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Planning and Initial Tree Assessment

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What happens here

The video opens with the narrator, Stanley, and chainsaw operator, Frankie, discussing the trees to be felled. They assess specific challenges, such as a leaning tree's proximity to a fence and the presence of power lines, necessitating careful directional felling. Frankie and Stanley strategize the use of back cuts, front cuts, and the excavator's grapple to push trees in the desired direction. Stanley notes the grapple's limitation in providing sufficient 'purchase' or grip on the tree for certain maneuvers.

Goal: Determine the safest felling strategy for each tree, considering obstacles and equipment capabilities.

Tools and materials

  • Chainsaw — Making cuts for felling
  • Grapple Attachment — Gripping and pushing tree trunks
  • High-visibility clothing Bosch — Ensuring the operator's visibility in the work area
  • Mini Excavator — Assisting with directional felling by pushing the tree. Used later for moving logs and debris

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[Music] now watch the next one will fall right on both frany and I when we're standing 100 ft apart yeah these are that's a leaner that one's leaning the wrong way right to the fence so this one we got to get a good push on right I'm thinking this one just Dro her right there this one I'm just going to push I we start that didn't come this way we had that open so if we wanted to oh we highlight there yeah you think we're going to hit that thing a Highline yeah that tall enough I don't yeah I know you're tall enough to hear this yeah it is isn't it so we we really got to get it to go that way if we're going to try to get it to do anything right yeah just back you want to do them two next yeah I'll I'll back cut that one but that we'll drop that front one first yeah I dro the front one then back cut that next one and I'll push on it and we'll see if we just can't get her to go problem is with that clly I don't have a whole lot of purchase on the tree right you know what I mean y so I don't if I don't get that grab just right you you roll back on it it's going to roll yeah or I'm going to slide off and crash into it and I can take that th that Apple off [Music] but all right we'll figure it

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