Big Dead Fir Tree, Take down

[@bradygillihan1249]

I think we just watched you go the limit of what is possible. Incredible work, so much discipline and patience with just enough effort. Thanks for taking the time to create and share.

[@Version135]

My thoughts as well.

[@br-dj2ti]

I know you're a busy man reg but I do love your videos I've been watching them for umpteen years I'm 39 I'm a tree climber as well you are an inspiration to me and the tree climbing industry definitely I wish you could produce more videos I always wait for one LOL but as I said I know you're busy I know you have a family and that all comes first stay safe my friend God bless

[@lyricallean7642]

Where you scared of heights when you first started doing this kind of jobs?

[@br-dj2ti]

@@lyricallean7642 are you asking me or are you asking reg coats buddy thank you

[@lyricallean7642]

You

[@br-dj2ti]

@@lyricallean7642 no buddy I wouldn't say scared but I always have fear that's what keeps you alive I guess they say why are you just starting out climbing

[@lyricallean7642]

@@br-dj2ti I am going off to trade school in about 6 days, and there I will learn how to use forest machines, chainsaws, all those type of things, I was just wondering what I wanted to do after I graduated and what I've been most interested in is arborist and being a feller. I don't really wanna sit in a machine all day I'd rather get my hands dirty and be outside

[@AugustHunicke]

Deliberate tree-work.

[@readifer]

I really appreciate your style reg. I appreciate jacob and august's work but they stress me out watching how they move around in a tree. Your slow methodical style is the best way to avoid any hazards. I personally feel I've adopted your style of work when it comes to taking out trees. slow and stead wins the race. Hope all is well reg and really enjoy your content.

[@firstman9273]

Balls of steel this man has. Thank you for another amazing video Reg.

[@dadcanufixit]

Absolutely the same thouhgts i had

[@waterboy8999]

Buckin sent me over, so you're not a tour guide! Boy that was a bit dodgy to say the least, nice work. Stay safe. Best wishes from Scotland

[@rayclark9643]

Well you managed to keep my on the edge of my seat...had to keep reminding myself that you survived or the video wouldn't have been posted...much respect for both your skill and courage Reg!!!😵‍💫

[@brennanhewitt7609]

Always calm controlled and calculated, just like all tree work should be done! impressive as always Reg!

[@andrewmantle7627]

I love the "no drama" style. Paying attention to the work.

[@GREGSGUNSONLINE]

Hi Reg Bucking Billy sent me over.

[@migueljose2944]

Just when I think I've seen it all you come up with another job that is almost unbelievable. Skill, courage, patience. Thank you.

[@StihlChainsaws]

I love how you mitigate the risk by installing supports on ascent. I know many would of just takin the risk, but I respect your thought process more. No sense in taking stupid risk, when you can minimalize the risk. Great work 👍

[@Recoates]

Thanks mate. There not too 'many' actually lining up for these kind of jobs to start with. Saying and doing is 2 different things.

[@steppoffaith8426]

Lol how many!?! Lol

[@StihlChainsaws]

@@Recoates definitely have to agree that the word "many" wasn't the correct term. 😂👍

[@cgfitnessandarboriculture]

I like how you take the extra time to take added safety precautions and think things through. I did a removal a few years back, some skinny trees leaning over a shed and they were still in fairly good condition I believe, but we decided to add a support system by anchoring them to a large maple nearby just for the added support because of the lean and the size of the spars and the fact we had to climb high to speed line the tops over the garage. As a climber whether you’re working for a company or you have your own operation, you’re in charge and should do what you feel comfortable with to be safe. Don’t skip steps just because the ground crew might be rushing you or the boss wants you to hurry up.

[@adamcarter-wells8597]

Thanks Reg, You give me the confidence that when you need to take your time, just take your time. I often feel like i need to pick up the pace when im slow stepping up to a dead top in a tree, and thats purely just for the sake of the employer or other people i may be working with but at the end of the day when your life is on the line to ensure the safety of others by removing hazard trees like that, there is nothing wrong with taking all the time you need to do the job safetly. You inspire me more then any other climber, Much Respect. And Thank you.

