Best way to pack a bar wrench , Or , how do you keep your bar wrench with you ?

[mile9socounty]

I actually got the idea when I bought my dad a used MS290 from a pawn shop. It was already on there like that. What keeps it from falling out? Well lets just put it like this. I ain't throwing a hot dog down a hallway. Its a pretty tight fit. That and the zipties add tension as well.

 

[056kid]

Pretty nifty, but I dont see it working out in the woods all day..

If you shortened it to be equal with the gaurd you might have somthin..

 

[mile9socounty]

It works on the saws I use on the weekends. I use a short barrel scrench. At work, I have my old ALICE pack with all my gear in it. 8 screnches, 2 T handle star wrenches, files, flat files, raker gauges, D-Tapes, wedges, lunch, coffee thermos, Mountain Money. The works. Water.

 

[056kid]

I would think that the extra weight would change the nature of the brake, making it much easier to trip, I have run saws like that & cannot stand it!

 

[mile9socounty]

Not some much with the newer saws. Having a stiff chain brake handle by nature. My 036 is a different story. It's old and worn. So the brake handle will start bouncing back and forth, then trip itself. So I took it off.

 

[SpaayDawg]

Got the holder from Bailey's

I don't find that it is in the way, or is a bother to use.

 

[redprospector]

I would not recommend anyone to carry there scrench in the pocket or any place were it can puncture your body, you got some major vessels in your legs that will bleed you out in no time if punctured !!!

I've carried bar wrenches everywhere from my wedge pouch, to my suspenders, to my pockets and haven't punctured myself.........yet.
I have suffered a few punctures from the dawg's on my saw, and once I sat down on the nail on the end of my tape.........but only once.

Andy

 

[tramp bushler]

I would not recommend anyone to carry there scrench in the pocket or any place were it can puncture your body, you got some major vessels in your legs that will bleed you out in no time if punctured !!!

. Noted ,, but .It is mandatory to have it on our person as sometimes we need to get the power head off the bar REAL QUICK !!! Sometimes we need to tighten the chain , ect .....The side pockets on Riggin Pants are safe , same with the back pockets .. but they have other problems , like poking seats ,and loosing bar wrenches ...

56 , be nice ... Nancy Boys ,,,,,,,, You been listening to Hue Hewit too much .:deadhorse:

 

[tramp bushler]

Thanks Kipp but it's our risk to take. Back on topic...I don't usually carry the scrench. It stays in a little pouch with my spare chains wired onto the rope that holds my gypo jugs. They're never very far away.

The suspender trick is a good one, though.

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... GOTTA BE ABLE TO GET THE POWERHEAD OFF THE BAR ,,RIGHT NOW .....

. If I loose your bar and chain , that sucks , but oh well ,,. The power head gets munched , Thats Way expensive and real bad .....
.Which leads into a rabbit trail .....
. Most know this , for those who don,t .... When falling or bucking trees that are broke or split or have alot of frost or quake shake in them . If things start getting tight , get the dogs away from the bark or wood far enough so if you need to take your power head off you have room to twist the power head and flip the chain off the rim and it,s free ..... Thats a technique you need to be pretty good at up here ., unless your rich enough to buy a bunch of powerheads every year ...

 

[tramp bushler]

It works on the saws I use on the weekends. I use a short barrel scrench. At work, I have my old ALICE pack with all my gear in it. 8 screnches, 2 T handle star wrenches, files, flat files, raker gauges, D-Tapes, wedges, lunch, coffee thermos, Mountain Money. The works. Water.

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. Whats " Mountain Money" .....
. Looks like a pretty good method to pack the bar wrench

Throwin a hot dog down a hallway :hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

 

[tramp bushler]

I've carried bar wrenches everywhere from my wedge pouch, to my suspenders, to my pockets and haven't punctured myself.........yet.
I have suffered a few punctures from the dawg's on my saw, and once I sat down on the nail on the end of my tape.........but only once.

