How to correctly use a chain saw !
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A while back someone wanted to know which chain saw was best, I'd say the one this guy is using !
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Like a gun. It's in between the ears that counts.
DocB
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The best way to use one is to let my yard man do it.
You need to see that video. The ending will make that very clear.
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ParadiseRoad
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...below is how NOT to do it...
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Doug M.
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Kevlar chaps, in my opinion, are a must. (Not that I use a chainsaw myself, but I gave some kevlar chaps to a pal some years ago who decided he knew how to use one after a long career as a desk jockey.)
That first video is impressive!
Man, that second video.... Great example of “A man’s got to know his limitations...”
That first video is impressive!
Man, that second video.... Great example of “A man’s got to know his limitations...”
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Jst1mr
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I learned the proper way to use a chainsaw and how to fell trees at an early age, and safety equipment was never an option. Very few things can do more damage to yourself in less time than a chainsaw. It is almost hard to believe that anyone can buy one and use it without some serious instruction...there are a thousand things that can go wrong, and even a small tree can kill you. As for those backyard warriors cutting from a ladder with shorts and tennis shoes on....Darwin will prevail, I guess.
mrchuck
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Upsets me when I see someone doing something foolish.
I grew up running saws, and was a "sawyer" when at Texas A&M.
This photo shows me a tree TOO CLOSE to the house,and only a PRO with lots of experience should drop this tree.
1. send a sawyer up into the tree and bring down branches on a rope sling.
Have a pull rope attached high up and to a pull truck headed away.
Walkie talkie for communication.
An experienced tree removal company faces this type of tree removal all the time.
I grew up running saws, and was a "sawyer" when at Texas A&M.
This photo shows me a tree TOO CLOSE to the house,and only a PRO with lots of experience should drop this tree.
1. send a sawyer up into the tree and bring down branches on a rope sling.
Have a pull rope attached high up and to a pull truck headed away.
Walkie talkie for communication.
An experienced tree removal company faces this type of tree removal all the time.
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Unbelievable, some of the people in this video had to have been severely injured or killed.
vigil617
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And I truly did feel sorry for laughing at them, but I mean, it's like The Three Stooges on steroids!
Doug M.
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I've had trees very near the house removed. I was happy to pay for people who had the knowledge and skill to do it right.
Protocall_Design
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And the insurance policy in case it went wrong.
Rusty - Chainsaw ice racing. Hahahahahaha! Worth the click
Texas Star
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My favorite chainsaw movie was based on Wilbur Smith's book,"The Train From Katanga."
I think the US film title was "Africa Ablaze" and maybe another title, too. "Dark of the Sun"? It starred Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux.
The villain chased the hero with a chainsaw. Ads in the newspaper and magazines showed the chainsaw event.
I really liked the book and the movie.
In the book, Smith wrote of the bad guy, "It was the measure of Wally Hendry that he had been in the Congo for six months and spoke not a word of French."
Several of his books have become movies.
Here's his site:
Wilbur Smith - Worldwide Bestselling Author : Home
I think the US film title was "Africa Ablaze" and maybe another title, too. "Dark of the Sun"? It starred Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux.
The villain chased the hero with a chainsaw. Ads in the newspaper and magazines showed the chainsaw event.
I really liked the book and the movie.
In the book, Smith wrote of the bad guy, "It was the measure of Wally Hendry that he had been in the Congo for six months and spoke not a word of French."
Several of his books have become movies.
Here's his site:
Wilbur Smith - Worldwide Bestselling Author : Home
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S&WsRsweet
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I have cut a few small trees out on my place ,cleared paths after storm ect but anything big close to my house I call a pro tree guys are way less expensive than roofers and carpenters.
