barber chair?

[Billy]

[ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XkHw8zbRm44&feature=related[/ame]

 

do they get more violent than this? first time i have seen it, being fortunate enough to work with people who know what they're doing, that looked fairly tame.

[scotspine1]

Many times in this line of work we're felling trees where we have no escape route due to walls, buildings etc, which is why a tree barberchairing like that wouldn't be fairly tame. If that split stem had landed on your skull chances are you'd be well and truly dead from having your spine snapped at the back of your neck, at the very least you'd have a broken collar bone and dislocated shoulder. The guy should've used a bore cut with a holding strap or a sharper and faster saw, he didnt have clue what he was doing and was obviously a total amateur just playing at it. Good video though, thanks for showing.