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Chainsaw buying: what kind?
SithMaster:
--- Quote from: Vigo on April 26, 2013, 01:48:00 pm ---Recip. saw? I know I'm plugging the same thing again, but a good saw takes up to 12" blades and demolish almost anything. I have cut up whole major appliances and furniture. Usually to fit it in my trash can. It paid for itself to avoid appliance disposal fees from the city dump.
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My concern is the possibility of pine sap clogging it though I might just be worried for nothing. I think I'm sold on the idea now though. My town likes to gouge its residents on bulk day services like that so it'd pay for itself.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 26, 2013, 01:19:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on April 26, 2013, 12:48:14 pm ---I wouldn't recommend pruning saws under nearly any circumstances. They bind and they wear you out.
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The good ones have a wide kerf that works perfectly on the cut types you're doing if the branches are still on the tree. If the branch isn't still on the tree, and it's binding the saw, you're just doing it wrong.
Yes, it does require more energy from the user, but at the same time it's not going to slip and change your life. It requires very little maintenance and has no cord.
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I think you are thinking of pruning. Again... just use loppers for that. If somebody is asking about a chainsaw they need to do some crazy hard cuts as Sith just explained.
You are going to have a hard time cutting down a tree like that with an electric. They typically max out at around 8 inches. The length of the blade is not the length you can cut with it. It can be done, but man it'd cut every single branch off of the trunk first because that's getting a little iffy. Since I guessing you aren't a lumberjack, you'll want to run rope/chain from high up on the tree to help control the direction it falls. If there is ANYTHING in the path of where the tree might fall I would recommend hiring a professional.
ChadTower:
Yeah, cut all the branches off, then cut the trunk in parts moving downwards. If it's too big for you to do that safely with a ladder and that saw, and there's anything in the way as Howard said, hire a pro. Sometimes it's best to hire the guy with the cherry picker.
SithMaster:
No worries the tree is maybe ten feet tall, branches trimmed, and its leaning away from the house towards the empty front yard. I should post a pic of how much its leaning. When I noticed how it was half uprooted I went next door and told the neighbors I'd like them to move their car so a branch doesn't hit it while I trim anything that would land in their driveway if it decided to go down. In the middle of trimming the branches the downstairs renter pulls into the driveway and I ask him if he wouldn't mind coming back in a few minutes. Using a ladder on a slope with bushes in the way while someone holds a rope tied to the branch being cut so it snaps and swings away from me is not fun. Me being stupid didn't help when I forgot work glasses to keep the sawdust out of my eyes either.
edit-picone and pictwo Take note that the gutter is only up to the first floor so ten-ish feet.
Gray_Area:
Oh yeah, safety glasses are a must. I have some fairly stylish though non-tinted ones for regular stuff. (I no longer wear shades, but I found out in '91 that you could get some kick ASS shades that are saftey glasses for twenty ---smurfin--- bucks.)
I might check out the hand saw. I'm used to using an electric chain saw, even just to cut down small-ish trees. I tried my dad's hand saw - a large sort of triangular lookin thing - and that thing pissed me off so bad I was cussin an spittin and through the ---fudgesicle--- off the roof.
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