Widow Maker

I wear the following from Husqvarna:



I love that both eye, head and hearing is protected.

My next purchase will be a good pair of steel toe work boots. I have 4E foot, and find it difficult to find the right fit. Once I do, I'll stick with them.

 

I hope you play the lottery because you my friend are lucky!

PPE - if you got it - use it. If you don't have it...get it!

 

I wear the Still Helmet system now and love it. Comfy, easy to use, mask flips up, ear protection flips up. I highly recommend one of these instead of separates... $69 at your local dealer. I also wear Kevlar gloves, and steel toed boots.

I have thrown a chain that scared me pretty good, but had a helmet and goggles on thank goodness. I've since switched to this one, and love it. But I need some "pants", I just can't wear the chaps, they drive me nuts and fall down.... Somebody post me a good link to pants, and I'll get em, and wear em!

 

Thanks for the link, I'm going to check those out. Their website is horrible though, krykeee!

 

That's the mobile site so try just googling them. I didn't mind the site as much as the prices, OUCH.

 

Funny, I have the pants and was thinking they can get warm (in warm weather) and was thinking of trying the chaps if I can find a good deal.

These are the ones I have from a supplier here in Ontario.
http://www.ago1.com/show_product.asp?store_id=1&cat=2&subcat=&prod_id=617

 

Great link, thanks!! Ordering a pair of those right now~!

I figured that out later.. couldn't understand why the site was so screwed up and everything large.... I also ordered a few of the Firehose pants, and a pair of firehose overalls to try out from Duluth Trading, will see how I like them. I wonder if anyone has ever tried hitting the firehose material with a chainsaw to see if it works like the chaps material (whatever that is, Kevlar...?)? I'm going to email them and ask. As far as the price, if it saves my leg, or life it will be worth every penny! I need something I'm comfortable wearing, so I WEAR it. The chaps were cheap (60 bucks or something), but they don't do me any good hanging in my shop.

Scotty's picture of his leg bit up by the alligator he wrestled with (that's the story, right?), is a GREAT reminder to wear leg protection!

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I agree on the usefullness vs. cost of PPE but I highly doubt that the fire hose material is going to act like chainsaw chaps. The whole gist of the chainsaw chaps is the long (kevlar?) fibers contained within them that instantly plug and stop the chain. I have no doubt the fire hose material is tough and I'm sure it would sweet for busting through the brush but I can't see my way clear to spend that kind of coin on it. My old carhart canvas jeans are holding up pretty well so I'll probably stick with those for the time being.

 

Prices for the chainsaw pants aren't to bad considering what you are getting. Compare the cost of the chainsaw pants to the Hi Viz bug jackets

With the current exchange rate factored in, you'll getting them on sale

 

I wear chaps, a helmet with screen and ear muffs, gloves and a good pair of boots. Many years ago my FIL and I were cutting a 36" Ash had it on the ground and were trimming limbs when I looked up FIL had pants around his knees looking at leg there were 3 spots of blood about the size of the head of a pin. I have worn chaps ever since.

 

At work we had a policy "If you run a chainsaw you must wear ANSI approved chaps or pants" One of the men did nothing but complain about it until the saw kicked back while cutting brush and chewed up the chaps. He brought them to me with a big THANK YOU for making me wear these! No cuts to the leg

 

I've mentioned this on other threads. great to see a product that I produce part of. I die cut the metal screen for Tasco Corp in Riveride, RI that makes the USA made stihl style pictured above. over the last 14 mos. the production has been very steady. at some 5000 units a month. thanks you your support of American products.

 

Learned my lesson about the risks involved in the use of chainsaws before I ever owned a wood stove. A friend, who used a chainsaw regularly, was limbing and bucking a tree that went over in his aunt's yard during a hurricane. Hadn't a helmet on, a wood chip flew up and imbedded in his face from the roof of his mouth to the orbit of the eye. His wife called me from the ER, because she knew I knew a good plastic surgeon at the hospital. They were fortunate: they lived a few minutes from the hospital, and the plastic surgeon was at the hospital when they got there. I wouldn't have wanted to be his wife, when he walked in immediately after the injury with a baseball cap over his face to hide the injury....

 

Wow, who is buying that many helmets??? That's amazing....

 

So I received the deputh firehouse pants, and a firehouse overall, they both are really well made. Very happy with both of them, and they look like they will last me the rest of my life.

I also orderd a pair of the chaps pants for the Canadian site "ago1" linked above. Haven't got those yet, looking forward to those!

 

We have a huge Duluth trading company store in Port Washington, 10 minutes away. Cool stuff, but expensive. The store has a lot of nice stuff, even stuff for dogs.

I checked out the fire hose pants last fall. I wouldn't use them to saw in, unless you have chainsaw chaps over them. I don't think they will have any more protection than jeans.

 

I emailed that question to them. And asked if they ever tried/tested them against a chainsaw. I didn't buy them for that, but I'd bet they would offer significantly more protection than blue jeans. It's a tough material, and it's stringy, exactly what you want for a chainsaw chain to stop it.

 

The dealer I bought my Stihl at only had Stihl helmets with plastic shields. If they had this helmet, I'd rather have purchased it. Makes you feel a little dirty using a Stihl saw with a Husqvarna helmet....