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Felling a dangerous hard leaner for firewood with the Stihl MS 261, These red oaks like this Barber Chair Very Easy, Didn't go exactly as planned but ended up ok with some help from the Wallenstein FX 85 Skidding Winch
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[@OutoftheWoods0623]

That out of the woods guy sure looks familiar.

[@badcat4707]

Lol , ;-)

[@JohnSmith-tv5ep]

Nathan, its pretty neat how you did the intro. Buckin Billy did one also. All 3 channels are great for each other. Cuttin... Choppin..& Sliced !!!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

John Smith 👍

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

BILL UPSTATE NY agreed

[@PatrickCPalmer]

BILL UPSTATE NY I thought the same when I watched the last video of them counting tree rings and they had 20 dislikes? How can you dislike someone counting tree rings??? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@robschwartzenburg8933]

Melissa should share with everyone on how to she is so happy. I just love that she can smile so much. Please keep it up it is infectious

[@merlewarnsholz2094]

Mike - Great video. Thanks for the education on cutting down "leaners" like this one. Your approach, and your thoughts all make sense to me.

[@munched55]

*You two aren't the only ones meeting great people. I probably met some like-minded, chainsaw lovin', outdoors friends from just about every state and western country in the world. Solid, friendly, helpful, freedom-loving people I'm honored to know. :)*

[@richardbonner2354]

I'm with You, Mr Stevie! The kind o' Folk I run into visitin' Morgan's Mountain are the sort of People I really ENJOY sharing the Whorl' with! Rick Bonner, Pennsyltucky

[@rickhenry719]

Hello Mike,Melissa,Hunter & gang! I love the channel & your entire family. I would appreciate a woods walk identifying tree species. I am really having trouble learning it. Thanks for all you guys do! Feel free to do one also Nathan. Love your channel also!

[@ronatwell5379]

One of the joys I get from watching a video like this is the prediction of which way it is going to fall. I have worked with my son on many a tree removal (many of them urban) where predicting and "steering" the fall is very important in those settings. Anyway, I'm sitting here as the armchair logger saying "yep, that's what she'll do" or "nope, that won't do what you think" and I don't have to deal with the outcome. Thanks for allowing me to be a part of your life in this way. Look forward to every video.

[@polycat7670]

Great intro Nathaniel! Always go to hear from a friend. Glad the tree did come down.

[@daviddrzewiecki8267]

Hey Mike, put your winch to work and use it along with a fiberglass pruning pole to set a cable and put tension on the winch and pull the tree where "you" want it to go?? Lots of practice with Asplundh!

[@BillB23]

Nathan's vignette was pretty cool. As usual, good content. Thanks!

[@boomer_bob6493]

I am so looking forward to getting back in the bush, hopefully the end of next week to start cutting firewood again. We have finally had some drought easing rain so it's safe once again to use the saws where I cut. It's been too long.

[@laneritc]

OK, got me this time! Thought I'd clicked on the wrong video when Out of the Woods started playing!

[@BosnWayne]

So did I!!

[@russellbowman8051]

Great Job getten Er loosened from the other tree and on the ground

[@see207]

Mellisa BLESS HER HEART SHE ALWAYS HAS A BIG SMILE ON , I SEE THAT EVERY , IT JUST PICKS YOU UP EVER DAY THANK YOU

[@bufford14]

THANKS FOR TELLING US WHAT WERE LISTENING TOO. I LIKE YOUR MUSIC THE BEST ON KZbin.

[@er1073]

Intro was great!!!! I learn a lot watching you just for the knowledge and to watch somebody learning themselves how to cut trees. I don't have a stand of trees I just enjoy you and the family doing your stuff. Have a great visit with Tye. Hello Hunter. Ed

[@donniecoleman1324]

I really enjoy your videos, Mike and millissa. You do alot of the same kind of stuff I do. Of coarse as that thing called age slips upon me I'm starting to have to slow down some. Sometimes thats hard to. So enjoy it thoroughly now while you still can.

[@dograngler1]

True love, is taking the dump trailer on a lunch date. Happy 29th anniversary Morgans.

