big rip

[treejackyl]

always make good undercutts,yesterday had a limb rip down pulled me and pinned me to the tree,took a hard core ride,kept the husky 346xp in hand though.scared the sh%t outa the guys on the ground so they told me they should have been in the tree.....HOLY SH#T sore today, cut the limb lose and burnt my line down,learnd something big time.......stay safe guys:greenchainsaw:

 

[kennertree]

always make good undercutts,yesterday had a limb rip down pulled me and pinned me to the tree,took a hard core ride,kept the husky 346xp in hand though.scared the sh%t outa the guys on the ground so they told me they should have been in the tree.....HOLY SH#T sore today, cut the limb lose and burnt my line down,learnd something big time.......stay safe guys:greenchainsaw:

Yes, always make good cuts. I had this happen to me one time i was in a hurry and it just kind of happened. The one thing different is my hands got pinned where it happened so fast and the chain saw cut my right hand, cut the pinky bone, severed two tendons. Had surgery on it and it came back stronger than before. The only thing that kept it from being worse is the chain got caught on my bone i guess and made the chain come off. Luckily the limb peeled off and i was able to get free. this was a pretty big limb too. I made an undercut, i apparently cut below it, or didnt make it deep enough. This was 5 years ago, it taught me a lesson.

 

[begleytree]

yeah, that stuffs fun. imo, it happens, the reason it doesn't happen all the time is that a man is careful and alert, but any climber who says it has never happened.. well, his turns comming up.
glad you're OK and smarter.
-Ralph

 

[Slvrmple72]

Been there, done that! Glad to hear you are okay! Give yourself a chance to rest up before goin at it again. Don't want to tear anything beyond healing... the job has enough aches and pains as it is.

 

[CRN Tree]

Happen to me the other day the only thing that saved me was it was at a Y and I was taking both limbs and was tied into the one closeest to me and cutting the other one. Good size limb and it riped down pretty far. Scared the Sh!T out of me. Good learning exprience I'll make sure to make good under cuts next time. Glad to hear your ok!

 

[Fireaxman]

It is a hard call to make some times, especially on hard woods. Cut too far on the undercut and you pinch the saw. Dont cut far enough and it rips.

It was a white oak that nearly got me, a co-dominant stem right at the top where I couldn't get out on it to lighten it up. VERY important to lighten them up as much as possible before you make the cut close to the stem, and then make the final cut as FAST as possible.

After that experience I carry a sacrificial saw (an old Stihl 009 most recently, after the Homey XL bit the dust. Poulan "Wild Things" are good candidates if you find one that runs at a garage sale). If I can't lighten up a heavy branch enough I bury the sacrificial saw in the undercut, just let it pinch. Then I tie it off with 1/4" hemp or parachute cord and make the top cut on the inboard side with the 200t. If the sacrificial saw stays in the cut and the hemp breaks so be it, 'nother homey bites the dust. Better cheap saw than me.

Usually though, if I make the top cut fast enough and close enough to the "sacrificial saw", I get a clean jump cut, the hemp catches the cheap saw, and everything's fine.

 

[treejackyl]

It is a hard call to make some times, especially on hard woods. Cut too far on the undercut and you pinch the saw. Dont cut far enough and it rips.

It was a white oak that nearly got me, a co-dominant stem right at the top where I couldn't get out on it to lighten it up. VERY important to lighten them up as much as possible before you make the cut close to the stem, and then make the final cut as FAST as possible.

After that experience I carry a sacrificial saw (an old Stihl 009 most recently, after the Homey XL bit the dust. Poulan "Wild Things" are good candidates if you find one that runs at a garage sale). If I can't lighten up a heavy branch enough I bury the sacrificial saw in the undercut, just let it pinch. Then I tie it off with 1/4" hemp or parachute cord and make the top cut on the inboard side with the 200t. If the sacrificial saw stays in the cut and the hemp breaks so be it, 'nother homey bites the dust. Better cheap saw than me.

Usually though, if I make the top cut fast enough and close enough to the "sacrificial saw", I get a clean jump cut, the hemp catches the cheap saw, and everything's fine.

Tree jackyl says dont give a damb not my saw...