Salvaging the Biggest Cherry Tree in Iowa | Urban Logging
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0:00 - Intro
2:02 - Travelling There
6:00 - Dismantling the Tree
16:55 - Loading
23:05 - Travelling Back
24:53 - Unloading Josh's Trailer
25:59 - Unloading my Trailer
31:24 - Measuring
34:23 - Outro
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Sawing the trunk - czcams.com/video/xNqZyLGLgKM/video.html
It'll be interesting to see the spike in views this salvaging video gets from the slabbing video link...
Those trees are an invaluable resource. Thank you for doing what you do; every big tree that falls and isn't made into to things is a story unfinished.
I am from Iowa, about 70 miles from C. R. and saw the destruction first hand, from downed trees to grain bins being ripped off their foundations and twisted like you would crush a beer can. I went down to C.R. with several friends to help clean up a small farm. I'm happy that you could salvage that lumber. There was so much just pushed into piles, drying and waiting to be burned it would bring tears to any woodworker eyes. Nice job documenting it.
It's refreshing to see a guy using proper equipment and also knowledgeable in using that equipment to get a job done. You remind me so much of my fiancé who died in a boating accident 26 years ago. He was a logger by trade.
As a wood turner, man, I'd have loved to get ahold of even small pieces near the bottom of the trunk, or even roots. Cherry is so sweet to turn, and when turning fresh/wet cherry, the shop fills with the smell like Marachino Cherries. :D
Hey, Matt longtime watcher here. I'm glad this all worked out my wife and I are the ones that made the connection between the family in IA, you and Blackhorse. My wife is her Pilates instructor and came home one day and was like "who is that crazy tree guy you watch on youtube?? I have a client with a huge cherry tree that blew down and they don't want to see go into the chipper, but it's in IA think he would be interested??" and I sent her 3 names You, Blackhorse, and Matt Collins. Super happy to see it being used for something. Cant wait to see the water splash on those slabs!!
That was you?? Thank you so much for the connection! This was honestly the most fun I’ve had in a long time!
@@mcremona Glad to hear. Just glad that see that a good time was had by all and it will make some amazing things.
Good on you for making the connection!
@@mcremona I'm from the area too, and honestly with all the trees that came down around here, I was thinking it'd be like an "all you can eat buffet" for sawmill owning folks like yourselves. Glad to hear at least one of the downed trees got saved, instead of simply chopped up for firewood, or shredded into mulch!
@@mlindholm from the sound of it, the buffet was too big
I live in Cedar Rapids, and I think of your mill every time I drive around town, or help clear logs out of someone's yard.
If you want to borrow a chainsaw mill, PM me. That's what I've been doing when I find a good derecho-downed tree. The only problem with yard trees is they often have metal objects in them. You can get 6 foot and greater logs milled up in Alburnett. Keep in mind that many of these trees, especially with shattered sections, have been windlaced--the grain has been pulled apart--so they'll make lousy lumber later.
This is incredible. I had no idea that cherry trees got that big. It's really impressive Matt that you're one of a handful of people who'll drive four hours to salvage wood, especially cherry wood. With the price of wood today, and a craftsman can make good use out of every piece of the tree. Everybody got a generous share with plenty left over. It's really impressive. Getting ready to watch your 8,000lb white oak video. It's admirable too you have the tools to do the job and lift such a massive trunk, and the space at home to store it, and still take time to raise a family. Thanks for posting. Take care.
Matt, No lawn chairs (or fences) were harmed during the filming of this video (at least none not editing out)... haha!
That teleporter has an unbelievable reach to go past the trailer AND into your truck bed! Best machine you ever bought. Your truck sure was hauling a BIG heavy load. Nice work!
While I was watching, I was realizing how great a day this was for you! Congratulations! Thanks to Jason and the awesome Tree Service!
As a woodturner, the stuff that was trash for you had me drooling.
There must be many more of us with exactly the same thought.😀🇬🇧
Bring a truck to CR, it’s laying around here in piles. Lifetime supply for you, damn cheap.
@@jimnugent1143 Me? None. Try calling the Cedar Rapids Parks department. You’ll have to look up the number.
I would to have loved to see that cherry tree in full bloom in the spring.
I'm excited to see it as beautiful fine furniture that will last thousands of years if it's taken care of.
