saws in the army

[arty460]

i was just wondering what they use .cause most of there equipment is bullet proof.

 

[user 2993]

Someone taking shots at your chainsaws?
I think Tony Snyder can give a good report on which ones are most bulletproof.

 

[tony marks]

i just got a gut feeling the armies got a contract with poulan. probably payin ,,
oh say 1000 a piece for camoflodged
wild things.

 

[Newfie]

Most army gear I ever came across was easy to break, especially if I was trying.

 

[Lawn Masters]

Try breakin my pair of Altama jungle boots, they just dont die. I have numerous military gear pieces, steel pot helmet, LC1 alice pack, many battle dress uniforms, more pairs of mil spec boots than I can count and I havent broke a thing of it yet, and I put my gear through just about everything you can think of. the chainsaws wouldnt surprise me if they were poulan made, but then again they would probably want some saws that will last a while, like Husky or stihl saws.

 

[Newfie]

"Try breakin my pair of Altama jungle boots, they just dont die"

About 6-8 months and I toast those. The leather holds up pretty well but eventually the uppers start to fray from catching on brush, lace grommetts pop and I wear the lugs right off my panama soles. I love those boots though, new pair every spring.

BDU's make nice work pants but they only last a summer befor they start to come apart above the reinforced knees

 

[underwor]

Army surplus saw chaps

Yesterday in a lab class, I decided to show the students how well saw chaps work. I had had an experience a few years back with some husky chaps and one layer of the nylon plugged up the 031 immeadiately. I wanted to show the students how that worked. I had some very heavy old army surplus chaps with many layers of nylon on the inside, so I strapped one that had been nicked sometime in the past to a log and had a student lay into it with the 031 again. As you can see from the attached photo, this was not a highly successful demonstration. The saw did not stutter once and not a thread was pulled loose on the chaps to plug the saw. Glad I had not depended on those old chaps since I started teaching here. Have several sets of newer ones we use for saw work. Thought you might find this picture interesting.

Bob

http://165.234.175.12/photos/Equipment/saw chaps 1.jpg

 

[Ryan Willock]

Yea, that would not have been good.

 

[max2cam]

I have a pair of newer Army snowshoes and those babies are tough. Magnesium and coated stranded wire -- probably stainless steel. You could bury them in the ground and come back 50 years later and they'd still be in top shape.

The bindings don't stay on real good though; maybe automatic "smart" release for combat situations.

http://www.atthecreation.com/

 

[jokers]

Hi Bob,

While you didn`t illustrate the point that you were trying to make, you probably did even better at making those kids aware of the true potential danger of a saw mishap. You may have just saved a life, or atleast a leg from serious injury.

Russ