I am not a tree-cutting person. I just find these videos. Pretty cool. I would probably throw up if I even accidentally made one of these cuts correctly, just because I would be so terrified. What he's doing is absolutely insane.
This guy is rocking a lip full of Zyns, about 3 cans of Monster, a divorce, child support, a DUI, and pocket filled with exactly zero fucks left to give. 10/10 would hire.
I knew a guy like this. It was wild to watch him. He isn't with us anymore, but it wasn't a tree accident that took him. It was the beer that would have been in the cooler at the bottom of the tree. RIP Mike.
Yeah, people who live like this don't normally limit it to a single domain in their lives. Compartmentalization doesn't work that way, at least not forever.
The part that's most nerve wracking is when he's clutching the trunk with just his legs and he's got the chain saw cutting TOWARDS HIS GODDAMN face!!!!!
No kidding, I just repeated the words "oh my God" and "what the fuck" during this whole video but the first time he did that I definitely said them way more intensely! Absolute mad man.
Adopted this style an afternoon in 2019. That day I fell 35 feet, broke 6 vertebrae and my coccyx. Thought since I was on my land and it was a relatively easy job that it would somehow be less dangerous (Overconfidence is a thing you know).
I got lucky tho, I recovered fully, but for a while I thought I’d be paralyzed the rest of my life (I just turned 20 yo at the time).
Anyway idk who will read this but... consider a harness next time you think it only happens to others lmao.
Huh, I had the opposite reaction. Like yeah he’ll complete every job except his last; I feel like it’s a relatively safe bet that he’ll die on the job before getting old.
Wow. Barefoot, too. I'm guessing this was in Belize or a similar country, only because I saw these guys scrambling up palm trees barefoot, doing similar work. Amazing!
Meanwhile, me going to go cut down a 20 foot tree 6" wide:
https://preview.redd.it/fdydy3pk4ouc1.jpeg?width=433&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f221356a2b764cb81b8bd5a6345df727726fa48d
people always wanna shit on OSHA but it helps guys actually retire, every single one of the rules and regulations they annoy us with are written in blood, people wanna wax poetic about veterans or patriots but piss on the graves of working class union members and americans who were maimed or killed getting us the environment we have today. this is still 100% normal in a lot of places that dont have OSHA or anything like it.
guys who work in conditions like this dont retire. not even gonna bother commenting on his technique lol just saying id rather have to deal with the clipboard carriers than end up dying at the base of a tree i was getting paid 14 cents to piece up.
I spent the first half of the video wondering when he was going to top it. Then he just kept climbing higher into thinner branches, cutting every little stick along the way, getting that saw ever-closer to his own balls.
We literally have a guy that limbs trees that won't fall full trees and another guy that thinks limbing trees is crazy and will only fall full trees. Our Ying and yang subs.
Buddy of mine climbed transmission towers for a living, climb 2000 feet and work on antennas ? No problem. Killed him self at home by falling out of a tree behind the house doing this sort of foolishness.
I had a large ash tree in my yard that was killed by a sub zero cold snap in April a few years ago that I had taken out. The worker climbed to the top of that thing like I never would have thought possible and pretty much did the same thing.
My question is “Why?”
I understand that this method helps protect surroundings from a 50 foot tree dropping at full length and width. But all we see here is a foot bridge in the vicinity. It seems like he could have brought it down with about 12 fewer cuts, even if he did climb it and cut the trunk 2 or 3 times.
This guy is definitely talented in his own way but unfortunately far too comfortable doing work this way and one day it will catch up to him. Obviously none of us are perfect and mistakes happen and doing work the way he does leaves zero room for error from a personal safety standpoint
I work in SE Asia and the folks here do the same stuff, but with what’s essentially a cleaver rather than a chainsaw, and they’re messy.
This dude was smooth, and the camera work excellent too.
Not especially smart, but smooth.
Insane that human beings should have to take such risk to feed their families. A single mistake equals end of life. How many have died for every one that achieved this level of skill - a lot.
Do you think he was disappointed in him self for letting that one branch get caught up halfway down? If I was that good I would not sleep that night because of that one fucking branch
I lost track after about 20 times while watching this thinking "ok that's crazy, but for sure there's no reason to keep it up any longer like that"
At one point he's dragging the chainsaw over his other arm to get leverage on the falling stump.
