Thinking about chainsaw chaps

[Mischa Shashumshkavich]

I think the point is unless there me ah or something there still pants and thus will be HOT . Maybe not carhart hot or jean hot but will be hot!

....in your pic.,is it the camera angle, or is that a good sized trailer? looks like some pretty long logs you got on there.....now that would be nice, to be able to transport some telephone pole length logs....

 

[BCC_Burner]

I wear shorts and chaps all the time here in SC. The problem is you end up with a boot full of chips. Dont get the tiny short chaps like I see some forest service guys wearing their shin and ankle is exposed??

Forest Circus workers use those shorter chaps because many of them (at least out here) work on wildland fire crews as sawyers. They definitely want the PPE, but they also need to be able to move quickly if the wind changes direction suddenly, or any other number of unexpected events takes place near the front lines of a fire. Have you tried running in your chaps with a 40-60 pound pack on and a chainsaw in your hands? Yeah, bet you would buy them a little shorter too.

 

[Prof]

Keep in mind that chainsaws don't cut in an incision like fashion (i.e., knife), they actually remove about a quarter inch of material. A quarter inch of wood being removed is a good thing, a quarter inch of flesh, not so much ;-)

 

[clemsonfor]

....in your pic.,is it the camera angle, or is that a good sized trailer? looks like some pretty long logs you got on there.....now that would be nice, to be able to transport some telephone pole length logs....

Thats a 16ft dovetail car hauler. Its loaded down!! I bet there is 7000 pounds on that thing! That was a few years back. Most those trees were under 18"s. There only 8ft lengths. There is 2 stacks of them but to but. I had one of my loggers load them on the trailer with me with his loader and had them cut to 8ft so I could lift and drag them off with my 24hp tractor.

 

[Mischa Shashumshkavich]

Thats a 16ft dovetail car hauler. Its loaded down!! I bet there is 7000 pounds on that thing! That was a few years back. Most those trees were under 18"s. There only 8ft lengths. There is 2 stacks of them but to but. I had one of my loggers load them on the trailer with me with his loader and had them cut to 8ft so I could lift and drag them off with my 24hp tractor.

.....now that's how you do it! sorry for going off topic again.....it is a bad habit i am trying to correct.....kind of like not wearing chaps? eh? see what i did there? i got the train back on track !

 

[toddnic]

I think the point is unless there mesh or something there still pants and thus will be HOT . Maybe not carhart hot or jean hot but will be hot!

Better hot than being stitched up at the ER

 

[clemsonfor]

But I m wearing chaps and short

 

[jeffesonm]

Agree the chaps are hot in the summer, so I try to not cut so much mid-summer. Nice part about them is they go down over my boots and keep the wood chips from getting in my socks.

 

[Ashful]

Here's a link: CHAINSAW INJURY

Well, that just ruined my evening...

 

[clemsonfor]

Well, that just ruined my evening...

Thats why I purposefully did not click that!! I have seen them before.I'm not a pass out at the sight of blood but I dont enjoy looking at it!

 

[Ashful]

...had them cut to 8ft so I could lift and drag them off with my 24hp tractor.

Wait... you have a 24 hp tractor that's not in your sig, but your 24 year old 2wd Ford Ranger is? Time to edit, man!

Actually, just realized I never put my third Jotul 12 in my sig.

Thats why I purposefully did not click that!! I have seen them before.I'm not a pass out at the sight of blood but I dont enjoy looking at it!

What I can't figure out is the one photo where the index and pinky are nothing but bones and the two middle fingers are flat out gone. I can't figure out how a chainsaw did that one. I think it must be a chipper feeding accident.

There... made you look!

 

[clemsonfor]

Nope not looked yet bit now I can almost visualize Thanks

My tractor is an old Yanmar ym2000.

I have wanted to edit my sig bit they have made changes that dont allow sigs as long as mine anymore and I have to shorten it before I can save changes.

I actually had tractor when I joined here I think? I dont have new stuff I still have all those trucks and sometimes drive them daily.

 

[Mischa Shashumshkavich]

The picture that really got to me was the one of the dog on page 3....poor guy got his face cut up in 2 places......but the one thing i have yet to figure out is who would let their dog use a chainsaw?

 

[Jutt77]

I wear chaps with shorts. Woodland pro chaps from Baileys. Also wear short hiking gaiters to keep crap out of my boots.

 

[Ashful]

The picture that really got to me was the one of the dog on page 3....poor guy got his face cut up in 2 places......but the one thing i have yet to figure out is who would let their dog use a chainsaw?

Geez... you got to page 3?!? You're an animal!

 

[Mischa Shashumshkavich]

Geez... you got to page 3?!? You're an animal!

....i was noticing how many of the cuts were located right above the knee.....then i saw that poor dog and had to stop......and i know i look kinda animalish, but that pic. is from when i was younger....when i first started shaving i used a rock

 

[morpho]

Jerry,
When I got my saw, I printed a picture from the internet of a nasty chainsaw "accident" (no such a thing as an accident) and taped it inside my case. Every time I open that thing up, I am reminded how wrong it can go.

I would wear a kevlar jumpsuit if I could.