Taking Down My Biggest Tree Ever!

[@danvetor1365]

The old tree saw more history than any of us ever will. Whenever I see a large lone tree I need the middle of a field, makes me think it was special because some farmer generations ago let it live!

[@ZZ-fw5rf]

I agree with you, but here other people came and destroyed the tree, it’s a pity they don’t value nature for them if only they had money ..

[@georgedavidson7986]

All trees die sometime

[@warddbud]

7:45 you call it a stump hole Chris it’s actually a stump swimming pool

[@m.a.c.8366]

experienced equipment operators are special to watch in action... smooth, calculating, and precise a pleasure to watch

[@vchism712]

I really enjoy your videos. Lived on a 115 acre "ranch" for a few years growing up and these videos take me back to watching drag lines clean out the stock tanks, cutting hay, and the joy of hard work and skill with machinery. Life took me down a different path...but these remind me of great times.

[@sudd2685]

My goodness didn’t realize how huge the tree was till you stood in the hole, good job, thank you for your videos.

[@deernutOO]

Glad to catch that video. Pretty impressive the way you knocked that one down.

[@keithdunlap3666]

Dammit Boy !! When you walked down in the Hole with it , I was like , WOW !! That was pretty awesome Chris.... Have a Great Evening...

[@johnmolloy7177]

yes i agree never seen a base so big that was some tree three out of one root system...

[@jbritt2549]

Nice video big old tree . You did a nice job with it! Thanks for sharing

[@dmsentra]

I watch quite a few equipment videos and it's real rare I see that someone really knows what they're doing. You're so fluid and efficient with all the small motions and simple tasks within the big ones it's damned impressive.

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

Excellent job Chris !! I love how it split the stump in half when it hit the ground !! Less work for you now in loading up the haul truck

[@nemo227]

I'm sure it helped to have a few thousand viewers holding our breadth and helping you push.

[@genedameier8746]

Tell the Farmer, "Is this where you want to build the now house? I got the basement hole dug already."

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Wow she got bigger & bigger as you walked up on her! Nice work bud👍

[@janvandenbos7085]

Very big tree, you can say three of them, amazing operation Chris 👍👌🌳🌳🌳

[@markreetz1001]

Putting you guys in the pictures sure gives a different perspective of the size of the trees. Holy jeebers that was a huge triple!

[@stevehall4548]

It was nice that big thing falling altogether and not snapping on you. Great job!

[@justinfufun5483]

They used to graft two or three saplings together to make a really big tree. We had a beech tree that three adults could not touch hands stretching around the trunk. When it was taken down (185 years old) you could clearly see how it was done even after all that time.

[@EdwardSimpson159]

We had a big bruiser like that, in our cemetery. It had basically done the same thing. Rotted from the middle, out. It took the light company 2 days, to cut it down, chip it up, and not hit any headstones. They left the base of it, for us to deal with. The main body was 7' in diameter. The two forks, were 4' each. Great video as always Chris.

[@polageorge1348]

love to watch you work, you are so good at what you do: make it look so easy !!!

[@MrJohnweez]

8:50 you forget just how big that machine is

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Sad for the tree. Nice done!

[@ubroberts5541]

Impressive show of what that machine is capable of in the right hands.

[@jhayward1940]

Run into one of my biggest trees 2weeks ago. Around 5 or 6 feet across. Huge I mean I couldn't even hardly roll it. Great job.

[@jakeschisler7525]

I have several large Live Oaks that size in my yard. But my soil is pretty much sand. That was really something to see you drop it.

[@markharper4166]

Your placing the log on the trailer was a work of art.

[@popwarhomie]

About 5 times larger than I thought when you stood next to it.

[@Orikix]

Me too 🤣

[@PaleWhiteMale]

That was my exact thought lol.

[@fantomfotog]

Really cool watching a tree getting disassembled by a large machine ! thanks

[@projectturbocoupe4897]

I definitely would have metal detected around that one!

[@TheSnakeman3]

The size was very deceptive until you stood next to it. Wow. Nice job.