[@warped2875]

Oh joy! A co-dominant breadstick. It sketches me out just watching. Thanks for the vid Reg!

[@jasonlaswell8982]

One of best high risk climbers I have ever seen. I’m moving on from that job, but I’m not one of the best, and knowing that is what keeps me alive.

[@Jay-lr3me]

Haha same here buddy I'm with ya. My balls are big compared to my mates but they shrivel in comparison to reg. Lol

[@TimS366]

When I used to do tree work many years ago I used to hate dead wood with a vengeance. Unpredictable and predictably is your friend. Top notch work sir as usual, careful and methodical.

[@dprevish100]

It takes a lot of finesse to know just how much to tighten those ratchet straps given that union you had to climb so far past. I’m impressed! And yes please people, call us before the trees have mushrooms growing out of them!

[@cgfitnessandarboriculture]

Not the first or last time you’ll see a tree that probably should’ve been removed long before lol.

[@alfadoofus]

Great camera work and a whole bunch of other compliments. Glad you took us along with ya. Almost forgot good job Dave.

[@v3124]

Nobody gets my nopemeter going like Reg. Well done as usual, sir.

[@olivercrum4998]

So glad to see you making more videos Reg! It's a pleasure watching you work. I have learned so much from watching your videos. That calm, collected, demeanor is something I strive for every time I'm in a tree.

[@severini8153]

Extremely supportive to take in how you go for it. Thanks for sharing.

[@batmantiss]

You're a mad man. The worst part is, you inspire me to grow a pair when it comes to questionable trees! Maybe that's the best part...

[@dukeflem]

I am never so happy as when the two tops come off..Awesome!!!

[@0990climber]

Every time you make a video here on KZbin I drop everything I can to watch it.... it's been like that for me since you started way back in the Uk. Thanks and continue your safe/smart/efficient way of tree work. I've learned lots in watching you in the last twelve years. Cheers, Micheal

[@terisye]

good information as usual Reg. Thanks for your time and effort

[@andrehak]

A big hats off to you Reg. Know your wood!

[@chipper442]

Amazing work, thank you for sharing. I have a 70’ maple near my house. I have to finish taking down. It has two dead leaders just like this tree had, and was wondering how the heck I was going to go about getting it down the rest of the way.

[@scottmarshall6766]

A touchy tree handled smoothly. Thanks for sharing Reg, I always enjoy your work!

[@trimbaker1893]

had me holding my breath Reg. Gentle, balanced work. Good Job.

[@renharbour3323]

Many of us could work a lifetime in the trees and not acquire the level of confidence to scale and take one down in this condition. Learning about this trade is an endless endeavor, but it is only with experience and touching the trees can you navigate and execute a project like this with your level of confidence. You are a true master of the art and I am very grateful you choose to share your videos and insight. Stay safe and thanks for making us better tree folks!

[@dogfacemarc7784]

Amazing to see those tops fall. Glad you got everything down safe, especially yourself. Thank you for showing us the view and taking us along.

[@Dred13657]

Wow what a sketchy climb, very very good work man. Super awesome video. And I love that music you got in your videos. Would love to see some more of your work. And remember it don't need to be a crazy job for it to be a good video. Sometimes people like to watch the easy jobs too. We enjoy watching a skilled craftsman at work. I especially like watching as an arborist. Love the content man. Please Keep it coming.

[@norbaggar]

Well done! 👌 Thank you, for being a teacher and inspiration. 🙂

[@marko1025]

Your cool calm approach is very reassuring Reg. Lovely work friend . Hi from the land down under. 🇦🇺✊🏻

[@zivojinpecin1372]

Amazing video Reg ! Thanks for this beauty, all kinds of emotions while watching it.

[@billybm0]

Intense video. I appreciate the insight into some your choices. Thanks for the redirects up the stem tip. I bet you felt like a million bucks when you reached the ground again.

[@leestewart8923]

Damn!!! I was on edge the whole video. It was like a long horror film, just anticipating something to happen.

