DROPPING LOGS ON A FROZEN LAKE!!! One more Midwest tree makes me look dumb! Last day with Kevin Hamm

Hollow and Rotten lakeside Cottonwood must Die! Me and the boys at Hamm's Arborcare taking down a gnarly Cottonwood before I head home.
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[@dianncharlan5648]

Jacob you never look dumb! Your right to be scared...keeps you thinking of the right way to finish what you started. Awesome video! Kevin and his crew were amazing!

[@beaverc2884]

That's the first time sense I have been subscribed to this channel that I have seen a branch give a fight like that. 😬😬

[@timaustin110]

Your collection of work shirts from all the different companies is gonna be so cool

[@lindaarbogast6499]

You are not dumb! You do amazing work! Dangerous sometimes but you do a lot of safety stuff! You learn and are able to walk away with your head held high! Keep up the good work!

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Thank you 🙏

[@firemanfireman7228]

It's amazing how the ice hasn't broken It must of been really thick. Fireman 🔥🔥🔥

[@frankbrowning6303]

Hey Jacob, are you ever unhappy? Just wonder, I love your attitude. Great job guys. Franko watches.

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Almost never unhappy when in good company while cutting trees :)

[@frankbrowning6303]

I can tell. Love the show. God Bless, stay safe. Franko watches and enjoys. Later dude.

[@trob500]

cutting the dead maple in the middle of that courtyard, he seemed not-happy. Thats about it.

[@jiffypop247]

Kind of a novel midwest experience! glad you got just as scared as I do. I punched a hole in 12" of ice this last winter. Left a 15" stub and it punched clean through, no cracks, just a perfect hole. Way faster than an ice auger. Looking forward to your Hawaii adventure!

[@sworded]

just found all these midwest videos, love to see you cutting on the trees i do

[@marshallteel462]

Man I loved this video!! It was so nice to see that even you guys don’t alway calculate perfectly! We never know 100% what’s gunna happen and it was nice to see you guys work through it!!

[@travisjanz4738]

I grew up climbing an cutting cottonwoods in wood county Wisconsin now I live on 300 acres of woodland in Mendocino area NorCal and it’s nice to see someone covering some good ole Wisconsin tree topping over a frozen lake, awesome channel 👍

[@AndyMohlman]

“I identify as someone who is stationary” - oh man 🤣🤣🤣

[@sethmunasque5397]

Favorite part of the video…the conversation about daylight optimism. I repeatedly learn there is never enough light in a day.

[@amosbackstrom5366]

You can use a very shallow face to spring a limb off without letting it flip. I generally make the face cut slightly deeper than otherwise and have it go in more parallel to the limb, this allows a deeper undercut without pinching. Go full throttle on the back cut so the holding wood is thin enough to pop off when the henge closes. Whatever position the limb is in when the henge closes is how it will fall, if you really don't want a limb to tip at all you can use a simple undercut

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

Good description

[@neild7971]

do you like the box cut for pop release?

[@dertyjerz3]

@@neild7971 I’m a fan of the box cut for flat landing huge branches

[@jaydee6361]

Ive watched 3 of this guys videos. Props to you Jake for being able to deal with that dude all day. I couldnt ever work for him

[@iduswelton9567]

I was chuckling at how u were saying how big those cottonwood trees are and thinking about the ines on the Arkansas River that are over 100 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet diameter at chest high and wondering how u would react to them lol

[@samheemsbergen8871]

It’s cool to see you do trees like this too, over here in the uk this is the kind of stuff we have to do rather than big pole work, wicked video man 🙏

[@danielpaulson786]

Gotta love them cotton woods ,they are my favorite trees to climb.love cottonwood removals.them are small ones though,we got monsters in Iowa.

[@AP2020_Outdoors]

@Guilty of Treeson great video Jake; I bet you were missing the West Coast after working in the snow! However, there is something refreshing about working in the cold weather! One observation: did you notice how THICK that bark was initially when you made your first notch/face cuts! Years ago, I remember the 1st cottonwood I climbed while deer hunting = bark was crazy thick!

[@tylerworkman386]

I live for these gnarly sideways trees but I’ll always be jealous of the super tall trees you west coast guys get into. Stay safe Jake

[@jakerubino3233]

Lol, forgetting your saw would have been just a bit more labour intensive than filing a cable thru! 🤣

[@Pharphette]

Well I’ve gone through and watched all your vids now since discovering your new channel. Great to have ya back!

[@louthomas1420]

Yes we got them all over Colorado but lots of rigging real fun over the houses

[@johnscustomsaws]

Now I see why you wanted a 20 inch bar on a 200T 🤯 Thats awesome man!!!

[@InWithBothFeet]

"We don't gaff the tree, it's a trim job" "Screw that" Jake says as he straps on his gear..

[@odoylemccrackin877]

What a great experience for you❗Great videos. On to the next adventure. 👍🙂

[@888HUSKERS]

I would love to see you return to Wisconsin and maybe go through other states like Minnesota, South Dakota (Black Hills), Nebraska, and Wyoming.

