1500 year old tree needs 1 inch cut off, Totem Pole

do it do it take your time because i always want to get some food all right friends well it's been a while since i've had this bar out and chained but uh i'm gonna see if it'll uh it'll it'll work it's full house too it's uh we got a call from my indian buddy it's a four-footer and he's got a totem pole remember when we went down and did that big totem pole for him we didn't actually get there to to see the rising of the uh the raising of the totem i wish i could have i i don't know we crossed wires or something but it didn't happen i'm hoping to we'll see where this one's going maybe we can be a little more involved in in this one but it's a it's a still bar i had to do all kinds of stuff in here to make this work to get it to go roll around but it's my 125 and one of them and uh i'm gonna see if if if it's not gonna burn up the bar or burn up the anything so i was gonna run it on the still and i thought no let's give the one two five a go so let's see what happens here uh i might have to shorten up a bar if this doesn't work it's it's not a roller nose or nothing it's just a straight steel bar friends you know what i'm saying right so i don't know we'll we'll see here it's big it's very big we'll see so um [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] nuts [Music] [Music] there we go we're ready for the totem pole but i just wish that the steel bar like it gets so hot you know what i mean friends they do they get really really hot uh but i guess whatever yeah so she be she ready for the cut all right now this is this is probably where the totem pole is i would reckon let's go see what we got here [Music] let's see what we got maybe it's in here the indian [Applause] [Music] how are you doing brother good to see you dude where'd this piece come from north yeah it's beautiful man it's a beauty good to see you brother no this thing's bigger than the last one isn't it look at my brother say hi to noel everybody now i call noel you guys when we went through this last time friends every time i get around this stuff i just get so i don't know something happens it's uh this is this is special stuff i brought the last one to you i missed your last on the stand i forget i don't even we've crossed this one you can't miss no i don't want to miss this one i don't know what hap where's this one going civic arena 30th downtown just waiting for you now and this is amazing friends so oh my gosh no this is wicked dude it's really cool who's the young fella that's my oldest wife that is the honest boy isn't it how are you good how you doing i'm doing good this is amazing dude a little bit look at this 52 inch you tell me 62. well i brought a special song yeah i think so well it's it's a 48 you hit the last one perfect i did i did but the other the other and so so where's the cot just a sliver sliver whatever you need okay yeah it looks like someone what a what a so how old 15 1500 yeah it is isn't it yeah so so friends this is very very special because you guys always i go to these places and i show you these trees and i say they're a thousand years old or 800 years old and somebody comes in and says there's nothing in the world a thousand years old and and this and that listen i'm telling you this cedar tree is 1500 years old it's from the west coast uh no this is beautiful i mean this is a nice piece were you there for the whole process yep the log yep fell or no i'm not not fail no no and and is this is this a gut shot or like how far up how much is off the butt 30 40 feet off the butt about maybe no not even it was flared out even way out of course yeah maybe so 10 12 foot yeah and they just chop chop the butt off so this is near the buttress yeah yeah there's the flares right there look at that friends there's the flares so there you go that tells the story right there oh my friend this is amazing so this thing's 1500 years old so so friends just know when i get into those furs those big old first they're all day long they just are this tree is five foot and that's not that big it's five foot right it's five foot friends that's not that big and it's 1500 years old guaranteed beauty it's beauty okay let's go get a power saw i should just pull back over here no can i yeah you okay with that i'm okay so i just come over here then okay friends this is so special to me this is a bit of a nervous cut for me you've got you you know you're not you're playing with the you're playing with the great spirit here okay we're coming into the totem pole friends we got our big mac in the back okay let's see what we got yeah i'll get i'll get you guys understand this this tree is ridiculous what's the name is there a name for it last one i had 797 i think i don't know if it was the same bar or not four foot is it way down there oh there it is right there okay let's just grab a piece i want to see i want to see something i might be better off 56 wow 53. yeah okay so you know what well even just this end just one way to give me a little bit of room here yeah we'll get it yeah yeah yeah yeah bring that up exactly yeah that's what i'm talking about right there that's it that's beautiful yeah um what about the new ones what's that you like the old one better than the new ones well they got all the power but this bar doesn't have a sprocket nose you see that's where you gonna oil it so well you don't have to but