Barber Chair

[TreeDimensional]

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[MasterBlaster]

I wonder why it did that???

 

[SkwerI]

My guess is because he stopped cutting when he hit the internal crack and heard it pop. That 30 seconds of standing around looking at it while the entire tree was pulling on that weak spot allowed it to split. If he had just finished the back cut I believe he could have finished the hinge before it split.

 

[woodworkingboy]

I think Butch was being facetious. Just shows that even a mild leaning tree will do that.

 

[Burnham]

That vid has been posted before, in the old THouse...don't recall which forum/thread. Skwerl said the same thing then, too...and I agreed with him that time around as well .

 

[SkwerI]

You've taught me well, Burnham. I've learned far more about felling trees here on the forum than I've ever done in the field. Urban arboriculture doesn't provide many opportunities for production felling.

 

[MasterBlaster]

But I didn't see any limbs to speak of that would cause it to be such a heavy head leaner!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Gravity and too much holding wood.

 

[Burnham]

Butch, you can't see the crown at all, it's out of the frame...how would you be able to tell about limb weight?

 

[woodworkingboy]

You can tell after the fact. That pole does not appear to have any limbs

 

[Burnham]

Ahh, I didn't watch the whole thing after I recognized it...I defer.

 

[wiley_p]

Part of sizing up a tree is consideration of species. That is an Alder, for that tree, it has a moderate lean, that will bite you if improperly cut up. That "faller" demonstrated improper technique quite well.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I maintain that was the anomaly, not the norm, and I still wonder why it acted like it had a BobCat pulling on it.

 

[MasterBlaster]

The Cheese stands Alone.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[Newfie]

Saw didn't appear to be cutting all that fast for a tree that size.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Maybe some rot in the pole, so the hinge failed prematurely, leading to bc.

 

[murphy4trees]

This is a great video of just how easy it is to get killed by making a bad cut.. a must see for any rookie faller..

There was clearly an unintentional bypass dutchman on the face.. the evidence of that is in the little bit of movement and then the stop.. so the tree moved until the kerf closed, just barely perceptible on the vid. That is why the guy stopped and took a step back..

the next clear evidence of the bypass is when he is pushing what was left of the tree by hand.. it was ready to go, but couldn't becasue of the bypass.. so he had to cut 'til the hinge failed

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Daniel, its good to see you participating in other people's threads with a positive attitude and input. Thanks.

 

[MasterBlaster]

One shouldn't have to thank someone for doing that.

 

[Blinky]

Sound analysis though.

 

[Old Monkey]

Clearly.

 

[squisher]

Maybe some rot in the pole, so the hinge failed prematurely, leading to bc.

That seems backasswards to me.

 

[bstewert]

Check out this naturally occurring barber chair I saw last week at a state park here in Portland. I like how it decided to fall exactly between two trees.

http://www.tryonfriends.org/

 

[Old Monkey]

A competing tree service did this next door to one of my jobs. The crew were latino and spoke no English otherwise I would have explained to them the error of their ways. The owner of that company sends his guys out under trained and under experienced.