Super tall 8ft old growth cedar tree

[@Bear39224]

Well aimed. That rock must’ve moved a good 10 feet. I guess that’s why you fellers get paid the big bucks. Reminds me when I was logging on the Wet Coast (West Coast). We were cherry picking some new road at the back end of Victoria Lake. I was coming in with a load and they stopped me. Down around the corner was a big cedar. They wanted to do a controlled fall, across the road. Probably another four feet in diameter over what you’re working on with a lot more rot in the middle, typical wet Coast Cedar. When the tree was starting to creak, the feller stepped back holding his saw and as the opening got wider a bear came out of the hole in the stump. We figured out afterwards that the saw must’ve just just barely missed the bear. He must’ve been curled up in the bottom of that stump. As the tree went over he popped up and jumped up on the tree and started to climb, leaving foot long gouges from his claws. When the tree hit the ground the bear turned around and ran back up (down) the tree. The feller swears the fur of the bear brushed his arm as it roared up the hill. The expression on the face fo the feller was absolutely priceless.

[@yogi.photos5494]

WOW!! Crazy story.

[@siyz250]

And yes. The slow Mo was epic!

[@chrisreid5272]

Dude you're awesome. I'd love to have a beer with ya sometime. I used to run tree planting crews in BC for years. Keep being you man.

[@BjarneButler]

Cool thanks. I’ll be back on the island next month. Let me know if/when you get over there

[@upperom]

I honestly don't know how I got to this video, but I love it. I have to clear some minor oaks off of our property every now and then when the wind kicks up, but obviously nothing like this. That being said, what I would really love to see is a video on how you guys actually get that wood on to a truck. Like, once you buck it, how do you get it off the hill? Great video, keep it up!

[@BjarneButler]

This tree is in the middle of a future logging road so it would be moved aside by an excavator with a bucket and thumb. He would have to pick up one end at a time for this tree. The logging crew will have a larger excavator with a grapple to lift onto a truck. If it’s on a strep slope away from the road then the logging crew will use a Grapple Yarder or Tower. If it’s heli then it will be bucked quite short, probably 6.5meters and depending on the chopper used it will be ripped in half to reduce weight

[@stukaman1162]

This certainly is not a criticism of this sawyer's ability to cut big things down, but I'd say his contributions might be dwarfed when compared to the skill and logistics required to remove these huge trees from the forest floor and load them onto trailers headed for the mill.

[@OkanganMadViking250]

8 foot 2 inches dam nice tree and with it being in good condition too decent job on that one

[@nodaklojack]

Amazing video to watch, more than once!!

[@nuts319]

dude.. great video and cutting! i cut hardwood in eastern us and i cant say i couldnt hold a candle to the trees your dealing with here.. dam fine work

[@BjarneButler]

Thank you

[@calebtaylor8816]

nuts319 fuck you

[@mooseknuckle8334]

I really enjoy your videos. Thanks

[@birdhunter2754]

Its nice when captions are on.

[@hedronshanon2589]

Perfect 10 on that fall! Great video...thanks for sharing 😁

[@ragnarjonsson1122]

Huge tree, impressive work.

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks that was a fun tree to fall. Did you see it move that huge boulder? Though that was pretty cool

[@ragnarjonsson1122]

bjarne butler Yeah, noticed that👍

[@jeffhill2355]

What is really cool, is that you can see the tree sit on the dutchman, and shift direction ever so slightly. Or so it seemed anyways. Very cool. It is also good to know, that pro's rock their saws too! .. j.k. :-) J.A. Hill Az

[@gerrycoleman7290]

Nice solid cedar.

[@raydoucette4802]

Great video, thank you. The tree was obviously past it's prime, rotting in the center. A lot of good quality wood there. You have great skills, something that people like me can only watch on KZbin. All the best.

[@131313chemistry]

Not saying it was (or wasn't past its prime), but most cedars of any size are usually rotten out in the centre. It's just what they do. :)

[@isaac3175]

Absolutely beautiful job

[@briankirwan9588]

Spectacular! A real felling master

[@marksolomon6169]

Nicely done. 👍🏻

[@eddiedouglas9901]

I want a job. No experience, but i love tje view.

[@magnum8264]

that was cool!love how saw sounds speeded up!

