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Climbing with a saw vs. a handsaw after what a guy in Bend told me about his gaffs
Honestly I was up in a big willow oak off NW Galveston in Bend about 3 weeks ago and this old timer named Ray watched me limb walk for a bit then said the thing that stuck with me. He goes, "You're so worried about the saw you stopped trusting the rope." That hit hard because I had my 201T on the hip and a Silky Zubat on the saddle, and I was honestly reaching for the power saw on stuff I could have clicked through with the handsaw in like 4 pulls. But tbh the other side of it is real too because a handsaw on a 14 inch limb at 60 feet when you're gassed is just straight up slower and I've seen guys burn out their forearms by noon doing that all day. So now I'm stuck between two schools: some climbers say power saw for anything bigger than your thumb and save your body, others say keep the handsaw out until you actually need the motor so you stay smooth and don't get lazy with your cuts. Ray swore by the handsaw first thing because it forces you to read the wood before you commit, but my old foreman in Eugene said the opposite, said handsaws get people hurt when they're tired and reaching. What do you all run when you're limbing a big spreader oak, handsaw first or go straight to the power head?
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