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quercus · 11th March 2008, 02:50 AM

I'll be adopting the double bucking tech too, looks great when using the 441 in the tree and never really thought about doing something like that... BUT...

I'll be using two tie-ins like I always do...
I'll be using a smaller bar because this one is a bit oversized for what we have here
I'll be using the chainbreak when I take my hands off of it...
I'll never ever let a saw bar touch my primary tie in, not even when in resting or chainbreaked condition... (the exhaust can melt the rope...)
I'll be looking down when I throw some blocks off...
I'll be holding the saw with two hands...

I'm used to cutting right through when blocking down... even with the 200T I do crossovers with my forearm, but I'm wearing chainsaw cut resistant sleeves all the time. Really I like the tech and already tried it on a big pine but...

The pics you posted about one handing the big saw gave me a bit of a scare though... The cinema inside my head displayed a film of a kick back with your forearm falling down while the large bar sliced and diced a piece out of your upper torso with lungs falling out, and stopped eventually before reaching your spine wich would hold you together for a period of time... your heart stopped pounding before you had the chance to ever reach the ground, leaving you suspended in the tree for about 30 minutes with blood pouring out of the wounds a bit...A firetruck came and people with helmets and fire resistant pants came out and started vomiting all over the place while they were drawing straws to decide who was the lucky soul that would have to go up into the ladder to get you down... Second place was the one to collect forearm and lungs... Then there was a scene of a cop who came to your house and having to tell your wife and kids about how you died, but fact was that it wasn't really going to help her remembering you by allowing your wife to ever see you again, not even to identify you... they assumed that it was really you whilst it wasn't really necessary to get a positive ID from a relative or friend, so the license plate of your truck was enough... A lot of shouting and crying, and fainting was going on too, whilst parents were ariving to comfort your wife and kids a bit...Then guys with a coffin came, and they started vomiting all over the place too, because this was really not an everyday scene for them... One of them even decided to get out of the business the next day... They bolted the coffin down firmly with loc-tite on the screws to never ever have to open it again and showing to the world what kind of a ????ING IDIOT YOU WERE TO NOT EVEN WEAR ONE CUT RESISTANT SLEEVE ON THAT FOREARM THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS FRIGGIN' RIDICULOUS SITUATION.

That goes for all of you guys who one-hand big saws without protective sleeves or protective vests. And I don't care about how warm it is where you guys live , or whatever situation it may be or what you might think of this, but the scenario posted above is a real live situation we've had here a few years ago with a treeguy who planned on staying alive FOREVER!!!

11th March 2008, 02:50 AM	#64 (permalink)
quercus Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: belgium Posts: 428	Re: Double Block Bucking I'll be adopting the double bucking tech too, looks great when using the 441 in the tree and never really thought about doing something like that... BUT... I'll be using two tie-ins like I always do... I'll be using a smaller bar because this one is a bit oversized for what we have here I'll be using the chainbreak when I take my hands off of it... I'll never ever let a saw bar touch my primary tie in, not even when in resting or chainbreaked condition... (the exhaust can melt the rope...) I'll be looking down when I throw some blocks off... I'll be holding the saw with two hands... I'm used to cutting right through when blocking down... even with the 200T I do crossovers with my forearm, but I'm wearing chainsaw cut resistant sleeves all the time. Really I like the tech and already tried it on a big pine but... The pics you posted about one handing the big saw gave me a bit of a scare though... The cinema inside my head displayed a film of a kick back with your forearm falling down while the large bar sliced and diced a piece out of your upper torso with lungs falling out, and stopped eventually before reaching your spine wich would hold you together for a period of time... your heart stopped pounding before you had the chance to ever reach the ground, leaving you suspended in the tree for about 30 minutes with blood pouring out of the wounds a bit...A firetruck came and people with helmets and fire resistant pants came out and started vomiting all over the place while they were drawing straws to decide who was the lucky soul that would have to go up into the ladder to get you down... Second place was the one to collect forearm and lungs... Then there was a scene of a cop who came to your house and having to tell your wife and kids about how you died, but fact was that it wasn't really going to help her remembering you by allowing your wife to ever see you again, not even to identify you... they assumed that it was really you whilst it wasn't really necessary to get a positive ID from a relative or friend, so the license plate of your truck was enough... A lot of shouting and crying, and fainting was going on too, whilst parents were ariving to comfort your wife and kids a bit...Then guys with a coffin came, and they started vomiting all over the place too, because this was really not an everyday scene for them... One of them even decided to get out of the business the next day... They bolted the coffin down firmly with loc-tite on the screws to never ever have to open it again and showing to the world what kind of a ????ING IDIOT YOU WERE TO NOT EVEN WEAR ONE CUT RESISTANT SLEEVE ON THAT FOREARM THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS FRIGGIN' RIDICULOUS SITUATION. That goes for all of you guys who one-hand big saws without protective sleeves or protective vests. And I don't care about how warm it is where you guys live , or whatever situation it may be or what you might think of this, but the scenario posted above is a real live situation we've had here a few years ago with a treeguy who planned on staying alive FOREVER!!!