Beginners Chainsaw Course

[Darrin Turnbull]

Been working for a landscape company , two of their workers have just completed a chainsaw course . I think upto 30 cm 12 ins diameter felling.

They were telling me about leaving a hold at the back and were told to use it as much as possible 

 The reason was , they decide when it should fall not the tree.

 

what do you guys think ? 

[Steve Bullman]

absolute nonsense.  If anything its increasing the chance of an accident.  We all know a kickback is more likely to occur doing a bore cut then simply coming in from the back.

[Steve Bullman]

Maybe they are teaching this on the assumption that the student doesn't have the brains to decide when its necessary, so just do it all the time.  Who knows what they are thinking

[Darrin Turnbull]

I think it’s some kind of a trend.

 

[Steve Bullman]

they'll be wearing pink chainsaw trousers next.  Oh wait, thats already a thing

[The avantgardener]

11 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

they'll be wearing pink chainsaw trousers next.  Oh wait, thats already a thing

It could just be that they have not explained what they mean properly.

In the felling up to 380mm they train a dogs tooth cut for heavy forward weighted trees, where the back hold is severed last, or a danish cut which can be used for a tree that is not excessively leaning forward/back/side, where a hold is left at the back and severed last, with or without the use of s felling lever.

 

[peds]

^^ That's exactly what we were taught (November last year). They are just cuts that you can use if it looks like the tree needed it, definitely not that they should be used as much as possible. It was tricky trying to squeeze a Danish into some of the smaller trees we were given anyway.

[Rough Hewn]

I think the guys who told you,didn't understand what they were being taught.

Bore cut to relieve tension and reduce barbers chair on leaning tree,
Dog cut to release.

Can also be used in forestry to avoid a slow fall getting hung up.

Don't try this on a vertical tree without wedges.

[Khriss]

14 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Maybe they are teaching this on the assumption that the student doesn't have the brains to decide when its necessary, so just do it all the time.  Who knows what they are thinking

.....Problys shouldn't be doing a chainsaw course then - hazard perception is a prerequisite k

[Wonky]

16 hours ago, peds said:

^^ That's exactly what we were taught (November last year). They are just cuts that you can use if it looks like the tree needed it, definitely not that they should be used as much as possible. It was tricky trying to squeeze a Danish into some of the smaller trees we were given anyway.

Yeh I agree, although danish cut was my favourite, aka danish default, danish pie.

its a cut that takes the most time.

 

 

16 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

absolute nonsense.  If anything its increasing the chance of an accident.  We all know a kickback is more likely to occur doing a bore cut then simply coming in from the back.

 bore cutting Is  dangerous, yes.  But that’s if you not experienced or not expecting it and in the wrong place (work positioning) . And the worst is all 3 put together.