Tearing down a Big Dead Sitka Spruce

[@danmcburney3247]

That was a big girl... it's a pleasure every time Sir... Thank you very much for taking the time ❤❤

[@mvblitzyo]

super glad your still sharing know just a few years ago you were focused on family times Joe from California ..

[@saltymofo5870]

Reg, it’s damn rare that I watch something that I wouldn’t do, but climbing a couple hundred feet up a rotten tree, and bucking it down is one of them. Well done as always. You should raise your prices

[@1neAdam12]

I'd be more concerned with having my vehicles parked so close.

[@saltymofo5870]

@@1neAdam12 it was just a Dodge lol

[@themagnanimous1246]

​@@saltymofo5870😂😂😂

[@chichitex1252]

Great video! You work in a beautiful part of the world!❤❤❤

[@jonoldroyd3885]

I could watch this skilled tree surgeon work 24/7. Love the content Reg, keep it going.

[@mj-dd2fb]

3 vids over 3 days .. glad to see it Reg!

[@br-dj2ti]

Another video so exciting God bless reg love your videos love everything you do

[@stuby2014]

There are some people that will watch this video and not realize the magnitude of what you do. Great job Reg.

[@joshuacollins5136]

Reg You got balls bigger than anybody I know. Also you are very humble, I have much respect for you. I have learned alot from you , not just about climbing tree's, also about life thankyou.

[@iainwilliamson3721]

Super cool slowmo at the end!

[@carlnash9293]

Always a pleasure watching your videos reg good to see it again

[@aerialrescuesolutions3277]

Excellent work. Great editing. And the slo-mo at the end was awesome. Thanks Reg

[@richardcole4694]

Excellent video as always thank you for sharing with us.

[@patrickwinde9802]

Always a pleasure reg calm patience and just pure skill thank you

[@richardf9137]

Love the SLO-MO ! Reminds me of being on a SeeSaw when I was a kid!

[@Gabriel_Moline]

1:55. I hate that! You know your going up, but the limb that you didn’t see says, “No.” 😆🌿🌸

[@GreatWhiteSquid]

Amazing as always. I don't even know you but I love you man. The Lord has done amazing things through you!!! Thanks for another awesome video!

[@Riverguide33]

Nice vid, with the music. Thanks for sharing your work with us. 👍

[@paul-angelogoffaux7661]

La tonicité d'une grume à l'impact est toujours quelque chose qui m'impressionne. Merci pour ces bonnes images✌️

[@jasonpeters4867]

Nice work as always Reg.

[@msmeding]

Love the slow mo of the stem.

[@alfadoofus]

Nice footage.

[@vspecnurr34]

That was a brilliant job done buddy, and I know that although I get some nice scenery on the staffs/Derbyshire border,it's nothing like you get. Fair play Reg 🙏👌👍

[@havespurswillclimb]

Enjoyed the video.

[@markfuller6643]

Nice safe and efficient work, good takedown buddy 👍 I used to do jobs like this, miss it a lot.

[@metzgerbass]

Great video 🫡 as always

[@dankotos61]

Nice work Reg 👍

[@nilsole11]

Great view!

[@toddjacks8288]

Awesome job brother

[@nickr2425]

hows about that view of the surf. waves looked good!

[@Recoates]

It's very popular through the fall and winter for surfers on the south Island

[@nickr2425]

@ amazing how the swell even makes into that area

[@wyomingbound7470]

Great video as always sir. I appreciate ya taking time to put out some vids. If you dont mind me asking what saddle do you prefer most of the time especially if you climbing in the canopy of a oak or something where you have get way away from the the main stem. If you have a pass vid on your saddles please direct me to it. Thanks.

[@Recoates]

More recently I've been using the Monkey Beaver saddle with the shoulder straps. Took some getting used to, felt quite tippy at first and an usual fit compared to what Ive been accustomed to. But after getting used to it I like it a lot. Most noticeable is the fact that its probably the only harness I've worn where I've felt no pain either during or after a big climb.

[@wyomingbound7470]

@@Recoates thanks for the info I appreciate it I have been climbing several years now and always been using a basic weaver saddle with the lower strap under your rear and so im used to that but thought I would try something with a wider back but the leg straps are terrible uncomfortable anyway thanks again for your time.

[@woodlandmachines97]

Impressive work taking down that massive Sitka Spruce! The size of that tree is unreal. How long did it take to bring the whole thing down?

[@Recoates]

Probably a couple of hours. We had other things to do first thing, including waiting on a blasting mat to be delivered to protect the road. But i remember it was down and I was eating a sandwich at the cafe before noon

[@michaelmitchell5909]

You should have way over a million subs man....

[@Recoates]

Thanks for saying that, but I don't try very hard in that respect. Usually a handful of videos per year. Although this next 12 months might be a bit different.

[@shanesouza4303]

@Reg, best wishes to you and the family. 😎✌️

[@greatappsinus]

Cool video 👍

[@spelunkerd]

I'm guessing that even though you're right beside the mill, because it was dead they won't be interested in using the wood. Another great video, Reg. I can almost smell the fresh cut timber, the cool wind, the weak sunlight on a fall day.

