Octopus Tree pt. 2 Tree Fights Back

[@bonniewerner764]

From the homeowner: AWESOME JOB! Great crew. Knew it was going to be a tough job. Believe only August with his crew and equipment could handle it. THANK YOU!!

[@rrssmooth6643]

I like the way you praise your ground crew and give them feed back. It makes one feel good and one can enjoy their day at work.

[@BeachBum88m]

Management 101: Make your people feel good when they do good.

[@martinbrooks2095]

Yip , everything cool and calm great to see and probably a good happy crew👍👍

[@paulsautocm]

True sign of a professional, no drama - just getting the job done.

[@NHlocal]

Dang August! Another really great video! 😎👍❤️🌲 And when you were making those tie offs and cuts, then you asked "KZbin" if it made sense..... it made perfect sense to me. 👍 Thank you so much for putting in all that work after all the work had been done so you could get this video posted up. Absolutely love it! An amazing job well done to you and your crew!!! Thank you all again and keep yourselves safe! Randy

[@advancednutritioninc908]

Great words of wisdom from an experienced climber and tree professional! - You better not rush it even through you want to, even though you are behind schedule!! So smart! Because if you rush it and a branch goes through a roof or breaks a fence badly then you have to discuss it with the neighbor, and fix it and pay for it in $$ and time! Your work is a great standard to watch and learn from!! Liked !! Subbed !!

[@dwaynemadsen964]

"It never takes too long to do it right, because doing it right is the exact time it takes to do it." Samurai Joe in Podcast Style 1

[@suzannecalvin]

No such thing as behind schedule when in tree work especially off the ground JUST ON TIME if all ends successfully 😊🌅 that's why I stopped working for BOTTOM LINE BOSS'S " Bottom Line is SAFETY " & Great job guys [e-mail]

[@Smokey66s]

The very first time I saw a climber I knew I wasn’t going to be a climber.

[@Vanbulance89]

Absolutely incredible job, August and crew! Thank you for taking us along for the ride. It must have felt great to be rolling out with that ugly thing behind you all. Amazing editing job as always!

[@christopherderycke3603]

Always good seeing August in a tree. Great job by all.

[@MrCoopersdad]

Great video. It's great to see a team go guys working together in the common goal of bringing the tree down safely. Back in my day of climbing we didn't have cameras and such. We just tied knots, the clove hitch, the monkey's fist and so on. Love seeing all the new gear.

[@dan-dan-da-treeman]

This one time at tree trimming camp...🤪. Thank you for all the hard work. Thanks for the teaching.

[@RobbieSongwriter]

"Is this making sense, KZbin, or is it just a mess?" 8:10 about. It's BOTH! I've only seen this kind of confused growth in big boxwood hedges. GIANT KUDOS for you skill and experience in being able to SAFELY work your way through this. Second time I watched this, and I am IMPRESSED again. Suggestion: The Lable is "Tree Fights Back". Better if "Octupus Tree part 2: Tree Fights Back". Took me 20 minutes to find it, but I got to see Jason's birth video along the way. Your wife is an amazing woman to share this with us. I'd only read about the bath birthing before. Thank you for sharing that awesome event. I ALWAYS learn something new.

[@AugustHunicke]

Ok, I’ll change the title.

[@karlaseidel4873]

Loved your double perspective. See how it was rigged and then watch it fall. They didn't always go where I expected them to. Love the videos and great job.

[@devondunkle1063]

Such a great learning experience to view on YT. Such a tangle man. You guys all did great.

[@CorkeryCoop]

Love how you dropped that chunk at 30:30, and it landed aligned with the others.

[@Limbwalker1000]

WOW....!!!!! You weren't kidding about this inverted Octipus tree....You guys did a great job for such a messed up tree.... And Yes August.....Making Perfect Sense on this end.....but of course,,, I would understand a whole lot better than a homeowner since I used to Climb ...Making eveerything butt heavy....Awsome....Love that GRCS

[@Limbwalker1000]

August,,,?? If you dont mind me asking......What do you call your climbing rig setup that you are tied in with.....Ive never seen that before....and im sure that you know that with my age came old school climbing technics like for instance.....I always climbed with the Blakes Hitch....and before that....the ole' Dinosaur Tautline hitch.....lmmfao....I never got the chance for anyone to teach me the new advanced tree climbing technics.....So everything took way longer to do thanks....Steve

[@bonesthenorthwoodswarriors1854]

All your videos are superb, but I particularly enjoy the ones where you're doing the climbing. I'm only a few years in myself and mainly do forestry tree work, but the information I've gleaned from your treasure trove of content has been invaluable. Thanks for all you do to enlighten the community.

