BIG HAWAIIAN COCO JOB!!! The Traditional Hawaiian Method for Maintaining Coconut Trees 🌴

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[@Corsonmcnash]

This series is like dirty jobs for tree work. Love it dude!

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Exactly what I am imagining :)

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

@@GuiltyofTreeson that would be cool if you could invite Mike to come cut with your crew

[@akdoug6437]

I love what you are doing with this channel. The fact you are putting in the work instead of just interviewing people makes it that much more enjoyable.

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Thank you, I appreciate it! It’s not easy going around and being the worst climber on each crew 😂

[@ericharris893]

@@GuiltyofTreeson you got more real world experience than the rest of us. I know trees in New York. That’s it. I’m learning how all the other tree industries operate. I like it. Maybe we can pick up some tips and integrate and adapt.

[@nickr2425]

I learned to trim palms w a handsaw. After doing hundreds the saw motion really wears on the shoulder. Ive been trying to teach myself the cane knife technique to help increase my efficiency. Johns explanation and tips are really good. Thanks!

[@strixystillplays8644]

the "ohh there's ants" made me laugh 😂 here in Florida they are absolutely everywhere and I'm happy I'm not the only one that goes and stops and knocks them off

[@CryptSak]

You did really good job for your first time. Fun fact about coconuts palms....every frond has a flower. The coconuts/flowers/pods on any given tree will all protrude on either the right side of the frond it is attached to or it will all be on the left side of the frond. Every tree will be either be all right or all left. I was taught to go around the tree based on what side the flower was on. So if the flower is on the left then i go around left. Reason being its easier nicking and get frond to peel down if you approach from the opposite side of the flower. So coconuts that flower left are easier for a dominant right hand person to trim because your swinging hand is the closest to the trunk and your other hand can hold whatever your cutting. Vice-versa if the flowers on the right its easier for a dominant left hand person...dominant meaning he can't swing with his other hand to save his life 👊🤣 anyway that was really long for useless trivia...p.s. the Hawaii edition has earned my subscription Aloha🤙

[@dustinbennett6503]

I love that with all of your experience you are still humble enough to be a student. I’ve worked as a ground foreman at a few tree services and one common thing amongst the climbers I’ve worked with is there head always gets bigger than there helmet and they have a misconception that they don’t need to learn anything else because they already “know everything”

[@patrickeaton8575]

Pretty cool experience but this is why I like living where it snows 7 months out of the year!! Thanks for taking us there Jake!

[@alexworks9659]

Some of us use adjustable friction saver DRT as well. Spike up the tallest in cluster of cocos and can swing to smaller adjacent ones, sometimes get a pull over from groundie. Tie in below flip line keeps it safe and good for bombing out saves down climbing and good safety in case of an injury. 🤙🏽 p.s. you left a torpedo in that first coco 😆💪🏽

[@benjaminhansen5263]

😂

[@dianncharlan5648]

I was worried you were going to chop through your rope a couple times! You did great for your first Coco trees! The whole crew did a great job!

[@OhioPalmTrees]

@15:57 notice the steel wire hooked to the caribeaner? Some ropes actually have metal cable through them so you cannot do exactly that lol

[@budlvr]

Really cool Jacob. Thanks @Oahutreeworks for having him on the crew today !

[@Dumbhandle]

I love how you take time to talk about the techniques and equipment used and people in the comments still say they’re doing it wrong. People just love arguing I guess

[@huseyinceltikoglu8640]

Man I’ve been loving the Hawaii vids!! The guy you’re with is so funny and nice. Love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@danpowell1776]

Good job Jacob. And thanks for taking the hit for the rest of us. If I ever had to clean up a coconut tree I think I know enough about it now to just get to work. Unfortunately it looks way too much like production work and I would have a hard time keeping my interest up doing this day in and day out. I'll take the conifers and deciduous trees any day. I enjoy the ropes. You're a great asset to any crew and every time you do something you've never done before you just broadened your horizons. You're going to be one of the most well-rounded arborists in the country. (sorry buddy but I was hoping for a rat 😂)

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

😂 thanks!

