100 acre control burn & epic drone footage

[@andycobbcobbbroslogging7125]

How r you Tim. Good looking stand of timber. Periodic burning the cheapest herbicide there is. Let’s the trees really grow when all other competition is eliminated. Like plowing weeds outa corn. I know u will agree with this note also having run a feller buncher . Clean undergrowth makes life easier for the cutter man! AC

[@johnredden641]

Good job on the controlled burn my friend plus awesome drone footage

[@jamesmckay9966]

Tim, You and your family are special Forest knowledgeable people.

[@cotontop3]

Thank you

[@jimshoe6828]

Controlled fire is great, it is one of the best defenses against uncontrolled fires.👍👍

[@twodog1575]

paging calf. paging calf.

[@josephboley]

Hi Mr Tim and CT3 family. I really hope everyone is having a amazing day.

[@HomesteadJay]

This was incredible! Thank you for sharing!

[@stanleybuchanan3272]

This video reminds me of my younger years. The UTV's and the blower are wonderful tools that we didn't have. We used to get all the family together, the men and boys would do the work, the mamas and girls would come and help. Everyone would use the iron tooth rake to spread fire and keep firebreaks clear. Great memories. My Dad always wore overalls too! Thanks for sharing!!

[@vernt4583]

Great video and presentation of how y’all take care of y’all properties

[@johnwhicks8687]

Awesome video. The drone footage is really cool. That’s a perfect burn. Like you said good planning is the key.

[@billhickman4826]

Be sure to show us what it looks like this summer with the new growth.

[@mattyc195]

Awesome drone footage! Thanks for sharing

[@travellingtwo_6787]

Great video, looks incredible love the drone shots 😊👍🙏

[@byronglover490]

Back in 2011 the Okefenokee Swamp, east of me, burnt 300,000 of it's 400,000 acres. Lightning strike. Took 3 months to burn itself out. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us.

[@brentmedders]

Seems like it burns periodically, guess that’s how it rejuvenates itself.

[@derrickpettit3489]

Awesome video tim, the drone footage is bad to the bone, yea i was part of putting a forest fire out up here where I live, an it was not fun because it was on a side of a mountain, hot, no joke, man this video was awesome, using fire on the earth's floor is like sweeping the floor at home, your sweeping it clean, good work, thanks for sharing Tim, much appreciated. 🌲💪🇺🇲

[@michaelbaumgardner9493]

Good afternoon. It's a tool that is great when property used. CrestWood has me going back to Columbus Saturday or Sunday, then a 34 hr reset, then get to TX for a test Friday so I can work during a Non Exempt time. 6x6 rolling back had me chuckling, my nephew did that to me. Be safe everybody.

[@patkelly7999]

Good job Tim and Sam, that takes a bit of organising, fair play:):)

[@SlainteFromFlorida]

Firebreaks like those sure do take the stress out of it.

[@christinakirby2518]

I live so close to the property in Alabama. My husband and I would enjoy hanging out . But we don't have no side by side to ride . Hanging out with cotontop would be awesome.

[@kennethsheppard2921]

The charity ride sounds like a great plan.

[@emilianomaddox2786]

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[@calvinoliver8885]

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[@emilianomaddox2786]

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[@warrenfromga9945]

I like the idea of hanging out and trail riding. I sure wish I lived closer, I would sign up for that fun. :)

[@rltaaronnickolson2456]

I wish I was close enough to take you up on that ride...I live for riding old logging road,seeing new country and chatting with like wise people!

[@andrewcarnes1726]

Man you sounded like a kid in a candy store just overly excited 🤣🤣 was a nice control burn

[@bhermon265]

Nice work with the burn atv ride sounds good 👍

[@danielsweeney6742]

Tim looks like you got 100k subscribers. Awesome job!

[@g_br]

Nice!

[@jdgimpa]

Reminds me of my Grandad burning on our farm when I was growing up. I remember one time the wind switched on him. The fire got away, jumped the road and was going across the neighbors field. I ran about 1/2 mile to the house and told my Grammy to call the fire department. She said where is your Grandad? I told her last time I seen him he was chasing the fire with a rake!