Andy

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.Recipe for pain , 75' Spencer tape with a 65' filler tightened up to 63 ' .. Sharp tape nail so it will stab into hard hemlock buckskin's ..... . Pulg in your tape and walk out a 40 ,, measure it , kick it pull your tape and someone yells on the radio , forget your tape and try to find the mic, feel a horse fly start to sting your butt check and swat it HARD.................driving your tape nail an inch into your flesh ..:help:

 

[redprospector]

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. Whats " Mountain Money"

My bet would be toilet paper.

Andy

 

[tramp bushler]

Oh ,,,,,,,,,,,,thats new ..

 

[056kid]

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.You must not be fallin alot of real bad snags , or hollow butt sound timber ... GOTTA BE ABLE TO GET THE POWERHEAD OFF THE BAR ,,RIGHT NOW .....

. If you loose your bar and chain , that sucks , but oh well ,,. The power head gets munched , Thats Way expensive and real bad .....
.Which leads into a rabbit trail .....
. Most know this , for those who don,t .... When falling or bucking trees that are broke or split or have alot of frost or quake shake in them . If things start getting tight , get the dogs away from the bark or wood far enough so if you need to take your power head off you have room to twist the power head and flip the chain off the rim and it,s free ..... Thats a technique you need to be pretty good at up here ., unless your rich enough to buy a bunch of powerheads every year ...

YES! but if you do stick one dogged in, there is one saving grace, inboard clutchs. Pop the c clip & let everything fall out while you save your baby. .
thats usually the way it happens when your runnin a 20'' bar

 

[redprospector]

Oh ,,,,,,,,,,,,thats new ..

Haha. Yeah, around here some called it "woods money" cuz guy's like me would charge a quarter a sheet to those that wouldn't carry a roll.
Guy's like me called it "danger flagging" cuz we'd hang a little on a branch after the deed was done, so no one would step in it.

Andy

 

[Gologit]

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.You must not be fallin alot of real bad snags , or hollow butt sound timber ... GOTTA BE ABLE TO GET THE POWERHEAD OFF THE BAR ,,RIGHT NOW .....

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LOL...sometimes it seems like snags are all I fall. Not too much hollow butt timber but plenty of snags. I just finished a two week hazard tree job and every one of them were snags. Don't be so damn quick to criticize someone else's technique or habits just because they don't match your own. I've been putting wood on the ground for a while and the way I do things is the way that works best for me. The scrench stays clipped to the gypo jugs and it's never far away. I like it that way. Period.

You can carry your scrench any damn way you please and I wouldn't presume to tell you different. Nor would I cast aspersions on your experience just because you do things different than I do.

 

[hammerlogging]

aspersions .

2 points for word choice.

 

[mile9socounty]

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. Whats " Mountain Money" .....
. Looks like a pretty good method to pack the bar wrench

Throwin a hot dog down a hallway :hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

Yes sir, Mountain Money is good old fashion toilet paper. I don't leave the crummy without it. Always have a quarter roll in a ziplock baggy inside my tin lid.

 

[tramp bushler]

Not only did I get my ass chewed . and rightly so I might add , but I lernt a new word ................
. I,de be screwed blued and tattoed without my bar wrench on me .. I try to always keep 1 Stihl bar wrench and a spare Husky bar wrench ..with my jugs and tramp sack ........
.. I prefer typing 2 words Bar wrench to one word scrench ...sounds too much like scrunch , I don,t want my wrench getting scrunched ........
. I greatly apologize gologit, It was never my intention to cast aspersions on your character ,intent ,ability ,or experience .....

 

[056kid]

Yes sir, Mountain Money is good old fashion toilet paper. I don't leave the crummy without it. Always have a quarter roll in a ziplock baggy inside my tin lid.

I guess that is one advanage ot bein an east coast cutter, during the summer months, we get to use Poplar leaves which are IMO batter than cottonell or Charmen. . .