Chainsaws. Overrated?

[outofmytree]

That's the only thing I don't like about the peace and quiet of handsaw use. You really gotta watch for the ground crew because a silky's scream is a bit softer than a 200's.

I agree. If you don't watch for the ground crew you could accidently miss. :monkey:

 

[md_tree_dood]

I like the sugoi but its too bulky. I climbed with it on my leg for a while, but it just gets hung up on things like a scabbard does hanging from you saddle. cutting power on it is ridonkulous though

 

[ForTheArborist]

I like the sugoi but its too bulky. I climbed with it on my leg for a while, but it just gets hung up on things like a scabbard does hanging from you saddle. cutting power on it is ridonkulous though

I figured that would be the case, but I'll still give it a shot.

This is what I used for about the first year of working in palm trees. All I got was palm tree trim jobs, and I was giving really good deals on them, so I could keep up with college and baseball money wise. I didn't even own a chainsaw. This thing was light, cheap, and I knew it was making me tough as saw blades. The work out this thing gives you on palm tree trim jobs, wow. Very excrutiating, and it's all baseball power.

Since then, I got a little more realistic about my service, and I actually have bought some chainsaws, and I'm still buying. I tried to used this saw again a little while back again. Ol' hell beaters, no. Never. This thing is the worst saw of all saws.

This thing would take me 8 times longer to do a palm tree than it takes with a trim chainsaw. :jawdrop: I'll just keep that hand saw for a momento. It hangs up easy enough on a wall.

 

[bobbo]

getting tendinitis with chainsaw

Other then treeseer do others feel chainsaws are overrate for trimming? I did commercial work for many years. Never saw a pair of pruners on a job. We would knock out complexes doing sometimes 30+ trees a day. Doing bigger cuts using chainsaws. The trees would come out looking nice but grow back pretty fast. The last 5 or six years I've had the good luck to work for some really good companys. I go weeks now sometimes and never touch a chainsaw. It's a joy to work in a large tree with 4 other climber and have complete silents. My silky cuts small branches as fast as a saw and you don't have that saw bouncing off your leg all day. I carry pruners,loppers, and a pole pruner. Should I need a saw to remove a larger branch I'll have a groundsman send it up. I think I can trim as fast with my hand tools then I could with a saw. Especially doing fine pruning. I hear some say you can't make money like that but my bosses seem to be doing OK.
I don't get a chance to talk to many climber ,thats why I love this forum and ask maybe dumb questions. Thanks for bearing with me.

Just wanted to ask you, I am a lineman and starting the saw and the weight of the saw is killing me on the tendinitis. I want to get a real small chainsaw to wreck out arms and poles. Do you have a suggestion?

 

[tree md]

Love it when I can prune a tree with just my handsaw. I agree with whoever said the Sugoi is too bulky on the leg. Cuts awesome but is too bulky to be worn on the leg IMO. My next handsaw will be a Zubat I believe.

It saves so much energy to climb with just the handsaw, use it as much as possible, then call for the chainsaw when needed.