[@gwenb4531]

I would love to see that old tree made into a beautiful farm table.

[@charlesbray3118]

Back in the day they used block ang tackle to remove the stumps from fields thats why there are a lot of fields that have one big tree remaining in them

[@bobwarner9952]

One thing for sure, that's the best chain saw I've seen.

[@patprop74]

I sure would love to go metal detecting under that stump and around where you dug all the ground out. I bet you there would be a few old coppers and silvers coin in there.

[@63256325N]

Kinda sad in a way, seeing that old tree die off. The stories it could tell. How old would you guess it is? Well done. Thanks for the video.

[@KPearce57]

It probably got shot Civil War somebody hiding behind it.

[@KPearce57]

It probably got shot in the Civil War.

[@awd3264]

Would guess this will disappoint some people. If a red/black oak max 190 years given 4 foot diameter.

[@63256325N]

@@awd3264 Thanks.

[@kevino1489]

I bet you Google that

[@brandon2239]

If i had half of your skills in that machine id be very good at it. Nice video

[@trippwiththeyellowchevycob7015]

I love all ur videos coming all the way up here from Steelton Pa right outside Harrisburg Pa here! Keep them coming!

[@horisolomon9095]

Bloody brilliant. Tip skills dude. I'll watch it again.

[@heathworsley8347]

Excellent video sir thank you for sharing an accomplishment of that size I was very impressed when you climbed down next to that stump

[@ameenskshaikh3328]

Heat h Worsley

[@fullstridepropertymaintena3776]

Wow ! That was big . When you walked in that hole -that told me the story -cool .

[@alexosborne5629]

Wow, some biiiiiig tree Chris!!! That's one big story to tell, made the pair of you look like toddlers!!

[@adamspring9275]

Make sure you got that cab door shut and you'll be alright 👌👍

[@leonblittle226]

Be interested to know a rough age on that tree, it might of been a sapling in the times of civil war!

[@lesflynn4455]

Nice work mate. I don't like seeing big old trees cut down but that one was dying, needing to be put out of its misery.

[@had2galsinthebooth]

Take a few minutes and count the rings from center out.

[@timothyball3144]

Thats not very accurate. You have to count the rings from the outside - in.

[@stevebabiak6997]

@@timothyball3144 - and it would probably be longer than a few minutes to do that ...

[@Neloperador]

Muito bom, com está escavadeira Hidráulica com concha e está garra , ajuda muito,eu trabalho aqui no Brasil litoral de são Paulo a muito tempo mas ainda não tive a chance de trabalhar com uma escavadeira Hidráulica com está garra. Você domina bem este equipamento parabéns.curto seus vídeos 👍.

[@donnellwilliams3988]

Damn that's a huge tree you never cet to amaze me Chris, the 220 strikes again excellent job as always 💯

[@nickbeam5432]

It would be great to watch the log cutting on this one for sure !

[@karenkreiser9963]

Love watching your videos. Your voice is easy to listen to. No matter what situation you get into you are always stress free to listen to. Had a few laughs. It's fun watching.

[@HeritageFarmsTexas]

Great job. Massive trees.

[@timhottinger2166]

Those dead limbs , we call widow makers. I took down a red oak that was 5ft. In diameter with a 690e . It looked like the tree from Avatar .

[@morgansword]

I've sawed some lumber before andhadeadwood will make some decorative stuff. Some of the prettiest stuff comes out of trees like that./new subscriber, marathon time

[@petelyczek5728]

First thought: DY-NA-MI-TE! My wife got a little property that has about 6 trees like that in a straight line about that size. There's a single oak at one end that I am impressed with.

[@johncampbell6382]

Poor old tree but that was some size a good few hundred years old.👍

[@drewt3210]

Chris, you ever thought about a 1-tooth ripper for digging stumps instead of a bucket? Curious to hear your thoughts on that.

[@randycarpenter2914]

That is one big stump. Nice logs to make lumber.

[@brianmeattey4151]

You ain't kidding thers alot of wood there lol great vid bud and godbless

[@General_Confusion]

That tree was suffering from Volvo Burrowing Beatles. They are quite prevalent round Chris's way.

