Can chainsaws be more safe?

[Will C]

4 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

It’s easier just to learn how to avoid kickback in the first place.

Which brings us back to untrained ****wits shouldn’t be allowed to own a saw.

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Will C said:

Which brings us back to untrained ****wits shouldn’t be allowed to own a saw.

Some times its trained " fcuk witts " that cock up ...

[Will C]

Just now, Stubby said:

Some times its trained " fcuk witts " that cock up ...

Indeed, you can’t fix stupid and sometimes shit does just happen

[gary112]

25 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Some times its trained " fcuk witts " that cock up ...

Worked with a chap years ago who worked with saws all his life and fully trained,ringing up some big oaks,he would get a fag out of his pocket and light up while using Husky 288 one handed,now thats a trained fcukwit

[Stubby]

7 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Worked with a chap years ago who worked with saws all his life and fully trained,ringing up some big oaks,he would get a fag out of his pocket and light up while using Husky 288 one handed,now thats a trained fcukwit

A highly  trained fcukwit 😁 

Edited October 30, 2021 by Stubby

[Stubby]

9 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Worked with a chap years ago who worked with saws all his life and fully trained,ringing up some big oaks,he would get a fag out of his pocket and light up while using Husky 288 one handed,now thats a trained fcukwit

Could he do anything else Gary ?

[gary112]

1 minute ago, Stubby said:

Could he do anything else Gary ?

Dunno,but he drank 8/10 pints a night,smoked about 40 fags a day but worked like a trooper,and boy could he sharpen a chain

[Steve Bullman]

6 hours ago, Doug Tait said:

I remember that article too, it was a sobering read. I think it gave statistics including the time taken for the bar tip to travel through an arc and contact the body (milliseconds) being potentially quicker than the brain registers it happening. 

Probably this one 

 

 

[Gav73]

Some times its trained " fcuk witts " that cock up ...

Especially when they are trying to rush and cut corners to make that extra £.

[Doug Tait]

2 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Probably this one 

 

 

Yes, exactly what I was thinking of, reading that hit home to me, still do remember it often. Thanks for finding it Steve.