[@gnslogging3635]

Love your vids bud, stay safe!

[@Johndoe-ob1]

Amazing 👏

[@mikew8100]

cool to see it move that boulder around on the slowmo like it was nothin. new sub

[@shahriariran44]

Good shooting ❤

[@arau77]

WOW, amazing fellings, so COOL.. it's pure beauty..!

[@garydungelman6530]

You're the only guy that I know of that can make a chainsaw talk to him

[@pcdubya]

Wow, unbelievable terrain to be cutting and working in, and standing underneath and on top of a 6-8 footer to buck it. You're living so you obviously know what the hell you are doing. About the only "reality" show I ever liked was "Heli-loggers" where they were in your neck of the woods and would climb trees about half that size and cut the tops out, then cut them but leave the "stems" standing and a chinook with a female pilot would come pluck them as they were still standing, that was amazing, as is what you are doing.

[@BjarneButler]

Yup I’ve seen parts of that show. He’s from the same area. I wouldn’t take that show at face value though. Because that’s not how heli logging is actually done, there was some embellishing going on there. I think that guy is still logging too. That said he is a legit falling contractor, been doing it longer then me

[@kenolson6098]

Hearing those trees fall in the background are killer to me

[@djbradles]

Nice job. How old are these cedars?

[@avalonmickey]

How do they get the log out of there?

[@BjarneButler]

Excavator with a grapple attachment

[@deliverybryan1138]

Or a helicopter if there’s no landing at the end of a logging road .

[@2009glassman]

Good Show!!!!!!

[@siyz250]

Really enjoying your documented felling of these big old beasts. Sorry if you said in vid & l missed but how old would it be? Also l noticed you only seem to use wedge/s as a final measure to force it off. Most videos I watch (yes that's safety vids) always say get a wedge in as soon as you can. Love to know your how/why/when? Cheers, Si, Christchurch, New Zealand.

[@BjarneButler]

That tree was about 800yrs. If I’m falling with the lean then I know I won’t need a wedge. Otherwise I’ll put in a wedge. You don’t need to put in a wedge as soon as possible, just as long as it’s before it sits back.

[@jimasher4147]

What type of bar change oil do you use I enjoy all of your videos my name Jim I live perry county ketucky

[@joegallo8383]

I would guess by the safety gear you have on, that you are in BC. Nice job, nice to see someone who knows what there doing and doesn’t carry his ax in his belt ( because we rarely need it) I was a faller myself back in the 80’s around Port McNeill and Port Alberni. If you want to see a bad example watch “This ones a little dangerous”. I’ve never seen a tree felled without a back cut before, wonder he’s still alive. Take care and keep your head up!

[@BjarneButler]

Yup I work on the island and sometimes on the mainland coast.

[@TheyForcedMyHandLE]

Tree looks pretty rough, at least from the stump. Hopefully the lumber is worth cutting down this big and old tree.

[@deliverybryan1138]

Do you know of buckin billy ray ? He does awesome tree work himself . Keep up the good work brotha !!!

[@BjarneButler]

Yup I know of him. We’re from the same area

[@bg147]

How does right of way figure into this being cut?

[@BjarneButler]

We have a bucking card that we follow. The bigger ones get bucked shorter so it’s easier for the road crew to move them cuz are using a bucket, not a grapple

[@olddog6658]

It was simply in the way of new road spur.....bye-bye....

[@northtrailadventure6054]

Flare holding and side by side holding is different, note b= getting it right

[@johac7637]

Back in the day it was Stihl laid em down, Huskies on the landing, it was all about the mounts. Still got a 90 as a wall hanger, look at it when the aches kick in. Every now and then the White Knuckles" talk too.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya my dad is a faller too and he used to get the white finger running a McCullough. Most guys in the coast run Stihl

[@johac7637]

My Dad had them in the shop, and a turn the bar one, held the handle on the nose end a few time splitting the oversize stuff so it would go on the carriage of his sawmill, it was a headrig mill, anything over 40" got that old saw, wish I had known, they would of been good wall hangers now. He said he learned how to cuss with the McCuss, as he called it, he said his best saw he pinched one time, left it for the weekend, on Monday all that was left, bar and chain. The old donkey is still up in the bush , yupp loggers slang " bush" and there are trees that are 6-8 feet maybe bigger, hiked in there a couple years ago, the lines are rusted off the drums, but it's still there, Ford flathead and all, neat memories.

