Cut Through my Chaps - Next Set?
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JeepNJesse
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You bet
I'll make sure it is on video and post it for you and the other members to view.
I'll make sure it is on video and post it for you and the other members to view.
JNJ,
just be sure that you bring an extra chain or a saw that you do not plan on using for the rest of the day. It can really tangle up the chain, sprockets, bar, etc., and I would hate for you to spend the whole G-T-G picking fibers out of your saw.
Philbert
JeepNJesse
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Not a problem.
Sounds like a plan. I'll be sure to bring a few saws to the GTG.
Sounds like a plan. I'll be sure to bring a few saws to the GTG.
It doesn't even take getting into the chain. Following photo's were taken at the GTG in Iowa last fall when BillG's SP125 spit the flywheel cover off, hit the flywheel and into his leg.
A view from the outside
Look at the inside
He needed a new flywheel too
I may be willing to lay a saw or two into the chaps next weekend as well.
How much chaps can a Mac saw cut, if a Mac saw can cut chaps?
Mark
A view from the outside
Look at the inside
He needed a new flywheel too
I may be willing to lay a saw or two into the chaps next weekend as well.
How much chaps can a Mac saw cut, if a Mac saw can cut chaps?
Mark
Why CS safety boots are perhaps not as important as chaps for most CS users. Despite that I just ordered some safety boot inserts
As has been asked before the number shown for hands is for both hands but the left hand does suffer more injuries than the right. Typically foolish or inexperienced user is holding onto a branch with the left hand while cutting next to it with the CS, slip . . . . . . . hospital visit.
Also - in case you haven't see this before.
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Classic chart.
I like the chain saw protective boots - required by OSHA in Minnesota.
Steel toed are the next best (but not as good) thing.
Chainsaw Boot Test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pequmgt21Lw&feature=related
BTW - Some of the chain saw protective gloves only have the protective chaps-like material in the left hand, per your chart.
Philbert
I like the chain saw protective boots - required by OSHA in Minnesota.
Steel toed are the next best (but not as good) thing.
Chainsaw Boot Test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pequmgt21Lw&feature=related
BTW - Some of the chain saw protective gloves only have the protective chaps-like material in the left hand, per your chart.
Philbert
Yeah - why'd they do that?
Look at your chart!
I guess they figure that the right hand is on the rear handle, and it's only the left one getting cut?
http://www.stihlusa.com/apparel/chain-saw-protective-gloves.html
(Sounds like they might also be designed for the logger who has already lost a couple of fingers ?)
Philbert
Yup. Good choice. Some of the best out there.
Have you seen Aussie Sawchains prices on some GB bars he bought at Auction. Some of these are priced at AUD$3 an inch or less. I bought 2 bars, from him (a 30 and a 44") and the freight for the two bars to WA from Queanbeyan was AUD$35?
trigger hand (right) almost never gets hurt. it's the free hand that gets nailed!
bare stats says your left hand is equally at risk. yet almost no one wears kevlar gloves. for safety gear ... chaps and helmets are slowly getting accepted.
bare stats says your left hand is equally at risk. yet almost no one wears kevlar gloves. for safety gear ... chaps and helmets are slowly getting accepted.
Why CS safety boots are perhaps not as important as chaps for most CS users. Despite that I just ordered some safety boot inserts
As has been asked before the number shown for hands is for both hands but the left hand does suffer more injuries than the right. Typically foolish or inexperienced user is holding onto a branch with the left hand while cutting next to it with the CS, slip . . . . . . . hospital visit.
Also - in case you haven't see this before.
chainsawboy1996
ArboristSite Operative
my dad and a close family freind had mishaps with the businesses end of a saw.
my dad's ain't notice able any more but go back a few years in the mid. '90's when our 044 hit his thigh and it's really my eye opener.now our friend was bucking a log for firewood and hit the ground,poped up nailed him in the knee and several years later he still cant walk right. total bill for dad was 2,000.00.friend's bill was 10,000+, when it all could have been prevented with a 75.00 investment.oddly enough our friend accident was around when i was starting to get interested in saws, so now when ever i almost forget chaps' i think what could and can happen.+ im 12 and want to stay away from the E.R.
my dad's ain't notice able any more but go back a few years in the mid. '90's when our 044 hit his thigh and it's really my eye opener.now our friend was bucking a log for firewood and hit the ground,poped up nailed him in the knee and several years later he still cant walk right. total bill for dad was 2,000.00.friend's bill was 10,000+, when it all could have been prevented with a 75.00 investment.oddly enough our friend accident was around when i was starting to get interested in saws, so now when ever i almost forget chaps' i think what could and can happen.+ im 12 and want to stay away from the E.R.
Yep free hand is the one that cops it. I have also seen a stat somewhere that most (left) hand injuries occur with smaller saws. Many users think they can hang onto a small saw one handed. So they hang onto the running (sometimes even cutting) saw with the right hand and clear brush, hang onto or pick up branches etc with the other. The other high number I remember was the large number of hand injuries that occurred while sharpening. While not as bad as a running saw cut the typical injury was slicing hand open when the file slipped or their hand slipped while moving the chain! That's why you see such an emphasis by manufacturers on using gloves while sharpening but I don't see a lot of people doing that, . . . . . . and neither do I.
tdi-rick
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I've seen some of Laurie's ads but didn't see any in the sizes I wanted. I should have just rung him......although my local fella is looking after me with some new bars at just over $4/in (Tsumura)
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Rftreeman
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YIKES I fell your pain.....were you like I was when I cut my leg, scared to look at it for fear of seeing how bad is really was? I didn't have on chaps when I cut mine but the chain wasn't turning fast so I was pretty lucky, I still to this day have no idea how it happened all I knew was I felt a stinging sensation and my pants were riped.
The bar I really wanted from Laurie was another 60" stihl sprocket or roller nose but he didn't have any. Then I found my 'deal of the decade' which included a 60" bar. I worked out I picked up the bar for AUD$2.7 (US$1.75) an inch!
B_Turner
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One of my sets of chaps is from Labonville a few years ago.
There seems to be no label on how many ply. Anyone know how I can tell which version of their chaps I have?
There seems to be no label on how many ply. Anyone know how I can tell which version of their chaps I have?
The competion chaps are 10-ply. The others are 6-ply.
