So I have read a lot of the responses / posts about the Caritools and peoples dislike of them. I wasn't unhappy with them and continued using them until today. This morning while in a tree about 30' up the caritool holding my 200T snapped and sent the saw down into one of my ground guys face. Fortunately he only bust his upper lip and chin requiring a handful of stitches so it could have been much much worse. But as far as the caritools on my saddle they all came off immediately and have been replaced with appropriate carabiners. I will post a picture if anyone cares to see where the caritool failed but not sure if I should do that for liability reasons yet. I should have heeded everyones warnings about not using these devices but up until now I never had a problem with them. I just hate that I waited for an accident to change my mind. All of the guys who work for me are considered family and I cant tell you how awful it feels to have put one of them in harms way because of a bad decision. I just hope that someone else will learn from my mistake and remove these devices from their equipment.
Caritool Accident
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RacerX
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Sorry to hear that your guy got hurt but the situation prompts one to ask why was there no lanyard on the saw?
tree md
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Sorry to hear about your guy. I know I would feel terrible if I ever hurt one of my guys on the ground. Just chalk it up to being an accident and a learning experience and thank God no one was seriously injured. I admire you for your candor. Hopefully some can learn from your post.
I used a caritool to hang my saw for a short period and never could feel comfortable about it. I still use one for slings and whatnot but anything heavy like a saw goes on an aluminum biner with a lanyard attached.
I used a caritool to hang my saw for a short period and never could feel comfortable about it. I still use one for slings and whatnot but anything heavy like a saw goes on an aluminum biner with a lanyard attached.
mr. holden wood
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I have used a caritool biner for over a year and love it. I have had a 660 and 200t hangin from it on numerous occasions without a problem. The biggest mistake was the lack of a lanyard ,not the caritool. I would never run a saw without one, lanyards are a must for the safety of the gm's and the saw. With that said I will probably replace mine every year or 2, a small price to pay for a handy piece of equipment.
deevo
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x2, I have a lanyard on every saw whether climbing or in the bucket. I don't ever want that to happen on one of my sites. I use AM'd's on all my saw lanyards as well, not the Caritool
Fortunately / Unfortunately - my saw does have a lanyard on it but it wasnt clipped in to two separate sites when it occured. Thanks for all your replies, I do appreciate the feedback. Just thankful my guys alright and its a big learning lesson.
chad556
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It's kind of scary how often a dropped saw will manage to hit someone, this is the second time I have read about it happening. Kind of like the dropped piece of toast landing buttered side down more often that buttered side up. 11lbs though geez thats like the stock weight of a filled up 200 with a 16" bar and chain. Petzl should beef those things up. Hell even those cheapo keychain carabiners that companies put their logos on are rated to 150 lbs. That kind of weight limit would be perfect for a saw i think, beefy enough to hold it but weak enough to not hold a hung up saw (and potentially climber) in a death grip. I am always wary about a stray branch taking my saw with it attached to me by a 22kn breaking strength carabiner, you know thats not breaking away until you do.
Glad to hear there were no serious injuries though.
Glad to hear there were no serious injuries though.
Thats not good, here with saw parts being so expensive and medical being cheap, we have our groundies lined up beneath us to lessen the damage to falling saws:tongue2:
I have carried everything including my 88 with 50 inch bar and 3120 in mine for years without trouble. Possible prior damage done to it? Being plastic accidently slammed in a car door, stood on while it was on the ground or anything like that could have weakened it.
Its a good warning to others, thanks for that!
I have carried everything including my 88 with 50 inch bar and 3120 in mine for years without trouble. Possible prior damage done to it? Being plastic accidently slammed in a car door, stood on while it was on the ground or anything like that could have weakened it.
Its a good warning to others, thanks for that!
ozzy42
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