Urban Walnut Tree Removal and Slabbing

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[@mcremona]

Turning the crank is how I get swole 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@WoodByWright]

LOL heading off some comments?

[@mcremona]

It won't work but yes

[@thebigswede1736]

WOW! Glad to see winter is over in Minnesota.

[@HandToolRescue]

Cremona committing a sweloney here.

[@CC_farm]

I see you have an acute case of Swolliosis!

[@texling93]

Nice size tree. It is nice to be young and strong. I am 61 years old now and enjoyed cutting trees in my young years. That heavy lifting will take it toll on you 40 years down the road. Use everything your can find to help reduce the damage you do to your body. I wish I would have known this myself, i'm now paying for it

[@urbanothepopeofdeath]

too funny. I am sitting here, 61 also, and thinking the exact same thing. "work smarter not harder" is something I wish I followed when I was younger. I too am paying the price today.

[@DanielinLaTuna]

When I was twenty, just out’a college, I thought I was gonna live forever. 40 years later, like these fellow-old guys, I think “should’ve taken better care”; I’m apparently gonna live forever (or at least into my nineties).

[@rickcruz3382]

This looks like a-lot of fun and exciting just waiting to see what the next cut is going to look like! My heart is racing just imagining how much money each slab is worth WOW! Since we are talking about wear and tare on our bodies damn I wish that stood up to my boss 25yrs ago Iam 47now I was in excellent health & strong as an ox! I was working two full-time jobs saving up money before going into the police academy when I broke my back wiping away my dreams and after watching your videos it breaks my heart that I could have been doing exactly what you do and not having to worry about money and possibly loosing my home shute I haven't even been fishing in 2 yrs ! Watching you and your friends working/playing in my mind takes the place of going out to the movies ! Your videos should be labeled "adventures in woodworking" THANKS

[@nancyjeanharvey7647]

The heavy lifting pulling & tugging is not good on the young it will come back on them in there senior years I know I am paying for it now & I'm 72

[@nancyjeanharvey7647]

Yes I do enjoying the slabbing seeing the beautiful colors & shapes it's amazing.

[@billmackay8335]

Ahh youth and strength gifts that we have and do not even know about until they are gone, good jobs guys!

[@cspann831]

I once got a whole walnut tree for free. This guy originally wanted $100 for it and kept coming back every few days dropping the price. Finally it was free if he could just get it off his truck! Of course I had to mill the whole thing myself with my chain saw. That was a LOT of work but I got a few nice things out of it. Thanks for the experience Matt!

[@KSFWG]

When Matt Cremona dons his shorts and t-shirt and steps outside, winter leaves Minnesota and hides in Florida in fear. Matt Cremona is THE Most Interesting Woodworker in the World...

[@mistyanderson6349]

Nope snow in Florida is not common. My grandma lives down there and one time the bridge connecting Pensacola Florida to Lillian Alabama froze over with like 1/8 in of ice, nobody drove on it thinking they would go right off the side of the bridge. The bridge didn't have enough ice on it to cause any damage anyway.

[@yummboy2]

I sure am glad you like sawing things up. You are incredibly good at it! More beautiful lumber! Thanks for sharing!

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@thomashamiltom]

I run a nonprofit sawmill in San Diego, lumbercycle, and thanks to your vids I have a log arch on my trailer to collect logs... even better is that we now have a grant to rent giant flatbeds and load logs on with a crane! The mill life is the good life, although we use a woodmizer lt70 that doesn’t have nearly the capacity you have!

[@mcremona]

That's so awesome!!!

[@thomashamiltom]

if you ever come to SD i hope youll come check it out! Ive got kids the same age too!

[@mcremona]

I'd love to

[@gslope1]

I got a hernia just watching this. Love the milling videos.

[@laweidman]

As a professional arborist, I admire Brandon's work ethic, enthusiasm,and generosity. I also have a few safety concerns. A lot of people get away with using rock climbing gear, but it is not recommended. You should have two separate tie-in points any time that you are using a chain saw in a tree, typically a climbing rope and a safety lanyard. You should always wear a helmet. All ropes that support your weight should have a 5400lb minimum breaking strength, and all hardware should have a 24Kn minimum breaking strength. I know the equipment is expensive, but it is money well spent. Stay safe out there.

[@danielwilson5102]

You can always buy new gear, but you can't buy new limbs is the way I look at it.

