Factory 562XP Exhaust Good Enough?

[vtfireman85]

I'm about to turn 40 and have the hearing of a 55 year old man. Nothing like what you're dealing with, but doing my best to keep what I have.

It's also just plain more comfortable. Noise is fatiguing. Have to pay less attention to where sparks or sawdust is going if you're wearing safety glasses.

I agree, noise wears me out, i don’t need extra.

 

[Tomos770]

I agree, noise wears me out, i don’t need extra.

 

[vtfireman85]

I have those too, but I outgrew loud exhaust in high school.

 

[Tomos770]

I have those too, but I outgrew loud exhaust in high school.

We are the same (was riding mofas and scooters as a kid).....but what is "a must do" is a must do....

 

[huskydave]

When I was younger I wasn't to careful in regards to hearing protection. As a result of a lifetime of shooting, running equipment and working in heavy industry the hearing in my left ear is 90% gone in most frequencies and my right is only a bit better. As a result I am very careful now with wearing both plugs and muffler. I will also preach protecting ones hearing to anyone willing to listen.
The worse things on my hearing were running a skidder with a Detroit Diesel, being around air arcing and duck hunting.

I thought I knew better also, some of my hobbies and habits at work contributed to severe hearing loss. Tons of machining time, long loud cuts, grinding, polishing, gouging, shooting skeet for hours. Me and my wife are both 3/4 deaf, I lost a lot in the higher frequencies from the triple cylinder snowmobiles I had that were equipped with race pipes and no silencers and spun 10-11k rpm. Chainsaws, dirt bikes, race quads/trikes, tractors skidders, heavy equipment, Nitro RC stuff. I don't know how many small engines I tinkered with but its a insane number, I work way too much. I try not to let the next generation make those mistakes I made and I get angry with them when I see them not wearing glasses, ear protection or when they do something unsafe. I have seen a lot of accidents over the years and I am sure you have also. Hindsight is always 20/20.

 

[bwalker]

I thought I knew better also, some of my hobbies and habits at work contributed to severe hearing loss. Tons of machining time, long loud cuts, grinding, polishing, gouging, shooting skeet for hours. Me and my wife are both 3/4 deaf, I lost a lot in the higher frequencies from the triple cylinder snowmobiles I had that were equipped with race pipes and no silencers and spun 10-11k rpm. Chainsaws, dirt bikes, race quads/trikes, tractors skidders, heavy equipment, Nitro RC stuff. I don't know how many small engines I tinkered with but its a insane number, I work way too much. I try not to let the next generation make those mistakes I made and I get angry with them when I see them not wearing glasses, ear protection or when they do something unsafe. I have seen a lot of accidents over the years and I am sure you have also. Hindsight is always 20/20.

I did all of that stuff too, besides nitro RC and trikes.
And triple cylinder sleds with pipes really hurt me two. Between PSI mod blasters and track noise.

 

[Müller]

This makes me want to face palm every time I encounter it. I cut up a big stump for a neighbor a week ago, me and four or five other guys doing the cutting. I was the only one wearing PPE of any type. Cut a piece of steel for a neighbor yesterday on the chop saw. He declined when I offered hearing protection.

Your hearing now is as good as it will ever be, even if it's degraded already. The more it's degraded, the more important it is to protect what you still have.

Not my circus, not my monkeys, not my place to dictate how other men do or don't take care of themselves, but I sure can think these people are stupid.

Some guys get offended when you offer them any kind of protection. It's like my 8 year old who doesn't want to wear bicycle helmet because the other kids don't. I have had passengers next to me who decline using seat belt (they say they trust my driving skills). Last summer I had a relative helping me ignite the large fireplace. First he spilled gas there and then with his face in the there, he fired it up. His head was literally in the explosion when he ignited it.
People sure are stupid.

 

[OM617YOTA]

Some guys get offended when you offer them any kind of protection. It's like my 8 year old who doesn't want to wear bicycle helmet because the other kids don't. I have had passengers next to me who decline using seat belt (they say they trust my driving skills). Last summer I had a relative helping me ignite the large fireplace. First he spilled gas there and then with his face in the there, he fired it up. His head was literally in the explosion when he ignited it.
People sure are stupid.

Wonder if that goes the other way too, if they get offended when I put on PPE while they're cutting near me, or use my seatbelt while they're driving. Tough ****.

I get that the job has to be done and I'm not walking around cocooned in bubblewrap, but putting on earmuffs and safety glasses takes zero time and makes the work easier and more comfortable, not less. Most halfway decent quality earbuds offer a decent amount of noise cancelling as well.