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Originally Posted by emr  The person you will be learning from next year, do they have many years of experience, or one year of experience many times? There is a big difference. The 3 most dangerous guys that I have ever seen run a saw all have been working in the industry for decades longer than I have. Now that I think about it, they have taught me lots.
I have to admit that there are not too many palms in Wisconsin. I have never climbed a palm in my life, so I wont even claim to have the slightest idea what its like working on them.
I really dont want to come across like a jerk. Its just that I have seen first hand what running saws do to skin and muscle and it is not a pretty picutre. I sincerely hope that everyone in this industry remains safe and gets to go home to their families every night.  |
Is forty years experiance enough?I think so and like I said before I one hand at least once in every tree I climb mainly because I can't get into position to make a two handed cut safley.As for seeing what chainsaw do to flesh and bone I lost a knuckle to a stihl s 10 that I was operating on the ground with A TWO HANDED GRIP.I am quite comftorble using a saw one handed but I always make sure that I am clear of the saw dropping,and in a postion to snap the brake with my other hand in case of a kick back espically when doing the improved jump cut.