Expert logger In California Mountain Wilderness | Day In The Life | 200ft Jeff Pine

Skip to 13.42 to see a massive sugar pine getting dropped!
With a friends crew in the mountains.
7,000ft up in the Sierra National Forest, just south of Yosemite Wilderness..These guys are the real deal they live completely off grid in tent camps for months at a time, totally detached from literally anything.This particular crew would travel home once every few weekends during the cutting season..Nothing but big steep grades, massive granite monoliths and endless forest up there. Pretty crazy watching 200ft trees hit the ground. The biggest tree to be cut in this video would be the massive 200+ft Jefferson pine at the end of the video.
Thanks for watching!

[@660stihl]

One of the best timbercutting vids around! Thanks!

[@TommySchuch]

Thank you for watching🙏🏼

[@jacobfurnish7450]

@@TommySchuch sugar pine got bark beetle or something? Also is that a ported 661 or 880 magnum. I got respect for guys who have to haul around one of those all day. I almost can't keep up with a 562 husky XD.

[@Bryant1963]

Yeah OK. 🤣😂 Other than this guy walking around & going slower than shit almost like he’s about 75 years old, he did just OK. Also, you don’t drop your timber into other trees & brush the hell out of other trees with a cutting strip that wide open.

[@franciscoruzafa1974]

Bien

[@JohnnyIDive37]

Totally agree!

[@ecslogging]

This is what that show axe men should be..could watch this all day not some Hollywood drama shit

[@TommySchuch]

Haha ya man thanks!!

[@travisteeter5072]

Damn straight

[@jaredmccormick]

I'm working for one of the companies that was on ax men. I tell you what... the history channel did a fine job as journalists. 🤣

[@limestonecowboy9219]

The best part was when he lost the leaner down hill..I've cut timber for many years and it happens to the best of us. I just loved his reaction. 😄

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Yep, “fuckin prick” I’ve been there before lol

[@michellepugh2859]

Can't believe I've never seen this?? Honestly had my doubts at the beginning but imo a very good video!! Thanks for putting it up and hats off to the Sawyer he's definitely earning his money.

[@TommySchuch]

Thank you much for the comment, happy you appreciate the video!

[@jerrygoad3093]

I don't say it too much from the start to end this guy's good safe been doing a 25 years try to learn something every time out I definitely like what I see awesome work tree man

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

That Man could work on my crew any damned day he wanted ! He knows his work.

[@TommySchuch]

No kidding, he's a true professional!

[@jerrygoad3093]

That's the only thing I didn't say in my comment damn good job from start to finish y'all good old boys be safe and take care all you're in my prayers

[@mauroesquibel2767]

What company is hiring I’m trying to flop hogs

[@PapawMule]

He dang sure knows how to fall timber..!

[@waynespicer856]

The tree fell the wrong direction from his notch . At 11:32 you can hear him say f- - - - - g thing as the tree fall back on the wedges. I,ve had that happen more than once ;very dangerous! Have to be on your game at all times . Great video!

[@tormodiv]

Sure. That camera guy luckily stood where he did...

[@JohnnyIDive37]

power cutting great job BUD! fantastic saw👍👍👍

[@JohnnyIDive37]

✌

[@jamesmooney5348]

Enjoyed the video. Blessing to be able to do what you guys are doing.

[@timberray9572]

I can always tell a pro by the way they move, to the untrained eye it actually looks slow but every move is calculated and precise and three minutes later a real big tree is on the ground.

[@willisbruce4044]

This and the constant even load on the chainsaw. Always at it's maximum without bugging it down

[@scottcarter461]

Well the good thing about hiring this dude is the mill gets a couple more inches in diameter out of the deal before they finally hit the ground. Wtf up with the weird cut on the low side every time! Just dog in and wrap around and cut it ffff down!

[@scottcarter461]

Oh yeah did I say I owned my own business and dumped thousands upon thousands of pewney trees like that?!

[@scottcarter461]

Oh yeah never knew trees even grew on ground that flat! I guess I'm not easily impressed with tree falling vids

[@mauroesquibel2767]

Yes

[@therealjosephpowell]

That's a Ponderosa (Yellow) Pine. I can tell by the needles and the shape of the branches shown at 22:15, and once the tree was down. Great vid!

