HOW TO CUT DOWN DEAD AND HAZARDOUS TREES | Tree Felling Tutorial

How to cut down dead trees, remove widow makers, and handle hazardous trees. Casey covers some tree felling techniques, proper chainsaw handling and his thoughts on the best way to cut down dangerous trees. Hope this videos helps, BE SAFE OUT THERE! This is serious business.
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[@Type1Archery]

I don’t know if other folks would be interested or not but I would like to see a video on what saws you use and chains and just general equipment. I’m on a binge of watching your videos and loving the knowledge you share

[@Top_Branch]

Hey Calvin! Thanks for watching glad your liking our videos. We’re trying to make them at least watchable lol. We’d be happy to make a video about that for you! We’ll put it in the queue for ya 👍

[@Mark-uh4zd]

@@Top_Branch I too would be interested as well. I like seeing what pros use.

[@ScottWConvid19]

You're channel is right at the point of gaining serious tread. Your content is excellent, you explain things well and the footage is great. Keep it going man. Just a few more good videos and you'll hit that algorithmic sweet spot.

[@poliver12345]

Really great instructor absolutely amazing info. & great tree cutting precise falls! I am passing this on to my spouse and family members! Thanks so much Casey and crew members!

[@pastorbarnett3049]

Very respectful and encouraging video. Thanks for making things so clear and clean.

[@lantarux]

Thank you for making this easier to understand

[@todd4654]

These are excellent videos. Exactly the kind of guidance that will help me manage my own property. Similar issues… leaners and dead trees.

[@2010tck93]

You are an amazing instructor and felling coach. You’ve gained a subscriber and I’ve gained confidence.

[@Top_Branch]

Glad we could help you tackle some trees happy cutting and be careful out there! 👍

[@edhultgren6315]

Agreed, I[m going to be sharing a lot of your techniques with my next Disaster felling class. I've used a lot of what you've shown but I've also learned a lot and will pass it along a month from now at our training.

[@danpowell1776]

You're a heck of a good faller buddy. Thanks for taking the time to create this video.

[@Top_Branch]

Thanks Dan! Glad you enjoyed the video. 👍

[@danpowell1776]

@@Top_Branch It's a keeper for the educational memory bank

[@inthewilderness2023]

I’ve watched all your videos and have enjoyed them all. You should keep them coming.

[@raytyre750]

Great skills for a young guy. Very good explanations on every part of the process.

[@albertawheat6832]

Another successful day in the woods. Good job.

[@jonmarines6332]

I enjoy watching your videos. Casey and his crew did some work on my property, and they did a great job!

[@JennySimon206]

You're good. I just got my first convertible chain/pole saw to tackle the yard.

[@jackperry3283]

Thanks for your tutorial, it was very helpful, it made me realize what a professional you are in what you do, I was hoping to gain some confidence in felling dead tree's on my property but I understood very little from your terminology, I think at age 67 I better hire a professional!

[@craigjay769]

I love your videos. They are spot on

[@daveoseas]

Great explanations. Thankyou.

[@Brian..........]

Would love a quick vid someday on how your sharpen your chain, with hand/round files.

[@Shifffyy]

This was packed with great tips. Thanks guys!

[@rogerboudreau8496]

You are a good person…

[@69kaveman]

Great info, great video! That is why you higher a pro like you instead of DIY.

[@flaviogoncalves2623]

Estou acompanhando aqui no Brasil👍

[@sawdustadikt979]

With the emerald ash beetle, that shark gill cut is very interesting and I plan to use. I have been wrapping a 30ft, 10,000 bl test tow strap around the tree to arrest the barber chair if it happens. I close the loop with a shackle. I still do all I can to not have a barber chair happen, but if it’s possible I wrap it.

[@sawdustadikt979]

Thanks for putting this up, showing us how you are doing what you do.

[@markolaw]

Thanks for mentioning the wrapping of the tree. I have a dead ash that’s exactly like the one in this video. I’m afraid I have to fell it with the help of one friend and I’d like to take every precaution. It was difficult to understand everything in the video as the gentleman does speak very fast. Hopefully we will survive. I think it’s very possible that the tree center is decayed and almost every branch has fallen off but some really big and dangerous ones remain. Also lots of trees that want to fall on their own. The forest was almost all ash trees. Very sad to see what those little green bastards have done.

[@sawdustadikt979]

@@markolaw a lot of people are getting killed dropping these trees. I’ve dropped enough trees to know when to say no. If it’s that dead I’d stay far away from it and call someone. When they are that dead it’s a wild guess as to where any good fiber is. A free quote is a free quote. Don’t risk it.

