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That's a nice old tractor Good tire chains and ballist on the front Your rigged up well Keep up the good work

Where are the machines located

That plunge cut was ridiculously shallow, thus the barber chair. How much experience does the feller have? By how new his chaps, hardhat, and equipment appear to be, as well as how clean his clothing is, probably not too much. That Weaver logging belt looks like it's seeing its first time in the forest.

Wearing all the protective gear does not make you a logger , too many things done incorrectly. For your safety stay out of the woods with a chainsaw !!

I love those father-son operations. My dad was a logger in South Tyrol (Italy) but he passed when I was 6. I am jeaulous on all young men who still got a dad, even I am old now myself

Boring out the heart would have saved the tree, if you are going to cut like that you have to stay in there and cut more if the hinge so it doesn’t split

Lucky for him that tree dont stay up on heigh

Those are good looking slabs! I get tired of watching WoodMizer mills and really enjoy seeing the occasional Cook's mill since I also have one. Keep them coming.

All brand new gear indicates no experience whatsoever

Pretty tough the barber chair a beech tree. More likely I could see maybe hickory or white oak red oak ash

If you talked any slower you never cut a log

I had to research and see what a Barber Chair cut is, because one of my neighbors just got killed from something that went wrong doing this. BE CAREFUL Ya'll !

The tree barber-chaired because the cutter was using a Husqvarna chainsaw.

I dont think these. Clowns know what they're doing.

Well ya, clearly you’re inexperienced. Your wedge is way too shallow. Saw doesn’t cut because chain is dull. Cut some smaller trees for experience for a couple of weeks. Also do a little reading.

Can I please ask you a question: I watched your barber chair video, and a lot of the comments were suggesting that your notch/face cut is to shallow and you should have gone 1/3 in to the tree. Did you ever figure out if this was one of your issues when cutting down that tree? I cut trees similar to what you did in the video- vertical face cut to 80% dbh - which typical does not reach 1/3 into the tree. Id like to learn from your experience with that barber chair tree and im wondering if the depth of the notch was a factor. Thank you. Also great video on TSI.

Stuff happens some times.

Please dont give advice on what you know nothing about, Im sorry to be blunt, but youve earned it~! First strap the tree, and seek professional advice ~! You're both a joke as it comes to falling, and using a chainsaw. Your son could of been killed~!

Thanks for the video! This was helpful.

Greetings from Randolph, NY

Way too shallow wedge cut ! Dangerous !

I agree, face cut was a way too shallow.

He just stood there watching it split.. mist guys you see with a barber chair run like hell and ask questions later.. holy shoot dude. Get the hell away

If you turned the tank upside down and backwards before cutting it, you could have used that old fill fitting for the forced air blower to the firebox. Did you add a grate for under the wood inside the box? It might also make it hotter if you extended the chimney, forcing more air through. This looks great.

If you put a heavy strap or chain above the cut, would that prevent a barber chair?

That tree was safe to cut- about 18 inches higher... with a 1/3rd front cut instead of 1/5th. Even without the title and audio I could have told you that tree was destined to barber chair with that cut, and I'm hardly an expert. He did NOT do everything right- He did everything wrong.

And always or most of the time have a escaping route 45 degree angle away from the three When I see it to BC I was saying to myself move away 45 degrees fast. The comments before me are very learning from Thank you for taking the time to to explain

least you got a flat side already for the saw bench lol

I like the sawmill videos.

Nice. I see many people putting a center cross brace. Do you think it’s necessary?

Besides the bad notch, I noriced aomething else. Your exit path is filled with small trees, sticks and brush. You did a poor job of clearing your exit. You can never clean it up too much. When the tree barber chaired, if you had been cuaght off guard and needed to turn to run, you'd have smacked right into that small tree (the one your hand was on as you watched it fall). Also, you shoukd have been LONG GONE when you saw it starting to barber chair, not standing by admiring your work.

I like your videos keep up the good work.

Would a cargo strap keep away barber chair? 14:28

A question; he is a professional specialist as far as we can see but... I would have looked deeper into the fall cut, I was surprised that it was so shallow... The tree was healthy and in an upright posture and nothing suggested the problem occurred. What can you tell me about it?

Looks like a good video to show why a hydraulic lever is needed before someone wares their shoulder out........

After using tractor with FEL for 16 years getting out wood, it would drive nuts without one now...

He cut way too low and his face cut was way too shallow. His face was only around 10%. You can cut low like that but you need to go deeper. If he was higher on his face cut about a foot or 14" or so and made his face the same size it still would have barber chaired. No use of wedges. You have wedges on your belt. Use them. You don't need to plunge cut. You just need to face it properly and use your wedges. You guys are going to get hurt by simply not following the basic guidelines of tree felling. 30% hinge no more than 35% depending on the lean.

As others have already commented your face cut is way to shallow, looks like you just squared off the base of the trunk and allowed the weight of the branches to pull the tree over.

Great video. Thank you for sharing!

The chain needs to be sharpned

Good video, and like your information and suggestions. Looks like you doubled up the speed. Enjoyed it more when I watched it at half speed as it was more normal movement. Good job, and wish my woods was that brush-free and flat as yours.

THE ROD ON THE END OF THE CHAIN IS CALLED A "WEASEL" AFTER THE ANIMAL.

Very good tutorial video. Thanks

Great video, I'm glad you didn't get hurt. There is a lot to learn in your line of work. Good luck, and happy felling

I am a big fan of Cooks mills I love seeing one in action.

A wedge is made of plastic and is used to keep the chain bar from being pinched and to push the tree over

Looks awesome I’m gonna build the exact same thing this year

That’s technically not a barber chair. That is just the tree splitting from improper cutting. If the tree really barber chaired this guy would have been killed. To anybody watching, please don’t think that what you saw in this video is a true barber chair and become complacent. Look up other videos of barber chairing and the cause/prevention.

I made a video on astrophysics. I hadn’t even heard about astrophysics until last week and that’s when I looked it up on Wikipedia and read half the article, now I’m ready to to make a video to teach people what I know about it.

The cutting here is far too low. A professional feller cuts higher because it’s quicker to rise and exit from a more upright posture. It’s important to do so quickly more times than not.