One Man Tree Service - Falling logs !

[@bonzey1171]

Best arborist vids on the tube. No nonsense, no silly banter, no massive ego trips, just good, solid arboriculture. Good on ya, matey. Enjoy your vids a lot, thanks for taking the time to make them, I know it must slow you down, but they sure are nice to watch for us old tree geezers who can't be arsed watching a lot of faffing about and silly banter

[@bangerseamen]

The tutor at college used to put a forked stick in the ground and we’d have to split it with the tree we were felling. Max respect as always Reg.

[@odiesclips7621]

I've been away for a while, but I'm back. Reg, you're the best I've ever seen.

[@shanejongebloed3590]

I found Reg thru BBR over 12mths ago. Two completely polar personalities both highly skilled but I have to say there is something that doesn’t beat the no fuss, near silence of this mans craft. Thanks for the video

[@yommmrr]

To do that with the rotten, wrong leaning gnarly thing, by yourself is very impressive. The customer sounded very happy too. Perfect

[@KieranShort]

Pulling that tree back that was leaning over the road was next level. Awesome video Reg, fantastic.

[@J1.477]

Precise, calculated and safety. Only comes from mastering one’s craft.

[@jobbybohnson6818]

Impressive. That leaner against the fence was something else . great work

[@joetownsend-]

Great Work and Video‼️ Your Skill is Legendary‼️ The record heat is still up there creating fire risk and potential heat stroke-Please stay hydrated- I know You know all about that- just old man worries‼️ Blessings and Prayers for You and Family from Northeast Georgia Mountains ⛰🙏✨

[@christietz5020]

I'm a 2 stroke mechanic and when i was younger, i helped a faller friend of mine. These guys play litteral 3d chess with timbers. Not my cup of tea but dam it was an awesome sight to see in person! Rest in piece Bill.

[@batmantiss]

*peace

[@canvasman2307]

Thanks for consistently producing videos that are clear, demonstrate sound techniques, concise explanations where needed, and efficient execution.

[@chrisa1250]

Precision felling of a rotten trunk right onto that peg 60' out. Thanks for sharing videos of your work Reg! Most enjoyable to watch several times. Chris Armstrong from Calgary

[@jamesglenn2006]

Nice work Reg🍻 thread the needle👍 impress your client.

[@jerrudmikolaiczik7004]

Working alone can be pretty enjoyable, often times I also prefer it. Good work.

[@mikebransden452]

A master at work. And you basically asked a few videos ago if you you should charge more for non standard work. Any who watched this knows the answer to that one! Hell YES. Go safe and prosper Reg you have earnt it.

[@rustysteel8714]

I watched that rotten cedar(?) by the fence fall three times.... and I STILL can't believe it...the PURITY of it! Amazing work, Reg. 👊

[@Recoates]

Red cedar, correct

[@onsight2822]

Another brilliant video Reg , always a good watch 👍

[@NHlocal]

I appreciate you sharing that Reg, well done. Keep yourself safe! 😃👍❤️🌲 Randy

[@marcduclos9789]

One Man Band no doubt. I am still on the fence on this work at 61 years old. I have to respect you for the miles you have traveled to be ho you are. Thanks for sharing.

[@notmike2379]

It’s a pleasure to watch Reg work. He really is a master at what he does. Thanks

[@DonLewis86753]

Philadelphia checking in how is it that there's 7,000 views and only 600 thumbs up? This man puts out quality content!! SMH

[@uguyssss]

I think it is probably because if your watching on a tv, it takes a few extra steps to add the thumbs up.

[@gtree812]

The last seconds of the video . Lmao " credits ... enter name here." Damn Reg made me snort laugh my tea.

[@closertothetruth9209]

i always liked the one man rope pulley system , it always amazes me how much influence wedges can make on large trees.

[@vespasian266]

seen that funny looking hinge cut on another vid Reg. Guilty of treason.. worlds best tree felling video. if memory serves I think he called it the sizwell.

[@allstar2941]

THANK YOU for sharing your thoughts and skills!!!! Much appreciated. Been watching them for ..... ever.. went back to the very first ones and watched forward. - again, Thanks!