[@dougreid2351]

The dead ash looked as if someone in the past had made a cut in the trunk, below your face cut. Yes? Thanks for pointing out the track of the boring pest. DOUGout

[@justinrutan1795]

Always enjoy your videos, very informative, how about one on that double hinge!

[@Top_Branch]

Coming right up!

[@ejsocci2630]

I really enjoy the way you do your videos, thanks

[@brucelewis1017]

Where did you get the hard hat with the built in ear muffs

[@ED-es2qv]

I think you made that bird angry. I don’t speak bird, but I’m pretty sure he was questioning your father’s existence.

[@RobertGowin-ee6tj]

Great video for beginners

[@87GP400]

Very well done !

[@robertjeffery6100]

Great information really appreciate it Thank you

[@Frank-kn3fb]

Just a question. Which is safer safer, to cut a hazardous tree with a chain saw or a one or two person crosscut saw? Also very informative video.

[@Juzzy520]

Brilliant job!💪💪🍺👍

[@richardbrowne1679]

Another great video- Thank You

[@Top_Branch]

Thanks Richard! Glad you enjoyed it. 👍🪓

[@gerardogonzalez462]

Thank you 👍

[@joseph78e4n6]

good lesson on tree 🌳 ROLL. poison IVY Looms .. 👌 ⚡️

[@ScottWConvid19]

On that first tree, what is the reason for making the back cut lower than the apex of the face cut? I've thought that it should be higher to allow the weight of the tree to drop into the face

[@jeremyg5318]

Curious, what’s your opinion on starting with a diagonal cut opposed to starting with the straight cut? Pros cons?

[@BobHerres]

Amazing content. Sometimes I prefer to watch videos with speed slightly increased x 1.25 etc. I certainly can't do that when Casey is giving wise advice! While I do the easier trees myself, I regret that Canada is too far for Top Branch to go :-)

[@Top_Branch]

Thanks bob! Always appreciate your kind words. Happy cutting!

[@josephorr5175]

Heh I was thinking about SLOWING the video down. Lots of really good info and technique relayed here. There really is quite a learning curve to being a proficient tree feller.

[@MVPDabba]

What if it is rotted damn near all the way through, would that effect falling the tree?

[@TREEDAWGZ]

You are a beast dude. Any good recommendations to keep the ticks away? I got diagnosed with Lymes and I really wanna keep them off me in the future. Thanks buddy...

[@Frank-kn3fb]

Really a question, is it safer to cut a hazardous tree with chain saw or crosscut saw.? Thanks and informative video

[@nhmountains5683]

Great video Casey. A lot of the larger poplar I’ve been cutting on my land seem to be rotting in the middle first and look healthy on the outside. Was that a peacock calling in the background or was it Taylor practicing a call? 😀. Stay safe!!

[@renostubbs8504]

Awesome video guys, how much oil and chain saws do you guys go through in a year? And what oil is best?

[@Top_Branch]

Thanks Reno! Glad you liked the video. We use just standard bar and chain stuff from Tractor Supply works fine. When you use cheaper oils just make sure you run them out. And when the saw is going to sit for a while have it empty. The cheaper stuff doesn’t protect the oRings and oiler as much. Chainsaw Video coming up!

[@renostubbs8504]

thank you for your feedback, my friends, you guys made me some good dollars over the time I have been watching. Watching from the hot and sunny Bahamas

[@jasonburkard9967]

Nice to hear a peacock 🦚

[@davidbaldwin1591]

2:30 Dang Peacocks. Noisy birds.

[@vkarabin]

You did a plung cut in the face or palm tree cut.. previous video you stated only do with small trees.. confused

[@Jason-fg4jr]

I saw sparks on that last one... dead trees suck that's s majority of what I fell ... always stay to the sides braber chairing freaks me out

[@suzanneperkins5545]

Shows why you should hire experienced tree trimmers!

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

The rot I find in trees is on the inside, ants. I've been lucky as I am here to comment.

[@jgrave10]

I here Peacocks in the background...

[@40beretta1]

Luv to see fall a dead tree with a split in the middle.

[@davidwyby]

A tree guy that’s a faller

[@YoNorton]

Most of my 80 acres still have boundary barbed wire fencing embedded in the old trees. Big time hazard for a novice like me.

[@Top_Branch]

For sure! Take your time and really look them over good, if your going to do any cutting. Not all trees will cut the same and sometimes you hit steel when you least expect it. It can be dangerous when you are finishing the cut and you hit steel before you can get the hinge finished. Tree could fall wrong. Be super careful, and at least have someone with you 👍

[@TheToolnut]

Buy a small metal detector, very handy bit of kit to have, 👍🌲🇮🇪

[@SelfHandledRogue]

I'd like to see a video where half the trunk is missing.