[@JS-oy6nn]

Fella is running low at the end. This is what a day at the office looks like 👍🏻 hats off to you sir for a job well done.

[@gjbingham]

I grow forest trees and I love watching logging vids. Old growth trees are like gems though - rare and beautiful. Sad to see that old pine come down. Kind of like going into a church and wrecking the place.....

[@TommySchuch]

That is a fair statement that I agree with most of , however most of these trees in the video have health issues and are either dead or on the way out.

[@magicthewoodchopper4209]

Tbh and completely fair on this one i have to fully agree with both you gentlemen because you both are 100% correct here.

[@johnstack4316]

Most people dont realize trees of this size are dying. Redwoods live to be super old, pine hemlock n red fir(Douglass for) tap out a tree around 200 to 300 years old. Trees are a renewable resource. Out here in the west there is so much forrest that the young ones will grow to be old timers.

[@EternalWithin]

@@TommySchuch I agree. But why cut down a dying tree? Unless someone's life is in danger we should leave it. Dead trees are supposed to be in nature and its all part of the natural cycle. For some reason people like to think they know what's better for nature better than nature does itself.

[@JS-oy6nn]

@@EternalWithin think it’s called industry

[@wigleboy]

This guy looks like he is falling sick or dying trees for fire prevention (maybe a wildland firefighter himself). He sure knows what he is doing. It is the most dangerous job in the US and Canada for a reason.

[@jameshunt995]

It's true it's very dangerous I enjoy it's been an awesome job been doing it for 3 years now

[@kevinboyes2619]

Nice to watch a good faller some of these guys that don't put under cuts in scary nice job

[@StephenLewis-y7b]

You are best just keep going working hard tree after tree so big u know where to put them down God bless live long work safe for family

[@brendanthebattlerstafford5145]

Thanks for your time and efforts Tommy 👊

[@victor-emmanuel7485]

Fantastic video! Really captures the atmosphere. I love what I do... but am always a bit jealous of a job like this. Does the logger in this video have a channel/ instagram page himself?

[@aburgheim]

Cutn down the torches!! Good Job

[@Mudpuppyjunior]

I love all the armchair pros in the comments criticizing his technique or his saw or telling everyone what tree is what. I'm sure if I read far enough someone has complained his backcuts are not precisely 2.5 inches above the undercut and he didn't use his tweezers to clean any tiny dutchmen out of the hinge. I logged and owned timberland in this area for 30 years. That guy is doing exactly what I want a faller to do. His stumps are low and his backcut is on plane with his face cut so he doesn't have to waste time trimming the log nor does the landing man. He's generally trying to put the trees in the best spot but he isn't spending all day using sticks and tapes and calculators trying to hit a perfect spot; he's knocking frickin trees over nice and fast just as he's paid to and if a few get crunched in the process; they make logs too. That is real, production falling* done the way real loggers want it done. *Waiting for the armchair pro to correct me and tell me it's "felling". Yes. It is. Nobody in the real world of logging cares, only guys in armchairs.

[@TommySchuch]

🤝

[@TommySchuch]

🤝

[@michaellee9883]

Great video. It looks like the left side of his chaps have seen a lot of chain hits. Yikes! Wear protective gear everybody!

[@autoracingtv6445]

nice work Tommy, what saw are you using and how many trees do you think you've cut down?

[@garymiller685]

a big saw for that job love it

[@bh2861]

That saw is actually under powered

[@brianvasquez4484]

I know next to nothing about logging but can easily recognize this fella is a master at his craft. About halfway through was he doing a plunge cut into that tree?

[@Bryant1963]

You should’ve just stopped your message after the first 7 words because that was the only part you got right! Lol.

[@user-ktm890rider]

The only thing better at the end of the day working in hot dry conditions like that is a couple ice cold beers 🍻

[@JRMny-nl4ut]

The rotten tree that broke out on the way down looks like it went sideways from its face. Did it? It looked to be leaning back pretty hard.

