Barber chair!

[Aaron king]

Felled a large leaning sycamore yesterday and it barber chaired up to about 12ft high! First time it's ever happened to me. Is there anything that could of caused it? Ie my cut or angle

 

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[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

How did you approach the felling cut? Did you plunge and release or just go standard?

[Aaron king]

How did you approach the felling cut? Did you plunge and release or just go standard?

Just used a standing felling cut, tree split out with around 6" of holding wood remaining

 

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[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Theres your problem! If you plunge cut removing the middle wood first and retaining a holding strap at the back of the tree then released it when you had your hinge set up at the correct thickness it would not have happened.

Does that make sense?

[Aaron king]

Yes it does Haha. Doing a plunge cut does make sense now, will remember that for the future. Definitely kept me on my toes yesterday lol

 

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[drinksloe]

Sycamore is a bad/brittle timber anyway and will barber chair more easily than most.

 

I've discovered since being on here i have no idea wot different cuts are called:001_smile:

But i always do the proper cuts on leaning trees even soft woods as they are just so dangerous when they go wrong.

Sometimes more of a problem on smaller trees asnot got the room to do the usual cut

 

The proper cut is to bore into treee behind the hinge for the back cut and cut towards the back of tree, ur meant to leave a tag, but i have to admit i often just come straight out

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

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[Aaron king]

Cheers! Both techniques are obviously a lot better then the standard felling cut. Know what I did wrong now lol

 

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[Stubby]

Some times it helps also to bore the hinge also ( in addition to leaving some holding wood at the back ) so there are less fibers attached .

[spuddog0507]

Some times it helps also to bore the hinge also ( in addition to leaving some holding wood at the back ) so there are less fibers attached .

 

Dog tooth cut comes to mind which you should of done on your cs 30/31 ? If it had of hit you it would of hurt ! There has just been a bloke killed in the scotish borders with same thing flung him about 20 mtrs through the air against another tree tho, so it pays to learn your cuts and pay attention to what ur doing, but we all cut corners to save a bit of time and it don't always pay, stay safe.