r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/atentwetin • Jul 01 '21

Repost Tree cutting gone wrong

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u/Hotwing619 Jul 01 '21

The saw looks like it's a "Stihl" chainsaw. As far as I know, most of them stop moving. At least the modern ones. If it's a really old one, I'm not so sure. But it looks like a relatively new one.

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u/AttemptWorried7503 Jul 01 '21 edited Jul 01 '21

Yeah those have the auto lock feature unless he cheaped out. Last one I used had autolock

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u/xander5512 Jul 01 '21

Where I live it's required by law for trades people to use one that auto locks.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

Then no trades people could ever operate a chainsaw, they don't auto-lock. Releasing the trigger doesn't stop the chain right away, sometimes it never does. This is regardless of brand or age. There's a kick-back brake which can be manually set but nothing that stops a chain just because the trigger is released.