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You'd be welcome to. We do have almost to much fun some days. Usually if the customer is around we'll have them in stitches atleast a few times.:lol:

It's all good then. I don't look for dangerous situations and I try not to be complacent around saws. But somedays I do just feel like they're an extension of my body.:D My uncle who works for me is a constant reminder of why not to lose respect for the action end of a saw. He took the worst...

Just thought that you might not like blatant safety infractions posted. I'm sure the safety nazis would have lots to say about running a saw in flip flops.:D

No offense is meant here Sothere, but if you're actually worried or stymied about this whole discussion as to how to safely start a saw maybe you should take a training course.

As far as your scale goes. At home I've drop started many a saw in shorts and sandals, without a second thought. Starting a saw by any means should be a 1 on your danger factor. If Butch doesn't want to read something like I just typed on his forum, feel free to edit it out.8)

Well first off if you always use the chainbrake there's no way that drop starting is going to be an issue either. And secondly I'd disagree with you that while one handing a saw by the rear handle that there's no way a kick back could come back at you. If it can kickback while you're holding...

Darin, I would say that with no chainbrake on a log start is more dangerous as you're only holding the rear handle and if you're feathering the throttle or using the throttle lock and the tip contacts something you could be in for a nasty kickback. If you were dropstarting and the same...

I'm not really buying into dropstarting a saw being hard on my body. You're using the weight of the saw to help turn it over instead of just using arm power. For me it's a very smooth pretty much effortless affair. Let me put it this way, 12 years in the bush I've seen drop starting and log...

Exactly what Jerry said. Why wouldn't you drop start a saw. It's easy fast and efficient and I would say no more dangerous than the 'log start' that Darin described in another thread as long as the chain brake is applied. Again for me it's the only way I ever start a saw.