Revving chainsaws like a dirt bike or Harley at a stop light.

[Bassmantweed]

Been watching a lot of videos of people running saws. About 80% of the videos I see people are revving their saws like a kid. On and off the throttle/ trigger. They are doing this before and during the cut.

At first it drove me nuts then I thought. Maybe they know something I don’t? Is there a reason for this???

Weee weee. Weeee. Waaaaa. Wwaaa waaa.

 

[wyk]

If you prefer, they do make battery saws now.

 

[Bassmantweed]

If you prefer, they do make battery saws now.

I think you missed the point. I’m perfectly happy with my gas saws. I just don’t see the need to play games with the throttle.

Again maybe I’m doing it wrong but I don’t see the need for the throttle to go up and down through the cut. I usually have it wide open the whole way. Most videoed I see today are not like that. Just wondered why.

 

[Bassmantweed]

Not the best example but the most recent one that showed up. About 10 seconds in he starts revving the saw. Why?

 

[Lawless]

One of the hallmarks of a people with too much time and prosperity is worrying about things like this

Flame suit on

 

[HumBurner]

Sometimes in a cut you may pause and pull partially or fully out of the cut, rev a second or two, then re-enter.

This helps clear the kerf of debris.

It can also be used when avoiding pinches, especially in logs under one or more points of tension.

There are other situations as well. When brushing without a swamper, or even with, I use the bar to "sweep" the brush out of my way. Sometimes when the brush doesn't want to release, a quick blip will throw the brush a few feet out of my way.


Again, more reasons than this.


Piss-revving for the sake of piss revving is stupid, though.

 

[Bassmantweed]

One of the hallmarks of a people with too much time and prosperity is worrying about things like this

Flame suit on

Nobody is worried. Just curious.

And i am hoping you see the irony in your posting in a thread complaining about people with too much free time. Happy holidays.

 

[ZeroJunk]

It's just a nervous habit or habit as near as I can tell.

I have one customer who worked for Asplundh and now has his own tree service. He is constantly doing it while he is deciding the next twig to cut.

If there is a downside, some saws like a MS200T has an accelerator pump and that is as good a way as I know of to just wear it out.

 

[mudfly]

Maybe it’s a habit from when we were all younger and running crappie saws that wouldn’t idle worth a darn? I blip the throttle once or twice between cuts (bucking firewood mostly) and have no real reason why I do it. Might be from running saws in real cold weather also (-10 to -20 F) and if you let them idle they would die and carb would freeze up.
Or might be that’s how my dad ran his saw and I picked it up without realizing it.

 

[ZeroJunk]

Maybe it’s a habit from when we were all younger and running crappie saws that wouldn’t idle worth a darn? I blip the throttle once or twice between cuts (bucking firewood mostly) and have no real reason why I do it. Might be from running saws in real cold weather also (-10 to -20 F) and if you let them idle they would die and carb would freeze up.
Or might be that’s how my dad ran his saw and I picked it up without realizing it.

My father grew up cutting wood to cure tobacco, long before chainsaws. He always felt like he had to be moving the saw. Back and forth, eight o'clock to ten o'clock. Whatever. Never got away from doing it.

 

[Franny K]

This is from the service data for an Echo 361P
I take it to mean 5 seconds at idle, 5 seconds at full throttle continue for 100 seconds.
The Husqvarna staff at the Paul Bunyan show will do something similar before they hand you the saw to test out.

Beyond this don't give Harley or dirt bike riders a bad reference.

 

[Bassmantweed]

My father grew up cutting wood to cure tobacco, long before chainsaws. He always felt like he had to be moving the saw. Back and forth, eight o'clock to ten o'clock. Whatever. Never got away from doing it.

That reminds me of a joke my dad told me decades ago.

A guy buys a chainsaw from a store and walks out. About 6 hours later he returns to the store looking exhausted and complains that the saw cuts like crap. The salesman behind the counter takes the saw from him and starts it up…..

The guy says, whoa what’s that noise???

 

[Bassmantweed]

Beyond this don't give Harley or dirt bike riders a bad reference.

Hey if the shoe fits…….

If I had a dollar for everytime some knucklehead at a stop light revs his 2022 road glide,

….. well I could afford one.

I think it’s the same genome that drives both behaviors.

 

[user 122190]

I rev the saws out of the cut, not excessively. Helps oil the chain, and IMO also helps cool the saw. But what do I know?

FWIW, I had problems with my 500i, until I started reving the saw out of the cut. Again, but what do I know?

 

[Lawless]

Nobody is worried. Just curious.

And i am hoping you see the irony in your posting in a thread complaining about people with too much free time. Happy holidays.

What I am getting at is that nobody in El Salvador is posting things like this (if they can post at all) but more likely something like “does anyone know where I can get some food”. Yes I include myself in first world decadence but I have traipsed all over South America and have seen 3rd world life.

It wasn’t an attack on you OP, just a comment on the differences.

 

[SS396driver]

Hey if the shoe fits…….

If I had a dollar for everytime some knucklehead at a stop light revs his 2022 road glide,

….. well I could afford one.

I think it’s the same genome that drives both behaviors.

Blipping the throttle on a new Harley is just stupidity in action . I had a pan head that if you didn’t blip the throttle it would stall at times . Nothing like trying to kick start a bike at a green light with impatient people behind you .

It’s basically a look at me thing now guys do it with imports too . I like to open the electric header dumps on my Chevelle and blip the throttle makes Harleys and rice burners sound like sowing machines this is full exhaust
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[Bassmantweed]

Blipping the throttle on a new Harley is just stupidity in action . I had a pan head that if you didn’t blip the throttle it would stall at times . Nothing like having to kicking over a bike at a green light with impatient people behind you .

It’s basically a look at me thing now guys do it with imports too . I like to open the electric header dumps on my Chevelle and blip the throttle makes Harleys and rice burners sound like sowing machines this is full exhaust
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Drool……. Very nice.

 

[Bassmantweed]

What I am getting at is that nobody in El Salvador is posting things like this (if they can post at all) but more likely something like “does anyone know where I can get some food”. Yes I include myself in first world decadence but I have traipsed all over South America and have seen 3rd world life.

It wasn’t an attack on you OP, just a comment on the differences.

Yeah. Agree.

But I’m sitting on my couch listening to Christmas music on my hand but dynaco tube amp enjoying some well earned time off and coffee while it is sleeeting. I’m very lucky - I realize.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

Blipping the throttle on a new Harley is just stupidity in action . I had a pan head that if you didn’t blip the throttle it would stall at times . Nothing like having to kicking over a bike at a green light with impatient people behind you .

It’s basically a look at me thing now guys do it with imports too . I like to open the electric header dumps on my Chevelle and blip the throttle makes Harleys and rice burners sound like sowing machines this is full exhaust
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What an awesome sound

 

[ROME K/G]

Been watching a lot of videos of people running saws. About 80% of the videos I see people are revving their saws like a kid. On and off the throttle/ trigger. They are doing this before and during the cut.

At first it drove me nuts then I thought. Maybe they know something I don’t? Is there a reason for this???

Weee weee. Weeee. Waaaaa. Wwaaa waaa.

Yea, just plain stupid! and wasting gas! amateurs!