It is a lot easier and cheaper to just watch you live my dream. Awesome channel.
7th Generation Cedar Rapidian here, cool to see you in my neck of the woods!
I like that the crane operator puts his hands up, visibly off the controls when more cutting is needed.
A Pro at work
Better to work with a guy who thinks more of your safety than someone who thinks they know better than you.
@@PutnmaKE Yes, I was thinking the same, a real pro at work
Should be standard practice, here in Aus when I'm in my skidsteer or excavator working with guys on the ground it's always hands up, eyes up - so we make eye contact before they go anywhere hear the business end of a machine
I used to do that but theyre so much slop when it comes to loaders, I always have palms on and at the ready
That telehandler is a game changer for your new property.
I am in total agreement with you, every time I see Matt use it I am amazed with what he does with it, what an awesome piece of equipment to have available for moving big wood.
What a great investment at 48K. Worth every cent.
@@bobbalbirnie2478 As long as the back tires are on the ground you can pick it. In the old days.
@@Take-Me-To- He sells a lot of slabs and how to videos since he is a master woodworker with a big following. Wife has a good job too.
@@sumnerkinney2166 I was guessing it was twice that.
Solch ein Abenteuer erlebt man auch nicht alle Tage. Bin mit Euch froh, dass alles unfallfrei abgelaufen ist.
Da war verflucht viel Glück dabei als der Baum auseinandergenommen wurde
Teamwork and the right tools make the difference.
Holy cow! I had NO IDEA that cherry trees could get that big!!!
I think that is because some peoples familiarity are based on the Japanese flowering cherry trees (Prunus serrulata) in Washington DC that grow to a much smaller size.
Black Cherry Tree...in that the bark when a young tree, is bronze color with light horizontal lines, like a Birch tree but inverse coloring. When it matures, the bark looks like a Ponderosa pine more than a Cherry tree. I know this because I had a few on some land, that an arborist told me about. Sadly, I never got to harvest them for lumber. 10 years ago, each tree was estimated at $3500 in milled lumber. So what Matt has here, its worth alot.
@@need100k the tree in the video is a black cherry and they actually do bear an edible fruit. Black cherries are relatively small compared to grocery store cherries and they are most commonly used to make jams and jellies.
Most types of cherry trees don't get very big but the one in the video is a black cherry tree and they are known for getting pretty big as they are the largest species of cherry.
What an amazing tree, could not be going to a better place. Kudos to the home owner for not letting that tree go to waste.
Best quote, “this will become something someday.” I say that to my wife A LOT!
Thank you for the entertainment, enjoyed watching you having a great day with friends.
I can't believe I just spent half an hour watching a tree get cut up, and enjoyed every minute of it.
All that huge beautiful cherry, though! Wow!
@@the1bulldurham - I would have just made a pie and called it a day.
@@StumpyNubs You two should join up and do some projects. I watch you both!
Been seeing a lot of this lately. I work with the Shreveport Volunteer network and we go to tornado zones to clean up for people for free. Our group just bought a new mobile home for a man that lost his wife in one where the tree fell through the house and on her. He got a lot of prayers and hugs. We have had so many storms and the ground is saturated. Trees fall real easy right now.
What is your take on it? because they are branches and not trunks, would you think it would be reaction wood?
Man, that tree is as big as our redwoods here in Calif. I bet it's at least 200 years old and was probably around during the Revolutionary War. Can you imagine the sights that tree has seen over the years?
Always good to have a Josh with you if you need to get stuff done.
It is absolutely essential to have a picker arm like that to safe the integrity of the wood fiber when taking these beautiful monsters apart. The wood from this cherry will be amazing to work with. I’m quite sure there are plenty of wood turners drooling over what some would consider waste from this tree. But look at the density of that thing. Awesome that it’s being recovered and not just burned as firewood. 👍🏻😎👍🏻
Can’t believe that cherry was solid. Gonna make some beautiful slabs for sure
I live in Cedar Rapids and I still get slightly emotional at the loss of tree canopy here. It truly was devastating. It makes my heart so happy to see someone making use of some of it!! Thank you!
The bizarre thing is that CR still looks the same everywhere I drive around up there. I survived Hurricane Andrew (Miami, Fl) 1992 and EVERY tree in Dade County was damaged and you could tell.
