Bad habits

[Thesnarlingbadger]

I was working the other day when a new groundy said to me, "you souls have your side strop on when cutting with a chainsaw". Now I had to stop and think for a minute and try and remember if that was ever in my CS39, which I came to the conclusion it probably was.

Now I know what I was doing was probably frowned upon but I wasn't cutting anywhere near myself or my ropes and personally think I was safer without my strop around anything.

No I know I have undoubtably picked up some bad habits over the years but feel I still do things very safely even if it's not in all the guidelines.

So I was just wondering what everyone else's bad habits are, maybe cutting and holding, starting saws in an unsafe manor etc.

Maybe just to educate some people as I was almost certain what I was doing was standard practice.

So what are your bad habits people?

[Mick Dempsey]

Just run me by what you're doing wrong? I don't get it.

[Steve Bullman]

Just run me by what you're doing wrong? I don't get it.

By the book you should have a secondary tie in point at all times when cutting

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Apparently when you are cutting in a tree you should have 2 points of contact to the tree, so a main line and a side strop. I have always used a side strop to keep me in place or if I risk cutting my main line but whenever you are cutting with a chainsaw you should have 2 points of contact.

[Mick Dempsey]

Ahh, for souls read should.

Tying in twice is something I didn't do for years, am trying harder now. Especially the higher I go!

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Ahh sorry about that. Fat fingers small phone issues.

Yeah I plan on making more of an effort with the tying in twice malarky.

[Tommy_B]

Cutting and holding

[Stubby]

Filling a saw , getting distracted , then picking it up without either the fuel cap or the oil cap on . I hate it when I do that !

[Mick Dempsey]

Having a slash on a cold day then putting it back in before you've really finished.

Does warm you up for a few seconds though!

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Yeah cutting and holding has to be another one I need to work on. The caps on the fuel and oil is a pain especially if it goes up the tree leaving you nice new rope soaked in oil