woodchuck357
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Wouldn't want to post on the pro thread, just posting here will upset enough people, but I used this homemade tool to save some time and get the job done.
We dropped a dead tree that had a limb intertwined with the tree next to it. Instead of climbing to cut it off, a line was shot over, the rope pulled up with the saw chain, pulling back and forth for 5 minutes, the limb dropped without breaking any limbs in the other tree or flipping into the house as it may have if we didn't remove it first.
I took 2 pieces of non safety chain about two feet long, linked them so the cutting teeth were pointing toward each other, put rings in the ends to tie the rope to. Saved time, no cost.
Thanks Smokey, I wouldn't have had this thing made up and in the saw box if you hadn't posted a question about a commercial product a while back. That post got me thinking and trying it out. My version works better but the store bought one would have worked too.
We dropped a dead tree that had a limb intertwined with the tree next to it. Instead of climbing to cut it off, a line was shot over, the rope pulled up with the saw chain, pulling back and forth for 5 minutes, the limb dropped without breaking any limbs in the other tree or flipping into the house as it may have if we didn't remove it first.
I took 2 pieces of non safety chain about two feet long, linked them so the cutting teeth were pointing toward each other, put rings in the ends to tie the rope to. Saved time, no cost.
Thanks Smokey, I wouldn't have had this thing made up and in the saw box if you hadn't posted a question about a commercial product a while back. That post got me thinking and trying it out. My version works better but the store bought one would have worked too.
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