[@nickbrowning6652]

could have been even better if when talking about the tree show the tree in question

[@jimalmy5559]

Do NOT put yourself on a ladder!

[@lashlarue7924]

yeah I'd rather my feet stay planted on terra firma. I appreciate what he's saying but I think there's no perfectly safe way.

[@homesculptor]

So, FEMA came in and said they would cut "hazard trees" and defined them as "3. Hazard Trees: Hazard Trees are wildfire-damaged trees that are so damaged by the fires that their structural integrity is compromised and that pose an immediate threat of falling onto work crews or obstructing their access to the debris clearance site, or falling onto a public right of way or public improved property." However, they breached the contract and stole 189 perfectly sound trees with just a 1/4" of char on the lower bark, even trees that sprouted green in the spring, they cut them and stole them and they are giving them to another company that has a saw mill and that company is making my money from my trees. Now that was only my loss on top of losing everything in the fire. I didn't know tree fellers would sell out their fellow countryman for a prevailing wage, and they try to justify it with me. Some laugh. =You lumberjacks are some tough characters, but some, like any other industry also pretty warped. I would hope another feller would think this is wrong and try to help their industry not steal from private owners. Now this is USA. The constitution forbids takings without "just compensation." I never knew that tree fellers in USA could be rounded up by Nazi type officials, paid handsomely with prevailing wage. They set in their equipment for hours here, and idle it clocking hours for their company. I tell them they are stealing my trees, and they tell me I well you signed the ROE which allowed them to only take the defined trees which were about 4 out of the 189 they are stealing from using using fellow american tree fellers that have no problem cutting my throat to feed their families off of my trees. You say this is a serious business? Well wildfires are so profitable for the billionaires being made from forest fires, and foresters are stealing trees from private land owners. Most small 1/4 acre and 1/2 acre owners are grateful, but those of us with larger plots that can mill them themselves, it is outright treason and theft to cut the throats of the owners, and all the fellers here have no problem cutting the throats of retired people that only have this left to make a living, and I got cancer too. So this is unbearable, and your fellow fellers are cutting the throats of people and don't give a rip. In fact one feller told me if I was stealing his trees, "he'd probably shoot me," I recorded this on my channel. I used to have a great deal of respect for fellers, but they are similar to the Germans in 1930s before they started murdering the Jews. German people that were otherwise normal, were hired to go to Jewish communities and steal their property. Like the tree fellers here in Caldor fire burn scar, they too go in and steal from fellow human beings and they tell me, "I have to feed my family, and that I am just following orders. Now I don't believe USA will ever just kill us, unless we argue with police over a traffic violation. I just wanted to let you know that your industry is being recruited by arbitrary government tyrants stealing timber from private citizens, and they are using your industry to do it, and I guess very few know. Well you know now! Please don't join this type of criminal deception to get people to sign what is a clear definition and then come in and steal all the trees for oligarchs making billions from free scorched trees! Google Forbes billionaires from wildfire timber

[@Top_Branch]

Thanks for your comment Pat! It’s not unusual for Politics and Money to find any industry and it’s workers for profit obscenely and at the expense of citizens. As we are in New England, we don’t have the wildfires or flooding damage that the rest of the US does, we don’t get tangled with FEMA. We are a family run business, on the foundation the we always give more to our customers in value that we charge them in monetary value. That won’t be changing anytime soon. Do it right, right by them, right by Nature, and right by us. No exceptions. Don’t worry we’re out there fighting the good fight, and money won’t change that. Thanks for what you do!

[@homesculptor]

@@Top_Branch I was sure you'd delete, me. You are a top notch human! I'll subscribe for sure. If you don't mind, spread the word about how FEMA is recruiting people without telling them the truth. I know they are good people, but when I tell them what they are doing, stealing my trees, it don't seem to bother them. They need to know that just because the government says its okay, it is contrary to the 5th amendment takings clause. To give my timber to another business man is obscene, especially when the contract prohibits what they are doing.

[@homesculptor]

@@Top_Branch ha I was already subscribed!!!

[@homesculptor]

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[@twbishop]

@1:49 even a triple hinge is possible. @3:10 but it looks like the back cut was a little low.

[@diegovd7215]

Loved it when you said that this dead tree could send down dead branches and your helmet is not attached. IMHO if you are doing a video you could attach it just to set a better example ;) Other than that, nice cut!

[@aledgriffiths3969]

hes so difficult to understand. can't hear him either. not the best