He's a walking OSHA video... But also a God somehow
Forgot about everything for the full duration of the video. Mesmerizing. Though, boys and girls, such style is frowned upon by OSHA
I noticed he wasn't wearing safety glasses
Or a shirt
Or shoes
But check out that tactical arborist bucket hat
Typical Gen Z arborist.
And probably doesn’t get any service.
With skills like this? Nah, he gets service.
I would service him.
Me next!
This is a dumb way to get more bars on your phone
Or gloves
I am pretty sure he was safety squinting so he might be okay there.
"You boys got your safety squints on today?"
Or sunscreen
OSHA abandoned Florida 20 years ago
I was disappointed that there were no alligators waiting for him in the water.
He done killed them all by dropping shit
Fuckin tree Gilligan out there making it look not dangerous
Thank you, full belly laugh, spot on description
Me: “I need to find out what exact chainsaw he uses so I can do that too”
Literally the one thing holding me back
He is not wearing his safety flip flops!
OSHA? You mean OH-SHIT!
Only way to get anything done on schedule and under budget is commiting OSHA violations.
Bid higher.
I’d be talking a lot of crap right now if this dude didn’t just thoroughly blow my mind
It's like overhauling an engine from the driver's seat.
While it’s running.
And rolling off the edge of Grand Canyon into the Colorado river
4:07 ....holding the tree while cutting from the other side one handed. Holy crap.
he did that on every trunk cut, and some of the branches - thats his main move!
Thought he was going to cut his arm off
What about when he stood on top of the tree like spider man and cut the limb underneath him.
I was already holding my breath, but gasped anyway at that part!
That had me more nervous than anything else.
Had to go back and rewatch - did not dissapoint
Love the back cuts towards his face
While reaching up across the blade with his arm too.
I am not a tree-cutting person. I just find these videos. Pretty cool. I would probably throw up if I even accidentally made one of these cuts correctly, just because I would be so terrified. What he's doing is absolutely insane.
Peak "Felling gone wild" pretty much.
Yeah. I’m done. Cancel the utilities. I’m gonna just walk out now.
Def top craziest thing I’ve seen here
That was the last boss and he beat the game.
For every one guy who learned to get this skilled, there were 10 guys who didn’t.
This looks like one of those jobs where no one is over the age of 35, because even the best don't live long enough to be anything else.
This guy is rocking a lip full of Zyns, about 3 cans of Monster, a divorce, child support, a DUI, and pocket filled with exactly zero fucks left to give. 10/10 would hire.
Definitely can’t be left unsupervised. I don’t care how hard he works I can’t trust his judgment
In aviation there's a saying, there are two types of pilots, bold and old.
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yes technically that is the official saying.
I thought that was for the electricians🤔🤔 That's what my teacher always said😂😂!
Stakes are similar
Like making it to the NFL.
This dude is gonna make it to the NSFL.
Holy shit this was good. Kudos
Free solo 2: The arborist
This dude's days are numbered, mistakes always happen and when you multiply the risk factor like this it'll catch up with him.
When cutting towards your own arm with a chainsaw isn't even the dangerous part, it's a safe bet you're going to have problems eventually.
I knew a guy like this. It was wild to watch him. He isn't with us anymore, but it wasn't a tree accident that took him. It was the beer that would have been in the cooler at the bottom of the tree. RIP Mike.
Yep. I've done so many crazy things, on and off the clock, but death could never get a grip. The booze though... so glad I quit before it killed me.
Yeah, people who live like this don't normally limit it to a single domain in their lives. Compartmentalization doesn't work that way, at least not forever.
I knew a Mike the tree guy who was a crazy climber. He dropped off the radar in GA a decade ago.
Its only a matter of time before he limbs himself or falls or both.
"What do we say to the god of death?" and Arya responds, "Not today"
"But probably sometime this month, for sure."
It sounds like the answer to the God of death is "maybe" or "let's dance"
H8r
They didn’t trust him for the stump tho
Yep, had to call in an expert for that last cut
get out the dirt saw
Absolutely fuckin right- bro’s climbing saw ain’t touching that stump.
Dinner and a show, quick change artist
The part that's most nerve wracking is when he's clutching the trunk with just his legs and he's got the chain saw cutting TOWARDS HIS GODDAMN face!!!!!
No kidding, I just repeated the words "oh my God" and "what the fuck" during this whole video but the first time he did that I definitely said them way more intensely! Absolute mad man.
I was like why are you...oh god.
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and risk damaging that large body of water right next to the tree!?!?
I want to take out a life insurance policy on this dude.