[@danpowell1776]

@@GuiltyofTreeson You're welcome buddy. Keep up the good work.

[@alexanderharrison6027]

In 1988 I was working near st Ttropez on the south coast of France cutting some oaks at the rear of a very large building think it may have been a hotel . On the long drive way to the hotel was an avenue of palms many of which had large cavities in their trunks ,I put my hand in some of these cavities and pulled out large chunks of iron (shrapnel) . turns out that the Allies had heavily bombarded there before landing in 1944 .Very glad I was not there at that time .

[@zaccheus]

Your palm tree facts encouraged me to research them a bit and I learned that they do not have a cambium which also helps make the case for spiking them. Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing!

[@OllyBoardy]

(Could be completely wrong) but I heard they are technically a grass not a tree which is why they don't have a cambium

[@zaccheus]

@@OllyBoardy Very interesting! That makes sense considering the monocot classification

[@neild7971]

Gotta wonder how much spiking they can take before they are actually weakened to breaking? Sounds like there’s no further growth/healing happening at the stem?

[@zaccheus]

@@neild7971 For sure! Everything has its limits and it'd be nice if there was a study somewhere on that since people's lives depend on it. If they're cosistently climbing on the high side of the stem, that's the tension side that's getting compromised 🤷‍♂️

[@verteup]

Spikes dont kill trees. Case in point...powerline right of ways. Sure its ugly and might even transfer disease in certain niche situations but that's the only points I'll concede. If spurs hurt trees, there would be lots of dead trees in my state. Thousands. MIllions even. But that's just not the case. Helicopter trimming kills thousands upon thousands of trees, however.

[@danielmiddleton8173]

Kept the farmer's spit in... Nice! Tough work environment really. Blue skies, ocean and at the end of a tough day rehydrate with fresh coconut water. Thanks Treeson!

[@bcdog1994]

Having spent my life in So Dak, this is as foreign as the moon. And yet I find this as interesting any video I've watched. Thanks for broadening the mind of an old rancher.

[@ryangouger1991]

I love how they are treating that chipper like it can’t handle more than one branch at a time LOL

[@carlosannick]

Great her nice, so she never breaks down 😏

[@robertbruceco]

You’ve answered a lot of the questions I had after my recent first visit to Hawaii, starting with the gaff marks and metal bands on the palms. Thank you for this channel!

[@jimsworthow531]

I prune fruit trees in north America; this is amazing sharing this pruning technique; 60 feet up with a machete using both hands.

[@randalljames1]

we had tons of date palms.. the guys used carpet knives to cut the frond loose to smooth the tree... lots of dirty work and scorpions :)

[@wednesdar452]

This was a super rad video! Thank you for sharing!!

[@Samjuba]

This channel is top notch. Love how you are showing different regions and types of arborculture. Always excited for whats next and learning s good bit for my own midwestern tree work.

[@Quadrille763]

You made the right choice with the new KZbin channel

[@jakobgrann3158]

when I was in Kenya I saw that they made a ladder straight in to the palm stem to climb it. one local went up one without any harness and picked some cocos for us.

[@kennethmadsen6474]

Very nice with a completely different video! :) That beach and water is so beautiful. Nice working environment

[@rgarlinyc]

That was an eye-opener for me too. I knew coconut trees were dangerous for passersby - but i never knew they grew so fast and needed so much attention each year.

[@artillerest43rdva7]

crazy type of tree, like a rubber bands the way they move. great adventure never knew how they have to cut out the coconuts to prevent head injury to unsuspecting walkers.

[@farmerl561]

It's really cool to see the difference in climbing trees versus poles. We were taught to keep our buts away from the pole...kinda what John was saying keeping your toes up

[@Nunya_Bidnez]

I am so happy you made this one. I halve always wondered about how this was done.

