one handed saw use

[Al Smith]

I don't know how you would start a 200T unless you did drop it .There isn't a place to put your foot .

 

[gf beranek]

Try as I might I couldn't do it either, Al.

 

[mistahbenn]

(Slight derail, update on the poor fellow with the neck fatality....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-38146182 )

 

[MasterBlaster]

What is that structure? Some sort of camp?

 

[SeanKroll]

Yurt.

 

[Levi]

Looks like a yurt.

 

[Levi]

 

[Grendel]

I'm not wearing neck chaps. . . I'll lock my damn thumbs ok!

 

[rbtree]

http://www.treemagineers.com/blog/we-can-do-better/

Fair enough I think

Agreed.

 

[mistahbenn]

Hey Butch are you wearing a neck chap in your profile pic?

 

[MasterBlaster]

A balaclava.

It was cold.

 

[August Hunicke]

(Slight derail, update on the poor fellow with the neck fatality....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-38146182 )

Sad, but not bad luck. They don't want to say operator error at a time like this I suppose.

 

[Benjo75]

Butch, have you cut a hole in it yet for a cigarette?

 

[stig]

Never drop start up here.

https://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/pubs/chainsaw.php

Sharpen you saw if you smell burned wood...........I'll say!

 

[Limbrat]

Yeah that's brilliant. Try this one in the tree; "Start by putting one foot on the bracket to the rear of the saw"

 

[SeanKroll]

A balaclava.

It was cold.

54*?

 

[MasterBlaster]

I don't remember how cold it was, but it was cold enough for me to wear it. I was about to be riding the ball and it was quite breezy.

No need to cut a hole - it pulls down under my chin.

 

[Raj]

Just for a little fun from 3 or so years ago. I always make sure my little girl uses two hands.

 

[Altissimus]

Nice pic

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Too cute.

 

[RegC]

A short vid update. Thanks for your patience guys. I know we're milking it a bit now, but a little self evaluation on how we're using the saws from time to time cant hurt really. Thanks

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[treebilly]

Nicely done.
I try to stay out of this debate for many of the reasons you do. I was taught quite the same as you and I learned when and where, but I refrain from teaching others this way. In today's world it's not codusive(spelling) to any of us to teach this habit. I apologize to you as I've used one of your lines from a previous video many times saying I do it because I'm a lazy fook. Im currently trying to teach a young man to be my replacement and I am in the constant battle with him over the one handed thing. I've done it since day one but I feel it's my responsibility to teach him better than I was taught. The problem is, I don't know any better. I do it when I need to, but I could do things a bit different to make it "safer" at times. I took your video and his blog as a moment to reflect on myself and how I affect the guys I work with. Hopefully something good came of it.
Stay safe my friend

 

[Levi]

Replacement? Where you goin Rich?

It's never a bad thing to talk about safety, in my opinion. Complacency killz.

 

[treebilly]

I'm not going anywhere for a while but he is only 22. I actually joke that he could be my kid. All in good fun and only on mom joke mondays

 

[Levi]

Mom joke Mondays, nice. I used to work with a guy who was always on about salty Tuesdays.