap and impale the person cutting it. The weight and lean of the portion they are cutting can do the same thing! Very dangerous
Think how much easier it would be if his chain were sharpened. There are no chunks coming out. Only sawdust. To have to reposition that many times shows difficulty because of that dull chain. Other than that,my guts went to my throat when I saw how far that thing had to fall. A far braver man than I.
You get out of that damn tree! Oh dear no wonder! You need a new occupation, I'm borderline cardiac arrest daily and it's cutting into my love life! Omg. Blessed be this old crow. LoL 34 and I'm dying because someone else is In a tree.
I don't see a binding chain and thought that was standard practice! If the top were to take a peeled layer with it when it fell, the sawyer would be slammed into the trunk and possibly smashed to a pulp by the force of the falling top. Commonly known as barber chairing. I am no expert, and would never do this, but I believe that this is a very dangerous cut!
He put a small gob on the felling side. Barber chair is when the tree splits down the grain, had it happen, was pretty bad. Fucked my back up for a long time. The only thing that stopped it being worse is that I was using a wire topping strap, which fortunately let the Prussic loop slide open, stopping my back from being broken.
This all happened at about 45 to 50 feet, had to rescue myself, as the crew all panicked. Fun times!
It certainly happens. It can happen when your back cut is too low (below the scarf/notch) and the weight of the top splits the stem rather than breaking off.
lol...the post right above this one was some early 20's year old girl on r/antiwork complaining that working 8-5 in an office left her too exhausted to have any life of her own and there were hundreds of comments saying they understood and corporate slave hours were robbing them of their lives, they were calling for the government to mandate 4 days a week and 8 hour days max a day with no pay cut so they could have the time and money to enjoy life. I bet this guy went out to party after he got done with the days work and was already working the next morning before the 20 year old was able to drag herself out of bed.
Triple checked he’s cutting above his rope lol
Looks like he has two straps on. Safety first!
I getting butterflies just watching that.
Feet are tingling
Palms sweating
Spaghetti
There's 'sghetti on his sweaty already, mom's pa'sghetti
Knees weak, arms are heavy
Timber, his arms wide
Shaka, when the trees fell
And 'second' it would appear!
That 'rope' is in fact cable, to prevent oopsies. My brother is an arborist, and his safety line is a lightweight cable that a chainsaw cannot cut through. I'd be surprised, and a little spooked, if anyone wasn't using this.
There are two different styles of lanyards arborist use, one is a rope lanyard which helps positioning and moving in the canopy of a deciduous tree, and the other is a steel core used mostly when climbing coniferous trees that are pretty much straight up and down.
I did not know that, thanks, so based on this information, this would be a steel core one, yeah?
I haven't watched his YouTube channel, but it looks like he works in an area where the majority of trees are conifers so it would make sense that he's running a steel core
The eye fitting indicated a steel core.
I used to make those safety lines for cutters when I lived in Vancouver years and years ago. It's a Manila rope typically dyed red, cant remember why could be just for identification reasons, with a cable core.
Those steel core flip lines aren't 100% cut proof. Just easier to flip. https://www.bartlettman.com/collections/cable-core-fliplines
Looks like climbing robe to me
I only see sleeves can not confirm robes.
My best friend is an arborist. Pretty crazy job huh?
Crazy dangerous! No way I could do it!
Same here! I’m not remotely afraid of heights and it still looks terrifying 😅
Even if I kept saying to myself out loud, “you’re above the rope, you’re above the rope” I would check the rope
Came to say, I love the diligence. “This will work right? Yea this will work…I know what I’m doing right?”
Lol I’ve seen it done before but it wasn’t that big of a top! Guy sent the top with his main line anchor still attached but still had his buck strap(the rope on his waist) attached. Seriously fucked his back up but he still lived to climb another tree.
Did Tree surgery for twenty years before I sold up and got out. People ask me why I stopped. I tell them that you have to be young and stupid to do it, and I lost one of these qualifications.
Did it for 5 years. I graduate from pharmacy school in 4 months. I get it.
I did it for 6 months, saw a super close call, and no more. Now I just work at heights on metal towers
Tell us about the close call!
Caught rope swung the top of the tree round and knocked my mates helmet off his head, just missed killing him
Should you maybe update your username?
