How Many Chains

[Stihlproincky]

Y'all still think I don't cut trees.

 

[Stihlproincky]

Boys and girls we've got big wood, small wood, fat and skinny wood

 

[lone wolf]

Power is everywhere in the modern world, and installations exist wherever we work, live or play. While that equals electricity at our finger tips at all times, it also means people are injured and killed in electrocution accidents — the majority of which are construction and utility workers.
According to the CDC’s NIOSH, the construction industry comprises approximately 8% of the U.S. workforce, yet it accounts for 44% of job-related fatalities. Consider the statistics:

• Electrical hazards cause more than 300 deaths and 4,000 injuries each year among the U.S. workforce.
• Electrocution is sixth among causes of workplace deaths in America.
• Construction trades, and installation/maintenance/repair professionals are the top two groups suffering the most fatal electrocution work-related accidents, from 2003-2007.

Electrocution accidents involving heavy equipment​

The construction industry represents 52% of all occupational electrocutions, according to the recent CDC study referenced above. Below are some statistics on the heavy equipment in the trades and related electrocution accidents:

• Heavy equipment events accounted for 50% of those overhead power contacts, with cranes comprising 56.5%, drilling rigs 7.7%, dump trucks 6.7%, bucket trucks 6.7% and backhoes 4.9%.
• Carried items comprised 20.5% of overhead line contacts, ladders 12.9%, scaffolding 2.2%, and direct human contact another 10.2%.
• More than than 90% of power line contact accidents involved overhead distribution conductors.
• Drop-down services from power poles to houses, and high power transmission lines connecting generating stations to substations, only resulted in 7% of workplace power line accidents.
• Labor trades with considerable risk, in addition to heavy equipment operators, were roofing/siding/sheet metal contractors (9.3%), tree trim contractors (8.5%), water/sewer/pipeline personnel and communication contractors (7.9%), and painting contractors (7.3%).

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[Stihlproincky]

Power is everywhere in the modern world, and installations exist wherever we work, live or play. While that equals electricity at our finger tips at all times, it also means people are injured and killed in electrocution accidents — the majority of which are construction and utility workers.
According to the CDC’s NIOSH, the construction industry comprises approximately 8% of the U.S. workforce, yet it accounts for 44% of job-related fatalities. Consider the statistics:

• Electrical hazards cause more than 300 deaths and 4,000 injuries each year among the U.S. workforce.
• Electrocution is sixth among causes of workplace deaths in America.
• Construction trades, and installation/maintenance/repair professionals are the top two groups suffering the most fatal electrocution work-related accidents, from 2003-2007.

Electrocution accidents involving heavy equipment​

The construction industry represents 52% of all occupational electrocutions, according to the recent CDC study referenced above. Below are some statistics on the heavy equipment in the trades and related electrocution accidents:

• Heavy equipment events accounted for 50% of those overhead power contacts, with cranes comprising 56.5%, drilling rigs 7.7%, dump trucks 6.7%, bucket trucks 6.7% and backhoes 4.9%.
• Carried items comprised 20.5% of overhead line contacts, ladders 12.9%, scaffolding 2.2%, and direct human contact another 10.2%.
• More than than 90% of power line contact accidents involved overhead distribution conductors.
• Drop-down services from power poles to houses, and high power transmission lines connecting generating stations to substations, only resulted in 7% of workplace power line accidents.
• Labor trades with considerable risk, in addition to heavy equipment operators, were roofing/siding/sheet metal contractors (9.3%), tree trim contractors (8.5%), water/sewer/pipeline personnel and communication contractors (7.9%), and painting contractors (7.3%).

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Damn man, you been doing your homework

 

[Philbert]

Not sure how we got on this topic (?), but OSHA has been sponsoring electrical hazard training for tree workers, for free, around the country, for several years, along with TCIA.

First link describes EHAP program, second link describes free classes, via grants.

I attended. Very good.

https://treecareindustryassociation.org/education/electrical-hazards-awareness-program-ehap/

https://imis20.tcia.org/TCIA/TCIA/Education_Events/Education/Susan_Harwood_Grant.aspx

Philbert

 

[lone wolf]

Damn man, you been doing your homework

45 years!

 

[sean donato]

Yup, buying pure fuel is my biggest problem.

I resorted to canned fuel in the shelf queens or running them dry for storage. Just too many to keep up after. Should sell a pile of them off.

2 if you are in the tree removal business and this guy I assume is.

I technically have 2, but the 200t I bought off someon here last year is still a box full of parts. One day I'll get around to putting it together, or ship it off to some wolf guy....

 

[Jonny Quest]

I usually keep 4 or 5 chains per bar length. I don't like to sharpen while cutting...I just swap chains. Works for me. Your mileage may vary.

JQ

 

[fields_mj]

I have least 3

For me, its a question of how many saws I want to carry out to the truck. If there's a potential of needing something bigger than an 18" bar, then I normally have a 3rd saw in the truck. Otherwise, I limit myself to 2 only because that's one less thing I need to carry back into the shop at the end of a 10 to 12hr work day.

A less expensive option is to have an extra set of bars and chains, but that's not as much fun

 

[KsForester]

For me, its a question of how many saws I want to carry out to the truck. If there's a potential of needing something bigger than an 18" bar, then I normally have a 3rd saw in the truck. Otherwise, I limit myself to 2 only because that's one less thing I need to carry back into the shop at the end of a 10 to 12hr work day.

A less expensive option is to have an extra set of bars and chains, but that's not as much fun

Saws before bars.

 

[cuttinstihl]

2 for each bar does the trick for me

 

[drumbum]

was recently cleaning some chains (dang you Philbert! ...lol) and took stock....
113 loops various 3/8's
90 loops various 3/8 lp
and 27 loops various of .325, plus 4 25' reels of various.....
....ready to go aside from the reels.

....received a bucket of chains at one point

conditions dictate what goes in the field.