This is what happens when either AI or a person who has never used a chainsaw sets up your in store display art.
What's wrong with this photo?
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Which one there are three.....but I like the one where he's cutting towards himself.......
Actually, what he is doing is notching the far side and then going to cut from his side so the limb/tree part below does not split.
When you cut it that way you make a small hinge and then the part above will fall away from you. In the situation he is in he surely wants to know it is going to fall out and away.
When you cut it that way you make a small hinge and then the part above will fall away from you. In the situation he is in he surely wants to know it is going to fall out and away.
Killer Bee
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obviously posed for marketing however three cut method is the safest.
undercutting minimizes risk of binding the cutter bar and better controls limb fall and minimizing snap-back.
that's a dangerous job and not always an ideal position to reach what you're cutting. I've seen a lot worse.
undercutting minimizes risk of binding the cutter bar and better controls limb fall and minimizing snap-back.
that's a dangerous job and not always an ideal position to reach what you're cutting. I've seen a lot worse.
I’m surprised he didn’t tie off above the cut.
OP
I thought about notching but he's over half way through. That's going to bind the bar. Not to mention when you notch you cut on an angle not straight through. I'd almost bet they hired a male model who's never used a saw before.
I think he was right at his stop and then going to cut the angle above it... but I'm pretty bad and dangerous with a chain saw....
with that said I love my Milwaukee 18 volt cordless...
with that said I love my Milwaukee 18 volt cordless...
Killer Bee
Advanced Level Novice
With all that 
on his belt, I'm surprised he could even got off the ground.
on his belt, I'm surprised he could even got off the ground.
Killer Bee
Advanced Level Novice
so now safety belt and harness rigging is ?
y'all know anything about this type of work?
for pete's sake.
?y'all know anything about this type of work?
for pete's sake.
Busterswoodshop
Hunter
He should have a rope around his neck , to keep him upright in case he falls.
Kind of a tangent but some great chainsaw work in movie “sometimes a great notion’ with Paul Newman and Henry Fonda. Logging looks to be serious hard and dangerous work
"y'all know anything about this type of work?"
Matter of fact, I was cutting logs before I had a driver's license. Not the same as tree climbing but I've been up a few trees so I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
I'll stick with my comment that having 20# of on your safety belt doesn't make you safer.
Matter of fact, I was cutting logs before I had a driver's license. Not the same as tree climbing but I've been up a few trees so I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
I'll stick with my comment that having 20# of
on your safety belt doesn't make you safer.
I had a video of a tree service taking down a huge oak next door. I sat on the patio and 'watched. There was a guy cutting limbs at what I estimated to be 45=50 feet off the ground. He was standing on a large limb working his way back to the trunk. He was tied off with a safety rope to another large limd about 20' above, but the rope was secured at the base of the limb. If he had fallen, the rope would have swung him into the trunk! Fortunately that didn't happen.
Killer Bee
Advanced Level Novice
so a lot of you aren't familiar with fall protection, fall arrest, climbing gear, etc.
ok.
those that know, swinging into the boom, pole, tree, etc. is infinitely better than falling all the way to the ground, on top of a truck, impaling on a fence or lower tree branch, etc.
any of you care to explain a better way to get this type of work done, there's an entire industry that would be all ears.
ok.
those that know, swinging into the boom, pole, tree, etc. is infinitely better than falling all the way to the ground, on top of a truck, impaling on a fence or lower tree branch, etc.
any of you care to explain a better way to get this type of work done, there's an entire industry that would be all ears.
Levitation? Skyhook? Or securing the fall protection a bit farther out on the limb so you don't slam into the trunk.
bobski
Hunter
....let someone stupider than me cut it.
When I did tree work with a buddy, he was the climber, and usually climbed with minimal excess equipment. Once he got positioned, I’d send up whatever he needed via the rope, or throw if low enough."y'all know anything about this type of work?"
Matter of fact, I was cutting logs before I had a driver's license. Not the same as tree climbing but I've been up a few trees so I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
I'll stick with my comment that having 20# of
Killer Bee
Advanced Level Novice
what?? do you know what pendulum effect or fall swing is?
do you know where the proper place to anchor on a tree limb is? it's the collar btw.
after a fall, are you you familiar with self rescue, hurt man rescue if disabled or unconscious?
do you know what suspension trauma is and how long you can hang in a belt or harness before permanent injury or death occurs?
tree climbers have different challenges than bucket jockeys but can access work aerials can't safely reach. they share a lot of the same type of gear and techniques for personnel safety.
unless you've been trained, fitted, and climbed or flown a bucket, you likely don't really understand what's going on looking out your kitchen window.
again ok, but why pretending to know something about the subject you don't?
Killer Bee
Advanced Level Novice
how pompous of you, feel smart now?
I am a bit surprised he is not wearing a full harness. They have us wear a full harness at work. The lanyard is supposed to attach up almost in between your shoulders.
If someone does fall there is a limited amount of time to get them down before serious problems arise. Sitting on the harness can cut off blood flow in your legs.
If someone does fall there is a limited amount of time to get them down before serious problems arise. Sitting on the harness can cut off blood flow in your legs.
How I was trained. Before I retired we were trained and equipped with yoyo harness.
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I was seriously thinking about using a climbing tree stand to cut down a tree in sections. Luckily a small business owner left a flyer in my mailbox. Turns out it was money well spent to have him do it with a crane.
"I was seriously thinking about using a climbing tree stand to cut down a tree in sections."
Don't do that. If the trunk splits, it will break the tree stand and drop you.
Don't do that. If the trunk splits, it will break the tree stand and drop you.
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Yeah, I realized I was being stupid and was happy to pay to have them taken down. Too many ways it could have gone wrong.
Thanks for looking out for me!
OP
Want fun? We have these really tall 70 to 100 foot palm trees with the ball on top. Climb one, then cut the ball off the top. Then hang on for the best "E" ticket attraction of your life. When it stops swaying back and forth you can then cut it down in segments. But that first cut...
Neon Vernon
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Same with parachute harnesses. When I was young, and even less intelligent than I am now, we thought it was great fun to fly 15-20 miles upwind of the airport on windy days, doing a hop and pop at around 10,000'. We would then do a "cross country" under canopy back to the airport. The rodeo started when you went to land the thing in strong winds with legs asleep.
I had thought about that before. There is a red oak I want to take down close to my house. I'm honestly thinking about renting a boom lift so I can get up there & cut it down in sections without being in the tree. If it were in a different place I'd just pull it with the truck & a rope but it is in a tight spot.
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When I was in Phoenix. A tree guy died trimming a palm tree. I guess it’s a really dangerous job.
I don't know the exact circumstances but a guy I grew up with died from falling out of a tree. He was the one that could always run up & down them like a squirrel when we were kids. One of my regrets. I should have went to see him when I could.