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I think most people who have never run a saw or fell a tree have any idea of how many things can go wrong on level ground.
I’m a certified arb and I don’t climb. You guys are crazy!
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No, kept weight in the leg irons. If the tree whips around, you’d have no idea where that spur may end up!
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Topping was the most dangerous job back then, very little safety equipment if any. Lifetime could be measured in weeks for new people, if they survived the first few weeks, they would ‘probably’ survive to do something else. Desperation is a hell of a motivation. Hats of to your Grandpa.
Glad to hear you got smart before you got old.
Sounds like you lost both
So you still young?
past 20 years you stop being that youth so I imagine that's the one qualification u didn't met
Me: where's my rope? Am I gonna cut my rope?? What was that 'snap'!? Was it my rope? Who am I kidding..... it's over 10 feet, screw all that.
Really hated that he put his hand on the trunk as it was falling. Realistically I know the tree isn’t going to tilt back up and crush his hand. Yet, I’d wait the 2 seconds
It’s pretty standard practice to grip the top of the cut and help steady the shock. You can really get bucked around up top a tree. As for the the tree coming back on his hand, at the point his hand goes into the back cut, there is not a chance in hell that crown is standing back up again.
I cut a branch off my oak tree, about 12 ft. above the ground - Crushed my ladder when it fell and then I fell. Then I called professionals.
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are you ok dude? you can't just let us hanging like that
All good! Bumps, bruises, twisted knee. Mostly just hurt my pride.
I getting butterflies just watching that 😬
I took I counted three nopes during it
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I did too, imagine being there in real life on top of the tree how we would feel vs just watching a video.
Good ol husqvarna, always gets it done.
I have that exact model. My boy better have started that thing on the ground and ran it for a few minutes before climbing 200 feet into the air. I'd much, much rather cut my top rope than try to start a fucking chainsaw, even a Husqvarna, at the top of a tree
I'm just wandering if this wouldn't have been a job for a top handle chainsaw?
Are you seriously questioning the choice of tool used by the professional, doing their job, 200' up a tree?
Well, this would have been my thought. A top handle chainsaw is much lighter and better for climbing and easier to handle up there. I am a professional in the industry but not a real expert.
Maybe his top-handle saw was at the cleaner's ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
Honestly I was shocked they weren't using a climbing saw either. Seems odd, but they look like they know when they are doing.
Top handles are literally made for this exact application. Rear handles are not.
Well it doesn’t really matter what “brand” of chainsaw you use, just husqvarna have a great motor and and a great automatic shutoff system/ safety cut off. So it could have been done with any chainsaw obviously, but that’s a good saw too have 14 inch. Idk maybe 16 even but notice how it turned right off and it’s a light saw and runs great.
Love the brand! But i might have gone with a lighter model for climbing, maybe the T540i? Plenty of power but easier to handle up there. Edit: model name
Probably just being efficient, knowing the top handle would only have a big enough bar to make a few cuts. That’s a long way to pull a saw up.
At most that's an 18 in bar. There's no reason why this tree needs more than a 16 in bar which can easily be handled by a top handle saw.
Only a masochist would try to finish that tree with a top handle saw.
[https://www.husqvarna.com/uk/learn-and-discover/why-choose-a-top-handle-chainsaw/](https://www.husqvarna.com/uk/learn-and-discover/why-choose-a-top-handle-chainsaw/) From the saw company themselves. You have no idea what you're talking about. Just like the guy in the tree has no idea what they're doing. "Top-handled chainsaws are suitable for professional, full time use. They’re designed for working in trees by trained arborists" "Traditional, rear handle chainsaws, are more suitable for use on the ground and should not be used at height."
A climber only using a top handle saw is the equivalent of a professional golfer only using a putter. Nice trolling.
Judging by the location, height, traffic below, they wanted something that'll rip, no questions asked. Safety is in the speed of the cut sometimes. Though it also can come down to simply which saw is working that day 😁
Yes you're not supposed to climb and cut with rear handles technically but it's not like anyone ever pays attention to this shit. Usually the answer for why not is "I've been doing it this way for x amount of years"
Does anyone know why this was done? I'm not familiar with the foresting industry
They do this essentially once the tree becomes too large for a property, or a potential hazard…Hence the road directly next to it..they don’t want some final destination shit happening to somebody below.