Yall gave it a second life. Proud of yall. That is thee biggest cherry tree I've ever seen. Amazing. I bet thee home owners were bummed out. That was a beautiful tree.
45-50 years ago a treasured grand-dad, one time lumberjack in the 1920's; my dad, my mother and me, all farm raised (except me, but with two farms to work I did) cut up some huge trees for firewood, but nothing quite like this. Boy! This video brings back memories. Loved our old truck, a 1948 International KB3. Thanks.
Nothing like the 50 y/o Stihl chainsaws, that's what we used. Wear some ear protection, you don't want to end up like me and I couldn't hear worth crap before first grade (ear infections); plus the loud rock band I played in in the '70s. Take care of your ears.
What a testament to how powerful this storm was. That tree was very much alive when it was uprooted. The shear mass of that beautiful cherry and the amount of force needed to take it down is off the charts. Imagine how many different weather events this tree survived over its life. Glad you were able to salvage it. Once in a lifetime log.
Yep, if you don't take anyone's word for it-- look at that tree lol. I live near where this tree came from and let me tell ya, it was every bit of as powerful as it looked lol
Actually, it looks like the roots were failing. The tree was ready to come down. When viewing storm damage on TV news, look for a good root ball on a downed tree. Usually, the roots are weak. If there is a good root ball, the tree was healthy and the storm still took it down.
@@laughton57 Yea. Everything has a life span. and now, it's still serving it's God-given purpose as a wood source.
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It's good that you picked this up and it'll be used instead of dropped into a grinder. I can see some really nice slab tables being made.
With someone in marketing, you could score big making a table! I can see suits in NYC paying way over for the novelty/bragging rights
Wow...that thing is huge! Probably something you never tire of hearing....LOL
You are one crazy dude. This world needs more of you
As another Iowan who lost so many trees (utility poles, trampolines, shingles etc), it's so nice to see some of the really nice ones go to a good use! I can't wait to see what you do with it! I had never even heard of a derecho before that hit! It was insane! I've been through an F5 tornado and this storm was slightly less intense, but covered so much ground all across the state and it seemed to just come out of nowhere. So many beautiful trees lost and just scrapped for firewood or mulch.
WOW!!!!!! What a project. Great work and no one got hurt..I was watching for that. You guys work wonderfully as a team. Loved it.
Kitchen and bathroom cabinets, fine furniture, decorative shelving, banjo necks(!), walking canes, etc., etc., etc...!!!
As a retired cabinetmaker for 40 years, cherry is my favorite. Made many beautiful kitchens out of cherry.
Good grief! That tree is amazing. I just sat drooling, wishing I could get my hands on some awesome lumber like that for my wood working. So cool!
Looks like these guys have more than enough to spare, if you make them a good offer!
143 mph straight line winds for 35 minutes was quite the storm, it’ll be years to recover. Thanks for picking up the debris, one tree at a time
And so lucky the trees fell away from buildings, amazing!
@@xoxo2008oxox In this case, yes, however I live in the area and more than often they didn't miss the buildings.
I Live in Florida with lots of hurricanes but thank God nothing close to 135 MPH! Wow!
Iowa Dept of natural resources estimate Iowa lost 7 million trees to that one storm.
I was 15 minutes in when I realised I was watching some guys cut up a tree.
I was going to fast forward and then figured I was invested in the process so had to watch it until the end lol
I just discovered your channel and I've spent my entire Sunday morning watching them. And enjoyed every second of it!
Glad those people reached out to you. That is one beautiful cherry, and the lumber from it is going to be beautiful. Anxious to see it get sliced and diced.
That log and that telehandler are bother really impressive!
autocorrupt/predictive text??
@@dunruden9720 yeah guess so lol
Can anyone else actually just smell that cherry tree? Great work guys.
I, too, am a supporter of crazy ideas, and appreciate those kind of people out in the world. Thanks, man.
That’s going to make some beautiful lumber, love cherry.
Everything about this is impressive, the men working together, the equipment and most impressive the tree!
