Your story sounds like my surveyor friend Steve L.
RIP Steve L.
I (try to) never swing an ax or a machete stronger than a strike I can take.
I have one of those but after 2 hours the blade flew away and I couldn't find it again.
Loppers are easier on my joints.
The kid swings a machete.
I find that crawling up under it with loppers works just as well. Instead of trying to mow brush down with a machete I clip it off at ground level and push it out of the way.
A little Ace folding limb saw works great too.
Thanks for sharing that story, Daryl. It made my leg feel better this morning.
This is another good argument against the one man survey crew.
In nearly 40 years of surveying I have only seen one guy who could chop as much line as someone with a brush hook. That was decades ago and I'm sure he can't still do it. He would bend over at his waist until he was almost parallel to the ground, grasp whatever he was chopping, and bend it a little putting tension on it. Then when he hit it with the machete, it would cut clean. He could move along pretty good. Otherwise they are useless and dangerous around here. I won't have one in my crews truck. Our workman's comp experience modifier rate is already too high.
Sandvik
?? I take a bag EVERYWHERE! If I don't I'm guaranteed not to have something I need, and I HATE hiking back to the truck to get it...
Sandvik
> ?? I take a bag EVERYWHERE! If I don't I'm guaranteed not to have something I need, and I HATE hiking back to the truck to get it...
I always have a day pack, but I generally set up traverses with a bow saw in one hand and the other hand free to grab the machete as necessary. Now that shoenstedt makes the pistol grip locator, everything fits in the pack or on my belt. I might have to check out the Sandvik in a hammer loop though. I never use hammer loops for hammers though as they fall out. I just tuck the hammer in my belt.
If anyone just HAS to use a mahcete, then wear these too!!
http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/View_Catalog_Page.asp?mi=3589&title=plastic+leggings
Protects against snakes and a bad case of "machete oopsies". +o(
You know, I have never understood the rationale of a one man survey party, other than from a purely economic , as they are today, I would not want to be on a site by myself only to find I am in the neighborhood where the "Face Eating" people live!!
Going out alone may save $100 a day but my cute, little pink behind is worth WAY more than that!! 😛
That hurts just reading about it.
Probably not funny for you (even in retrospect), but pretty hilarious as a 'things that happen when surveying' story.
Perry-
Just finished a swamp/peat bog 114 acre +/- boundary survey with chain saw and sandvik this afternoon.
Would not work without a sandvik.
I would suggest a handy fellow like you seem to be, a hammer holder like sandvik holder could be self made.
Cheers
Derek
PS Dave K.
Just get another blade, as they will fly away if you hit the branch flat.
LOPPERS....
Did a survey where an older guy wanted to help brush for this public project. He said he has lopper, I thought "oh boy here we go". Well I was sold, bought a large pair at Home Depot and have been lopping the shut out of everything. Still love my machettes, but as we read above we all have had a bad experiences with them. Buy a good pair for $45 and you'll use them.
LOPPERS....
a large set of compound loppers will cut a lot of brush and won't lay your leg open or give you tennis elbow.
LOPPERS....
I have to agree on the loppers. I had a good pair several years ago, that I think I left in a work truck when I left a company I used to work for. I bouht another pair about 5 years ago, and I use them for most light to medium brush cutting. Most of the time I carry them in a stake bag, along with the brush axe when setting up traverses. I have a good machete in the truck, but rarely use it. I also wear leather gloves when cutting much line.
LOPPERS....
A most handy tool. One guy (with an 80's fixation) called his Cyndi...
LOPPERS....
:good:
> We need pics!
I agree, how are we supposed to do a proper presentation at our next safety meeting without gory pics.
hey!! why you busting on us Solo folk?
> You know, I have never understood the rationale of a one man survey party, other than from a purely economic , as they are today, I would not want to be on a site by myself only to find I am in the neighborhood where the "Face Eating" people live!!
> Going out alone may save $100 a day but my cute, little pink behind is worth WAY more than that!! 😛
I know solo isn't for everyone, but then neither is sitting in a cubicle rolling around in a hover chair middle management hell. But just because you don't get it doesn't mean that those who do are greedy money grubbers.