[@samuelluria4744]

Standing in a crotch, using a big saw like that, without being tied in, is something I only do when I'm quite drunk....not saying I never did it, but.....🙄

[@stefanodogg280]

I have that saw/blade combo (066 Magnum) and would never use it that way. Would use my 20 inch bar/441 with great caution

[@andyd.1793]

Awesome to see the new perspective in removing trees. It's always great to see folks who value the trees that have to be taken down and make something beautiful from them afterwards.

[@Alexscottart]

Just a suggestion. Add a polarizer filter/ circular polarizer (CPL) to your lens to cut the glare on the water.This will allow us to see the grain through the water. Same principle as fishermen wearing polarized lenses to see fish.

[@bobferranti5222]

Matt, you should build a jib crane to help load logs onto the mill and unload them from the trailer. Black walnut is beautiful wood to work with.

[@mcremona]

I'll come up with a better solution at some point in the future. I'm trying to not do anything permanent or hard to move since we're looking for a new house. thanks!

[@ptj6412]

I'm living vicariously through you watching this! Nice!!

[@HJ_Lures]

I was 3 minutes into the video and everything went all slow motion. Had to restart to make sure the video wasn’t all in slow motion.. and good idea on talking to the local tree services for trees to mill. Never would’ve thought of that.. completely jealous of your set up.

[@samuelluria4744]

If you are near New Jersey, I supply artisan lumber all year round..... ArzeiArbor...."dot-com".....

[@kenjett2434]

Good to see another mill vid again i just love opening up a log waiting to see the beauty of nature. Every log is unique to itself never know what to expect till revealed. That and the process of milling is why i have alwaus had a passion for it. Thanks Matt for sharing your passion and hope to see alot more as well as passing your knowledge to new people. Who knows you might create a new generation of those with a passion for wood.

[@marionrobertson3895]

Matthew the Walnut slabs are soo beautiful I really like to see the grain the color the whole operation is soo interesting.Thanks to the man in the green shirt for getting the logs.Thanks all be blessed.

[@Wanderneuring]

Thank you Matthew for your generous nature, interesting videos, and collaborative spirit. It is inspiring in my work. I work for a company that builds modern furniture out of reclaimed, salvaged wood. We now have a mill and have been reveling in the joy of discovering the heart of trees. We pulled some apricot stumps out of an orchard yesterday. I can’t wait to see what secrets they hold...

[@Utahdropout]

That homemade sawmill is pretty damn amazing. You did a great job building a very useful tool, because look at the beautiful things you can produce with it. Good on ya.

[@mcremona]

thank you!

[@MAGAMAN]

Have to wonder what the neighbors think of his sawmill.

[@samuelluria4744]

They think that America is becoming Great Again....🇺🇸

[@judithfairchild8620]

All beautiful wood through out the whole log. Gorgeous

[@BruceAUlrich]

That is some gorgeous lumber!

[@williamblakeley3744]

WOW that's Awsome you let this man & helped him..always thought you were a good person ..👍👍 you no this man is pumped being there with you..show him & do him good .MAT.. ✌from PGH..PA..

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@williamblakeley3744]

I couldn't Beleive the BUEAUTY IN TREES..when you shave them down..omg wish I was 25 years old again.👍👍

[@akquicksilver]

Cool vid! My back started killing me just watching you young buck wrecking your backs. Beautiful wood.

[@kenbruner1390]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I live in an area ripe with tree service companies (small ones) and have no idea what/how they process removed trees. Most bring a chipper for the small stuff and haul away the large units for either firewood processing or dump drops. I'll look into it. I'm not interested in milling wood but I can appreciate the effort and skill that you use in doing it. Great video.

[@Akira_203]

why is this so satisfying to watch???

[@ttocselbag5054]

I so admire the strength, stamina, and youth of you two fine young men. keep up your good work.

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@blueridgebushcraft8294]

I like to see your use of winches and levers. Basic physics at work. I enjoy watching your videos keep up the good work.

[@mcremona]

thanks!

[@philipbyrnes7501]

Nice to see you and the super mill back at it again mate, always a pleasure to see you having so much fun and doing something really good for our world by saving this stuff from firewood. Thanks always mate, hope this is your best year yet 😎👍🏻

[@samuelluria4744]

Amen to THAT!!! I left a rental property a couple years ago, with a 58" wide, 13' long Oak log, in the middle of being milled....the new tenant ended up cutting it into firewood lengths😬😵😱😰😫😫😫😫

[@eugeneodell1543]

Very nice walnut slabs. That tree will create many projects. Have lots of fun woodworking!!

