Chainsaw Lanyard

[OTGBOSTON]

I've always liked the bungee lanyards. Actually don't have one right now 'cuz one of the rocket scientists that works for me managed to cut it

Anywhooo, I prefer the one with the snap on the end (as opposed to the ring)

 

[Höllenreich]

No way that short bastard will be long enough for me to do my business. WTF? :what:

I always add a quick link with a dog snap onto the small ring and click that back to the large ring. Connect the loop strap with a girth hitch to a work benier and then connect to saddle. Dog snap allowes you to release and put saw back, one handed if ya buy the right knid of snap, look for the one that has a 45 degree angle at the gate.

 

[Drella]

Never used one.

I simply snap the saw onto my saddle, total length; 2"

I'm a left clipping, right hander also....

 

[DMc]

Well, I guess I am really in the minority. I have always used a lanyard (nonbreakaway). The current lanyard I am using is just a worn end of a retired climbing line. Two locking carabiners attached with scaffold knots. I tried one of the nylon-strap lanyards with a ring on it. Really didn't like it. The ring got in my way more than it helped.

I have a pear-shaped paddle biner on the left and right side of my saddle so I can hang the saw on either side.

Just curious on you guys that have had serious problems with saw snatch, was it early in your career? And if not, for those who have had it happen recently, did it truly surprise you, like "I had no idea" or was it one of those "yeah, maybe it will but what the heck, I'm tired" kind of things.

I have been around climbers who used no lanyards and I have seen saws come out of trees. In my eyes, this is just not acceptable.

Dave

 

[Monkeywithasaw]

what i use is a simple 60'' dog leash and cut the snap off bend the leash back on its self and put zip ties thru the hole where u just cut the snap off put a carabiner or snap in the new loop you just created by putting the zip ties on. that way u have a break away and the leash is long enuff for either hand

 

[JIML]

I had a hunk of pine stay attached to my saw a month? ago. I didn't let go of the saw and it ended up breaking the chain. Which is no surprise considering they buy the cheapest chains around.

edit: I have fixed a 200t that a guy did the same thing I did, but it pretty much ripped the handle clean off the saw..

 

[Burnham]

Maybe time for y'all to start letting go, Jim .

 

[C. Kirk]

I use 1 small dog leash wrap around my saddle to hold the saw up close & 60" dog leash on the saw when cutting. All my saw's need to be on the right away from my ropes.

 

[thattreeguy]

Here ya go boss... Like I described... Loop, Ring and clip... 49 inch
http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=21342&catID=

when i have to use one, its what i use, i clip the lower ring on the saw lanyard to an accesory biner on the ring on the right hip, keeps my saw right at my finger tips,
im too big for the bungee type, limits my reach
i only use them for big saws

 

[CurSedVoyce]

All else fails (if a rocket scientist nicks my lanyard (dont ask) ) I always have bull tape from PG&E in the truck (2200#) that makes a fine lanyard with a biner and a loop... Lanyard on the fly ... LOL

 

[treesandsurf]

So has anyone ever had one "breakaway?"

Yup, worked flawlessly. Mismatched my cuts ever so slightly on a fairly large horizontal round I was piecing out of a Silk Oak. Grabbed the chain, pulled the saw out of my hands and ripped the lanyard right at the stitching. 338 went about forty feet to the ground, no damage. Had to buy another lanyard though, .

jp

 

[JohnB]

3/8" rope, One end tied to a snap run other end through back ring on saw then tie a tauntline hitch. A good strong adjustable lanyard.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I tried it out today, in the bucket. It worked great attaching it to my dominant hand side dee, as it's evidently designed for.

 

[Koa Man]

I hate using lanyards. They get in the way and slow me down. I only dropped a saw once in the past 3 years and the saw kept on running. The ground man had to turn it off to send it back up. Nothing got damaged on the saw either.

 

[gf beranek]

In 42 years I've dropped two saws from the saw lanyard snap un-clipping at some point while I was cutting. Then lowering the saw to hang by the lanyard, but it just kept on going. Big surprise each time. So I use a locking snap now.

Saw snatchers? Mostly operator error there,, from my experience anyway. I see it happen most in cutting wood sections and the sawyer bypass's the undercut. The section parts from the stem like a snap cut, and the chain gets caught in the curf of the work.... oops. Equals big jerk every time.

Although wood pull is big culprit to snatching a saw too, and there's often not much one can do to prevent that.

I make my own saw lanyards from twisted half inch nylon, cheap soft-lay stuff you get from the hardware store. Three tucks, non critical and-easy to splice. Length to suit my arms reach. Cost just a few dollars. I recall once having melted through a poly lanyard and have never used poly since.

 

[Stumper]

Tsk, tsk, Jer, You know you are supposed to use 5 tucks with nylon.

 

[MasterBlaster]

My good buddy Tommy D brought up a good point about the importance of using a lanyard, check it out. I wonder how much that blunder cost?

 

[Al Smith]

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I recall once having melted through a poly lanyard and have never used poly since.

On that praticular type of line/rope in my opinion it's only good use is in line work because of its' electrical insulting properties .Other than that it doesn't even make a good clothes line .

 

[NickfromWI]

I have one that's about 48", no bungee that Nick made. I hook it in the middle and have clips on both side for my saw. Mostly it lives on the right, but I flip flop depending.

Let's see that bad boy in use!!!

I use the stock bungee lanyard. I've made a few for folks. 3/8 yalex with bungee inside. It works well, but the bungee makes the rope loosey-goosey when the bungee is contracted. It probably increases the chance of the strands getting pulled out by twigs and stuff.

love
nick

 

[Bermy]

I've got the bungee lanyard clipped to the centre loop on the back of my harness, I have a bent gate crab in the webbing on either hip, so I can clip the saw high either left or right and when it hangs the weight is centred on the back of my harness, not pulling me lopsided.
With the main end clipped in the centre I get the same reach left and right.

Some guys I know clip their saw lanyard into the ring on the sliding bridge in front...keeps the weight completely off you and the harness when its hanging...

 

[MasterBlaster]

So far, I've had no problem adjusting to the lanyard. I attached a 12" tiedown to the back center of my saddle, and I hook the lanyard to that.