what a sucky day!

[NWCS]

hey all.. i just spent the day from hell putting up 6ft HD cyclone fence.. threw some chipper chain on the 036 pro to cut the railroad ties im using as fence posts.. chain still only makes it through about 4 cuts before it needs sharpened up again.. and the real kicker.. trying to straighten out a chain on a customers 025.. got it mostly straight and back on the bar, rotating the chain around the bar i slipped and dropped the darn thing on my arm.. those chisel chains sure do slice an arm up! i usually dont bleed that much.. wow! just happy i was only moving it around by hand.. still finished the job on time though! customer is happy he can still use his chain (brand new chain that only made about 6 cuts before he pinched it BAD.. big S bend on that sucker)

i sure could use a beer about now..

by the way, i DO keep a large stock of bandaids and bactine around at all times.. makes it easy when something happens

 

[shtoink]

Wow, that sucks very much bad! It's a good thing you didn't snag a few tendons or major arteries. Sheeesh...

 

[spacemule]

I look at it this way. Any day that doesn't end with an emergency room or coroner's visit is a good day.

 

[NWCS]

yes, its only a surface cut and slice missing. luck was definatly on my side tonight! i did manage to not pay attention on the loader and run part way over a roll of the cyclone fence.. still usable but a rather nice track mark up it.. just too dead tired to be running the machine.. 10 hours with fence is just too much for me..

 

[lostone]

I look at it this way. Any day that doesn't end with an emergency room or coroner's visit is a good day.

Agreed

 

[Lawn Masters]

Thank god the engine wasnt running when you hit your arm. I've done that too, but not with chisel chain.

Those are the days you'd rather just stay home.

 

[NWCS]

the sad part is.. this was all at home work!

 

[GASoline71]

Glad your okay dedcow.

I was up on a 10 day elk hunt in Yakima last year and since I'm the only one with the saws, I'm the firewood sawyer. I had just felled a 20+ inch Tamarack standing deadfall, and was buckin' it into shape to start sawing rounds. When one of the guys from the huntin' party who thought he was doin' me a favor by grabbin' the bigger branches as I cut them. I was trying to tell him to let go and get out of the way (losing my concentration on the saw as I was yellin' at him), when the base on the branch he was hangin' on to caught the saw chain and sent the saw right back into my left knee! After lots of cussin' and yellin', I was finally brave enough to drop my pants and take a look. Glad that saw was not at RPM. It wasn't as bad as it looked, since my sock, pantleg, and top of my boot were saturating with blood. Thank god for double-knee Carhartt loggers!!! Without those pants it would have been a lot worse. Now my non-wood cuttin' buddies don't laugh as much at my bobbed pants and suspenders when I'm cuttin'.

Sorry so long, but just thought I would share a quick story.

Again, glad you weren't hurt too bad.

Gary

 

[GOBRDGO]

If railroad ties are treated like the utility poles I deal with I feel for you. No chain can handle creosote treated wood for long.

 

[NWCS]

these suckers are black all the way through.. claimed to be around 80 years old. direct from the railroad.. i got a load of about 40 of em.