Chainsaw Safety gear

[mtmuley]

Emergency rooms love weekenders with chainsaws and 24" bars.

No kidding. mtmuley

 

[44hunter45]

Stihl Skidder Chainsaw Bib Chaps

Actually really dig those

 

[mountainlaurel3]

Anyone else use their chainsaw chaps for pronghorn crawlstalking? Not exactly cool in the heat, but sure help with the cacti.

 

[noharleyyet]

Actually really dig those

Derriere-less Chippendale kevlar chaps....

 

[Deez Nutz]

Anyone else use their chainsaw chaps for pronghorn crawlstalking? Not exactly cool in the heat, but sure help with the cacti.

IMO chainsaw chaps aren't made to resist punctures per se, but rather to shred/fray and bind up the saw to stop the chain from spinning. Not sure they would do much against a cactus.

 

[kwyeewyk]

IMO chainsaw chaps aren't made to resist punctures per se, but rather to shred/fray and bind up the saw to stop the chain from spinning. Not sure they would do much against a cactus.

During a chainsaw cert I did 10 or 15 years ago one of the students nicked their chaps and ruined them, so the instructor, a fairly burly female fire fighter, took them (the chaps not the student) and wrapped them around a stump and tried to saw through them at full rev. Chaps won, bit of a mess untangling the saw.

 

[Dsnow9]

During a chainsaw cert I did 10 or 15 years ago one of the students nicked their chaps and ruined them, so the instructor, a fairly burly female fire fighter, took them (the chaps not the student) and wrapped them around a stump and tried to saw through them at full rev. Chaps won, bit of a mess untangling the saw.

Exactly, chaps are designed to bind up the gear on the chainsaw. The new electric saws do not bind up as quickly. Chaps slow down the chain and reduce the amount of stitches and buy some time. They do not prevent you from getting cut. Proper chainsaw handling and practices are very important.

 

[kwyeewyk]

Exactly, chaps are designed to bind up the gear on the chainsaw. The new electric saws do not bind up as quickly. Chaps slow down the chain and reduce the amount of stitches and buy some time. They do not prevent you from getting cut. Proper chainsaw handling and practices are very important.

Yeah didn't mean to downplay need for safety, interesting info about electric saws, so based on that she probably would have had a better chance to saw through at a lower rev? Edit, thinking about it more, she hit it about mid bar on the bottom side of the bar, but the top side of the bar would be more likely to get through since it would have to pull the Kevlar threads all the way around the bar before it started to jam.

 

[Steiny77]

Glad to see a thread on chain saw PPE and hope anybody that uses one of these tools has sense enough to use the PPE; hearing protection, helmet with face shield, heavy work boots, chaps and heavy gloves.
Every weekend warrior thinks they are a whizz with a chain saw and they are probably about the most dangerous tool you could pick up and use.

And when there is an accident involving a chain saw, the results are usually not pretty.