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[@Dennis_J._Aitken]

Randy is a true friend! The two of you are so cool to watch and learn from.

[@medaugh]

Just noticed you are closing in on a Million sub on the channel. Damn man, congratulations. I never thought I would watch a tree work on KZbin, but your personality, work ethic, and the people you meet and work with along the way are just intoxicating. Also, I just love how you problem-solve on the fly. You are the best dude! I'm so glad you took a "gamble" on yourself a few years ago. Much Respect

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

SUPER kind comment man thanks a million!

[@ericharris893]

Smoked them fingers

[@awldune]

No clickbait, this is the most insanely ivy covered tree I have ever seen.

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Yeah man it really was crazy!

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

I can't believe how thick some of those ivy stocks were! Would make some crazy side table tops.

[@mkay1957]

Just be glad it isn't Virginia Creeper. That crap will grow up, around and through anything, and it grows fast. Hell, if you hold still for 5 minutes, it will grow up your ass and tickle your tonsils!😂🤣

[@awldune]

@@mkay1957 We have Virginia creeper here, it is not half as bad as wisteria.

[@mkay1957]

@@awldune I have never had a problem with wisteria. We have some going up a large trellis and keep it trimmed. Virginia creeper can get into the attic through rafter vent blocks, and also get into your crawl space. I saw that on a home in San Ramon CA years ago. An even worse plant is poison oak vines that grow up tree trunks and into the branches. When I was a teenager, my dad had me cut two poison oak vines going up a Monterey Pine about 50 ft. from our house. The large one was about 5 inches thick where I cut it with an axe. The next day there was black oil on the ground that dripped out of the two vines. That is really bad stuff that you dont want getting on you. I covered the vine oil on the ground with dirt, and did the same for several days until it stopped coming out.

[@milstuff4530]

I am so glad that you are doing so good with almost a million subs, I have been watching you since you were working at eastside tree. I signed right up when you made this channel and I am 77 years old and will never climb a tree. I used to climb poles for the phone co. I guess that is why I love your channel. Well best of luck to you jake. 😁😄😁😄😁😄

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Thanks so much

[@VPoko]

Dream team at it again. You two are more alike than you think.... Matching style shirts and hard work and lots of laughs! Always a treat for your many followers😊

[@SKJones-ik4yu]

That ivy is what nightmares are made of. It literally takes over its world. For a second I was worried that it would jump out and grab you to protect against your assault on it. You showed amazingly well how difficult and dangerous it could be. Thanks for that. Job well done.

[@derekoliver7045]

The videos with you and randy are so good, it’s a close to a tie with you and Gordy. Cant wait to see your southeast stuff!

[@mattio79]

My neighbor and I just felled a Dogwood in a similar configuration, except my dogwood was ~40 feet tall. It had Ivy growing on it for 27 years. We used my newly-bought Makita XCU11 LXT 18V single-battery rear-handle 14" bar saw to do it all. Took 5x 4.0Ah charges and 3x 5.0Ah charges (between 4 actual batteries) to fell it and buck it. It was a 6-hour ordeal.

[@sporranheid]

"English ivy. It's an invasive species" As a Scotsman I understand. 🤣 'Tis a strange evolutionary trait that some parasites end up killing the very thing they need to grow and live on. 🤔 Gnarly job handled with aplomb. 👍

[@howardlashbrook8500]

I have 2 husky saws and one leaks from the gas and the other leaks from the bar oil. I have changed the rubber and they still leak. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe young man. Enjoy your youth

[@JustinGrosz]

With the sheer weight of all that ivy it's amazing that tree didn't fall. The number of vines and how thick they got toward the bottom. Craziness! Good to see Randy. He's always a hoot lol Great video Jake.

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Yeah it’s always great working with him!

[@jonfeuerborn5859]

Super impressed with limb reaper. That thing is a little firecracker! Also, I always think what a hoot it would be to work with you guys, and I don't even cut trees.

[@terrancemiller8350]

You and Randy, what a couple, it's got to be love. You two together are just lots of fun, hope to see more of you two, great bantering, worth every moment. Lots of love. Afriend.

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Thanks so much!

[@Ninefingers398]

Lol I love Randy the mandy its like 3 sec in with Randy on screen and he is unbuttoning his shirt, he is pure camera gold

[@LeeTillbury]

Jacob, I much prefer your top handled videos with the gas powered saw dude. It sounds like you're working harder 😂❤

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Fair enough! 😂

[@br-dj2ti]

I love these type of jobs, and these type of videos Jake God bless they safe my friend.

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Thanks man!

[@markweintraut7420]

Killer editing Jake! We got to see all the wild patterns of the tree and vines, and then the 3 pops of the saw as it's spinning down at the end, you nailed it bro!

