wood cutting clothes

[Nate66n1]

Hi everyone this is the first time I started a thread in this section but I figured this would be the best place to ask. I was just wondering what for jeans/shirts you all like the best for cutting. I've been looking all through the web and can't decide which way to go. To many choices I suppose but I do like the carhartt clothing even though it's not made in the USA. So opinions are welcome. Thanks Nate

 

[Gologit]

Slowp is our fashion coordinator. She is very knowledgeable about clothes for wood cutting. She should be along soon.

Until then, wear what's comfortable.

 

[2dogs]

Slowp is our fashion coordinator. She is very knowledgeable about clothes for wood cutting. She should be along soon.

Until then, wear what's comfortable.

What!? She wears pants with suspenders and a hickory shirt. Who wears that kind of clothing?

 

[KYLogger]

What works for me is, a good pair of plain leather "logger" boots with a good heel and tread, or corks if not going to be in and out of machinery. Heavy jeans, I have Carhartt, Key and Wild Ass jeans I wear to the woods, stagged off of course! Sometimes I wear hickory shirts, sometimes I don't. Chaps and a hardhat are a must, especially when running a power saw. Pretty much "standard" logger attire. I ganked (is gank a word?) a good deal of stuff from the PNW guys (not only because I have a man crush on em ) but because I am in the woods all day 6-7 days a week and it works for me too. I figure you need every advantage to stay safe out here you can get.

This is what works for me.

Others mileage may vary,
Tom

 

[Sagetown]

KYLogger said it pretty well. One difference with Wild Ass jeans is their big pockets tend to fill up with wood chips. They're plenty loose and comfortable. Keys, well, I like Keys. If you're on the slim side, suspenders may not be necessary. On the other hand, they do a good job of holding up the fort.

 

[Nate66n1]

Right now I just wear whatever is comfortable, none of my jeans are double fronts though. I do wear the chaps,hard hat and eye protection when cutting.

 

[Gologit]

What!? She wears pants with suspenders and a hickory shirt. Who wears that kind of clothing?

Purple Crocs...you forgot the purple Crocs.

 

[mdavlee]

Key jeans are good. Wild ass jeans are holding up good. I have some prison blues on the way to try. The key singles have lasted about 2 years for me working as a welder and cutting wood on the side. Much tougher than carhartts at half the price.

 

[slowp]

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Don't make the faux pas of wearing the special faller suspenders unless you are a faller.

 

[Gologit]

And no "clip-on" suspenders unless you're over 70 or live somewhere East of the Rockies. The only guy here who can get away with wearing clip-ons is RandyMac... because he's RandyMac.

You can wear clip on suspenders on your chaps to help hold them up.

 

[slowp]

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A real faller here cutting road hazard trees. He's not certified. I think he'd want me to tell you that.

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[northmanlogging]

good boots (nearly knee high), pants (key), a shirt (black or blue), hickory shirt if its cold or the sticker bushes are deep, hoody if its colder, spenders, tin hat (not generally worn for fire wood cutting...), and a sneer:msp_sneaky:

 

[Nate66n1]

Thanks for all the info, im definitely no professional faller or even a logger at that. Guess I would be a so called weekend warrior but I like cutting wood for our stove here at the race shop. Every once in a while I help some friends out with their land. I was just looking to get a little more durable clothes then a pair of wranglers and a t-shirt. I think I might order a pair of the wild ass doubles and a hickory shirt for in the fall.

 

[northmanlogging]

could just be me but logging is hard on clothes, so i don't spend much on em, thrift store shirts, get my pants new cause the thrift store stuff is never the right size or already wore out.

 

[Gologit]

Washing them after every use isn't always practical either. If you get enough of the cutting combination...sweat, bar oil, dust, wood chips, another layer of bar oil, some snoose dribbles, a splash of diesel, a little more bar oil, some coffee, a few chocolate smears from Donetto crumbs, still more bar oil, and an additional layer or two of sweat and dirt and diesel they won't wash clean anyway. Ever.

You'd need a new set of clothes for every day of the week if you washed every day! Better to just tough it out as long as you, and the people around you on a warm day, can stand it.

Plus if it it rains those clothes will be darn near water proof and I think the mosquitoes and no-see-ums leave you alone better too.

If your cutting clothes get really funky, and I mean to the point where the wife refuses to put them in her washing machine, just throw them down in a corner of the back porch and let the dog sleep on them. They seem to like that.

 

[northmanlogging]

Had the wifey out last week to shoot some vids and act as a whistle punk, she got all sorts of ate up by the skeeters, they didn't bite me once:biggrin:

 

[Nate66n1]

Washing them after every use isn't always practical either. If you get enough of the cutting combination...sweat, bar oil, dust, wood chips, another layer of bar oil, some snoose dribbles, a splash of diesel, a little more bar oil, some coffee, a few chocolate smears from Donetto crumbs, still more bar oil, and an additional layer or two of sweat and dirt and diesel they won't wash clean anyway. Ever.

You'd need a new set of clothes for every day of the week if you washed every day! Better to just tough it out as long as you, and the people around you on a warm day, can stand it.

Plus if it it rains those clothes will be darn near water proof and I think the mosquitoes and no-see-ums leave you alone better too.

If your cutting clothes get really funky, and I mean to the point where the wife refuses to put them in her washing machine, just throw them down in a corner of the back porch and let the dog sleep on them. They seem to like that.

You forgot a little bit of Copenhagen on those clothes:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[KYLogger]

Nah he didn't, that was the snoose reference!

 

[roberte]

I prefer on my pants a size larger on the waist, if there to tight you can't move around

 

[Nate66n1]

Nah he didn't, that was the snoose reference!

Ok, I'm still learning the lingo