Anyone interested in Safety? Try some chainsaw trousers.

[sgreanbeans]

If you are the owner operator then you have a small risk of getting injured, but the bigger the crew you run the bigger your risk profile is; so making your guys wear them protects your bottom line.

AMEN

I make them wear chaps, I don't care if they are hot, I don't want an Ambulance to show up on my job.
I wear them, religiously on the job, at home not so much, until the wife pulled the idiot card on me and asked if "the saw promised not to hurt me since I was in my own yard!" POINT TAKEN!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

AMEN

I make them wear chaps, I don't care if they are hot, I don't want an Ambulance to show up on my job.
I wear them, religiously on the job, at home not so much, until the wife pulled the idiot card on me and asked if "the saw promised not to hurt me since I was in my own yard!" POINT TAKEN!

You certainly got a keeper there, but then you know that; because she's putting up with you

I got Diane a card the other day that says

"I know you love me
because you put up with my crap"

That works on a couple different levels with me :ewww:

 

[yooper]

I'm a bad boy, I don't wear safety pants.

Glasses, helmet, boots, but not pants. I overheat like a Pinto gas tank and wearing safety pants makes it twice as bad.

But I should get the sew-on panels and put them on my Carhartts. Those aren't bad at all.

Hey Groundy, Labonville makes a good insert type of chaps. there snap in so 4 snaps riveted in the Carhartts would work great. I usta sew em in my Carhartts and it worked good also. There winter pants that the inserts snap into are great too.

 

[Bermie]

Yeah Bermie gotta get the type A (just front protection) they are alot more breathable and i wear them on hot summer days and they are warm but without the rear protection they are very breathable. I just love them. I have had all the trousers i have now for about 3 1/2 years. They really last a longtime. I'll never buy another regular pair of workpants again.

SO which type A's do you like best and where did you source them?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

SO which type A's do you like best and where did you source them?

If you are small, you can get custom made from Labonville, they can be made with belt loops, suspender buttons, or both.

http://www.labonville.com/shop/pc/s...ltCnt=10&order=&Submitx=&Submity=&pageStyle=H

 

[RVALUE]

accidents happen.. im sure many working professional loggers have scars from chainsaws.. if everyone thought like the 2 of you there would be no need for safety gear

The last post was a wee bit off, however this one has merit. My two cents worth is: "most loggers' scars from chainsaws are from when the saw wasn't running." I presume.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

The last post was a wee bit off, however this one has merit. My two cents worth is: "most loggers' scars from chainsaws are from when the saw wasn't running." I presume.

And I know a couple former pro-loggers who had to have body parts sewn back on.

 

[sgreanbeans]

You certainly got a keeper there, but then you know that; because she's putting up with you

I got Diane a card the other day that says

"I know you love me
because you put up with my crap"

That works on a couple different levels with me :ewww:

That is for SURE! 20 years and she is still here! She keeps me in line, the guys 2, they fear her disappointment more than my wrath, and that is a great way to have it, they love it when she is on site, the "mother hen",but she will light them up if they dont have the PPE on! "put on your chaps or put down the saw"

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

That is for SURE! 20 years and she is still here! She keeps me in line, the guys 2, they fear her disappointment more than my wrath, and that is a great way to have it, they love it when she is on site, the "mother hen",but she will light them up if they dont have the PPE on! "put on your chaps or put down the saw"

Any woman who sticks by her Marine through a deployment and convalescence deserves a pension of her own.

 

[TonyX3M]

I wear class A stihl pants every time I touch the saw (owner wouldn't let me do otherwise) climbing or on the ground, same with helmet. Only thing I have a problem with is glasses - I sweat a LOT - so they keep fogging up on me. I recon I'll better get little sawdust in my eyes, then not seeing cut my rope

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I wear class A stihl pants every time I touch the saw (owner wouldn't let me do otherwise) climbing or on the ground, same with helmet. Only thing I have a problem with is glasses - I sweat a LOT - so they keep fogging up on me. I recon I'll better get little sawdust in my eyes, then not seeing cut my rope

I thought that way once. My glasses would fog up and I would pitch them to the groundie.

One day I'm doing some roof clearance on a silver maple in the rain. I chucked the glasses, turned around and took a winter bud right in the eye.

Good thing it was not sugar maple! I had a scratched cornea that took t months to fully heal, and several years to not be ultra sensitive.

 

[TonyX3M]

To John Paul

I know what I'm sacrificing - but, cant they just figure out goggles what dont fog up!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I know what I'm sacrificing - but, cant they just figure out goggles what dont fog up!

I've been wearing glasses for 40 yrs, nothing works when it is raining.

 

[yooper]

I've been wearing glasses for 40 yrs, nothing works when it is raining.

 

[TonyX3M]

:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Problem is they fog up on the inside...

 

[joecool85]

Problem is they fog up on the inside...

There is a rain-x anti fog stuff that my father in law uses on his glasses, works great. It's made for cars, but hey, what works, works right?

 

[TreeWhitelock]

SO which type A's do you like best and where did you source them?

The Pfanner type A pants. I go to a UK sit called Honeybros.com or AbbeyGarden. The only problem is you pay $200+ for the pants and $50 or so for shipping and SOMETIMES custom will catch it and charge you like a hundred dollars. But when they call you to ask whats the package you tell them cotton pants. Thats the a common fabric and they dont charge as much as exotic fabrics like what the trousers are made of.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

The Pfanner type A pants. I go to a UK sit called Honeybros.com or AbbeyGarden. The only problem is you pay $200+ for the pants and $50 or so for shipping and SOMETIMES custom will catch it and charge you like a hundred dollars. But when they call you to ask whats the package you tell them cotton pants. Thats the a common fabric and they dont charge as much as exotic fabrics like what the trousers are made of.

Your better off getting NZ made pants! Before tree machine had his torn off my a stumpgrinder (his leg nearly went with em)I think he liked his

 

[Bermie]

The Pfanner type A pants. I go to a UK sit called Honeybros.com or AbbeyGarden. The only problem is you pay $200+ for the pants and $50 or so for shipping and SOMETIMES custom will catch it and charge you like a hundred dollars. But when they call you to ask whats the package you tell them cotton pants. Thats the a common fabric and they dont charge as much as exotic fabrics like what the trousers are made of.

Cool...I have bought a good bit of gear from Honey Bros...been there in person too.
I hear you about customs, here its like 22% duty so creative invoicing is sometimes called for.