[@terrysaunders8948]

lv the drone footage tim and hi from maine

[@davebloggs]

Nice to see people doing this. Fire is an important part of forest management. sadly we dont do to much of that here and that is why we just lost half the town of Jasper. , the normal forest fuel load was. crazy and add to that thousands of acres of pine beetle kill it was just one spark away from disaster, and hey presto off it went with 300 foot flames and a 100 kmh / 60 mph wind , nothing was going to stop that fire until it runs out of fuel. people have been warning for around 20 years that something bad was coming and sure enough nature will solve it in the end, , Active fuel load management is vital you guys are doing a good job. On a side note I love the way you pronounce the word road, made me smile all the way through. keep up the good work. people need to realize that we have become very good at putting out fire and we are preserving the forests to death,

[@strawwagen]

The day canada starts perscribed fire is the day our small towns will finally be safe

[@davebloggs]

@@strawwagen Fire is a part of the northern forest, we have become very good at putting them out. also fuel load management is also very important, no one wants to do the work as it costs money, but places like Jasper where the forest was all beetle kill that would could have been cut for fire wood over time reducing the fuel load. .

[@calvinfarmer3047]

Awesome drone footage 🇺🇸

[@novaturhidayat9636]

Smokey bear: Only you can prevent forest fire

[@Will7981]

Very nice.👍🏻

[@juniorraines1042]

Great video tim

[@royceabbottsexcavation3709]

The drone video was awesome!

[@stevec8861]

Not my trade, but seems like a lot of fuel in that controlled burn. Should it have ideally been done more often in earlier years?

[@dylan8285]

Wish you could of got more footage of the head fires those are the most interesting and exciting how they just take off and cook through everything

[@andycobbcobbbroslogging7125]

Keeping your own timber burned is great insurance in case your neighbors or adjoining landowners fires jump to yours. Then if it does jump, less chance of damages, if the fuel or undergrowth is very low. AC

[@OhioBuckeye]

That was one of the best videos. Never saw a controlled burn before. I know this is grass fire season here in Ohio, and fields that do catch fire, green up like crazy. Too bad I’m so far away. I’d love to ride sxs down there.

[@patmccraw6246]

I would love to ride if it wasn't so far from West Virginia.

[@randallrbaker5030]

Sounds neat our rides do great in Indiana. We finally got rain today

[@catdaddy2402]

I bet the blower is less tiring than a flapper. We used to give the flappers to rookie firefighters until one day a rookie set the flapper on fire and made an impromptu drip torch. LOL

[@anthonyjackson3907]

A true Woodsman . Cheers

[@jimbradfield8052]

I'm all about a ride Tim. Let us know. I'll bring my crew from Georgia!

[@DanKlein_1]

that's interesting. I would be nervous burning 5 acres let alone 50. I would be afraid the fire would climb the trees and get into the treetops and take off that way. I guess that is why you keep after it over the years so you don't have that kind of fuel down low. really cool stuff to watch.

[@patrickwillis2076]

They need to learn how to do that in California.

[@mikeznel6048]

Yeah right and their forest department ever admitt they were at fault for all the destruction caused by the fires? Trump pointed that out so no matter how true it is, they won't admit it. Which is sad. Because its a well known fact, forest land needs to be maintained in climates such as there's. Without it, theh burn like they did. And the left LOVE stuff like that! Which is even more sad! Its called forest management, which they don't do. They get all kinds of money for the forests but don't do anything to better them.

[@traxoutdoors8567]

That would be awesome!!

[@alanb9337]

Is it viable to turn the old John Skidder G2 into a fire tanker, if the neighbours are going to send fire onto your place?

[@charlestatton7664]

why on earth would you start the headfire before starting the backfire?

[@malevolent_70]

How old/tall do y'all normally let a stand of loblolly pines get before doing the first burn?

[@hvy1ton]

I know blowers work well, but at 24% RH I 'd be nervous not having any water. I'm used to burning big chunks of grassland so that probably changes things.

[@johnlincicum6390]

It would be nice to see what it looks like on the inside of where you burned, inside the woods themselves of all these individual plots on foot if you could.

[@clydecoffeycc]

Did you walk it afterwards? Shed antlers stand out like a sore thumb in a burn. Some shed hunters prob chomping at the bit to walk through there

[@ajmcdonald7906]

Can I come on a burn with you!? I’m dying to learn more about prescribed fire but having a hard time finding a way to get some hands on experience so I can implement on my places.

