Hasn't been a good day!

[Brian13]

Was cutting out some dead wood in a decent size oak this morning. There was one whole leader that had to be pieced out, and when I got to the last chunk my saw got hung up and went for the ride down. I have read about it many times, for some reason if you don't match your cuts in oak your saw can get hung up. I was only off of my undercut by less than 1/2". Was a large enough chunk that I couldn't do anything but let go and watch my saw and the chunk of wood fall to the ground. Wasn't that high, maybe 20 feet up, but enough to do damage. Took a small chunk out of the case, destroyed the rear AV mount, detached the intake boot, and lost the tank vent. It could have been a lot worse. I have already patched the case and have the AV mount and tank vent on order. Should have it up and running Monday afternoon as long as I don't find anything else broken. And to add insult to injury, after I was finished messing with it this afternoon the lock on my tool box got jammed. Not sure how or what happened, but I am locked out of it. Key broke and its stuck between locked and unlock and wont budge. So tomorrow I am going to have to break into my tool box:bang:.

 

[Rokon]

That s*** will buff right out. :msp_thumbup:

 

[excess650]

MS200T?

I was given a 192T and an 019T, but both need work and I have no desire to work on either.

 

[trophyhunter]

I watched a climber's Husky 445 come out of an oak the same way a few months back, that was painful to watch it hit the drive way under it. Just missed the tires that were laid out to cushion the limbs by a few inches.

 

[Brian13]

It is a 200t, in hind sight I probably could have clipped it to my rope and lowered it. But at the time it was heavy and that didn't occur to me. It was stuck tight, and I was hoping the thick grass would cushion the fall. Instead it the log broke its fall.

 

[cpr]

That sucks. Better the saw than you, though.

 

[NHlocal]

It is a 200t, in hind sight I probably could have clipped it to my rope and lowered it. But at the time it was heavy and that didn't occur to me. It was stuck tight, and I was hoping the thick grass would cushion the fall. Instead it the log broke its fall.

Brian,
WOW! :msp_ohmy: Sorry to hear that, no injuries to you I hope. I have very nearly had my saw pulled out of my hand a few times in similar situations, but I always use a leash. But there was that one time when my leash somehow came unhooked topping an Oak.....:redface: Hope you're able to recover with a minimum of repairs.
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[expertech]

I have dropped more saws over the years than I can count. I always use a breakaway on my saw rope so the saw goes and not me!

 

[Brian13]

Other than pride, no I did not get hurt. I don't use a lanyard for the saw, I just clip it to my harness when not in use. So far it will be about 40$ in parts to fix it plus my time. Not too bad, that will still leave me shy of 300$ all together invested in this saw.