Lightning strikes in old oak
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- čas přidán 8. 08. 2012
- Logging old protected Oak after its hit by Lightning. There were two companies of the work. Frederik Juul Simon from Træservice Grouppen ApS and Certified TreeClimber Thomas Hegner from Hegner Træpleje (Hegner Wood Care) did a fantastic job. A team in lift. Another team was responsible for climbing. A third team was on the ground. The Oak was more than 24 meters high.
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Blessings.
Amazing how all 3 companies coordinated the job without stepping on each others' toes.
This was a very professionally orchestrated job - Kudos to you!
Thanks for the high quality video. A little dramatic music at the end was perfect.
Excellent video sir! This is amazing footage!
Job well done. Love seeing guys who know what they are doing. Part I am really impressed with is the fact you had the job completed in 9:58. Cool.
You guys are crazy but very good at what you do.. loved the vid and thanks for sharing.
I have seen lots of amateurs keeping always busy.... but these guys are professionals, damn good at what they do. That was a monster tree in a difficult place. Well done !
We had a huge, lightening-struck oak that had to come down in tight quarters, so similar to this, but in the Chicago suburbs. I searched for contractors to take it down and found really expensive companies with boom trucks and huge machines. Ended up going with the least expensive-a huge group of Mexicans who did an amazing job. I was so impressed. I watched this big bunch of little guys swarmed the tree cutting it all down with just ropes and chainsaws. They worked their butts off and did it really efficiently. Without triumphant background music.
I have seen Mexicans do great tree work, roofing and masonry.....they dont dick around either....
Beautiful oak! Sad to see it have to go, but that's just how it is. Good work!
For those who think this tree could be saved, note that it clearly does not have leaves yet at 6:40 the other broad leaf deciduous trees are in full leaf. This tree was struck a year or more earlier and is dead. No leaves ! At 0:50 we see the lighting damage all the way down to the bottom of the tree. At 3:50 you see more damage far down the trunk from the strike. Major root damage from electricity may cause the tree to decline and die without significant above ground damage. The lighting traveled clear down to the roots, and killed massive amounts of the tree. Though the very bottom looks sound as they climb on it, this tree is dead.
Absolutely awesome documentation of your work. I say "hello" and "GOD speed" to you and your crew from Lewisport, Kentucky, USA.
Good job guys. You are inspiring thousands of men to pick up their saws.
Bloody brave. I tried to take the lower limbs off one of my trees from a ladder, had to come down I was shaking so much.such a lovely feeling to feel the ground under your feet. I hope that the timber was planked and used
Excellent work. Great video.
I dont have any wood working equipment or much experience but i my mouth wont close after seeing so much beautiful oak
I have respect for this performance and this men. Good job und greetings!
You have to be some kind of special crazy to climb in those trees. Well done, that was fun to watch.
When a tree is so large that it doesn't have branches anymore, just smaller trees growing from.
Also, from the looks of that thin blowout line in the bark from the lightning, it appears that the lightning traveled through the outside of the tree.
Sure, it would require some... involved care (mainly due to the size and height of the tree itself) but it more than likely could have recovered.
Atleast that's the impression I got from what I was able to assess from the video. I'm sure that if I was there in person, I'd see more detail and have more information to go by, and believe me, I'm not doubting the decision of the professionals in the video. It's simply better to err on the side of caution when it comes to a tree of this magnitude.
I more than keenly aware of just how heavy these things can get.
Regardless, 5:26 it looks like it would have slowly started to rotting away internally whether it was struck by lightning or not.
That looks like very dangerous job, day in and day out. It appears you really have pay attention to not get killed. Impressive.
Godt job, drenge! Tak for at I gad at lave en film ud af det.
This was So Sad. Cool Job, just the same - Great Team - Nice Fall! This was So Sad. Hope wondrous things are created from it. ~- *
Well done guys, nice size removal.
Det var en fantastisk video, tak for det.
Wow! The stuff I could build with that wood makes my head spin.
Amazing jod. Hope it went to build lots of things.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊😊👍👍👌👌
Very impressive job! I hope the tree trunk made it to a local mill!
4 meter of the best was transportated to the Danish Viking museum in Roskilde.
