REALLY?

Staged or clueless? Looking close at the picture, I found these two:
First shows the cover is cut with the core showing. The second picture shows a non cinching rope termination on a Petzl Attaché ,which is a screwgate, and it doesn't appear to be screwed shut.
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I'm no saint so I'm not in any position to preach but this video was an eye opener.


Of course he's pretty much asking for this to happen but the fact that the saw kicked back so violently that it ended up INSIDE his T-shirt still blows my mind. Made me realise that body positioning is just as important as hand positioning.
 
therianclimber said:
I'm no saint so I'm not in any position to preach but this video was an eye opener.


Of course he's pretty much asking for this to happen but the fact that the saw kicked back so violently that it ended up INSIDE his T-shirt still blows my mind. Made me realise that body positioning is just as important as hand positioning.
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HOLY CRAP!
 
therianclimber said:
I'm no saint so I'm not in any position to preach but this video was an eye opener.


Of course he's pretty much asking for this to happen but the fact that the saw kicked back so violently that it ended up INSIDE his T-shirt still blows my mind. Made me realise that body positioning is just as important as hand positioning.
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What da fuck did I just watch
 
  1. placing the hand on the log to gain balance - notice tip off the hip and spurs not engaged into wood with questionable foot holds
  2. pulsing the throttle and applying pressure with hand on the log to make valuable observation to hinge integrity - log may look small from this pic/perspective mb 300lb plus or minus
  3. the lead working on the pic was over a garage, lattice fence and landscape with the rig point over a smallish drop zone
  4. tree had significant pockets of rot
  5. 3rd tie in point added a ventral/centre of balance security = more stable. \I almost always climb with two life lines and one work positioning lanyard and a hook, my ventral rope grab/full body harness is a life saver.
  6. cut and throw was rarely an option on this tree
  7. excess gear in a dismantle especially working your way down a stem never bothers me. i routinely don afb, 200, 660, ring n thimble pole with pull n push head, and whatever i think is necessary
  8. the attache, well it was a bit redundant but still worked in a pinch, the puff in the rope is nit picking-that bit of rig is to slow/control the swing of the piece back into the rig pt in the lead over the drop zone. thus the afb on the hip for use when it makes sense ie no stub, bad angles, more precise/measurable control, hand free rig etc
  9. i didn't use any snap links, biners either self lockers eye biner and large screw gate rig biner
  10. regarding the article. sit down and put pencil to paper and try it your self.
For all my love is great. I won't take anything personally and appreciate the chance to grow.
My final word on one handing chainsaws 200 to 660 and I don't care what any body thinks is \i do it every chance i get when it makes sense. Why? because it is the conservation of energy. \it is a tough job and most days are stupid long and tiring and so when it time to make the tough cut and your body or life is in peril it is more important to me to have the the extra bit of energy to be thoughtful. getting into a new position to make a cut with two hands is just as stupid as making one or more cuts with one hand. I am getting old 48 and love to keep doing the work.
 
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Yes of coarse there is a reason for everything that does or does not happen in the tree.
Y'all talk like God gave us all the same perfect, objective logic.
The judgement belongs to the person holding the scales.
When I think I know exactly what's going on, I ask someone else because I don't actually know. That's why the chick with the scales AND the sword got BLINDFOLDED.

But whatever, let treeman internet justice be dispenced.
 
RopeShield said:
  1. placing the hand on the log to gain balance - notice tip off the hip and spurs not engaged into wood with questionable foot holds
  2. pulsing the throttle and applying pressure with hand on the log to make valuable observation to hinge integrity - log may look small from this pic/perspective mb 300lb plus or minus
  3. the lead working on the pic was over a garage, lattice fence and landscape with the rig point over a smallish drop zone
  4. tree had significant pockets of rot
  5. 3rd tie in point added a ventral/centre of balance security = more stable. \I almost always climb with two life lines and one work positioning lanyard and a hook, my ventral rope grab/full body harness is a life saver.
  6. cut and throw was rarely an option on this tree
  7. excess gear in a dismantle especially working your way down a stem never bothers me. i routinely don afb, 200, 660, ring n thimble pole with pull n push head, and whatever i think is necessary
  8. the attache, well it was a bit redundant but still worked in a pinch, the puff in the rope is nit picking-that bit of rig is to slow/control the swing of the piece back into the rig pt in the lead over the drop zone. thus the afb on the hip for use when it makes sense ie no stub, bad angles, more precise/measurable control, hand free rig etc
  9. i didn't use any snap links, biners either self lockers eye biner and large screw gate rig biner
  10. regarding the article. sit down and put pencil to paper and try it your self.
For all my love is great. I won't take anything personally and appreciate the chance to grow.
My final word on one handing chainsaws 200 to 660 and I don't care what any body thinks is \i do it every chance i get when it makes sense. Why? because it is the conservation of energy. \it is a tough job and most days are stupid long and tiring and so when it time to make the tough cut and your body or life is in peril it is more important to me to have the the extra bit of energy to be thoughtful. getting into a new position to make a cut with two hands is just as stupid as making one or more cuts with one hand. I am getting old 48 and love to keep doing the work.
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My feelings kind of echo this post. I said before.. could I get into a safer working position to use two hands? In most cases.. probably. Is working a saw with two hands safer? Probably. Am I going to stop one handing a saw in any circumstance? Nope. But, in saying that I certainly won't do it "every chance I get." My personal opinion on the 066 is; nay nay. That is an easily workable two handed position. And, in my minimal experience.. one handing a saw that size certainly saves no energy.

In saying all that, I haven't got any gripe with how you do thing, man. You're still here, telling the stories and writing the articles. Props.

I don't think this is an issue that can be fixed with blanket opinions or regulations. I also don't see why we feel the need to continue to beat this deadass horse over and over and over and over and over and over and over..
 
RopeShield said:
I love you to swing.
read the article again. Circus chimps babble. thoughtful caring humans share, :fuckyou::baaa:
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Now Thomas...you been doing treework a long time..you surely can do your job....and what you do on your jobsite is your biz...that photo however looks a bit much...take it for what it's worth...not much ....you put the picture out there so folks will comment...like it or not....
 
RopeShield said:
Why? because it is the conservation of energy.
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Now, there's a rationalization if I ever heard one. Driving down to the corner Stop 'N Rob to get a six-pack while you're bare-ass naked is a conservation of energy, too.
Might as well fill 'er up and just drive off without paying, while you're at it. Burn too much energy going inside to pay.

Is this something that you would teach a new employee, or is it just something that is reserved for people with extra-special, magical skills that make kickback and dismemberment impossible to happen for you? One handing a pruning saw is one thing, putting yourself in that position while one-handing a machine of that size is really quite another thing, altogether.

It's your innards they'll have to bag up, so carry on. Seems like odd behavior for someone who wants to continue doing the work, though.
 
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