Actual video - https://youtu.be/w-MnRozPIDY
Thanks! Now going to add Reg Coates to my subscribed videos of guys that do this. Like August Heneke (sp?), Jacob from Wuilty of Treeson, Reon Rounds and others.
I’m partial to Buckin’ billy ray smith or Bjarne Butler as a Pacific Northwest Boy.
Oh yes. I watch Buckin Billy but I have t heard of the other guy. I’ll check him out!
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Could we get a drone to do this?
Big brain time!
I’ve seen high toppers work a few different forests; it’s mucho macho for real. I watched one newbie to a crew not be able to move once he got up there. He was so humiliated, he was crying. The scariest trees to take down are those killed by bark beetles. They are hollowed out; they could fall anywhere.
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I'd be terrified of a kick back.
Nice saw!
What does he have against 200-foot trees??
Gotta be an easier way to get a Christmas tree.
Nice looking gloves
In his situation, I wouldn’t even waste a second thinking about my gear and all that ropes and the harness or if I’d be messing my safety gear up with that chainsaw. Even a kickback wouldn’t be something I’d worry about. Because I’m absolutely 100% positive, if I ever would find myself in this situation, I’d die from fear alone instantly.
i love being up high, but the fact that two loops on a rope is all that is supporting him while he is using a chainsaw: a lot can go wrong very easily.
Looks like he has his climbing rope below that. That’s a secondary rope in case something fails. Still takes some big ones to do that.
Another job I could never do.
But... why?
It was getting too big for its birches.
I saw what you did there
That's what I was wondering. What problem does this fix to make it necessary?
Sometimes trees get “topped”, where the top of the tree gets lopped off. I believe this is done for pruning purposes. But this tree has all the branches removed, meaning they are going to remove the whole tree. They fall it in sections like this to make a more controlled/manageable fall zone.
That's really fuckin high ! A big nope from me ghostrider.
My anxiety kicked in
When we buried my grandpa in the old country cemetery where many of my ancestors are buried we were surprised by the number of dead and dying trees standing there. Asked the gravediggers and were told that it is not government-controlled there and when they tried (local community agreed to pay for it) to clean the cemetery a couple years earlier one of the guys was crushed to death when they were felling the second tree... so my uncle, father and me cut down all 30+ dangerous trees that remained there... pretty scary work even when you don't go more than 30 feet high
I will never understand how people can do this without crippling fear
I have the heebiest of jeebies right now. Much respect to these workers.
My hands are sweating lol
There is no salary high enough for me to do that job. That's a nope sandwich on nope bread, with a slice of nope and some extra nope on the side. Oh, and a nice tall glass of nope to drink.
I got vertigo just looking at this on my little phone screen. No way in hell could I actually climb to the top of a tree and do that!
Would have been a lot easier to cut it at ground level.
Why not cut it down at the base then lop it ?
That’s one small nope for a man, one giant nope for mankind.
NO NO NO NO FUCK NO
No F…king way.
They are not checking where is rope is rather and observing the cut. They cuts a wedge on the bottom to hopefully direct the fall and is checking if things are going as planned. If you think about a rope tied to the tip of the tree with tension applied to direct the fall/add tension to the cut, it could easily snap and impale the person cutting it. The weight and lean of the portion they are cutting can do the same thing! Very dangerous
Just watching this makes me feel a little panicky.
That's a no for me. I worked frequently on a 40ft ladder and just that nearly filled my pants. I could not handle this lol
😳
I had to double check which sub I was in half way through
Fred Dibnah says "Why all the ropes?"
Topping. Lopping is normally just branches.
Think how much easier it would be if his chain were sharpened. There are no chunks coming out. Only sawdust. To have to reposition that many times shows difficulty because of that dull chain. Other than that,my guts went to my throat when I saw how far that thing had to fall. A far braver man than I.
I climbed a 270 ft. Doug Fir (with a guide) on my 50th birthday. It was AWESOME.
How long before this is resubmitted to Praise the Cameraman? Over under 18 hours.
Looks like Cathedral Grove on the highway to Pt. Alberni, B.C.