[@pcdubya]

Damn man, looks like you cut down the leaning tower of Pisa and then at 14 minutes standing on another tree as you "buck" that behemoth. I go to my farm and cut down a 2 foot hickory and my wife's like "be careful, lol

[@ducklive1518]

i am 15 years old and this is my dream job!!! Where is this?

[@BjarneButler]

Ya it’s a fun job, most of the time. This is on Vancouver island

[@deliverybryan1138]

It’s a very dangerous job !!! But if you wanna do it just be very careful !!!! My dad was also a logger and he fell stuff like this long long ago !!! My dad packed a few men outta the woods due to injury !

[@ducklive1518]

@@deliverybryan1138 Yea, you gotta know what youre doin!! Thx for the tip!

[@robertg8875]

Now what how are you gonna get that out?

[@BjarneButler]

Excavator and logging truck.

[@g.z.9219]

Wow.. / 😲😲😲 Great job 👍👏 and

[@nickwilson1476]

uwho makes that sweater? awesome

[@ryanssawmill8224]

Dame another monster haha that's crazy is the woods full of them in most areas you cut?

[@BjarneButler]

It’s old growth so it’s normal to have a large variety of sizes. It really depends on the terrain and soil conditions and other natural factors.

[@atkpirate7831]

I would do anything to do this work how can I get started.? I live in Illinois I can travel if needed man I’d love to do this

[@MountainMetal]

Do you have any experience either in the woods or with dangerous and very physical jobs? Have you run a saw? Oregon always has logging crews looking for choker setters, which is how many guys start. It's hard, but it gets you started. Same with wildland firefighting. Expect up to 90 hour weeks, exhaustion and a difficult lifestyle, but if you're mentally and physically tough, it can be very rewarding. The mental challenges are often the hardest part, especially for young guys. I currently work falling and trimming hazard tree from power lines, and you could start as a groundsman, but you MUST have an old fashioned work ethic, a clear, drug-free, non-hungover head and especially humility.

[@daytongilmore5020]

goo job nice drop on the buck , killer vids man

[@BjarneButler]

Dayton Gilmore thanks, just need to improve my editing now

[@toucanvanbeak]

What kind of sweater is that

[@deliverybryan1138]

It’s a safety sweatshirt !

[@philliplucion8933]

a Bjarne can i post this to fb to my page bro you are the man this looks like some old school login the new way hell I don't know about them monster trees biggest tree i have ever cut was 32 in bro but this is awesome is the company you work for hiring just asking

[@BjarneButler]

Yup that’s ok. I work for myself now. I do know that they only hire experienced guys with their BC Falling certificate

[@andreakeeling9217]

You need a old MAC! They don’t quit!!! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@BjarneButler]

Can’t go wrong with more power eh,haha

[@chrisreid5272]

You should do a video with bucking Billy ray.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya I’ve seen a couple of his videos. We’re both on van isle.

[@markbergemann1894]

What is pushing?

[@BjarneButler]

Using one tree to push over another

[@daytongilmore5020]

cool how you explain the undercut process in oversize wood , you dont see that much .

[@victoriousvictor7978]

Do one on how to pass the examination! Haha

[@fitzx6585]

The Kool-Aid Man oooh yeah

[@MrThenry1988]

Wow. That big rock was not used to being pushed around. That one changed the wind pattern in ohio.

[@ЛесЛесной-ш9х]

How interesting is the total weight and cubic capacity of the trunk of the canadian cedar?

[@JohnAdams-bz3mu]

That echoed across the valley

[@donelder8338]

Hope you are gong to turn that into lumber

[@eclipsearchery9387]

What gas are you running?? That saw rips....................;) ;)

[@andreakeeling9217]

7:46 BULLSEYE!

[@grayswandir47]

Looks like the boulder moved roughly the width of the tree.

[@Mike-vt6nc]

No big deal I could do that lol NOT JK huge ass tree fun as hell to watch

[@anthonygnewbreast1609]

Clean those diaphragms in your carburetor.

