Full Wrap vs. 3/4 Wrap?

[cory]

What's wrong with back chaining?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Works great when cutting through ants!!!

 

[Stumpshot]

Carpenter ants or do you have fire ants in your neck of the woods?

 

[MasterBlaster]

We have biting ants!!!

 

[squisher]

While backchaining the saw is somewhat trying to push itself towards you, especially if it encounters something like a nail/spike. Also it reduces the effectiveness of dogging in.

 

[cory]

Dogging is usually unnecessary with a pushing chain eh?

 

[SeanKroll]

Once you go wrap....there's no going back.

In the tree it's superior for all the same reasons it is on the ground. No backchaining and able to use the dogs properly no matter which side of the tree/cut you're on. You can always use the saw in the safest most efficient configuration no matter which side you're on.

And yet they don't catch on.

 

[Jonny]

I'll bet some people here would buy them, if the dealers tried selling them. Never seen one in my 4 area shops.
Not for felling on hilly terrain but for climbing.

I'm excited to try it. It's not a matter of needing the additional <90° of grip, but that if it's there, I'll use it. I'm comfortable back chaining if I need to, but it'd be faster to just dog in and lean on it.

 

[stig]

Dogging is usually unnecessary with a pushing chain eh?

Just put the dogs on the saw backwards.

 

[Tree09]

 

[squisher]

Dogging is usually unnecessary with a pushing chain eh?

Dog in let the saw do the work, let the tree hold the saw, be in the safest position always.

 

[SeanKroll]

I run one dog 'up' and one dog 'down'. Works a treat.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I just use my massive strength, no dogs needed.

 

[Burnham]

Woof.

 

[MasterBlaster]

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[pantheraba]

Downward Dog!!! Playtime!

 

[Burnham]

None of that, now...