[@addisongardner1989]

Wanted the corn bread in the lunch basket! Good one, guys. The more I see what "Wally" can do, the more I think every Colorado ranch needs that on the back of a tractor. The ride-alongs and chats are great.

[@douglasknutsen]

Great video Mike and I very much enjoy your narration, keep up the good work !

[@RagsdaleCreek]

Another even snack while watching Outdoors with the Morgans. 👍

[@daviddrzewiecki8267]

Nice job putting Nathan on first!! You guys rock!!

[@kevinpendell7621]

How about an update on the shack in the woods?? I love me some Olive Garden!!!

[@brucebello2049]

Hi Mike, sorry, I’m missing your fantastic wood stacking, Have a Day

[@lldrabek4569]

i don't know why people always have to like you say think they always know better than the person doing the job. i haven't seen anything you have done so far that i would not feel safe standing right beside you. i enjoy your vids. keep up the good work. enjoy the whole family. good job.

[@mikeroutledge6929]

Great and safe positioning of the winch

[@walkert.4993]

Mellisa you got a Colgate smile. Pretty smile and nice teeth!

[@jeremiahs45]

Thanks for the refresher on a leaner tree. Have a day

[@thebradleysoncatbirdhill6849]

Mike Morgan....aka "Maestro of the Woods"!!!👍💪🪓 Well done, Mike. We Pennsylvania boys always find a way!!!! I am just fascinated with finding ways to move things using levers, cables, and winches, etc. We all know what Melissa eat for lunch, how about you???🍔?

[@HTPJohn]

That was fun! Hope Melissa's knuckles heal soon. We had Chicken Ptarmigan for dinner Saturday night (lol). That Wallenstein winch is amazing.Thanks for the video. God Bless.

[@mikebrunner9155]

Mike, I learn from you all the time. Thank you

[@547Rick]

Back when I used to cut a lot of wood for heating my house. Are choice of wood was ash. It was not as heavy a wood as oak but it would burn up into nothing but light ash. Today there is no ash trees left around here due to the big kill off. Please keep the videos coming as it reminds me a lot of my younger years!

[@kevinreilly4990]

Amazing smile on Mellisa going to lunch. I think she was remembering her impression of you as you were lining out the days work.

[@baldbear5609]

Howdy Mike, Great placement of the snatch block! You are becoming a pro with the Wallenstein Skidding Winch and self releasing snatch block. That was like hitting an Easy Button bringing down a hung up tree. Love it when a plan comes together. Have A Day!

[@wyattearp1418]

Good Morning Outdoors with The Morgans

[@philgriswold2133]

Perfect application of the winch. Without the winch you are up under that tree making multiple cuts to try to get it unhung. The winch gave you the power to free the tree from a safe distance.

[@johnsuch5914]

Love me some Olive Garden and we just downloaded Pure Flix last night :) I've got a big leaner as well that snapped at the base and leaning into another tree. I just have the rigs you have to get it done like that..Awesome and yes lots of nice cutting and splitting on that red oak. Be safe out there and continued prayers...God Bless

[@throngcleaver]

Excellent work, Mike!

[@141moose]

Had lightning strike one side of a twin red oak 15 years ago so I cut it down for lumber. I didn't have as much lean as yours. The other side is still making wood, healthy as can be. Really took off with the reduced competition for light and water.

[@nicoleahee]

My favorite (Alternative) intro so far. I'm going to go back and find out who he is and check out his channel now. Love the channel, but I'm commenting today on what Mike said about people commenting on leaving the tree leaning till morning. If you are afraid of getting hurt by falling limbs and trees then maybe you shouldn't go into the woods. I grew up in woods playing mostly, then by the time I was able to drive, I'd been in the saw woods for 2-3 years either running a chainsaw, skidder, knuckle-boom, and I was learning to drive a cab over International w/ pole trailer just after I got my learners permit. I learned on my uncle's saw mill and Dad's Cabover.

[@gsettlemyre]

Tim McDonald you’ll love Out of the Woods with Nathan, he has a Saw Miser channel, does a lot of slabbing of different wood.