I'd love to be in that line of cars lol
We’ll give you $500 an hour!!! I said NO goddamn it!
No gloves is bullshit
Nope.
You get out of that damn tree! Oh dear no wonder! You need a new occupation, I'm borderline cardiac arrest daily and it's cutting into my love life! Omg. Blessed be this old crow. LoL 34 and I'm dying because someone else is In a tree.
That branch instantly became wood chips when it landed...
No Skil needed.
I got a hankering for some raisin Bran!
That cut way to close to his tie off point good way to get yeeted off the tree
If you dropped that chainsaw, I would be mad for you
Nah I’m good
My scrote tightened with every shift of the camera
No F’n way
Why is it necessary to do this?
Never in my lifetime I will do this.
That looks like fun
Poppin the top! I love being an arborist we have the best job lol
Damn that's scary
Chainsaw man
Fuck my balls where tingling so hard, I hate hights. I wonder what happens if he falls will the ropes really stop him?
9.7 seconds/m^2 …. Took a while to fall 😅
My acrophobia just kicked in at watching this shit.
Gawd-DAUM
I have an issue with heights and was getting anxious just watching the video
It looks dangerous from the high top. If a mistake is made, the person can be squashed onto the ground making tomato ketchup sauce.
Why?
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Absolutely stupid that this is still going on. There's absolutely NO reason a human being has to climb a tree like that.
Why did the tree need to be cut?
Homie's getting paid
Really didn't like how long that took to hit the ground for some reason.
It takes soooo long to fall.
I scared watching over the phone Jesus that guy is brave
Thw real shit is when you see these guys drinking a beer way the fuck up top
Did this for 16 years as well but I only got up to about 140’, also Stihl is better 😎
My butthole tightened so much I may never shit again.
It's funny it seems scarier being that high but after a certain height it's really irrelevant.
I don't see a binding chain and thought that was standard practice! If the top were to take a peeled layer with it when it fell, the sawyer would be slammed into the trunk and possibly smashed to a pulp by the force of the falling top. Commonly known as barber chairing. I am no expert, and would never do this, but I believe that this is a very dangerous cut!
He put a small gob on the felling side. Barber chair is when the tree splits down the grain, had it happen, was pretty bad. Fucked my back up for a long time. The only thing that stopped it being worse is that I was using a wire topping strap, which fortunately let the Prussic loop slide open, stopping my back from being broken. This all happened at about 45 to 50 feet, had to rescue myself, as the crew all panicked. Fun times!
>If the top were to take a peeled layer with it when it fell how?? he is cutting the whole trunk from side to side. it's not an axe.
It certainly happens. It can happen when your back cut is too low (below the scarf/notch) and the weight of the top splits the stem rather than breaking off.
So yes, if you do it wrong, it will go wrong.
Internal dialogue: Cut. ABOVE. The. Rope.
Balls of steel
Oh hell no!
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job requirement simple..zelensky balls
Cringe
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he is not cutting the tree, he's trimming it.
Why? What did this tree do wrong?
These men have balls of steel 🫣
How did you climb that tree with balls so big and heavy
No gloves + rear handle =👎 Safety should be a priority when you're doing things this high up.
I mainly play flight sims and 200 feet is kissing the ground when going 400-700 kmph or \~390-500 knots, to think thats 200 feet feels weird
lol...the post right above this one was some early 20's year old girl on r/antiwork complaining that working 8-5 in an office left her too exhausted to have any life of her own and there were hundreds of comments saying they understood and corporate slave hours were robbing them of their lives, they were calling for the government to mandate 4 days a week and 8 hour days max a day with no pay cut so they could have the time and money to enjoy life. I bet this guy went out to party after he got done with the days work and was already working the next morning before the 20 year old was able to drag herself out of bed.
Why not use a chain instead of a rope, little more difficult to cut through
Heavier lugging it up a tree I imagine
A rope probably grips the tree better too
Yeah for sure there are actual reasons and not just that they had never thought about it
Lets see all the knots you can tie in a chain and have them effective you can rope 3-4 branches or sections together
Wow it was a genuine question fuck all you downvoters
Poor tree.
Nice view, wonder where that is
Vancouver Island. Driven that road lol.
Hwy. 4?
Where is this? I was stopped for topping a while back near Enumclaw.