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Originally Posted by Graham
At the risk of sounding unsympathetic, what the *hell* was the guy thinking of, using a chainsaw up a ladder like that???
Anyone from Health and Safety would probably have had a heart attack just from seeing it! Chainsaws are incredibly dangerous things and should only used with great care on secure and stable platforms and I have to wonder where he got it and what, if any, safety advice he was given with it.
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As someone who has used both a petrol and an electrical chainsaw, I can only agree. You only have to catch the blade the wrong way and it will kick back savagely. There is no way I'd use one on a ladder. If cutting the tree required working at height, I'd pay someone to do it professionally.
As an aside, I tried to hire one of those stump shredder devices a few years ago and was told at the tool hire shop that they were so dangerous that they didn't stock them any more. The other tool that I'm only too happy to let someone else operate on my behalf is an angle grinder.