[@nicoleahee]

@@gsettlemyre Just watched his latest video I liked it, now I'm a subscriber to his channel as well.. I grew up with a diesel engine powered sawmill, with a cutting blade that was at least 6 foot tall. When my uncle first let me work on it, my first day, barely a teenager (summer 1988) he stuck me stacking 9"x9" ties. That was fine one at a time, but then he'd cut a big log, what we called a 6 or 8 shooter. Meaning i was getting up to 8 ties per log he cut. That was a workout. Anyway, drinking morning coffee and rambling on. Have a great day.

[@ianlivingston1180]

Enjoyed how you approach things. Great seeing how people do things in a different country

[@jameshodgins1937]

That's a lot of firewood to stack! Good luck. Enjoy your videos.

[@talezfromthedashcam3138]

Wow..Olive Garden in Cranberry..I could have walked down there and you could buy me lunch too! LOL

[@healyfamily4]

Pretty slick operation with Wally! Enjoy your day, Morgans.

[@jeffhartmann2469]

SOUTHERN INDIANA HERE: 42 and sunny today…got into my farm yesterday..little sticky but not bad…been awhile since I walked my ditch row. MIKE-I’ve got several cherry trees. One is dead and will cut it down. Anxious to see if it’s pretty as yours.

[@Jeff-vi1mu]

Great intro, my 2 favorite KZbin channels

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

jeff hall hey Jeff 👍

[@d11rdozer]

Loved the intro. Actually did a double take of the video title and channel name thinking I was on the Out of the Woods channel.

[@janethouck9763]

Going on a date lunch with the dump trailer how sweet

[@PatrickCPalmer]

Melissa is living the dream! 😁👍🏻

[@steveelliott2243]

I thought they were going to get a plastic liner to convert the trailer to a swimming pool

[@rnrudynh1427]

@@steveelliott2243 1999 Daytona Beach. Took three 12x12 tarps filled my 1985 Chevy c-10 with tap water. By the time I got out of school (AMI now Wyotech) it was a hot tub on wheels. I was popular down on the beach. Sketchy driving but well worth the adventure. Even some of Volusia county sheriff's were checking it out.." leave it to a snow bird" they said.

[@theoisaac9948]

PA enjoy guys. Good channel

[@bobfuchs3627]

Love Nathan's intro. Good video, just shows that the best laid plans often go sideways. Have fun with Ty

[@dennismahonchak3228]

Loved Nathan's intro.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Dennis Mahonchak 👍👍

[@dickhansen8594]

Such a wise choice. Save yourself grief cutting it and whoever tried to use it. Years of experience showing through. Thank you for sharing your day

[@brianworley7705]

Hello Mike, Watching what you did on your hinge and notch, I would guess the holding wood for the hinge was small from what I would have expected. Granted it is oak, but the hinge looked like it broke right off. Broken hinge, no direction control. I would tried a taller step up and thicker hinge in hope for it to flex a little bit more. I looked at the winch website and same or similar model. I can't justify it so sticking to choker cables and tractor traction. ;-)

[@JohnSmith-tv5ep]

MIKE, another ' gotcha !!' on the intro. Pretty neat how Nathan did that. I really love the interaction between the You Tube channels (OTW.. Buckin Billy Ray)! Yinz guys got it goin on! All good stuff. Thanks!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good morning Mike and Melissa . Great job with the Wallenstein fx85. Sure saved a lot of wrestling that tree around. Lots of firewood in that tree. Nice lunchtime with the Morgan’s 👍👍, thanks for sharing with us.

[@garbagecanfriedspam6254]

Great day to Hunter and Morgan family. Mike from my view that small diamater ,hard leaner would have been near impossible to "pull" sideways for clean fall to ground. You did very good job of useing the equipment on hand to handle situation as safely as possible. Be safe and carry on.

[@hardymarshfarm7843]

nice, very nice fire wood. and its good to take it, as you said it would (someday) come down anyway and maybe hurt the main tree with it. I think i will start looking for those around our place. i hate to cut a "good" tree for fire wood.

[@SailorAllan]

so much to learn here ! ( I'm a city boy) talkin' about that red oak bending if cut for boards , all this inside tech from you experience ! also one doesn't have to watch that many vids to know you are on private land--100 acres woods right ? only one to get hurt would be a honey loving bear , maybe a kangaroo , oh and a tiger. heard on another channel if you mark your property with purple paint it's code for no hunting, private land, keep out. that works in PA. too ??

