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14 years ago

Wanna good chainsaw story? Ok..

A B52 crashed on final during a blizzard. Landed right in the trees,
all six crewmen died.

I was 'volunteered' to help with the crash cleanup. Talk about a big
mess.

Well, there was a guy who was cutting off the vertical stabilizer. Have
any idea how big and tall a vertical stabilizer is on a B52? Big.

He was using a huge chainsaw that was strapped on him. That thing
was huge - the chainsaw. Well... the chain broke on it, and it flew
back and hit him in the face. I saw it happen. Just turned in that
direction the moment before it happened and saw it.

F'd that guy ALL up. His face was a bloody, broken mess.

Ken

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BenjaminB

13 years ago

Ken there's no doubt that using a chainsaw can be a very dangerous task. That would have been pretty gruesome to see indeed. Chain breaks causing major injury can be prevented by wearing the proper safety gear which is often neglected when people are cutting.

A pro forest helmet and chainsaw chaps and coat made from kevlar as well as chainsaw gloves should be worn even if you are doing very simple cuts such as limbing on low easily reached branches.

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Bill Farnham

13 years ago

Originally Posted by BenjaminB

A pro forest helmet and chainsaw chaps and coat made from kevlar as well as chainsaw gloves should be worn even if you are doing very simple cuts such as limbing on low easily reached branches.

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HeySal

13 years ago

um...uh...Hey Benjamin.......just wondering.........

You wouldn't happen to live in Texas wouldja?

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BenjaminB 13 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

um...uh...Hey Benjamin.......just wondering.........

You wouldn't happen to live in Texas wouldja?

Nope I live in Ohio.
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R Hagel

13 years ago

I told my dad once that I was going to wear steel-toed boots to cut wood.

He advised against it -- he said it would make make the chainsaw blade too dull to be of any use.

Cheers,
Becky

p.s. We're playing along here, Benjamin, but we're not stupid.

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Bjarne Eldhuset 13 years ago

Maybe you should try the copywriting forum, they use chainsaws there all the time, I hear :rolleyes:
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BenjaminB

13 years ago

Originally Posted by R Hagel

I told my dad once that I was going to wear steel-toed boots to cut wood.

He advised against it -- he said it would make make the chainsaw blade too dull to be of any use.

Cheers,
Becky

p.s. We're playing along here, Benjamin, but we're not stupid.

Playing Along? Why mock me,is this not an off topic thread? Is not the purpose of everyone being on a forum to promote themselves in some way,shape or form?

By the way it's a subject that interests me to find out people's opinions about different chainsaw brands!

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Tina Golden

13 years ago

Is not the purpose of everyone being on a forum to promote themselves in some way,shape or form?

Some of us are actually here more to mingle with fellow marketers and to exchange ideas with them.

Even to form <gasp> relationships with other internet marketers.

Tina

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Originally Posted by TMG Enterprises

Some of us are actually here more to mingle with fellow marketers and to exchange ideas with them.

Even to form <gasp> relationships with other internet marketers.

Tina

I had a relationship with a chainsaw once, but I swore I wooden tell anyone about it.

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HeySal

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

I had a relationship with a chainsaw once, but I swore I wooden tell anyone about it.

Ah - come on Dennis, cut to the chase, would ya? We're all friends here.

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shopbic

13 years ago

Ben, hi. I was a logger in my younger days. Quit a while back however. I used a McCullough with a 36" bar ( I cut 'big' trees) and I had very good luck with it. When
I moved to Washington state and started cutting smaller trees I switched to a smaller chainsaw with a 24" bar on it (Can't remember how to spell it but it was pronounced "Skill"), anyway that was also a good saw.
As I said that was a few years back.
Good luck with your search.
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BenjaminB

13 years ago

Originally Posted by shopbic

Ben, hi. I was a logger in my younger days. Quit a while back however. I used a McCullough with a 36" bar ( I cut 'big' trees) and I had very good luck with it. When
I moved to Washington state and started cutting smaller trees I switched to a smaller chainsaw with a 24" bar on it (Can't remember how to spell it but it was pronounced "Skill"), anyway that was also a good saw.
As I said that was a few years back.
Good luck with your search.
Phil

Thanks Phil for the input. I have heard good things about McCullough though I have never had the chance to use one. 36" bar that's a beast of a chainsaw!

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Dennis Gaskill 13 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Ah - come on Dennis, cut to the chase, would ya? We're all friends here.

Nope, I'm knot going out on limb. You're barking up the wrong tree, so leaf it at that.
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Kay King 13 years ago

In this forum, the off topic section is like the bar. We're talking - not promoting ourseles.

Promotion is normal - but when you are new and unknown here and your first effort is "look at my chainsaw site"....well....

Being told this is not a good idea is more valuable than you know. Posts like that in the main forum are considered self promotional and can get you banned. Just a word to the wise.

My favorite part of a chain saw is the muscular guy that uses one to trim my oak trees
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KenThompson

13 years ago

Well I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with
the edge of my hand...

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13 years ago

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Bill Farnham 13 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

Are you implying we're all nuts?

Yup, I think the idea stems from the fact that the only reason we log in here is to cut up.
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HeySal

13 years ago

We're gonna beat this to pulp aren't we?

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R Hagel

13 years ago

Oakay people, that's about enough. Wood you knock it off, already? Sheesh, some of you folks need to be birch-slapped.

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Samson77

13 years ago

Stihl makes a great chainsaw. It is quality and reliable. Been using them for years and it is all I will ever buy.

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BenjaminB 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Samson77

Stihl makes a great chainsaw. It is quality and reliable. Been using them for years and it is all I will ever buy.

Yes Samson77 I have many friends who feel the same way about Stihl chainsaws. My best friend and I actually almost came to fists about it at one time,lol.
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- Bill Farnham 13 years ago
  
  I own a Poulan. Everytime I want to use that thing I find myself a poulan and a poulan just to try and start the dang thing...:rolleyes:
  
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HeySal

13 years ago

Well now that we've gotten to the root of the problem, perhaps we should nip it in the bud before it blossoms. The OP leaves and everything gets colored and falls apart.

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

It's like my pawpaw used to say, yew kin pine fir a poplar girl if'n ya cedar as the marryin' kind, yew kin even make an ash of yerself over her, but yew butternut birch too mulch if'n she turns out to be a beech be'cuz I told yew in privet that poplar girls like to live larch. She'll spend more than yew make and yew willow money to plum near everyone. Ain't tryin' to pecan ya, but that girl yew got eyes fir, I cedar kissin' on another feller and she didn't ask persimmon to kiss him, she just up and done it on impulse. So git spruced up if'n yew must, make a durn fool of yerself, but even a dogwood know better.

Yep, that's what my pawpaw told me, n he outta know, he's a church alder.

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Mike Wright

13 years ago

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Its better to use boltcutters to cut a chain than a saw .... Confucious.

ahem ...

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Kay King 13 years ago

Are you implying we're all nuts?

Clearly, we've all taken leaves of our senses...long ago.
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HeySal

13 years ago

I'm thinking it's time for me to drop this thread.

It's Halloween and I'm sorry but chainsaws make me nervous this time of year. and....I still have a suspicion that the OP's from Texas. Timing really is everything.

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