How to Fell a CO-DOMINANT Tree!

[@deankala]

I'm the homeowner, very glad I hired a prefessional to do this.

[@roymorgan2560]

The best course of action is to leave it to the professionals to STAY SAFE! Good to see it was so easy...when you know what you're doing.

[@garrydeimert7397]

Man you are so knowledgeable about falling trees at such a young age age, been following you for a while and it has helped with my understanding of trees. Guess you had the best teacher, RIP.

[@jefffuhr2393]

@garrydeimert7397 Well-said. Totally agree. Thank you!

[@stefanobonaiuti8243]

who was he?

[@tabs123456]

1 of his good friends Jed@@stefanobonaiuti8243

[@55VickyV]

@@stefanobonaiuti8243Jed. There is video on this channel dedicated to his memory. He died in a tree accident.

[@colecash7496]

Damn I didn’t know he passed away. I was wondering why I haven’t seen Jed in awhile…RIP

[@matthewtaylor3351]

The timing of ‘just wait a minute for it to fall’ and seeing it fall was perfect. I was expecting him to go back in to cut more, while being anxious it would kick back when falling. Definitely master at work.

[@хунгардрагоценный]

OOW .... WOW .............A VERRY BEAUTIFUL ...........TREEE ........ EEEEEESS..........

[@steveackerley8545]

Great content, video and sound quality. You and your channel are succeeding in every way Jacob. Best wishes to you and your family for the New Year>

[@charlesmarsh279]

Really great job. I love how much patience you have in dropping these trees.

[@be-a-sailnot-a-anchor2053]

I can tell these are hard trees for you to work with and I'm referring to it being emotionally hard . Just remember that he knew you would be the best one to step up and take his spot . I work as a wild land fire fighter as a Sawyer and puller and your videos in the past with certain people up to your present videos of just yourself have been in valuable to me for my life of work and as well as outside of work as I enjoy free work so much to the point that it's a hobby. I appreciate what you do and the obvious Love you have for the work because your videos show that . You are very adamant about making sure you're S.A. is always 100% ,that you make it well known of all possible dangers and how to safely complete the job and overall your integrity for everything is on par . Can't thank you enough for the invaluable knowledge I have gained and the countless other people who feel the same. Keep up the good work bub and always remember he is looking down on you proud as ever

[@patgorham4796]

GOOD JOB, and you handled it safely!!!

[@jamesalinio5277]

That walking away with the slo-oo-ow motion felling was soo kick azz props to you guys

[@andyprice4696]

The ol Magic yellow wedge @12:25. They just appear out of thin air!

[@devondunkle1063]

Great video explanation Jacob.

[@axesandthings483]

After having broken half my cheap wedges at a job yesterday, the next tree I fell (co-dominant or not) will be done with the 4 new wedges I just ordered from sappy supplies! Just started the video! Can't wait to see how it turns out. I warn you - I will be silently judging. 🙂 I see you're using the 395. I like it. Also, I'm a tiny bit jealous.

[@daviddogruel7851]

Nicely done, and great explanation. Ever since hearing about what happened to Jed, I watch for sawyers frequently looking up while cutting and wedging, and have made it habit when doing any saw work on or under trees.

[@noonehere1793]

Good class, professor!👍👍🙂 thanks for emphasizing the safety.

[@sotelospecialtiesinc.4985]

Great explanation Jacob! That’s definitely a huge maple! We’re from the same town man! I believe the term co-dominant or co-dom means it’s two tops fighting for dominance to be the main top. Excellent video!!! Hope to see ya around. That smell of sewage reminds me of doing cottonwood and yellow poplars 🤢🤮😮‍💨

[@outermostoutermost9418]

Been doing tree work for 39 years and I hate these trees so easy to go wrong easy even with everything right .everything your talking about is dead on right and love what you are doing for tree workers everywhere keep doing what you are doing we need this out thire you are keeping guys safe and save in lives or just a world of hurt we never had this when I was starting out or we would have done this same thing but u have so much more going on with big trees and crane work that we never need here in New Jersey were I work..but man I love to watch your videos. Be safe and keep the love of trees going..funny you love a job that just wants to beat u up ...but we love a job that hates us lol .....

[@williamlyle8265]

Good to see another repeat customer.

[@litewatefitr]

Great tutorial, Jacob!