[@Barleywine14]

I always bore a hold through the tree that is hung up and then cut a pole to stick through the tree. Just roll them right out. If I had a winch I'd probably be using it but you can roll them out pretty easily too.

[@timoschatzinikolaou5046]

Hello Mike, hope you're having a good day! Really liking the view from the head camera, when you where splitting wood too.

[@allanulen3809]

we cut a limb like that but it was wild cherry and dead. cut it but it didn't go got hung up in maple. finally got it loose but still hung up. sooo got out the 22 rifle and chewed thru two branches but got it down about a face cord plus. but a lot of dry rot.

[@James.......]

Best intro yet from my favorite KZbinr!

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

James thanks buddy

[@richardbonner2354]

We funny talkin' Yanqu-ee's up here in "The Burgh" in Pennsyltuck, LOVE how you Southern Folk, 'spin a phrase'. Youse People speak "pure American", there in "The Volunteer State". Great channel you run, too! You always display lotsa "Yanqu-ee Ingenuity" in your approaches to releasing the magnificent Beauty hidin' in them logs o' your'n! Regards from, Rick Bonner, Pennsyltucky

[@richardbonner2354]

Mike! You'll "land them dropped trees" Right precisely where you wanna "shoot 'em", more an' more often, as you keep on foresterin' on Morgan's Mountain. You've gotta "way" of Always Winning..., although some 'Wins' are more of a 'clean-sweep', than others are. Rick Bonner, Pennsyltucky

[@HardyBrothersOutdoors]

Glad to see another successful, and more importantly safe, felling of a tree. I was thinking mill for that as well... interesting your point about the stress and the impact coming through on the wood after being cut. I'm so close to pulling the trigger on a mill so i'm soaking up all the info i can. Power to the #weekendwarriors :-) . Enjoyed the video as usual, keep doing what you do! - Josh

[@javedsahibzada4069]

Mike and Melissa always enjoy your videos. God bless you all

[@haroldwhite7202]

Maybe you can have a video on journey of implements and toys. ones in the beginning to what you have now

[@mikegraleski4136]

Oh that Cranberry madness....Great tips on the leaner. I need that winch in my life. Hi Hunter!

[@garybenedict3394]

Well done Mike Always work safe your alone in the woods

[@randykeech3557]

Nice job with the hanger. Glad to see im not the only one that hangs them up haha.

[@barryespeseth7355]

Nice job with your equipment. Red oak is my favorite firewood. Have alot of it in my woodlot in NE Ct.

[@markbaumann7657]

Good for grilling on also

[@slamsshenanigans2296]

I think your step was fine and you should do that with every cut, its kinda hard to see on my screen with my internet connection at the moment but it looked like you didn't leave enough holding wood, which is the wood that should break away between your face cut and back cut, the back cut in this case was holding till final but it isn't holding wood. Good job Mike, your safe, tree is down. ;)

[@brucebello2049]

I had forgotten how I missed American restaurants

[@PatrickCPalmer]

Melissa - when am I getting a pool? Mike - you want to go to lunch? Melissa - sure. 🙄 Mike - good, ‘cause I need to run out and pick up a load of #3 stone Melissa - awesome 😑 Hey Hunter! ✋🏻👴🏻

[@PatrickWagz]

at least this time.... he didn't drop her off at the restaurant and ........ :-)

[@PatrickCPalmer]

Patrick Wagz Hahahahahahahahahahaha. YES! The Red Lobster incident. 😁

[@patrickdunne1150]

Hello from Chicago! I have to say I miss the wood stacking. I see that huge pile and think of all the nice rows you could make.

[@craigsudman4556]

Hahahaha, I thought your were going to say the dump trailer was going to be to bring back the doggie bags from lunch. Good job taking care of that widow maker Mike. You've paid for the log wench with that one pull right there, considering what one would have to go through to get that tree on the ground if you didn't have it. Great video, thumbs up.