My extended family lives in Cedar Rapids and I was there in May, just a month before you uploaded this video. The derecho ripped thru CR on August 10, 2020. There are still SO MANY downed trees that homeowners NEED HELP getting sawed up and hauled off. 75 yrs - 150+ yr old Oak, Maple, Walnut and many other species of hardwood trees are down everywhere! I hope your video will inspire some other woodworking enthusiasts with the time and equipment, to come to Iowa and help salvage these trees for lumber. It's heartbreaking to think about so much of it going to waste. Great Job Matt!
You really do love your job. LOVE YOUR JOB AND NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE. Peace fella too.
Now Matt wants a Claw truck for Christmas!
Tree trivia for the day, The world record black cherry trees are are found in the US. #1 in girth is a giant found in Virginia measures 5.84 meters/19.2 feet around! #2 is found in Cooksburg, PA and is 3.66/12 ft. meters around and is also the tallest cherry in the world at 42.6 m/140 ft tall. The age of the Cooksburg cherry is about 300 years. Cherry's tend to develop rot easily, so for one of the size you are tackling to reach this size is amazing. We had one on our property that the state(NY) sent out a forester to measure and verify. Was # 2 in the state for a few years until a larger one was discovered. (now it is furniture since we selectively cut about 100 acres )
Was amazing to see it solid at the base and no rot.
Looks l
dude why you cut down that tree?
@@scottwoods9835 Those big monsters don't last forever. There comes a time to harvest it before it starts to get center rot, and then open up that space and let the new ones come through and cycle repeats itself. We just finally lost a giant white ash tree that should have been harvested YEARS ago, but once it started to rot and the damned EAB killed it, it didn't last long.
Wow, that was a full days work. I'll bet you slept so good that night. Loved this adventure, it was mesmerizing.
Love to watch your escapades, thanks a bunch.
There was enough turning wood left on that site to keep me going for the rest of my life !
logs dont keep for more then 2 years, they have tried putting them in the great lakes but the bugs get in and eat the hell out of them.. once the bark is removed they dry out and the bugs dont bother them
Try storing them in your local peat bog lo
lol
"Everybody loves those drive-off shots..." 🤣
Some beautiful timber, you all must have been so pleased 😊
derecho Cedar Rapids was and is the storm that keeps on giving THank you and God Bless you So Very Much for helping to aid in the disaster recovery.
I salvaged a couple cherry trees from the same derecho (albeit smaller ones) that I chainsaw slabbed. Nice to see that even pros get their saws hung up once in a while!
kudos to the grapple driver, just for the simple safety measure of putting his hands up to show its safe to work around the grapple
Oh my gosh. I was watching you load up the trailers and truck. Nervous as heck! GREAT VIDEO!!
In this age of 'the quick buck for little effort', I appreciate your work ethic. 👍
That is massive bro, I'm salvaging one in western Pennsylvania that is 42" at the base then 4 ft up it splits into a Y and both limbs are 26" in diameter and are both straight as a arrow for 70 foot and it has a additional branch coming off 40 foot up that's 25 ft and 20", can't wait to see this one get milled
Great save on a beautiful tree. Can't wait to see the slabs off that one.
That was a honking big tree! We had winds 130-140 miles per hr. Took down parts of 2 trees in our yard. The weather men gush about hurricanes with 70 mph in the south. That ain't nothing! LOL 😁 Derecho is an inland hurricane. I'm 71 never saw anything this devastating here in Iowa! Hope to see what you make. Give the homeowner a little something as a remeberence. There are still trees needing to be cleaned up here in December 2021.
Among the oldest, largest and most beautiful living things on earth, their beauty is even greater when cut down.
Guys, get some ear protection, hard hats, chaps and use wedges even if you cut them out of the end of a cut. When an accident happens on these kinds of clean ups, some protection might mean the difference between life and death.
I'm always surprised over the disregard for basic health and safety precautions displayed over the pond.
Yep, new here and I wondered the same. The guy with the saw would be in danger of losing a significant level of hearing not using ear protection. I have for lesser reasons. Among other safety concerns. Contradicts the other channels I’ve watched. Interesting.
I can't believe how many beautiful trees were downed in Iowa during that storm. My hometown was right in the central path of the dericho. The damage was unbelievable 😥
Yeah sad BUT we can plant MORE Ol mum nature is actually a Bitch! so we need to help things along!
