Basic Speed-Lining

August Hunicke Arborists Inc.
Grants Pass Oregon
2018

[@planetofthederps4490]

Yeah the ability to watch and learn from these vids is priceless!

[@samuelluria4744]

It's like Life Itself. Priceless.🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲

[@leeveler7729]

I can't believe when I'm not doing treework I watch videos about treework. Top notch work guys. August whether you consider yourself ol school or new skool you definitely have class brother

[@jontheroofer1968]

Dude! Sizing the face cut to time the rotation!? I never even heard of that. Then again I'm not a tree guy. You the freaking man!

[@mojoe8005]

When u calculate notch size for landing logs flat YOU KNOW YOUR THE BEST... FLAT LOG SOCIETY!!!! 👍 🌲 💪 🤘

[@nobodyspecial9035]

Chunkiner down, 18’ from on high! What a rush! So nice having the mini to clear the landing between cuts. Another sweet video!

[@meanjoegreen4925]

August, you impressed the heck out of me when you were calculating the notch size for landing logs flat. great job

[@jenniferfreeman6150]

i wanna be like august hunicke when i grow up, your like a god to me sir lol jk i wanna be like me. nice job once again man. i watch and learn alot from all you guys. im gonna have that speed line kit sooner or later.

[@jakeallen487]

Love your older vids killin big pines with nothin but a sharp saw , hickory shirt and a blakes hitch ha

[@jasongutierrez7507]

Awesome August!!! Love the $25 Stanley

[@bigorsmallwedoemall6680]

Very nice! I like your Speedline kit :)

[@Thetreefella]

So nice.... I've piled branches up at the bottom of a tree a few times. I hit to thinking there's got to be a way to get those branches close to the truck from the tree. Annnnd here it is!!!!!? 👍👊💚

[@keithhawks2930]

The first log almost took my breath LOL. Us east coast guys are not used to those heights. Interesting thing ya did there with the prusik on the bridge.

[@operationssergeant]

Another home run, I take away so many ideas that I can try, thank you

[@samuelluria4744]

Platoon Sergeants Love good ideas....Lol

[@operationssergeant]

Samuel Luria lmao fantastic reply

[@samuelluria4744]

😉

[@patriotarborist711]

August, do you have to climb to the top of the tree to anchor the speed line, and then get down to the lower limbs to work, or do you reset the speed line as you go up? Huge tree, great job, as usual....

[@cynthiaherr9029]

Top Notch as alway's August, Loved the woodpecker..LOL Stay Safe out there..

[@jjkohler1245]

Gotta love that Tree Man Humor Love your vids ..

[@samuelluria4744]

"Tree Man" and "Humor" are antithetical, one to the other.

[@troytreeguy]

That was pretty awesome! you been saving that one eh? loved them 18' logs tipping over! Be Well

[@samuelluria4744]

Hey Troy! I was driving past the OTHER Troy-from-Jersey-who-has-a-tree-service yesterday morning at like 6:45 ....I was happy to see that he was rolling out to work.....😂😂😂 How's Maine? My Little sister in Maine is coming down in July....haven't seen her for two years so...it will be nice... wondering if I should ask her to bring me down a lobster or two....🤔

[@mvblitzyo]

the hulk pose at the end was epic .. loved it ! and really nice calculations on the 18 'er's

[@HiLineTree]

Needed a parachute on the first 18 footer. Good job August.🌲

[@AugustHunicke]

HiLineTree yeah they were each over 18. The first one was especially long.

[@johnbray614]

A parachute?!? I’m going to stihl your idea!!!! That’s awesome

[@TimberTramp]

For kicks August....on that shorter height (or even at the top) instead of endo with a flip (type face) try a humbolt then snipe the first 1/3 of that (I think buckin’ calls it a “Swanson” I call it a slipper...) she’ll close the face then the bottom of the log will slip the snipe and the bottom will catch up to the top and pass it in the air. So instead of front flipping th 18’ section you’ll be putting it in more of a “gainer” type rotation. If you’re into some amount of experimentation you might try that out. I use it on broken ground or timber above a road etc... it’ll set the timber down butt first and works great. Then you can start playing with the snipe (or I call it the “slip”) and I run it off center so you can kick the butt left or right essentially throwing a curve in the timber around broken L or R ground. Something I’d love to see you play with and do some videos on. ;) stay safe brother and keep up the videos!