[@br-dj2ti]

Hey Kevin if you ever get a chance can you do a full video on how to do them rings how you set them up exactly step by step that would be great I'm definitely getting a set of those off you

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

You bet, the footage is probably there, maybe we can stretch that out in our version

[@Dennis_J._Aitken]

RE: " makes me look dumb" Everything is a learning experience so don't ditz yourself. You are doing awesome!

[@chrislegrand2094]

It’s crazy bc I’m also a climber and thought that tree was cake but get nervous looking at the bean poles u do lol I like the Limbs and curves

[@spencerbohon9488]

What a true wisconsinite to say cheers right at the end.

[@ryanhamner572]

It would be great to see you come to Indy to see the crazy trees we do!

[@randyhosier8948]

I had a tree I was cutting down the other day that had two long branches. I did my face and my back cut and one blanch hung up on the other one. Took me a minute to get it down to.

[@billwestphal1421]

Would be nice to know when your back in Wisconsin. Love to see the master at work

[@leonardvirtue5753]

Mate bloody good Editing 👏

[@Razor32061]

you could get a shorter bar and chain so you can configure your saw for each job.

[@ChasingFreedom93]

Did anyone else catch the child like laugh from excitement when he dropped that stick on the ice

[@rodneyclark1990]

Man some of the trees I've seen on previous videos of yours I'm surprised that one intimidated you like that lol

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

It was the unknown of what that limb might do. Great experience when it’s all done. It’s why it never gets old.

[@RockyMountain4x4]

You need to make it out to Colorado sometime soon! Got lots of technical removals for ya 😎

[@leonardvirtue5753]

Nice 😊 mate cheers. Mate beautiful friends you have🤩

[@coalitionofrob436]

Good bunch of Dudes, took their gloves off to shake your hand.

[@br-dj2ti]

Just curious Jake when you're cutting them big leaders hanging over like that aren't you worried about them Barber chairing at all

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

Maple, oak and walnut would be species I would fear barber chairs with. Cottonwood not so much. It is fairly fibrous

[@br-dj2ti]

@@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080 thanks Kevin yeah we don't have cottonwoods where I'm from I don't think I've ever cut a cottonwood

[@verteup]

@@br-dj2ti That's why you pour the coal to it and dont stop until it comes off.

[@br-dj2ti]

@@verteup definitely buddy

[@bradsekulich8567]

I'm dropping logs as I watch this video. 👍

[@treeman765]

21:10 I’ve been there before! Great work Jake 👍

[@1neAdam12]

My boss started me in a 175years old White Oak. Made this cotton wood look small,, well, small-er.

[@geoffreygreen297]

😂 did y’all discuss the rings run up with a bull line? August Hunicke posted one this morning were he explained it. 😂 And this was an amazing video. Great job guys. Identified? 😂

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

I have my rings on 100 feet of 12 strand hollow braid.

[@miltonchavez1262]

Cottonwoods....ugh...they can get pretty rotten and very dangerous. I almost got crushed by a falling cottonwood in a high wind storm in California. I live in Indiana now and cutting wood in winter is no fun even when the logs are on the ground!

[@bryanbradford2742]

Gotta be the dork here - that is Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) and Jake is used to Black Cottonwood or Balsam Poplar (Populus trichocarpa)🤷🏻‍♂️🧐

[@borismassinon8258]

"I indentify as somebody that's stationary " 😂😂

[@nickyjohns3876]

Great job Jake

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Thank you 🙏

[@bwrightaway2877]

Good stuff... great coffee!

[@Nyth63]

Crazy that the ice is still that thick. The lower lake only ¼ mile away is completely ice‐free.

[@aus71383]

"didn't even hit the concrete all the trees are hollow here alright boys!!!" lol

[@br-dj2ti]

Great job Jake the ax that you got from Kevin where did he get that from I would like to get one of those with the game of trees on it that was beautiful I need a nice wedge banger like that also I ordered the coat that Kevin gave you for his company when you got there I just spoke with his secretary in the office what amazing people

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

We’ll probably run lots of promos with Jeff’s work

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

We’ll enter you in this one since you were the first jacket

[@br-dj2ti]

Thanks buddy I appreciate it God bless stay safe

[@ItreboR63I]

Fun guys!

[@alexworks9659]

18:05 story of my life 😆

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

😂

[@paulvalenzuela1555]

Good job guys. Where this job was located?? Thank you

[@ADN1996]

idk how but Kevin looks like a mix of Willem Dafoe and the sham wow guy.

[@claytonreed3637]

Sweet

[@andrewjames2702]

What kind of GoPro mount do you have on your helmet?

[@frankbrowning6303]

Be safe.

[@beaverc2884]

Man all those Cotton Woods are skinny up there. Just as tall as they are here in the plains states but so much skinner.

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

We have some fat ones:(

[@hunterharper1891]

Show us everything Just kidding we love what you show us its great

[@reganmahoney8264]

Just a weird question: how do you travel by air with your saws?

