Stick

[bushmechanic]

 Ok peter here is a pic or two of a saw mounted whip.

  

 

[Peter Drouin]

So the whip is 2' long and you I ball up the log as you go.

[Dave Shepard]

Just make sure you aren't drilling through the gas tank on your Husky. ;)

[bushmechanic]

  Well it can be more accurate than eyeballing it. We take the whip end and put it on the log end then rev the saw a little bit and kind of roll the saw forwards until the saw bar tip strikes the log making a mark. This mark is four foot so then walk up the log and put the whip end ahead of the saw mark and repeat the process and now you have an eight foot mark. You can keep repeating for how ever long you need the log, and if you want you can put one or two foot marks on the whip with electrical tape.

[furltech]

You lay they saw on top of the tree and make a mark that gives you four feet keep limbing up the   tree line up whip with mark your tip made now you have 8 feet . the whip comes longer when you buy it after you mount it you cut it so overall length is 4 feet

[furltech]

whoops missed your explanation bush mechanic   sorry

[trapper]

where do you buy the whip?

[furltech]

We buy them just about anywhere you buy a saw they cost about 6 bucks

[barbender]

     This is an example of something that I love about the forum- I have never seen a whip like that, let alone the fact that you can buy them. It looks like a slick solution ;) What is it made out of?

[furltech]

Your right about the forum i just assumed everyone used one lol it is a plastic nylon product it is pretty flexible it wont break unless very old or cold it has a spring reinforcment up by the handle .

[thecfarm]

I've seen them somewheres for sale and have seen them on a few saws too.

[Jim_Rogers]

Be careful like Dave said. Some saws the handle is part of the gas tank. And if you drill a hole in it, you'll have a lot of trouble patching it. I've seen one with holes in it and the owner had to buy a whole new handle cause they couldn't patch it up right.

Jim Rogers

[trapper]

Is the stick like the part that replaces the bar nut?  Not logging country here so most of the saw shops arborist or home owner.