[@scatoutdebutter]

"you should always aim at something" .... makes me feel good to know my mind runs in the same vein as Mr. Reg Coates! :)

[@Riverguide33]

Awesome work, Reg.

[@davidmechanic3212]

Lovely work Reg

[@davehale8513]

I like the cutout to create a longer hinge on the tension side against the lean. That is a nice way of putting just one more thing in your favour.

[@ericharris893]

Sizwell cut is the name of it.

[@orenjames4823]

Reg I learned so much from you since start watching your channel, you have being a real inspiration for me .continue to do well,keep safe brother

[@jeremybuchanan4759]

"you should always aim at something" ... wise words

[@jerrellkull5347]

Your talent never ceases to amaze me!

[@vspecnurr34]

Awesome work 👌 I like the long hinge buddy 👍

[@ishure8849]

G'day Reg , I see you've been having some hot weather over there. Nothing your not used to all the best 👍.

[@randyupladek1855]

I like how you used that sizzwheel Reg I’m gonna add that to my bag of tricks !

[@dcvariousvids8082]

Well worth the built anticipation. Greatly enjoyed that.

[@br-dj2ti]

great job my friend

[@whitleyjohnson29]

Hey Reg, just wanted to thank you for all your videos. I have learned so many things from them over the years. Whenever i have time, i still like to go back and rewatch the old ones. Yesterday i was just rewatching the “zipline precaution” video from 5years ago from that job on the beach. You said something in the end of it that was so true. You said- if you are ever uncomfortable or scared to do what needs to be done, so you just say ‘I’ll just cut it here, it will be fine’… its never fine! It made me think back to my only climbing injury. That was exactly my mentality at the time. I was new and in a tree much bigger than i was comfortable with, a massive chestnut tree with around 5 stems all pushing 100’ tall. I was toping one of the stems but was to scared to climb as high as was needed to safely do it. It went wrong and i broke my shoulder. Anyways, just wanted to thank you for sharing your knowledge. Take care.

[@jonfrisch2584]

That looked like a fun gig - very nice!

[@gtree812]

Admirable, wonderful to watch. You sir are a savage. Respect! Stay safe n fortunate from Dalsland Sweden.

[@alanhutchins4233]

Amazing. Especially the back leaning one. Thanks for sharing.

[@rayclark9643]

Well it's obvious from the ending in this video that you didn't give yourself enough credit for how well you did on this job Reg:)

[@brucelund5788]

I would have liked to have been there to watch the one by the fence, quite well done

[@danpowell1776]

The band couldn't have been better. Amazing job Reg

[@andrewmantle7627]

Nice work Mr Coates.

[@bradywatcherson498]

I love your videos. Enjoyed watching your work on that nasty snag by the fence and retaining wall thing with the modified sizwheel.

[@rogerford4427]

Very nicely done. Keep up the good work and be safe 👏🏻

[@SUROBLEDEKchannel]

Great job my friend

[@emeyers5984]

Awesome! Master craftsman having a tree fall in the opposite direction that it’s leaning.

[@jjknowles7348]

You the man. No really. Been watching a long time and every time I'm more impressed with your ability. Wish you were about 3000 miles closer, could use someone like you.

[@jeremybartlett1706]

I once said I could use a labourer and they didn’t reply...I thought twice about it and realised we sometimes should substitute a less abusive word than ‘use’ when we refer to manual labour, so we don’t feel used, ha; food for thought, cheers.

[@brettblack7049]

@@jeremybartlett1706 when I read his post I was under the impression that he could use someone like Reggie to teach him some things, not as a laborer, but I could be wrong. Regardless if someone said to me, we could really use someone around here like you, I'd feel proud that I'm needed, now how much they were willing to pay me would determine whether I felt used or not 😆. The main reason I work for myself is that my worth is different than most employers are willing to pay, I stay fairly busy though, so enough clients see the value 😀. Have a great week.