[@zaccheus]

Ha! Here in the Midwest the power company wraps wood poles with a band of aluminum like that to try to combat squirrels that like to scamper down the lines.

[@rogermyette3673]

Wow, chopping with that knife is coming real close to your line at times. Awesome video, never seen anyone cleaning coconut trees before. Stay safe Jacob. Cheers from the east coast of Canada. 🇨🇦

[@otov100]

I believe they use steel core lines for this reason

[@sporranheid]

Wow. Pain in paradise. Perfect example of a Sisyphean task. Good on ye for taking that on even for a day. I learned a bunch from this, but mainly that I wouldn't want to do that for a living, lol. Hats off to those that do.

[@davidpalmer3015]

This makes my weekend 👍🏻😀Love your videos

[@andrehak]

Thanks Jacob, awesome video, refreshing from all the dedicious treework :) Also, Jon sounds like a good friend, awesome vibe in the team!

[@nahikuscott]

Thanks Jake, awesome video. I've been living in Hawaii off and on for 30 years and i learned more form this 1 hour video than the whole time I've been here. Like I didn't know you can chip palm forms. I got to get on that.

[@justpalms9978]

Bandit actually makes a palm package for some of their chippers. I've got a 12xpc with palm package, you get 4 knives instead of 2. More or less shreds them compared to chipping like a hard wood.

[@fox1gamer4]

I just found this channel yesterday and I love it

[@Gordon_L]

I have a couple of palm trees at home , not cocos but they have that same sort of "paper" that comes down in sheets as the fronds self shed , the fronds are very spiky and need good gloves to handle safely . I have a love /hate relationship with these trees . The "paper" I have discovered makes excellent fire starter when dry , I have a few acres so have a few fires each year to burn the prunings , a few bits of that fibrous paper scrunched up and lit does the job to get things started .

[@lucashugonnot506]

Thanks for sharing, it's always nice how it's done in different places. I'm an arborist in Tahiti, coconuts everywhere just like in Hawaii. Especially for leaning coconut trees, I like to climb with a second lanyard on my bridge that I clip around 2 or 3 palms bases when I reach the top. That way I am suspended and can work around much easier. Your hips and legs will thank you especially if you do this all day long. Also I use electric pole rounded spikes. Less damage to the trunk and you feel definitely more stable on small diameter trunks. Keep on the good work, your channel is amazing !

[@stevenbenavente1229]

What you called the bullet, you can cut the tip off & capture juice & make wine. In Guam we call it tuba.

[@markroper9269]

Love the video! Learned about palm trees today!!😋

[@Eric-gi9kg]

When I was a little tike, I was gifted a Chinese Fan Palm from my great uncle. Once I left home, I came back every year to trim the grains. I used a 40 ft. extension ladder (which I tied to the trunk), heavy duty loppers, and pruning saw. Truly wish I had known this method then. When my folks sold the house the palm was over 50 feet.

[@whatittooye]

Hawaii is beautiful, went too Maui 9ish years ago and liked it but hated the heat but i loved the warm rain and the nights cause its well lit up

[@crabmansteve6844]

I love watching this channel. I don't climb trees, well not live trees, I'm a lineman for a telecomm. So utility poles all day and mostly in an extended reach bucket truck. We gaff all the most remote poles where we can't get a bucket furthest I've ever had to gaff was 90ft, absolutely massive pole.

[@foxhollerhomestead]

I used to Crown and de-seed Palms down in Arizona in the snowbird communities. Always had a ton of fun especially around monsoon season but lots of scorpions!! Great video again!

[@4SeasonsWithMartin]

Nice work dude ! I’m a landscaping guy but respect and love watching these first person tree videos ! Be safe and appreciate the bad ass content 📸🙏🔥

[@joeyr7137]

Excellent work! I do tree cutting in Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 Those coconut trees 🥥 are definitely the most difficult trees to climb and cut. Similar methods using a well sharpened machete a.k.a. the cutlass. Keep up the great work.

