logger's pants

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Purple is good right now because it is HUCKLEBERRY time. Got these on Saturday on a berry scouting expedition. And, most pants do turn black if you never wash them.....

mmmm, huckleberry cobbler, huckleberry pie, huckleberry pancakes...OH NO NOW I'LL NEED BIGGER PANTS!!

 

[Gologit]

Purple is good right now because it is HUCKLEBERRY time. Got these on Saturday on a berry scouting expedition. And, most pants do turn black if you never wash them.....

mmmm, huckleberry cobbler, huckleberry pie, huckleberry pancakes...OH NO NOW I'LL NEED BIGGER PANTS!!

Oh yeah! Huckleberry cobbler...nothing finer. I used to gather huckleberries on Mt Adams when I lived in Klickitat County and I haven't had huckleberry anything that compares since.
And you're right about the pants turning black...by then when you take them off you can just kinda prop them up in the corner. Usually pretty much waterproof, too.

 

[Pitt]

Chaps, pants. Kevlar, not. I am still confused Men. which system works better. Kevlar deflects, the other one's fray up and stop the chain supposedly.

Oh yeah... any homemade type fruit pie... MMMMMM! $13 bux at the local farmers stand though.. they know the we will pay whatever they want.

 

[SWE#Kipp]

Purple is good right now because it is HUCKLEBERRY time. Got these on Saturday on a berry scouting expedition. And, most pants do turn black if you never wash them.....

mmmm, huckleberry cobbler, huckleberry pie, huckleberry pancakes...OH NO NOW I'LL NEED BIGGER PANTS!!

Whats a "cobbler" ??
A fine dog you got there

 

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My family's version of cobbler is, you dump the fruit in a pan, mix in some sugar, mix up some sweet biscuit dough, put biscuits on top of fruit and bake.
Mmmmm. That's my old bear alert dog. She used to run the bears out of the neighborhood when we were in exile in Siskiyou County. She's 13 now.

 

[Gologit]

My family's version of cobbler is, you dump the fruit in a pan, mix in some sugar, mix up some sweet biscuit dough, put biscuits on top of fruit and bake.

Yup ! Also excellent with blackberries. Which reminds me...I think theres still a few growing down at the south end of my pasture. If I get home early enough tonight I know what I'm having for dessert...and breakfast...and in my nose bag tomorrow. The hell with the increased pants size...it'll be worth it.

 

[GASoline71]

Carhartt Double Front Loggers...

or...

Prison Blues

Gary

 

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Why Suspenders?

Well, today I went out to a sale, and they were short handed as usual on the Monday after payday Friday. I went down to see how the guy setting chokers was doing. He was not doing well and I proceeded to help pull line out from the carriage. Next thing I know, I'm setting chokers. We were the AARP eligible crew. The young guys were up on the landing. Learned a few things, like knots and limbs can be our friends, they can keep the log from slipping off, it is hard to tell where the ends of the logs are much less whether they have blue paint on them or not, and that I really wished I had worn my suspenders. It was a wet drizzly day and my Carharts (brown colored) got wet of course. Then they got heavy and I kept catching the pants legs in my corks. Got clonked in the head with the chokers, (small ones) that's why we wear hardhats. Another wardrobe faux pas, my gloves did not match, had one purple one on and one green one. Update on the pink hickory shirt, I have the dye but haven't had the time to dye it yet. Now, out to soak in the hot tub.

 

[Burvol]

Carhart makes a decent logger pant that I have destroyed cutting, but have also had so-so luck with them. My dad always wore a brand of logger pants called "Big Bill's"....money!!! That's all I buy for work pants now. They have button holes for suspenders, but I cannot stand suspenders, and I am in no need of them being irritated by ???? on my back, but I also always stay in decent to good shape as a log cutter, 6' 2" 195 lbs. A good snug belt works just fine for me. Anyway, Big Bills are the shiznet if you know what I mean. I cut with the legs cut off for safety and love the Big Bills....Try them, you will not be dissapointed, they are tough britches...weather you wear suspenders or not.

 

[gavin]

i see lots of guys wearing can-swe pants (www.canswe.com). i wear the can-swe riggers. have lasted a long time and are really comfortable.

 

[tree md]

Those look like disco pants to me!!!

 

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Fall Fashionwear

This year's Fall Fashion Collection. We're in the transition from a month of Dry to the Winter rains.

 

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Winter Fashions

Here's Twinkle and me with our winter fashion collection on display. I wear black of course, but it obviously isn't working to make me more slender. I need to spend more time in the brush. Today the guys started at one end, and I at the other and we cut the hardwoods that topple over in our gloppy snow out of the main roads. I put a picture of the boot repair in, it is still holding up well. Unfortunately, my accessories are no longer matching, it is that time of year when one grabs whatever will keep one warm and dry.
Twinkle's bar was not smoking and Twinkle was throwing nice chips for most of the day. We cut one alder but were prepared for what it did...I had a patch cleared out behind a standing tree to step behind, in case (and it did) the alder split.
That's why I like a longish bar. It keeps one farther from the alder. We hate alder!! Pants are by Filson, chaps by that Labonnville company.
They look funny, but I really like the bugeyes. No worries about fogging up.
This is a little maple we're cutting up. Hmmm, the one picture looks like I might cut my leg off. It's still attached.

 

[forestryworks]

thanks for sharing

 

[Saw Bones]

Home owner question sorry, but I would like a pr too.

had anyone ever been saved, or used the safety features in these type of pants. I am an auto mechanic and I have heavy duck pants that last and seem fine, but they are not Kevlar not that stuff that is supposed to fray up and tangle onto the saw stopping it. I want to know which safety method has been proved.

Thanks in advance, leanring lots here.

I have the double front carharts and can tell you for sure they will not even slow down a saw. I was lucky and did not break the skin. I quit working and went and got some chaps. Spend the money, your life is worth it.

 

[Gologit]

I have the double front carharts and can tell you for sure they will not even slow down a saw. I was lucky and did not break the skin. I quit working and went and got some chaps. Spend the money, your life is worth it.

Well said. I have an old pair of Friscos with a good sized cut in the left leg...they hang on the nail next to my chaps.
Those double front pants, Carhart or whatever, are great. They're sturdy, they're comfortable, and they last a long time. They're not worth a damn for stopping a chainsaw, though.

 

[Saw Bones]

Yea I am not a pro, I dont do this for a living. That happened a couple of years ago. cut on the left leg. it made a believer out of me.

I have been extra careful ever since, and I always put on my PPE every time no matter what or how small the job is.

God was watching over me that day.

 

[BostonBull]

Carhartts or Arborwear. If your looking for "tougher" I would go with Arborwear....and just have a seamstress sew the buttons on. They would probably only charge around $5 a pair.

 

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The filson tin pants are what I like the best for winter rainy season. The snow will cram up inside the legs though, especially if you decide it might be fun to go butt sledding down a snowy hill and put your feet down to slow down a bit. They are heavy and the chaps around them are a bit much but I don't know exactly what I'll be doing so I wear the tin pants and deal with the extra stiffness. They don't turn into sauna pants like regular raingear. Another bad thing about the tin pants is you have to be careful about what you sit on with them. Never on good furniture. I couldn't find the wax I bought to redo them so used boot grease. I still can't find the wax!! Don't you just hate that when you buy something and then can't find it when you need it? It will turn up in July. Probably melted and messing up something. :jawdrop:

 

[Cedarkerf]

I wear double fronts but with the labonville inside the pants safety pads. Much more manuverable and less hang ups without the dangley straps.