[@cotontop3]

I’ll be burning again in February 2023 again. U are welcome to come.

[@ajmcdonald7906]

@@cotontop3 awesome!! I’m going to send you an email

[@briansullivan1469]

Count me in for a ride! That’d be a good time

[@bearkatljl]

The charity ride sounds cool. I would love to come and bring my Kubota RTV but y'all will out run me with those rangers. Probably hang out on Friday night would probably work better for me. Its a good 10 hour drive to get to Colombus from where I live.

[@glennmoore3764]

Love the drone footage. I would love to come ride atvs with y'all and hang out but my plate is full for May. I enjoyed hanging out at the chainsaw class. Maybe next time.

[@brianhomolka4570]

Would you send this video out to California they could use a reference

[@jimbradfield8052]

Just curious. How many miles did you put on the Ranger when you were working the fire?

[@evandickens3917]

Stay safe rx fire is still dangerous although it's more controlled there is definitely still a risk. The south east specifically is a fire adapted landscape meaning the fuels require fire pine trees are very resistant to fire expecaly lower intensity fire like a rx fire. How hard is it to pull the permit without having holding resources?

[@andrewwhitnet3557]

Hi Tim,how does this not turn into one of those dreadful forest fires you see on the news.Cheers from UK.

[@BKD70]

Hey Tim, I've never used one of those drip torches. What fuel do you use in them, is it just diesel fuel?

[@cotontop3]

Diesel and gasoline.

[@wanderinginthesouth352]

Hubby is down for a ride he said let him know when and where and how much.

[@DA-zm3oh]

Tim,how are the puppies doing?Sadie being a good momma dog?

[@terrellfarms1]

Just about everyone used to prescribe burn their forestland in the southeast. It is getting less common now due to the liability caused by the smoke. I know of a large landowner in a neighboring county that lost a multi-million dollar lawsuit because some wrecked and blamed it on the smoke. Most of the large forest companies don't even burn anymore for that reason. If you want to see a interesting method of burning look at the ping pong ball method that they use from helicopters. That is neat. They are filled with a chemical and they have a machine that injects the balls with another chemical. They are dropped from the helicopter and a chemical reaction causes the balls to ignite. They are dropped on a grid pattern. You can light up thousands of acres in a day that way.

[@brentmedders]

You hit it just right looks like. Humidity and wind.

[@casycasy5199]

how did you learn to burn like this

[@freedomfan4272]

The US forest service and my state forest service do this type of burning yearly. We hardly have any massive brush/forest fires in my state

[@casycasy5199]

@@freedomfan4272 i just asked how he learned it.they do burning in my state too

[@Avistadenube]

What sad pictures.

[@raycasey5357]

I’m down for a ride

[@mrcountry4484]

I like the idea of trail riding I don’t have anything that I could ride on that’s the problem for me

[@onestepatatime2346]

Burn em up.Looks like fun.

[@davidstanton197]

150 acres of ticks and redbugs that would be very cross with you if they weren't dead.

[@jamesmckay9966]

Tim, I don't think that you know how educational tjis video is. So many people have no idea how beneficial and necessary Prescribed Fire is.. One comment was "Send It To California". Great suggesion but be sure you send the Money to do it..I was a Ranger on a Forest in Idaho for the US Forest Service and our budjet for Prescribed Fire was $400.00 for 300,000 thousand acres. per year. I am not Trump fan but people rediculed him for commenting that Finland Sweeps their Forest. That was Lay Mans term which calls for Fuel Reduction and promotes Forest Growth. He was right on.CALL Your Congress Man or Woman and get increased money for on-the-ground Fire Management. The Camp Fire in California cost the U S Government close to 1 billion dollars.

[@phillipmclellan8722]

So your a legal arsonist Tim lol.

[@wiron5495]

I think they used to do this in the far western states many years ago. I think they should've never quit. Now they get some awful big wildfires and blame it on climate change. Just my opinion.

[@ainsleyhenderson4228]

You've set the world on fire,lol.best way of eradication of disease and pests,cant do that in uk,oooooo the politics and red tape,never mind the tree huggers would tie themselves to the trees.GBYA,Good day lots achieved.