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You do wonder if there are stats available for injuries from these handsaws compared to petrol saws.
 
When I was at college, and when I started working for other firms, we had bowsaws (I know I know, we learnt our knots from cave paintings) and you’d struggle to injure yourself with those!
 
 

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2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Merrist wood Paul.

 

Do you mean 25 handsaw injuries to 1 petrol saw?

Good choice...Myerscough for me, I didn't travel well back then :) 

 

Yes, 25 handsaw to 1 chainsaw, or probably even higher...this is a guesstimate based on anecdotal evidence. I'm sure most would agree, "there or thereabouts".

 

Going forward I wonder how many chainsaw cuts will be incurred through battery saws as opposed to petrol chainsaws...both very capable of cutting / injuring, and perhaps there'll be no difference, but my inclin is battery saws will be less, or less significant cuts / injuries maybe.

 

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1 minute ago, AA Teccie (Paul) said:

Good choice...Myerscough for me, I didn't travel well back then :) 

 

Yes, 25 handsaw to 1 chainsaw, or probably even higher...this is a guesstimate based on anecdotal evidence. I'm sure most would agree, "there or thereabouts".

 

Going forward I wonder how many chainsaw cuts will be incurred through battery saws as opposed to petrol chainsaws...both very capable of cutting / injuring, and perhaps there'll be no difference, but my inclin is battery saws will be less, or less significant cuts / injuries maybe.

 

But that’s nuts isn’t it? (The number of injuries through handsaws) 

 

Whilst there is all sorts of dogma and absolute rights and wrongs on the use of petrol toppers, there seems to be no absolutes on handsaw use, or is there? I never see anything about it on social media, just pictures of cut forearms.

 

Battery saws seem to run down quicker, ergo less dangerous, happy to be corrected on that though.

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6 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

But that’s nuts isn’t it? (The number of injuries through handsaws) 

 

Whilst there is all sorts of dogma and absolute rights and wrongs on the use of petrol toppers, there seems to be no absolutes on handsaw use, or is there? I never see anything about it on social media, just pictures of cut forearms.

 

Battery saws seem to run down quicker, ergo less dangerous, happy to be corrected on that though.

Dunno Mick, you always make me check myself...but I've yet to meet a climbing arb who hasn't had at least a nick from the handsaw.

 

The pending Technical Guide 2 deals with use of tools in the tree and includes a section on handsaw use (I'll post a draft if I can put my hands on it.)

 

Yeah, run down is quicker and hence 'less serious' cuts / injuries appen.

 

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I have never owned a Silky.

 

At first I thought using them was were a sign of being a bit ‘light on your feet’ erroneously of course.

 

Then I used the rationale that as I do mostly TDs I don’t need one.

 

Lastly, I see the endless photos of cut flesh and think at this stage of my working life it’s not the time to start using them, so I resist.

 

But I do have a classic topper scar on my inside left forearm, before anyone gets the idea I know what I’m doing.

 

 

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