What Saw Do You Climb With

[treeseer]

zubat and 200t seem to be popular here. I like the husky cuz it starts easier, but it doesn't handle as well for me as a stihl.

My zubat is dull; thinking about one with a bigger grip; don't know which to choose.

I use Felco #2 for the smaller work.

If I had to pick just one saw to use in a tree it'd be my telescoping pole saw.

 

[sharpstikman]

hellow all .I was wonderin if yall prefer to take the chainsaw with you on the way up or pull it up behind you

 

[Jim1NZ]

hellow all .I was wonderin if yall prefer to take the chainsaw with you on the way up or pull it up behind you

Hey mate, welcome to AS

I get the groundie to sent it up when ever possible

 

[okietreedude1]

How is the silky i've been thinking about buying one but didnt know how a hand saw would work out

Handsaws are a must have in tree work. It helps keep from tearing up all the bark when cutting small (less than 1/2") limbs or limbs directly in front of your face or rope. It is also very usefull when cutting down big stuff, the piece hinges over and is hanging by a thread, to pull the handsaw and gingerly cut the peel vs. fire the saw and risk cutting your lowering rope.

As for what I climb w/ - Echo 3000 (just got the 346T and not to sure i like its feel)

 

[stehansen]

hellow all .I was wonderin if yall prefer to take the chainsaw with you on the way up or pull it up behind you

It depends on how high in the tree you are going before you start cutting.

 

[Lumberjack]

Jim, great fun when its opened up aint it?

I climb with it normally. Takes more energy to climb without it normally after you figure pulling up all that line.

 

[stehansen]

everyone on my crew climbs with husky 346xp 's and silky ... we stoped using the one handers a long time ago .... imo a over the top handle one handed saw is a good way to get cut ... my guys are addicted to the 346 xp power now anyway dark

I think that the top handle saws are very handy when working from a bucket, but there is no great advantage over the traditional rear handle type saw when climbing.

 

[stihlIT]

I always climb then get the saw sent up ,its more comfortable for me.

 

[Lumberjack]

I think that the top handle saws are very handy when working from a bucket, but there is no great advantage over the traditional rear handle type saw when climbing.

Sounds like another great debate of a dead horse.


I respectively disagree. (thats a PERIOD)

 

[clearance]

ms 200 99% of the time, best little saw ever, handsaw or a 288 rest of the time. Hanging on a lanyard clipped to the centre of my belt behind my back all the time I am using it in the tree.

 

[rbtree]

Zubat for pruning, with Zubat pole saw as needed..or longer one for the tough reaches, common with a conifer for proper mid to end branch work.

Modded 335 on steroids for bigger pruning cuts and most removals. Next up totally depends on the tree, as we have all the sizes on the truck: 346-18", 357-20", 372-24-28", Dolmar PS7900-28-32", 066-36". The 3120-42" stays home till needed now and then.....all are modded screamin' meanies

Here's Eli from April 2004 running a 488-Greffard before switching to the brand new PP PS7900...

 

[notahacker]

MS200T & Silky Zubat

 

[stehansen]

Sounds like another great debate of a dead horse.


I respectively disagree. (thats a PERIOD)

I still use a ms200t to climb with because it has a lot more power than my other small saw which is a shindaiwa.
What do you like about the top handle design for climbing?

 

[xtremetrees]

Husky 141, anything bigger a Husky 350. Husky 136 on spikeless trims. I like the reach of two handed saws and I will not suffer wrist damage in the future
Having been pulled 40 feet down a stubb while attached to a 900 pound log, I always disconnect my saw on anything I cut that is heavier than me.

 

[Jim1NZ]

Jim, great fun when its opened up aint it?

I climb with it normally. Takes more energy to climb without it normally after you figure pulling up all that line.

Yea its chioce and everyone comments on it haha.

Oh yea i climb with my saw on small trees, but when i footlock up, i get the saw sent up after im at the top.

 

[darkstar]

yes always disconnect the saw when cuttting wood .... deffinatly

 

[clearance]

If you disconnect your saw every time you push of a block or fall a short log from the tree you are in there is something wrong with you. Ethier no clue how to use a saw properly or paranoid. I have had my saw hold on a little with the piece being removed but never a big deal because of it. Why is because of inattntion to the backcut, like cutting of the holding wood on one side of the backcut. If you had to block down a big fir firewood style from the top you would probably drop your saw, unhooking it like 70-90 times.

 

[magicmic]

very hapy with the 192t.The ms 200 and the echo 301 are bricks compared to the 192t.I rather have 2 192t's than one ms 299t for the one hundred dollar diference.

 

[Bermie]

O20T, silky zubat, felco2!

Yes my saw is old but when a new 200T is about $800 what can you do! Keep the little darlin' running!

 

[treeseer]

... pole saw as needed..or longer one for the tough reaches, common with a conifer for proper mid to end branch work.

Commonly needed also with spreading hardwoods like willow oak, for mid to end branch work. A 7'-14' telescoping polesaw is a very versatile tool, and is easy to carry on a standard dogleash.

Other than that, I'm not buying another zubat now that my first one is dull. think I'll try a Samurai; tried one at the Bishop's booth at ISA and liked it.

Felco 2's in scabbard pouch on most prunes.

ms200t, tho it is not starting well these days. tuneup time I guess. Do you saw experts see any difference in starting the 192 over the 200t?