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Thanks! That’s all from my video editor Tanner in New York City, i didn’t edit this one :)

[@williamcarl4200]

This looks like a job for "Chainsaw chainsaw". This one looked fun. Thanks for sharing.

[@mikefosshage2699]

I'm glad to see you and Randy the Mandy back in tree-cutting action

[@br-dj2ti]

And the Big Top that you took were it burnt Randy's hands a little bit, he had one wrap That's why. he said he had 2 wraps. He only had one you can see on the Porta wrap. Thank God his hands are okay god bless

[@timbrown2637]

You should always do videos with Randy! I don't know if you ever watched silicon valley but Randy's voice sounds just like Erlich, and he was rocking the handlebar stacked too hahaha!

[@prairiemushroom]

Jacob for your battery Husky - try pressing in the battery into the contacts further. A couple of years ago I got jostled on dropping a top and the Husky Li saw just packed it in - I had to finish chunking the stem by forcing the battery into the square receiver in the case. I couldn't get the contacts to work no how and ended up ordering a new BLi 300 CASE ONLY from Walkers saw shop in Nanaimo BC. It took forever but once I changed the case the battery guts work fine. My theory is that the BLi 300's being just that much heavier may be prone to battery clip malfunction (and the rounds of electrical tape I used in the meantime to hold the battery in so it worked, ended up being a pain, but did work in a pinch). It took so long I guess 'cuz the batteries are apparently made in Poland and guess with the Putin the Dark One and his carnage they have other things on their minds right now. Hope this could help you out. Stay safe out there.

[@happycamper6352]

Around here (WV, PA, OH), locust commonly has lots of poison ivy on it, sometimes almost as dense as the tree in this video. We have to be careful cutting that, meaning we can't let the sawdust get under clothing or anywhere it would rub. Then there's the thorns... gotta be careful when dragging the smaller limbs. And for some reason, they almost never grow straight around here, always heavily leaning one way or another. Maybe they're drunk, which is a segue into the next locust topic: Locust has quite a history here in West Virginia with moonshiners. During prohibition, as a moonshiner, you would run a wood-fired illegal distillery to make illegal alcoholic beverages. If you got a fire to the point of some hot coals, you would toss locust wood on it and it would burn extremely hot, extremely clean, and for a long time compared to other wood, meaning during the daytime, you wouldn't throw a smoke signal for the feds to detect the moonshine operation. Then at night you could burn whatever you want because it's too dark to see the smoke. If you weren't as daring, you would use locust for fence posts. Untreated locust lasts far, far, far longer than even modern day treated wood fence posts. We're talking maybe 40-60 years. It's a truly remarkable species.

[@nckmackay]

Randy’s the man, always in a good mood. Lol

[@patzwahl8341]

Enjoy watching ALOHA TREE CARE, keep up the good work.

[@bobrutherford4097]

Another great example of how to have fun while getting the job done. You and Randy are the best.😅

[@ThatGingerGuyCreations]

Dude I literally used to live down the street from that location, that’s awesome!

[@drivingacrossamerica8228]

I will say that Locust is some of my absolute favorites to turn on the lathe. And it is definitely a hardwood. Definitely have to sharpen my tools often when I turn it.

[@hidhshsj123]

Black locust is all I have around my house. I've never had one blow over because they reproduce from the roots so they are all connected.

[@alanblasczyk1779]

So good to you and Randy the Handy back together again. From the land of Ivy !

[@markzick9236]

Great to see Randy back.

[@wertent]

yes back to silly with the Rand Man!!!!

[@user-vw2zt8te9p]

Good to see randy again!

[@dankification]

Jake is like fk this job unless randy brings his bucket truck to help us or I ain’t doing anything with this!

[@TrentHafen]

We missed you Randy! Also congrats Jake to almost one million subscribers, started watching you about a year ago when you were around 400,000+ and the channel has really grown since then!

[@ralfdahms1035]

Ivy can be like an exosceleton, if you cut it down the dead tree inside can collapse🙈🫣

[@mattcooper-lataillede6429]

That was a lot of ivy! I used to cut it at the base on any tree I found it on. However I have learned that while it may cause the tree to fail it's good to leave some. In the winters it provides shelter and food for deer (as it's an evergreen). It is also a good habitat for birds who nest in it and is home to many insects :) This is in a forest though, totally understand why they asked you to take that one out!!

[@jeremybuchanan4759]

I think locust is dusty because it's brittle ... friable perhaps ... strong fibers but lower green moisture content perhaps than other strong-fiber species (elm, hedge and mulberry come to mind). Seems to store lots of minerals / grit in the bark on the midwest - locust and cedar like to take the edge off of cutters - way faster than green hedge (osage orange) in my limited experience.

[@daveb3357]

Thank you for your store. I am going to order the bar, chain and socket for my MS171.

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@marcialynn3469]

that was fun to watch. I'm retired in Mexico, but had a house in Miami that was surrounded by invasive jungle. I had chain saws.

