Tip and Tricks to Climb and Trim a Tall Palm Tree

im trying to talk more on my videos. explain what im doing, but of course, the go pro falls from my helmet.
Its about that time I trim this client's palm! When it comes to skinned palms, i double strap myself just in case I gaff out.
Just another day in Vegas
Here are some of the tools I use
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[@russthebuss5]

Hey man just gotta say, I respect your hustle! awesome to hear you hiring new guys, training them, and helping expands others skills and knowledge. Keep it up!

[@wulfrache]

5:52 My heart stopped here lol. Dude almost ate it.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

A lil slip never hurt anyone

[@01Astek]

Ladys and gentlemen here is a real hombre. My respect to you compadre. Im plumber and l do crazy stuff también.

[@squirrellyjon]

Those adjustable friction savers look pretty handy. Probably a must have for doing palms.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

A must for any arborist. It comes in handy when I tie myself into a crotch of a Mesquite tree here in Vegas. 🌴🌲🌳

[@colecole3352]

@@mr.benitezhimself 100% I use it for the same thing out here all the time.

[@tacokiller5638]

They help your line last longer too. Instead of having your rope running on the tree crotch

[@cooperbookout]

😁

[@cooperbookout]

Complex

[@isaiahh1119]

'Daniel, can I get another sip of the redbull' lol 😆

[@flamboyant818]

More impressive than any college degree in my opinion

[@fog8786]

Even a degree in neuroscience?

[@georgehennen507]

This requires bravery, college requires perseverance. Both are equally impressive and take a lot of will

[@MechInvent]

I bougjt all the equipment and cut down a 75foot pine. Once was enough for me lol. New respect. ..

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I’ve had clients do the same, they gave me all their gear for free afterwards 😁 that’s how I got a few of my ground saws. Given to me from clients who said “you’ll put them to better use”

[@Heavy_metal_rulez]

It never dawned on me to use the other end of the flipline as a secondary line. You the man Louis! Hope that go pro still works

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I was thought by old school Mexican climbers who still use the Blake’s hitch because they don’t believe in the zigzag lol! But hey, I can’t forget who taught me. Go pro 5 black is so durable! It’s still going strong 🦾🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@Heavy_metal_rulez]

@@mr.benitezhimself nothing beats the old school blakes hitch. the zigzag just makes life so much easier!

[@daveelliott8116]

Those gloves are nice and broke in. I like

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I love those yellow gloves 🌴🌴🌴

[@marcelinopacheco6002]

Greetings from Phoenix Az

[@tacokiller5638]

Saludos desde az

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Desde Las Vegas aqui amigo 💯

[@amieebourb4671]

I looked out the window one time and saw a Mexican climbing the palm tree. I was like WOW THEY ARE REALLY GOOD AT CLIMBING.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

They have to be to climb those borders 😂😂😂😂😂

[@samsterhamster1140]

​@@mr.benitezhimselfLOL

[@user-xh4ig4nx2k]

All I can say is your amazing worker and brave too thx for showing me the ropes

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I love what I do, thank you for watching

[@AH-wp2cw]

sup homie ! thats right bro, i have alot of respect for what you do bro.

[@washedupproductions23]

Yoooo!! That knot trick with your friction saver 👌🏼 I have been way over thinking how to run it in a way like that so thanks for that! Stay safe homie!! Just subscribed keep the bad ass videos coming!

[@kingjames7917]

The redbull is the trick hermano 💪🙏🌲❤️

[@jimmyholiday1139]

You doing it brotha. Keep up great work. ✌👍👍

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Thank you 🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@haroutkhatch104]

Man I gotta give u props. Im from LA n i see these cali palms all over n its tough Job to trim. Ill b first to say it. No way ull see a gringo or a black person do wut u do. Great job.

