I'm no psycho tree-hugger, just a sportsman and balanced conservationist, but as I grow older myself and gain more wisdom and appreciation for TIME, whenever I see a majestic old growth tree like that felled my heart winces and breaks... What withstood eons of challenges is gone forever in mere hours for a very short term use or profit. Yes trees are "renewable" but at 100-500-1,000+yrs old they should be left untouched. Have areas designated as 'tree farms' where faster growing trees can be harvested, replanted and rotated... Leave the OLD GROWTH for our future children to be in awe of!
I understand about the need for wood products and all, but I do agree, it gives me a feeling of sadness to see a venerable old guy like that come down. But it put up a good fight. If didn't go softly into that good night.
Profound words by Molly Tuttle.... Two trees in the forest, one was crooked, one was straight Crimson bark and emerald needles growing day by day And though they looked so different, they enjoyed the rain the same side by side A chickadee had told them of a darkness on the land Spinning blades that came to visit carried by a man And every other tree would see them cut down where they stand by and by Oh, can't you see A crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine? They're left to grow wild and free Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree Perfect trees were driven down the mountain to the mill They turned them into toothpicks and twenty dollar bills It seemed the more the people took, the more they needed still in the end The crooked trees were left there after all the work was done Now they go for weeks and never witness anyone No one left to tell them if they’re growing right or wrong but the whispering wind Oh, can't you see A crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine? They're left to grow wild and free I'd rather be a crooked tree People say I'm different and my way of life seems strange I took the road less traveled, twists and turns along the way But like the crooked tree, I'm growing stronger day by day as the clouds roll by A river never wonders why it flows around the bend A mountain doesn't question how it rose up from the land So who am I to wish I wasn't just the way I am? Who am I? Oh, can't you see A crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine? They're left to grow wild and free Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree A crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine They're left to grow wild and free I'd rather be a crooked tree Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree
@Dominique Nalpas Nor did I see a stump grinder. And can someone tell me why these videos are always reversed left to right? I believe that is a M A C K truck, not a K C A M!
Just remember that trees are renewable. We just have to be mindful of how much we take down and be sure to replant areas. Still, does make me a little sad to see a massive tree go down. We have an oak on our property that I roughly dated to around 1860-1880. It's the biggest tree I've ever seen in person. I'm not letting anyone touch that tree. 😉
@whoyoukidding1 Well, if you and your brother-in-law are "normal" size, then I'll assume 6 feet tall. That makes a wing span approx. 72 inches each (typically the same as your height). Tack on the extra 20 and you have 164 inch circumference tree. The equals about 52 inch diameter. White Oak is about 5 times that number in years, red or pin oak roughly 3.5 times. The variable is at what height from the ground you measure the circumference and these aren't exact numbers, so I'd guess roughly between 150 and 300 years old depending on the type of oak (250-300 for white oak, 150-200 for others).
And you're right to do so. But, one day, that tree will get a disease or die, and will have to be cut down. If you do it early, someone can make usable lumber from it...
These guys are all very skilled. It's a tough and dangerous job. The tree will be used to make many things, including toothpicks and log cabins. The trim in my car comes from trees. I like to look at it when I'm parked. I like the sound of chain saws. Even my tiny Stihl MS360 Pro sounds great. Starts all seasons. I have pine trees on my tiny lot but branches can be huge and the saw is great for cleaning up the mess. I use the wood in my firepit after it dries for a few years.
@Walid Walid What do you live in? Have you ever bought anything that was shipped by rail(using ties). Did you ever write on paper made from wood with a pencil made from wood? Furniture
Compared to a carbide tooth stump grinder, the excavator is anything but extremely dangerous, if the operator knows what they are doing. I bet he never got a deep calf bruise from a chunk of root hitting his leg like it was shot out of a cannon.
That's a hell of a tree I've cut some trees down in my life but I would not jump on something that big he is a pro and when that tree falls he is tired great video
Are they actually using a special made attachment for stump removal? Because if you ask me it looks like a frost tooth which is normally use to loosen frozen ground so that it can then be excavated.
@Matthew Serensen that is what I call mine. On a mini excavator frost tooth. But larger machines ripper . Use it for stumps and breaking out concrete. When starting away from a free edge.
In parts of the world where the ground never freezes that kind of toothed attachment is mostly used to remove stumps and loosen hard compacted soils. Here in Australia it is usually called. "Ripper" attachment.