I was in Marion during the derecho, drove in from Olin, just thought it was a nasty thunderstorm or tornado when it started. Anyway, when I saw all the trees down I just wanted to cry. All the old trees, many older than me, I'm almost 60. I hope most of them got to become beautiful things for people & not just dumped into the landfill.
Great video, Matt; especially enjoyable to those of us who live in Cedar Rapids, lived through the derecho (aka, land hurricane,) and endured hundreds of those trucks cleaning up for months afterward. Now we are trying to re-forest...
Your equipment keeps getting exponentially larger. Good Job Man. Love to see it working out well.
The potential for using that wood is endless. Keep making videos and take us along.
Thanks Joe!
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That tree was beautiful. I’m glad it will continue to be beautiful in new forms.
My woodturner's heart is drooling over this tree!
I trust you will make something awesome from this magnificent gift from Mother Nature.
WOW!!! It will be quite interesting to see how you end up milling this bad boy! I hope you will follow it through to the very end through the years as to where all of the wood went and what it was used for with final pictures of the projects. Great adventures!
You're the real embassator of Minesota. Everybody likes that Matt Cremona.
What's an embassator?
The first time I’ve seen the new homestead. What a perfect setup for Matthew and family. Little house on the prairie.
Thanks!
Nice to see good people working together!
You're amassing quite the log pile on the new farm. This one is no doubt one of the stars.
A great piece of life advice is: “Have a large friend with a big saw.”
That does not get stuck constantly and knows how to under cut before sawing through.
What an amazing tree that has been!
Hello 👋 Marti, how are you doing?
At 1:33 Matt says:
"We got a pretty good butt section up to a large crotch. And then the two main stems that go out from that crotch look like they are pretty vertical"
Sweet video; informative & entertaining. Comedy GOLD! 😃
@14:14 I love how the crane operator holds his hands up in the air to signify he is not working the crane and the sawyer is free to do his thing.
I am surprise the crane operator Co aloud the lack of chainsaw safety apparel on the Job sight, did you sign a waver!
Nice of ya to come around the area. There's still lots of unaddressed damage from the derecho last year across much of Iowa. And despite the availability of raw resources with the demand for wood around here, I don't see many sawyes out.
I like watching your videos. I don't have a saw mill but I do take big tree branches remove all the bark then just stack them to dry over time. I then take my chainsaw and kind of cut it as square as I can. When the moisture level get's around 10% that's when I cut sections out to mill into boards for projects to build.. It's a lot of work but when I'm done with a project, what I created from a tree is very satisfying. That's why I like watching you, I've see your skills and your finished work has to make you proud.
Love all that protection you have on using that chain saw...🤯
Amazing adventure, love to watch you come together and figure it all out. Beautiful, creative art form in itself. Thank youzzzz for being youzzzz....Lovely men, fulfilling your purpose genius, loving the challenge. Joy, joy, joy! Inspiring... machines, tools, creative thinkers, community, ahhhh another day, well done!
Just incredible... I did not know cherry could grow that massive!
Thanks for sharing.
I look forward to seeing that huge log succumb to your bandsaw! What tremendous conference room table slabs lie within that monster!!
"Blacktail" studio mentions you so when this came up in my feed I had to watch. Kudos to you
Thanks! Cam is great
All of the men did a great job 👏 . I would had loved to have just small parts of the tree. Love the show & all the hard work from all.
As a wood turner, I hope some of those smaller logs went for more than just firewood or chips!
If that tree were mine, I would have cried when it came down.
It is sad that it came down, but it is also good that it is not going to waste.
Thank you again. Have a great day.
Ahhh, the beautiful red wood reveals itself.
That's a mighty big tree ... can't imagine all the logs that had to be left behind ..... ouch! Take care.
OMG this tree was huge! I've never seen anything like it in my life. So skillfully salvaged.Great content! Thx for sharing
That guy on the saw is really earning his corn.
It's so sad when an old tree goes over. I'm glad you are salvaging it. Subscribed to see what you do with it.
It’s amazing how big mother nature can grow stuff that Tree had to been growing for at least 200 years before it came down absolutely beautiful specimen and I’m glad Matt got a hold of it it’s going to make some beautiful slabs
There was just a wee bit of wood in that tree. Can't wait to see it milled up.
Good ad for a Stihl saw. Lots of pinches and still goes just fine