[@jeremybartlett1706]

@@brettblack7049 You may have missed my point entirely; it also sounds like you think I should retract my suggestion, implying I misinterpreted the guy’s post and that what he intended to use Reg for, has anything to do with what I wrote and why I wrote it. So, I’ll explain what I meant and I’m not retracting it and all I meant to do was try to create some awareness around a well-meaning word or statement that can easily be taken to mean what it says, used, or worse, taken for granted or abused. You also are conflating two ideas, that of being used and feeling needed; that just because someone is paid well for being used, that they shouldn’t feel used, after the fact. That may or may not be true for the person, it depends on the person and let’s just look at my point: I used the analogy of a labourer, not to say anything about what this guy wanted to use someone like Reg for; the person I was talking about in my case, said they needed a job, any job and I said I had work on and could really use a labourer...they weren’t overjoyed that I offered them work. I wondered why that was and thought maybe coz of how I had phrased it, so I said, well, I have lots to do and am only one person and would really appreciate some help, if you’d like to help me by doing some garden labour with me and that went over much better. I learned a small lesson about how i use the word use and was just passing it on to someone in the yt comments section. I’m surprised you tried to shoot me down for it, I was trying to help someone steer clear of a word that is close to the word abuse when it comes to providing or asking for a service. Anyway I don’t think Reg is gonna feel too flattered over the offer, they said ‘someone like you’, not even ‘we need you’ or ‘you would be so appreciated’ or ‘we would pay you handsomely’, just someone like you is fine, whatever. Anyway I’m sure Reg is familiar with how much he could teach people, but while he’s able-bodied, he works by himself where possible...what does that tell you? Do you think he’s trying to up-skill every person out there that needs it? I’m sure I’m not the only one who would work for free, but for the experience, if I could and if he would take me on...but would he do that? Prob not, because he would be using free labour in exchange for up-skilling labour and he’d prob rather pay a person to do a job for him, so that he didn’t have to teach them anything or deal with another person’s personality, because he’s obviously happy working alone and taking the proceeds of the work to himself. I was trying to create some awareness about the word use when it comes to asking for a service or someone’s expertise, there are much better ways to phrase job offers than to say someone can be used, that’s all. Have a great week too, thanks.

[@stillwater62]

As of this comment, you do not have a single thumbs down. That is great, you shouldn`t get any to begin with. Nice job on the felling, if not for the video, the mastery of accurate felling would go unnoticed, and unappreciated. Maybe this video making stuff isn`t so bad after all. I don`t care who you are, everyone needs at least one cheer leader in their life, you have over 47 thousand.

[@shanesouza4303]

Hope you're hav'n a great weekend Reg.

[@Odhinn638]

Exceptional work as always. Love the videos. 🙂

[@echostreeservice]

Good stuff Reg, thank you for sharing.

[@FishFind3000]

Well [Enter name here] you really did a nice job!

[@billrimmer5596]

That was a good one as always. U r The Maestro!!

[@neild7971]

Whenever I’m starting up a tree and feel rushed, jumpy, over caffeinated perhaps, I think, ‘how would reg look doing this work?’ And visualize how composed you are in your vids and it helps me center myself. Sincerely, Thanks for that Reg!

[@KennysTreeRemoval]

Good work Reg

[@Arfabiscuit]

Unassuming as always very classy Reg

[@catdaddy3728]

Hi Reg, another terrific job! Not sure why I watched it though, it's just you cuttin down more trees... HaHa! I am joking! I always laugh when you say not sure if your gonna vid something cause it's more of the same... You know it's never the same! You rule!! Enjoy watchin your skill!!

[@jeffklecan9329]

Nice work as always have a good one

[@joshpomponio2993]

That looked like a good job lots of work there

[@ToOoXs]

amazing ! i think you make me choosing my dream job ;) thx a lot

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

10:40 Didn't even knock the fence post, the precision is sooooo satisfying to watch

[@davewilson7565]

Great content 👍🏻

[@treeman765]

I know the feeling of being a one man show, no one wants to work nowadays!! Wish you the best Reg and top notch tree work as usual

[@NikMartin-I-am]

I still haven't figured out why everyone says "no one wants to work". That's just not true. Pay people what they are worth, and they will work for you. The problem is minimum wage has been outpaced by the cost of living 2x. Minimum wage should be no less than $15

[@treeman765]

@@NikMartin-I-am you really have no clue on America’s unemployed lol

[@fern6114]

You can see on KZbin videos with ten people running arround, comments on the work, crans and a lot of rubbish sometimes and you you can see Reg, thanks for sharing and cheers from Luxembourg 🇱🇺 europe

[@cotreerat9108]

love the thunderous echo of the wedge bangin!