[@te7695]

Like a Pro 🤤👍

[@maxpuppy96]

6:18 He is a good faller watch how he hangs in there to the bitter end to save the tree from cracking and also he can steer it a little

[@zucar9hamid]

Nice video sir, have a nice day

[@MarcioCostacantor]

Bom dia! Pra mim é uma honra viu prestigiar seu trabalho, vamos sempre juntos somar e fortalecer nossos objetivos, Conto com você, eu já estou por aqui..

[@cavemanfaller9886]

Is that mark scott?

[@darrellpatterson8955]

Damn those are some big trees....

[@w8stral]

They grow REALLY fast. Not all that old.

[@jimmartin7881]

@@w8stral Yeah, only around 3 or 4 hundred years. Like the blink of an eye, lol.

[@w8stral]

@@jimmartin7881 Half that. ~150 years. Yes, like blink of an eye. That is roughly double average logging practices here which is roughly 65-->85 years though many places are being cut every 55years for very small dimensional lumber.

[@jimmartin7881]

@@w8stral Okay whatever, the guy doing the video only states the age in the comment section but what does he know? Lol.

[@w8stral]

@@jimmartin7881 .... That area was logged previously. WE KNOW the maximum age of the trees. Appears neither you nor the idiot doing the video knows this. This is not old growth timber. 2nd growth.

[@bulletholesbobby]

Is he using a 661?

[@ACOUSTIC_4LOVE]

Them some Monarchs. I Was down deep in the Yolla Bolly’ wilderness back in early 90s. Saw some Doug fir 10’ across at the Base. Huge fires last few years may have taken em out

[@thomasetchebarren2901]

Like a boss

[@TommySchuch]

totally

[@daniellynthlin6840]

How big at base was the last tree

[@TommySchuch]

I would say at least 10ft but more likely closer to 12ft

[@sawboneiomc8809]

Great job....just wish on that last tree he hadn’t dropped them on those young trees.

[@michaelkearney5562]

11:46 That big tree broke into two pieces when it hit the ground. P.S. Looking at it again, it broke before it even hit the ground.

[@BB46BB46]

That is the sick and rorring tree thing

[@donaldwhite1928]

California pine the real trees

[@stephenmork3925]

518 .. best skidded in my opinion

[@lorenzolopez2466]

Ice house?

[@wharris7594]

S-212 Wildland Fire Chainsaw Class

[@idaholewis265]

11:45 Uh oh! 🤣 I’ve been there, Done that

[@tmttm4743]

ไม้ดี คนตัดสุดยอด

[@ryanhudson3807]

Mnt Lasson?

[@SUROBLEDEKchannel]

Hadir sobat pemula nyimak🙏

[@destroywoodusa]

Like🎉

[@firewoodwarrior4396]

Impressive.

[@TommySchuch]

Xtreme Landlife Thanks!!

[@raikan]

Ok👍👍 bagus👍👍 OMG good👍👍

[@1979kw]

Dead snags are one of the worst. Pound a wedge in it and the top breaks out and kills ya. Settem up and knock em down with something green lol

[@Jona_Villa]

Is a Jeffrey Pine or Ponderosa pine?

[@TommySchuch]

Jona V. Jeffrey 👍🏼

[@Jona_Villa]

@@TommySchuch thanks

[@annafarley5188]

👍

[@arnilazarev1771]

🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍

[@garengtutorial8923]

Heyyy... 👍

[@douglascasey3486]

I pride myself in never destroying small timber in the process of cutting the big timber. I don't like for my butts to pull out at all.

[@GAIS414]

That's usually how the land owner and forest companies want it too. Here in Sweden it's considered unprofessional to waste timber like that. If you keep felling big on small for no good reason you will be out of a job very quickly.

[@yearginclarke]

Depends on what the skidding crew does also. You could fall it as perfectly as possible, but then a cat or skidder could fowl up the smaller trees in the process of skidding it out. I say this because I run skidder and do my best to not destroy the smaller trees, but in some situations it's very hard not to. Sometimes unforeseen things like sliding around or something lands your machine in a place where you tear up some smaller trees. I know how to avoid this usually, but alot of guys don't or just don't care. Largely depends on the operator.