That's a shame, that's a massive and beautiful oak. That oak is probably as old as the country. RIP mighty oak. I hope it was used to make a ton a good lumber though.
sir MAXX not that old but yes, it is a shame seeing old trees such as this be felled, though there are few more justifiable reason to cutting down a tree that has been struck by a lightning. This is most surely turned into magnificent lumber
And in its place can grow a lovely new tree. It is called "the cycle of life!"
The same "cycle of life" that provides us with beautiful oak lumber along the way!.
With a Trunk like That , had it Not been injured by Lightning , It might have been a " Good base " for a " Tree House " !
Not every Species of trees are strong enough , But Oaks Certainly are !!
By the way, has anyone checked w/ a University on Trees ? ! It might have been that This Tree could have been Saved !!
@@crayfish9945 Yes. It not only might have been, surely it was possible. The felling was not necessary. As so often these days, the saw is picked up too quickly without even trying to preserve the life of the tree as can be seen in the joy of the worker when the tree lies on the ground. This is nothing to be proud of, it's a shame.
Good things come from trees if they are old or if they or not. They grow all over the world so we can use them for housing, paper products , heating and air more things. Just remember we need use them before they rot and can not be used in a productive way now that's a crying same. Just remember to replant . Happy cutting my friends
Big job. Good work. Denmark looks like a beautiful place.
Incredible skill! Great job!
Good job !! Very organized & professional! I see you left the branch pile there to soften the landing .
That is one monster of a tree! Worth thousands as old grown Oak slabs and lumber for sure!
Great video, and great work. It hurt to watch though!
And sorry about all the idiotic comments from the US here, we're doing our best to work with them.
crazy skilled guys! Good choice of saws!
That's what I call a perfection crew , best I've seen
Great teamwork, did you guys do forestry work before you started the business?
Was the wood salvaged and used . Hell of a big job , nice work guys .
Impressive job. He swings through the trees like Tarzan. It is a team job from cutter to mulcher.
Magnificent tree, I wouldn't know better but too bad it couldn't be trimmed and saved.
If you pause it at 5:50 I think you can see where the lightning hit the tree. Pretty impressive if you think about it.
That tree was very awesome. Huge and great crown. To bad. It'll make some nice boards now.
Absolutely impressive
Awesome video and great job. How much firewood is there?
Big tree....nice job!😎
Such beautiful trees. I live in Arizona, where most of the trees look like crap. I imagine its like losing a member of the family when one of these trees have to go.
:(
The tree is dead but the wood lives on . . . .
That tree has probably seen more than a few families come and go through the years. I sure hope it wasn't removed unnecessarily. I've seen several take lightening strikes and were still fine years later.
Yes it is..seeing a big old tree everyday and then its gone one day is sad & empty
I'm sure they hugged it first.
I did an oak (white) in NC. years ago 18 or 20 inches , split into 4 rails standing
I would have liked to see how the main trunk was removed. Beautiful lumber.
How sad that such a majestic tree got hit by lightning.
good job. I like it
Did anyone count the rings on the stump? I'm curious what the age is.
Superb work on a massive, grand old tree, team!!
How gutsy do you have to be to do that sort of work? I just want a couple of the firewood sized pieces on the ground. It would keep me in bowl blanks for a year.
What did the lumber look like after it was milled? It was milled wasn't it?
2:37 Wow!
I have cut down hundreds of trees, some almost as large as that, but I never celebrated. I was never happy to take down such a majestic thing of natural beauty.
Stihl, petzl and Pfanner😊 good climber!
Good job, did you hit the fence when you felled her or just destroyed the rather neat log pile. :) I would of brought the limbs right back to the stem then felled the stem.
All right. I'm just fotografer, but I'll pass it on to the boys.
+Nick Pearson sometimes the limbs are left on so the log wont roll when it hits the ground.
You should actually pronounce it with F, not with a PH sound.
Kornelije Kovac Really !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! spell check it. you will find 'photography' is the correct spelling
Actually it is wrong. Just because some idiot 800 years ago didn't know about the letter F, or had no phront teef, you are now torturing your kids to learn like that idiot said.
That tree was ENORMOUS!
What happened to all the wood that was taken down. I would have used some of it to make a table or something to remember the tree with. Beautiful old tree.
