Top-handle chainsaws

[NebClimber]

Can someone please tell me why the major manufacturers make "top handle" chainsaws if not for one-handed operation? Or is one-hand operation truly the overriding purpose of the design? Local retailers here tell me the top handles are meant for one-handed operation. But the safety manuals for these saws say they must only be operated with two hands. It seems to me the design invites/encourages/facilitates one-handed operation, and the saws are marketed for this purpose, and the safety instruction calling for two-handed operation is just a cover. While everyone on this site might agree that two handed operation is safest, I would really like to know if you think these saws are designed/marketed with one handed operation in mind.


Steven

 

[Ryan Willock]

If you had ever worked in the tight confines of a tree you would see right away the purpose behind top handle saws! Alot of the time you don't have room between branches to manuver a rear handle saw, so enter the top handle .And NO they are NOT ment to be used one handed but people do use them that way.

 

[TREETX]

Amen to the 200T

In the US 2 hands is a must. I think the UK allows one hand use but only when no other option is available

I am guilty of it at times but conscious of it when I am doing so and therefore take extra care.

I used to be a one handing chainsaw freak until I figured that saftey and tree care is a numbers game and my actions were stacking the deck against me.

If your work plan involves a lot of one handing, maybe you need a new work plan.

IMO, the people who are shopping around to put a 200T or a 3400 in their head/chest are those that use the saw one handed to buck up tree parts on the ground.

.02

 

[stihltech]

lawyers

It is a liability issue. Would you make a saw and tell them to use it one-handed?. Not unless you want to give them all your assets and some besides.

 

[HUSKYMAN]

When I am in a bucket about one in 25 cuts is one handed. So yes once in a while, but I am not in the bucket often either

 

[HUSKYMAN]

And I also like the MS200t, though I have never tried Husky's version

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by HUSKYMAN
When I am in a bucket about one in 25 cuts is one handed. So yes once in a while, but I am not in the bucket often either

Funny, my ratios just the opposite!

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

5 outta 4 people have problems with fractions.

 

[Jacob J.]

Tree climbers are supposed to eventually grow a tail like a squirrel with which they can hang on making two-operation easier in a tall tree.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I've often wished I had a third mini-arm in the middle of my chest.

Wouldn't that be cool?

Think of the possibilities!

 

[HUSKYMAN]

I once had a chic with three breasts