I was talking to my neighbour at the lake today. He's a lucky man. Chainsaw cut into his knee, only ten stitches. A friends uncle died from a similar accident, bled to death. If you use a saw, please use chainsaw chaps.
The guy in the video is an idiot to demonstrate on his own leg how they work but they save lives. My neighbour get's a second chance, not everyone does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5VSivQe760
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
A chainsaw is a dangerous machine if not used properly. At the paper mill I worked in you weren't allowed to operate one without having taken a training course and wearing personal protective equipment.
I had taken many chainsaw safety courses back when I was in the tree maintenance field.
All I have to do is take "ladder safety" courses now!
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Chain saws are hungry SOB's. Flesh & bone are nothing compared to an old dry log.
From age 14 though 18, I worked in logging operations, weekends and every vacation. Ran chainsaws for thousands of hours. Never even saw a pair of chaps. Hard hats were few & far between. Steel toes were unheard of. I think the only training I ever got was a booklet on how to fell a tree, and a stern warning "don't cut yourself". I was lucky. Had a few very close calls - cut through my jeans and even my long johns more than once, but never drew blood. Today, it's chaps and hard hat with face shield and ear muffs, every time.
I've seen guys who caught a kick back with their face and shoulders or caught their thigh as they were walking from one tree to the next with the chain spinning. It's amazing how quickly it'll chew through to bone.
Dad had a saw kick back while falling. It spun around and cut into both shins, down to and into the bone. He had divots in his shin bones a quarter inch wide and some nasty scars decades later. He went to the landing, used some rags to bandage himself up and went back to work, and got docked an hour's pay.
Did exactly that to my leg. Cutting the posts of a playgym at ground level and the chainsaw kicked as i finished cutting, i had release trigger but momentum and speed meant I chopped into left leg just above the knee. Was wearing heavy duty workpants. i was with my son. Clamped it together with my hand , made my way to the front yard, layed down and called the wife to come and get me to take me to small hospital in a town 15ins away.
"Dear, don't panic when i tell you this"
"what have you hurt now....?"
Did not want to call the ambulance as it would have taken me to the local
Large suburban hospital which is overloaded and full of feral locals.
went straight out and bought kevlar chaps. Very lucky....
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cutting a roof off a four door is NOT a convertible.....
65 Parisienne convertible.one of 49 built for RHD export market,402BBC, T400, 2500 stally, posi rear, upgraded brakes with front discs, FUEL FAST efi custom built by me.
He's doing ok but I gave him a pretty stern lecture about not doing any more cutting without using chaps. He's not that experienced with a saw to begin with. I'm not that interested in going to our cabin and finding him bled out and dead on the ground when it's easily avoidable.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
if you watch the show HOMESTEAD RESCUE the guy loves his chainsaw
He's just a bit wild with it.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
My thought exactly Carl. He must have an app for that.............
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
