Electric Chainsaw

[northern lad 2,292]

Petrol all the way mate,(iam a tree surgeon)just make sure your careful and be aware if others are around etc.They are quite safe as long as you use a bit of common sense!

 

Oh yeah and make sure you dont DROP the trees onto your house,garage,shed,fence etc etc you would be amazed at some of the things ive seen over the years!

Whilst on the subject of safety,what do you recommend by way of clothing,are all the boots,gloves,helmets and pants necessary (chainsaw ones )or is it over the top??

[fireman 10,977]

fireman: I started using a petrol saw when I was about 12/13 so why not start teaching them now?

I've seen a saw stick into someone shoulder after a kickback with a big old johnsered thing years ago and with petrol ones they feel like there trying to kick all the time where as the eletric ones don't feel as brutal and are smoother to use for the smaller person,just my thought line on it mate .

[Waz 4,266]

Lad I know stuck one in his leg last week! Hes meant to be with me tomorrow pollarding, half hoping he's too busy! Lol.

[greenman 221]

I work as a timber cutter and a lot of what I do is hardwood. A big saw shouldn't kick or pull if it's sharpened properly and the rakers are the right depth. You will get kickback of any saw if you put the wrong part of the tip in contact with the wood.

 

The safety gear, boots, hat and trousers seems depressingly expensive for something you 'never need' until the day a saw comes back at you then you shit yourself and thank f**k you have been wearing it! Touch wood I've been lucky so far.

 

Saws are like anything, more you use it greater the chance of an accident. I've ridden a motorbike once, didn't fall off. My mates been riding them for nearly 30 years, been sent across the Tarmac a couple of times.

 

I have no experience of electric saws but my advice would be go to a proper dealer, explain what you want and get a little domestic saw by husky, Stihl or echo, be as cheap as buying a shagged out monster of eBay that's too big for what you need, and a the best leg protection, boots and hat your willing to pay for. If there a decent bunch, get them to show you the basics of the saw, chain tensioning, sharpening.

 

Like a knife, keep the saw sharp, you shouldn't need any real pressure it should do the work, if your forcing it that's when your asking for trouble.

[clipo 871]

I work as a timber cutter and a lot of what I do is hardwood. A big saw shouldn't kick or pull if it's sharpened properly and the rakers are the right depth. You will get kickback of any saw if you put the wrong part of the tip in contact with the wood.The safety gear, boots, hat and trousers seems depressingly expensive for something you 'never need' until the day a saw comes back at you then you shit yourself and thank f**k you have been wearing it! Touch wood I've been lucky so far.Saws are like anything, more you use it greater the chance of an accident. I've ridden a motorbike once, didn't fall off. My mates been riding them for nearly 30 years, been sent across the Tarmac a couple of times.I have no experience of electric saws but my advice would be go to a proper dealer, explain what you want and get a little domestic saw by husky, Stihl or echo, be as cheap as buying a shagged out monster of eBay that's too big for what you need, and a the best leg protection, boots and hat your willing to pay for. If there a decent bunch, get them to show you the basics of the saw, chain tensioning, sharpening.Like a knife, keep the saw sharp, you shouldn't need any real pressure it should do the work, if your forcing it that's when your asking for trouble.

excellent reply

[baw 4,360]

 

I work as a timber cutter and a lot of what I do is hardwood. A big saw shouldn't kick or pull if it's sharpened properly and the rakers are the right depth. You will get kickback of any saw if you put the wrong part of the tip in contact with the wood.The safety gear, boots, hat and trousers seems depressingly expensive for something you 'never need' until the day a saw comes back at you then you shit yourself and thank f**k you have been wearing it! Touch wood I've been lucky so far.Saws are like anything, more you use it greater the chance of an accident. I've ridden a motorbike once, didn't fall off. My mates been riding them for nearly 30 years, been sent across the Tarmac a couple of times.I have no experience of electric saws but my advice would be go to a proper dealer, explain what you want and get a little domestic saw by husky, Stihl or echo, be as cheap as buying a shagged out monster of eBay that's too big for what you need, and a the best leg protection, boots and hat your willing to pay for. If there a decent bunch, get them to show you the basics of the saw, chain tensioning, sharpening.Like a knife, keep the saw sharp, you shouldn't need any real pressure it should do the work, if your forcing it that's when your asking for trouble.

excellent reply

Did you learn from it stewie

[greenman 221]

 

 

I work as a timber cutter and a lot of what I do is hardwood. A big saw shouldn't kick or pull if it's sharpened properly and the rakers are the right depth. You will get kickback of any saw if you put the wrong part of the tip in contact with the wood.The safety gear, boots, hat and trousers seems depressingly expensive for something you 'never need' until the day a saw comes back at you then you shit yourself and thank f**k you have been wearing it! Touch wood I've been lucky so far.Saws are like anything, more you use it greater the chance of an accident. I've ridden a motorbike once, didn't fall off. My mates been riding them for nearly 30 years, been sent across the Tarmac a couple of times.I have no experience of electric saws but my advice would be go to a proper dealer, explain what you want and get a little domestic saw by husky, Stihl or echo, be as cheap as buying a shagged out monster of eBay that's too big for what you need, and a the best leg protection, boots and hat your willing to pay for. If there a decent bunch, get them to show you the basics of the saw, chain tensioning, sharpening.Like a knife, keep the saw sharp, you shouldn't need any real pressure it should do the work, if your forcing it that's when your asking for trouble.

excellent reply

Did you learn from it stewie

At the risk of putting myself at the sharp end of your witty repatoir baw, who's stewie?

[Chid 6,584]

 

 

 

I work as a timber cutter and a lot of what I do is hardwood. A big saw shouldn't kick or pull if it's sharpened properly and the rakers are the right depth. You will get kickback of any saw if you put the wrong part of the tip in contact with the wood.The safety gear, boots, hat and trousers seems depressingly expensive for something you 'never need' until the day a saw comes back at you then you shit yourself and thank f**k you have been wearing it! Touch wood I've been lucky so far.Saws are like anything, more you use it greater the chance of an accident. I've ridden a motorbike once, didn't fall off. My mates been riding them for nearly 30 years, been sent across the Tarmac a couple of times.I have no experience of electric saws but my advice would be go to a proper dealer, explain what you want and get a little domestic saw by husky, Stihl or echo, be as cheap as buying a shagged out monster of eBay that's too big for what you need, and a the best leg protection, boots and hat your willing to pay for. If there a decent bunch, get them to show you the basics of the saw, chain tensioning, sharpening.Like a knife, keep the saw sharp, you shouldn't need any real pressure it should do the work, if your forcing it that's when your asking for trouble.

excellent reply

Did you learn from it stewie

At the risk of putting myself at the sharp end of your witty repatoir baw, who's stewie?

He as been known by many names but he's the one who spits the dummy out lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He meant clipo