In the back of my mind, I know it's a bad idea.

MIFlyer said:
i'll be unpopular by being serious for a moment, but please, please use a pair of these while operating a saw. even if it's "only a quick cut".

PS, in levity, you can also wear them daily as a stylish accent to your wardrobe of kahki's and polos.
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In all honesty, you should wear hardhat, chaps, gloves, and a eye/hearing protection. However, in all honesty I usually just make due with the eye/gloves and jeans with steel-toe boots when doing homeowner stuff. I don't do any large tree felling (usually less than 2' diameter) and I don't do anything that requires climbing into the tree and cutting. The only time I've donned chaps is when we had a big tornado/t-storm back around '02-'03 in the Norman/Moore/OKC area which we (and every other lawn/landscape crew) were doing nothing but tree debris cleanup for a week or two straight. When you're messing with 24"+ chainsaws for 8-10hr days, you better have every piece of safety equipment you can find!
 
I mostly use my Husq 460 but I still have the little Mac 101 that Dad bought back in the 1960s... that one is great, no safety features but so light that you can use it with one hand while standing on a ladder with one arm around the tree...
 
MIFlyer said:
i'll be unpopular by being serious for a moment, but please, please use a pair of these while operating a saw. even if it's "only a quick cut".

PS, in levity, you can also wear them daily as a stylish accent to your wardrobe of kahki's and polos.

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I have seen 'chainsaw to kneecap' and it's not pretty.
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Last time I trimmed my crape myrtles I fell off a ladder and broke my shoulder. Chainsaws seemed well like a different outcome is possible
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Dang bro that sucks considering crepe meyrtle don't need trimming. That is called crepe murder.
 
SoonerAviator said:
Yeah, I've had pretty good luck with all of my Echo equipment (chainsaw, line trimmer, backpack blower). We used to run Stihl equipment in a landscaping crew I ran back in college and the chainsaws were good once you got them running, the line trimmers/blowers/hedge trimmers always seemed to be problematic despite always being serviced by the local Stihl dealer. I dunno, kinda soured me on them. Another good chainsaw brand from long ago was McCulloch, but I don't think it'd be much fun to run today compared to what's available.
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When I need a Gas chain saw I still use my McCulloch 10-10 that I got from my dad, He got it from his Dad, I know it has been in the Family since 1976. Still starts with just few pulls and cuts very well. My Dad replaced it with a Stihl probably 10 years ago or so and kind of regretted doing it, The Stihl just isn't really any better. I have used his Stihl, and I couldn't really tell any difference between the two.

Brian
 
Shoulder is 100%
I know very little about Niel except he says not to cut those trees.

I still have them. One day I am going to uproot them but only when I have time and money to redo the whole landscape.
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Shoulder is 100%
I know very little about Niel except he says not to cut those trees.

I still have them. One day I am going to uproot them but only when I have time and money to redo the whole landscape.
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Just don't do it redneck style and hook it up to your truck! Don't say I didn't warn you..hahaha
 
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