[@craigsudman4556]

Sorry didn't spell winch correctly just noticed. Perhaps Freudian Slip?

[@stevemcgarrett303]

Hilarious opening. Really had me going there.

[@edwardkenny2356]

Nice work.

[@KillingerUSA]

That winch is as handy as a pocket on a t shirt

[@davidfarley6244]

Nice work! That's my kind of firewood. I really want that tree :)

[@bobpurs]

Great video. Looks like Mellisa really enjoyed lunch. Great to see you two get out. Another nice use for the winch rather than yank on it with the tractor. 👍✊

[@carmineiadeluca935]

Greetings from Providence, RI 🇺🇸 44°F 🌞 Today os a No Mud Day for Mike ! 💪🌲🌳🚜😉

[@Z-Bart]

Nathan had me refreshing the page. Good one Nathan. 😂👍

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Ray Zickrick 😂😂😂

[@SMichaelDeHart]

Good morning Morgan's. Loved the entro with Nathan!

[@andrewspinney]

Hey Mike, noticed on an earlier video you wrapped a chain above the cut in case it split (heavy leaner). You didn't do it this time? Change of technique? I've got a mid-size leaner I was going to tackle this morning in the same Red Oak. Thanks for the videos, although, my bride says it's 2 am and I should be sleeping???

[@realairplane261]

Looks like summer time compared to N Wisconsin!

[@jamesburke5709]

Hello Mike that was one way of getting that tree down there too ive had them to hang up like that before here and I always just look the saw and started cutting blocks of fire wood off of the bottom of it and cut it out of the other tree till it fell the rest of the way down to the ground then I just picked up the blocks of wood and took them to the splitter from there too I know some people says its dangerous to do it that way but if you watch what your doing it's safe too now have a good day now and I'll be waiting on the next video from ya too

[@talezfromthedashcam3138]

Awesome intro!!!!

[@BK245595]

Cool vid 👍😃

[@benscoles5085]

that was a sweet introduction, ha ha, you had me going for a few seconds, I was yelling at my computer, good to see Nathan, I like his channel too.

[@donh4907]

Great introduction. Pushed two KZbinrs at the same time.

[@BosnWayne]

Nathan rocked the intro! Nice job! Have a great day

[@alkaufmann2039]

Mike, would it make any sense to anchorseal the stump to help protect the existing tree?

[@maxpuppy96]

you did it right it just got hung up, I learned them the hard way LOL!! You want to mill White Oak especially if it has no cat's eyes in it, big money.

[@BissellMapleFarm]

Very underrated intro.

[@bfd1565]

Best intro ever. I was like. WTF just happened. L0L That was great !!!

[@Glock2201]

LOL I got her hung up. I have said that many times myself. I agree with you that a tree hung up like that is not going anywhere. Do you cut up the stuff that has fallen on the ground? I have found that most of the times that stuff like that is dry and already to burn.

[@alianapaetzell1704]

Like the little vlog style in the beginning for the video!

[@truevinetoday1398]

Good feeling when the top hits the ground though ! I like that bucket bud, nice 👍🏻

[@outbackorchard8224]

Great vid Mike. Got a few hours of pruning done in the orchard this AM. Quick break, then heading out for a shed hunt with my wife. Then we are heading out for lunch somewhere!

[@jimbeard1947]

Well done mike, looks like it rolled into the tree you were trying yo miss. More hinge might save helped, ( not an expert either, just years of learning from my mistakes). keep going

[@eddevarona8448]

Jim Beard - I agree about the hinge. I’ve also found I can actually help direct the fall somewhat by leaving a little more hinge thickness on the side I want it to go toward. Once it starts to go, the larger piece of holding wood on the side of the hinge helps pull it over as it goes down. You just have to be careful that you still leave some hinge on the other side for a more controlled drop. Also, sometimes a Humboldt face cut can help keep the tree from hanging up on the stump.

[@jamesearly2587]

Ha! Nathan had me fooled with the intro. I was thinking "what tha……??...I thought this was a Morgan video"

[@malcolmcavalier7849]

Another great video this morning, the intro was really good also. Mike, you may want to look at the air cleaner on the splitter motor , I noticed it was shaking around when you were running the splitter.