[@clayboist]

Holy hell!!!! I wasnt all that impressed until that 9:31 mark!!! Holy Tree!!

[@warrenmichael918]

right??? LOL i knew it w big but damn, when he stood down in the hole next to that stump ,,,,,,,holy shit is it big !

[@ktm-ns6we]

You are stupid

[@clayboist]

@@ktm-ns6we bet you don't even own a ktm or know how to ride.. id could give you some lessons one day if you'd like.

[@ktm-ns6we]

@@clayboist you're still "stupid"

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Wow that was huge! Jack will be happy! 😁

[@pootmahgoots8482]

Where most people would have thought a chainsaw and a bucket truck would have done the job, Chris comes along with his excavator and proves everyone that there's a second way of taking down a tree.

[@barryhansen6854]

That certainly gave the excavator and a good work-out Chris, how did it take from start to finish?

[@LetsDoThis321]

That is one big tree. I had a 100 foot eucalyptus fall over in a storm years back, the root ball stood a good 8 feet in the air and tree trunk was 4 feet in diameter. After cutting the tree up into many cords of firewood I had a massive root ball to deal with... I ended up burying the root ball under a good 8 feet of dirt with my backhoe.

[@scratchbuiltdozer]

If you ever look around in old fields you will sometimes notice one tree. The reason is back in the olden days they used to use steam donkeys and pull the trees over. The steam donkey was anchored to one tree and pulling on another. This would happen until there was no more trees but the last one the steam donkey was attached to. Most times this tree would be in the middle like this video or on a shared property corner so that the other farmers could use the same anchor tree This is the reason why these trees are big and old.

[@kevinmcgann9732]

Its nice to see you have your CT3 shirt on for tree work day lol

[@jlhighfield9116]

ya, who needs a chain saw, anyway

[@BackyardEngineer334]

I just dug up a pine stump Friday with a Cat mini ex, I was probably 6 feet deep all the way around it before I finally got it to break loose.

[@wilco5610]

G'day mate quick question why don't you run a quick hitch so you can put a 600mm bucket and a ripper on when you do tree work?

[@ati-equipment5947]

That is not his 220. Chris has a QC on his 220.

[@BobSmith-mc7uq]

Excellent skills!

[@regsparkes6507]

Awesome tree and job to fell it. I'd like to know how old that was, I can imagine counting those rings would take a while!

[@tracyholmes7218]

Does it take just one strap to strap it down on your flatbed?

[@phillipjones3342]

One word wow when you stood next to it

[@didymusdaniels]

judging by the soil color, I would say if that was up north in those darker more dense soils, you would have been digging a while longer. but you proved your 'Mighty Mouse ' track hole put in a hard days work

[@crkproductions5000]

Love the two views of the same fall. That’s one huge root ball. Wow

[@TrevorDennis100]

I kept thinking about how nervous Tim (Cotonto3), August Hunicke, and Buckin' Billy Ray get about dead trees, and hoping it didn't fall on Chris. At the end there, I thought there is no way in hell he is going to be able to push that tree over, and if I'd seen the size of the stump at 9:30 I'd have bet serious money against it, but Chris so knows his stuff. Right down to getting the extra height to increase leverage. Impressive as always.

[@MikeyDunn]

Looks more like a cluster of three trees with the separation being so low, when they grow like that they're on borrowed time as soon as the trunks start to touch. A shame really, if it had been just a single tree it could have been even more impressive.

[@remmiemax3624]

TIMBER!! What a big mocker!! To big to catch or throw, so you did a little balancing act 8:25 👍 You Da Man!!

[@gregwitkamp5583]

Back in the early seventies we used Dynamite to blow them . You didn’t have that big root ball to worry with.

[@hailofaguy]

A tiny bit more work and he's got a new pond there. I know just the guy for the job!