[@clarkint1]

This video made me saw logs. Thank you

[@xoxo2008oxox]

I know your work involves wood, but I see alot of trees here (ash especially) getting the saw. Worst of all, I watched a tree get completely chipped! I mean 20" diameter! That was lumber or furniture grade ash! I've had a 70yr old tree cut (its firewood now, to last several seasons) and had I been a sub'r three years ago, I would have had it slabbed and dried as oak (it was 80' tall and had a split so... it had to come down). Nice to see you repurpose the trees! Don't forget to plant some too!

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Every cut I'm like, "that one's the best...no THAT one's the best"

[@GregsGarage]

Matt, I watch every second of these vids... Its like every layer is a new surprise. I can only imagine how much fun it is to see in person.

[@mcremona]

At least 16x more fun!

[@garyknable1155]

Those slabs maxed the WOW meter! Great vid.

[@mcremona]

thanks!

[@MRrwmac]

Beautiful walnut (my favorite). I’m sure you found it interesting to see an arborist enjoying the wood as much (well almost) as you do. Probably learned a few things from the arborist point of view also. Another good source for logs!

[@Z71Ranger]

You Guys got some nice wood out of that big tree... It was very Nice of you two guys to help those people out with that tree...

[@garageworker]

Ouch, my back hurts from just watching you two.

[@ObesePuppies]

That's what i like to see.. Trees being used, not thrown away to rot or be turned into wood chips.

[@mcremona]

thanks!

[@josebenitez3732]

Love your rigs, great to see the trees put to something worthwhile other than landfill.

[@mcremona]

thanks Jose!

[@deveugene7]

I love this channel. What a beautiful log!

[@MadWilly66]

Man....I remember when my back was young and strong. I miss those days! LOL

[@MAGAMAN]

Never too late to have a strong back. I started working out when I was 45 and I'm now stronger than I have ever been in my life. I have also nearly eliminated back problems I've had most of my life.

[@Laffy1345]

MAGA MAN and you're our President

[@samuelluria4744]

President Trump and I are on the same page!!!! NO "WORKING OUT"!!!!!!!.......... Just WORK!!!!! I'm 46, have broken 26 bones, have an artificial ankle, and I have been a professional tree climber since 1995... 3 years after I left the Navy....I don't believe in "exercise"!!! My blood pressure is 118/69.... and I can catch a 350lb. limb while it's falling, before it hits the high voltage, Lol....😜....MAGA!!!!! Go Mr. President, GO!!!!!....💪

[@agarguest]

no dinosaur ever saw a tree. Trees one of the great gifts God gave to man. I love Matt's slabbing videos. never stop.

[@steveskouson9620]

Matt Cremona's new drinking game. Every time he says "crotch," a shot. "Figure" a beer. "Crotch Figure" would be a boilermaker. (A shot in a beer.) No "crotch" or "figure," Matt owes each of us a boilermaker! :D steve

[@bradpolmateer4801]

Nice to see trees like that being used To many nice hardwoods just get ground up

[@ManorWood]

Living the dream:). I would love a large bandsaw mill I hope to build or buy a used one some day, I make lots of furniture out of my own milled trees but use a chainsaw and it take weeks ! Not hours to plank a walnut that size nice work

[@3870TheDad]

Walnut has always been my favorite wood.

[@christined.3728]

I love your channel. I would love to spend a day (or a week) with you watching and learning.

[@loudfast1261]

tree climber here, awesome, we love when timber is repurposed. I've seen some incredible logs get saved as well go to waste over 36 years.

[@samuelluria4744]

Nothing worse than being in the local dump, and seeing big beautiful logs sticking out of a giant mound of logs and stumps and refuse!!!!

[@christopherray122]

Ovul table idea is great.

[@FranksDIY]

The amazing pieces of wood you get was well worth the build.

[@samuelluria4744]

Matt is a WISE MAN....

[@WorkingTimbersCo]

Nice Matt! Appreciate you sharing this! Love seeing the slabbing work

[@greg76543210]

Still need a compilation video of water splashes and 'oh yeahs!' please. Would make for an awesome video with some of the figure in the slabs you cut.

[@twotone3070]

Just google "Compilation money shots" .... oh, actually don't.

[@Cnightz]

Wow, that second log was very gorgeous beautiful wood. I can't lie I was pretty jealous of you guys with the black walnut.

[@bobrenner1624]

Beautiful boards Matt , Love Walnut 🙂

[@arresha_eng]

Wow very nice wood grain. Its very satisfying

[@waynenocton]

Have you ever considered routing your cable in a pull pull fashion? Cable anchored on one end, then through a pulley and up to the winch, then a few wraps around the windy and back down to another pulley then anchor to the other end with a turn buckle for tension adjustment? Disadvantage is you have to crank both directions, advantage is no slack or tangles. Nice temp and lots of green out there today lol. Cheers.

