Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Post up some pictures!
A new look for my Full-Brim. . .
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My "custom" painted hat.
My "custom" painted hat.
Wow, you really can't go wild with the paint, maybe they'll let you paint it Hi-vis pink.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
It has been very faithful, stayed on thru many a tumble and one full summersalt. I will be sad to see it go.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Ahhh, don't be sad. Just think of how happy the new tin hat will be when you adopt it from the orphanage.
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Ahhh, don't be sad. Just think of how happy the new tin hat will be when you adopt it fro the orphanage.
:hmm3grin2orange: Slowp said that the safety people in her area will fine you if you have dents or dings in your hardhat...and they add up the number of defects and charge you accordingly.
By that standard I'd be in trouble. My MacT doesn't have a place on it that's not scraped, gouged, or dented. The Safety Dweebs probably wouldn't even bother with a fine...just take me out and have me shot.
Your turtle hat is great! If it met the Hi-Vis requirement I'd order one for one of the guys I'm working with. He's not a fast mover.
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Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
:hmm3grin2orange: Slowp said that the safety people in her area will fine you if you have dents or dings in your hardhat...and they add up the number of defects and charge you accordingly.
By that standard I'd be in trouble. My MacT doesn't have a place on it that's not scraped, gouged, or dented. The Safety Dweebs probably wouldn't even bother with a fine...just take me out and have me shot.
Your turtle hat is great! If it met the Hi-Vis requirement I'd order one for one of the guys I'm working with. He's not a fast mover.
Bob, what's the requirement? I used it yesterday cutting down some sweet 30" Larch, and the guys I was with told me they could see me clear as a bell 300' away. The Turtle is painted with metallics that reflect really good.
:hmm3grin2orange: Slowp said that the safety people in her area will fine you if you have dents or dings in your hardhat...and they add up the number of defects and charge you accordingly.
By that standard I'd be in trouble. My MacT doesn't have a place on it that's not scraped, gouged, or dented. The Safety Dweebs probably wouldn't even bother with a fine...just take me out and have me shot.
Your turtle hat is great! If it met the Hi-Vis requirement I'd order one for one of the guys I'm working with. He's not a fast mover.
Fine you for dents? Your joking right?
Nope. That's why most people wear plastic here. The skull buckets are all pretty new looking and I'm thinking it is because of this. I don't know for a fact, but I heard that it was $100 a dent. Perhaps further research is needed.
We were told that plastic was mandetory about 20 years ago. The reason given was stupid, that metal was too dangerous around powerlines. I don't work around powerlines, nor do many other folks. The real reason was the denting problem. Sigh, I really liked my McDonald T, which I still have.
LOL...Sounds good but I've been re-thinking painting the slow guy's hat. One of those big orange triangles that designate a slow moving vehicle might be more appropriate.
Ha, Yea and then a beeper for when he goes to back up.
I keep one of those goofy looking plastic hats in the back of the pickup for when the safety people show up. My MacT might be battered and ugly (kinda resembles it's owner) but a plastic hat just doesn't feel right.
LOL...We say he uses his Spencer to see how far he moves in an hour...measuring out logs is just something he does occasionally.
Like Gypo says he cuts summer wood.
Summer this long and summer that long. Have you ever seen those tin hats that look like they are chrome plated? I always thought they looked a little odd but I got one at an auction in a bunch of junk a few years ago and it has become my Go to town hat. Its in perfect shape. LOL you really look like your somebody when you wear a chrome hat.
Summer this long and summer that long. Have you ever seen those tin hats that look like they are chrome plated? I always thought they looked a little odd but I got one at an auction in a bunch of junk a few years ago and it has become my Go to town hat. Its in perfect shape. LOL you really look like your somebody when you wear a chrome hat.
Several years ago, one of the bigwigs thought she was doing us a nice thing and bought us all Cowboy Hat hardhats. They made nice paperweights and kept the dust off areas of shelving. It was a nice thought.
Some of the truck drivers wear those. It's fun to watch them in the rain...they funnel the water right down the back of your neck and right down the front of your shirt.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
LOL...Sounds good but I've been re-thinking painting the slow guy's hat. One of those big orange triangles that designate a slow moving vehicle might be more appropriate.
Bob, these plastic turtles are cheap from Bailey's. . . http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=19911&catID=930
If you want to seriously mess with the slow poke, buy it and send it my way. . . I'll get it all airbrushed up--complete with slow moving triangle--and I'll ship it back to ya. . . Return shipping is on me.
That's insane, most loggers never work near powerlines. $100 a dent! I'd tell em to go p!zz up a rope. A logger won't go buy a new skull bucket cuz it's got one dent in it.