[@woodworker_64]

I had a co-dominant ash tree I cut last year. Didn't know how to cut it but i cut into one of them and pinched my bar and ended up cutting the other one with my other saw and had to do my 1st plunge cut into it and was completely rotten inside but got lucky that it fell where I had it aimed and then cut the other tree and was able to open it up enough to get my bar out and fell it. Your video a few years back on 7 ways to cut a tree helped me out that day. But thankfully I fell them in an open yard far away from a house

[@MuhaloTube]

Really good example tree you selected. And the execution of your plan was magic. Well done!

[@brycediener]

I have been watching your videos for a while now and I have to say the sound of this one cracking and falling might be the best one yet. Very informative as well, I have heard of co-dominant trees before but never realized how dangerous they would be to fall. Nicely Done!

[@billrobbins5874]

Will rely on a professional for tree cutting. 👍

[@ianbruce4314]

Great job, always fun to watch, you always have a great time with co-workers, THANKS FOR INVITING US ALONG ON YOUR JOURNEYS...😏

[@KayBeee]

Love these how to videos!

[@хунгардрагоценный]

A VERY COOL TREE ...................!!!!!!!!! AND YOU VERY COOL ....!!!!!! 🙂🙂🙂

[@Eric-gi9kg]

Outstanding explanation and a beautiful felling

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Thank you so much 😀

[@warped2875]

I like how your content style has matured lately. More informative and technical than some of your earlier stuff (with Eastside, I guess?) Keep up the good work.

[@frontyardfirewood]

Man, i have done fell quite a few co dominants, doug firs, maples, spruces, oregon oak, ... in my opinion, id have sent the climber up the maple in this video,limb/ top it, rig down some of it.? At least un limb lock it and than cut the stems fall the teunk etc. .. what with all that limb lock action, but then again, im not there to look at it in person. But hey good work my guy. Good humbolt. Had me on the edge worried it was gonna split and go sideways... but only for a few seconds 😂

[@jeffwolinski2659]

Maybe it just wasn't visible in the camera shot but I didn't see the seam go all the way out to the outer bark. This may not have been two separate trees but two leads that came off of the same base near ground level.

[@codblkops85]

Kevin was there the whole time 😂

[@Dave-ei7kk]

I know it would be a little extra work, but I would have cabled the two trunks together as high as I could reach with a couple of extra heavy duty ratchet straps or better yet a logging chain just for extra insurance.

[@Trip_Skip]

Love these informative videos!

[@PATCsawyer]

Nicely done. Like your axe, sweet little wedge driver. 28" handle?

[@ericreed5043]

I have cut quite a few nasty trees like that. where I had to rope the two together between 2/3 and 3/4 up and then about about eight feet up to make sure it fell as one I also secured a pull line to the top rope and use a rope come along for good tension. you do a good 👍 job just a little foot note watch your hinge wood make sure you don't over cut stay safe 🙏

[@travisdoesfirewood]

Bring that maple to my yard, I'm in lake Stevens 😢

[@Roy-l7v]

HI, hope that your Christmas went great.. So when will you start opening a school of fallen friends? Great showing, understanding and cutting down problematic trees...

[@TheArboristPT]

Good stuff

[@poopsey4036]

early, love the vids keep up the amazing work!!!!

[@joemilich]

Jake. That was a very good video. Great explanation of everything to think about and look for.

[@хунгардрагоценный]

OU ........ WOW A VERRY CHERRY .................

[@Jay-lr3me]

Solid felling and great explanations mate cheers from the uk love your stuff

[@marceldiseraad9977]

Very interesting content Jacob. Thanx for sharing your knowledge.

[@capttuttle7422]

9:04 i would think when you fell trees 5 feet wide you would at least get some kinda bubble level thing. Although the chainsaw is running so good good luck with that even a lazer level would be shaking around to much

[@Jose-e1e1u]

Buen video maestro 👍

[@stevestock2439]

Another really good example on how dangerous these kinds trees are to the homeowner. You need big kahunas to take on one of these. Your professionalism shows when you were patient and let nature take its course. A vid like this will save somebodies bacon some day.

[@Frankzeien]

Awesome advice Jake, to all those youngsters that want to get into this kind of business.

[@iduswelton9567]

When i was working for local parks&rec. and had to fall dead or dying trees the ones i hated most were heart dead ( possibly hollow ) and co-dominate trees - any hardwood tree is dangerous especially Maples and Ashes

[@carllamb6711]

You are truly amazing Jacob i just love watching your videos… you are like a book of knowledge thank you for sharing all this with us all😊😊😊😊

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

Glad you like them!

[@kirkhillyer1673]

Good job. Coming from a 35+ yr tree man.

[@andrewwesthoff7416]

That anticipation of it falling, just waaaiiiiting, was awesome!