[@Benssawmill]

Very cool. Win win situation. The home owner gets the tree removed and you can't ask for nicer wood than walnut. Looks like the milling process goes a little better with some extra help too. Great video. Looks like a lot of fun. Oh yeah that's the money shot. Lol

[@Bergalicious38]

I wouldn't want to be that guy holding the rope. Young Brandon is in a good profession. I loved the video. As always, gorgeous wood. ♥♥

[@strujich]

a good array of hornbeam, well done well.

[@Kris_at_WhiteOaksFarm]

That mill you built with your own two hands! Wow, and here I am trying to save enough to buy the green thing from Harbor Freight, so I can mill a few boards from my firewood pile. Back when I worked as a Community Forester for my city, I tried to convince the city to mill, take downs, to sell back to the city wood workers. It was a no go. (people will think we're taking trees down just to sell them.") Sigh. I've got my own wood lot now that I'm retired, and want to do some lumbering and milling on a small scale... Yeah, even the Harbor Freight thing is better than nothing, I think.

[@joedominick7517]

nice to see that sawmill working.

[@nitcat1]

You could rename this the Crotch Channel and get a nice bump in subscribers

[@Carl-LaFong1618]

he keeps saying crotch... ehhhh ehhhh ... hey Bevis, he said crotch.... ehhh ehhhh Lake Tittie-caca

[@stoveboltlvr3798]

@@Carl-LaFong1618 Every time they expose the crotch they are getting major wood!

[@singleman1986]

LOL...."I know yer hurtin' for cash, SO I'll cut the tree down for free if I can have the logs". Nothing beats making 2-3 grand for 2 days work. My middle son bought an old property with a couple of HUGE walnuts that were way past their prime. Both had big burls. ONE day of Craigslist ad and 3 guys got into a 'bidding war'. He took the middle bid because the guy promised to make the property look like the trees were never there. And he did. $2K net for 2 trees he'd have had to pay that much to remove and he was ready for lawn in 3 days. As a bonus, the crew cut the small stuff into fireplace lengths for him. Win, win, win.

[@danbowers5266]

Sometimes it's not all about the cash up front. Especially when you will score HUGE. With just a little work and some connections in the custom wood working industry. Nice to see the next generation still has some talent to make things out of raw material. Because the whole world doesn't live off a computer alone. These channel that show's people that wood working. Along with welding and fabrication. This shows a lot of people that you can save your self 10's of thousands of dollars buy building it your self.

[@mato1943]

Love these vkdeos much more than shop updates

[@Laffy1345]

Glad to see this tree is going to a good home...homes.

[@TheDistur]

Must be nice to be cutting some fresh stuff again. Real nice log. I've yet to carve a walnut spoon. Not much of that around here.

[@joshuadraper1534]

On the hand crank you use to feed the saw forward you should make the cable longer so it can wrap around the end of the bed with some pulleys and bring the cable back to band saw carriage on the other side. You'll probably have to change the gear ratio or get a different wench because it would make the feed rate slower but it would feed the saw forward evenly from both sides.

[@joshuadraper1534]

Im sure you all ready thought of it

[@mcremona]

Yeah that's one of those thing that's on my list but never had the motivation to set up.

[@suzylarry1]

That tree was JACKED...lol... nice wood

[@timfowler4642]

Great watch and beautiful planks on this colab with arborist.

[@samuelluria4744]

I knew a Fowler in New Jersey.... Tinton Falls area....

[@TMB247]

That Trailer is awesome

[@WoodByWright]

SO sweet!

[@JohnSmith-uq1ni]

Don't know why but I find this very therapeutic AND you guys are getting yoked. Haha.

[@petedavis8701]

Terrific work you two

[@southtree7736]

That dude is not even close to being an Arborist. He is a DIY tree guy at best. Love your vids though Matt. Keep em coming!

[@ChrisWilson999]

Get a camera with a wide dynamic range. That will let you get detail in both light and dark areas in direct sunlight. That way you won't have to choose between exposures optimized for one side or the other and you'll be able to see the sunlit areas and the shaded areas at the same time.

[@davec7581]

I been cutting tree's for 18 years and the loaded that log was pretty dam good, i never thought of that

[@bradcoffel2698]

Some 20 years ago my uncle owned a tree removal business and he cut the majority of the trees into fire wood to make up for the slow times during the Michigan winters

[@sawdustbob.thestatesmen3656]

Matthew, you worked well with Brandon. You’re an OK guy.