[@chummilian]

Really good video, Sucks that it had to end this way. I got Covid-19 so I have to be home doing all the chores. I feel good just cant be out for like 2 weeks. I checked out your video because up next Im cutting down a 25'-30' Palm tree. I like the way you have your guys excited about moving up and that you are willing to show them and us what you know. Keep growing. and keep making them videos. Te la rifas Chingon.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I tend not to re watch my own videos after releasing them on KZbin.. God bless 🙏🏽 first; I hope you and youre family are healthy! 2.) hopefully you get your taste and smell back! I teach my guys all my secrets because when I wanted to learned, nobody wanted to teach me. (In the company I was employed at the time) I. My eyes; there is so much abundance in this world, I don’t feel the need to hide my secrets or feel intimidated by sharing techniques. Thanks for watching! 🙏🏽🌴

[@mannytgarcia]

Nice video. "Red Bull gives you wings"

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Always 💯🌴

[@ronnie7747]

Can i get another sip of the red bull.... The lebron james of palm tree trimming

[@ArmchairDivaAnnie]

Step one: get another sip of the Red Bull. :)

[@mr.benitezhimself]

😅

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

@@mr.benitezhimself or chug the whole can

[@zombiehunter5923]

You guys are amazing stay safe

[@benitez6133]

Good job 🌴

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Thanks 💯

[@mxcollin95]

Like the vibe of your channel man. I’m not an arborist but I’d like to be able to trim my own trees and always learn stuff watching your channel. Also, I agree totally about investing in people because it pays big dividends just make sure you see good character in someone before you invest in him. “Don’t cast your pearls before the swine” meaning don’t invest in people that aren’t good people otherwise you’ll get taken advantage of and will get no return on your investment. 🤙

[@shravangoud1305]

Wondar. Supar

[@danielfrias9727]

Brah this is what you call scary eotk

[@mr.benitezhimself]

😅🌴

[@estebanramos2846]

When trimming Mexican fan palms with skin is better to use longer gaffs or can I use the short ones also

[@chiliewhilie84]

Whats the zig zag gear you mentioned. I got my belt and the adjustable rope.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

In this video I’m using the Petzl zillon and the Petzl zigzag

[@kayos098]

Use your zigzag as your secondary line as you climb. The point of double lanyard is that 2 systems need to fail for you to fall, in this instance one one has to fail and the double wrap around is pointless. Might make you feel more comfortable climbing too.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

You’re not wrong my friend. Thanks for the advice and thanks for watching

[@zombiehunter5923]

Thank you for sharing and be safe bro

[@johnnyrazo1806]

Thanks for the tips. Where in Vegas can you get the gear

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I have a link affiliated with Amazon, just lmk what piece of gear you are talking about

[@arielsalazar3285]

Can you share a list of equipment used?

[@huntnfishtexas7625]

ok so my question is , how and what is the rope u use to anchor and able to remove it after u descend down,

[@truthprevails2483]

Can you come to my house in Tampa to cut down a skinny 20ft palm!? Haha! My tree guys are complaining about the location of this skinny ratchet palm and wanna charge me way too much. A girl can dream!! Be safe your out there.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

If I wasn’t in Vegas! I did notice everyone is charging quiet a bit more this year… inflation maybe ? Stay safe out there 🌴

[@RT-md6nx]

Que dios te vendiga saludos cuidate

[@AzE95]

How do you get up to the crown of the big palms with the massive ball of old skins ? Do you skin it or have a trick for getting past it?

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Two points of attachment

[@elvergudo1150]

Chingon men. Muy buen trabajo Mucha suerte y muchas bendiciones. Donde es un buen lugar en las vegas para comprar el equipo de trabajo de las palmas

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Muchas gracias!! Yo compro todo x el internet amigo

[@elvergudo1150]

@@mr.benitezhimself orale ya sta Graxias

[@mr.benitezhimself]

@@elvergudo1150 aqui Estoy para servirle amigo Gracias x mirar el video

[@elvergudo1150]

@@mr.benitezhimself tienes muy buenos videos men. Tambien ando cortando palmas. Me come taron que en el swapmeet de las vegas vendian los harbess y picos. Tambien los voy a buscar en internet.

[@heavydude7474]

How much weight will the ropes handle, am thinking of doing tree pruning I am in Spain, I am currently 17stone ?