[@tonybedingfield9085]

Loved every minute. Witch i was there.

[@greenstair]

Those dogs are right mischievous feckers when they start playing with your saws like.

[@Firetank90]

hello reg, thank you very much for your great work and your videos. when i was trained as a tree climber, i had no experience in the company where i work. since i was the only climber at first, i had problems learning many techniques and tricks. thanks to your videos and you as a master teacher, i have now become a good climber, thanks for that. for our climbing community you are the climbing god😀, every day we light a candle at your altar and pray in your name, bless him. little fun 😁. but i would have one more question: why is using wooden wedges instead of aluminum wedges? Greetings from Germany

[@Recoates]

Thanks. Those wedges are plastic. They are cheap to replace

[@brettblack7049]

@@Recoates nice job. I find working alone pleasurable many time, good for thinking. Have a blessed week.

[@khrystree9233]

Reg' stuff always worth a watch :) K

[@ericharris893]

Reg Coates is known worldwide for his ability to be one with the wood.

[@yommmrr]

7:30 an in depth breakdown of how and why you had to do this would be so appreciated. By longer do you mean wider on the face on that side?

[@brettblack7049]

It's called a sizwell. It helps the hinge to hold on longer and the tree to "swing" to that side before the hinge breaks. Most likely he also used a Dutchman on the opposite side to help cheat the tree towards the direction the hinge was set up for(and the maasdam(rope winch) to get the tree in motion along with the wedges), then the extra taller portion of the hinge hold the butt to the stump longer and the tree will swing past the direction the hinge was set up for. All those methods are used to help a tree fall against its natural lean. Many times you use just one or two, but when a tree is rotten or leaning nearly 180 degrees off the intended fall you will need to incorporate all of them and a mechanical method of pull such as the maasdam or a skidding winch in order to overcome the lean. These are advanced techniques and should not be practiced in high risk scenarios where there are many or valuable targets. Have a blessed day, be safe.

[@Recoates]

@@brettblack7049 thanks Brett, well written

[@brettblack7049]

@@Recoates thanks.

[@yommmrr]

@@brettblack7049 excellent, thanks much for the reply Brett.

[@brettblack7049]

@@yommmrr Welcome!

[@kingslew1866]

Thanks for the vid!

[@freespeechforall1069]

Amazing, Thank you.

[@patrickodonnell7111]

Thanks Reg. Can you explain the longer hinge cut please?

[@Recoates]

If its longer its going to bend and hang to the stump better. I also made a vertical plunge cut behind the hinge so the back of the hinge bends too,, but its not obvious on the video.

[@abuickguy6335]

@@Recoates I wondered why you were back there with the smaller saw. Thanks for the explanation. These videos might seem mundane to you. They are far from it for us viewers. I love watching an artist do his work.

[@alltree78]

Looks like it was a nice job. I like bigger jobs were i can spend 2 or 3 days at and not feel rushed and make some good money. Its just myself and son.

[@brettblack7049]

Same here, also the boy and I on most.

[@ChopperGooders]

That echo is brilliant

[@josephwong1697]

Well done, I enjoy this video.

[@daveklipp2223]

A chainsaw craftsman of the finest order, the winner of the day was the leaning cedar.

[@noglobe4105]

Good stuff!

[@cameronb76]

Hell yeah👍

[@RollingEasy]

Wouldn't hurt to learn a couple of timber knots which are what you might imagine as 'Running Truck' knots. Very easy. And I use a 20ft length of rubber cord/rope looped and shackled on a rope so when I've got the 'lever knots' and that set up, the tension is total and its consistent and it continues almost till the tree is on the ground. Not as many where the 'pull' stops the moment the tree moves 2 inchs. Just suggesting.

