Cutting carpet rolls with chainsaw?

[DigitalCancer]

I wouldn't even risk that! LOL

i say the blades would get hung up in the threads from the carpet. If you do use a reciprocal saw tho, try to find a 'straight' blade, not serrated. It would cut fine then, but the serrated ANYTHING will get caught in the threads and i don't see you being able to catch it when it jerks, plus it might just jerk and go on your arm or something...that would SUCK!

Anyhow, be careful whatever you decide. ^_^

 

[Krazy4Real]

Definitely use the chainsaw and film it for us to watch.

 

[Mellman]

yeah...ill wait for the carpet to just snag your chainsaw and ruin it...carpet cuts quite easily with a razor blade, just unroll it carpet side down, and razor blade it up.

 

[MedicBob]

Originally posted by: Krazy4Real
Definitely use the chainsaw and film it for us to watch.

Agreed. Oh, tell me where you live so I can call your local EMS, Emergency Medical Services, and point them to this post. They need the laugh too.

 

[Bryophyte]

The rolls are too thick to fold over into 10' lengths? If not, fold em, borrow a truck, profit. My truck has an 8' bed (w/tailgate down) and I haul 10' stuff pretty often with no problem.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Well you could run it through a band saw. Unroll on one side, get it started, and rig some apparatus to coil it on the cut side. Or just fold it as you pull it through.

Carpet won't burn anyway, so fire's no use.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
The rolls are too thick to fold over into 10' lengths? If not, fold em, borrow a truck, profit. My truck has an 8' bed (w/tailgate down) and I haul 10' stuff pretty often with no problem.

City will dispose of it in 3' lengths only.

Cost will be $2.15 a roll. They won't dispose of it in larger sections.
I could haul it to a recycler myself, in my mini-van, I'd still need to cut it to fit it in there, and the recycler would charge about the same as the city.

It pains me to imagine it sitting in a landfill, but I may need to go that route.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
The rolls are too thick to fold over into 10' lengths? If not, fold em, borrow a truck, profit. My truck has an 8' bed (w/tailgate down) and I haul 10' stuff pretty often with no problem.

City will dispose of it in 3' lengths only.

Cost will be $2.15 a roll. They won't dispose of it in larger sections.
I could haul it to a recycler myself, in my mini-van, I'd still need to cut it to fit it in there, and the recycler would charge about the same as the city.

It pains me to imagine it sitting in a landfill, but I may need to go that route.

craigslist - free carpet - you pick it up

 

[lightpants]

Keep it in the garage - you never know when you Will need to disappear a body!




If you are dead set on using a power tool I would use a blade like this.

Oh, and film it.......please!!!!

 

[Bryophyte]

You could find out if a carpet store or carpet layer would take some money to handle it for you. They have to do it all the time because they handle disposing of old carpet when they install new carpet.

 

[49erinnc]

Bury your conscious, fold carpet in half, haul to nearest apartment complex, toss in/next to dumpster.

If you're hell-bent on being ethical, your best bet is to suck it up and utility knife it. With a sharp blade, you could cut each roll in just a few minutes. I recommend doing it in your yard. If you do it in the driveway on concrete, your blade will dull before you make a full cut.

 

[Scarpozzi]

The city may dispose of it in small sections like that, but that's probably only so they can pick it up. See if you can load it in a truck and drop it off at a waste disposal location. Where I live, you can drop off 2 truckloads of waste like that a day, covered by your tax dollars.

Moving the carpet in that case is the most difficult feat. Just get some friends and a few six packs for afterward.

 

[Linflas]

The Darwin award potential is strong in this one.

 

[Atheus]

<venkman>
This could be extraordinarily bad...
</venkman>

 

[BigJ]

I don't see how this could possibly end well.

 

[TheFamilyMan]

Originally posted by: djheater
I'm just really lazy.

Right now it's rolled up in my garage, I don't want to have to unroll it, cut it, and roll it up again.

They invented cutting tools fr situations like these, didn't they?

I'm just thinking outside the box.

:thumbsup:

Lazy + dangerous cutting tools + thinking outside the box = uttered lines such as, "Hey, watch this..." followed by ambulance sirens.

Yes, they invented cutting tools for situations that require their intended uses...emergency rooms, YouTube & Funniest Home Videos were invented for your situation. Good luck, and as many have already stated, please film it...

 

[FoBoT]

grill it?

 

[mayonnaise]

Blowtorch?

 

[thedarkwolf]

munch it

 

[daniel49]

mount some copper wire on a lever arm, energize the circuit and slowly lower the arm on the roll if the voltage doesn't kill you the toxic fumes will.

ps take it from someone who used chainsaws for years that will never work.

 

[PottedMeat]

I beg you, use FIRE!

1. Setup Video Camera ( or Webcam )
2. Have friend/SO start recording
3. Douse Rug with various accelerants ( the more the better, more variety is even better than that )
4. Use starter of choice ( perhaps a firework, or better yet pack it with fireworks )
5. Upload for all of ATOT to see.
6. <OPTIONAL> Call EMS

 

[djheater]

Update:: Chainsaw worked fine, but my wife's at class and wasn't around to video it. When I get around to doing the rest I'll make sure to take video though...
Didn't get caught up at all, bit slower than I would like, and the chain was pretty warm after two cuts though.

Bunch of pansy naysayers.

 

[Howard]

I think you're lying. The carpet actually ate your hands.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Howard
I think you're lying. The carpet actually ate your hands.

Then how did I type Howard? How did I type?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Howard
I think you're lying. The carpet actually ate your hands.

Then how did I type Howard? How did I type?

*head asplodes* (the italics really did me in )