Thoughts on One Handed Chainsaw Use

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Is that one hand on the wheel in the total tree care car? You have a death wish or something boy!!!!?????

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No death wish, it's more dangerous driving around quoting all day than competing in a professionally prepared car in an organised event.

Hey i like to work with trees during the week & dodge them on weekends, so far karma has been good to me...

No pro rally driver always has 2 hands on the wheel, even if you did have paddle shifts (which i dont) 1 is used for the handbrake on hairpin corners!
 
Ryan,

So you're saying that in a critical situation, negotiating a hairpin turn at 10/10ths, a professional driver will, with full intent and forethought, remove one hand from the steering wheel in order to aid his progress by utilizing his free hand in another critical endeavour.

That's what I thought. Pro's one-hand.

Northwind
 
Pro drunk drivers one hand. Rally pilots spike and shift and then firmly plant the free hand back on the wheel. Formula One drivers never take a hand off the wheel except to wipe dead bird off their visor!

Point being, your second hand offers benefits for control when pushing technical activities to the limits.
 
Come on Ryan. Comparing a Rally car or an F1 car to one handing a chainsaw is nuts!!! Get real man.

D.W.H
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Maybe i missed something. One handed saw use happens far less if at all any more. At least for me. Chainsaw almost through. Finish with the appropriate sized handsaw to cut the strap. If the piece is nearly vertical whats the need. Use a better cut for the situation. As usual, just a thought. Had wobblies with a bro of mine up here who just put 20 stiches in his left fore arm last week. One handed use. Keep your head on straight.
 
I was just thinking about this after looking at a picture in which I'm cutting with one hand while I keep balance with the other. It was a horizontal lead and had I tried to use two hands my balance would have been iffy. When the piece went I got bounced, which I expected so my lanyard was on the piece I was standing on, it was a good safety but afforded no help in positioning. The piece I was holding for balance was too small to support body weight.

To me, it was a lot safer to cut from a stable position with one hand rather than using two while teetering and worrying about barn dooring.

I think there are times when stepping outside the normal procedure is far safer than sticking to dogma. Plus, like Bull said, when have only one hand on the saw, I'm definitely more vigilant because i know the situation is less safe.

I don't expect the always two-hand guys to be convinced but that's how I work. Safety is relative and I always tend towards the safer method... but when I go out on a limb so to speak, I think creatively rather than dogmatically.
 
My feelings remain mine I supose. Creative cutting to me would mean utilizing all techniques and equipment that i may have acquired over the millenia. I have been accused on many occasions of being far to one handed. My career started at a company that paid commision. Working alone on removals that require the old huck and chuck come to mind. Over the years though......less and less(one handed use that is). I feel i have become more creative to stay productive yet put myself in a self perceived better place as far as potential for disaster goes. Of course i have zero stats. Just my own thoughts. Hope all is well Dude!
 
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I'm using my saw one handed while reading this thread because I'm giving you the FINGER with my other hand for starting this thread. jackhole!

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then why did you click to open it and make a post? You knew what it was about. I just wanted ideas
 
In the Buzz forums I've seen the attitude towards one-handing a saw gradually change over the last 5 years. With the far majority in the past clearly stating they would never one hand a saw,, to a growing number today saying they occasionally do(once in a while.)

Is it because the younger nay-sayers in the past are now seeing it different? Or is it because this forum is becoming more frequented by the older generation?

Regardless, the debate will never die. And for valid reasons from each point of view.
 
OK, I'll chime in here. I am known to one-hand a saw, especially out of a bucket, but also in various instances while climbing. When I am one-handing, (like when I'm topping bradford pears---HA) it is at the front of my thoughts, and I sometimes act out the cut before I start the saw to help me visualize the eventual path of the bar.

Now, to push this in a different direction. If you wouldn't use a chainsaw one-handed, why in the world would you use a handsaw one-handed? Especially with the new silky saws and the like, you can cut through your rope or your body every bit as fast as with a chainsaw (possibly even faster on a loaded rope, a zubat with a new blade practically falls through a loaded rope!) I guess the body cuts are cleaner and easier to stitch up than a chainsaw cut, but what consolation is that? We were talking about this last week in safety meeting, and we are all just as afraid of a sharp handsaw as a chainsaw. Should we be 2-handing our handsaws? I don't think so, but I bet some do.
 
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