Barber chair!

[MattyF]

Dull chains don't help either on not so heavy leaners that you would usually not dogs tooth on... I've had a few last trees of the day especially ash at this time of year that have been almost straight and have barbers chaired because I should of gone home and sharpened the saw.

[SteveA]

I've had an ash tree barbours chair.... it wasn't leaning much but it was on an exposed slope and with strong gusts of wind. Should have bore cut. Scared the heck out of me, it happens so fast.... I nearly shat myself.

Cheers, Steve

[gdh]

I've had it with what I thought was a straight ash but had all the branches on one side, split about 12ft up and stayed there. Only got it down safely with a winch.

 

If in doubt do a dog tooth.

[Mike Hill]

On the small ones,you can use a finn cut too

 

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[drinksloe]

The other thing the old boys (pre chainsaw days) was to tie a chain round the butt to stop it splitting.

A ratchet strap would do the same job, if u had 1 near

[Khriss]

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 .

 

I got into the habit of this after a winter felling big sweet chestnut - felled a few over 18"....fine .... then the sap started rising in January an they suddenly started barber-chairing like a bastard ! So bore cut n bored hinge regular - it's often unpredicatable K

[skyhuck]

Most of the pictures I've seen of barbered trees, the gobs are far to small, imo, this is like having no gob.

 

Many would consider my gobs far to big, but I've never had a barbers chair.

[chuck norris]

In my experience smaller trees (under 10") barber chair a lot more.

[MattyF]

This lads first day in the woods spent a good while showing him how to barbers chair a tree so I could leave him felling out side leaning trees but be aware of how not to do and none of them would ! got the opportunity on the end though.

Another ash different day but put down to just pushing myself when I should of left it for the morning and gone for a pint.

[Joe Newton]

In my experience smaller trees (under 10") barber chair a lot more.

If a tree under 10" it's barber chairing you're doing something seriously wrong.

 

A sharp saw and conventional cut should do it no trouble.

 

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