[@chtclimbing]

Your channel name cracks me up. very unique. thats very noble of you to have a desire for investing in people. Can you explain why you want a double flip line, I never climbed a palm before. lol I just bought that same friction saver too. Cheers from Jersey.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Nice! I have to give a shoutout to jersey! I was born in New York. I’m using double flip line because for those who don’t have a second landyard (I use the Petzl zillon). Simply helps your flip line not slip on a skinned palm as much. Hope that helps and makes sense! I love the adjustable friction saver bro!!🦾🌴

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

Safety safety you can have too much safety

[@jesuspulido4704]

Dope bro. But how do you get down? I haven’t climbed a palm tree before so I would like to see a video about climbing down the tree.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I rappel down using my friction saver and climbing line

[@Ryanschroeder09]

My man, I got a palm tree of similar size in my backyard but it has dried fronds from the tip top to the very bottom. Not afraid to climb just don’t know how to deal with the fronds as I go up. Chainsaw? Keep up the good content

[@hippiebits2071]

Dude...I hope you watched some additional videos before attempting that OR hired out the work. People die in palms like that and the amount to debris (if you do it all at once) is going to be unreal.

[@poet_stowage4574]

Can I use the tree squeeze on this type of palm? And how much should I charge to trim a palm just like this?

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I’ve never used a tree squeeze myself, but, I’m sure you can. They are designed for it? Not sure. Tall palms like this that are trimmed yearly, I charge $150+ prices always change if they have more palms, under 15ft, or if they are neglected palms🌴

[@poet_stowage4574]

Mr. Benitez Himself you’re the Man! Ok yeah for sure! Once you know what you’re doing that sounds like pan comido. Stay safe always Primo! God bless!

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Brain Storm 💯💯💯💯💯🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@tacokiller5638]

I use the tree squeeze and it works just fine

[@DiegoLopez-yt1gw]

$150 to climb and trim ???!!!

[@israelortega6907]

I climbed in 4 hours 10 of those and I was beat. I used filp and swung from one to another they where 15 feet apart. That was fu. But a trip.

[@simonsays365]

how do I cut down a palm tree safely

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Bomb it by cutting and chucking Notch cut Or rig it out

[@jessequintana7821]

What kind of spikes ? Are you using in this video

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Bashlin

[@davidgrza]

Small or large gaff’s?

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Short gaffs

[@ramonramirez6224]

Approximate height of this palm tree ?

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Minimum 45ft

[@palmtreespecialist8738]

I started my own channel to now 🌴🌴🌴🤙🏻climb safe

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Climb safe 🌴

[@joaquinlona6968]

Shout out AZ what’s a quote for a palm tree like that ?

[@mr.benitezhimself]

@@joaquinlona6968 next time Depends on the palms and how many they have

[@adrianv172]

Any carabiner used for life support must be auto-locking, have at least three consecutive, deliberate actions to prepare the gate for opening per ANSI Z133. They must have a minimum tensile strength of 5,000 pounds (22.24kN). Ones made from aluminum would be a good choice for life support

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Thanks bro

[@alicedenise5722]

Dudé You are missing out on the energy a datorade smoothie made out of dates from a date palm. They leave energy drinks in the dust

[@alicedenise5722]

And you know how to climb palm trees if I were you I'd be picking myself dates and eating for free

[@colinsawyer3953]

💚🌴

[@mr.benitezhimself]

💚💚💚💚🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@EarthBoundBean]

Hey my man, if your looking for workers in Arizona's valley of the sun I'd love to learn to climb palm trees.

[@alexc6458]

muy buen video ese 👍🏽🗿

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Gracias

[@waltercastro2015]

I get a lot leads for tree trimming but fawk lol when i arrive is tall as fk. I am like i need to learn how to climb and use ropes. Here is high on demand. I gotta learn some how.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

It’s so much fun! I love this industry. Contact a local arborist and ask if he will teach you. Or books/videos help. But experience is best, in my opinion

[@danielgonzales8279]

Yea you gonna need them wings up there. 🤣 Good job dude

[@mr.benitezhimself]

daniel gonzales it’s 2020 and still no jet packs 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@mr.benitezhimself]

daniel gonzales it thank you bro

[@AarontheGreat89]

Here in Arizona guys are charging from $50 -$100 for a tree like that palm.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Damn that’s cheap

[@connortheamphibia90sfan27]

I think Arizona's types of palms are awesome to have a great trim styles like hurricane trim which is called a commercial/tight trim

[@chrismitsven8544]

Will you teach me to climb?

[@walterinc6060]

I thought red bull gives you wings

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I did too 🤔

[@yossiandoli7023]

Sell the leaves for sukkot

[@mr.benitezhimself]

What is sukkot? I only sell the firewood of trees like pine and mesquite here in Las Vegas

[@yossiandoli7023]

So you can't sell the palm leaves

[@yossiandoli7023]

And also can you come cut palm tree leaves in my garden we are looking for someone

[@benitez6133]

Tall palm tree!!

