As someone who will never ever work on a trail, or handle a chainsaw, the biggest lesson I learned was at the very beginning of the video. They’re really words that will apply to many situations in life. The lesson: do not “just crank that thing on and start going to town”.
I should, you're right. They're a massive pain to hoof them a mile into the woods just to make 2 or 3 cuts. There are cutting techniques I don't use unless I'm wearing chaps. But accidents happen and it's best to eliminate any margin of error.
@@rjdevitt I appreciate your concern for my safety. My apologies for not doing it according to the book. There are cutting techniques I’m not going to do, teach, or mention without chaps because the leg or body would be in the path of a thrown chain or a freak movement of the tree. But the saw itself (unless you put on a bigger bar than the factory did) is designed to not murder the user in those scenarios. The placement of the handle in relation to the end of the bar is done on purpose so that the chain shouldn’t reach your arm. There’s also the bar brake and should be engaged if the saw kicks back as long as both hands are on the saw. You can see in this video, even with those safety features, I’m never directly behind the bar because I don’t have chaps. There is no law that says I need to wear chaps so that’s comparing apples to oranges. I made probably 7 cuts that day. A total cutting time of maybe 2 minutes out of the 3 hours it took to drive to the trailhead, hike in and out, clear the trees, and repair the tread. If you can properly assess a fallen tree, know where the tension and compression points are, and know how to use a saw, you can take care of it without any issue. Yes there are freak things that happen but I think sometimes wearing all the gear gives you a false sense of competence that could lead to the mistakes that necessitated the safety gear in the first place. I’m not saying go out there naked but have respect for tool and the scenario and you’ll survive. Get cocky or overly confident and that’s when you get nipped in the bud. Anyway, that’s my position and I don’t expect everyone to agree with it. My biggest saw mistakes were made while I was fully geared up. I can’t fully refute the driving analogy because there aren’t a bunch of incompetent people cutting trees down near my legs at the same time for a mile. If that were the case… I’d sleep in chaps.
As someone who will never ever work on a trail, or handle a chainsaw, the biggest lesson I learned was at the very beginning of the video. They’re really words that will apply to many situations in life. The lesson: do not “just crank that thing on and start going to town”.
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Look almost like the spg67 trail🤭... anyway, Awesome work dude...
The soil in this spot reminded me a lot of 67.
@@A.T.TrailWorks even the trail look like 67
Hiii Adam!
Hello, friend!
You dont wear chaps? All that other, watch out for this, watch out for that.....and you dont protect yerself? Huh??...
I should, you're right. They're a massive pain to hoof them a mile into the woods just to make 2 or 3 cuts. There are cutting techniques I don't use unless I'm wearing chaps. But accidents happen and it's best to eliminate any margin of error.
So you dont wear a seatbelt if yer only going a mile or so to the store for just milk and bread?....because its a massive pain?
@@rjdevitt I appreciate your concern for my safety.
My apologies for not doing it according to the book. There are cutting techniques I’m not going to do, teach, or mention without chaps because the leg or body would be in the path of a thrown chain or a freak movement of the tree. But the saw itself (unless you put on a bigger bar than the factory did) is designed to not murder the user in those scenarios. The placement of the handle in relation to the end of the bar is done on purpose so that the chain shouldn’t reach your arm. There’s also the bar brake and should be engaged if the saw kicks back as long as both hands are on the saw. You can see in this video, even with those safety features, I’m never directly behind the bar because I don’t have chaps.
There is no law that says I need to wear chaps so that’s comparing apples to oranges. I made probably 7 cuts that day. A total cutting time of maybe 2 minutes out of the 3 hours it took to drive to the trailhead, hike in and out, clear the trees, and repair the tread.
If you can properly assess a fallen tree, know where the tension and compression points are, and know how to use a saw, you can take care of it without any issue.
Yes there are freak things that happen but I think sometimes wearing all the gear gives you a false sense of competence that could lead to the mistakes that necessitated the safety gear in the first place. I’m not saying go out there naked but have respect for tool and the scenario and you’ll survive. Get cocky or overly confident and that’s when you get nipped in the bud.
Anyway, that’s my position and I don’t expect everyone to agree with it. My biggest saw mistakes were made while I was fully geared up.
I can’t fully refute the driving analogy because there aren’t a bunch of incompetent people cutting trees down near my legs at the same time for a mile. If that were the case… I’d sleep in chaps.