Why you shouldn't let your 'mate' do it.

[Mark Bolam]

Bet it was frosty.

 

Ash is prone to exploding a bit when frozen, IME.

 

Lucky man. Or is there a corpse lying just out of camera shot?

[felixthelogchopper]

With a still-running chainsaw next to it?

[Mesterh]

Ohh very lucky!!

Did they have a pulling rope on it or did it have a very lob sided crown?

 

 

 

 

 

This is a barber chair

 

Bear in mind the scaffold plank is 10ft

 

If the Stem hadn't held on top I would have had a very good chance of dying

 

Fixed it for you.

[Tom D]

Well dodgy that, easy to do with ash too. I did it once, felling on a big site, I was fellin tree after tree while guys came up and cleared behind me. Wasn't paying attention and didn't look at the top properly as it was growing through some big roddies. Should have dog toothed it. Lesson learned, I can tell you they go with a bang, if you were standing behind it you'd be badly injured, even if it doesn't come off and land on you.

[redmoosefaction]

Should have dog toothed it.

 

 

What's that then?

[felixthelogchopper]

Gob cut, bore cut, sever the strap to complete the cut

[aleach1728]

Now they dont teach ya about that on your CS30/31!!

[Mozza]

Now they dont teach ya about that on your CS30/31!!

 

I got told about the risk Barber chairs on mine

[Tom D]

There's a couple of dog tooths on this vid, Bore and release is propper name I think.

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/video-forum/9354-felling-big-willows.html

[felixthelogchopper]

I got told about the risk Barber chairs on mine

 

Likewise. It's why they teach you the dogtooth.