Need Chainsaw Advice, Stu?

Explosives?

Sorry if that's not much help.  I was a city kid.

Good luck.

I don't suppose you can put it in reverse like a drill.

Happens all the time.  I use my other saw to cut the log near the 'stuck saw'.  But if you only have one,  there are a few things you can do.  First remove the powerhead from the stuck bar & chain,  just like you're taking off the chain for sharpening.  Then you won't have that awkward weight there,  and you can bring it in out of the rain.

Usually that happens when you're cutting a log on the ground from the top,  and the weight of the tree pinches your bar in the cut.  So you could use a bottle jack or floor jack under the tree,  lift it up a few cm and that's enough to pull the bar / chain out.  Also wedges hammered into the cut spread it apart,  if you can fit them in there.  The plastic ones are good,  in that they won't damage the chain like the metal wedges.

If none of those techniques work for whatever reason,  use a hand-saw and carefully cut away the wood that's pinching your chain.  Or you could use a 'skil-saw' or demo-saw if you have enough extension cords.  You just want to be careful about metal-to-metal contact (don't hit one blade with the other).

Anyway,  careful not to bend the bar.  Congrats on your new Husqvarna saw !  Take a couple fotos that show where in the tree the saw is stuck and post here.  Then I could tell you the easiest way for your situation.

Using a saw ior axe from an angle or  from the other side or go diagonal

Using a saw ior axe from an angle or  from the other side or go diagonal

I usually use the plastic wedges to free my stuck saw.

wedges

When you do get it out, put it up for sale. You shouldn't be using a chainsaw.

Glad it worked out.  I have not watched your uTube yet,  but always remove the machine from Bar / Chain first.

It just makes everything more Safe and ergonomic.

Steel wedges can damage your chain and / or the teeth (cutters) on the chain. 

Hence the popularity of plastic wedges.

Don't feel bad.  I've had TWO saws stuck in a Dead tree that just would not cooperate.

Metal wedges are good for splitting tough pieces if you don't have a gas splitter.

Lots of good advice from everyone.  Actually none of it makes sense until you've been through it.

Mr. Lassen said that he is just learning the Chainsaw trip.

My best advice is to start from the Skinny end of the downed Tree,  and work your way back toward the Thick parts.

This is what I've learned in 30-40 years of fooling with that sort of stuff.

Also it is easier to use Axes,  Hatchets,  Loppers and such hand-tools for the small branches and limbs,  before firing up the Chainsaw.

Which Husqvarna saw did you wind up getting ?  I hear that many like the 346 XP model,  although my preference runs toward Stihl saws.

Mr. Lassen,  

Text or call me sometime next few days,  and I will explain all the basic chainsaw stuff.  

No charge.  Nine-77 Oh Oh 43 is the cel #;  area - code 609.

Please don't spam that # you others,  if you're not Mr. Lassen.

Today I'm taking the Hüsky to the Coast,  so I won't be near the Phoon.

It's all good, as long as you don't get in between H.I.M. and the human food of his choice.

I bought a Husky Rancher 460 a couple of years ago. The thing is a beast.

I buy a premix of 50-1 from Amazon. Its ethanol-free and better for the machine.

A come-along and rigging straps also come in handy.