one handed chainsaw usage

[Matt Butler]

No because a silky would have done the job as well.

 

What's a silky?

[Johny Walker]

What's a silky?

 

every pro has a silky

[Taupotreeman]

Just spike out to the end of the limb or cut the whole branch off. Failing that fell the tree

[Taupotreeman]

Now to be serious for a minute; yep, I would, and have, used a saw one handed in that situation. Reckon I've done sillier things at the wheel of a car before getting old and slowing down.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

is this an acceptable work position, thoughts plz

 

Hmmm, all looks a little concerning to me.

 

Not just in relation to the 'one-handed' chainsaw use (here) but the whole work positioning issue, i.e. out stretching, and the strength (or not as the case maybe) of the branches supporting you.

 

A hand-saw would have made things more acceptable, a polesaw even more so and a MEWP even, even more so...all in support shout 'Yeah' (tee hee!)

 

IMHO what we have here is an unecessary risk taking action, one which I acknolwedge prevails and often without meaning too / inadvertently, i.e. "just getting the job done", but perhaps the fact you've asked the question indicates a concern.

 

See attached from the 'Guide to Good Climbing Practice' whihc may help inform the process of using tools in the tree.

 

Hope this is useful.

 

Cheers..

Paul

Use of Tools in the Tree.doc

[Le Sanglier]

Acceptable to me and probably most people I have ever worked with.

 

seconded

[Le Sanglier]

every pro has a silky

 

.............collecting dust at the back of the shed.

[Perkins]

So it's an Ash tree, the tie in point looks to be somewhere between 3 and 4 inches, the limb in his left hand is about 2 inches and he's standing on a side branch which is about 1/2inch diameter. My concern would be something snapping during the cut, you follow through with the saw and hey presto you're in a mess. No second anchor point. Potential injury. There are safer and easier ways of making that cut.

 

Don't want to change the subject but what are you actually doing here?

A crown reduction?

If so, what's happening to the right of the picture with all those flat tops?

If not, why take such little pieces free-falled with an 020 when you could handle entire branches off with a silky? (that's a handsaw btw)

Most of that tree would come down with a handsaw, and climbing would be easier without the chainsaw hanging off your belt.

[button1803]

Second that:thumbup:

 

Third that!

[butler]

wot flat tops?