[@warlordjosh]

Fascinating video, love the new channel!

[@oriondaniels4760]

Just found this series. So cool!

[@marcondespaulo]

That cane knife is great. Here in Brazil, what I see most is the machete, that goes by several other names, but not machete. Also, I see people here opening the coconut by the top, where it hangs from the tree, but after flattening the bottom so you rest it on a table. Nice seeing another, easier way of opening the coconut.

[@woodpeckerarborist]

Climb, Cut, Clean, Repeat…gotta love palm pruning!

[@Mrod24_7]

Always dreamed about bodyboarding there and now I’d like to cut some cocos too ✌️🌲

[@thomream1888]

My 6 year old grandson was watching this video with me, and after watching Jacob climb the tree he turned to me and said "Hey Papaw - I see a Hawaiian Coconut Monkey!" Lucky me, I had already put my coffee cup down so I didn't snort it through my nose, but I laugh every time I see Jake in a tree. Coconut Monkey indeed! Aloha guys.

[@joshpomponio2993]

That is so different very cool great vid 👊

[@karenheartoriginal3783]

I am SO glad I found your channel…this was really amazing to watch. Learned so much too! Especially to NOT trim them with your mouth open 🤣😃😊

[@tomasjosefvela1]

42:00 seems like the moment it clicked, i had to keep pausing to figure out who's video was who's. What an awesome opportunity and what an awesome crew you got to work with. Thanks for sharing all these adventures with us!

[@ginotrees711]

Dude this is cool seeing where the channel is going…seeing you uncomfortable is pretty cool because usually your making the hardest tasks tree climbing look easy!

[@darnelljenkinson7407]

Love your videos keep it up and stay safe. GOD bless

[@brandonswan9247]

Never seen anything like this. So cool

[@GodIsLove447]

Beautiful and educational video.

[@treepaulandrade5920]

You're living my dream. Keep up the Great work! I've trimmed palm trees since 1984 but I always used a chainsaw or a hand saw.

[@sarahshipman413]

That was really fascinating

[@baldbear5609]

Aloha Jake, what an adventure you are having, thanks for taking us along. From "air hankies" and ants to "bullets' and "spiders". An informative, entertaining video that was a pleasure to view. Kudos to you for your eagerness to climb and experience different species of trees. Kudos to Jon for his patient mentorship. Does Hawaii have squirrels? I believe I would have answered YES they just don't have bushy tails over here. ;~)

[@lawrencetrapani5623]

Old style linoleum knives work very well for many types of palm fronds, and you can clean date palms with a spade shovel with a sharpened blade. D handle short spade shovels work great to shoe the heads, far faster than chain saws and less invasive to the health if the plant.

[@domingueztreetrimming4108]

I think you also feel a little different with longer spikes I think it will be better if you use smaller spikes on those palm trees

[@tacokiller5638]

Amazing stuff 🔥

[@OFCbigduke613]

Those yellow stringy coconut things look like something out of the Alien movie series.

[@Chrisjenl]

Really great video.

[@jacobbuckley8232]

In Florida they mostly use latter's to trim the palms

[@Pharphette]

This is so cool!

[@steveb5278]

Awesome love your videos 😄🙏🏻😄☀️

[@Hugh_Jarsole]

So cool!!

[@kennetheugene6402]

Thanks for sharing

[@buffetburglar6447]

You can eat and drink your scrap amazing. I would love doing this.

[@nicksanders9140]

That trick would have come in handy in Florida 😂😂

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

Wild such a cool video especially if u never did this frond pruning 🙌🙌🙌🙌👍👍👍

[@woodpeckerarborist]

I was taught killing palms is like hunting, your supposed to eat the fresh heart of your first kill. It is surprisingly tasty, at least with Mexican fan palms.

