The Whining Thread

[imagineero]

Come on, guys. Seriously. I need to pass a falling/chainsaw skill test next spring. They want to see me doing a there crotch start there. Otherwise I 'll fail.

Well. Better start training, right?

They got the same thing here in aus, only you gotta be able to hang the entire saw off ************ for at least 30 seconds, then start it fro the same position with both hands on the starter cord. To get your class 5 fallers ticket it has to be at least a 6 cube saw with a bar over 3'. Limp individuals need not apply

Shaun

 

[Samlock]

They got the same thing here in aus, only you gotta be able to hang the entire saw off ************ for at least 30 seconds, then start it fro the same position with both hands on the starter cord. To get your class 5 fallers ticket it has to be at least a 6 cube saw with a bar over 3'. Limp individuals need not apply

Shaun

Oh, that explains all those Australia: Don't Go There - fliers they're spreading in the woods.

 

[slowp]

Goodness! We are a kinder, gentler country. For those of us who go through the bucking test, we only have to do the start the saw on the ground with foot through handle. Should I chant, USA, USA?

 

[floyd]

Here's what I want to know...what is taught at GOL?

 

[slowp]

Here's what I want to know...what is taught at GOL?

First, I think the guy who did the one I went to was familiar with PNW ways. The foot through the handle method and the crotch start were taught. How to do a drop start, safely, with chainbrake on and bar on log was discussed. I think the latter was brought up by a logger.

There was no My Way Or The Highway attitude like we see in the other threads. The PNW course was maybe tweaked to match our conditions.

 

[redprospector]

Come on, guys. Seriously. I need to pass a falling/chainsaw skill test next spring. They want to see me doing a there crotch start there. Otherwise I 'll fail.

Well. Better start training, right?

A word to the wise.
That little de-compression button is your best friend if you have the need to start a saw in this manner.

Andy

 

[floyd]

Call me a wimp...I always use the red button.

 

[redprospector]

They got the same thing here in aus, only you gotta be able to hang the entire saw off ************ for at least 30 seconds, then start it fro the same position with both hands on the starter cord. To get your class 5 fallers ticket it has to be at least a 6 cube saw with a bar over 3'. Limp individuals need not apply

Shaun

Hmph!
Boy scouts have a better test of manhood than that. They have to use a piece of flint and start a fire.

Andy

 

[redprospector]

Call me a wimp...I always use the red button.

Wimp. :hmm3grin2orange:

Andy

 

[carym2a]

Call me a wimp...I always use the red button.

I have Black and Blue " WIMP " buttons, very used.

 

[carym2a]

Lets see someone dropstart a Kart101 in a 125C sometime, the last time I saw one started out in the bush I was a kid and it took two guys to doit:cool2:

 

[northmanlogging]

I got an 090g I'd like to see someone clamp between their legs and yank on the handle...

but really 20 plus years swinging a saw around I can count on one hand the times I've stuck my foot through the handle and tried to start it, it didn't start, but I did wrench my back, and I can't count past 3 anyway...

 

[imagineero]

Hmph!
Boy scouts have a better test of manhood than that. They have to use a piece of flint and start a fire.

Andy

Don't they get sparks on their wang?

Shaun

 

[imagineero]

but really 20 plus years swinging a saw around I can count on one hand the times I've stuck my foot through the handle and tried to start it, it didn't start, but I did wrench my back, and I can't count past 3 anyway...

That's something I often thought about the start on the ground method too... it's basically the opposite of what they teach you in every basic lifting course on the planet. Ok folks, bend at the back and not at the knees, now twist, and lets go for a quick jerky sudden pull!

 

[redprospector]

Don't they draw sparks from their wang?

Shaun

There, I fixed it for ya.

Andy

 

[northmanlogging]

what happens when a boy scout, and three girls scouts land in a pile of tinder?

 

[forestryworks]

what happens when a boy scout, and three girls scouts land in a pile of tinder?

Not a damn thing, cause they ain't Eagle Scouts! :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[056kid]

Lets see someone dropstart a Kart101 in a 125C sometime, the last time I saw one started out in the bush I was a kid and it took two guys to doit:cool2:

####, they aren't that bad. You better be paying attention though haha. How's the weather over there? People been pulling any chrome out of the chetco lately?

 

[carym2a]

####, they aren't that bad. You better be paying attention though haha. How's the weather over there? People been pulling any chrome out of the chetco lately?

10-4 on paying attention. And No on the mining anything, they out lawed any mining on the chetco, we had it run out out of the banks last week and might doit agian later this week got a good storm heading in tues night, it'll be back in loab park and atrivers rv park agian:msp_thumbup:

 

[mile9socounty]

My crummy almost went toast over the weekend. Blew out two intake gaskets. 10 gallons of water later I finally made it back to the house. 600$ to get it fixed. Im a pretty good mech, but whats under the hood of my Sonoma is far beyond my skills. Way too many plugs, wires, fancy plastic stuff for me to break anything. So Im back to driving the beat up old Ford for now.