Homeowner was Shocked to find this on her Front Yard !!!

This homeowner was shocked to find this tree, actually situated on council land, had broken at the base and fallen onto her lawn. There were strong winds a few days previously, which had resulted in this mess for the homeowner, but the tree was itself was quite old and probably on the way out anyway. Her options were to call the council and see if they would remove it, remove the tree completely from the property, or cut it up and leave it on site. She chose to go with option 3, which resulted in a good outcome for all parties involved.
Workers on this job: George (long pants) & Nick (shorts).
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FAQ's:
Q: Do you worry about snakes?
A: I have never even seen a snake in 4 years on the job.
Q: Where are you located?
A: We are from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 🦘🦘🦘.
Q: Which equipment do you use?
A: We use mostly STIHL power equipment (battery and petrol) and commercial Honda self-propelled mowers.
Q: How much do the jobs cost?
A: Sorry, I prefer not to talk about costs!
Q: What happened to Nick?
A: Nick was offered a full-time position at his other job as a Political admin!
Q: Why don't you use tarps instead of cans?
A: Tarps are too difficult to move through small spaces and lift into the trailer. The same for wheelbarrows, they are only good for unloading the trailer!
Q: Why are the hot water cylinders outside?
A: I'm not really sure to be honest, maybe something to do with space & maintenance, but either way, it really is poor heat efficiency!
Q: Why are you cutting so close to your employee!
A: I'm not cutting too close to my workers, they are standing too close to where I am working! All of my workers have been told numerous times about standing too close to the tools and about the hazards involved!
Q: Why do your workers do all the lifting and carrying?
A: Basically, they are employed to carry things and I pay them well to do the job required.
Q: You work so well together, how do you do it?
A: That's the magic of editing. My workers are basically given instructions on what to do, I just edit it all out, so the videos look seamless!

[@chichitex1252]

That looked like a hard job! Good work!

[@phyllisvanhuss1190]

I have just recently started watching/following you and been viewing your posts. This is the first one you have talked in!

[@gailkeenan4732]

This is a great show! You have such interesting projects👍

[@elizabethturel78]

I know you guys did a great job saving her money. However, a pile of dry, dead brush in the backyard? Your client needs to save up for the tree cleanup and removal of that dead tree.🥺🤷🏻‍♀️

[@thamuthafiga4581]

Some of us just don’t have the money. The cost of living has skyrocketed recently and new pay increases and Covid have had a massive effect 😢 on some of us

[@bevshelden6536]

It will cost her more because it's in the back yard

[@LindaThornton-o6k]

Good job🎉❤

[@jefferymitchell9574]

nice job. Sometimes the customer can't afford the proper removal, but you got the bulk of their request "off the lawn" done.

[@brianjohnson5144]

Holy cow sharpen your saws

[@QuickCuts]

Thanks for the comment!

[@-Barbara.]

Only who tried to do this job at least once can understand how tiring it is... you two make it look easy! Another good episode and a satisfied customer 👍

[@QuickCuts]

Thank you 🙂

[@robinstewart6510]

Tiring? Both my wife and myself, well into our 60's, maintain the two hundred or so trees on our property, resulting in jobs like this almost routine (at least two or three large fallen branches each year). Never found it overly difficult. We load the cut branches into a pickup truck to transport to the side of the road.

[@organizersrus]

Nice work but I am wondering if you went back to complete the removal? Thanks for video!

[@131dyana]

Thank you for showing us your work here. You guys did a great job.

[@pamelastokes2964]

I'm curious, in the comments I read that Nick had gotten his dream job. What is his dream job? He was a very good helper, but I'm happy that he got the job he really wanted. Pam in South Carolina, 🇺🇸

[@love4firth]

You wield a wicked chain saw!

[@love4firth]

Wow! Great video. Keep up the great work you do!

[@michaelcauser474]

Well done Sir. May not have been a money earner, but I am guessing that you now have another very happy customer who will stick with you for a very long time who will be telling others about her friendly garden man. 45 minutes of investment in the future of your business.

[@collienbordner5181]

That sure was labor intensive for you two guys. Sure did look better in the end.but there is a lot of fire wood left.

[@joehead1294]

See a lot of dull saw chain here...

[@QuickCuts]

Actually it is not that dull, I have 3 that I change when needed, the wood is very hard!

[@maggiesue4825]

I bet the aroma was wonderful!

