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srjones said:That's the same arguement I've heard from oldetimers as to why they don't wear hearing protection AT ALL in the woods. BTW, most of these guys have suffered quite a bit of hearing loss by the time they're 60. It gets old having to raise your voice to nearly a level of a shout to have conversation with them. I don't want to be like that when I get old. That's why I wear hearing protection for nearly everything I do that's even remotely loud.
On the "crunches and grinds" you can usually 'feel' them as much as you can hear them if you're attuned to it (no pun intended).
Having a radio just makes it more enjoyable.
When a tree is 300ft behind you on the end of a rope you need to hear it and see it ,I spend 6 days a week sawing or skidding or on a dozer and i have lost 50% hearing in left ear (At 32 years old)...I have always used "FULL" kit when sawing...?
I'm all for hearing protection ..Not for distraction.
As for feeling a crunch or grind is a laugh when a machine weighs 30ton and is 20ft behind you and a bearing the size of a yoghurt pot falls apart...A little squeek is far better warning than an expensive repair?