[@kingks3302]

Nitro RC car sound when FFW

[@olddog6658]

Damnedest soundin saw I ever heard ????? What brand soprano ? nothing like a tree, you can make some good shit out a one that large, they do get bigger...

[@BjarneButler]

Ya they get bigger. But this is a common size for a big tree here

[@olddog6658]

@@BjarneButler Big is the truth, I worked around Forks, Washington in 1960's to late 70's repairing broken loggin equip. many logs left the landing 8 or more feet in diameter. Some were split lengthwise to get on highway trucks. Our off highway trucks were limited to 250,000 lb. 50K trk/Trl. and 200,000 wood. Hell of a way to make a living, trees don't come willingly....many dead friends

[@hainleysimpson1507]

@@BjarneButler Holy shit reminds me of old cotton trees in Jamaica up in the mountains. What's more amazing and terrifying is that a category 3 hurricane can rip trees bigger than this one in the video out of the ground by the roots and the whole thing will roll down the mountain or go flying a few dozen meters from it's original location.

[@Ataturk.13]

Sadece üzüldüm...😔

[@robbieglass9125]

There’s no reason to be cutting down these old trees.

[@jameswilson322]

Lumber !

[@toadamine]

Yes there is, my house is made of cedar timbers, where else would I get 6"x18"x24' cedar timbers?

[@dennisattwood6392]

De

[@areaone3813]

Boooo! Why are you cutting these poor old trees again? Shame on your job!

[@Yousemimight]

Less time to spell right of way then right-o-way.

[@bob_frazier]

Let's fix that - right away.

[@newsflow3888]

Isn't it commendable to destroy nature

[@georgekirby3361]

Look around your moms basement right now. Unless her house wasn’t made of wood or anything else in it. Or no trees once stood where your disgusting apartment block now stands. Shove the virtue signalling up your ass. And go have some bat soup.

[@BjarneButler]

👍

[@pumpupthevolume4775]

Cucking funts. Right-of-way for what? Just can't let that one half of one half of one percent of old growth remain, can you? I'm not against logging, but there's the right way and then there's the make as much money with the least work and who gives a shit about the destruction way.

[@BjarneButler]

Right-of-way means road. We’re falling those trees for a road. And there’s lots of old growth left. Have you ever flown in a plane along the whole coast? Or flown around some remote places in BC? There’s tons left for us to cut

[@pumpupthevolume4775]

​@@BjarneButler I've hiked a lot of very remote places in CA, OR, WA and BC. I've traveled the length of BC to Alaska. I've hiked around Vancouver. I've seen a lot of destroyed ecosystems. I've seen the destruction caused by industrial logging on a huge scale close up and from the air. Most logging is a lazy, money grubbing sh*t show because of the 19th century mentality that "there's tons left" and a logging industry that has its lobbyists game the rules in their favor. You put almost no information in the description of that video. Where is it? Why are new roads being punched in? Most likely it is federal or provincial land that belongs to all Canadians. That looked like a Western Red Cedar that was probably over 500 years old. Are there substantial stands of old growth? Who is doing the cutting? What is the timber harvest plan? Trees like that should be protected unless there is no other choice. Like I said, I'm not against logging, but I am against greedy, short term focused, don't-give-a damn-about-what's- left-behind-mentality timber companies that only see a quick dollar and not a forest ecosystem.

[@BjarneButler]

Well I agree with you on maintaining an intact ecosystem. I won’t say where I’m working, don’t want people just showing up. If we were milling more of our wood there would be a lot more jobs too. The “annual allowable cut“ on TFL’s is set by the government and timber sales are set by the government.

[@pumpupthevolume4775]

@@BjarneButler Good to hear a timber worker acknowledge maintaining an intact ecosystem. Canada is way out in front of the US with regards to sustainable forestry practices. Much of the U.S. western timber industry went from boom to bust because of mismanagement and a lot of the forest land today is in bad shape. And I agree with you about milling domestically. I hate to see those ships loaded with raw logs that are sent to Asia.

[@bob_frazier]

@@pumpupthevolume4775 There is a ban on export of spruce and hemlock logs from federal lands in Alaska since 1926; An export ban on unprocessed timber from federal lands west of the 100th meridian, except where there is timber surplus to domestic needs, since 1990. But yes, that was a damned shame before then. Private logs and "salvage" still can go to Asia. And do.