[@davidclarke4040]

Hi August great job thanks for a good video buddy

[@jerryolgrist5605]

Timing and lengths to get a log to land flat is a skill that I am wanting to improve. Thanks for the visual education. This video takes me back to moderately-old-school Hunicke.

[@AugustHunicke]

blue jeans and all yep

[@Mike-fn8gi]

Really good, Jood Gob August!

[@proxy7863]

Brilliant! Love it

[@chavalperezperez3738]

awesome job 👏👍

[@2009glassman]

good show , thanks for the old video.

[@tealjacks9125]

Great video .....was just about to ask you what hand saw you use and bang up it came on the screen ...stanley....a lot and i mean a lot of people rave about silky as being the best which they may well be but they are very expensive .

[@KennysTreeRemoval]

Nice work brother

[@AugustHunicke]

Kenny Sanchez thanks for years of positivity Kenny.

[@augustreil]

Great video. Did the first 18' piece suffer too much stress from the drop ? Is that what you were trying to do, is put less stress on the tree sections ?

[@AugustHunicke]

august trying not to break the logs. First one broke because of the berm down there. It was a great shot but I would’ve had to move the berm and I wasn’t going to do that.

[@brucelund5788]

Good Job! and stupid question #23 I have been watching you using the Petzl ZigZag quite a bit and was intrigued by the way it is advancing, so I understand the carabiner side is pulling the whole thing up, but is the slack just sliding through the zig, cause it is straightened up? Looks like it works way good and you are not tending any slack at all, is that right?

[@brucelund5788]

Thanks August, I might have t get one of those

[@richardwiltcher5377]

How do you clean all the sap off your bar and chain?

[@roelex144]

Would some type of hanger (maybe on the side for the chipper) for the MOLE loop for the speedline slings streamline the system for the ground guys? Just thinkin out load here

[@samuelluria4744]

Thinking is always good. Whether out loud, or otherwise. I like the idea.

[@brandonkarhu5599]

Yeah. Bending over every single time to attach the snaps to the molly seems avoidable. As long as the molly is far enough away from the chipper feed gate.

[@BaumpflegeMertens]

Nice Video! Assome Job! Greetings and Stay Save and buissy!

[@5herwood]

Is there a trick to it? How do you make the two face cuts meet on the far side of the trunk where you can't see, or are you just that good?

[@AugustHunicke]

Ed. Farr yeah just practice

[@chadmako4636]

Back when the 'ol morbark chipper was new! Why did you but the eye and eye from your bridge to the zig zag carabiner? Never seen anyone do that before.

[@lumberjaketreeservicellc4002]

Chad Mako gives you more length between yourself and your friction device. Makes it more convenient when hip thrusting or just tending slack when accending.

[@lumberjaketreeservicellc4002]

Essentially lengthening your bridge.

[@AugustHunicke]

Lumberjake Tree Service LLC ya, just being MacGyver. Nobody was supposed to look.

[@traynegrau8248]

Par for the course August another good one keep it simple👍 being from upstate New York we don't have a lot of those 100 + foot Pine, fir evergreens in general that one looks pretty tall any idea how tall it was!? Thanks Trayne 0

[@AugustHunicke]

Trayne Grau I don’t really remember but the first log was probably 20some feet then had three more which were 18+ 1 ft for trim. That’s about 75 feet. Add a 50 ft butt log and a 20 ft top prolly 145.

[@traynegrau8248]

August Hunicke ok thanks for hittin me back have a great weekend!

[@tyhnbgtyhnbgt]

Dude, how could you not have won video of the year just recently????

[@AugustHunicke]

I did.

[@tyhnbgtyhnbgt]

@@AugustHunicke I've got a question, I'm cutting down a HACKBERRY with 5 trunks. The trunks are 40 feet tall, and slim. Up where I'm at for shedding weight before cut the crown is 30 feet up. But I'm worried about the strength of the trunk because it's about 15 inches at 20 feet up and gets narrower from there up. And it leans about 13°.. is there a chance of the trunk snapping with the jerk capture of the crown since its HACKBERRY?

[@AugustHunicke]

tyhnbgtyhnbgt We don’t have Hackberry here. You sound like you might be a little out of your element tho...

[@tyhnbgtyhnbgt]

@@AugustHunicke , I'm not being a smart ass, but you have to start somewhere. I'm 52, a retired fireman, and metal roofer. And I've cut down 5 similar HACKBERRYS down already. But this one is leaning and I wanted some advice on the strength of the trunk. I trust my equipment and skills. But the trunk is the questionable piece of of the puzzle?