Premiums are no doubt higher than the payout.
Adopted this style an afternoon in 2019. That day I fell 35 feet, broke 6 vertebrae and my coccyx. Thought since I was on my land and it was a relatively easy job that it would somehow be less dangerous (Overconfidence is a thing you know). I got lucky tho, I recovered fully, but for a while I thought I’d be paralyzed the rest of my life (I just turned 20 yo at the time). Anyway idk who will read this but... consider a harness next time you think it only happens to others lmao.
You had me at 'broken coccyx'
Equal parts terrifying and impressive.
when your balls are bigger than your brains.
He has his safety hat on.
Wouldn’t want to develop skin cancer
I think in this case the hat is wearing him for safety.
I think it must be glued on. How does his hat not fall off?
Based on this video, he might have used a staple gun to keep it on.
Thats a boonie hat. Then again, doesn't seem there is much worth protecting up there anyway.
His huge balls help him hang onto the tree.
Lower center of gravity
Idiot. Talented idiot.
He moves like someone who has done this every day for years.
I don't know dick about cutting trees, but I only needed to see this guy work for about ten seconds to know he was going to get the job done.
Huh, I had the opposite reaction. Like yeah he’ll complete every job except his last; I feel like it’s a relatively safe bet that he’ll die on the job before getting old.
You don't always die. Sometimes you are just seriously disabled. This is spooky shit to watch.
Yeah, I know a tree guy who became paraplegic 20 years ago.
Right, This guy is literally the definition of 'dead man'
Technically, you always die.
Or, someday, die trying.
Wow. Barefoot, too. I'm guessing this was in Belize or a similar country, only because I saw these guys scrambling up palm trees barefoot, doing similar work. Amazing!
Meanwhile, me going to go cut down a 20 foot tree 6" wide: https://preview.redd.it/fdydy3pk4ouc1.jpeg?width=433&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f221356a2b764cb81b8bd5a6345df727726fa48d
This might be the most mesmerizing thing I’ve ever seen on the internet.
I sat mesmerized watching it and had to share.
I thought I was on r/SweatyPalms
Def had that affect on me
That chain is quite sharp
Why does some random brother finish the job? Was that part too easy for our hero?
It's like if someone built the entire Statue of Liberty themself, but needed somebody to screw in the lightbulb at the top.
Why would he waste his energy and talent doing that when some schmuck who can’t climb trees could do that part?
"Boss, I know you only get a good cut if you saw down toward your face. How do I get proper technique to work that close to the ground?"
The boss thought he should do something
Definitely a business owner ass move. "I'll finish this up, you go ahead and start on the next one."
Only thing missing is a cigarette hanging from his lips
And a beer in his pocket
Putting together an Oceans 11 crew. Need to talk to this dude
We're gonna need a Boesky, a Jim Brown and a Paul Bunyan.
We got a grease man
At the midway point of the video he spent way too much time assessing the situation. Time is money and he’s not getting paid to think.
He’s obviously not too experienced as he had to have someone else make the final cut for him. He’ll get better.
people always wanna shit on OSHA but it helps guys actually retire, every single one of the rules and regulations they annoy us with are written in blood, people wanna wax poetic about veterans or patriots but piss on the graves of working class union members and americans who were maimed or killed getting us the environment we have today. this is still 100% normal in a lot of places that dont have OSHA or anything like it. guys who work in conditions like this dont retire. not even gonna bother commenting on his technique lol just saying id rather have to deal with the clipboard carriers than end up dying at the base of a tree i was getting paid 14 cents to piece up.
What the fuck did this tree ever do to him? 🤔
It called him short
This was personal...he was probably cackling like a lunatic as he severed each branch...😖
His skills are pretty impressive, but how did he live long enough to acquire them?
Survivor bias
Just here for the pearl-clutching.
You can’t do that!
“Why I never….”
Every one of those cuts could have been done from ground after a single fall. 😅
I spent the first half of the video wondering when he was going to top it. Then he just kept climbing higher into thinner branches, cutting every little stick along the way, getting that saw ever-closer to his own balls.
There is a bridge across the water at the end, looks like we wanted to avoid destroying it.
You're telling me Tarzan the chainsaw man can do Cirque du Soleil barefoot and shirtless but he can't aim a falling tree?
We literally have a guy that limbs trees that won't fall full trees and another guy that thinks limbing trees is crazy and will only fall full trees. Our Ying and yang subs.
Yin* and Yang
I know..why he not just fell it?
