How Do You Brace Yourself When Takin A Wild Ride?
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Bixler
TreeHouser
Keeping the loaded lateral on the far side of your body position and your TIP... Not in between.
Szajer
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Alright. This also has to do with my pulley saver from Teufleberger doing something odd.
Midway out a 40' horizontal, butt hitching with a whoopie sling with pinto pulley attached. My tie in was approximately 30' above- in a pulley saver— and I was at 45degrees. As I cut, it pops and the kerf snatches my saw chain. I was not letting it go, so the force of the limbs whiplash and the fact that the branch is falling away 4' with me still hanging on, caused me to slap my face and body against the remaining branch.
I'm hanging on to my saw for dear life and somehow managed to pitch it just right that it released. I'm feeling my face for lacerations and pulled myself upright again onto the branch. I look up at my tie in and noticed that the entire pinto pulley and tail had completely come through the captive eye, causing it to turn into a girth hitch. Somehow, the tail had unclipped from my line- "the red clip," and totally pulled thru.
No, I wasn't in danger of falling, but I'm still unsure how the hell that happened. I now had to climb back up and reset the pulley saver.
What I learned from this accident is that I'll never remove the top- leaving a stub that I'm tied into. From the flailing of the branch causing the line to slack and tighten, it could've easily thrown and flipped a loop of my line — causing me to completely lose my main line. Scary stuff.
Midway out a 40' horizontal, butt hitching with a whoopie sling with pinto pulley attached. My tie in was approximately 30' above- in a pulley saver— and I was at 45degrees. As I cut, it pops and the kerf snatches my saw chain. I was not letting it go, so the force of the limbs whiplash and the fact that the branch is falling away 4' with me still hanging on, caused me to slap my face and body against the remaining branch.
I'm hanging on to my saw for dear life and somehow managed to pitch it just right that it released. I'm feeling my face for lacerations and pulled myself upright again onto the branch. I look up at my tie in and noticed that the entire pinto pulley and tail had completely come through the captive eye, causing it to turn into a girth hitch. Somehow, the tail had unclipped from my line- "the red clip," and totally pulled thru.
No, I wasn't in danger of falling, but I'm still unsure how the hell that happened. I now had to climb back up and reset the pulley saver.
What I learned from this accident is that I'll never remove the top- leaving a stub that I'm tied into. From the flailing of the branch causing the line to slack and tighten, it could've easily thrown and flipped a loop of my line — causing me to completely lose my main line. Scary stuff.
MasterBlaster
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Crikey!
Szajer
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Partially
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No
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- #58
What I'm tryin to determine is whether you had one hand on your bodyline to stabilize with, and the other cutting, like I do?
I'm a firm believer in one handing a trimsaw in certain situations.
Jomo
I'm a firm believer in one handing a trimsaw in certain situations.
Jomo
Szajer
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I start with two hands, since it takes two to start. I start cutting forward, tip end, with both hands, then I release with the right and grab the line above my climbing system/hitch climber — as I round the saw back, then leveling and straight thru. Done to avoid the limb from tearing. Two hands until the saw has a decent kerf to sit in for better stability.
MasterBlaster
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- #61
Yup, but when you're out 40 feet from the trunk? You have to lanyard in to make the cut safely.
What else yu gonna do? Take a 40 foot ride?
Jomo
Thought you looked like a Marlboro man MB.
edit: was that for me or MB?
What else yu gonna do? Take a 40 foot ride?
Jomo
Thought you looked like a Marlboro man MB.
edit: was that for me or MB?
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Just get it done.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Pass the Dutchie on tha left hand side!
Szajer
alive with pleasure
You on drugs bro.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Yep, straight from the VA.
Szajer
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Bixler
TreeHouser
MasterBlaster
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I don't quite understand... do you mean you straight arm the tree?
MasterBlaster
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So it boils down to stiff-arm vs bear hug. The bear hug is a timing thing...