[@boskipper3688]

1000 years !! You just ended like that. something I don't understand. you should not be allowed to own a chainsaw.

[@MountainMetal]

They don't live forever. Best to make use of them while they're still usable, right? A beautiful wood table can last another 1000 years, as apposed to the tree just falling over and rotting, or becoming fuel for the next fire. I've cut thousands of trees, but I've planted hundreds of thousands. Forests are renewable.

[@boskipper3688]

That doesn't change my opinion! Sorry As a forest worker, you have to have a responsibility to preserve what gives money in your pocket. And others a great experience to look at. So leave the old and big trees standing.

[@MountainMetal]

@@boskipper3688 I'm a lifelong conservationist in my mid 60's. We leave many big trees standing. Some areas are set aside as sanctuary preserves to inspire people with their majestic beauty, and I would never want it any other way, but trees don't stand forever, and if I was a thousand year old tree reaching the end of my ability to remain upright, I would prefer to be brought down in as controlled a way as possible and made into things of beauty like homes and art and a great table, able to give me another hundreds or even a thousand more years of useful life, as opposed to just letting me fall and rot or burn in the next fire. I devoted years of my life to planting about half a million trees, including cedar, (I'm also a wildland firefighter), and it's probably impossible to love nature more than I.

[@boskipper3688]

Sorry but got sad when i saw your video I come from Denmark. Here there is not much old forest left and what is left is protected by law. for the last 20 years our government has by law raised more forest. but it takes many years before it is a real forest. But respect I understand that you are thinking about it. and look after nature So sorry my friend

[@MountainMetal]

@@boskipper3688 No worries. I would never want all the ancient trees cut, and I'm glad Denmark has set those few remaining aside to preserve them. Just for perspective: British Columbia is over 900,000 sq kilometers, 60% of which is forested. Denmark is 43,000 sq kilometers, and about 13% forested. About 5600 sq kilometers of forest in your case, verses well over 500,000, just in one Canadian province. That's a lot of trees.

[@user-mt9tn1ni4g]

after the tree hits the ground he says you would think I knew what I was doing or something... my response to that is you obviously have no clue whatsoever what you are doing and it's very sad it's been going on for thousands and thousands of years but just picture this if we last that long what do you think your great-great-great grandchildren will have to say about your occupation when all they can do is read in books and listen to stories about these things call Forest where are these things called bears and deers used to live but yeah great great great great grandpa and his buddies all that stuff down. so they could get a bunch of these green pieces of paper with some guy named Benjamin Franklin's picture on it they thought this was an awesome deal a 300 year old tree that was growing before the guy that cut it down's. great great great grandfather was born and we got an envelope full of these fancy looking pieces of paper and we're damn proud of it!!! sad sad sad sad

[@brananddandi]

I hope you feel better now. You got that out. Are you sitting in a Yaletown starbucks while your justice warrior kicks in? That tree was more than 300 years old and when they get that old they will blow over and rot. And release all their carbon into the air as they decompose. We also live in Canada where there is an abundance of forest. I get where your coming from, but the tone is all wrong. If you live in a house of all cement then I guess you can say that you dont need loggers to log the forest to give us wood to build things we use/need. I wish you all the best in your knowledge gaining . We are Canadian so our hundreds have Sir Robert Borden. Just so you are aware, and I dont know how you stumbled onto this video, but this guy is actually one of the best/skilled fallers I've ever seen. And you can learn some legit skills from his techniques.

[@batmantiss]

You know they grow new ones all the time, right? Or did they not teach you that in SJW school?

[@raydoucette4802]

And what are your grandkids going to say about YOU? Maybe that's what you should be concerned about.

[@upmuddstevenz3147]

Carl Boucher Just wondering what you wipe your ass with or wrote on in school Carl? Plastic, sand, grass, leaves, cotton.... your fist? It’s a renewable resource Carl. The big man upstairs put it here for our use and/or consumption, exactly as we see fit. Exactly when did God put you in charge of saving the earth, or dictating how others should use these resources to the remainder of us? It’s his creation, not yours. The self righteousness of the SJW left is pathetic. I live by the motto “Earth first, we will log the others later”!