And Boa, about the wear and tear point I have to disagree, I know 3 retiered commercial climbers 2 with destroyed tendons in there arms, and one with a bad back, there advice is always do a little climbing as possible, make fewer cuts and always find an effcient and comfortable position to cut in.
It seems to me to make good sense, although your point is pretty much what I meant, work smart not harder and all that.
As for reducing your cuts, that makes perfect sense to me, the major issue as I see it is undercutting especially with the top of the cutting bar, when you pull that up and into the cut there is no doubt it puts more strain on your arms and back than say resting the saw on top of the limb and letting the bar cut down, the weight is held by the wood and not you and the chain is pulling against the dogs.
Please correct me if i'm wrong.
I also think wear and tear is down to what level your working at, I know companies that expect their climbers to prune 3 say veteran Oaks a day, where as other will give you 1. yet both expect the same quality. |