[@arbortech5632]

Invest in people I like that...good advice

[@Joe30pack]

This video terrified me. You got balls as big as church bells.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

😂😅 thank you

[@Stephen_Psinas]

He wanted wings before he climbed the palm tree

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Nah, give me a jet pack

[@juncondoonflanjacontose7399]

Just watching this my balls are weak!!! Stay safe brother

[@Edmak3]

Dude this shit is nerve racking!

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

Red Bull give you wings

[@nagamanimasilamanim3215]

What fruit this tree give it is eatable

[@mr.benitezhimself]

These palms don’t produce fruit

[@gregorioruizchavez6322]

😄💪👍

[@mr.benitezhimself]

🙏🏼🌴

[@Ze_Moose]

Bro you kinda look like Post Malone 😂

[@mr.benitezhimself]

😂😂

[@iamgauty3647]

I love hearing a owner talking about "investing in people" It's not the 90's anymore tree service owners. 100 a day don't get it for experience. And stop having to high expectations of your employees. And....PAY EM.

[@Whitehorseriders]

Guys I'm an ISA certified arborist and for the health of the trees I have to at least comment this is not the industry standard way to trim/prune trees. If you're not removing the tree you DO NOT spike up them. This causes wounds in the tree that can vector in pests, diseases and fungal infections. Especially palms which lack a secondary meristem and thus cannot CODIT (compartmentalization of decay in trees pioneered by Alex Shigo, considered the Einstein/tesla/Edison in the arboricultural world) those wounds. The canopy should be accessed via throwline and rope, using either srs/mrs (single rope system or moving rope system)

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I understand what you’re saying and respect it. Im in Las Vegas. Where certified arborist are spiking up palms in commercial & residential properties decades before I was even born. Yet they are thriving Also; when a company is doing 20+ palms a day, i haven’t met a company that throws a line, sets up srt, for every single one. 1.) nobody has time for that 2.) clients don’t want to pay for srt 2.) clients “don’t care” after you explain to them the dangers of spiking a palm and over pruning a palm. Again, I’m in Vegas. And that’s how it’s done around here. Of course there are company’s with booms, but not everyone can or want to pay for the lift service. Thanks for watching 🌴

[@raulbarradas8510]

Where you located ?

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Las Vegas Nevada

[@raulbarradas8510]

What are the tips to climb what do you need ?

[@trackerbuckmann1627]

I don't spike anything I'm not removing.

[@mr.benitezhimself]

That’s cute

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

You don't spike your drinks

[@featwizzle5517]

Imagine it didn’t say go pro falls from helmet

[@badjaeaux]

your whole life depend on your equipment, make it at least 3 safetys bro

[@mr.benitezhimself]

2 points of attachments make you pretty secure. 3 times isn’t bad either. It isn’t necessary tho, but it’s all preference and how you feel up there

[@badjaeaux]

there is this dude in 🇯🇲 Jamaica who built a clever way of climbing coconut trees, and that other dude who chainsawed a long bent tree, almost flung himself to another state, i have mad respect for people trusting their life on a piece of string

[@mr.benitezhimself]

@@badjaeaux I kinda enjoy it. Reminds me of cowboys riding bulls

[@rat640]

bro you had too much stress. dont drink redbull before your job. i know it was sunny and hot day . please take care . look when i notce you !

[@mr.benitezhimself]

I don’t drink energy drinks as much. But what’s stressful is keeping up and replying to clients. Climbing is much more fun to me. Thank you for watching

[@sergiosanchez6354]

This job its really dangerous

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Yes it is

[@gregorioruizchavez6322]

Rebull no

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Pero me gusta 😫

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

Wimp

[@robbob_the_climber]

You spiked the tree in my opinion there are no tips in tricks when you wanna trim trees the correct way! Just my two cents

[@aqn619]

I’m good, $700 dollars it is. No love for the Mother land???

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

Wtf

[@1ma4ighter]

Bruh! No! I want fear factor money for this shit

[@capbank201]

Horrible climbing lol, people you don’t come in to a pole like that when you climb, keep a straight back, belt at your cheeks and look up

[@mr.benitezhimself]

Thanks for watching 🌴