treemandan
Tree Freak
i nicked mine dozens of times when you have a large saw and are tired and you let it down to the rest position and the chain is moving a bit.
that is what the brake is for.
Stupid stupid stupid...
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that is what the brake is for.
I know it is but you really dont put it on and off all day long when you cut.
ya.. it's a PITA... but resistance to putting on your safety gear can be overcome.
just keep looking at a few more nasty cut pic's....
for some reason in Tulsa... rarely seen anyone wear chaps
Labonville chaps, Peltor helmet w/ears and Kevlar gloves is my normal safety gear.
is it hot and a pain to use.... sure...
but thought of massive life changing damages motivates me to keep using
now it feels really odd to cut without safety gear on....
just keep looking at a few more nasty cut pic's....
for some reason in Tulsa... rarely seen anyone wear chaps
Labonville chaps, Peltor helmet w/ears and Kevlar gloves is my normal safety gear.
is it hot and a pain to use.... sure...
but thought of massive life changing damages motivates me to keep using
now it feels really odd to cut without safety gear on....
DJ4wd
ArboristSite Operative
Glad your ok though ..jeesh!
treemandan
Tree Freak
I do, its habit now.
Blakesmaster
Addicted to ArboristSite
Laura's soliciting friends and family now, trying to get up some money for a set of Pfanner's for me. Depends how things go this year but maybe I'll get a pair for each of the guys.
treemandan
Tree Freak
I got a brand new pair... they are a few years old now. I think they are still in the pickup.
Lugnutz
ArboristSite Operative
chaps fer me now
Tapped myself in the shin yesterday. In comparison to the OP's pic I just got a bad scratch out of the deal. I wasn't at the end of my day or end of a week, I just took my eye off the ball or didn't pay attention to details like I should have.
I was dropping a small ash that dad wanted cleared to allow more room for his walnut tree. As it began to come down I stepped back and to my left, not sure exactly what happened. I think the bar might have snagged in some underbrush or a sticker vine, but it got ahold of my pant leg and sucked itself in to my shin. Saving grace was I was off the gas and it was winding down and the bar was almost straight up and down and not at a 90 to my leg. Scared the hell outta me and put all kinds of holes in my last pair of hole free jeans. The leg is good, and bandaged up but it could have been so much worse.
From now on I'll take the extra time to clear the area of snags and vines before I cut and I'm searchin for some chaps as soon as I hit the submit button!
Tapped myself in the shin yesterday. In comparison to the OP's pic I just got a bad scratch out of the deal. I wasn't at the end of my day or end of a week, I just took my eye off the ball or didn't pay attention to details like I should have.
I was dropping a small ash that dad wanted cleared to allow more room for his walnut tree. As it began to come down I stepped back and to my left, not sure exactly what happened. I think the bar might have snagged in some underbrush or a sticker vine, but it got ahold of my pant leg and sucked itself in to my shin. Saving grace was I was off the gas and it was winding down and the bar was almost straight up and down and not at a 90 to my leg. Scared the hell outta me and put all kinds of holes in my last pair of hole free jeans. The leg is good, and bandaged up but it could have been so much worse.
From now on I'll take the extra time to clear the area of snags and vines before I cut and I'm searchin for some chaps as soon as I hit the submit button!
Please don't think I'm trying to preach, or instill poor safety practice. I haven't climbed for a living for over 20 years now. Safety has come along ways. The only problem with things like chain brakes is they set you up to use poor safety techniques. We didn't have brakes so you never let a saw hang while running. Now it's common practice to let the saw hang while running, just put the brake on. I have never met a climber that wears chaps up a tree and helmets were a major issue, no one wanted to wear them. Safety practice is more important than safety devices. Safety devices cover the lapses in safety practice.
I had 2 cuts that safety equipment would have prevented, but safety practice would have prevented them too. The first was when I was about 16 or 18 years old. I picked my leg up to step over a log and stuck it into a moving chain. The chain was too loose and the idle too high. My cut looked a lot worse than the OP's.
The other was late in the day, my hands were numb from cutting saw logs all day. I had my thumb above the handle wiggling my fingers when the tip of my Super 1050 hit a log on the far side and kicked back nicking 3 fingers on my left hand.
Funny how the stuff we live through we eventually brag about. How many times have you had a prunning saw break through and hit you in the knee. I actually had one stick in my knee cap once and was showing the guys on the ground that it wouldnt fall out, I had to pull it out. The next day that knee would hardly move.
Well, everyone be carefull and work safe, Joe.
I had 2 cuts that safety equipment would have prevented, but safety practice would have prevented them too. The first was when I was about 16 or 18 years old. I picked my leg up to step over a log and stuck it into a moving chain. The chain was too loose and the idle too high. My cut looked a lot worse than the OP's.
The other was late in the day, my hands were numb from cutting saw logs all day. I had my thumb above the handle wiggling my fingers when the tip of my Super 1050 hit a log on the far side and kicked back nicking 3 fingers on my left hand.
Funny how the stuff we live through we eventually brag about. How many times have you had a prunning saw break through and hit you in the knee. I actually had one stick in my knee cap once and was showing the guys on the ground that it wouldnt fall out, I had to pull it out. The next day that knee would hardly move.
Well, everyone be carefull and work safe, Joe.
ANSI z.133
Look, I am sure that some of you guys know more than everyone else. I'm not trying to suggest that this is your attitude, so bear with me. That is just what I have gathered from reading some posts. ANSI z.133 is clear that when you run a saw on the ground (4.2.8) Chain saw resistant leg protection SHALL be worn while operating a chain saw during ground operations and (7.2.7) Chain saws SHALL be held with the thumbs and fingers of both hands encircling the handles during operation. I'm sure you all know this. It is just a reminder. Learn ANSI standards. Use them. These Standards allow us to be more professional and allow us to go home at the end of the day. I am glad that you were not injured that badly and that you can still work. Good stuff.
Look, I am sure that some of you guys know more than everyone else. I'm not trying to suggest that this is your attitude, so bear with me. That is just what I have gathered from reading some posts. ANSI z.133 is clear that when you run a saw on the ground (4.2.8) Chain saw resistant leg protection SHALL be worn while operating a chain saw during ground operations and (7.2.7) Chain saws SHALL be held with the thumbs and fingers of both hands encircling the handles during operation. I'm sure you all know this. It is just a reminder. Learn ANSI standards. Use them. These Standards allow us to be more professional and allow us to go home at the end of the day. I am glad that you were not injured that badly and that you can still work. Good stuff.
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