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I'd wear a pair if they were the Pro series. I think the big box store ones are homeowner ones that offer less protection. If your running big CC saws you want more layers of protection.
 
Yeah that's what I was thinking. A whole lot better than jeans. 55 bucks at lowes. I think I'm going to get some.
 
Don,t trust chaps

.... You don,t trust chaps, you don,t rely on chaps and you don,t run a saw in a manner that will cut your chaps ......... About everyone who has run a saw for a while has cut their chaps ... But the goal is , to have the chaps wear out and never get a saw cut one in them ............... .. Do your best to be a SMOOTH cutter , smooth cutters tend to not tear up stuff and they seldom get cut , .....A smooth cutter is ALWAYS THINKING !!!!!! BUT ONLY ABOUT THE TASK AT HAND ,
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. Thats one of the bueties about being a faller , it,s like you have a mandate to not think about anything other than what you are doing ...........
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. Defiantly wear chaps ..... And some chaps are better than others .. But I,ve never had a pair fail me , and I,ve wore dozens of different brands and styles ,,Including full wrap , inside the pant Labonvilles ... Really good protection but too hot and heavy ......
 
tramp bushler said:
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. Thats one of the bueties about being a faller , it,s like you have a mandate to not think about anything other than what you are doing ......
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Thats what I am talking about. Hit the nail on the head. Falling timber, total Zen.
 
I don,t call it zen , being a Christian , I call it single ness of mind and body ...A guy can,t out cut his mind .....But when the body gets too fatigued the brain doesn,t work either .... But it is mostly the brain .......................... You should see some of the things I,ve seen cutters do because they stopped thinking ,or were thinking about the wrong thing ... Last count , 4 guys I worked with buried in the Craig cemetery . and plenty buried in others ... After a long season a guy feels pretty stupid because he has trained himself to NOT think about anything but fallin timber ........................But , thats not a bad thing , Pretty good thing actually ........ Thats one reason a high percentage cutting and logging Contractors who cut get hurt and killed , they are thinking about too much stuff other than what they are doing .................... I,ve heard of too many guys almost getting it or getting their partners right around the time they got married.............. Not thinking about the right stuff .....
 
tramp bushler said:
I don,t call it zen , being a Christian , I call it single ness of mind and body ........
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symantics? Its all the same ain't it. But, glad you agree. I like it that way, totally enchanted with the moment, yes because you have to be, but its good for the soul. Meditative. Get it in the zone. Then someone radios over that they need to be cut out, they're hung. Argh. Out of the zone.

Drugs can be one tool for escapism. Cutting timber full time is too- cause you forget about all the worries of the past of the future. But its only escapism in one fancy, in other ways its a connection to the purity of living in the moment. Cause all we have is the present.
 
tramp bushler said:
I don,t call it zen , being a Christian ,
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hammerlogging said:
symantics? Its all the same ain't it. But, glad you agree. I like it that way, totally enchanted with the moment, yes because you have to be, but its good for the soul. Meditative. Get it in the zone. Then someone radios over that they need to be cut out, they're hung. Argh. Out of the zone.
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I like the way you put that Hammer... I was wondering what the heck being a Christian had to do with not calling a state of mind "zen"... then I wikipedia'd the word "zen"...

I gets it now. :)

Gary
 
Wow. I told somebody that was why I liked to go out and cut up stuff after bad encounters of the work time. I call it my anger management.

There was a discussion on the landing about chaps. Seems they have a turning out to be a good crew of young kids 18 to 23 years, who work the rigging. One wanted to stay after and cut some trees down. The boss told him no. He tried to talk the boss into it. The boss almost relented when the chaser held up a pair of chaps, with a cut in them and pointed to the kid. The kid said that the chaps worked, but his boss said he needed to control a saw well enough to NOT cut the chaps before he was ready to go on to falling.
 
tramp bushler said:
I don,t call it zen , being a Christian , I call it single ness of mind and body ...A guy can,t out cut his mind .....But when the body gets too fatigued the brain doesn,t work either .... But it is mostly the brain .......................... You should see some of the things I,ve seen cutters do because they stopped thinking ,or were thinking about the wrong thing ... Last count , 4 guys I worked with buried in the Craig cemetery . and plenty buried in others ... After a long season a guy feels pretty stupid because he has trained himself to NOT think about anything but fallin timber ........................But , thats not a bad thing , Pretty good thing actually ........ Thats one reason a high percentage cutting and logging Contractors who cut get hurt and killed , they are thinking about too much stuff other than what they are doing .................... I,ve heard of too many guys almost getting it or getting their partners right around the time they got married.............. Not thinking about the right stuff .....
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Concentrating on your work. Yea, I can relate. Manys the day I would put in two shifts. One working and a second all night dreaming about logging. They say your brain works on your problems at night so maybe it helps the next day.
 
slowp said:
Wow. I told somebody that was why I liked to go out and cut up stuff after bad encounters of the work time. I call it my anger management.

There was a discussion on the landing about chaps. Seems they have a turning out to be a good crew of young kids 18 to 23 years, who work the rigging. One wanted to stay after and cut some trees down. The boss told him no. He tried to talk the boss into it. The boss almost relented when the chaser held up a pair of chaps, with a cut in them and pointed to the kid. The kid said that the chaps worked, but his boss said he needed to control a saw well enough to NOT cut the chaps before he was ready to go on to falling.
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. Yup .. Being young has it,s own troubles ... I,m really glad I,m not 20 or 30 years old any more .................. . I sincerely hope all the young kids make it , There is so much to learn ..... Alot of times not having any saftey gear teaches a guy to be REAL careful .............. Who would want to go to fallin without a hard hat ..... But you sure do look up alot better when you know the only thing between your brain and a widow maker is , (maybe) some hair , skin and a thin bone ..... maybe a ball cap .,or a toque...
 
Turns out its spelled semantics. Apologies.
My neighbor is a quaker, its christian, but they have very meditative practices akin to buddhism.
I'm prone to dreaming about work too.
Once I started wearing PPE way back, haven't been able to run a saw without the stuff since.
 
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Shagbark said:
I'd wear a pair if they were the Pro series. I think the big box store ones are homeowner ones that offer less protection. If your running big CC saws you want more layers of protection.
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All of the name brand chaps are UL listed. That means that they meet a basic level of protection The main differences between different models are: coverage, and layers of protective material (as Shagbark notes). Of course, there are always personal preferences (color, brand, fit, etc.).

I have a pair of Husky full-wrap chaps that provide good coverage, but are a bit heavy and more restrictive. I also have a pair of the Husky 'apron' chaps that are lighter. Having a choice means I am less likely to cut without using one of the other.

Philbert
 
I rebuild my chaps .. . I prefer the outside chaps to the pads ....... I know several guys who have got cut real bad wearing the I T P . pads .....
. I take the belt off mine , adjust the height and sew the left pad onto the belt , then make a big belt loop out of the right pad top and sew it so the belt is thru it but it is adjustable ...... When I need to take a leak , the buckle it right in front ...... My arms don,t go around my back very well , and I hate getting all un did just for # 1 ................
 

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