Chainsaw redux

get the chaps. they get abused by me alot.

laz

Agreed. I wear chaps even when I'm cutting at waist height on a sawbuck, just to keep the chips out of my steel toed boots. In the woods they have protected my shins mainly from thorns, the splinters on the stump and cut-off branches that snapped free.

jw

Chaps *are* good protection - however, everytime I put them on, I get the urge to wear my cowboy had and "rassle a few 'em steers". ;-) Ken.

Sounds like a bunch of Village People wanna be's here

Gunner, ducking and running

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner

Just do your family a favor and get your will in order - you never know when you'll go, so you should do that anyway. If you saw without chaps and you get that wee tiny thing they call a femoral artery, you won't have time to sort it out before you bleed out. Naturally, none of you ever have accidents.

Naw kid we all have accidents..The first thing anyone should learn in wood cutting is safety...with or without extra devices. Chaps...hell AFAIAC they just add to the crap that gets into a cut if you get one..and make any movement a lot harder if you really get into the woods, I ain't talking about a golf course or somebodys back yard that needs a dam "landscaper" I'm talking about the WOODS... Femoral artery??...Hell if you get that wee tiny thing called an SUV upside your minivan you could get dead too. I have a totally blind brother in law that saws hardwood tops for firewood, now that's scary!...you ought to see him operate a buzz saw.

Village People wearing chaps?

I have never seen anyone wearing chaps while cutting wood in MN. I cut a buncha wood today with my sissysaw (14"), but only a little of it was over 13" dia.

August in October today (80's) but windy -- whitecaps on the lake. I fished a little but no bumps; I think the lake has turned over. It doesn't smell like turnover but the wind could mask that; it does look turned. Duck hunters had a tough opener: weather was too nice.

Leg protection is mandatory for all Commercial Fallers or any other commercial operation working in B.C and I bet everywhere else . Most Pros wear what looks like jeans but has the pads built into them . So you might see someone wearing them and not know it . Chaps are fine if adjusted properly . They twist if worn too loose and then don't protect as they should . Really they are there to protect your knees more than anything . Knees being a lot more expensive to fix then a quad . In fact a big saw can go right through them if the throttle is held open . They are designed to snag and slow a saw with the throttle released . For a nice weather day out cutting firewood you can MAYBE get away with out them your entire life , but when its your job and you are out there in bad weather on steep terrain the eventually the odds are you will get tagged . In fact when you wear full protection every day you no longer notice you even have it on . A very common incident the chaps protect you from is the dogs . They are always next to your thigh whether the saw is running or not and moving around on hilly ground sooner or later you slip . Like any safety gear in any field , a nuisance till you need it then it's literally worth your life . Ken Cutt

There was a picture of the local Indian tribe putting on their chaps and all to get to cut the trees and brush back due to the storm that ripped through their part of the country. When there are heavy thorn vines and the 3 or 4" long thorn of local trees - up and down the trunks (Honey Locust) - anything is better than pants.

Martin Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH, NRA Life NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder

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I plan on getting a pair to weld with. Chaps with open backs for cooling. Keeps the hot balls out of the boots.

Martin Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH, NRA Life NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder

Ken Cutt wrote:

I understand as you get older..that can happen.

Gunner

better than pants.

Not me, man. I'll wear very dark work clothes and be the Key Grip or the Gaffer, but not a performer.

jw

granpaw

I can see leather chaps for welding but certaily would not want the typical type chaps used for chainsaws..........most if not all are made out of ballistic nylon and padded with kevlar or some other material that will ball up and jamb in the saws chain. Don;t think either mateiral will go to well with sparks and weld splatters.

Leather >===I plan on getting a pair to weld with. Chaps with open backs for cooling.

is better than pants.

I actually thinking of going down to the Farm and Ranch supply and getting real ones. I think they will look better if a customer comes by and will deflect as well as welding ones. Welding ones are normally raw leather.

Martin Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH, NRA Life NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder

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