[@br-dj2ti]

I am definitely ordering a set of those rings what did you do tie a running bull line to send the rings up once you got it over the limb or is there a loop at the end you put the rings through Kevin

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

The rings are spliced into 12 strand hollow braid and have 100 foot tail your stuff them backwards into a bag pull the tail up and then pull the rings up last with a bull rope in them

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

They are spliced into 100 feet of 12 strand hollow braid.

[@br-dj2ti]

So once the rings you pull up you would have the tail on the ground again and you would tie the tail off is that correct

[@stevehunt4472]

@@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080 How does the hollow braid handle being pulled through the fork of a rough barked tree to install the rigging rings? I like the idea but if you catch one of the picks on that hollow braid won't it make a mess of the rope?

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

@@stevehunt4472 we have a 24” Kevlar sleeve on one of our units that is stitched in place to cover where it passes over the limb. We have not had any picking issues with any of them because the weight of the system hauling up the doubled over rigging line keeps everything gliding across the bark. The 12 strand is otherwise abrasion resistant and doesn’t have the risk of failure like a double braid rope would have in this scenario.

[@rtgMTB]

ive watched 3 of your videos tonight and your phone has the same time on it 8:49 on all three.

[@jacobbuckley8232]

How do u get your gear there when u fly?

[@johnw4350]

Aww man I wanted to hear the tragic story from years ago

[@reginawebb7275]

I wondered if yall ever get nervous!! Honestly I'm happy you have a healthy fear and awareness! I totally respect your profession!!👌 Please stay safe!!🙏 Prayers for you all and your family!!🙏

[@brighamcardon5076]

When do you decide to use a bore cut on a leaning decayed tree like that? If it's more brush-heavy on top? Or do you just trust the feeling you get in your "throw bag"?

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

If dropping this whole tree, a bore cut would have been very prudent. The trunk alone didn’t require it. Great question!

[@verteup]

We pull trees away from powerlines all day every day and I've never saw the need for a bore cut. If fact theres a very good chance a bore cut will hinder you if you're pulling a tree with a rope.

[@KayBeee]

Good deal.

[@bladewiper]

So how do you take a saw on a plane ? Do you drain all the fluids and put it in one of those plastic carry cases.

[@paulj4262]

I saw on Instagram he had the limb reaper shipped over through the mail to get to Wisconsin, hope that helps!

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

@@paulj4262 he did fly back with it and it passed inspection

[@amosbackstrom5366]

You can bring chainsaws in check luggage apparently, although they require you to drain the fuel and even purge the lines and I'm not exactly sure how they inspect this..

[@alb9472]

why didnt you just fell it in one piece on the ice and pull it in?

[@stevennagle3432]

All the work that you do Jake in Washington you have never dropped a log on a frozen lake

[@terryrothgeb1684]

I'm glad im not the only climber who hates climbing on a heavy lean. That tree didn't look fun to climb.

[@sizemoretreeworks]

I wanna see an Amish 🤣

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

Supposedly Cottonwood is the most common fire wood world wide.

[@scotttam7491]

Cotton wood sucks . Ita not very good firewood an as a climber/tree guy I dislike Cottonwood tulip popular iv said this alot lately lol. But to be its a toss up between ash an popular Cottonwood as worst an most dangerous trees to work with ya once you know what your doin an no what u can and can't do with them your better but still there one of the worst

[@iffykidmn8170]

Might be the most common but highly doubt it is the most popular, Having to deal with all the thick bark would be a pain.

[@Dred13657]

I'm about an hour away from Kevin. Could come do a job with us if you'd like.

[@iffykidmn8170]

With editing and uploading I would think he is already in Hawaii.

[@kevinhammatgameoftrees7080]

@@iffykidmn8170 he’s long since back from Hawaii lol

[@kenallen6866]

I feel like if you do not cut a tree in a neighborhood with a Spiderman costume on you are letting the followers down. You can do it Jake!

[@snowballil3133]

😀

[@iffykidmn8170]

Perfect state to go with all that whining. LOL

[@M24nopparat]

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[@jamesmooney5348]

Too bad someone never came up with a thing that's kinda long with a sharp thing on one end that can some how cut wood... hmm bummer.....might have helped with hanging limbs.

[@weekendwarrior3693]

Early gang

[@shanesouza4303]

🤘😎✌️

[@khansen1997]

Midwest trees aren't easy

[@sathiya5672]

Hi

[@sathiya5672]

Hiii

[@mowdan77]

Almost look like locust

[@francisthecat7855]

You may have sold your soul for almost nothing. Wow! Does anyone have a brain cell, or is it all just about the wallet?

[@danielanicoletti1356]

State a pettinare le bambole, non vi decidete mai sul da farsi. Solo la telecamera del video fa avanti e indietro per poi fari male agli occhi e la testa dovete essers più risoluti.

[@colinratcliffe2454]

Too much talking, not enough action.