Electric Tree Saw Poles?

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

I think the way to do it is cut through half way on one side and then cut through half way on the other side an inch or two higher, you then hold the bit that's being detached and apply a sharp bit of pressure to snap it, this way it ends up safely in your hands.

If you cut at a slant the log may fall unexpectedly, bark can be surprisingly strong and if the log flops beside the truck and your hand is in the wrong place it can end up being painful. Also you may not have noticed someone is now standing under the tree whilst being busy looking at where you are cutting who ends up getting hurt by falling bits of wood. 

Section62

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

I think the way to do it is cut through half way on one side and then cut through half way on the other side an inch or two higher, you then hold the bit that's being detached and apply a sharp bit of pressure to snap it, this way it ends up safely in your hands.

Not while standing on a ladder though.

To control the piece being cut off requires the use of both hands.  If both hands are being used for that there are zero hands left over to (a) hold the chainsaw and (b) hold on to the ladder.

Carrying the cut off piece down the ladder also requires more hands than people have, and just dropping it risks damaging the ladder and/or making the ladder slip/fall.

This is why professionals will use a technique involving either ropes or an access platform.  There is just no safe way of chainsawing bits of tree while you are on a ladder.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

If you cut at a slant the log may fall unexpectedly, bark can be surprisingly strong and if the log flops beside the truck and your hand is in the wrong place it can end up being painful.

A painful hurt like that is minor compared to what could happen. A moving chainsaw blade can cut through skin, muscle and bone in a small fraction of a second.  Falling from height can easily be fatal.  Falling from height with a chainsaw in your hands is really going to ruin your day.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Section62 said:

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

I think the way to do it is cut through half way on one side and then cut through half way on the other side an inch or two higher, you then hold the bit that's being detached and apply a sharp bit of pressure to snap it, this way it ends up safely in your hands.

Not while standing on a ladder though.

I thought that bit was a given.