Wrap handle or not ?

[hybridkarpower]

Gents:

What is the exact use or benefit of having wrap handle on a chainsaw ? I have never owned one with wrap handle nor did I ever felt the need for one, but I don't cut wood for living.

 

[Zombiechopper]

I tried it for a while on one saw for felling. Didn't need it. Switched back to flush handle to keep all my saws the same. Its good for cutting on sttep slopes where you can only stand on one side of a tree, or in situations where an employer or state has legislated that a faller cannot backbar.

Basically, you'd know it if you needed it

 

[hybridkarpower]

That makes perfect sense then !! Not to mention it adds more weight to the saw.

 

[pops21]

I have had the need for a wrap handle a few times when falling trees. It gives you more options when making your falling cuts and back cuts in where you are standing to make the cut. Now if when it comes to flush cutting stumps out flush mount bars are nice. They allow you to cut closer to the ground.

Plus wrap bars are iconic to the pacific north west. and they make you feel like more of a man.

 

[RandyMac]

That makes perfect sense then !! Not to mention it adds more weight to the saw.

Is a few inches of tubing going to put you over the edge weight wise? It's not like they use steel anymore.

Hey Pops, what are you tryin' to say there? No-one out here needs full wraps to feel like a man, it goes with the territory.

 

[forestryworks]

Not to mention it adds more weight to the saw.

:monkey:

 

[madhatte]

No-one out here needs full wraps to feel like a man, it goes with the territory.

Zackly. Full-wrap just makes for a more useful tool. Why limit yourself? ("Oh but it's such a PITA to get the scrench under there" is NOT a valid excuse. Get a hacksaw and shut up)

 

[pops21]

Is a few inches of tubing going to put you over the edge weight wise? It's not like they use steel anymore.

Hey Pops, what are you tryin' to say there? No-one out here needs full wraps to feel like a man, it goes with the territory.

I'm just joking. Heck most people around these parts think a 24" bar and longer is HUGE and rare. Not a single person I know has ever saw a full wrap handle on a chainsaw. Everyone asks me why it goes all the way around the saw.

 

[slowp]

I have had the need for a wrap handle a few times when falling trees. It gives you more options when making your falling cuts and back cuts in where you are standing to make the cut. Now if when it comes to flush cutting stumps out flush mount bars are nice. They allow you to cut closer to the ground.

Plus wrap bars are iconic to the pacific north west. and they make you feel like more of a man.

I have a saw with a 3/4 wrap, live in the timber belt of the PNW and I sure don't feel like more of a man, thank goodness.

The above must be an East Coast fallacy. Perhaps pops21 could sing the lumber jack song each morning whilst staring at the mirror? :biggrinbounce2:

 

[RandyMac]

You don't look like a guy either

 

[slowp]

You don't look like a guy either

Thanks. You do, even with that hat on. It was a nice try. Well, I gots to get to work and make some phone calls. The Friday Crisis started last night. Love them loggers. :bang::biggrinbounce2:

 

[Zombiechopper]

I got made of fun of by my Stihl dealer when I ordered in a 24" ES.

He was joking around with another guy when I walked in to get it that it was a spankin paddle.

 

[hybridkarpower]

0.7 pounds aren't much. But it is still 0.7 pounds, especially if not needed. Now days I feel old & weak at times, I fill up the gas & oil both only about 1/3 way to save some weight, and I also don't mind the frequent refilling because it gives me more breaks as well.

Is a few inches of tubing going to put you over the edge weight wise? It's not like they use steel anymore.

Hey Pops, what are you tryin' to say there? No-one out here needs full wraps to feel like a man, it goes with the territory.

 

[oscar4883]

I'm on the east coast and I love them. Handy when making certain cuts whilw climbing. Also do a decent amount of straight falling jobs and it is nice for working on some of the rough terrain we have here in PA. Nothing like the PNW, but some steep, rocky stuff on occasion. In my area leaving a 4in. stump in some ones yard is no big deal. If you had to leave a really low stump it might be an issue though. Even when stump grinding it is not usually an issue as the slightly higher cut keeps my chain out of the worst junk on/in the stump. Having had a pint of ben&jerrys last night its abvious I am not that concerned with a couple ounces! LOL

 

[bitzer]

Working from one side of the tree instead of dancing around it or when you can only work from one side. Its just a greater utilization of the tool. You also will learn to become ambidextrous with the saw. You can use the saw in more positions.

I'd rather run a full wrap than a half, unless I'm stumpin in someone yard where I'm going to be grinding.

As for the weight, it may get to a point that it is too dangerous to operate a saw if you are only half filling the tanks and worried about .7lbs.

 

[Anthony_Va.]

After getting my 361 with the 3/4 wrap, I will have one for the 660 when I get the time and cash to order it. I love the flexibility having the wrap. I can cut from the samw side of the tree easier. Sometimes theres only one side to cut from.

The east coast, west coast battles on here are worse than Biggie -vs- 2pac on here sometimes. Whose got the biggest balz? I do, cause I'm on the net!

 

[madhatte]

the east coast, west coast battles on here are worse than biggie -vs- 2pac

oh snap

 

[little possum]

They sure do look cool.

Id like to have one on a 288 High top and one on the 394, but Smilin Possum cusses at the very idea of putting them on the saws, he says they are stupid.

I told him it keeps me outta the dirt cuttin stumps with the 371

And the PNW and ECL need to chill out, everybody knows the Midwest Tumbleweed Cutters are the true fallers

 

[slowp]

They sure do look cool.

Id like to have one on a 288 High top and one on the 394, but Smilin Possum cusses at the very idea of putting them on the saws, he says they are stupid.

I told him it keeps me outta the dirt cuttin stumps with the 371

And the PNW and ECL need to chill out, everybody knows the Midwest Tumbleweed Cutters are the true fallers

I am not a faller. One of the loggers here who was a production faller, and still will contract out to fall the occasional old punkin that is beyond the skill level of most fallers, gave me a lecture about having a full wrap handle on Twinkle, for bucking.

I don't have full wrap on Twinkle, and have wished I did. I could buck up some of the blowdown from a better spot than with the half wrap--do the ambidextrous thing. Maybe next year?

Meanwhile, the Barbie saw has one but I'm so used to not having it, that I forget and use the Barbie Saw like it doesn't. A confusing sentence? Twinkle gets used way more than the Barbie Saw.

The only balls I have are tennis balls to throw for The Used Dog.

 

[little possum]

Slowp, Im glad you are around to keep everybody straightend out!


And I always enjoy the pictures you post too.