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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1332073" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I fell timber for 20 years. Real trees, the biggest Doug Fir I ever fell was 10 foot 8 inch in diameter inside the bark. The biggest cedar was over 14 foot. The tallest was a Sitka Spruce that was 320 feet to a 6 inch top. Chain saws are dangerous but trees will kill you. I have helped pack 3 dead guys out of the woods and one who was alive when we packed him out but didn't make it to the hospital. For every year I cut timber there was someone who in knew / had worked with at some point who got killed.</p><p>Don't wear leather gloves. Use a glove with better grip, rubberized cotton. Leather gets slick when it gets wet. Keep you thumb on your left hand wrapped around the handle bars of the saw. I wore bug eye goggles not safety glasses. They are a fine mesh screen and don't fog up like glasses can. We all wore chaps that fit inside your pants. The outside your pants chaps are fine for working with stuff on the ground but there are just too many ways for them to hang up on things if you need to move. Being able to move quickly is very important. I see some back yard guys so loaded down with "safety gear" that they can't move. Always work from the uphill side. About 90% of fatalities occur within 12 feet of the stump. That is only 4 quick steps. When the tree is leaving go up hill and away. Eyes up and watching for flying objects. Keep your back cut an inch or two above the under cut. That will keep the tree from slipping backwards off the stump. <strong>Never ever </strong>fall timber by yourself. Always have someone around. That said they should be two tree lengths away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1332073, member: 498"] I fell timber for 20 years. Real trees, the biggest Doug Fir I ever fell was 10 foot 8 inch in diameter inside the bark. The biggest cedar was over 14 foot. The tallest was a Sitka Spruce that was 320 feet to a 6 inch top. Chain saws are dangerous but trees will kill you. I have helped pack 3 dead guys out of the woods and one who was alive when we packed him out but didn't make it to the hospital. For every year I cut timber there was someone who in knew / had worked with at some point who got killed. Don't wear leather gloves. Use a glove with better grip, rubberized cotton. Leather gets slick when it gets wet. Keep you thumb on your left hand wrapped around the handle bars of the saw. I wore bug eye goggles not safety glasses. They are a fine mesh screen and don't fog up like glasses can. We all wore chaps that fit inside your pants. The outside your pants chaps are fine for working with stuff on the ground but there are just too many ways for them to hang up on things if you need to move. Being able to move quickly is very important. I see some back yard guys so loaded down with "safety gear" that they can't move. Always work from the uphill side. About 90% of fatalities occur within 12 feet of the stump. That is only 4 quick steps. When the tree is leaving go up hill and away. Eyes up and watching for flying objects. Keep your back cut an inch or two above the under cut. That will keep the tree from slipping backwards off the stump. [b]Never ever [/b]fall timber by yourself. Always have someone around. That said they should be two tree lengths away. [/QUOTE]
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