IDIOTS WITH CHAINSAWS!!! My First Tree Job as a Business Owner

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  @AugustHunicke · 4 years ago · pinned

  I've felt like that before, I remember one time saying, "I'm not cut out for this."  But most of the time. . . I'm Made for This." So are you.

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  @nativibesstudio8871 · 4 years ago

  This video isn’t a lesson on tree felling, its a beautiful lesson on learning and humility. Great job brother. Everyone is safe.

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  @VegasEdo · 4 years ago

  This is the crowning moment when transitioning from big company tree work to solo.  One minute you have 3-10 guys on a job with dozens of eyes and now it's all you and your instincts.  Thanks for sharing, this is the real world.

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  @groundzero. · 4 years ago

  As a well respected arborist and youtuber you just gained 10X  more respect for sharing this. Its a learning/teaching moment, it promotes honesty and transparence and will ultimately help others understand the trials and tribulation of this kind of work and that "jobs may appear easier then they are" on youtube lol. Well done and thank you.

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  @GreenRiverRider · 4 years ago

  You're such a humble guy. No need to be embarrassed. The tree fell where you wanted and you went home safe to your family. That's a victory in anyone's book.

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  @mattsflytying2816 · 4 years ago

  I have been a timber faller for 34 yrs and am still cutting.  Don’t beat yourself up buddy you got it down. You are safe you didn’t hurt any one. You learned a lot on this tree. I’m going to give you a couple of pointers for next time… on this kind of tree in the future. Don’t be afraid to start your back cut first… drive your wedges up tight saw a little more wedge up tight then saw your face cut. This gives you pressure to lift first and also you don’t loose ground sawing the face in.  Another thing is the 1/3 of the tree for your face cut isn’t a hard fast rule it’s a baseline most times it works. But when you have to lift the tree more to bring it out of a back lean that shallow face will hurt you more than help you. Your hinge is the pivot point the more weight that is behind the pivot point the harder the tree lifts. Cut your face a bit further into the tree will really help on lifting as you then put more tree weight in front of the pivot point. Also don’t be so concerned about your back cut being level with your face cut. Go 2 inch’s higher with the back cut that helps change the weight dynamics in your favor. But don’t go lower than your face cut. Higher in the back in effect let’s the tree fall into the face were as a low back cut you are lifting the tree up into the face cut. I sincerely hope this helps. Little hard to explain with out being able to show you lol. Keep up the good hard work keep being your worst critic keep being humble and never stop learning. You got this buddy.

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  @RTRALLDAY · 4 years ago

  The fact that you were humble enough to upload this tells us what kind of person you are. You made yourself extremely vulnerable to all of us at the end and that took a lot of courage. It was still an entertaining video to watch. I also appreciate that you give credit to our Creator regularly in your videos. You’ll do great things on this new venture

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  @jannetteince113 · 4 years ago

  Don't  be so hard on yourself Jake, you are a great tree climber, and trimmer, and faller, never doubt yourself, and don't  give up your self confidence,  you worked too hard for it.

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  @stevest1300 · 2 years ago

  Anyone who has cut down a big tree but encountered geometry and resistance that defied all logic and observation feels for you. It&apos;s that hollow chest, high heartrate and abject fear that you can&apos;t understand or control.<br><br>You did good son. The battle ended the war with no casualties on your side. Carry on.

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  @joshspiceAK · 4 years ago

  Massive kudos for sharing this, Jacob. We are all always learning! &quot;If you&apos;re not failing, you&apos;re not pushing yourself.&quot; Way to learn from this and share it so we can too 👏🏽👏🏽

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  @jstrevens3959 · 4 years ago

  12 years experience and still winging it sounds like pretty much every tree man ever, if it works it works

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  @Joralude · 4 years ago

  The only hard part of watching this video was you being so hard on yourself. The tree came down exactly where you wanted it, you&apos;re great at what you do Jake and the fact that you&apos;re willing to still put videos out where things didn&apos;t go exactly to plan plays testament to your character. There are so many people out there waiting for us to fail that the one person that needs to believe in you more than anyone else, is you. That voice in our heads is always there, make sure it&apos;s saying positive things otherwise it can consume you. Stay strong my brother, on to the next one 👊👍🤟

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