Hardhats

[Gypo Logger]

My recent accident would probably have been mitigated had I been wearing a hardhat.
What do you guys use and what is the best for comfort and safety?
John

 

[forestryworks]

I use a Skullbucket shell with the old Mac-T 4pt Stayz-On suspension.

 

[Rounder]

I use a Skullbucket shell with the old Mac-T 4pt Stayz-On suspension.

Yep- Bailey's has got 'em on sale for the holidays - Sam

 

[Gypo Logger]

I have a peckerbill hat with muffs and two mining hats, but will check out the one on Baileys.
Thanks,
John

 

[slowp]

The best kind is one that will fit and STAY ON during unintended acrobatic maneuvers. I can't get the ratchet suspension to stay on so use a manually click in the holes fitting one. That one has stayed on during somersaults. The full brims are the best for our climate.

I have to wear a heavy Bullard one. It is heavy. I also have to wear orange, but it has a coating of tree marking paint on it. Did I say it was heavy?

Looks like you don't have the big hair problem.

A faller had a similar accident. In his case, the limb split his hardhat and then gashed his cheek. He is convinced the hardhat did what it was supposed to do.

 

[Spotted Owl]

Skull buckets don't fit my head worth beans. I wish they would seem like a good hat but they just won't stay on even with the Mac suspension.

I can't wear the old Macs any more so I went and tried on several different hats. I came up with a plastic Bullard with no ratchet suspension. I got the white one. The white seems to be beefier than the rest for some reason. You can hold the white up to the light and not be able to see through them. They just fit my head the best. I put some reflective tape on it to help with visibility in the fog we have around here a lot of the time this time of year. If you do this put tape on the top of the hat to, some of the other guys I have worked and work with have said that they have seen the tape on top and known exactly where I was. You can hear the saw and just not be sure visible reference was a big things for me working with some of the guys I have had to work around.

Not sure about you but I really dislike a face screen and in your photos I think it would have made things worse. However if you like them Madsens has a strap on that you can install to have a face screen.

What ever you get stay safe I'm darn sure you don't want to go through this again. Damn just looking at that hurts.



Owl

 

[RandyMac]

And now we discuss plastic vs metal. Plastic is more puncture proof, however plastic will deflect energy, while it may save your head, it can pass it on to your neck. Metal deforms, absorbing energy, too much of an impact and you get metal in your head, I got 11 stitches that way. I saw a 3 foot twig go right through a tinhat, the man had a harder head and finished the day.

 

[FSburt]

During work we are required to wear Bullard hardhats (911) full brims. Off the job work i used to wear a old Mac T but the suspension rotted out and I could not find a replacement so now i just use my old work ones that we are required to change out every 2 yrs, so I have a couple of Bullards now.

 

[ropensaddle]

My cowboy hard hat of course gotta look coo

 

[a_lopa]

I use a husky one most days but i do have a white one of these with peltors if inm doing large trees with the excavator pushing as the dead sticks (spears) that come down scare me.Kevlar.

http://www.pacificrescue.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1035

 

[lone wolf]

I use a husky one most days but i do have a white one of these with peltors if inm doing large trees with the excavator pushing as the dead sticks (spears) that come down scare me.Kevlar.

http://www.pacificrescue.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1035

Is that one the best in the business?

 

[056kid]

I use a Skullbucket shell with the old Mac-T 4pt Stayz-On suspension.

Mmm hmm, yep.

 

[madhatte]

Bullard (red) 6-point for fire work
Skull Bucket (unpainted aluminum) for general work stuff
Mac-T (orange) for everything else (that is, I wear the SB at work and the Mac-T when doing forestry stuff but not on the clock)

All are full-brim; if you gotta wear a damn helmet, why not use it to keep crap outta your shirt?

My sentimental though perhaps fanciful opinion is that an aluminum hat will dent before cracking, and therefore offer better real-world protection. I base this opinion on an experience in the late 90's where I saw a plastic helmet cracked by falling debris. Fortunately, the helmet was not inhabited at the time. Meanwhile, I have seen (and worn!) many aluminum hats dented through normal use without catastrophic failure.

The new Skull Bucket helmets are pretty much the same as the old Mac-T ones with the addition of a disc of extra metal riveted into the crown. They don't weigh detectably more, and you won't sweat your ass off in the summer like you would with a plastic helmet. If you don't like the new ratchet suspension (my jury is still out), the old-style suspension is still available from the likes of Madsen's and Bailey's.

 

[logbutcher]

Rockman ( Ger. ) from Baileys.
Vents, adjustable, sturdier than the Stihl/Peltro/Husky systems. Stays in place in brush and blowdowns.

 

[Oldtimer]

The Husqvarna branded hardhat always serves me well. Peltor is good too.

 

[sawinredneck]

Here you go John: http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_...9x00001a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=SPM2380363502
:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[SWE#Kipp]

I use the Husky and the Peltor helmets, both are comfy and take a good beating a friend hit me in the head with a bat when i had the husky helm on and it absorbed the hit well it did hurt a bit and i wont do it again but the helm did what it was supposed to do and i am sure the peltor will do as well that said i would love to test one of the "tincans" (not with a bat though)

 

[Gypo Logger]

Here you go John: http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_...9x00001a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=SPM2380363502
:hmm3grin2orange:

Hey, that ones pretty cool. A head turner for sure. Lol
John

 

[lone wolf]

These look good to me.http://wesspur.com/safety/tree-ppe.html click on climbing helmets

 

[Gypo Logger]

These look good to me.http://wesspur.com/safety/tree-ppe.html click on climbing helmets

Thanks for the link. I think this is the one I'm looking for. The Bullard one.
John
http://wesspur.com/safety/tree-hats.html