[@rustysteel8714]

This was amazing! Some of the most complicated tree work I've ever seen. Kudos August and team!

[@joshuatree7520]

It seems to me that August is a great guy as well as an awesome boss / good guy to work for. Fortunately, my supervisor is an awesome / very intelligent guy to work with / learn from. Even after my 18 yrs in this industry, I still learn from him every day. Always have a teachable spirit.

[@ASCP67AUS]

Happy Easter August and Crew. Watching from Melbourne Australia. Really enjoy the videos. Thanks for the effort of shooting and sharing your knowledge.

[@ladydi4runner]

Happy Easter to you all! What a fine tuned team to watch. Thanks loads for all you do, August. Stay Safe Team. 👏🏻👊🏻👍😁

[@tompinnef6331]

Part 2 was great - nothing like doing it the 'old fashion' way. Before bucket trucks but with better rigging systems. Thank you for the video - Happy Easter to the crew / family and you. Take care 'Spin'.

[@bosunmate]

4:04 I thought for sure that the fence and shed were goners. Nice work.

[@seanarbor3759]

Wow first 😎😎😎😎😎. Looking forward to the ride🤩 16:00 was sweet

[@flashbang009]

I've been waiting for Grandpa Hunicke to be on the website! Need some of that wisdom on the East Coast! 😆😛 Great job all around, shows your humility to show your accidents (limb to the hat), and helps everyone else learn and avoid. Happy Easter to the fam and the crew!

[@StihlChainsaws]

😉👍It makes since....but its "Stihl" a mess....as the dog barks & rudely interrupts 😂 HAPPY EASTER

[@backwoodsengineer]

Love the long format of this one. Awesome tree, but a nightmare to remove.

[@suzannecalvin]

Not a nightmare / just one that needs planning & PATIENCE 😊🌅 [e-mail]

[@InDisTREETV]

excellent work...I love these kinds of giant puzzles...flopping trees or blasting out large leads is so fun and a definite adrenaline rush....but there is just something so gratifying about solving a puzzle like this...excellent video stay safe stay healthy

[@dunkilos3632]

You and your crew,are the best I have ever seen! After watching your vids for 2 months now, I had to subscribe out or respect :-D

[@GO-xs8pj]

You all must have been sick of that tree by the time you were done. Great work.

[@user-tz1du2qd7d]

Yes.. It makes sense... Ive been watching your videos for a long time... You have a way of talking about things that really connects with me as a climber. Im always checkin in just to see what new techniques i can try out. Thanks for awesome well explained videos man.

[@dukeflem]

That is the hardest tree I have ever seen taken down. I would call it the "D I don't adore u" tree. It looks like the devil's pitchfork. Tenador del Diablo. It just throws you curve after curve and you have a postage stamp for a drop zone. One thing that is not mentioned here is how much clean up there was after this. It is saw dust all over everything and you have a neighbor dog barking at your every move. You are the best!!! The whole crew!!

[@lotharschiese8559]

Had to laugh at you for your play by play, what else can you do, but get her done!

[@billpace3001]

Thank you. People are lucky to have men like you guys around. What a crazy tree. Give more advice on what NOT to do to a tree for the sake of "saving money". I think in pt. one you mentioned not topping a tree because it continues to grow but not in a safe way.

[@Josh.Straughn]

I really appreciate you and your crew and especially all the great content you provide us. Thank you sir.

[@ronoldkevin5200]

Thanks for the videos man! Learning lots from them. Appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge it helps out a lot. You guys have a solid crew looks like a lot of fun

[@j.c.lawntreesnow6272]

Wow gaint squid attacks inverted octopus those limbs were longer than the backyard .happy Easter.

