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Thread: Small chainsaw incident
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19th December 2012, 02:13 PM #1
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Small chainsaw incident
A couple of weekends ago my mum asked me to cut down a small Loquat tree for her. It was about 4m high and had a ~100 mm trunk. I have 8 chainsaws and I grabbed the smallest one that had fuel and oil in (it was a 70 cc with a 25" bar). Most folks on the small milling forum will know how safety conscious I am and I threw a pair of chaps, muffs and face mask in the car and headed over to her place. I cut down the tree and then she asked me to cut it up so she could fit it over time into her units set of wheelie bins. I did this and then we went and had a cup of tea. When we came out to put the stuff in the wheelies a length of the trunk was about an inch too long to fit in the bin. I had taken off my chaps etc and thought I wouldn't bother putting them back on for one cut. Problem was I didn't see that the chain was loose so that when I started and revved up the saw the chain came off the bar and fair whacked me in between the legs. The chain also punctured a small hole in my daks and in doing so took a small divot out of my left knee.
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19th December 2012, 02:23 PM #2
Too careful - no such thing.
Thanks for the reminder.Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? -- Sun Tzu
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19th December 2012, 03:13 PM #3
Know that feeling all to well!. My mistake was believing I was the last to use a saw that was under lock & key. I had serviced the saw last thing Friday arvo, then assumed because it was under lock & key for the weekend that it was right to go Monday morning. WRONG! Commenced a cut with all my safety gear on (1988 gear - mesh face shield, ear muffs & H/D drill trousers) and had the chain jump the bar and wrap around my right leg, with thankfully very minor damage to me and very torn (& almost very messy) trousers. I'm glad I was using a Stihl Farm Boss that had reasonable safety features & a working chain brake! The guy who borrowed the chainsaw didn't fare so well though!!!
Last edited by Mobyturns; 19th December 2012 at 03:15 PM. Reason: added the messy bit.
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20th December 2012, 01:23 PM #4
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Ouch!!
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22nd December 2012, 12:26 PM #5
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