[@dr.bubblemeltsalot1228]

So crazy August just posted a Ivy video as well!!!

[@avapictures0]

What's the music you use for most of those epic montages in your world tour videos, and some of your other videos?

[@andrewwilliams8365]

Two things come to mind. First is, I've never seen any one use a chainsaw on a salad, but I think this comes close. Second is, damn that would suck so bad if that was poison ivy and you didn't know it.

[@newholland68]

That ivy was insane, we have a lot of black locust here in Ky. Great firewood and will quickly wear a sharp chain down. Randy is a solid guy, and hilarious to boot! Nice work.

[@happycamper6352]

What you said about black locust wearing a chain down becomes more and more true the drier the wood gets. If you try to cut locust fence posts, it's like cutting petrified solid rock. In that case it is so dense that the endgrain has a shine to it, almost like glass and will often have a few burn marks on it from the chain heating up if you're not absolutely positively straight in the cut or if your chain is the least bit dull, which it would be after only a couple cuts. It will even break teeth on chains with near end-of-life meat left on them (near the wear bar).

[@sharynhay4872]

I loved this one. Kept my interest all the way through.

[@jongallant3461]

Same thing happened to my battery 540 I held back the chain brake and it resets the saw. I notice it happens when the saw runs out of bar oil.

[@markalexander5124]

Randy is so funny and he brings out the best funny in you.

[@terryhale9006]

I've always hated vines, but never had to deal with anything like that.

[@michaelwilhelmsen6800]

Done a few locusts like that! Strong tree they hold up the ivy long enough to get that dense, did one when the ivy was flowering and never seen so many bees and wasps flying around me

[@iduswelton9567]

In my state the problem vine is kudzu - it covers everything and kills everything it covers - we found a poison that works in killing it - but tgere's still a big clean up after its dead

[@VPoko]

Randy needs some love with that hand burn. Hope it is okay.

[@gs1100ed]

First aid kit?

[@Pyropup555]

Randy really is the mandy

[@torieorr2757]

These situations are my least favorite to deal with. I've had two in the past week, first one ailanthus with many english ivy vines, the next was a red oak, with a 7 inch diameter Chinese Wisteria on it. . Thankfully lift access on both, had to do some cribbing and mats to get it up some stairs for one, but still so much better than trying to climb one of those beasts. Love your channel keep it up

[@secretsix6]

you see a lot of it in the uk when we are on a job we always cut it at the bottom on trees that have it a year later its dead blowing away in the wind

[@markweintraut7420]

Wow at least its not Purple Winter Creeper like we have here in Indiana. You end up covered in Poison Ivy like bumps, but rather than oil it has microscopic shards like fiberglass that get under skin. Virginia Creeper I thinks is the same, you'll just be fine if you don't hurt it, lol

[@AkiSan0]

this is just pure entertainment!

[@GraeMatterz]

Funny how you and August posted ivy removal videos about an hour apart today. Yours was longer tho'! ;)

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Yeah that was crazy! August is awesome

[@jeannewheeldon6796]

In the UK the amount of ivy on the trees that has ivy is sooo much more than on these trees.

[@tgawron2233]

You and Randy make me laugh so much!!

[@NeroKosonen]

I watch every video thinking "how are they working without gloves?" I could feel the burn from that rope! Be careful, my guys!

[@toddtrierweiler958]

I've ran into a few trees covered in ivy and other kinds of vines

[@br-dj2ti]

And Jake, you have to have the most subscribers at any tree channel out. How do you do it, buddy? That's amazing, I'm being so honest with you. I mean, you're contents good? It's great, there's lot other guys that cut. And they're content is great, but they're nowhere close to you.

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

I don’t know man it kind of blows my mind 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

I cut up a locust tree that had been dropped a few weeks prior, and i had new chains throwing sparks! That's some hard wood!

[@happycamper6352]

Try cutting locust fence posts that have been dry for decades. It's like cutting rock and the endgrain leaves a shine like glass.

[@fellowflywheel]

Reminds me of these sheep shaving videos.

[@zackmurdock5]

Randy got an old Davey bucket.. use to work for them. Now i work for pennline in Pittsburgh PA

[@223cander]

Do you think the investment/costs of having a bucket truck like Randy's are worth it for a solo/contract guy like you? Would love to hear you talk about the different "strategies" to doing contract tree work. You've got a pretty unique perspective on the industry by now. You're living my dream, Jacob! Probably for a lot of your viewers, too!

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

This video is from about a month ago, I actually just bought almost the same exact truck as Randy lol it’s working out awesome so far!

[@joncozzi1701]

Yep that woulda been a nightmare to climb. That bucket truck and Randi saved the day on this one, brilliant!

[@frisk151]

The size of that ivy is insane!!!