[@NHlocal]

Ayuh, very nice view from the top. Well done getting that tree down safely. I appreciate you showing the use of the straps to help stabilize the tree. Working dead trees aren't really my favorite but, they do need to get done. Thanks for taking the time to show us a bit of your day. Keep yourself safe! 😃👍❤🌲

[@donross3293]

I've watched most of your videos - this one had me taking shallow breaths ! So glad you're posting videos again✌

[@hesterd2]

A man of very few words, and almost infinite skill. What a pleasure to watch. Heart in my mouth all the way. I hope to emigrate to Canada from the UK some day as you did. You're a huge inspiration. Thank you for your time.

[@archiehitler5264]

Brilliant Reg, I love watching these videos......

[@tonyblunsum2547]

Great to see you back reg ! 👍

[@danilosbusebosc7090]

Ho visto più volte il tuo video per capire come ti assicuri alla pianta e come la tagli: molto bravo! I have seen several times your video to understand how you secure the plant and how you cut it: very good!

[@jonhattanrai]

What you do is a form of art. Very underrated. You are awesome.

[@user-mg9he3qj3n]

Well done Reg stay safe buddy🚒👍👍👍

[@vspecnurr34]

Nice buddy 👍 perfect teamwork, calmness and professionalism. I enjoyed that vid a lot because you can tell how much you enjoy the work 👌

[@greenfeetmowingco]

Fantastic Reg. So good to watch the points wherein discipline must take over...your cuts are so precise. Encourages me to push on in practice. Thanks for the upload.

[@yommmrr]

Bloody beautiful Reg. You went to the limit to get the job done without any problems.

[@MeltingFingers]

Youi're sort of a magician, making people sweat while they're 1000+ miles away sitting behind a computer screen. I admire your work ethic and calmness a lot.

[@ellisadam3]

Thanks for another video. Pleasure to watch. Watching the way you methodically work a tree is very educational and has helped me to slow down and be a better climber.

[@ronburke]

Good to see ya Reg, As usual the deliberate and methodical pro making it as easy as saying lookout now Dave. Nice work we'll see ya on the next one.

[@JB070589]

That was nerve racking! Well done! 👍

[@Version135]

Reg you are a man's man.

[@kingslew1866]

Thanks for the video Reg! I was able to find the tree you were working, on Google Earth... (grin) Client might be Echo Drive Boat Launch, or the neighbor Prospect Lake Boat Launch. Tree looks in a little better shape on GE. Always enjoy your stuff...

[@Recoates]

You are right. Echo drive, just after the boat launch

[@lynnniendorf5117]

I would have watched you make every cut on that tree. No matter how mundane you may have thought it was. Great video!!

[@havespurswillclimb]

Enjoyed the video. Excellent planning and process. I carry the same straps in my rigging gear. Come in handy many times for various uses. That was a very adventurous climb. Stabilizing with the straps, double tie in, adding the additional remote anchor above your regular anchor, hand controlling cut limbs, utilizing stubs in addition to spurs....Kudos to you for the well thought out takedown of a very dead, linear cracked Fir. 👍👋✌

[@63sfletcher]

Thank you for taking the time ,go well. Warrington UK

[@jamesblack687]

Nerves of steel 🤙🏻Aloha from Hawaii

[@Neighborhoodgo2guy]

Thanks for making these videos Reg✊ I really enjoy watching them @2:48 I thought that was Myrtle sitting there #bbrtruck

[@bracaarboristi]

Next level work, good job, amazing edit!

[@freespeechforall1069]

Thank you for taking the time to film your work.

[@MonkeyGus]

My leg was going for you with that one reg, amazing climbing, really delicate.

[@leebennett3672]

Like the comment you made Reg about clients waiting forever to take it down and making it more unstable as it decays.

[@likeakite]

I can see the advantage of a battery saw for a job like that. When I was a climber back in the 80's they didn't exist. Lovely job BTW !

[@Wiscotreeclimber]

I always thought throwing in a redirect you’re applying more compression force instead of horizontal pulling force which in my mind also makes me feel a lot better being tied into something dead and skinny 👊💯 thank u sir! Keep it up!!!