[@Recoates]

Hey Dave. The job was paid for by the Mill/Dryland sort, as the trees were now a danger to the Cafe. They are also doing the clean-up. I don't know whether or not those logs have much value overall. We took 9 down in total

[@rafawoznica2935]

Awesome as always, amazing video quality, which cam you use ?

[@Recoates]

Dji osmo action 4 for that vid

[@rafawoznica2935]

@@Recoates Thx

[@oetzi022]

the super slow mo was wild! That's a big log yard. How is the logging going on the isle? Is it sustainable these days? thx

[@harmonicliving3507]

Nice!

[@whopper9037]

Awesome as usual. Big old stick. Not too crusty. Any news on your climbing device yet?

[@Recoates]

It's a Notch product now. They will have it out sometime through 2025

[@personwhoexists4491]

Whens the climbing device coming out?

[@Recoates]

It's now a Notch product. Due out sometime 2025

[@shanesouza4303]

​@@Recoateskeep reaching for the stars 🌟 🤩.

[@troyerthedestroyer]

What an incredible view! Looks like it was pretty clean. We don't have a lot around here, are they usually more sappy?

[@Recoates]

Usually the sap is abysmal. But these ones had been dead along time

[@troyerthedestroyer]

@@Recoates That's what I thought. I only really see them when I go to the mountains around here and recall thinking that they would suck to climb and just dripping with sap.

[@sitafitri1422]

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[@Jon-wg8vr]

Thanks for the wonderful views I wish other KZbinrs would watch the limbs all the way to the ground for some odd reason they look around like they’re not filming what they’re purposely making a video I think Buckin August are about second and third, but I’ve always enjoyed your videos. Even the ones I have no business watching like product testing but I watch anyway.

[@shawntrevordaniel]

When you're climbing trying to get a job done you know from th3 second the limb leaves your hand where it's gonna land and there's no need to watch it anymore. Usually I only watch it if I slipped and it's heading toward the fence or something.

[@michaelvanheel4045]

Did a branch almost smoke a couple birds or something around the 2:32 mark or am I trippin?

[@PaulPirie-qo9mw]

You just can't beat a 540 ! Sugi bar and unguarded chain !😁

[@SamDrake-z2v]

Hi Reg. Great video. Do you not use the climbing device you designed anymore? And how is the mkiii 540?

[@Recoates]

Hey Sam. You just caught me stepping out the door. I didn't know if the tree would still be oozing sticky sap. Hitches cope with sap much better than mechanicals. But as it turned out the tree was like a bone dry skeleton. The climbing device will be produced by Notch equipment sometime in 2025. It's been a long process.

[@SamDrake-z2v]

@Recoates yes I've noticed that with the Akimbo

[@michaelboyle4553]

Thank you

[@mute7116]

Sshhlloowwmmooshhunn...cool how much wiggle a stem that size has after impact. Ooh that would've been a great spot to put Will Ferrell getting stuck with the tranq dart, "you're crazy" clip in.

[@dcvariousvids8082]

Job done well on a nice day.

[@willanderson5088]

I use to do this and free climbing when I was young. After having my first daughter I developed a fear of heights. After my second daughter I changed professions and gave up rock climbing. I’m ok on a roof or small stuff but I don’t climb trees or rocks anymore.

[@Toyotaamazon80series]

"Don't let the old man in"

[@simsapot]

Thanks Reg….

[@michaelwhiteoldtimer7648]

Amazing that is all I can say

[@RWARB]

Epic

[@rayclark9643]

Something seemed off in this video Reg...for one you usually show your face at some point in a video...also you always cut the length of your logs so that they are perfect for the height they are falling from so that they always land flat without flipping end to end and that didn't look like you in the final shot by the stem? 🤔

[@Recoates]

@@rayclark9643 I didn't fall the stem. We also had a blasting mat buried underneath the brush to protect the road, which was causing everything to bounce. Landing logs flat has its place, but not really a point to it on this job. The machines from the mill would have all that mess cleaned up in less than a couple of hours.

[@batmantiss]

Looks like WORK when it hits the deck

[@valtra7878]

👍👍👍

[@MattOrsman-p6s]

I do those tree jobs in my sleep. Cos that’s the only way I can do them!!!

[@randyupladek1855]

The wide angle lenses don’t do the size of the tree justice.

[@Recoates]

I know. It's always a trade-off between seeing more on the screen vs losing the true scale

[@Neighborhoodgo2guy]

👍

[@anthonygnewbreast1609]

Really

[@ertreeservice9558]

I remove a lot of Sitka spruce

[@Kaizen747]

Yea, thatll be $1000 sir

[@michaeljohnson4269]

I got dizzy at ten feet.

[@scottmagruder9157]

I thoroughly enjoy your videos. I just don't need to hear the music, just the 2 stroke chainsaws are enough. Either way, thanks for the video

[@Recoates]

It's generally a 50/50 split between those who like it and those who don't. I personally like to muffle the sound of the saw with music of some kind. Probably because I had to make all those cuts to start with. And then listen through them 10 more times over through the editing process. It gets a bit much

[@ClimberinChrist]

Reggie mc regerson

[@jeffschroeder9089]

Looked like a nasty tree

[@chris-jankamps5654]

working barehand without safety gloves. Amateur =)

[@Recoates]

@chris-jankamps5654 there's no such thing as tree climbing specific 'safety gloves'. Run along now

[@JohnMeinke]

Thank you.