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Silly question but.........why not just kep it on your belt with a lanyard?
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Silly question but.........why not just kep it on your belt with a lanyard?
Nailsbeats
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Boston Bull,
Now that I have a lanyard that is what I would've done. My dad always taught us to set a sawline in the tree and use that. We've never used less than a 70cc saw in the tree until about 5 years ago. Both ways have their advantages. Ocassionally, we have strapped the saw to our buckstrap while using a climbing line. Just didn't have the proper equipment.
Now that I have a lanyard that is what I would've done. My dad always taught us to set a sawline in the tree and use that. We've never used less than a 70cc saw in the tree until about 5 years ago. Both ways have their advantages. Ocassionally, we have strapped the saw to our buckstrap while using a climbing line. Just didn't have the proper equipment.
oldirty
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nails.....its oldirty.
i asked the question because i had never heard of such a thing. tying a saw to a tree. but if your using a big saw and cant carry it around the tree then i guess seeing the use of tying it to the tree. are you ever worried about it being caught in the path of the falling wood?
do you set a line and have the brought up to you once you get into working position or do you bring it up with you and then tie it off?
i guess what i am asking is do you throwball a line into the tree and then set the line and have the saw on the rope raised and lowered to your working positions or do you set a line everytime you get into a working position leaving the saw on the ground until your ready?
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Nailsbeats
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oldirty, (got it!)
On most trees we go to the top and set our climbing line, hand line, and saw line. In theory, you should be able to work most of the tree from that set. If you can't, when you reset your climbing line you would also reset the saw line. A sawline to us usually means a line run through a crotch in the tree and then tied off at the ground to a desired length with the saw hanging in the tree. You can also leave your saw hang and tie a tagline to it and your belt so you will be more mobil and retrieve it that way. It is actually quite safe because if you get in a pinch you can drop your saw and it is tied off, but not to your body. Again, this is just how we were taught.
On most trees we go to the top and set our climbing line, hand line, and saw line. In theory, you should be able to work most of the tree from that set. If you can't, when you reset your climbing line you would also reset the saw line. A sawline to us usually means a line run through a crotch in the tree and then tied off at the ground to a desired length with the saw hanging in the tree. You can also leave your saw hang and tie a tagline to it and your belt so you will be more mobil and retrieve it that way. It is actually quite safe because if you get in a pinch you can drop your saw and it is tied off, but not to your body. Again, this is just how we were taught.
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hornett22
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whatever works for you.
sounds like too many ropes in the tree to me.
sounds like too many ropes in the tree to me.
oldirty
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feeling the same on that.
youve never lost a saw to swinging into the tree or getting caught between the wood flying and the trunk? i know saws are tough but just dropping the saw like that.... never snapped a handle or anything?
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Yeah, I have seen my dad and brother drop the saw carelessly and bang it into stuff busting some plastic. They like to do the no look drop sometimes and say OOPS, while they are on to tying their next limb off or repositioning.
I have never seen one smashed by flying wood since you are holding it until the wood is clear. Although, I have seen the saw stay in the cut on big wood and go for a ride with the timber. Never saw a handle come off. I have seen them dropped thinking they were tied off and go to the ground, sometimes hitting blocks.
I don't ever drop the saw. I always look down first, and let it down smooth. For the saw's sake and safety's. Oh well, when you own the saw I guess you can do what you want.
As far as the lines, you just need to be aware of everything going on, just like complicated rigging. Like my dad says "that's life in the tree".
I have never seen one smashed by flying wood since you are holding it until the wood is clear. Although, I have seen the saw stay in the cut on big wood and go for a ride with the timber. Never saw a handle come off. I have seen them dropped thinking they were tied off and go to the ground, sometimes hitting blocks.
I don't ever drop the saw. I always look down first, and let it down smooth. For the saw's sake and safety's. Oh well, when you own the saw I guess you can do what you want.
As far as the lines, you just need to be aware of everything going on, just like complicated rigging. Like my dad says "that's life in the tree".
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