[@10nm]

Hello Reg, love how you cinch the biner off on the trunk. Surprised the elite hasn't dissed you for that mate. 😉

[@martynamos5694]

Nice work Mr reg 👏 👍

[@GreenPowerFarm]

Holy cow Reg. This vid had me on the edge of my seat the entire video.

[@andrewmantle7627]

Good to see you again Reg.

[@alecmclean9178]

I started climbing with an NRS strap always kept it in the back of my mind for certain situations!!!!! Really caught my eye with the blue strap.

[@paulkirk5760]

Brilliant! Your level of skills is incredible!

[@davidcmetheney5194]

Absolutely love your videos! Thank you for sharing.

[@jeffcoon7160]

Installing a redirect as a backup... brilliant. Wish I had seen this a week earlier but ill remember for next time. Many thanks

[@poweredbyadam]

Amazing technique and control.

[@andyyoung6246]

Thats a long way up on a dead tree. Nice work Reg.

[@ishure8849]

G'day Reg, theyve got you earning your money on that tree you need to invent a fast opening parachute 👍.

[@tedjohn441]

You have to have some serious confidence in your self and that dead wood. That looked real brittle. I am on the East Coast and we don't have that species of fur here. Great job!! I think I counted about 4 seconds for a limb to hit the ground. I my butt was puckering when you took those tops.

[@thehyperactivator]

nice work ! but why cutting the left top first ?

[@johnneild3914]

Nice to see you back cheers from Cheshire uk

[@ninjas11ful]

Dude love these vids! Love that consistency

[@raymondlopez9779]

Awesome video you are a legend 👏👏👏👏

[@davidvanleeuwen3274]

nice to see you! funny, I use the redirect in exactly the same way. Cheers from the Netherlands!

[@PartridgeExteriorCleaning]

nice to see ya reg!

[@russturner9260]

Some amazing work as usual Reg

[@sireliot2149]

Brilliant, Reg! I was wondering about the redirect technique you used at the end throughout the video. If I remember right from a Rich Hattier workshop he described a SRT "lead climbing" method where tie in points are established with a butterfly knot and clevis at points during the ascent, and you start with a base tie or similar. You probably already know this. It would have disadvantages and adds complication.

[@Recoates]

Ill use a series of straps/carabiners when advancing in the way I think you are describing. 3 to be exact. Either direct to the limbs or the stem if narrow enough. But this wasn't a job for base ties.

[@sireliot2149]

Thanks Reg, we really appreciate the videos when you can make them.

[@suzannecalvin]

Was that a Hemlock tree Reg - I just took down a Dead 70 footer in cottage country in Parry Sound , Ontario today Success + a little speedline for some I couldn't drop 🙂🌄🙏🙏🙏

[@Recoates]

It was a Grand fir

[@Leavetheherd]

A pleasure to watch a master of his craft. Not in the industry but spend a fair amount of time with a chainsaw maintaining my acreage. Standing dead always makes me pucker a bit.

[@moretmolina274]

Beauty Bravo always hit the spot .

[@iainwilliamson3721]

So intense. Amazing composure, I would not be as calm!

[@mbb3]

Thanks. Just started subscribing. Great content! What is the title of the song at the end?

[@StjerneDK]

Great work! Thanks for sharing 🤙

[@johnlenoir1023]

Holy cow if there ever was one good one for a crane I think that was definitely a candidate man that tree was dead dang good job love the video

[@Recoates]

No crane access, John. Unfortunately

[@jakethesnake9934]

Who do you work for I feel like that would be a awesome job

[@514frambo4]

Thanks for the video! Awesome work

[@matthewcaldwell2681]

Awesome video

[@jimbob3165]

Well done👍

[@ringofiremfg]

Love seeing those NRS straps. You a boater too?? Was wondering if anyone else saw the power lines, till ya said something.

[@Cholton222]

Reg coates has 3 giant dangle bits. Lol Great job.

[@joshpomponio2993]

Great vid boy that was gettin crispy good to see ya doin good 👊

[@jackbrehony1]

Fantastic content as always Reg. Why did you cut the tips off your gloves?

[@Recoates]

So my fingers can do their job without the sloppy layer of gloves