[@richardprosch6222]

you use the small timber to slow the big timber to the ground also if you cut the small timber and leave stumps the can slab the big stuff it will cost you big i worked the steep ground never got to work the flat ground like i see here.except when i put in my time in the rigging but we did pull in some big wood one was 12 ft by 12 ft 6inches by 26 ft long solid fir had 6 20 ft cuts before it went under 6 ft cheers boys you are under paid.

[@nightfighter7452]

Is the crew looking for more employees?

[@TimberTramp]

Pack your 084 to work day ;)

[@jonathanarnot9810]

He smashed the shit out of that 10+ grand tree at 11:43

[@martinlawn]

Anybody have any idea how old that pine was ? 200 ? 400 years old ? I have no clue being from MN.

[@TommySchuch]

I would guess the 180-200ft Sugar pine taken at the end of the video would be between 300-500 year range. Which is pretty young considering we have a Giant Sequoia tree nearby that is over 2,700 years old! Also fun fact one of the oldest living trees in the world is located in California in the white mountains at close to 5000 years old! The methuselah tree , look it up @martinlawn

[@martinlawn]

@@TommySchuch Sounds good. I always heard the "Bristlecone Pine" is the oldest tree in the USA. Some they say are 4000 years old and grow at a certain altitude and like on the SE side of slopes ? Odd.

[@TommySchuch]

@@martinlawn Yes Exactly the tree I was talking about the "methusalah" tree I mentioned is a bristlecone pine. It's wild how long they can live for.

[@juanitarivera749]

Fucking amaIng

[@ryanhudson3807]

Yeah that last pondy was a toad. Id estimate it to be 180-250 yr old. No heart check.

[@Bryant1963]

Except that second tree you cut wasn’t a white fir or a piss fir, it was a Douglas-fir/red fir! I’ve cut timber for over 30 years & a Grand-fir is usually referred to as a piss fir, and some people even call Alpine fir piss fir, & grand fir & alpine fir are are both white fir, but at least the first 3 trees you cut were all red fir/Douglas fir, not white fir! Nice yellow pine at the end, but not sure why you dropped it into another tree though. Lol.

[@TommySchuch]

The tree was pissing pretty good, regardless of the specific fir it is. And he *usually calls these trees piss firs.

[@Mudpuppyjunior]

I don't know where you've been cutting the last 30 years but it wasn't this area. I did log this area for 30 years and those are white firs. Around here the only tree called a piss fir is a white fir. The needles and bark clearly make these white firs and neither Doug firs of which there are not too many below Yosemite nor red firs which grow at a higher elevation and have a much rougher, reddish-brown bark.

[@jmajeed3880]

Miss axe men

[@chriswesney]

Why do they cut down all of these trees? Im by no means a tree hugger but I always feel weird seeing a 200 year old tree topple. These dudes have skills for sure.

[@TommySchuch]

Chris Wesney These are mainly “hazard” trees near roads that are on their way out, most of which are infected with bark beetles or parasitic bugs. I guess the idea is to use the wood before it goes bad and or falls on the road and kills somebody. I hear you though, watching a massive tree hit the ground is definitely a weird feeling considering how long it’s been there.

[@LordDirus007]

It prevents Forrest fires.

[@TommySchuch]

@@LordDirus007 Yes sir

[@jjp1117]

@@LordDirus007 but Smokey said only I could prevent forest fires

[@benlager710]

Ever wonder where the wood your house was built with came from

[@jimwilliamson7598]

Can’t stand the gunning of the saw motor!

[@ToreDL87]

He has to in order to keep oil circulating through bar & chain + fuel&oil through engine before and after extremely high loads.

[@BrookieCooki84]

@@ToreDL87 Don’t you just love when the KZbin experts give their 2 cents? Lol.

[@keithclark486]

He was diagnosed with M&M&R.

[@team_1j_jont-179]

That stihl sounds sickly! Get yourself a 390xp and thank me later...

[@tylerallison8584]

Baby face mcgee

[@robertosuareztolosa1659]

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@skitzochik]

you're not scared a bear may come along?