[@denieledwards6893]

NOT SURE WHY THEY DIDN'T REMOVE ALL OF IT ??????????

[@QuickCuts]

Because the owner wanted to keep the cost down!

[@denieledwards6893]

@@QuickCuts WOW.......I SEE.

[@garymucher4082]

Kind of goes beyond a typical yard mow. That, I know, was a lot of hard work on both of you. Been there and done that too many times.

[@janlambeth5443]

Maybe it's just me, but I would want it taken right back to the stump. And geez the off sider is working his bum off, he needs a pay rise!

[@QuickCuts]

Is that what ya reckon, maybe you should pay his wage then?

[@janlambeth5443]

@@QuickCuts no need you're doin that! Just lookin after the off sider rights mate! 👌😃😃👏👏 🌳🌳🌳

[@QuickCuts]

He gets paid $26.50AUD per hour + overtime, he goes ok

[@alibali193]

What's an "offsider" ? I thought he was your team mate. Doing the job together x

[@QuickCuts]

@@alibali193 An offsider is someone who works for another person. But we do the job together as a team :)

[@silvermoon3486]

Beautiful wood color inside of the tree, whatever kind that was. 🤔😁❤️❤️❤️👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@terrieaston4114]

New subscriber from Scotland, really enjoying your channel, fantastic job 👏

[@artfullofheart1]

Just came across your KZbin videos and they're wonderful. Interesting and actually inspiring. I subscribed for me and again for my husband and hope you do really, really well! Great job! I think if you go around to some of the poorer areas or messier areas or a seniors home and do/video some driveways or sidewalks for them free, you'll get more views and more subscribers! It's to help those who can't afford it and to better the community. Thank you. Some channel owners (with lawn mowing videos and pressure washing videos) eventually had a Patreon page/link to help you towards paying for those people who needed pressure washing done but couldn't afford it. Wish you success and all the best from here in Canada!

[@QuickCuts]

Thank you 🙂. That's a great idea and definitely something to aim for in the future and have been thinking about that 😀

[@enzomoya1689]

Don't think you'll get a call back. You could have at least cut the rest of that mess down.

[@EpicR_NL]

Great, fast and sufficient action. Well done. 👍🏻

[@lynnjasen9727]

Gotta say, hearing a sound of summer like the chain saw when it’s winter here is very soothing.

[@annrae1597]

We had a tornado here by the Great lakes a few years ago and trees went down all over..in our back yard we cut them up and put the logs by the road for people with wood stoves and the town cleaned up the boulevards using a chipper shredder too and we got the sawdust for under bushes to keep the weeds down...no mess at all left.

[@sroberts605]

Great collective action!

[@delwynhallett565]

As usual, the guy in shorts doing ALL the hard work... Still looks a mess !!!!

[@evaperez4139]

A two front wheelbarrow definitely needed

[@joycehernandez4513]

Been watching you on my tv but thought I would come on and subscribe and give you a 👍

[@sallylambert7552]

You smiled so nice at the camera and showed your saw...i just knew a clown with a bigger saw was coming out of the shrubs and smile to the camera and start chasing you. Yes ive been watching the wrong movies for relaxation. Lol lol Thanks for the video. 😘

[@ЕЛЕНА-п7б5х]

Отличная работа 👍 Подписалась, но коментов не оставляла, да и лайк не ставила, простите, но мне нужно было побольше просмотреть видео и убедиться что вы действительно лучший в своей работе. Сейчас я исправляю ситуацию, смотрю все ваши видео, ставлю 👍и повозможности оставляю свой комментарий, не уверена, что в старых видео вы их читаете, но все же.... Джордж вы очень хорошо, даже отлично делаете свою работу, за вами интересно наблюдать, это просто фантастика!!! Спасибо вам за видео, я просто восхищена вашей аккуратной работой!!! Никто так не работает как вы!!! Да в этом видео вам пришлось повозиться с этим деревом, но вы справились, и да это было не просто. Хочу сказать что вы молодец, оставайтесь таким и берегите себя!!!! С уважением Елена 🇷🇺

[@tomarne62]

It wasen`t nise after you it was like mess

[@addiedeguzman3201]

It's look hard and cost lots of money those no experience for this kind of work, but for this two guys it's look easy, and I enjoyed watching them, how practical their process.

[@michellemondragon2400]

Sorry guys that looks terrible! I would be very disappointed if I were the homeowner!

