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Cutting Down DEAD Trees and Widow Makers.

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Video by Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek

Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek

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This project demonstrates the removal of fallen trees, 'widowmakers' (dead trees caught on others), and heavy brush from a property using a mini loader, skid steer, and chainsaw. It also covers a field repair of a hydraulic hose on the skid steer.

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dead dead dead dead widowmaker grandkids playground dead more dead grandkids playground the most i dead we got a little bit of work ahead of us today you guys well it's going to be a busy few days because we've got a lot of dead wood widow makers big leaning trees and just a mess that has not been addressed in a long time and that's what we're going to be doing over the next three videos going to first get rid of the widowmakers and dead wood so we can gain access to the big leaning tree that's aiming right for the house once we get rid of that then we're going to take you through the process of how we restore all of the grounds back because we've got a lot of brush and undergrowth that we want to clear out as well and so we're just going to walk you through video by video step by step in this upcoming series so that you guys don't have any interruptions so hang on and enjoy the ride because it should be fun i have successfully created a second widowmaker all on my own all by myself good job stan good job stan so she's now a leaner and she's caught in the other tree all right let's get rid of the second widowmaker i think the tentative plan is gonna be to come in actually underneath try to grab try to push this up to drag the top down to then grab it sneaky snake it out sneaky snake goes dancing wiggling and hissing so [Music] so as i'm paying attention to the tree and trying to control the way that it falls i'm not paying attention to that hose that you see down in the lower corner and that's gonna bite me in the butt in just a moment [Music] and there it goes and there it goes you're watching a tree and your hose rips right in half not every machine has a freaking hose keeper on it all right well that one's done this machine is done that's fun yep oh one more thing to fix but i could use that too to get that out trying to save these logs trying to save them for character logs hey zach guess what i always make a big mouth um yeah how do you know same line zach first day you came to work you fixed it it's gotta be like a second time i fixed it because i had to go over and get it with the asb yep yeah duct tape ain't gonna fix that not this one [Laughter] that's all this attachment is missing a nice fat hose keeper what they are they go up and then you can literally stick wind the hoses through them and thank you zach all right we're back in business okay you guys heard me and zach talking about hose keepers here's a hose keeper see how it handles your hoses for you keeps them up keeps everything this is what this is what secures your hoses from doing the crappie flop keeps them in keeps them from getting wrecked and then you sleeve them see how you can sleeve them like that that that sleeve amazingly offers a lot of protection you can see here it's exposed and then the sleeve goes technically this sleeve would slide all the way up you can see where it's getting bunched but the sleeve is in the critical zones [Music] this is the decompression button when you first start it or when you start just push this in because it kicks up takes the um pressure you know ain't so much top compression in it i love it when you can feel it in your belly and when it fires up and you're just like it's sharp so be careful okay thank you sir um [Music] okay [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] see there so you can't string on your over can't swing on you that way you know i'd have to fall towards that street maybe we'll just save that for another day kind of leaning well because they're going yeah they're all they're all leaning this way i think baby found a good spot to relax doesn't that look like a nice place to lay down for a bit all right let's take a look at what we've got done we've got our two character logs saved our dead wood is put away put to the side and ready to go in the fire pit the area in here where before we couldn't access has been graded out we still have some touch-up work to do technically this isn't even our property so we really gotta touch it up a little bit nicer to make sure that we we get it you know put back right so to speak so but that's gonna be it for us because we're just gonna do some detail work and we're going to let you guys go about your business so zach always has the best closing remarks last time it was playing monopoly what is the closings for today is that happy rake day all right it always makes you smile i don't care what you are you just like smile and scratch your head and go cool beans that's all i got for you on this one you guys god bless go get em and thanks for hitting that like button i see you guys doing it man it's made a big difference so appreciate it you guys hope whatever you're up to turns out to be way better than you what could have ever imagined see you on the next one you guys

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