[@charlieevergreen3514]

Great job with the tree and the video. I have to say, I love the music you choose. You had one with classical music in the sunset, with drifting drone footage, and it was as awesome as the jam in the one.

[@j.r.1223]

"How to hook them up" - That's why I love Gerald Beranek video sets. He goes through all that. Hope he's well. I love his High Climbers and Timber Faller coffee table book as well.

[@MrSingleJack]

I loved this! Beautiful work - great team! 👍👍

[@alexploen7112]

Happy Easter! Love the longer videos August. I got a Milwaukee super hole hawg and drill driver for my grcs. My ground guys got kinda upset after I got it. 😂😂 they wanted to know why they did all that cranking for years...

[@jamesdunn8893]

I've never seen a big tree that huge I wish there was a part 4 I respect that you enjoy this I do yard work I pick up pine needles and do pick up tree branches

[@treediculous8740]

That was a great watch for an Easter Sunday watch! Such amazing teamwork as always. That shirt is going to sell like hot cakes guaranteed! Have a wonderful Easter

[@shawnandbets]

You do a great job making entertaining videos. One reason I like them is because they are not all the same. Some are a little instructional, some upbeat with music, some joking with the crew and all good! I like that new shirt too. 👍

[@janlesinski4719]

You guys are so good at what you do with really big balls even with good ropes!

[@yinkodahma]

Great to watch. Great skill , work ethic, and camaraderie. Teamwork makes the dream work 🤘🏻

[@iconoclad]

Yeah, more just like this. Thanks again. I love these videos.

[@cedricgobeil8102]

Your videos are so good !! Cant wait to be back to work. Thank you for sharing this, i'm sure it helps a lot of treepeole out here. Happy easter

[@judyfenske1429]

Octopus is a good name for this tree.

[@ServicestarOy]

Hello from Finland! Awesome job! GRCS would be really nice gear to have on some tree jobs!

[@Rockingruvin]

Great job as always… but I have to say, the pace of this one left me a little…. ‘Cranky’ 😆🤪 Safety first wins the day. 👏

[@evanhooten4459]

10:20 I knew there was a name for that technique! Thanks for the clarification. Happy Easter to you and your family. Be well

[@carguyuk7525]

Its great to see your skill to remove trees safely and with no damage to property. Very skilled and professional team. Videos are great and editing is excellent.

[@devonashburn7000]

Thought for sure that piece at 4:05 was smoking the fence. Nicely done.

[@flybyairplane3528]

Well,you, & your crew did away with them trees, some here said CRANE but when you look around, there is nowhere to put one ! Great job, cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@outdoorfrenzy]

The tree of a thousand cuts. And no, none of it made sense. But that’s why I’m not an arborist and you are! Love your videos August!

[@danielnavarromolina3964]

Very very enjoyable video 👌 happy Easter 🎉

[@stihlsteadman]

Systematically dismantling is an absolute art form which U gentlemen displayed beautifully🍀🤙🌲👊

[@bykotatwo]

It's making sense to me. Slow and easy, too much underneath. You guys are awesome.

[@rickicalvert3156]

Happy Easter. Great video and def was better than the first. Have a blessed day much love to you and your family. 🌲❤️

[@pjsites1985]

Tangled up mess. Actual limbs growing into other leads and limbs. Confined space. Only thing that could of made it worse is being dead and vines lol. Great Job.

[@robertmeier9620]

Another truly professional job. Maybe it's just me but tree work is much more interesting when the crane is not involved.

[@RexOffroad]

Nice work, that was enjoyable to watch! Interested how far down the inclusion in the co-dominant stems went? Can see a bit of it @ 30:16.

[@benstayskal9804]

Man that was a tangled mess! I had to do some fancy rigging like that recently, what a mess🤣

[@williampankratz600]

What a challenge , tangled cedar and four peoples back yards to try not to ruin , Great job

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

That tree reminded me of a dead spider. The homeowner is going to be nice and warm for a couple of years with all that wood.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Awesome footage !!