[@хунгардрагоценный]

WOW ....................

[@OBGjoeennis69]

Wouldn't this be considered a secondary measure of removing the tree? Or was it because they didn't want to spend the time and money stripping it safely and getting them down to trunks to be able to drop either trunk without having to worry about the danger of both of them splitting, falling towards the home which could easily have happened because sometimes you never know how deep the growth of both trees are from the base from back when they were virgin trees? Because sometimes bark tissue can make it look like they are connected at one point, almost looking like they are sometimes fully connected, but there could be finer cracks beyond the naked eye. But I have to say you did a good job getting it down and always remember safety is one of the biggest factors when it comes to removing Big Trees like this. And that should be always the number one factor because tree work is a very dangerous job and people need to know that some people do not understand that.

[@virgilelancon6469]

_ "Let's just see if mother nature takes it's course" _ "Heard ya"

[@iffykidmn8170]

Is gravity part of mother nature?

[@virgilelancon6469]

@@iffykidmn8170 Bro, are you high?

[@em4703]

I'm not an arborist, but fall and cut my own firewood (a bit of chainsaw milling too if the tree is worth it). In this situations I just prefer to do a longitudinal cut between the stems (obviously not exactly down the middle in all the trunk 😆), and just fell them individually after that, unless the union/crown was relatively simple like in this case. I've fell co-dominants like this with 3-5 trees in them for example (I know you in US do this too and its a regular thing with 2nd gen growths and the technique is identical), and in that case you got no other choice than to cut between them to separate at least in 2 pieces, sometimes even 1 by 1 if its some crazy clump. I don't know if you have hornbeam in Oregon, but here in Romania we got some crazy 10-15 tree trunks grown from old cuts. The ones grown from trees felled 60-100 years ago are wild, 5-8 feet thick or more (it grows very irregularly, sometimes twice as thick in one direction). Those are some fun ones to take down 🤣But I'm an outlier, most people here don't bother cutting the giants, too much hassle when so many smaller trees are more accessible and they don't require heavy lifting and a big chainsaw.

[@chaswarren7239]

In the UĶ, we have lots of goat willows near water courses. These are often multi stemmed co- doms and prone to just collapsing outwards in all directions.

[@Revellersaws]

Dominant being that neither tree yields, if one was smaller or weaker it would just get pushed over.

[@хунгардрагоценный]

VERRY CHERRRY

[@Agustin-jo8mv]

Sweeet!

[@markp.9707]

Terrific job Jake!!! Thank you for being safe and allowing Mother Nature to finish the job of felling those woven trees.

[@хунгардрагоценный]

VERY COOL

[@tangsoodo4]

jeez ive learned more from your posts than any other on here, keep up the good work mate and stay safe always

[@helenmiddleth8732]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. You have taught me a lot. Me being a rural land owner in Australia and female. I greatly enjoy your videos and have been following you since almost from the beginning. Thank you again 😁

[@johnnyshell2839]

I can't lie. Co doms always made me nervous. I just climbed them and chunked wood til I was about 15-20 foot from the ground. Then threw one at a time. Then I stump cut.

[@markzadlock4229]

Hey Jake good video stay safe n keep cutting brother! Happy new year. May 2024 grow your business 😊. New Jersey logman 👍🌲

[@wizardsuth]

If you're cutting a tree and it starts cracking and popping, back off and let it, 'cause it's moving. I've cut a lot of fallen trees (mostly poplar) with a pruning saw, and when I hear them pop I know I'm five or six strokes from having it cut through. Unlike a standing tree the logs tend to fall suddenly and I'm careful not to be under them.

[@Sethhaun78]

Had hard maple 🍁 just like that .had ton of back weight ten ft from clients house . They wanted to keep it but .had bad school marm.and co dominant. When pulled it over was mud and 💦...heavey stuff

[@bbarker5766]

It seems like a lot of people take felling trees too lightly and don't take time to recognize any dangers that could be there. I've seen a few "Tree guys" do the stupidest stuff because they just don't know. I've seen it in the fire service, too. We had a call that I was a Lieutenant and had a couple of fire fighters with me on that call. Large tree down blocking someone's driveway and into wires between power poles. I refused to cut it for several reasons. Well, the one younger firefighter talked another lieutenant into going up and cutting that tree. Neither of which were experienced with doing that. Well, they got very lucky as they didn't get hurt, but they damaged 2 fences, smashed 2 saws, and almost got injured and damaged the truck from the debris and pieces of the tree when it exploded. Needless to say, they got reprimanded and suspended for doing that.