[@dylansmith8158]

what pressure and speed setting do you have programmed for the thumb ? i know you can make it super quick or slow like molasses

[@tanners6394]

The 220 didn’t want any more than that lol nice tree

[@DavidThompson-oy8vc]

Well done. However, you had a decent size excavator which simplifies the job considerably. I learned from my Dad to take those down with a Cat D6C dozer. It can take a couple of hours.

[@michaelmcclure8673]

That's one big stump. Glad to see it's getting used. Be nice if some Civil War stuff was buried underneath it. 😯😯 I have a question, when you turn I notice that knuckle down and lift your tracks up.

[@Mass_hole508]

Your going to need a really big chipper!

[@TheBrushcutter]

Dang it man! That was a big one! I could heat my shop for a while with that much wood. Probably 3 winters or more. Wow!

[@leroyaultmon]

I took down a few big ones like that in my career so far and look forward to taking down many more keep digging my friend and I'll do the same 0:51

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Yep, thats a stump hole! HA! I winched over a large Oak that was hanging over our house. Yep, I had to dig down about 4ft, halfway around the base. But then My F250 winch pulled it right over. I uploaded the video on it. I'm letting the trunk dry out, then I'll slab it up with my chainsaw mill.

[@ntomnia585]

Nice video!

[@robertordewald8678]

You see folks chipping good timber logs and it make me sad/mad. I'm happy to see what you do. Do you have the mill or do you sell the logs? Thanks, I enjoy watching you run that loader. I can run one in a pinch but it takes talent and seat time to get as smooth as you. I find it amusing when homeowners complain that a job took only a half a day or a day without thinking of travel time, maintenance time, fuel and other insadentals. To run a smooth operation with current equipment is not cheap! Thanks from Staunton Virginia

[@hphillips7425]

Good video 👍. How much did you get for all the logs

[@stlstg]

"That's a lot of wood right there." I see what you did there!

[@opichocal]

Real curious how much that job paid and what you get for the logs at the saw mill? My biggest tree job was 1200 including grinding the stump. I way under bid the job too

[@letsdig18]

I had about 4 hours in this tree from start to finish

[@petemoore7315]

I do believe that is some good ol poison ivy climbing up the left side of that big boy.

[@terryburge6763]

Finally, now we can see what's happening. Terry

[@rudydawgsmom]

Wow!! “Objects in the field are much larger than they appear”

[@stephenwhitemore1719]

Question? Why not stack all the wood you removed, around the base of the tree and set it on fire.? Let the fire do the work. Remove the stump later as required

[@colonialroofingofnorthcaro441]

Naw you going down in that hole pit it in perspective lol, that's a monster

[@johnshelton5470]

Nice job that thing was a large

[@2endcliffe]

Faithful Tim with the chainsaw, 😁 thanks from the UK.

[@gingercox6468]

Idk people put trees that close together. What kind of tree is it?

[@robfraley4210]

THAT.. Is ONE BIG 🌳 Tree 🌲 But the Live Oaks we have in North Floow’da get/are MUCH bigger than that...!! 😱😳🤭 Ha, No mater What you’re working on out there, it has to go to the Other side/Across the FARM. That looks Just like we always did with the D-6 Dozers 6:47 clearing farm land in the Mt Olive area Back in the mid 1970s, then we would push up a big Ramp on one side of the tree 🌳 to go up and Keep butting against the trunk, fwd, neutral, few, neutral, lifting the blade as it hit each time for a However Long it took for the tree to come Down... Dam I miss N Carolina farm country 🤭🤔😢😰😱

[@dylan8285]

Thats huge! type of tree? cant really tell what it is

[@cathiwim]

Dylan K oak, i believe

[@oldfarmer4700]

Hell you dig out a tree and built a pond at the same time. Did I ever tell you just how good you are? Lol

[@genedameier8746]

No. Not a pond. The basement hole is dug. Ready for the new house build to begin.

[@AquaPeet]

9:26 you just look so small compared to the stump because of perspective; the stump is closer to the camera than you are... Wait what kind of logic is that, am I getting crazy? That's a frigging big stump, that is! Hell of a job Chris!!

[@pbmanf1]

Here in BC Canada we call that a shrub

[@MrJerryjam]

Excellent video!