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[mred2]

The biggest take that I get on this is "Always have an escape route".

 

[CobyRupert]

There is nothing you are relating here that I am not fully aware of.
Again, please do not rely on a "notch" to think it totally relinquishes the aspect of a tree shear.
I have seen it both ways depending on species, crown weight, lean of tree and style of cut, etc.
I have seen trees not shear with no notch and the reverse also being true.

Yes, yes, I know a notch doesn’t totally eliminate the danger of tree shear, especially on a leaner.
....but not having a notch pretty much guarantees it will shear.
I can only think of a few exceptions where it wouldn’t. Perhaps if the trunk is small enough, and you cut quick enough, or there’s very little weight at the top? Sort of like when bucking up a branch or cutting brush. So maybe shear doesn’t happen 100% of the time with no notch...anything is possible I suppose...and that’s the point of avoiding barber chair situations.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

Is this right?

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[hunt4570]

You've hit on one of the biggest problems with getting information from the internet: You need to be an "intelligent consumer of information" (a phrase borrowed from a long-retired Harvard Business School professor friend of mine - he was always trying to make this point to his students).

Your self-awareness puts you well ahead of so many chainsaw owners I've seen: The most important thing to know about felling trees is your own limitations. This is true whether you are a beginner, or a full-time pro with decades of experience, or a chainsaw safety instructor. The limitations of each of those people (as well as the limitations of the equipment they bring to the job) may be quite different. A lot of problems happen when someone crosses the line. They may get away with it for a while, and that may embolden them that whatever they did was fine, and encourage them to keep doing it or push their luck further.

I liken it to choosing your speed on an icy road. You can practice to increase your skill, add snow tires or studded snow tires to increase equipment capability, but you still need to know when to say "that's just too fast for me/my equipment/the conditions".

There are chainsaw safety instructors?? I was a Motorcycle safety instructor for many years... LOTS of training!

 

[Loaderman22]

There are chainsaw safety instructors??

Yeah, they juggle the saws, cut their assistants in half, they go by "Magicians" its a hoot!

 

[goeduck]

Magician accidently kills assistant with chainsaw – Deceptology

 

[hunt4570]

Magician accidently kills assistant with chainsaw – Deceptology

Awww, the video is gone..

 

[dlctcg]

There are chainsaw safety instructors??

Yes.... I'm sure there are many others too...

GOL Chainsaw Safety training Levels | Northeast Woodland Training, Inc.

Game of Logging competitions are a fun way for participants to demonstrate their skills and compete for prizes.

www.woodlandtraining.com

 

[stevem5215]

In pa to cut trees on a State forest you need to be chainsaw safety certified and the course must be taken at a state park by one of their instructors. I got that certification 10 years ago. It was a really good course and you need safety equipment to be safe for operating a chainsaw.

 

[Skeans1]

Yes.... I'm sure there are many others too...

GOL Chainsaw Safety training Levels | Northeast Woodland Training, Inc.

Game of Logging competitions are a fun way for participants to demonstrate their skills and compete for prizes.

www.woodlandtraining.com

Remember this they call a dangerous job a game that’s a great indication of what they think of this job. If you did that kind of cutting that’s shown in those courses on the west coast you’d be done before you finished a job. Things like back boring with a strap, conventional faces, shallow faces, are all good ways to get someone hurt fast.