It was a hundred years old three hundred years ago. It's probably a Virginia White pine. They are gigantic when they get that old! They're also disappearing. Old growth forests are almost extinct here in the US. I was a forestry major in college. It's hard to fathom the fact that by the 1940's, people had removed about 75% of the forests that once covered most of this continent. We need to remember trees don't grow on money neither. I'm a true believer that for every tree that is cut down, another one should be planted in its place. A sixty year old tree produces 5 lbs. of oxygen daily. Just imagine how much this one produced. We are quickly depleting all of the planets natural resources and without them we're dead. Why do you think they're looking for another planet that can sustain life like this one. This isn't the first planet humans haved destroyed. It won't be the last one either.
@Dean Iacoponi SEE? I love thinking like that!! that is Incredible.. I was thinking of all the YEars and Seasons that tree had endured..IOt is Very Sad to see a tree like that fall
Неужели от безысходности пилят такие мощные и красивые деревья ? Скорее всего Алчность и жажда денег ! Такое дерево 1000 лет растить надо ! НЕ ПОНИМАЮ !!!
I guess they are cutting this huge tree to make furniture. That's what trees are for, among other things. Expects indeed, I wish I could know the name of this 🌳
I have another suggestion, before cutting the trees, you do air layering with same tree branches all around at the bottom level, if want dig some area or don't dig, it optional. After cutting, cover air layering of branches with clay, very quickly trees will recover and you will get new trees. Getting so deep roots of trees is very difficult, so use it wisely. Jay shree ram.
The tree that there cutting is so well balanced on top a child could nock it,all for the camera, love to see them nock a tree up a hill with a crosskut saw , the way my Father used to do.
Sad to see old man tree come down... it looked healthy but I'm not an expert and you don't want it eventually falling on some poor sap's head either. That chainsaw though... went through it like butter. Good equipment is key.
I'm not saying that that particular tree was old enough to be vulnerable, but sometime in the life of a tree it becomes wise to take it down due to their decreasing resistance against insect infestation. A tree can become bug central and help infect the other trees in its neighborhood because more bugs are then available to search out smaller and harder-to-find vulnerabilities in even younger trees.
What a big and beautiful old growth Ponderosa Pine tree. Loggers are a tough breed of people. Don’t worry! Pine trees are much more sustainable than hardwood trees! 😉
For all the poor tree people the tree was in a fire, struck by lightning and was dying. It may have had bugs in it judging by the blue wood out of the hinge.
I am really sad after seeing this and wondering why this came as a suggestion to me. That is not a stump, but a Tree, a living one, must be older than my great grandfather's great grandfather.
Quantos anos viveu essa árvore 🌳 em questão de minutos perdeu o direito de viver. How many years did this tree live 🌳 in a matter of minutes it lost the right to live
I'm no psycho tree-hugger, just a sportsman and balanced conservationist, but as I grow older myself and gain more wisdom and appreciation for TIME, whenever I see a majestic old growth tree like that felled my heart winces and breaks... What withstood eons of challenges is gone forever in mere hours for a very short term use or profit. Yes trees are "renewable" but at 100-500-1,000+yrs old they should be left untouched. Have areas designated as 'tree farms' where faster growing trees can be harvested, replanted and rotated... Leave the OLD GROWTH for our future children to be in awe of!
Same thing I thought.
When is the best time to plant a tree??? Eighty years ago. When is the second best time to plant a tree??? Now.
I understand about the need for wood products and all, but I do agree, it gives me a feeling of sadness to see a venerable old guy like that come down. But it put up a good fight. If didn't go softly into that good night.
I have same opinion.
Very sad to see.
I was thinking the same thing, made me so very sad watching this Majestic Tree of Beauty being cut down broke my heart.
Honestly, as much capability, courage, skill and damn hard work as this requires, I'd rather have the tree :)
Profound words by Molly Tuttle....
Two trees in the forest, one was crooked, one was straight
Crimson bark and emerald needles growing day by day
And though they looked so different, they enjoyed the rain the same side by side
A chickadee had told them of a darkness on the land
Spinning blades that came to visit carried by a man
And every other tree would see them cut down where they stand by and by
Oh, can't you see
A crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine?
They're left to grow wild and free
Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree
Perfect trees were driven down the mountain to the mill
They turned them into toothpicks and twenty dollar bills
It seemed the more the people took, the more they needed still in the end
The crooked trees were left there after all the work was done
Now they go for weeks and never witness anyone
No one left to tell them if they’re growing right or wrong but the whispering wind
Oh, can't you see
A crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine?