[@drlangattx3dotnet]

Thanks

[@63sfletcher]

Great content as always.Do you ever use a different cut on large trees ? All the best from Warrington UK.

[@Recoates]

A different cut than what ?

[@63sfletcher]

@@Recoates than a standard felling cut , have been learning about safe corners cuts , just wondering if you ever use them ?

[@Recoates]

@@63sfletcher theres a genuine options depending on the situation and the effect you are trying to bring about. In the example of the side leaning cedar in this video I cut an extra block out of the tension side so the hinge bends and holds for a bit longer before the fibres inevitably pull out. Obscured from view was also a vertical plunge cut to create to add to this effect at the back of the hinge. It all helped. I should probably post a photo of this on my community page later

[@63sfletcher]

@@Recoates thank you

[@jamesattwater345]

Don’t they have high lift wedges out there?

[@djayers]

Hi Reg! I have some very light tree work to do so have been watching lots of related videos, just came across yours. Incredible expertise. I also like the style - no nonsense. What amused me no end was after hearing many Canadian/US accents, yours sounded very familiar. May I ask where you are from originally? (I'm from near Buxton, now live in Italy).

[@aarons3203]

Great video Reg! I know there is a reason but, why can't you bore cut larger trees?

[@Recoates]

I could but wasn't an Advantage here. If they had been shorter, than yes to make them tip easier. Nor would I bore a side leaner, as was the fat fir near the start. The carpenter ants had already bored the cedars for me

[@leonardvirtue5753]

Nice.😆 😆.💪 mate

[@eliseo3500]

Hey mate I hope you coin OK, since you haven't post cheers

[@seanmcgrath9167]

are you still working with STEIN Reg?

[@kevinc.8869]

Reg is killer!

[@mute7116]

Crap! You mean you have to work too? I always thought you were just some show off trapeze performer...gonna have to rethink the sub to this channel...haha...howdy Reg. from the mountains of eastern oregon.

[@bubgee1]

Friday am: Set ladder up against big horizontal branch. Cut branch with chainsaw. Branch swings down, knocks me off ladder and pitches me into hedge. Now have bruised ribs and widespread grazing. Lesson learnt: Slow down, assess situation, remove branch in small pieces. Chainsaw was battery one and stopped as soon as it fell out of my hand. Not proud of my actions. Listen to Reg for best advice.

[@br-dj2ti]

I wish u would right a book. I would be the first to buy it

[@1neAdam12]

Impressive! Driving wedges is so satisfying, until they spit back out at you.

[@richardminchin5415]

Got to be careful with those solo jobs - I have gone for the one man option, thinking the day will be blessed and the money good - and then ended up having the most miserable, lonely time. I'm thinking, Reg, you don't bit off more than you can chew these days? Because this job was pretty smooth, man... Or does it still happen? Even after all these years - do you ever end up chipping in the dark, raging at yourself that you didn't bring someone with you? Thanks for the vid bro.

[@Recoates]

Still happens plenty times mate. I'll get into a job and wonder who the idiot was who priced it ? Oh, that was me

[@lewistyszyk2578]

Reg did you used to use Humboldt cuts back in the uk or something you learnt in Canada? Nobody seems to use them here and I always wonder why. Great video as always 👌🏼👍🏼

[@reportingsjr]

I wonder if it's because he is in an area with a lot of logging, and Humboldt notches are much more heavily used there to help decrease loss from trees cracking as they come down. I've only done a tiny bit of tree work (just maintaining local trails), but Humboldt notches are a bit more work and a bit more difficult to execute than your typical conventional notch.

[@Recoates]

They are going to mill as much salvageable wood as possible, so the Humboldt just keeps the log square at the end. Easy cut to make with practice and they do seem to throw a tree marginally further from the stump. One disadvantage is that you cant look at it from distance to gauge where the tree will land, because the horizontal surface is obscured. So you have to rely solely on the saws sight-line

[@batmantiss]

Nice shootin'