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[54gka]

Yet some more bad use of a top handle on TV More Four building your dream

[Will Heal]

Uh oh! Did they hit a nail in the timber?

[agrimog]

what is bad use of a top handle, were they using it as a hammer or something, its only a saw, not some mythical wonder tool.......and contrary to popular myth, it works very well on the ground, used by non arborists

[Richard 1234]

Top handled saws do have side grips as well don't they?

Serious question as I've never seen one close up

[Midge]

Top handled saws do have side grips as well don't they?

Serious question as I've never seen one close up

 

Yes they do. At least every top handle I've seen does.

[Stubby]

I should have gone to prison for most of my life .

[treequip]

Yet some more bad use of a top handle on TV More Four building your dream

 

The film makers aren't interested in best practice, they simply want profitable film making

[Stubby]

Euro 10 top handles are going to be fitted with an altimeter with a bluetooth link to the throttle linkage that only allows movement of the trigger when the the operators boots are ff the ground . This should free up spaces in HM prisons .

[born2trot]

No myth about it at all . Top handle is for a climber in the canopy . Ground saw is just that , more comfortable and ergonomic on the ground . Stands to reason they both can be interchanged if that's what you want .

[Stubby]

No myth about it at all . Top handle is for a climber in the canopy . Ground saw is just that , more comfortable and ergonomic on the ground . Stands to reason they both can be interchanged if that's what you want .

 

Top handle is slightly more prone to kick back if you are careless because of the handle configuration . Having said that this proneness to kickback does not mysteriously vanish when up a tree . I think top handles are safer on the ground than up a tree as you have a grip on both handles and both feet planted on the ground . Obviously a ground saw would be safer but top handles dont become more dangerous when used on the ground . Quit the opposite I would say .