[@bristleconepinus2378]

not with that saw

[@Bryant1963]

😂🤣

[@alphaduck2926]

@@bristleconepinus2378 That saw would literary go through a bear, but bears will usually sneak behind you and cut you wide open before you have time to react. They run up to 35 mph or so and can even climb trees. Good luck if the chain saw jams and also good luck trying to climb a tree or having someone acting as a lookout since bears can take down 3 or 5 guys with ease specially grizzly bears or black bears which are a lot smaller but still pack heat.

[@JohnJohnson-bg2oo]

He needs some carburetor work done to that saw.

[@660stihl]

Running that bar and 4 stroking when not buried i think its running damn good.

[@Mackenzie.Grant95]

@@660stihl it’s running exactly as it should. I agree with you

[@geoffbell166]

Its 7200 ft Asl you got tune different from sea level!

[@denisthemenace.]

Pretty sure it is a 661 and running pretty good

[@ToreDL87]

Yeah different altitude, humidity and barometric pressure = Different carb setting. If you do these longer cuts without preheating + keeping the saw running high for a bit pre/post cut and I guarantee you'll be sorry for it. These aren't just some small bushes gunking up the driveway of an average homeowner here. The saw has to run for an extended amount of time, so you have to run it to keep fuel & oil flowing through the engine and oil through the bar & chain, or either which one (or all 3) will seize up on you REAL fast. Motor rebuild is 3 days pay worth, that's 3 days of hard work, not just sitting at a computer making a powerpoint presentation. An Oregon/Sugihara/Tsumura bar of that size is 100-150 bucks and up, and a new chain (whether its from a loop or off the shelf) is about half that. So you want to take care of the equipment :)

[@randomvideos466]

Just don't know to reforest

[@a.boss.__09]

Nooo why those trees

[@condogwow]

cutting down the old, mature trees instead of thinning out the small young trees? that's just poor ecological management

[@Bryant1963]

How goddamn thin do you want that patch? It’s already thinned out dumb ass! 🙄 He’s not cutting it for that reason! Another clueless liberal!

[@alphaduck2926]

Just to freshen up your mind these trees will soon come down by their own and sometimes they obstruct roads or hurt other new trees, because they are old so they need to be cut down. Also the wood doesn’t necessarily go to waste since most of it is still used for other projects besides houses like lumber to make fire.

[@crossbow3539]

Why the hell are they cutting those trees down

[@TommySchuch]

Jesus Jim it seems like you are yelling at me!! I am copying a previous reply I made in this thread "These are mainly “hazard” trees near roads that are on their way out, most of which are infected with bark beetles or parasitic bugs. I guess the idea is to use the wood before it goes bad and or falls on the road and kills somebody.

[@denisthemenace.]

Coz they are ready to come down

[@errolpoxleitner9586]

If he is sawing trees he is not in the wilderness.

[@TommySchuch]

wil·der·ness /ˈwildərnəs/ noun an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region And to be quite honest this exact location was approximately half a mile from the sign designating the Ansel Adams wilderness.

[@williamcbelieve1645]

Ain’t no 2 hundred feet guaranteed

[@need100k]

He revs that saw too much. Waste of gas, oil and wears out the engine faster. And I don't mean while in the big cuts, but before starting a cut and sometimes on the smaller cuts.

[@bob_frazier]

Right there at 11:43 watching that snag go to shit is why this is the most dangerous job in America.

[@ToreDL87]

One off* at least. I constantly see fighter pilots nagging about how their job is the most dangerous, BS :) Once heard a story of a fighter pilot breaking up with his gf, once he found out what her occupation was (shell diver), apparently his dick shrunk.

[@Cerebrosity]

Very cool...thanks for documenting and sharing.

[@TommySchuch]

Thank you, appreciate the comment!

[@j.settle6448]

WOW! I never dreamed a person would be allowed to drop a tree in Kalifonia!!

[@a.boss.__09]

Yeah I wonder why the fire ?

[@Mudpuppyjunior]

@@a.boss.__09 I was a logger for 30 years in CA, mostly north of these guys, starting in 1985. There is a lot of logging in CA and we still have the biggest softwood timber on average in the world. There's a whole lot more red tape than when I started but you can still knock them over.

