Have you used an MS200T one handed

[TreeTomass]

I find it knackers my wrist if I do it too much in one day.

And yes I am talking about using the saw onehanded:lol:

[Dean Lofthouse]

Never.

 

Ever.

 

 

Yes Mark...I believe you mate

[Lorry thompson]

Once or twice:001_smile:

[dandkgroundcare]

Once or twice:001_smile:

 

per half hour :001_tt2:

gald to hear your little man is back home

[Danavan]

Yes & have some scars to prove it!

 

Not big not cleaver & still use it one handed! Will I ever learn?!

 

Was lucky on my last hit not to hit major things in my wrist! & I was in a mewp!

 

I can see a place for one handed use providing people understand the risks & are not as careless as I have been at not paying attention to them!

 

Training is a step towards this but I'm not sure that this will help with an already frowned at operation!

 

Better to teach better work positioning & more time on some jobs.

[alex_m]

out stretched i do and i don't see any problem with this....and v.occasionally when chogging i hold a chunk up with one hand to stop it pinching and blip the throttle to finish a cut.

[Dean Lofthouse]

I was going to put in an option of using the 660 chogging downwith one hand, whilst drinking a brew with the other hand, but the only prolific brew drinkers I know is Bob and Pete and I dont think they do tbh

[Lorry thompson]

per half hour :001_tt2:

gald to hear your little man is back home

 

You got it mate! Aye he's back and wouldn't know anything was ever wrong with him cheers

[broadsword]

there is a time and a place for one handed chainsaw use. at the extremeties of limbs when you physically cannot operate the saw without loosing balance. they are designed to be used one handed in exceptional circumstances [never as an excuse for poor work positioning] and we all have to do this at some stage. one handed use in my opinion should be discouraged unless absoloutly essential. its bad for body because of the strain it puts on your arm and cutting and holding is the cause of so many injuries. infact i would say if someone cuts themself its usually because they were cutting and holding and couldnt hold the weight of the branch so the arm is pulled over the chain. working for a large company ive seen this so many times especially with youngsters trying to work too quickly.

[Billy]

all the time, but i have never crossed arms to cut and hold, and very rarely hold the saw in my left hand (right handed). Also one hand alot when processing firewood from small diameter poles, cutting and holding on the ground.

 

I do think training should be provided as part of CS39 because as soon as anyone gets onthe job they will be using the 200t one handed every day, and if they were onthe job before getting 39, like me, they would have already been doing it ona daily basis for a while everyone knows it goes on so they may as well teach a best practice for it.