Might be because in the whole scheme of chain saw injuries it isn't...read once where the average chain saw injury is 110 stitches
I have chaps and hate them, hot and restraining..but the point to wearing them keeps getting driven home.
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Might be because in the whole scheme of chain saw injuries it isn't...read once where the average chain saw injury is 110 stitches
I have chaps and hate them, hot and restraining..but the point to wearing them keeps getting driven home.
niemeyjt
Silver Member
Reading the OP saying it was his thigh that got hit, I have just got out my pair of (Oregon IIRC) chainsaw trousers.
The padding only extends about 2 or 3 inches above the knee, and is only on the front.
It makes me wonder if even these are adequate?
[Edit - just looked in the Stihl catalog and both their styles seem to go all the way up to the waist, not the knee - looks like I may have answered my own question.]
J
The padding only extends about 2 or 3 inches above the knee, and is only on the front.
It makes me wonder if even these are adequate?
[Edit - just looked in the Stihl catalog and both their styles seem to go all the way up to the waist, not the knee - looks like I may have answered my own question.]
J
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thatguy
Elite Member
My chaps are also used everytime the chainsaw comes out.. Im sure some ppl silently laugh at me for being 'mr safety'.. but im OK with that..
Brian
Edited to add - speedy recovery
tawilson
Platinum Member
We often get a warning in life before disaster hits. I'd consider that a warning. I've got winter saw pants, summer saw pants, new chaps, and a few old chaps laying around. They are cheap when you consider what can happen. Chain saws don't just cut, they rip and tear and take flesh away.
JB4310
Super Member
I never see guys in the tree cutting business wearing chaps, maybe they are more suited to us weekend chain saw wielders
I'm sure the trend was started by the saw manufacturers liability advisers (lawyers). They show them in every advertisement, kinda like if you cut your manhood off don't sue use, we gave you plenty of warning.
JB.
I'm sure the trend was started by the saw manufacturers liability advisers (lawyers). They show them in every advertisement, kinda like if you cut your manhood off don't sue use, we gave you plenty of warning.
JB.
Kyle241
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I never see guys in the tree cutting business wearing chaps, maybe they are more suited to us weekend chain saw wielders
I'm sure the trend was started by the saw manufacturers liability advisers (lawyers). They show them in every advertisement, kinda like if you cut your manhood off don't sue use, we gave you plenty of warning.
JB.
Likely the company's insurance will not payoff if they are not wearing chaps but then again, perhaps they don't have insurance!
Any way one looks at using a chainsaw, even if it's for 5-10 minutes, chaps will save you at some point in life. We all have moments where we are tired at the end of day and say, "one more tree", or we are mired up in tangles/vines, etc. and we are trying to move it with one hand and the saw is in the other and it bumps the leg or it's dusk and light is fading and we can't see well, or you're standing on a pile of logs and the one you step on moves. We have all been there if you cut a lot of wood and one time (that's all it takes) it will happen. When I first hit my chaps, I couldn't believe how it happened and can't really remember now as like others, I am very careful with a chainsaw in hand. But let me tell you, they stop the running chain immediately - it was the greatest experience for me when cutting wood as it showed they work. I now have two chaps, the old ones I don't use and the new ones.
Egon
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Heal well and quickly.
Stuff happens.
Chaps or pants may mean less Stuff Happening.:thumbsup:
Lots of experience and no chaps or pants maybe quite common as they are hot and impede movement to some extent.
Of course a cut limb also greatly impedes movement.:thumbsup:
Stuff happens.
Chaps or pants may mean less Stuff Happening.:thumbsup:
Lots of experience and no chaps or pants maybe quite common as they are hot and impede movement to some extent.
Of course a cut limb also greatly impedes movement.:thumbsup:
tawilson
Platinum Member
I've seen old loggers with lots of scars on their legs.I never see guys in the tree cutting business wearing chaps, maybe they are more suited to us weekend chain saw wielders
I'm sure the trend was started by the saw manufacturers liability advisers (lawyers). They show them in every advertisement, kinda like if you cut your manhood off don't sue use, we gave you plenty of warning.
JB.
retiredmgn
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This is driving me absoultly bull ****. I would like to engage in the conversation on a topic but any post I make I am not able to see it. If one responds to half dozen threads in a day it helps to be able to review what you said.
Is this happening to anyone else?
I know my posts are making it to the forums because I see replies to my posts.
Is this happening to anyone else?
I know my posts are making it to the forums because I see replies to my posts.
Bird
Rest in Peace
Me, neither. My storm damage was pretty light this past week, but I spent a little over 2 hours Tuesday with an electric chain saw so I could get into my garden tool storage shed to get my lawnmower. First picture is what I started with and the second is the two piles of brush resulting. Then Friday I had a 7 man professional crew here for just over 2 hours to take down the rest of that tree, grind the stump, and drastically prune 4 other trees. The boss wore hearing protection when he was running the stump grinder. Otherwise, gloves were the only "safety" equipment I saw used.