[@QuickCuts]

Thanks for the comment!

[@tbonemc2118]

Probably could've advertised free firewood so long as they take the whole tree away.

[@billfeldman3234]

Good Job your Helper is a good worker you need to thank "GOD" you have Him!!!

[@lupe6044]

Hola chicos me disculpo por no saber tanto inglés esperó que entiendan los admiro mucho de su trabajó soy Lupe pizarro de Cuenca Ecuador

[@nikanika4059]

Вы бы взяли 2 куска брезента, один подстилаете и работаете, потом оттаскиваете, а второй подстилаете и снова работаете, а то мальчик бегает с веточками, смешно,,😆

[@racheldavis5558]

Yaw can always use the dry wood for the fireplaces when the nights get cold. Enjoy life nd keep up the good work. Gid bless u all.

[@elaineschmitt3776]

For all the tree trim and brush removal you do maybe you should get a chipper

[@kogerlaan]

Obviously this tree was decaying from the inside. So it was a matter of time before it would fall ...

[@judyfenske1429]

A wood worker would love those beautiful logs.

[@HuyenLe-sk3nx]

Các bạn sẽ làm gì với đống cành và thân gỗ đó? Chỗ tôi thực sự sẽ làm được rất nhiều việc. Rất nhiều.

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Worked really hard looked good

[@jonfoster1566]

A Christmas Wish to all y'alls complaining they didn't finish the job properly: try getting out of your Moms basement sometime and get a Job.

[@QuickCuts]

hahaha, cheers ✌😁😎

[@unclebucksquarter]

I was shocked to hear you charged her. Most these landscaping channels don’t charge the homes that they put on KZbin. They make more money from the video than they do than a paying customer.

[@maryellenstesney9475]

Thats so much easier than doing it all by hand. When I worked on a survey crew, everything was by hand. Good times then 30 years ago. We got blamed once for cutting down trees - beavers leave a much different marks than do machetes 😁

[@connerpoul6630]

I use to do by hand branch more thicker worn my shoulder and back out

[@johnwilliams3899]

That saw is to dull to work with

[@emeyers5984]

Personally, I would have cut it to the ground as it looks horrible left in that condition, and expected it as a customer. The other fella(s) with you work so hard!

[@QuickCuts]

Thanks for the comment!

[@shqa574]

"All in a day's work"! Good thing it was far from the house. Nice workout, btw!

[@alanatkins4315]

They will be able to have an out door fire pit when wood dries out, save on time and money on removal of wood,

[@QuickCuts]

Absolutely, plenty of wood there for later use

[@sroberts605]

I think she chose a good option, good for the wildlife (tho I'm saying this from a UK perspective, your wildlife is a little...wilder!). Was chipping an option?

[@QuickCuts]

Chipper is an option if you have a spare 10k

[@aliceakersasbill1408]

Very efficent and great workers getting the.job done in a timely manor. God bless then. Good.work

[@garnettoll9317]

Why didn't you haul it away for free? Don't you have green disposal there?

[@bevshelden6536]

Please don't pile dead limbs near any structures "fire hazard"

[@shawnsourk2448]

You definitely needed Backup Buddy Brent on this one.

[@batmannoso]

Quedo muy bien.

[@lynnkurth3475]

That looks bad you could of done better shame on you thought it was a regular customer

[@marciarodriguespereira9870]

Maravilha.......vcs são muito bons...........

[@melanielutz8323]

sehr gut 👍

[@後藤時子-u8d]

最近、動画が無いので寂しい(TωT)ｳﾙｳﾙ。

[@Galatv_]

❣️🖤💞♥️💘💗🤎🤍❤️💙💜💚💝💛💖

[@CJ-sm7tp]

That guy in the short needs a medal is doing all the Hard work

[@CJ-sm7tp]

He doesn't know how to use a chain saw

[@QuickCuts]

Thanks for the comment. That's what he is paid for!

[@richardcline1337]

IF that tree is what I think it is he's going to be itching and scratching like crazy for a while. Pretty trees but there's something about the limbs that just make you itch like crazy.

[@MrTikdo]

why have you gone with jims mowing rather then going out on your own?

[@nightdweller6446]

Great job, fellas. Council can come pick up their tree 🌳.

[@jeanlewis1945]

I’m in Tennessee, US. What kind of tree was that? The wood is beautiful. Here we’d be using it for firewood.