it gets hot so i just want i just want oil in there i got oil comes out of the saw but i'm just giving a little we'll be good no we got it all right you ready [Music] uh ah [Laughter] [Applause] friends this was uh 2018 actually and he did this one downtown on bowen road by that native uh housing project a huge huge honor for me in the 97 there 797 but look at the difference in sizes of trees here um [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] ah [Applause] [Music] check that out how'd we do number one is it okay that was really good i think it's all right it's bang on you got a stand it's deadly i can feel it already because this log it's deadly it's bang on because this goes out like this straight out boom oh it's deadly no didn't it thank you billy bye pleasure that's it done okay yeah good girl put yours you saw you hear the sound of that thing look at that friends so here's here's how we did this is amazing i'm always honored when you follow me on these thank you billy you're more than welcome brother the indian strikes again this is a beautiful piece of wood so friends west coast this piece came from the west coast and it is just glorious so that cut actually came out really nice i looked at the log it actually goes down that way it doesn't come off straight so if if anything no it's it's it's bang on it's actually bang on no it won't you can see it right there well i guess you're on wedges yeah you're so he's putting them on wedges friends plastic wedges they're gonna be about six inches off the ground four to six inches to keep it out of the weather so it won't rot cedar what's on this pole princess killer whale bear eagle eagle at the top baby i love it lady holding everyone up oh is that what it is princess indian princess oh bad that couldn't be better the indian princess is holding up the bear you said the bear killer whale killer whale bear eagle killer whale bear eagle amazing the man does incredible freaking work i mean look at this freaking wood so so uh look at this wood you won't see it i won't see it again you won't you won't see this kind of wood anymore because of what's going on yeah you're right so because the old girl's getting we're clamping down on the old which which i'm happy about yeah i mean i am friends i'll be honest i am for our children i i mean the natives have been doing this for generations and generations and generations and thousands of years right totems but here's the deal things have changed it it's it you know people want to save the old growth and and i'm i'm in for that too but i'll tell you something if the indians need a freaking one tree for a totem i'm all about that i am i'm not kidding you i'm just saying that rate freaking now that's right in my heart right to you folks straight now i'm not talking 20 30 a a year i'm talking you know one a year one or two a year special trees special trees it's just my thoughts but i mean the these these people they they're they're they're special these natives they're special look at this you can't even see you you can't see it look at the grain friends like you just can't see it like when you get here look at this this is you won't see it in here look at this there's my fingernail right there look at that friends let's count it one two one two three four five six seven eight nine 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 rings in whatever that is what what what's that i mean this wood's crazy look at that it's just deadly it's incredible killer whale bear eagle the old mccullough she does the trick oh i love it so i took a long time setting up that saw friends excuse me that's a still bar friends it's a still bar i had to build shims for the bar rails to go over the studs oh look at this look at the eagle friends hello what a look at the size of it it's five foot it's five foot look at this see look at this red you can't you you you would not understand friends the smell of this would you just you wouldn't understand it it's so incredible just so incredible excuse me little spike nut look at that not neat spike not there wow this guy knows his business man i went to school with the indian don't don't don't be offended friends when i say the indian he's he's friends he's he's like my brother i call him the indian and and it's a mutual love please don't be offended anyone it's not we're from the old school you know so it's it's it's it's all in life i'm amazed classic caters look at the material he's got around here now look at that van okay that's it the mac she does the trick this looks good in here now moe's done lots of stuff okay that bar got hot but she did it she pulled it she did get hot though not bad not bad friends thanks for watching we're going to go hang this with them uh noel when are we standing up this thing september 30th september 30th at the civic arena which is fail sutton downtown nanaimo which is a feather in this man's cap because it'll be there forever right it'll be there forever this guy uh just i'll bore you with the details another time but i'm telling you this is a huge feather in this man's cap i'm so proud of you noel thank you i am buddy okay noel say goodbye to your friends goodbye friends good over and out be kind [Applause]

Channel: Buckin' Billy Ray Smith

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Length: 25min 48sec (1548 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 17 2021