[@karlbuttler]

Great job Jake, your methods of working with tree's far exceeds my hero Logger friend as a kid, I really like the way your easy on the power of your Saw and almost always take the extra time to wedge them over.....k

[@JT-tz5hp]

You gotta be in the where of each individual trunk? In the "meat"? Why don't you just call it "wood" old timer. haha.

[@karl-egertdaskov6217]

so did a falling job in the fall and thy were big maples and i dont like maples for cutting because they like hold hold hold and then bam they go and quick and its scary honestly at 20 years old that was my first big falling job like by myself it was scary because i have a 5105 dolmar with 18 inch bar and most of them were like 35-50 inches and like i trusted my gut to go buy more wedges because the costumer didnt know the size of the trees and they were big mostly and yeah next time i will go and loot the job before accepting thats for sure

[@DiabloNigra]

at an angle of 90° to another line or surface: Two perpendicular lines form a right angle. Perpendicular is also standing or rising straight up: The cliff was nearly perpendicular and impossible to climb

[@andrewscott2866]

So I wasn't the only one😁

[@rwamchubb7977]

I had a tree that was struck by lightning in the crotch 50' up and split down to the roots. The tree would sway in the wind as if it were 2 separate trees. It lived for about 10 yrs until 1 half, eventually died. My neighbor was brave enough to harvest the wood.

[@cooneywi]

I am impressed with your knowledge and that you take the time to explain your actions. Thank you.

[@davidmoffitt7297]

Thanks for showing all us that prosedure.....may save a life !

[@dennisrussellcarter3rdcart965]

Almost seen my dad die for one splitting after felling i was scared for him he was running down the hill towards 2 trees that would have stopped it but it just kept going and stopped right before it got to him if it would have roled one more time idk if he would be here

[@TheToolnut]

Nicely done Sir, that said i would have used a standard notch on that one. As a result you would have gotten closer to the ground and had more reliable holding wood for the hinge. You probably should have scribed you back cut before committing to it.

[@markb4759]

Just discovered the channel and subscribed. Wondered if you could add a timelapse clear up of the trees you cut down as an outro to the vids. Great work btw and fascinating to watch.

[@55VickyV]

Questions: Can more than two trees be co-dominant? Can two different species of trees be co-dominant?

[@yrdGBA]

Very nice, that info will come in handy here shortly, have a big maple that one side already came off ,yikes!. I will send you a pic

[@aaronmilburn4962]

Awesome video been watching a long time I’ve been wanting a ported 661 do you know if Madsons would build one and send it to Indiana ?

[@iffykidmn8170]

Ask Madsens.😉

[@mariushegli]

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

[@stocktonz9044]

Trunk would never merges or fuses together they only press together and push each other apart ! How ever stems and branches have the ability to fuse or merge together ! Fun fact

[@t.r.l.4377]

Nooo shit, that must be two trees holding each other........... 😁

[@johnearls3952]

You are an absolute amazing arborist but clearly not a videographer or editor my suggestion is if you’re gonna run two mics run the main one that’s connected to you and cut the sound from the camera mic it will eliminate the sound of a doubling effect in your videos such as this one I hope one day we can meet I would love to hear what you have to say

[@chgames026]

What if this tipe of tree is inbetween 2 buildings would you advise fall them above the split ??

[@jvenema86]

so wonderful beautiful videos my best friend i love it see so nice it make me so happy

[@DrZergling]

Man. If you cut Fingernails.. dont cut em to short.

[@tommysshelton6499]

You think you could ever go over you video equipment? And how you rig it?

[@хунгардрагоценный]

HJHJ

[@danielmiddleton8173]

Let's just be honest here. Kevin used his massive lung power and blew that tree over at the end.

[@melshea2276]

55,718th….so close to first!😊👍👍👍👍

[@MapleJames76]

Co-dominant. That's how I like my women.

[@joshuac2224]

Take a shot every time he says "two trees". Nice video, thank you.

[@rmontena4583]

Great job, Jake! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@хунгардрагоценный]

JKJJ

[@matthewtaylor3351]

95cc is a bigger motor than my first motorcycle.

[@rickstafford5316]

Very nice work Those are the most surprising.

[@julianalderson3938]

Thanx bro' vids like this can save some disasters.

[@johnlonghair6461]

What happened to the tropical shirt uniform?

[@Yuhmuthasaho]

Any discount codes for the new year on Sappy?

[@Snafu_Z]

The simulated bokeh in the video is driving me nuts.