I dont know if this is in Sweden or Finland but I am wondering, "what species of oak is that ??" Looks like our White Oak (here in eastern USA) so WHAT SPECIES OF OAK IS IT ? Thx
Lick where shiot
John here 1 of the most dangerous jobs out there and the workers aren.t payed that much I know my son does this work for 15 years but he loves it and he.s proud to do it.
Awesome Stuff! 🇺🇸
What a massive tree! What kind of oak is it?
R.I.P. ~ *MIGHTY OAK*
Very good work.
Nice work, it just sucks to see the old ones go.
Super god og flot video, jeg nød at se den. Hvordan kan det være i fælder træet helt oppe i skulder højde, jeg har set det før og undret mig?
Flot arbejde, drenge.. Og så i HD !
What happened to the main trunk? It is a 1st line of wood !!!
buddy in tree had some crazy skills
_Count it's growth rings?_ With a pin and magnifying glass...
nice work you guys =)
Boatload of firewood..and the sun shines in..Can we see the milling of that trunk?
is this just an old tree, so much engineering around!
Did you at-least count the tree rings?
What a horrible loss. I hope the wood was used for something other that firewood. Any idea where it was used?
man triumphs over nature and shall rule the universe. great
Irony on, I hope.
not sure why they think they need to cut down a tree just cuz it gets struck by lightning. I know of a tree that's been struck multiple times and still alive and it's a pine tree they're not as tough as oak trees it's a shame that's a big beautiful Oak
I hope these Tree Cutters weren't " Stupid " enough to merely cut up that trunk !! there's a lot of usable High Quality Oak to be " Milled " out of that !
Both for; " Furniture And Artifacts ". Not to mention " Interior [ housing ] Trim " !
That would make a nice coffee table aswell
Sadly not many people are wiiling and able to pick up one tree..
I don't know really if woman can work like your guys but my heart is långing for it
Sad to loose such an old pretty tree - but the removal team done a good jib.
Any idea how old that ole girl was?
Great camera work. Guys sure know how to cut a parallel back cut. Like to have all that wood!
Вопрос к автору: в какой это стране.? Сколько стоило спилить это дерево тогда, и сколько будет стоить сейчас?
Well Done!
Nice work
Do we know how old it was ? or did i miss that.
What type of oak was that tree?
Any guesses on how much that behemoth weighed?
Did any of the tree get sawed into planks ? What a huge tree. There could have been some really wide boards.
Did the main trunk get milled for building timber?
Did they make furniture out of this tree? or was it just wasted?
I don't know how old it is but the oak tree I have in my yard measures 33 1/2 ft. around at six feet from the ground. I don't know the diameter. I think it has something to do with Pi.
Was the lighting strike really that bad to have to bring down such a ancient oak?
Good job guys...
Would have been a nice followup to watch it get milled up. Theres a lot of tree services now that have added a portable band mill crew for on site lumber cut up.
sotxbob The tree actually got milled afterwards. It was quater sawn and the result is some of the most beautiful planks I've ever seen. The planks has dried in open air for two years now and is ready to go to the kiln to get the last moist out of the wood. The once beautiful living tree will soon be ready to live another 200 years as woodworkers turn it into high quality furniture in Copenhagen, Denmark.
+Frederik Meldgaard Wish they would have done a vid.
+Frederik Meldgaard Fantastic. Three cheers!
There's enough wood in that stump to heat my home for half the winter! LOL
Nice work men!
Just half a winter?
Did these guys wear the ear and eye protection. Looks like some scenes they didnot
how many years old? the three is dead? i'm french i don't understand all
Why did you not use the crane to put it down instead of letting it fall?
What do you do to divide the tree up. Is it just disposed of or is there market value for furniture or for building.
I would expect it to have a pretty high market value, as a single oak staircase costs in excess of £15,000, and you could get plenty of staircases from such a large tree, but the value obviously depends upon the extent of the damage done by the lightning strike, which may have been quite significant.
+ThatAnonymous CZcamsGuy I guess you're right. After watching several more videos like this, it would be stupid not to try and sell the wood from these trees. I love oak as a building material. .
its seems easy but to process the lumber in some ones yard is hard and so is moving the tree out