I've actually done something similar but with a diamond blade so it was relatively safe compared to that. I was cutting ceramic cups for a tig torch. Modding them for tight positions.
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I've actually done something similar but with a diamond blade so it was relatively safe compared to that. I was cutting ceramic cups for a tig torch. Modding them for tight positions.
If youre experienced, strong, and have a REALLY GOOD TIGHT GRIP on both handles, you can usually control it. Doesnt mean it wont make you sit down and shake for a while.
The older I get the more careful I am. I used to be able to hold a lit lighter to my palm for way too long and not feel it because I didn’t ever want to wear gloves, let’s admit it they are a pain in the ass. They’ve also saved my fingers a few times since.I've run a saw for nearly 40 years, never with any safety gear. I guess it's time that changes.
You guys have opened my eyes, and God knows I don't heal as fast as I used to.
When I was cutting up in St. Ignatious we regularly cut 5'-7' stump diameter Yellow Pine and Douglas Fir on 45% slopes. I heard a story of a guy who was cutting one and as it turns out someone had been there the day before and left another big tree hanging/leaning on the top of it...(called a widow maker). When the tree he was cutting came down, the leaner landed on him and crushed him and slid him about 100' down the mountain underneath it. They found him the next day after he didnt show up at home that evening. Bear and wolves didnt leave much.Get Good quality saw chaps.. waist to ankles go overbore on quality- as others have said you can bleed out in a hurry.
. Chainsaws don't cut -they rip flesh.
Eye protection. Ear protection. Hardhat. Long sleeve shirt. If your felling and don't know what the hell you are doing... get an experienced technical advisor. Keep the chain sharp.
I have been running a saw for 47 ish years, and have been really fricken lucky. Have had branches fall out of trees and hit me.... head, limbing pieces hit me nose.
Firefighting and woodcutting and still (luckily) going strong.
Yea this thread has me wanting a set of chaps……..I've run a saw for nearly 40 years, never with any safety gear. I guess it's time that changes.
You guys have opened my eyes, and God knows I don't heal as fast as I used to.
Really proud of letting that guy ride your balls huh?I used to give a ride to arborist every once in awhile.
There is a specific reg # that permits arborist to ride the ball, they are the only ones allowed by law.
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What's your health insurance deductable and copay? Chaps are only like $100. That's basically a tank of gas in Biden's America. Chaps are a real easy financial investment.Yea this thread has me wanting a set of chaps……..
Yea thanks for that math lesson…….What's your health insurance deductable and copay? Chaps are only like $100. That's basically a tank of gas in Biden's America. Chaps are a real easy financial investment.
Now that looks like fun!I used to give a ride to arborist every once in awhile.
There is a specific reg # that permits arborist to ride the ball, they are the only ones allowed by law.
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Thanks for your massive contribution.Yea thanks for that math lesson…….![]()
Ah yes, repeat the thing they said with different words what a come back. Perhaps you should have ended it with a “Good day” that’ll really show’em.Thanks for your massive contribution.
Eh, I'm not the retard sawing without proper gear. I just hope pics of the aftermath are posted.Ah yes, repeat the thing they said with different words what a come back. Perhaps you should have ended it with a “Good day” that’ll really show’em.
It’s not really retarded to realize you can do something better, which they’ve done.Eh, I'm not the retard sawing without proper gear. I just hope pics of the aftermath are posted.
In 30+ years it was the ONLY time and it DID NOT happen until corporate safety from Davey Tree brought the documentation of legality of what they wanted done theyReally proud of letting that guy ride your balls huh?
A simple “lol, bad joke” would have doneIn 30+ years it was the ONLY time and it DID NOT happen until corporate safety from Davey Tree brought the documentation of legality of what they wanted done they
ANSI Z133 and OSHA have metrics on lifting arborist with a crane-"Riding the Ball"
Feel free to call the corporate office, they are in Kent Ohio.
Davey Tree is one of the largest commercial companies in the United States.
Or
Call
All Crane and Errection in Cleveland Ohio, they are the largest crane companies in the world.
They sure as shit wouldn't tell me to do something illegal.
I have 30 years= 45,000+ accident free hours of service.
I have also been NCCCO licensed in all disciplines since 1995.
PM, me I'll gladly give you my license number so you can verify with my regulating body.
Yeah, I'm pretty proud of what I do and have gotten hundreds of people home safely to their families over the years.
No hard feelings.A simple “lol, bad joke” would have done
You’re talking about erection, people riding your ball(s), but I’m not supposed to make a joke? Lol
I was just making a joke about a guy on your ball(s)No hard feelings.
Believe it or not I didn't know you were joking and here's why.
Letting anyone ride the ball is illegal across the bored except for the Arborist exception.
It's such an unknown rule that we don't even teach about it at our training centers via local or international levels.
To put it in perspective.
If I were to let an Ironworker ride my hook and got caught my career would be over.
Thanks for this. I died in my dreams last night 2x.1st time was being crushed by a crane. Woke up for an hour and fell back asleep hard. Then all of a sudden 2 b52s and a b2 flew over my house and did a loopty loop and crashed in the neighbors yard when their payload exploded. The crane smash was worse because it came down on my like the Austin powers steam rolller scene. Must have been the cheesecake I woke up and ate after getting hammered.In 30+ years it was the ONLY time and it DID NOT happen until corporate safety from Davey Tree brought the documentation of legality of what they wanted done they
ANSI Z133 and OSHA have metrics on lifting arborist with a crane-"Riding the Ball"
Feel free to call the corporate office, they are in Kent Ohio.
Davey Tree is one of the largest commercial companies in the United States.
Or
Call
All Crane and Errection in Cleveland Ohio, they are the largest crane companies in the world.
They sure as shit wouldn't tell me to do something illegal.
I have 30 years= 45,000+ accident free hours of service.
I have also been NCCCO licensed in all disciplines since 1995.
PM, me I'll gladly give you my license number so you can verify with my regulating body.
Yeah, I'm pretty proud of what I do and have gotten hundreds of people home safely to their families over the years.
Wow,and I thought thought I had weird ass dreamsThanks for this. I died in my dreams last night 2x.1st time was being crushed by a crane. Woke up for an hour and fell back asleep hard. Then all of a sudden 2 b52s and a b2 flew over my house and did a loopty loop and crashed in the neighbors yard when their payload exploded. The crane smash was worse because it came down on my like the Austin powers steam rolller scene. Must have been the cheesecake I woke up and ate after getting hammered.
These are what I have been issued in the past. USA made. Forestry suppliers is like the Eurooptic of the forestry world.I just saw a tree guys handy work on his leg. Nobody is running a saw here without a set anymore.
I'm interested in what y'all have and your opinions
Don’t feel bad. I got into my knee with the angle grinder. Merely a flesh woundWanted to confess, I cut my thigh yesterday. It wasn’t bad because thankfully I had a strong grip on the saw. I hadn’t sawed anything since this thread and had sort of put the chap purchase on the back burner.
Got em coming. Scared me a little.
Nope. Not happening.
I'm running one of the more basic looking Stihl sets. I like them well enough. Hell of a lot cheaper than a visit to the ER.