Intentional Barber Chair

Where the heck have you been Chaplain? Taglines are so yesterday. All the best, forward thinking, out of the box tree-men are now using an initial tear cut on the top and leaving it hung up, then going down below the hung up top and making yet another topping cut? Makes perfect sense to me?
 
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rico said:
Where the heck have you been Chaplain? Taglines are so yesterday. All the best, forward thinking, out of the box tree-men are now using an initial tear cut on the top and leaving it hung up, then going down below the hung up top and making yet another topping cut? Makes perfect sense to me?
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Yeah sorry been holed up in self preservation tree techniques for so long I think I must be antiquated... not to say I haven’t done this exact thing in an already snapped storm tree, but I don’t think I will be creating a widowmaker as part of my felling routine anytime soon as I am just not that fast at running anymore to chance it.
 
rico said:
Where the heck have you been Chaplain? Taglines are so yesterday. All the best, forward thinking, out of the box tree-men are now using an initial tear cut on the top and leaving it hung up, then going down below the hung up top and making yet another topping cut? Makes perfect sense to me?
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We call that a lunch break around here..
 
rico said:
The shit is getting so deep you might need some hip waders?

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What happens if when you peel them they break and peel off. Peeling isn't too exact. Why not just put a rope on it and be done. Why do anything that could potential create damage when there is an obvious method that eliminates any chance. We have to take enough calculated risks as it is. More silliness.
 
Judging by Daniels last 2 vids he seems to think it's acceptable to just leave limbs and tops hung up in hopes that they will stay put, but we all know what happens when they don't. Shits gets smashed, and/or people get hurt
 
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Judging by Daniels last 2 vids he seems to think it's acceptable to just leave limbs and tops hung up in hopes that they will stay put, but we all know what happens when they don't. Shits gets smashed, people get hurt, or both.
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Common theme smashing shit and lots of yapping. His acceptable level of damage would get you walking papers on my job site.
 
Daniel said:
Used this technique to drop a big ash into the street..

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I am thinking there are examples of testing in other industries. Purposely bringing to failure. My own tensile test of lathe turned steel sections is a meek example but crash testing dummies for the car industry comes to mind also. I found it amusing the first tree refused to barber chair. Am wonderi ng if back cut was TOO far through and it made a hinge out of what was left?
 
Dave tettleton said:
I am thinking there are examples of testing in other industries. Purposely bringing to failure. My own tensile test of lathe turned steel sections is a meek example but crash testing dummies for the car industry comes to mind also. I found it amusing the first tree refused to barber chair. Am wonderi ng if back cut was TOO far through and it made a hinge out of what was left?
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No .. it wasn't far enough and the species made a huge difference. Anyone that has ever tried to split gum for firewood knows that its amazingly tough stuff.

Here's the latest comment on from the IBBC on YouTube:

spelunkerd
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• 3 hours ago
These kind of videos save lives, thank you! I've never seen a barber chair, but I will always remember the ones that I got to safely watch from my computer chair.
 
rico said:
In typical Murphman fashion he tries to tell us after the fact that he meant to hit the stump?
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Yes I did and have used stumps on occasion to protect the lawn from damage. This is in stark contrast to the job of falling trees for lumber when hitting a stump can damage the log. Here's a video at 3:06 showing the intentional bulls-eye on the stump. There was a padding log set up just in case I missed the stump, but the stump took the full impact of the fall, this protecting the lawn from any damage. Sounds like a gun.

 
Heres a recent Yelp comment/review from a client I worked for last week:

- "Rico and his crew showed up 3 hours late, and reeked of marijuana, sex, liquor, and barn yard animals...It didn't take more than 30 minutes and the crew had somehow managed to smash my son Jimmy's swingset, all while Rico and my 24 yr old twin daughters were naked in our hot-tub enjoying a few bottles of my $400 a bottle Merlot...When I told them I was not going to pay them for their services they kidnapped one of my daughters (the pretty one), cleaned out our liquor cabinet, stole 3 of my milking goats and our pet cat "Cuddles", and kicked the living snot out of my poor husband.....Dealing with these heathens was like living through a bad episode of "Vikings". I will be filing a police report!"

Upon further reflection I realize it was probably not the best idea to hire a Tree company who's motto on their business card was "We alway leave the trucks pointed out the driveway, with the motors running."
 
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Het Rico... at the risk of inciting another one of your rampages (as described above), I did find another video of an intentional barber chair. I posted it as unlisted because at this point there is nothing much to learn from it and I wouldn't want some homeowner to think that it's a good idea. I didn't post any disclaimers. Not much of a tree.. Do you want to see it?
 
rico said:
Daniel clearly missed his lay and center punched a locust stump. You never want to intentionally hit stumps with trees/spars as it creates a variable that you have zero control over. Dangerous is an understatement. I have seen men hit stumps, break wood, and send chunks the size of a 2 ton truck 60-80 ft in the air.

In typical Murphman fashion he tries to tell us after the fact that he meant to hit the stump? Kinda like when he meant to hit the fence, or he had permission to hit the swing-set. More dishonest, dangerous hackery!!!!
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Here's another small example of aiming for the stump to protect the lawn and keep the log as clean as possible. I do it from time to time. ash stump for target practice.jpg
 
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