why I pack a chainsaw

Myal

Myal

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I do , seriously , I pack a chainsaw in the boot of my car . Just a cheapie off ebay , I think its a chinese clone of a husquvana

I do get some flack and laughter for doing this , but its paid off before . and Saturday just gone , it paid off again .

We traveled a long way up a kinda narrow mountain track , it was getting toward sunset , ( my excuse for the under exposure of the pics ) and we found this :
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I didnt realy want to have to reverse back down to where I could turn around , so the fun begins ...

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the chainsaw has a 22 inch bar , but the tree was a bit thicker , I cut it on both sides and the cuts overlapped in the middle by maybe 2 inches , but it works :) :

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after a big of hefting and rolling of the cut bits of wood , we can continue our way :

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Well , I had fun on the weekend anyway :)

yeah , our car fitted thru the gap , had at least 6"clearance each side !
 
Yeah , its in Oz , east of Tamworth , NSW .

I like it up around there , the bush is kinda nice .
 
Yeah I've got a full sized axe in my truck, along with many other tools (it's also my bov-bug out vehicle).

But I guess I'd be there for a while with an axe if a tree THAT size would be in the way!
I might need to put the chainsaw in there too.

You did good.
 
I don´t think the machete in my trunk could have handled that. Mac
 
Absolutely ! Take your 3" folder and baton it !! Or you could take your flint and steel ,start a fire and burn it through !!..Here in the USA we'd be driving a Ford Superduty, not a little bitty car,and we'd just pull it away !
 
I work within my finances , the itty bitty car came from ebay , for AU$190 I think , I fitted some mud tyres , and we been over most of the tracks that give 4x4 drivers a hard time , it was kinda funny when we passed a 4x4 club convoy that was pulled up for a break , the stares and jaw drops woulda made a GREAT picture :)
 
Brilliant preparedness story. Congratulations. Impressive for her to see your gear come to good use. And, the tree could have blocked you, or someone else, on the way out of a no-outlet road. Your saw could have saved the bacon.

All the best,

oregon, who needs to service his chainsaw
 
Carrying a chainsaw is common sence when travelling back roads in forested areas. When its calling for windy or stormy weather, I put the saw into the back of the pickup just in case a tree blocks the way. It has happened a few times over the years that a tree went over the road. When the budworm went through the area, alot of dying Balsam fur would end up on our roads. Many of these trees are small enough in diameter- less than 12 inches and can be managed with a good chopping knife, but a chainsaw makes things much faster. It sure beats taking a long detour, or for waiting for someone to come around with a saw.
 
What Bufford said :thumbup:
Some days you just don't want to batton your way in or out ;)



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Phil
 
Myal, your photos here made your point very well. Anybody who thinks you are strange for keeping a chainsaw in the trunk must not live where there are trees and storms. I live in hurricane country. Once over 20 years ago we had only a minimal hurricane during the night, but my wife and I just tried to sleep through it. After all, there really wasn't anything we could do about it. Hurricanes are a fact of life here. The next morning after daylight came I went outside to look around. I knew we used to have a long driveway there somewhere, but I couldn't find it for awhile. :D
 
Its not dso much the chainsaw that is worrying, its the duct tape and the hockey mask that is in the glove box :D
 
You needed a Busse. Duh.
 
All you need for a little branch like that is a Fallkniven A2!:D
 
I was going to try batoning one of the blocks with my Okapi .. but the light was getting bad fast and i wasnt sure the pictures would turn out ...

:)
 
Car survival is it's own area of expertise. A chain saw, come along, critical car parts, hi-lift jack, tools, etc. are all necessary for transportation survival. I carry more, because I might need more. My US car has the gear in a lock box. My OZ car will have it too when I have the box built.
 
I look at it as part of the one big picture , without the car , I cant got the distances that take me places where I really worry about having to use my skills to stay alive instead of just cos its handy stuff to know ..

having spares and the ability to use them is a big deal to me , I have had to fix breakdowns literally in the midle of the nulabor plain

to me , the knowledge and ability to do this save me having to rely on the knowledge and ability to survive in the desert .

being able to travel from way down south of Vic to way up north of QLD in a day or two is great but puts us into a few totally different environments that call for totally diferent skills to survive if I happened to break down somewhere

I kinda look at it as "having a car survival" vs "having to hoof it survival"
 
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