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

You have a hilarious nickname

[@thomasgilbert7513]

I like watching your videos, because it helps with keeping me calm when my ptsd kicks in. Watching the octopus' tree was great. I was wondering why you don't bolt or weld a 10,000 pound winch to your mini tractor. It could easily be adapted for your application with a remote controller. Just a thought that may or may not work.

[@magnum8264]

You men have the right tools,and know how to use them!And a very cool boss!

[@brianfloyd8033]

Nice job fellas! Joe u got to be careful! August needs Adam.....🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nathanarievlis3985]

At first I thought Mike was gonna be available for purchase , naturally I got excited. Then I realised it was just for the t-shirt . Lol Great work on and in this vid series. I see why you were proud of part 2 in particular. Happy Easter to you, the family , Damien , Adam , Jeff, Wyatt , Joe aka "The Man" and subs. Stay safe and healthy.

[@GeorgeIvanPare]

The best. You could never make enough of these.

[@TheTed169]

I did that for a year, now i'm a forestry officer on the ground. kudoos to you guys!

[@dwaynemadsen964]

If I have had so much as a throw line in a tree I have at least a recreational helmet on. Countless times at the end of the day I have been coiling rope or whatever, and a twig or small branch or chunk of bark has bull's eyed me right in the head. My first experience, though, was while in the Army. The Sergeant had said we didn't need to keep our helmets on, but I was in too much of a hurry to stop and take mine off. It may have saved my life. We loaded my truck and everyone else left for the work site because we were short handed, and left me to chain down the load by myself. I hooked the chain binder into the lowest link available and used all my strength to snap up the handle. While securing the safety chain the handle slipped past my thumb. The tip of the chain binder handle struck me on top of the helmet and drove my head down several inches. I've been a fanatic about safety gear ever since. I'm glad Adam was okay!

[@maychavez9599]

These are my favorite videos, where you climb the tree and tie the branches. without using the crane.

[@DM-rp7ps]

Thank You August, Great rigging demos.

[@kylehohler1744]

We often put a ring at the base of the and tie to our mini when tip tying super horizontal limbs where there’s a lot of slack to pull quickly, the mini can put it vertical faster, the GRCS just isn’t fast enough in those situations plus leaves you right under the load. Happy Easter to you and your family, thank you for posting awesome content!

[@ryananderson3760]

Kyle Hohler that application is where the Branch Manager shines. Since it has the friction drum/bollard mourned to the grapple. I do this maneuver quite often with my mini as well.

[@kylehohler1744]

Ryan Anderson absolutely, only bad part is tying up the mini as a lifting and lowering device you can’t use it to pull on a tag line when lowering, unless you have two minis that is 🤔

[@treeman765]

He wouldn’t have used the mini to stand those limbs up with, it could put to much stress on his rigging point and with his tie in right above it that wouldn’t be good, the GRCS only puts out so much pulling power and the ground guys cranking by hand have a good idea of how much stress they are putting on the system. At least that’s my opinion

[@kylehohler1744]

​@@treeman765 I see your point, but can't agree on the force being any more predictable with the GRCS than the mini. Both take operator skill and knowledge. Quite honestly standing on the mini while pulling gives you a better view of the force you're putting on the block and tie in point because you could see the spar move side to side, for that reason I would argue the mini to be a better judgement of forces. Also, you're not directly under the load being on the mini. The ability to draw up slack in a quick manner keeps those pieces from swinging around 90, 180 and in some cases all the way around where the climber is trying to dodge the limb because the GRCS can't pick that slack up in time.

[@bmills231]

I agree with Brian. To each their own though.

[@billylacount6608]

This was better than waking up to a chocolate bunny. Thanks August and team! Happy Easter Nice shot Joe ❌

[@Riverguide33]

Nice editing, August. Thanks again for your great videos......from a “wannabe”.

[@chamness964]

Yeah that cedar look to be one big pain in the butt. Great job guys! Always gotta see the positive in everything. :)

[@merrittorius]

HAHA! Dang the SLOMO holstering the saw and pushing the chunk over. sllllliiiiiick budday

[@HiLineTree]

Where did that come from?🤪 Nasty tree. Tight location. Barking dog. Good job! These are the jobs that you’re glad to finish. Good video August. Ran it alot. Ground guys👍🌲☕️

[@merrittorius]

Ran that top beautifully. Well done on the ground

[@tbonemc2118]

I work with industrial piping and we specialize in puzzling pipe together. Industrial plants especially mines are so cramped for space that a lot of the time things have to be installed in order so that everything fits and are possible. Mechanics and new engines take the cake though these days because once you could sit on a fender with your feet and legs in an engine bay but not anymore.

