chain saw cut resitant pants
I have heard alot of talk about wearing chaps or saw pants over the years.
I know big companies require the use of them, logging companies require the guys working the landing bumping knots to wear them.
For me they are way to bulky and heavy to wear at all. The thought of wearing them in a tree is silly.
As for working the ground they slow me down to the point of being dangerous.
The fear factor many people talk about "better to be safe then horrribly cut" I think applies to inexperianced, incompetant, injury prone workers.
There is an entire industry of folks who have gone for years without using these pants. The fear mongers deal with this reality by simply ignoring it as if it was not a reality. I would bet that the majority of injuries happen to the folks i mentioned above and not to the core of working professionals.
It is like this new safety standard of not using a saw one handed. I cannot conceive of only using my 020T with both hands in the tree.
So to summerize 'aussie_lopa' I object to the practice of your "fear mongering"
If it works for you then go for it. It is so easy to run around like henny penny shouting the sky is falling, the sky is falling.
It might be more productive to really apply yourself and attempt to become a better tree (man?) and not seek out potential 'what might happen' senarios.
For me wearing chaps is not an option for 90% of what I do- which is work trees, climbing and dragging brush, stuffing my chipper 5-6 days a week
Maybe I should wear my chaps while doing my bidding? Would that make me look more professional?
Frans
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