Saw storage

[Mick!]

I like this thread.
I suspect a lot of tidying and lining up in order of size went on before the camera appeared!
Anyway here's mine.

 

[flushcut]

Where in the world did you get those square containers? I've never seen those before.

I bought most of them from Farm & Fleet when they were on sale. When I was living in an apartment and had a small room as my shop/storage and being able to stack the smaller saws was key.

 

[pantheraba]

I like this thread.
I suspect a lot of tidying and lining up in order of size went on before the camera appeared!
Anyway here's mine.

hahaha...just what I would expect from a monkey named Zip, smoking a cigarette and imitating a mob kingpin.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Mine hate being removed from the bed of the truck... .Sorta like a dog going to the vet,

 

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[stig]

How about an upright log with holes for the bar borecut horizontally into it? Then you stick your bar tip into the hole.

If we're cutting small stuff, with no mill logs, and have a skidder/forwarder running around, I usually set my spare saw in a tree that way, to make it harder for the skidder to run over.

Rule of thumb, don't leave saws on the ground when there is a maniac in a skidder racing around!

 

[FireFighterZero]

The saw instructor for the State told us they just hang them from a hook by the handle. I guess because most of the fire guys out west here use full wrap handles and the saws dont fit in boxes. He told us the setup look like big coat hooks.

 

[pantheraba]

How about an upright log with holes for the bar borecut horizontally into it? Then you stick your bar tip into the hole.

If we're cutting small stuff, with no mill logs, and have a skidder/forwarder running around, I usually set my spare saw in a tree that way, to make it harder for the skidder to run over.

Rule of thumb, don't leave saws on the ground when there is a maniac in a skidder racing around!

Ha! Experience is a harsh teacher..the test comes before the lesson. (saw that in somebody's signature).

 

[Reddog]

The saw instructor for the State told us they just hang them from a hook by the handle. I guess because most of the fire guys out west here use full wrap handles and the saws dont fit in boxes. He told us the setup look like big coat hooks.

Seems like in the long run it might take a toll on the AV bushings and springs.

 

[Mick!]

Seems like in the long run it might take a toll on the AV bushings and springs.

Maybe if you were doing pull ups off them! Otherwise I can't see it being an issue.

 

[stig]

Well the weight of one of Burnham's bars may cause damage if the saw is left hanging too long

 

[Tucker943]

Hanging them by the pistol grip doesn't hurt a thing. Ive seen it done in company garages that have done it that way for decades. I myself used to do it like that but my current garage doesn't allow for it. Easy peasy. No carpentry, no nothing. Big J hooks from the hardware store.

 

[Reddog]

Guess I have worked around to many that can break a hammer head.

 

[Tucker943]

I don't follow?

 

[stig]

If you can break a hammer head, you can frig ANYTHING up!

 

[Cobleskill]

My son had a nice Chinese 2 pound hand sledge. Big chunks were coming off the one end. I was using the other side to pound plastic wedge and a chunk came out of that end. I left it on the stump.

 

[Cut4fun]

I just come across this pic.

Looks like a treated 4x4 being used to me. Maybe this might work for some of you.

 

[stig]

That was what I suggested.
Being a logger, I thought log instead of 4x4.

 

[Reddog]

I don't follow?

If you can break a hammer head, you can frig ANYTHING up!

I see Stig has worked with a few also.

 

[Tucker943]

I know the type.

 

[FJR]

That was what I suggested.
Being a logger, I thought log instead of 4x4.

Stig, what you mentioned is my ideal/dream setup. I would like an Oak log stood up, maybe 30" in diameter and 6-8' tall, and seal it. This is of course after my dream shop is built that has the room for it, so it's going to be a while.

 

[FireFighterZero]

We have a guy here that we say "could wreck an anvil and lose the pieces".

I once saw him come into the shop with a vice grip on the steering shaft of his pickup. He was driving down the highway and his steering wheel came off, couldn't get it back on in time, and drove the rest of the way to town with a vice grip steering wheel.

 

[Mick!]

My old man used to say "you could muck up a fine day" (he didn't use the word "muck" but it rhymed with muck)

 

[Cobleskill]

Nice. We tried to use the loose steering wheel nut to explain how my neighbors (who was a great target) mailbox got run over. The cop went pretty easy on us (we were just kids) We had to fix the mailbox.

Anyone ever break name brand Vice Grips? My son is good at it.

 

[Al Smith]

How long does it take to do noticeable damage to something? years?

I would say quite some time .Although if it were true galvanic action it would go a lot quicker .

The few I have that had had deteriation most likely had sat on either concrete or in direct contact with the ground .Funny thing is where it might show signs of failure doesn't neccessarily mean that exact spot was what contacted the concrete .It could be any where like the top of the fuel tank .