[@PowerTom286]

It's a kind of Cypress, mostly they are very hard wood. You need to google what species is growing in Australia. And I'd use it for firewood too.

[@sarahbrewer8945]

I know this video was a long time ago but I’m a new subscriber and catching up! If the tree was on Council land then surely they should have come and removed the cut branches and perhaps the whole tree free of charge?

[@QuickCuts]

Welcome. Im not sure about this one. I think she just wanted it removed asap, can't really remember 🤷‍♂️

[@MicrobyteAlan]

I have a Stihl Kombi too

[@QuickCuts]

They are good machines

[@hippielewis4768]

Complete job would have gotten it all up

[@QuickCuts]

Thanks for the comment!

[@hattiem.7966]

Each city and county are different.I live in a newer subdivision and we have the HOA ( Home Owners Association ).I don't think we are allowed to have trees or limbs piled up in a front or side yard.It's unsightly looking and snakes and critters get into them etc.I have had thin trees come down in my backyard which is all trees with leaves,no grass etc.My hubby worked on chopping them up thru the years and putting them in waste bins/containers that the city takes away.I had a tree company come cut down some of the thinner trees that the tops were touching my roof.

[@richardcline1337]

HOA's are the very reason I live so far out from the city. You pay a fee, sometimes an exorbitant one, to be told what you can and cannot do with your own property that you make payments on and pay taxes on even down to what color you can paint your house. No thanks!

[@hattiem.7966]

@@richardcline1337 Our HOA fees are like $45 a month.They were $35 for some 25 years.We can paint our house any color I think but then we have red brick on the front and vinyl siding on the other 3 sides.We can't have a chain link fence or park a boat on the driveway or on the grass but there isn't much space between our houses either.A bldg company built our house 27 years ago and gave us a list of colors to chose from.We also have a community pool which we rarely use,it's only at 5 1/2 feet deep.

[@robinstewart6510]

@@hattiem.7966 .. That's $540 a year. For what? Just to have someone else rule over you? What I do in my yard is my business. What the neighbors do in their yard is their business. We all get along because we've known each other for years. Wouldn't trade that for a swimming pool. By the way, our city picks up anything left beside the road each week - one truck for garbage and another for yard debris (or any large household furniture or similar trashed).

[@hattiem.7966]

@@robinstewart6510 We are aware when we bought this house that it came with a HOA.I've heard plenty of HOA laws that are so stupid.One thing I do like is that you can't park a big RV or boat on your lot and the yards are pretty small anyway.

[@laurahenuset5206]

I have been confused when watching UK and Australian videos - is the council the city or town government?

[@saynotomid-rollads9267]

“The Council” in the UK can refer to any of these: Parish, Town, District, Borough, City, County. Sometimes the councils are called local authorities. HTH.

[@QuickCuts]

In Australia we only have 3 levels of government, Local Area Council (City, Municipality, Shire), State & Federal

[@ЮлияИвашова-л6й]

Многих смотрела ,вы самые классные😘

[@msblawnmowinglandscapingan1660]

Tools: Stihl km 94 rc Stihl ht-m pole pruner attachment Stihl ms 170 Mulch rake

[@billygraham8662]

looks like our cedar tree here in Arkansas usa

[@sueeverington9273]

Great job guys

[@markaraujo06]

they will need bobcat front shreddar

[@cherylgaudiomonte3659]

Incomplete

[@QuickCuts]

Thanks for the comment

[@patrickhosking613]

Reckoning his chains need sharpening or the rakers taking down a bit

[@ianrutherford878]

I scrolled down looking for such a comment.Yep far too much effort needed to get it biting and .O.K. there's a lot of rot visible but instead of nice big shavings of sawdust, it looked like a lot of dust.Keeping 'em sharp and set right is a big part of using those things.

[@patrickhosking613]

@@ianrutherford878 hooray, somebody actually agrees with me. That was in slightly accelerated speed and just looked like it was taking a bit of time. Plus I thought the bars were well used and the paint was pretty much all gone. I had thought that there had been a fair bit of heat on the bars to have got rid of the paint like that. Although, the chain being used looked like 1/4" or picco, on both the pole saw and the stihl. The stihl would have handled .325.chain easily. What do you think??

