l2edneck
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What side do you seem to favor/be comfortable(sp?) with?
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What is your primary trigger side while cutting?
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Nailsbeats
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I don't understand the question. Do mean what side you stand on when finnishing your backcut while falling a tree?
John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
I'm so right handed I will do almost anything to use it as my main hand. I go lefty only when no other choice.
TreeTopKid
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Right.:greenchainsaw: Left
dingeryote
Blueberry Baron
I am ambi in just about all things but favor my left hand for fine work.
The saw can give me fits at times, like cutting to the right side of the body and wanting the control of the left hand without getting crossed up on balance.
A full wrap bar on every saw would be nice!!!
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
The saw can give me fits at times, like cutting to the right side of the body and wanting the control of the left hand without getting crossed up on balance.
A full wrap bar on every saw would be nice!!!
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
1savagehunter
ArboristSite Operative
Ambi here so either or works for me ... left more than right I guess.
Most, if not all, saws are set up for right hand so you are not in line with the bar. There are times and situations where that just does not work.
Harry K
Harry K
PA Plumber
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Righty here.
Once in a great while I'll go to the other side. Not often though.
Once in a great while I'll go to the other side. Not often though.
Treetom
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Considering the responses so far, maybe the poll should be: left, right or ambidextrous. I cut with either finger on the throttle, depends on if I'm cutting to the left or the right.
Nailsbeats
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Could you get back here and clarify the question for me. I know I'm a little slow and have a hard time going with the flow.
md_tree_dood
ArboristSite Operative
All chainsaws are right handed, this question makes no sense. If you're not using your right hand to pull the trigger, you're compromising safety.
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I'm ambidex (plus or minus) but I've never been tempted to try an operation with the trigger on my left but I can see how some would like it. Geometry all wrong for left side though... you'd have to lean over a little further, I guess.
Ed*L
ArboristSite Guru
Right side when bucking or limbing.
When felling, I'll pick the safest side (best escape, clearest area to cut in etc.). The biggest benefit of using a full wrap saw, you can cut from either side of the tree.
Ed
When felling, I'll pick the safest side (best escape, clearest area to cut in etc.). The biggest benefit of using a full wrap saw, you can cut from either side of the tree.
Ed
1savagehunter
ArboristSite Operative
I really like the full wrap on my 460 except when cutting low to the ground. Makes me feel like I have abit more options for sure.
MR4WD
ArboristSite Guru
If that was the case, then manufacturers wouldn't make a full wrap or 3/4 wrap handle, which sounding by your post you've never seen.
I prefer to stand on one side of the tree and not walk around it to make various cuts and prefer to use only the bottom of the bar. With that said, equally left and right!
Nailsbeats
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Really? Only the bottom of the bar? I hope this isn't a setup to get me again Treeco.
MR4WD
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Yeah, it's what I prefer. A preference probably gained from having a full wrap handle, mind you. Not that I won't cut from the top of the bar, I just try and position myself so I don't have to.
clearance
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How do you figure that? Some times you have to buck lefthanded as to be in a safe position.
That one sometimes has to work left handed does not negate the 'righthandedness' of all saws (I do think I saw something about lefty saws back when). Using a right handed tool left handed does compromise safety but one does what one has to do.
Harry K
