Poll is 27 to zero for using a face...I'd vote for using a face too, except for the occasional Coos Bay. Need one more option in the poll :D.
http://gypoclimber.com/showthread.php?t=9510
Gotcha...so barberchairing was not a big issue, but uncontrolled direction of fall still is.
If he can accelerate the skidder fast enough to keep ahead of the speed the tree falls, I reckon it could work out most of the time...but people usually don't keep going that fast that long.
One thing we can remind ourselves of is the Coos Bay felling cut. Recall that Jerry Beranek describes it with no face, as opposed to my own variation of it. Here's a link to the thread where we hashed it out.
http://gypoclimber.com/showthread.php?t=9410
Now this fella is not doing the same...
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