[@Thetreefella]

Hey August, hope y'all have a great day .. 💜💛🧡

[@wichitamurphy1231]

thanks for the videos what is the very small chain saw you use Thanks

[@skagited9617]

Great coverage of 'one messed up tree', August. How much 'tape' do you usually throw away, to edit down to a 'QUALITY' 31 minutes for KZbin Land?? Great job!

[@AugustHunicke]

A lot

[@garethllewellyn215]

Had a similar job last week , scots pines, 7 in a row above an indoor swimming pool and antique street lamps, fences, phone lines, electric cable and a main road. Branches tangles , grown into others and one of the trees tops had snapped and wS being held up precariously by the branches underneath that had also either snapped or cracked and all were hard forward leaning. Nowhere to speed line, and only a narrow area between the roof and a fence ...in the end the best way to do it was use scaffolding boards to board out the pool room roof and rig it so every tree could be rigged to be lowered from the most central tree , gently lower onto the roof and then cut it there before taking it down the narrow path to the chipper.. Nightmare, boss looked and said 2 days , didn't take the technical aspect od see the damage or snspped top threaded thru and resting on broken branches of other trees.. Took us four days of painstakingly dismantling them and lowering them all into a few metre square drop zone..got amazing photos from that one

[@JasonTheMunicipalMechanic]

Thank you I enjoyed the video. What would you recommend for good all around rigging equipment? I have a small rigging kit with the mini porta wrap a 1/2 rope and the Omni 1.1 pully with a nylon strap. I was looking to upgrade my equipment. I don’t do a lot of work so I don’t want a ton of stuff but I’d like good all around equipment I can make work in many situations.

[@ambermiller9068]

Took that one down like Johnny Cash would have, "one piece at a time" Happy Easter.

[@bmills231]

What was the red kernmantle rope in the left stem used for? I saw it just hanging there throughout the removal but not sure I ever saw it in use. Once you were in place to rig top it was gone.

[@AugustHunicke]

Was Jeffs rope from pt. 1

[@bmills231]

Ahhh, makes sense. Couldn't help focusing on it in confusion.

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Could you rig two at a time like at 5:30? Like secure them together then cut both at once? Or too gnarly or heavy?

[@lotharschiese8559]

Communication is vitally important, a symbiosis, and everyone goes home at the end of the day. Meanwhile the work is a hell of a lot of fun, in a very controlled way!

[@Wewoka54]

Awesome video!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@davidcooper6196]

Do you think you could fix your G-R-S where you could use an impact on it? Have nut that you can use an impact then boxed in handle for the down side that you can take on and off.

[@doelcam1302]

No mess from da sy enn tiss an hiss crew . Good job guys xx

[@LostInThe0zone]

A seriously impressive piece of work.

[@treework528]

Good job August you got it I did my first big pine today climbed it cut limbs put a throw rope in top n 66 it at the end I bet you remember swacking trees and hauling them away in pickup trucks a boss told me I'm where he was and when I turn his age I'll have equipment like he does and I can see it coming together

[@jaydwelley8043]

Awsome vid series, More please. You guys are the best.

[@MrRednecktrapper]

What do you do when you got no high rigging point and the stuff your cutting is close to an object your trying to miss like the top of the tree is over power lines etc and you have no access with a bucket or crane

[@jburritt426]

I really enjoy seeing all the safety equipment. My neighbors think that friends can come over and cut some of their nasty trees complete with power lines and a fence and 2 homes. The liability is astounding. I hope they have good insurance. The trees are on their side. Lots of widow makers are hung up in those trees.

[@eastwestfarm]

I’ve seen first hand what happens when the ground crew doesn’t wear hard hats, dude ended up with a permanent part in his hair.

[@charadremur333]

Now he wears one to hide his shame. Lol...