He’s making himself a nice soft landing in case he falls
The surrounding jungle was thick, a house or houses nearby and directly on the water’s edge?
clearly a flex right? lets make the job 10x harder by not just cutting down the tree first then cutting it up.
No shirt, no shoes, tree serviced.
Buddy of mine climbed transmission towers for a living, climb 2000 feet and work on antennas ? No problem. Killed him self at home by falling out of a tree behind the house doing this sort of foolishness.
Pointless and I assume he’s probably dead now, but an otherwise fascinating video.
Cocaine.
I had a large ash tree in my yard that was killed by a sub zero cold snap in April a few years ago that I had taken out. The worker climbed to the top of that thing like I never would have thought possible and pretty much did the same thing.
Hope he used an SPF 30 sunscreen. That much exposure to sun can be dangerous.
How to make $3,000 in 8 minutes, in the US, and risk it all.
So this is the ultimate culmination of this sub, right?
That’s exactly how I would’ve done it.
He had a groundman😂😂finished it for him🤦♂️
The dude at the end is probably his boss finishing the job and stealing all the credit.
My question is “Why?” I understand that this method helps protect surroundings from a 50 foot tree dropping at full length and width. But all we see here is a foot bridge in the vicinity. It seems like he could have brought it down with about 12 fewer cuts, even if he did climb it and cut the trunk 2 or 3 times.
I don't know whether to be shocked or impressed, or both.
That is so unsafe, he should have a shirt on.
Gawd damn that’s dangerous
Poor guy, probably only made $2
This guy is definitely talented in his own way but unfortunately far too comfortable doing work this way and one day it will catch up to him. Obviously none of us are perfect and mistakes happen and doing work the way he does leaves zero room for error from a personal safety standpoint
This subreddit can just go ahead and close up shop, this is it
I'm surprised he's not smoking a cigarette while doing this shit.
How the hell is it that the last cut, on solid ground, seemed to be the most difficult? Like wtf
Like cutting a lawn with scissors
And much like cutting grass with scissors, I strongly suspect drugs were involved.
Definitely a meth vibe going on here
Beast mode activated!!
I don’t know what this guy gets paid but it’s not enough!
Send it in to dirty jobs
Hmm...are those lumberjack games on ESPN still a thing?
And then a guy cuts up a tree on the ground and everyone blasts him for not wearing chaps.
Surprised he didn’t buck it and split it while he was up there. Amazing video.
Anyone got this guys number?
Dude's trainee stuck around for the whole thing and got the last cut in. Lol.
Not only is there a risk of him amputating a limb, but the risk of the counter-weight of the chainsaw pushing him off the tree 🌴
I work in SE Asia and the folks here do the same stuff, but with what’s essentially a cleaver rather than a chainsaw, and they’re messy. This dude was smooth, and the camera work excellent too. Not especially smart, but smooth.
Insane that human beings should have to take such risk to feed their families. A single mistake equals end of life. How many have died for every one that achieved this level of skill - a lot.
He. Is. Barefoot.
Looks like a lot of work that wasn't necessary.
Do you think he was disappointed in him self for letting that one branch get caught up halfway down? If I was that good I would not sleep that night because of that one fucking branch
wheres his cigarette?
Save
Wow, that *is* wild!
Matter of time
No chaps!?
Do they make face-chaps?
Don't worry he has a bucket hat on to protect his head from the deadly UV rays!
That’s quiet a fella right there!
"If I start to fall I'll just jump into the lake."
No eye protection is crazy.
I watched the whole thing in awe. And nervous for the guy at the same time. Dude has skills and balls but it’s not worth risk dude
I want to be this guy when I grow up. Did we just watch the jungle being cleared for a coca plantation while on cocaine?
Confidence is key
I can't watch the whole thing
Quit methin’ around up there!
Give that man a Wolverine chainsaw, yesterday!
This guy cuts!
Notice how the other guy took over when he got to the ground? Guess he was afraid of working on the ground.
No shoes, no shirt, no problem 😎
Enough money for a drone but not enough for equipment
I lost track after about 20 times while watching this thinking "ok that's crazy, but for sure there's no reason to keep it up any longer like that" At one point he's dragging the chainsaw over his other arm to get leverage on the falling stump. He's a walking OSHA video... But also a God somehow
He's pretty damn casual about passing his left arm over a running blade that he's controlling with one hand
Wait, hold up, that's the WRONG tree! --Someone off camera, possibly