They're left to grow wild and free
I'd rather be a crooked tree
People say I'm different and my way of life seems strange
I took the road less traveled, twists and turns along the way
But like the crooked tree, I'm growing stronger day by day as the clouds roll by
A river never wonders why it flows around the bend
A mountain doesn't question how it rose up from the land
So who am I to wish I wasn't just the way I am? Who am I?
Oh, can't you see
A crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine?
They're left to grow wild and free
Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree
A crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine
They're left to grow wild and free
I'd rather be a crooked tree
Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree
The old things in life will pave way to the newer things. This tree did survive many years, but it accomplished so much.
These guys NEED to know what they are doing. I can't believe how dangerous this process is!
Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
What a drop.
9:34 look at the hinges - lovely work.
Damn that was a lot of work the chainsaw guy had to do for one tree😳……..that ripper on that excavator made short work of that stump! 👊🏽🤷🏽♂️
Great video- amazing skills and unbelievable equipment!
The amount of strength in that skinny chainsaw dude amazed me!!! He could probably win a cage fight LMAO!!!
Tough and dangerous work even on a day when the weather is nice.
“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” - Jack Handy
When I saw 9:59 I felt unique. That is a machine.
The stump removal was the safest part of the whole video.
@Dominique Nalpas Nor did I see a stump grinder.
And can someone tell me why these videos are always reversed left to right? I believe that is a M A C K truck, not a K C A M!
@Dominique Nalpas Really not sure if this is an attempt to gas light, but now I'm going to have to watch it again.
And it was not the same tree !
Just remember that trees are renewable. We just have to be mindful of how much we take down and be sure to replant areas. Still, does make me a little sad to see a massive tree go down. We have an oak on our property that I roughly dated to around 1860-1880. It's the biggest tree I've ever seen in person. I'm not letting anyone touch that tree. 😉
Stihl makes me sad. 😂
@smgdfc mfah Very interesting. Thank you.
@whoyoukidding1 Well, if you and your brother-in-law are "normal" size, then I'll assume 6 feet tall. That makes a wing span approx. 72 inches each (typically the same as your height). Tack on the extra 20 and you have 164 inch circumference tree. The equals about 52 inch diameter. White Oak is about 5 times that number in years, red or pin oak roughly 3.5 times. The variable is at what height from the ground you measure the circumference and these aren't exact numbers, so I'd guess roughly between 150 and 300 years old depending on the type of oak (250-300 for white oak, 150-200 for others).
@Jan Bour I must say your thought's run deep and I can't argue with your points here.🙋♂️
And you're right to do so. But, one day, that tree will get a disease or die, and will have to be cut down. If you do it early, someone can make usable lumber from it...
I'm no expert but these fellers seemed to have a pretty good idea of what they are doing.
Like the disclaimer "Folks, don't try this at home ". Tree surgeon at work.
That's some man-sized work.
Very impressive loggers, dangerous stuff!!
Those boys are doing some good work. A treat to watch them.
These guys are all very skilled. It's a tough and dangerous job. The tree will be used to make many things, including toothpicks and log cabins. The trim in my car comes from trees. I like to look at it when I'm parked. I like the sound of chain saws. Even my tiny Stihl MS360 Pro sounds great. Starts all seasons. I have pine trees on my tiny lot but branches can be huge and the saw is great for cleaning up the mess. I use the wood in my firepit after it dries for a few years.
@Walid Walid What do you live in? Have you ever bought anything that was shipped by rail(using ties). Did you ever write on paper made from wood with a pencil made from wood? Furniture
I consider this act a criminal waste of nature and pure oxygen. What a foolish act. I hope they will be punished by God.
Compared to a carbide tooth stump grinder, the excavator is anything but extremely dangerous, if the operator knows what they are doing. I bet he never got a deep calf bruise from a chunk of root hitting his leg like it was shot out of a cannon.
Sounds like you know from first hand, Robert.
it is truly a pleasure to watch true professionals at work. Fascinating skills.
Trees,turkeys,birthday cakes
Is on this man's business card....😊
Not any man is a man, but these guys are truly men.
The world has plenty of trees, take what you need…..😊
That's a hell of a tree I've cut some trees down in my life but I would not jump on something that big he is a pro and when that tree falls he is tired great video
I wasn't expecting this to be dangerous in an OSHA-violation sense.
Man, heck with stump grinding! I’ll take “The Claw!”
