Saw lanyards???

[altissimus]

Hey Stig..great story and great safety policy ...In nineteen years of this work I have dropped a saw out of the tree twice...the first time as soon as I knew it was going I cautioned my groungirl , no injuries to people or saws in both instances ... some good luck there ...If I EVER hurt someone doing this work I would probably have to quit! Thus my ten percent leash time if I think it is at all possible I might lose the saw and cause damages/injuries it is leash time brother , tight quarters with a small hole or long limbs that put me out and over roofing , skylights etc. There are alot of stories out there where the limb/tree was removed safely only to have the saw damage the roof...

 

[rangerdanger]

Nice story Stig. With our new 192T we have, I put one of our break away lanyards on it, since that's all we have right now. Going to be a great saw!!

 

[Gord]

I always use a lanyard, I may be in the minority but I like to have the option to ditch my saw at any moment and not have to worry that it's going to fall.

The (very) rare time that I'm worried about a saw-snatcher I'll take the lanyard off my belt and secure it to the tree.

I make my own out of tubular webbing, tying an eye in each end with a sort of beer knot, tying in a ring about 8" from the one eye and putting a locking biner on each end. Similar to the ones weaver makes but the ring doesn't flop about.

I also was nearly hit by a dropped 200t as well, it didn't make me happy.

In the attached pic there's a clevis on the end, but that's not how I have it set up.

 

[Gord]

Oh, but make sure you make cuts correctly if you're cutting with a saw attached to your belt.

 

[stig]

If you insert a cut through ring into the lanyard ( see photo), it'll still be strong enough to support a dropped saw( unless it's a 090) but will come apart if you really get the saw snatched.