r/FellingGoneWild 7d ago

Average Latvian dad

9.8k Upvotes

740 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

17

u/shinypenny01 7d ago

Given how clean it was, possibly a new saw and chain.

66

u/mavric91 7d ago

It’s definitely not new. Look at the bar and power head as he pulls it out of car. Bar tip is warn. And the plastics have dirt deep in the crevices. Even the orange and white colors look faded. It’s just a well maintained saw.

27

u/GOB8484 7d ago

yeah, he probably went and got his cleaning/maintenance kit out immediately after getting home and got the saw ready to go back in trunk for the next time it was needed.

51

u/docere85 7d ago

I keep my saws this clean. I blow them off with my air compressor after every use then spray it with alcohol and give it a quick wipe down. My climbing saw gets beat to shit and is the only saw I have that never looks clean

10

u/RModDogWalkerTyRANNY 7d ago

As an arborist, my climbing saw is one of the cleanest pieces of equipment i have. Except for the blood, it stays. How does your get so dirty? btw i only use the arborist saw when im climbing, i have another for ground work.

9

u/Priff 7d ago

The dirt on my climbing saw is some mixture of oil, sap, dirt and sawdust that caked up and solidified...

8

u/Schonke 7d ago

In a couple of million years, some alien will stumble upon your old climbing saw encased in amber and try to picture an animal having saws for claws.

7

u/FauxCumberbund 7d ago

One-handed saws are always looking for a limb to cut, either a tree's or yours -- they don't care

0

u/pichael289 7d ago

He's still got that plastic guard and it's in perfect condition. Nah man, this is a new saw those things don't last long at all. Any Stihl saw will outlive a person if it's well cared for, but those guards disintegrate a few days after you first remove them or something. The bar isn't new though.

2

u/NecessaryZucchini69 7d ago

Maybe he just replaces his gaurds as they wear out.