[@AugustHunicke]

I wish I knew more about Hackberry but I dont😬 maybe a local Treeguy might know some answers on the species.

[@5herwood]

Cutting high up on a very vertical trunk do you ever have a chunk sit back on the saw? An 18' log would be hard to fight off unless you bring a wedge up with you.

[@AugustHunicke]

Ed. Farr I can tell when I’m there what I’ll be able to get away with. I often undermine vertical standing wood with a deep notch to induce tipping.

[@5herwood]

Thanks. Really appreciate attention. Stay safe.

[@nobodyspecial9035]

August Hunicke “I can tell when I’m there what I’ll be able to get away with.” This phrase sounds like it should be included in a tree climber’s Ten Commandments, of sorts.

[@tedjohn441]

What type and size rope do you use for your speed line?

[@AugustHunicke]

Ted John I mostly use whatever is long enough. Static line has the best though.

[@toolstimber5953]

Seems that the chain could be a bit sharper as in other MB videos

[@AugustHunicke]

Tools & Timber Maybe. Keep in mind those big logs I am back-chaining the back cut and feathering. Not really doing the dog and hog. And the cuts with 200 all mostly feathering deep behind the collar into the log to swing them and hang them, not just bombing through simple crosscut. Saws are sharp although not one-cut race-ready Silvey grind.

[@toolstimber5953]

August Hunicke ok, that explains a lot. Being just more careful is always good. Have seen your saw cut like any other and compared to those 🙂👍🏽

[@sawsurgeon]

Dog & Hog... I love it! The 200 in an aerial application appears to be used with a surgeon's finesse making intricate cuts with a scalpel. We would not want a good doctor carving on us as though he's wielding a Buckin' Special! I truly enjoyed watching the 18 footers land with such calculated accuracy. It looked as though you may have rehearsed this a time or two! Blessings on You and your Family!

[@johndurant8687]

Were you using Jerry Beranak's system for landing those logs flat?

[@AugustHunicke]

John Durant nope

[@v3124]

There were zigzags before there were monkeybeaver saddles?

[@AugustHunicke]

v3124 MB belt came out in 16

[@rayclark9643]

How long ago was this August?

[@AugustHunicke]

Ray Clark maybe 2.5 years. I don’t know.

[@trefallerhighline2152]

Who's the monkey Beaver's cheerleader August ? Nice work!!!

[@TreeSawyer]

Anyone know what climb line that is?

[@AugustHunicke]

John Marko 24 strand ... starts with a T I think.. . Tachyon

[@TreeSawyer]

August Hunicke Thanks brother. Seemed to work well with the zig zag. You got a preferred line with the zig zag?

[@AugustHunicke]

Not really

[@Simonsimps]

Fan-bloody-tastic

[@tonyrobbins6]

So how do you get your carabiners back up to you? Leave a rope dangle to pull them up? Or super human ground man zings them back up the speed rope?

[@AugustHunicke]

they go on the Molly and are clipped to my climb line for me to pull up

[@scatoutdebutter]

Girl not impressed... hilarious -- must be Mrs. Hunicke --- haha our wives sometimes don't always "see the glory", bless them. Mr. Beranek talks about the log rotation on pages 221-222 - Ratio Factors, right? ... I sort of glazed over that part because it was over my head so to speak. -- but cool to see it demonstrated in action!

[@AugustHunicke]

Robert Wood thanks, yeah. I glazed over that too. It’s in the muscle memory for me.

[@adkarborist]

Damn, that saw is loud!

[@TreeTechLLC]

I'm tempted to sell my only toy I have left just to buy the one and only.... sickest speed line kits in the world!!! #monkeybeaversickness #dreamingallday

[@samuelluria4744]

What toy is that?

[@TreeTechLLC]

Samuel Luria boom sticks

[@samuelluria4744]

Not sure what those are, Lol

[@sawsurgeon]

Well Colton, you may have tipped your hat to the personal value of your Boom Sticks... I too love them, but I made a decision NOT to be the guy with multiple safes and an expensive security system to protect toys I seldom or (as with some guys) NEVER play with. They're cool and can be a great investment, but they can be a liability as well. I still have a few, but the ones I held onto are tools or family heirlooms. If ya think you'd have more fun feeding the #monkeybeaversickness then, by all means have fun! Be Blessed!

[@benningtoncamper2852]

Th..th..th..that's all folks!!!

[@jimmyt5241]

WICKED!