kdjacob2000
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Howdy.
New member. First post.
I've been taking down mature ash trees on my property dead on dying from the emerald ash borer.
Yesterday, I had a classic barber chair occur as one of the trees went down. See pix.
1 of 4: showing big tall barber chair from direction of fall.
2 of 4: showing my hinge, which looks good (thickness = 10% of DBH).
3 of 4: behind the hinge, which also looks good.
4 of 4: showing how far back from the stump the tree fell, YIKES!
This is why you clear your escape route, put your saw down when the tree starts falling, and walk briskly away.
(I'm Level IV in Game of Logging).
My question to the community here is whether EOB infection makes ash trees more prone to barber chairing. I know they're uncommonly dry and long-straight-grained, but I've felled a lot of them over the years and never had this happen.
I love ash for firewood and the woodshop but I'm not into big danger, and this one scared me.
Any thoughts?
New member. First post.
I've been taking down mature ash trees on my property dead on dying from the emerald ash borer.
Yesterday, I had a classic barber chair occur as one of the trees went down. See pix.
1 of 4: showing big tall barber chair from direction of fall.
2 of 4: showing my hinge, which looks good (thickness = 10% of DBH).
3 of 4: behind the hinge, which also looks good.
4 of 4: showing how far back from the stump the tree fell, YIKES!
This is why you clear your escape route, put your saw down when the tree starts falling, and walk briskly away.
(I'm Level IV in Game of Logging).
My question to the community here is whether EOB infection makes ash trees more prone to barber chairing. I know they're uncommonly dry and long-straight-grained, but I've felled a lot of them over the years and never had this happen.
I love ash for firewood and the woodshop but I'm not into big danger, and this one scared me.
Any thoughts?