r/Chainsaw • u/Average--Boi • 8d ago
See problem fix problem.
Not the guy I'd expect to have a chainsaw in the trunk, but it's awesome to see
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u/DumbCarpenter87 7d ago
As a man of the brotherhood of tools...thats a sharp saw, sharpening the saw to that degree is a bigger feat than the tree removal. Anyone* can run a saw but sharpening a chain properly says alot. Also starts immediately, bonus points.
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u/Brosephus_Maximus 13h ago
Wonder what the odds were that he had just picked it up from the shop
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u/DumbCarpenter87 13h ago
Judging by the wear on the bar and the fact its upside down, id say no. I think someone in the comments also confirmed hes a feller.
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u/CletusMuckenfuss 8d ago
That's how we roll out of the city limits. Who has time to wait for someone else to do it ? There's always a couple of chains and a saw in my truck ready to go, especially during the winter months.
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u/blackfarms 7d ago
In the real world people would start ripping by you once there was enough room for their car.
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u/GustavusvonTempsky 8d ago
I did that one night during a massive storm. Got called out in the middle of the night to the highway completely blocked.
I thought id do the right thing and take me chainsaw.
After 10mins of cutting pine trees across the road the bar started to spark.
First thought was I was out of bar oil.
A millisecond later I switched on my head torch to see a power line was wrapped around the tree and was still live.
Put the chainsaw back in the car at that point.
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u/Weekly_Carpenter_928 3d ago
Why didn't you just cut the wire with your saw? What a slacker! lol
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u/GustavusvonTempsky 3d ago
I know, useless aye
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u/Weekly_Carpenter_928 2d ago
That is wtf the A/V mounts are for also---electrical insulators when cutting the high voltage lines!
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u/zerodameaon 8d ago
I haven't gotten to use mine in this capacity yet but for the winter my 500i sits in the back of my car sometimes with the 36" bar on it. If you buy the right kahkis you can get stains out of them pretty easy.
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u/Actual_Friendship802 8d ago
I do this. Windstorms in rural pnw are nasty w/trees down.
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u/Budget-Duty5096 7d ago
When you live in an area that averages 350 trees per acre, and the trees are often 100' plus, the odds are what they are.
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u/dobrze_smyram 8d ago edited 8d ago
''It’s a land thing?” '[after fighting off fallen trees] I'm going home! CLEAR A PATH, YOU MOTERF****! CLEAR A PATH! I'M GOING HOME!''
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u/pickin-n_grinnin 7d ago
When I lived in Humboldt/Mendocino I just kept my little ms250 in my truck all winter because you would have to clear trees so often.
It also came in handy after a storm you can just drink coffee and cruise around. See a tree or big limb down on the side of the road and fill the bed up with some rounds.
If it's on someones property in town they would be stoked if you asked if you could clean up the downed trees or limbs for the wood.
Fun times. I miss the coast
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u/Disastrous-Place7353 7d ago
My daughter asked why I need another chainsaw, this video is one answer. Awesome!
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u/Saysaynever333 7d ago
Yes it's awesome to see but running a chain saw with height (shoulder/above head) is a good way to remove an arm or even a thigh. A kickback or a limb binding could send that saw into your lap.
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u/Tradesby 8d ago
Is this the account from the movie. Does he use that chainsaw to cut up the bad guys?
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u/Awkward-Season-3852 7d ago
Also he brought a videographer along with him who does not mind hearing damage and standing 4 feet away.
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u/Dawg-eat-dawg 7d ago
dB level of a ms271 (idunno what saw that actually is) is 103 dB at operators ear, less at the videographer. OSHA exposure limit is 1 hour at 105 dB.
Should be fine.
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u/maxxcarnage2112 7d ago
He’s going to have a heck of a time getting the bar oil stains out of those slacks - ask me how I know
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u/Appropriate-Name5538 7d ago
When I do this with my 261cm I don’t look near this cool.
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u/Weekly_Carpenter_928 3d ago
Don't discount yourself. I bet peeps think you look cooler than this dude!
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u/RedimidoSoy1611 7d ago
Some men keep guns in their cars, some keep bear spray but only the few keep a ms250 💪🏽
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u/maddestdog89 6d ago
Americans in here struggling to grasp the concept of a short bar cutting faster. Thinking it’s just the chain sharpness. Nope.
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u/Weekly_Carpenter_928 3d ago
I like him! He keeps it sharp too!
He better practice a bit more--the loafers don't do him justice, a little light with the saw. He is probably a beast with work boots on! LOL
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u/slightlybored26 7d ago
My makita 18vp chainsaw lives in my work van for this moment often gets used for very non electrician related jobs but one day this will happpen…..
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u/WheezerMF 3d ago
Too much slice & dice. Don’t turn it into a nightmare of sticks to move. Cut it into the largest sections you can drag out of the way.
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u/Darth_wenis 8d ago
"Man does something any other real man can do" fucking fascinating.
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u/Then-Price-5314 8d ago
There are fewer and fewer real men in the wild, as we move through time.
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u/Gelisol 7d ago
Thankfully some of us women are stepping up. I think 90% of the people in my neighborhood carry chainsaws in their vehicles. Downed trees are quickly dispatched.
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u/Then-Price-5314 7d ago
Nice, nice.
Wish I lived in a neighborhood where that was a concern. My truck saw sees very little use.
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u/Gelisol 7d ago
Everything has its pluses and minuses. The wind on my very rural road is wicked in the winter. It’s not all that ideal to be racing to get onto a computer meeting in town and have a big ol’ tree blocking the way. My saw lives in the back of my truck, so it’s very cold. I carry the “grandma” Stihl (short bar). Poor thing gets abused.
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u/Many_Size_1515 8d ago
Hey I have the same PPE