[@ianrutherford878]

@@patrickhosking613 I'm a retired car mechanic and theatre tech. who met a Finnish woman who had some chain-saw education. So she taught me some rudimentary safety and maintenance .When we got our own place there was some felling we had done professionally then lots of big elm logs to turn to firewood and later a few smaller trees to fell or lop and her Dad bought us a mid-range Husqvarna. Maintaining ,sharpening and using that is about the limit of my experience.I was already past my prime and would only use the saw 'til I began to feel 'tired'--often just one tank of fuel per day then do all the other stuff.But I've watched enough pros in action to feel confident to 'judge' a dull or sharp saw. It sounds like you have far more detailed knowledge and experience. After I finally failed to service and repair the carb.( eye-sight declining) I let the saw gather dust and now use bowsaws but I don't let them rust or hit nails etc. and I buy new blades. For light work with such a fine cut they can be as quick as a chainsaw if you count in the maintenance, fuelling, sharpening, protective gear and so on and no fumes no noise and you'd have to work hard to amputate even just a finger.

[@QuickCuts]

I don't know much about chains and saws, but i do know the chain wasn't that blunt, but the wood was very hard!

[@patrickhosking613]

@@QuickCuts hi That was my other thought I. Must confess

[@juliamilford1979]

I am totally in love with the "chainsaw on a stick"!!! What brand of chain saw do you recommend?

[@QuickCuts]

I use Stihl, but i think Husqvarna are pretty good too :)

[@juliamilford1979]

@@QuickCuts thanks!

[@conniemoore4574]

Do you have to home owners insurance in Australia? If so they will pay for the cleanup after a storm for damage to the house property and trees. I know this because lighting hit a huge willow tree in my front yard. I paid nothing for removal. Great job as always so neat and tidy.

[@barnie7457]

I really love to wach your videos, you do a professional and dedicated job. But i must say that every time i see your co-workers carrying every stone or piece of junk bit by bit, or in a trash can, i wonder if you've never heard of tools like wheelbarrows or trolleys.

[@FAHeiss]

Great job, love your work!

[@joy2own]

I wonder if it's still piled up on the side there? ❤

[@QuickCuts]

I would say so. This was back in the day when my channel was much smaller. Now days I would take it all away 🙂

[@viewerabundzu6887]

chainsaw on stick looks suspiciously addictive

[@QuickCuts]

Lol :D

[@rameshshankar1010]

Shredder could have been used to finish the cut trees instead of carrying it.

[@elizabethveronez8894]

Oi moço lindo da moto serra 💕 vc é lindo demais eu admiro o trabalho de vcs.dera eu poder ti conhecer vcs dois são lindos parabéns pelo trabalho.Brasil.Batatais sp

[@dianenichols4924]

Her insurance company should have paid you for this job

[@suelisaletemassinham4443]

BRASIL😀

[@kille7543]

I bet that wood, when it’s dry will be perfect for a fire.

[@AnthropoidOne]

Who is Jim, the guy on the logo?

[@QuickCuts]

Jim Penman is the owner of the franchise!

[@1944robbo]

If this was on council land and blown down into customers yard by a storm, it is council's responsibility and they should have come and removed it? It is council by-laws in every state of Australia that make them responsible for trees on council property, the same as you are responsible for trees on your land.

[@QuickCuts]

yes, i think it is their responsibility, but some people just don't want to go through the whole process!

[@danharkins5673]

I worked with a crew and they had 4 guys on each crew and that was done very quick and on to the next job

[@enoenair2138]

👏👍🇧🇷. Gostei do seu riso. Parabéns.

[@danielarenos5569]

Sloppy

[@franticstorm7411]

are yes! when the vertical tree becomes the horizontal. always a bit of a problem.

[@lorrainejreynolds998]

Oh lord the limbs look like they are bleeding !

[@viewerabundzu6887]

wood turning artists might be interested in the big logs, lovely colour, save and sell or donate

[@namewithheld8115]

Your channel name makes a lot of sense after watching this video. Is it wrong to say that this looked like a lot of fun?

[@QuickCuts]

It's fun for the first 15 minutes, but extremely hard after that, especially if you're lifting thing 👍

[@hairmetalexpert]

Need to still charge big bickies for moving it💪

[@celiamachado460]

Seu trabalho é maravilhoso e você é muito lindo

[@wendylady2488]

Don't know what Council land is, but that's a case of no one paying attention to an ailing tree.

[@ricoludovici2825]

City property.