[@a.boss.__09]

@@Mudpuppyjunior Damnn that’s cool

[@danrobsonjr247]

Looks familiar and is middle elevation looks to be between 4 thousand and 5,500 feet. Growing up I watched dad my uncle and gramps fall lots of these white fir tall skinny trees that in most cases busted apart on impact .Even though they were green they where rotten inside it’s why they have a more colorful name to those of us that where in the logging industry. Nice yellow/ ponderosa pine at the end. Nice hearing those big sthils too along with the trees hitting the ground. My family logged the Eldorado county area of Northern California mostly the iron mountain area for you flatlanders its now called the Mormon immigrant trail area

[@TommySchuch]

That's awesome,thanks for the history! Im familiar with that area in northern Cali, very cool . The elevation here is 7,200ft as I have property here and also have an altimeter and topo ;) I appreciate the comment my friend happy new year!

[@edgardner2919]

I logged there to! Worked for Robinson timber.

[@Mudpuppyjunior]

I logged and owned property on the North South Rd off of Iron Mountain Rd and owned several pieces up in the Camino/Georgetown area and points south into Calaveras, Tuolumne and Tulare counties.

[@Mudpuppyjunior]

@@edgardner2919 Small world. Robinson logged a piece for me that required a yarder across the canyon from Camino. in 1994.

[@danrobsonjr247]

@@Mudpuppyjunior my grandfather may have logged your property. He logged all over iron mountain rd from sly park all the way to the top where it hits 88 and along 88 . Especially north south, meice , light canyon , alder creek, camp creek, silver fork , and packsaddle pass areas along with around grizzly flats, all along hi way 50 from Tahoe to placerville all over ice house rd and every rd off it writes lake rd and all Rds off it all over the Georgetown area hell hole volcanoville and West Point area. And all over pleasant valley.

[@jacobfurnish7450]

Massive respect if you have to haul around a 660! Those things are heavy. Cool vid too. Sucks they have health problems (bark beetle I assume) but still, nice looking wood!

[@dennisthemenace57]

Looks like a 661

[@austindenotter19]

Of course as you know beetles infest uncut timber and ruin it. We need to get back to cutting live timber so that the beetles dont get so dominant.

[@edwinladshow5791]

That was Awesome!!

[@yowser8780]

Widowmakers on the last tree. Dangerous stuff.

[@dan-dan-da-treeman]

Your saws must be going through hell. Well done folks.

[@Dave_9547]

Good video, thanks for posting. White Fir, also known as P*ss fir not only because of the water they sometimes contain, but how it smells. Sugar pine can also have water in them, very sweet tasting however, but hard on your digestive tract, or so fallers have told me.

[@jakemesa3211]

Got to love trying wedge big dead snags! You ain't cut much if ya haven't lost one or two over backwards or sideways. Good video 👍👍

[@jeffstorm7166]

People don't live long wedging snags

[@jakemesa3211]

@@jeffstorm7166 no one likes wedging snags. Sometimes you have to though. That one looked pretty solid. It's the rotted ones that are really dangerous and should not be wedged at, all if possible.

[@craigwhittingslow9689]

Smart callers us jacks!

[@treydogg77]

He makes that look easy and fun. Let me tell ya fellow tubers your watching skill with 30+ yrs experience.

[@bh2861]

Calm down chief

[@williamsnow9976]

REAL MEN all i can say

[@garysublett3493]

This Trinity county...reminds me of southfork mountian😊

Nice work!

[@ryanhudson3807]

Captain snaggle buster.

[@18hawkster]

Bad ass video! Nice job! Where were you logging at? Looks like Shaver Lake area?

[@TommySchuch]

Close to Jackass Lakes 🤙🏼

[@marvinclark6808]

That one tree fell backwards shit happens sometimes

[@charlesbynum9534]

That was a very nice video. I would love to put my big ol sthil in them trees

[@secondgear6079]

Stumps keep making them that last one was big

[@andyd9199]

He makes it look easy, a pro!

[@gewa6472]

It`s mans world,absolutly.

[@paulmorrey733]

Great Skills Thanks for sharing. Anyone know what model of Saw ?

[@denisthemenace.]

Looked like a 661 with a Maxflow filter