Great lanyard idea!!!

[familytreeman]

Hey, I have used all the different break away lanyards.

They all seemed to break easily. (Not the break it was designed for, but breaking easily usually at the metal buckle/attachments after little wear)

I switched to the yellow screamer tear away, using it along with a separate lanyard, and no more breaks.

However, lanyards always seem to get caught in the saw itself, whether it be right before or even during a cut.

I replaced the lanyard section with two small biners and a small diameter bike lock cable, that has an eyelet at both ends.



My new wire core lanyard does not hang near and snag my saw chain, coils neatly out of the way after every cut, and does not need to be clipped to saddle after setting saw down.

An ideal replacement for a saw lanyard!


Oh, I stretched mine for about a day before I used it , so it wasnt so stiff, but still coils nicely...

 

[scubadude1188]

Could you post some pictures of the lanyard?

 

[LTREES]

No clusters in the coils?:monkey:

 

[familytreeman]

Saw lanyard pic

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[familytreeman]

other mods

I also put some pics of the mod i did to my climbing saddle.

Look at tree austria saddle repair post

 

[Greenstar]

Great way to ad extra weight to your saddle!

And what if your saw gets stuck in a cut and the limb drags your saw out of the tree with it? :chainsawguy:

 

[familytreeman]

dude

dude i didnt take a pic of the tear away, i leave those on the climbing saws!

THIS IS JUST THE SAW LANYARD!

 

[familytreeman]

weight

its not much heavier than the saw lanyards they sell, a great deal stronger, and it stays out of the way!

 

[Greenstar]

dude i didnt take a pic of the tear away, i leave those on the climbing saws!

THIS IS JUST THE SAW LANYARD!

I don't get it. I thought this was for a climbing saw.

 

[familytreeman]

saw lanyard

yes, ill go take a pic of the whole set-up just a minute...


ill also move my break away from saw to saddle, so if that ever happens, the lanyard doesnt snap back at me your question made me picture that , thanks

 

[familytreeman]

here is the whole thing, the yellow break away goes on the saddle now thanks

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[Raymond]

I've never used a saw lanyard.
:computer: Never dropped a saw either..well unless you count the ones that
I didn't have to buy, back when I worked for the bigger outfits. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Greenstar]

NiiCE Familytreeman, you have rotator cuff busting 338's just like me!!

 

[familytreeman]

actually they are all the original 335's!

 

[familytreeman]

i cant afford to drop one!

 

[Raymond]

i cant afford to drop one!

Oh I hear ya..I loaned a climber my favorite 023 climbing saw.
He XXXXXX dropped it. I wanted to choke him with tears in my eyes.
Took me 2 hours and forty minutes to get it back together.

 

[tree md]

Only problem I see is it is attached to a husky...:monkey:

I used to buy huskies because that was all I could afford to drop...

Just pullin your chain.

I have an old 192T for the rare occasion I hire a climber instead of doing it myself and have to loan them a saw.

The first guy I did crane work with would not let me tie the saw to myself when doing aerial lifts. Said he didn't want it tied to me in the event it hung up in some big wood. It was his 038 so I could care less if he wanted me to just snap it on my saddle. Never dropped it though. I remember when I started out a lot of climbers would make a saw lanyard out of a hank of old big blue rope. I always used a dog leash. I use a bungee breakaway these days.

 

[familytreeman]

the market lanyards- all just seem to get CAUGHT IN THE SAW , this stays out of the way.

your right i never paid much for any of these old 335s , but after a good old tlc rebuild by yours truly , they just dont want to quit on me

when i do buy another climb saw, ill prob grab an orig 020 they are nice too

 

[tomtrees58]

sierra moreno has sold them for 20 years there about $ 25,00 its excellent tom trees

 

[Greenstar]

the market lanyards- all just seem to get CAUGHT IN THE SAW , this stays out of the way.

your right i never paid much for any of these old 335s , but after a good old tlc rebuild by yours truly , they just dont want to quit on me

when i do buy another climb saw, ill prob grab an orig 020 they are nice too

Yeah I hear ya. I'm in the same boat Familytreeman. I have 2 - 335's (had it the first year it came out, bout 11-12 years ago), and 2 - 338's. More or less the same saw IMO. Only major difference I can notice is the airfilter.

Dude, any tips on keeping those things running tiptop, and getting them to start easy everyday? And idle well. (Both my 335's have been unused for 2-3 years because they stopped idling and running well. ?Maybe I just need to buy new carbs for them?

I know I had to replace the coil on one once, but that was cut and dry. (One day it just wouldn't start or run, after some trouble shooting, found there was no spark, etc., etc., put on a coil from another saw, it ran, that was that. Got an extra from a friend who had a parts saw.)

But so even when I clean the airfilter everyday, which I've found makes a huge difference in the userability of these saws on a day to day basis, they still seem not to want to start easy except after a quick choke and about 4 or 5 overall pulls most of the time! Thats why I call them the rotator cuff busters!
-Any tips on these you've found, because again like you've said, I'm in the same boat, when I need to buy a new climbing saw I'm probably going to buy an 020, however these huskies just won't quit!
They certainly cut well when they're running, and I like the ergonomics of the shape and feel though, especially with a 16" bar on them they're tight.

Peace