HOW TO: Remove a Tall, Dangerous Palm Tree - GO PRO

We recently landed a large tree removal job at the local University of Arizona. We removed about 30 trees in total ranging from palm trees, to mesquites, to acacias, etc.. This video shows the removal of one of the more dangerous palm trees on site. It was about 50' tall.
It was a very tight area, tucked between buildings & walkways, so we had to rig out the trees, old school style.
In this video I'm using 150' Simpson 16 strand climbing rope, 150' Simpson 5/8 rig rope, Buckingham saddle & spurs, a steel-core lanyard, Silky handsaw, Stihl MS-201T chainsaw, CMI 3/4 rig block, a port-a-wrap & other various tools / equipment.
All in all, the job went smooth. We removed the tree as planned, with no damages or injuries.
Thanks for watching! Climb Safe!

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Man, you’re a beast bro. Respect 💯🌴

[@josephnewman9175]

Should've had a second line on those from across the buildings to control diagonal drop towards anchor tree and building. No slamming into tree or building! Good work man!

[@waverlyvillanueva2908]

Awesome video!

[@Lisatfitness]

i have one like that over my house but no place to tie off to. normally they would use a bucket lift here but they cant get to it.

[@akapvp]

try using a adjustable friction saver

[@marklynch2382]

Great job Hi with the back cut I do mine at an angle down to the v cut at the front I do it so the tree could not fall back up the cut Is this ok too?

[@ttowncraig5208]

Good shit

[@moniquemonicat]

Do you know the name of this company? We would like to hire them to remove our 60 ft palm in Tucson. Didn't see the company name anywhere if it is in the video I must have missed it, just the guy who cut the tree name is Fabian. They're great! I'm thinking it might be Bartlett Tree Experts in Tucson but not sure.

[@TheRussBoss69]

Hi, this video was of myself when I owned a company called, 'Pima Palm & Tree Service'. I was in business for a few years doing this but closed doors on the business shortly after this job. I mainly quit the business because liability.... very dangerous work as you can see. . I have since formed a new construction company called, 'Pima Quality Construction' & obtained my real estate license. So I'm sorry I can not help you remove your palm tree, but if you need any construction or real estate help here in Tucson, please feel free to reach out. :) Thanks for watching!

[@treemanstan838]

why not just negative rig on the tree you're removing?

[@1point3ie99]

Question. Why not rig the block to the same palm tree?

[@TheRussBoss69]

You can, but the tree shakes like crazy when you rig off it.. especially the top. Just less sketchy to rig off another tree nearby if possible

[@alogicalhuman849]

How to cut big fat 3 story tall palm tree