intentional barber chair

[murphy4trees]

for clarity...
high pull line and skid steer are used to induce front lean with enough force to split the trunk... so no one is anywhere near the danger zone.... and no face cut (or undercut) is made...

 

[woodworkingboy]

Without a cut, given the common usage of "barber chair", I wonder if that term would apply? It might be better to call it a Charles Manson, as in helter skelter.

 

[squisher]

Might be better to call it a three page thread about nothing.

 

[Pelorus]

Three pages of nothingness could be termed "a Seinfeld" or a "Cosmo Kramer"

Hit that there cone 50'-60' away with no notch.........hmmmmm.

 

[murphy4trees]

just outside the box..
straight grain... wonder if twist in the grain will effect the lay... bet it does..

 

[biggun]

So where is the video?

 

[Mick!]

Might be better to call it a three page thread about nothing.

Agreed
Four pages now.

 

[sotc]

Video of what

 

[murphy4trees]

I can't think of any good reasons to intentionally BC a tree.

That's all the house has ??? I showed you one in the photo....

 

[flushcut]

ummm what!? You barber chaired a tree intentionally do you want an award or something? I see it as being foolhardy and bad practice. Ok you did it "safely" still no reason to BC a tree what so ever in a work environment.

 

[murphy4trees]

exactly!

 

[woodworkingboy]

My illuminating barber chair experience was cutting a tree that had another leaning on it. A vid of such a situation might have safer informed.

 

[Altissimus]

I hereby declare Murphy4trees is ... the Donald Trump of the TreeHouse

 

[MasterBlaster]

I could handle being the Trumpster!

 

[murphy4trees]

I wish we had more to talk about...

 

[Tim_B.]

How's this? Is there any chance at all that murphy4trees and Jose A Ruiz are one and the same?

 

[woodworkingboy]

I don't think you'd get very good odds in Vegas on that one.

 

[squisher]

Well atleast the old Murph would troll with a fancy video lure. The new Murph is just lame.

Put up or shut up.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[murphy4trees]

you guys could put up an idea at least...

Here's another one I tried today in a near zero risk situation.. from the bucket of course.. this cut would kill a climber

a little twist in the grain did turn the tree 15-20º from the gun... and the pull line was 15-20º the other direction...

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'm missing something here...

 

[murphy4trees]

a brain? JK Butch

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hey, I'm not as good as I once was...

 

[MasterBlaster]

But I'm good once as I ever was!

 

[murphy4trees]

85-90' tulip, tall skinny thing maybe 26-28" dbh... back cut only (no notch) made half way through, at about 30-35' height.. high pull line ... this is what happens when you tell the skid op to pull it till it breaks...