[@nscr2]

A heat wave has hit Minnesota, people are wearing parkas in Florida and Matt is wearing shorts!

[@walterrider9600]

thank you Matt the swollen one .

[@mcremona]

hahaha Thanks Walter!

[@billschmo6279]

think I'd invest in another trailer, pull the red one out of the way and back an empty one in its place and after moving the mill carriage back one could unload off the front of the mill onto the empty trailer.

[@dustinbrinker2733]

Man I really dig these videos. Thanks . When will you be pulling a slab we seen you cut in a video and make a table.

[@imarocketman4125]

I feel like I should be drinking everytime someone says crotch

[@mcremona]

you should be. everyone else is.

[@diggerddawg]

Does it stink when you saw through the crotch?

[@xxthegamecollectorxx4673]

this is so awesome.. i love wood working, my buddy works for the city.. we have about 300 dollars in overhead cost and were just starting to mill up some free logs he gets... things are about to be good as soon as we get this stuff dry. love the channel man.

[@xxthegamecollectorxx4673]

that mill you have is absolutely insane, how's the upkeep on it? do you tarp it to protect against the elements?

[@mcremona]

Not much upkeep. Just keep things greased. That's about it. This is how it looks most of the time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4iXfnifbqeBgNEm25s

[@TheRedhawke]

Great video Matt, I miss you making these type videos.

[@Bazza1973ify]

Awesome sawmill work, thanks Matt 👍

[@erichaskell]

Walnut is currently over $13 a board foot. Plain sawn, no figure. A tree is a valuable item.

[@u.sonomabeach6528]

'Oh yeah! Thats the money shot right there!' Indeed

[@MakeBrooklyn]

Awesome ..... big juicy waltnut slabs, who doesn't love that!

[@Frostfly]

And for this episode of the Matt Cremona drinking game, he said crotch! Drink!

[@mcremona]

🍻

[@samuelluria4744]

It's a very old joke......but, in honor of Matt being SUCH a good sport.....I'm gonna take that drink!!😏

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

Similar to the old drinking game, Hi Bob. It was played while watching Bob Newhart Show..... everyone drank any time someone said, “Hi Bob.”

[@denicefithian1328]

I know my comment is a year late but I'm a new subber and binge watching your vids! This is AWESOME!!! Beautiful wood here! I'm fascinated!! Love your laugh btw lol.. It's contagious. 👍🏼😊💟

[@mcremona]

Thanks!!

[@doubledarefan]

Some kids like to play in a pile of autumn leaves. It's only a matter of time, Matt's kids will be playin' in a pile of sawdust.

[@mcremona]

That's already happened

[@samuelluria4744]

Just looking forward to bigger and bigger piles of sawdust!!!!!

[@alanr745]

"That was the moneyshot right there." LOL Well said, Matt. Well said.

[@mcremona]

:D

[@joeyhiller]

Sploosh!

[@steveskouson9620]

With "crotch," and "Money Shot," Matt is starting to sound like a porn director. Wood-Porn, that is. GREAT, Matt! steve

[@roBLINDhood]

I wish I had a friend with an awesome bandsaw mill. ;)

[@mcremona]

I'll be your friend

[@roBLINDhood]

Matthew Cremona Yay!! I’ll be right over to grab a cup o’ slab!! ;)

[@willemkossen]

As soon as he makes some furniture , i demand pictures!!! Nice collab!

[@mcremona]

you'll see it :)

[@rpederse]

Definitely fun to watch.

[@matts1351]

Your neighbors sure are "swell"!! I love what you do- I'm a tree guy and I do the same with some of my wood but on a smaller scale. I'm also a welder fabricator, and I love your bandsaw/trailer/etc! It looks like you live in a pretty residentially zoned neighborhood...a pretty nice one at that! HOW?!? do you get away with your level of industry and production in your yard without complaints from neighbors? Burl-Bowls full of BBQ and/or Baked Goods?

[@samuelluria4744]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@urbanothepopeofdeath]

I am reading thru the comments to see if I was the only one who thought the neighbors may be bothered. are they?

[@dannork1240]

If I was his neighbor I’d be over there bothering HIM! 😂

[@jeffkatzer]

Beautiful work on that monster tree.

[@taylorgilmore9427]

That's a really cool piece

[@ze_german2921]

since you seem to cut everything into 2" slabs but lets say most of the stuff you need is 0.750" for cabinet making, would you be better of milling everything down to 1"?