[@dakotafrantz4179]

the pointy part in the middle is the apical meristem

[@bencheston5526]

Man super cool video!! I’ve always wondered what that was like, seems too much like work to me 🤣 Plus I probably would end up taking off my thumb at some point with that big ass blade 😝 Thanks for the informative video keep them coming bro

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Thanks!

[@Am4zonlovers]

So fun to watch 😂

[@br-dj2ti]

And those palms they'd be perfect for the teflburger hip star flex lanyard cuz then you can put up carabiner across and if you did spike out you ain't going nowhere great job though guys

[@darthgbc363]

More like trimming the hedges. As the coconut tree owner, I they would want the metal flashing replaced. Maybe remove good pieces before, then reinstall. Glad you got to fell a tree. The smooth looks so much nicer. Saw an old guy climb a coconut tree with beech towel tied in a ring, wrapped around his feet.

[@julianalderson3938]

Yer thats tuff gig. Rekon would take 500 to get ya mojo. Cheers to em all preventin holiday head injurys or worse for lot if people.

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

Like the finger technique on stem and the power snott 🤣🤣🤣

[@alanblasczyk1779]

extremely intersting stuff Jake,

[@Damon_365]

Nice slow-mo snot rocket

[@annawaipa2827]

Love the channel and new videos! This however is anything but traditional Hawaiian coco maintenance. . . This is the method that resorts use for insurance purposes (falling coconuts and fronds are dangerous). We Hawaiians actually trim the cocos for higher production of coconuts ;) Aloha from the "big island"!

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

Getting domed by a coconut would not be very good

[@beingswayed7575]

I'm surprised you guys aren't taking a wrap with your flip lines. It makes for way more stable work positioning, and I find it allows me to get around to the other/ top side of a lean way easier

[@caroldavis5877]

You should teach them to use electric saws, so much quicker. And they aren't as loud as the gas saws.❤

[@joncozzi1701]

Ok well that’s one way to do it. If it was me I would have a retrievable tree squeeze and a climb line. A) you could get some weight of your knees B) if you happen to slice you thumb off you could bail in a hurry C) you would just be in a better situation all around, and no down climbing. With proper rope management it just couldn’t be that much slower and way safer. I am getting conservative in my old age, I’m 60 41 years climbing in Northern California so what the hell do I know.

[@jetobey5656]

Jacob---please have them show how they hone their edges on the knives. And, do they know what steel they are using?

[@jamesunabia16]

I think that’s John He used to work at Lyon Arboretum and was a botany major at UH

[@waynegriswold8953]

that machete trick i think would work on all types of palm frons, at least the ones i have done, they have all the same consistency of fibers in the frons, nice and soft wood. the issue might be with the fruit. either way i dont do palms anymore, they are dirty good for nothing, mess making no goods!

[@StinkyPete69]

That was a quality snot rocket. 8/10

[@henrygrey346]

If anything, cutting the coconut fronds accelerates the growth in height of the tree, and amplifying the threat of the tree being blown down in a storm. The trees being "treated" are already tall from previous "treatments" and they should be felled and replaced with newer sprouts.

[@jeremyzee]

Makes me so nervous when he's hacking away at the fronds so close to his rope, lol

[@nicksanders9140]

I use a machete in Florida but I think the cane knife may be a better. Idea I like it.

[@johnshine7903]

Great stuff! Funny, a couple of my KZbin favorites overlapping...well, almost... maybe if you went surfing Jacob...Jamie O'Brien is less than a mile down the road!

[@br-dj2ti]

Hey Jake it looks like you have the big buck titanium Buckingham gaffs how do you like them if that's them I'm thinking about buying them

[@redman715]

I respect the Machete I have trimmed well over 20,000 Palm trees I could never see myself using a Machete👍

[@neild7971]

What do you use?

[@redman715]

@@neild7971 a 201t

[@neild7971]

Have you tried the little echo saw, so light! Imagine it would be good for that

[@redman715]

@@neild7971 no but I do run a 193t also that I like alot