TreeMotion rear c/saw attachment

[Marc]

A big saw shouldnt really be attached to your harness as it should be supported by the lads on the ground using a tool line.

There has been accidents when lads have used big saws which where attached to their harness which got caught in the kerf of the cut,Thus taking saw & climber with cut peice of timber & in one case snapping the climbers anchor point out.

I know its tedious but if it means reducing accidents im all for it.

 

I'd only support the saw from a tool line to make my life easier, never done it myself though or seen it done. As for being safer just do your cuts right and there will not be a problem.

[Ross Turner]

I'd only support the saw from a tool line to make my life easier, never done it myself though or seen it done. As for being safer just do your cuts right and there will not be a problem.

 

At one time you where taught never have a saw attached to your harness over a certain weight,if anyone can remember the old FTC training leaflets that was replaced by the Fastco & now the Afag safety leaflets.

You can do all the cuts right but that does not mean one time something is not going to happen. I have seen it & experienced it my self on occasions.

[combined tree services]

i was taught to climb with your saw attached to your harness via a tool strop and if needed and its practical to do so use a tool line from the ground to support it , but when using any saw where there is a possibility that the saw may become trapped in the Kerf of the falling timber then un clip your saw from your harness an either clip it round a branch or clip it up short . accidents do happen i saw a chap get his saw caught in a section of falling timber but thankfully the strop he was using to cary the 660 was designed to tare away , didnt do the saw much good tho !!!!

[Marc]

Unclip the saw from you is a good call, how you make the cuts tho is also very important, i've had my saw trapped in the kerf once nothing big it was my cuts that was the problem.

[combined tree services]

Unclip the saw from you is a good call, how you make the cuts tho is also very important, i've had my saw trapped in the kerf once nothing big it was my cuts that was the problem.

 

verry true mate , it has happened to me as well and i learnt from it !! i think getting your cuts right is most important . but then if your using a big saw in a tree like 660 or an 880 you should have lot of experience using smaller saws first ! a noticed that my skylotec appears to have a tear away tool strop attachment point !

[Lurcherman]

Some good advice above, keep the big saw off your harness till you really need it!

 

Tell us more about tree work in Portugal Bro!

 

Hey Mark. Tree work in Portugal is SWEET! As long as you can put up with the sunny days, cheap beer and year-round surfing. I got the only specialised Arb. company serving the whiole of the Algarve not many big 'uns down here but we do get the occassional gem of a Euc or Carob. I've got to figure out how to put pics onto messages.

[Lurcherman]

At one time you where taught never have a saw attached to your harness over a certain weight,if anyone can remember the old FTC training leaflets that was replaced by the Fastco & now the Afag safety leaflets.

You can do all the cuts right but that does not mean one time something is not going to happen. I have seen it & experienced it my self on occasions.

 

Hi Ross. I've still got a nearly complete set of those FTC leaflets! God knows how old they are now but a lot of the tips remain valid. Don't recall any weight restrictions but then how much did a Sandvik bow-saw actaully weigh?!

Just remembered, we had a groundy/driver on Hounslow Council in '85 who got a mate to chrome his bow saw! lol

[Ross Turner]

Hi Ross. I've still got a nearly complete set of those FTC leaflets! God knows how old they are now but a lot of the tips remain valid. Don't recall any weight restrictions but then how much did a Sandvik bow-saw actaully weigh?!

Just remembered, we had a groundy/driver on Hounslow Council in '85 who got a mate to chrome his bow saw! lol

 

I was talking to Liam from Treevolution 3 years ago at the Arb fair & he could remember the weight issue.

Just remembered the best person to contact about anything with the treemotion is Chris Cowell as im sure he had some input in its design.

[swoollard]

You can get a top handle saw caught in a cut section as easily as a big saw. Surely this is why tool attachment points are on rip stitching so they come away if the worst happens? Clipping a saw into any other point that it's not designed for has to be a bad idea.

[Marc]

You can get a top handle saw caught in a cut section as easily as a big saw. Surely this is why tool attachment points are on rip stitching so they come away if the worst happens? Clipping a saw into any other point that it's not designed for has to be a bad idea.

 

I can't imagine the saw attachment point on a treemotion ripping off to easily ather my saw is attached to a firm fixing on my harness personally, i'm not concerned about getting the saw stuck in the cut.

Besides i'd rather the weak point is my saw lanyard which is my weak point should the unlikly ever happen.

 

Like evrything never take your back-ups as being 100% proof if for any reason you expect the saw may get stuck in the cut do not! really on your harness tear away or tear away lanyards!

 

As for hanging a big saw from the rear ring, I do clip the saw there but rarely does it hang from it as the last thing i want to do is reach round and pull the saw up everytime I make a cut (its all the little details that makes our life easier!) I keep mine cliped close to my side off either D or a plastic tool hook depending on the situation so my saw is close at hand and reduce the distance i have to lift it. The central D's mean the weight of the saw is partially taken by my bridge and climbing system.