"One handing" a chainsaw??!!

[*useless info*]

i think if have enough experience;
to rule out all other options,
you may elect to 1 hand as an extreme exception;
not as a way of life.

1 handing ban to me is like the necessity of lesser evils at some points. We need the ban so the alarm goes off in head when chancing 1 toe over the line for a sec; and rowing hard to get back in line. This is a momentary flicker /breathe hold( with high concentration by climber ) in climb compared to not having saw whole ride(caught off guard in general delivery, not total focus) to me.

When 1 handing or other momentary contradictions to protocol; should have alarm in head equivalent to brain questioning own hand's action and blaring out to you "re-connect your airline dumbass" and ticking clock in background reminding to get back in line ASA(MF)P... For me, that is why there are regs etc.; to get that alarm drilled in. You can only hold breath so long/ due with only so much exposure before getting burnt. It is in the numbers; and the autonomous complacency from it being every day/not special.

 

[TreeCo]

i think if have enough experience;
to rule out all other options,
you may elect to 1 hand as an extreme exception;
not as a way of life.

So no more than a few times in a large crown cleaning.

I'm down with that.

Or are you suggesting every other lifetime or so?

 

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Existentially quantified, that would simply in fact be; exactly the same but different.
>>So of course makes perfect sense to do as you say!

 

[Mattfitz]

If you don't feel comfortable occasionally cutting with a top handled saw one handed, then don't do it.

Making it sound like the #1 hazard to tree climbers is a gross exaggeration.

I agree with you and birdyman88. One handing is another tool in our bag of tricks. If you practice doing it and use it when its necessary and safe it should be up to the climber. I feel like its more of a judgement and maybe complacency issue. The worst thing ive seen people do online and a way alot of people cut themselves is pushing over spars while finishing a back cut. I was guilty of that but after seeing what can happent im much more cautious one handing. I tend to only cut one handed when im reaching off to the side and cutting at waist level or in im in a bucket, and then im always looking out for potential things i can knick for kickback. Firm wrists boys