I got my battery powered 10 inch chainsaw and walked the trails until I got to the 8 limbed tree across the trail, cut thru 5 of the 8 6-8 inch limbs yesterday. Its only 5.5 lbs so it never feels out of control. My gas one had a 16 inch bar and weighed 18-20 lbs, that one had power and would be dangerous to use right now. It only lasted about 20 minutes. On the walk out I brushed my arm on stinging nettle, too bad it was on my good arm, the bad arm could have used the extra burning sensation. Today I went out again and got thru 2 more limbs before running out of power. I got the bar stuck trying to get thru a 10 inch limb on the ground. Finally got it freed by leveraging one of the branches on top of my shoulder.
Went out again this afternoon after the 90 minute recharge, got the big tree fully cleared for skiing. Cleared 3 more small trees lying across the trail. Two more 8-10 inch trees to cut sections out of, then I can walk the far loop again to see what needs doing out there
This is all in preparation to be able to cross-country ski the trails.
Don't do this!!! Its stupid.
I'm not sure where I found this graphic but it was used in my Dangerous Stroke Rehab presentation. And Chainsawing was not even the most dangerous, walking is.
Dean, I too went with the light weight chainsaw although not because of my stroke, but growing older. Hefting that 25 lb monster was almost impossible for me to get through most of the work I needed done even chopping up logs.
ReplyDeleteStinging nettles are good for one thing in my mind, making rennet for cheese. Not, brushing your arms through it. Just the mention of it made me cringe. They didn't get their name for nothing.
What did your walking graphic look like, if it was more dangerous than cutting off an arm?
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't the graphic, it was the statistic that if someone 65+ falls they have a 50% chance of dying in the next year. And yet therapists are pushing that deadly activity relentlessly.
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