Clearly "The Star of the Show"! He weilds his chainsaw, the way Thor weilds his hammer!
Kudos to the guy with the chainsaw. I want him on my team if the world ever needs rebuilding.
The way mankind is treating the eco system he could be on your team faster than you think 🤔
The irony of your statement! The world won't need rebuilding if we leave the trees alone!
受け口の作り方が独特ですね…逆さ切りで空けるとは…!
1990, cutting down massive trees for a living. 2020, shoulders replaced, knees replaced, elbows hurt. Not for everyone
Save the tree - fundme
Real work. Salute 07!
Сотни лет роста, борьбы за существование....
The excavator isn't dangerous. Cutting the tree down is.
Looking at that fork grabber machine, it picked up the roots and stump like it was butter.. I didn’t hear the engine struggle
What kind of tree was this - and how old was it? What will it be used for? How much is it worth financially?
Are they actually using a special made attachment for stump removal? Because if you ask me it looks like a frost tooth which is normally use to loosen frozen ground so that it can then be excavated.
Xactly
@Matthew Serensen that is what I call mine. On a mini excavator frost tooth. But larger machines ripper . Use it for stumps and breaking out concrete. When starting away from a free edge.
In parts of the world where the ground never freezes that kind of toothed attachment is mostly used to remove stumps and loosen hard compacted soils. Here in Australia it is usually called. "Ripper" attachment.
Woulda been faster if he used a herring, but I'm not sure how far they were from the coast...
I am no Tree Hugger but it is a little sad to see such a beautiful tree fall! that tree was probably over 100 years old
@David Gross WOW!! I was just comingt back to comment that im watching the 5 biggest trees on earth and #4 is 1700 years old!!! I had NO IDEA!!
@WC REVIEW The Redwood and the Sequoia trees are more than a thousand years old . If left alone trees will live a very long time .
@David Gross Wow really? there are 400 year old trees like that?
It was a hundred years old three hundred years ago. It's probably a Virginia White pine. They are gigantic when they get that old! They're also disappearing. Old growth forests are almost extinct here in the US. I was a forestry major in college. It's hard to fathom the fact that by the 1940's, people had removed about 75% of the forests that once covered most of this continent. We need to remember trees don't grow on money neither. I'm a true believer that for every tree that is cut down, another one should be planted in its place. A sixty year old tree produces 5 lbs. of oxygen daily. Just imagine how much this one produced. We are quickly depleting all of the planets natural resources and without them we're dead. Why do you think they're looking for another planet that can sustain life like this one. This isn't the first planet humans haved destroyed. It won't be the last one either.
@Dean Iacoponi SEE? I love thinking like that!! that is Incredible.. I was thinking of all the YEars and Seasons that tree had endured..IOt is Very Sad to see a tree like that fall
Красиво работают, качественно! Молодцы !
Man that board cutter at 14:25 is fearsome.
Like a gang saw for slab cuts at a quarry, but they're even bigger and scarier, lol.
Imagine if someone stuck their head in there.
Похоже последнее дерево свалили☹️
I was a logger, the cutter’s know how valuable and rare the old growth is. It must be cut to make way for new growth, and to make your house!
I can see that the tree is dead so it had to come down. I would kill for that stump!! I'd design a killer table bottom ❤️
From just a seed to a magnificent tree like that. Dozen of years to grow up but just a bunch of hours to make it disappear forever. 😢
Oh gut das die l
সুমন ত
Shameful
Sekis mama
Stumps are brutal. Like my neighbor pulling off his rear bumper, burned rubber, gas
Неужели от безысходности пилят такие мощные и красивые деревья ? Скорее всего Алчность и жажда денег ! Такое дерево 1000 лет растить надо ! НЕ ПОНИМАЮ !!!
😢😢😢😢
No se puede defender, aunque no lo crean el sufre mucho.
Good chainsaw. The operator was no slouch, either. That was a fine tree, too.
The knowledge comes with the mustache.
Amazing, God job
I guess they are cutting this huge tree to make furniture. That's what trees are for, among other things. Expects indeed, I wish I could know the name of this 🌳
Now THATS a Plunge Cut!
А как же охрана труда? Почему без защитных рукавиц?
How old was that tree? about 200 years
Super impressed by their skill.
more skill needed to grow such a beast
That's a well maintained saw. That thing idels smoother than my bmw.
I must have missed the dangerous stump removal but I did see a few seconds of dangerous hay collection😂
@Lee Studley So true, and often times you are never even shown that click-bait stuff even if you watch the entire clip.😬
@Lee Studley Does a downvote negate that? I will if so.
