Long day syndrome

Maybe its just me getting older but I am alot more aware of the last cut syndrome these days. I was in busy beaver mode last fall and was scrambling to finish one job and get home before it got dark. The sun was setting and I had been pruning mistle toe out of Ponderosa pines all week. Went to cut a tiny little stub on the decent out of the tree and my 192 did a little kick back and the tip of the bar rolled right up my leg. Believe it or not I got away with just a scratch. And for the record, Yes I did have both hands on the saw when that happened.

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Glad that all that was damaged were your pants, socks and the boot... Hmmm, total cost? Let's say $80 for the pants presuming arborwear; $10 for the socks, they look like decent socks; $150 for the boots. A $240 lapse. That's not accounting for the time it'll take to replace this stuff either online or in person. Maybe you're cards are maxed out since Christmas, or who knows? Granted, its cheaper than the stitching up of your leg but consider what was being saved by not taking that little bit of extra time to position and focus. Even if it was 5 mins just to say, take a breath and get your head back into the moment. Still cheaper.

I go back to the notion of incremental time saving at the end of the day and its real value. Being 5 minutes faster and what, you're beer will be colder, dinner will be hotter, spouse will be nicer, kids will be happier, traffic will be less, that light will turn green instead of red, oh and you'll make it home to see who wins the coin toss for the big game?

These are my musings. It forces me to think about the things I don't always have as prominent in my mind and the relative costs and savings.

Another thing, we prove how tough/brave/courageous/crazy we are merely by doing this work.
 
Actually I fixed the boots with some Shoe Goo. That stuff is like a repair kit in a tube. It also works well for worn out knees in your Arborwear pants. It just looks like an elephant blew its nose on you.
 
kstreehuggerco said:
Maybe its just me getting older but I am alot more aware of the last cut syndrome these days. I was in busy beaver mode last fall and was scrambling to finish one job and get home before it got dark. The sun was setting and I had been pruning mistle toe out of Ponderosa pines all week. Went to cut a tiny little stub on the decent out of the tree and my 192 did a little kick back and the tip of the bar rolled right up my leg. Believe it or not I got away with just a scratch. And for the record, Yes I did have both hands on the saw when that happened.

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Thanks for that. Pictures like this remind me to stay on my toes, to cut with awareness. Beating the clock has always been a pet peeve of mine. It can take away from the joy of work. I love jobs where I can take my sweet ass time. Those days, you will see me smile and laugh more.
 
MikePowers321 said:
Thanks for that. Pictures like this remind me to stay on my toes, to cut with awareness. Beating the clock has always been a pet peeve of mine. It can take away from the joy of work. I love jobs where I can take my sweet ass time. Those days, you will see me smile and laugh more.
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Cheers to that!
 
had a similar incident years ago didn't end so luckily for my leg, worst part was picking all the bits of sock fibre out of the cut,
pants sewed back up very nicely wish the leg had mended as neatly :nocausagracia:
 
There's been a few postings on FB groups of chainsaw accidents. While those are bad enough it's the discussion on chain maintenance in the posts thats down right scary. Still a lot of untrained people out there. What exasperates this is large companies who just farm it out instead of training their crews.
 
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