Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JimR]

I always wear work gloves when running saws or other power equipment. Has saved or reduced damage many times. When you feel that little tug on your glove, you know it is time to remove your hand!

For example, when splitting wood one time with the hydraulic splitter, the splitter closed a split in the wood. When I felt it, I yanked my hand out just in time ... the finger of the glove ripped off and was crushed, but thankfully my hand was fine! If the glove had not given me some warning, I'm pretty sure I would have had some damage and possibly lost a finger.

Also, once with the chainsaws (a clutch spring broke and the chain spun w/o any throttle) and once with the hedge clipper (I extended it out with one hand and caught it with the other, my finger was off the trigger, but the blades had not stopped yet). Both times I had minor damage to a finger (one required stiches), but I believe in both situations the damage would have been much worse if I were not wearing the gloves. That fraction of a second it is going through the glove gives you some reaction time, and w/o a glove the damage to your hand would be that much deeper.

Also, I was glad I was at least wearing double layer work pants when using the chainsaw (just bought some more of them). I was tired, near the end of the day, and I reached out to cut a limb. My finger was off the throttle, but the chain had not yet stopped as I lowered the saw. It touched my thigh, the chain went through both layers of pants, but then "bound up". The pants looked horrible, but my leg only had a 4" scratch ... I lucked out!

Be careful out there, it can always be worse!

I agree with you on the gloves giving you a danger warning. Been there done that a few times in my lifetime.

Friday I was running errands with my Pontiac G6 GT when the heat went from hot to cold. I pulled over and popped the hood. The overflow coolant tank was empty. I scurried home and found the leak to be a busted 3/4" plastic tee fitting under the overflow coolant tank. All the parts stores and big box stores had plastic tee fittings. Nope, I wanted a real fitting. I popped a hose off and went to HD yesterday to look at PEX brass tee fittings. Their 3/4" fitting was way to small. Their 1" tee fitting fit like a glove. Today it is nice out and I put the tee fitting in. That is fixed and doesn't leak.

Yesterday we gave the puppy a bath. Afterwards he jumped right into our glove and hat basket near the back door. What a clown he is growing up to be.

I have never owned chaps. I feel that they are too confining. Years ago in a huge ice storm blowdown I caught my brand new boot with my saw. I cut a nice slice in it right in the arch of the boot. I missed my sock and my foot. I just barely cut my jeans pant leg once. That barely marked my pants leg.

 

[JustJeff]

My boys helped me make quick work of this stack today. Many hands make light work. The pup is my grand dog. . My son and his girlfriend got her at a local shelter. Said to be a vizsla-walker hound cross and most of the siblings were that reddish brown vizsla color. She has the lean hound body and long legs so we shall see but I think there was a chocolate lab in the woodpile. .