The new trend is to put something nuts, or click-baity, in the preview, then you wade through the video to find it, they get more money.
Missed the stump grinder all together.
Thats a real mans saw right there.
That tree seemed to have been healthy and well, cutting it should be considered a crime. That was painful to see
I may have missed some dangerous stump removal, but u have watched the danger to this world
I wonder if anything that was made from this wood, was as useful as the tree was?
It’s dead killed in fire . See the bark falling off .
That wood is so buttery soft, looks like he's using a hot knife.
wow..sangat luar biasa👍👍👍🙏
What kinda tree is that? The bark even looks amazing. Like lava.
Down here in NZ, stump removal normally involves using dynamite, you should see them fly.
Very dangerous work. Take care all of you there
Beware of Dangerous Monster Stumps!
Those guys earning their pay! Well done brothers!
I have another suggestion, before cutting the trees, you do air layering with same tree branches all around at the bottom level, if want dig some area or don't dig, it optional.
After cutting, cover air layering of branches with clay, very quickly trees will recover and you will get new trees. Getting so deep roots of trees is very difficult, so use it wisely.
Jay shree ram.
I could never do that to a living tree! Never!
Even if it came at you with a knife?
You can see the tree is dead. It looks to have died in a fire.
Stump removal at 9:50 to 10:50.
Would like to hear the thought process during in the minds of each team member during the cut. Such a balancing act.. crazy..
The tree that there cutting is so well balanced on top a child could nock it,all for the camera, love to see them nock a tree up a hill with a crosskut saw , the way my Father used to do.
Trees are living, makes me sad to see a beautiful tree cut down just for wood!!!!
Good work boys 👍
Do you realize that the guy in the suspenders did more work in these few minutes, than a millennial will do in a lifetime?
What model saw are you using ?
I think this the first time I've heard a tree scream as it fell. Such a sad sound!
Lol I thought "and it even cried out as it fell".
Sad to see old man tree come down... it looked healthy but I'm not an expert and you don't want it eventually falling on some poor sap's head either.
That chainsaw though... went through it like butter. Good equipment is key.
Yeah I agree, I’m not a greenie and I don’t know the lifespan of that particular tree but it does seem wrong to take a big beautiful tree like that
I'm not saying that that particular tree was old enough to be vulnerable, but sometime in the life of a tree it becomes wise to take it down due to their decreasing resistance against insect infestation.
A tree can become bug central and help infect the other trees in its neighborhood because more bugs are then available to search out smaller and harder-to-find vulnerabilities in even younger trees.
Shouldn’t be cutting this down (Unless they have discovered that it has rotted inside and it poses a real threat)
What a lovely dragon's claw that excavator tooth is!
Good work😄👍👍👍
Extreme Dangerous Monster Stump ! Yes! Too many people have died due to roaming monster stumps! High time someone did something! 😋
It’s a pleasure to see someone so skilled wielding a chainsaw. Beautiful job felling that tree.
What a big and beautiful old growth Ponderosa Pine tree. Loggers are a tough breed of people. Don’t worry! Pine trees are much more sustainable than hardwood trees! 😉
Give my guy a raise. Now!!
For all the poor tree people the tree was in a fire, struck by lightning and was dying. It may have had bugs in it judging by the blue wood out of the hinge.
Was that bigfoot walking by as they were removing the stump??😂
Did not see much stump grinding!
Why would you need this big tree? Would smaller faster grown lumber be sufficient for lumber?
Я бы побоялся стоять рядом.)
wow what a nice video. Stay safe guys.
I am really sad after seeing this and wondering why this came as a suggestion to me. That is not a stump, but a Tree, a living one, must be older than my great grandfather's great grandfather.
If you watch the upper wedge at 6:55 it looks like there’s a face that keeps changing as it is being smashed to oblivion.
Жалко дерево и всех доя кого оно было домом
Для дерева свой жизненный срок потом падает и гниение но надо рассаживать молодь обязательно
That is an epic pondo. Shame it had to go down. A true breeder tree.
Definitely a different stump being removed… Wayyyyy smaller!
@Jerry Pender Exactly
Agreed! Leaves me wondering how effective it would have been on that massive stump.
Quantos anos viveu essa árvore 🌳 em questão de minutos perdeu o direito de viver.
How many years did this tree live 🌳 in a matter of minutes it lost the right to live
Where is this ? What kind of tree ? Thank You