[@papaduck2443]

Jake, be thankful that ivy wasnt poison ivy. Great video! Keep them coming! God bless!

[@litewatefitr]

I think John is suffering some health issues, sadly....his comment section suggests that, anyway. Glad to see the Limb Reaper back in the spotlight. I just can't make myself like battery saws

[@trevorseitz502]

The start looks like you're mostly hedging a very large bush.

[@gregcraycraft3565]

Wow something i have never heard another human say "I hope its spiders not bee's"

[@br-dj2ti]

Them are the type of jobs right there? You better inspect the tree a 1000%. Before you start cutting anything. There can be huge hangers or logs. And as soon as you cut one of those creeper vines or any kind of vines it breaks loose. Them jobs right there that you're doing are 1 of the dangers ones

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Absolutely true!

[@Dunbarton]

You got in "Sappy Supplies" at the very end!!

[@budlvr]

21:30 THE ROPE SMOKED ON THE DECENDER BLOCK (right as it BLAZED RANDY'S HAND)!!!!! Hope it isn't a long term problem for him. Gnarly tree!

[@brandeehose5434]

You guys are the dynamic duo

[@noelsanderson8738]

Like sheering a sheep - you are just rolling the fleece back

[@jeremybuchanan4759]

Now I feel like I can't even pick up a saw until I stop by Tommy Bahama and pick up something from their Kevlar Kollection (?) ... between Cinnabon and Tommy Bahama Randy should be set to be on some beach somewhere in retirement.

[@shartne]

NO Gloves NO LOVE wow I guess so OUCH ! That was one ivy covered tree for sure.

[@markroper9269]

Listen to Randy....undo some buttons!! You could get one...maybe two more sub's!! 😛 Videos with "No wraps"- Randy are hilarious!! Have a great weekend!!

[@br-dj2ti]

Do you buy subscribers? I'm just asking. Cause I've never seen a channel grow like yours. A tree channel in my life that's unbelievable. I'm not talking any kind of s*** I'm just curious if you're growing like this within the next year or two, you have 3 million subscribers easy, that's amazing.

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

No! We get the majority of our subscribers from KZbin Shorts!

[@br-dj2ti]

@@GuiltyofTreeson Buddy, that is absolutely amazing. I'm being so honest with you in the next 2 or 3 years. You'll have millions god bless you jake stay safe

[@Brian-Mondeau37]

Excellent work per usual! What happened to the chunk-o-meter?!? Would have been a good one for it!

[@nicon1011]

My 540 lixp did the same thing. It’s really frustrating

[@dewboy13]

That ivy is ridiculous. I've never seen it that bad. That's impressive

[@60DFR12YR]

I like Jacob’s videos but admittedly know next to nothing about the relationship between trees and ivy. Does it grow strictly from the ground and use the tree to climb or is more a symbiotic thing where the ivy uses the tree for nutrients and structure both? Nice work either way boys!!!

[@abegbg]

We use welding gloves for rigging. It's kinda nice. :)

[@smokebeerdrinkcigs6553]

gas hedge trimmers work through thick ivy pretty well, crazy tree!

[@loganspriggs9828]

3mins 45secs Jake: I’m so glad that you came. Me: That’s what she said😂😂😂

[@mhenhawke5093]

Do you have to be careful that it doesn't get too top heavy and snap off and come crashing down on you?

[@howardlashbrook8500]

For any of you young men looking for a good job that will last forever, make it a job to get rid of the invasive plants in Washington and Oregon. There's so many.they say that you can get bio- diesel from Scotch broom and it's invasive

[@rikspector]

Jake, May be you could sculpt a Topiary of Paul Bunyan and Babe The Blue Ox, on that mess what do you think:) You licked out, no critters. Cheers, Rik Spector

[@br-dj2ti]

3 wraps would equal around 900 pounds. On a Porta wrap They say one rap is 300 to wrap is 600. Keep going with that that's how I do it

[@rickstafford5316]

What a mess! Great work thanks to Randy.

[@brotoubrotou3164]

Extraordinary work. Does randy charge you for using his bucket truck or do you reciprocate work somehow?

[@goldshieldenterprises692]

I'm predicting a clogged chipper!!!

[@susansmith-franks684]

You needed a super charged hedge trimmer for that job!

[@TheManstart]

EI is also bad in that once it gets to a certain cover saturation, it will start collecting water between ivy and the bark and the tree will often start rotting from the outside in:/

[@geoffreygreen297]

Tree climber harry, August and You! All on the same day. August posted first though!😂

[@E.Meyers]

Anytime Randy is around we know it’s going to be a fun time! My ‘hood was built in the mid 1960’s in a grove of locust and hackberry trees. Both are nasty! They still just keep popping up everywhere! 🤬

[@kelvingrebert7315]

amazing the amount of ivy. great job as usual

[@jwplatt9233]

Are you and August running an ivy contest this week?