I have found no activity that shreds gloves like running the wood splitter...handling broken concrete is close second. Tore up a bunch of nice gloves before I made the switch to coated gloves. Currently using these, which I get for .99/pair through work. Latex, rather than the more expensive Nitrile coating found on the Atlas gloves ($1.85/pr). Seem to last around 10 hours on the splitter before getting holes. I also use these when running the trimmer as they seem to reduce vibration a little compared to leather. They offer zero warmth, but if I'm working my hands don't usually get cold. HVG700WSLC - West Chester Protective Gear
I've gone back to pigskin gloves. The last pair of coated knit gloves I bought smelled so bad from the offgassing they had to be removed from the house. I figured a day or two in the shed outside and the smell would be gone but they still stunk a week later so they were thrown out.
I got them on amazon but they appear to be out of stock now. I think I got a good price because they were being discontinued.
I won't even do 5 mins cross cutting (bucking as you guys call it) without chainsaw rated Boots, trousers and gloves and forestry helmet with visor and ear protection. I have 2 young sons and although life is not without risks I want to take precautions where I can so I can enjoy life with them.
I would agree with that. Gloves typically go on once it's in the 20's or below but I still feel I can't grip the splits the way I should be able to and they slow me down.
These will hold up the best I have found. The Brand is Atlas and you can get them for $35/dozen on ebay. They last about 10 cords. Every other glove I have ever tried wears out some in one day they get holes. These hold up.
Those Hardy gloves are junk, my son tore a hole in the ones I bought him in a couple hours splitting wood. They were not worth the couple dollars Horror Freight Charges for them.
I wasn't actually operating the ram, it was retracted and I caught my fingers in the splitter wedge after splitting a monster round, just moving the very heavy split into position, the split shifted and pressed my hand into the sharp edge of the wedge, I was glad I had gloves on to lesson the severity of my injury. I'm still healing up about a month later. These chainsaw proof gloves people speak about may be a good thing. I would like to get some.
I agree with you on the green gloves, as well as the blue, atlas gloves. only problem i had with the green one's, i had a small hole in the back of the left glove, when i'd put them on, i'd almost alway's find my left middle finger sticking out of the hole when i put them on. But, i agree, they are pretty good gloves for the money. If your hands are cold in them slip on a pair of thin white or blue, rubber gloves trust me, your hands will warm up FAST, sweat, but, they will be warm, lol.
OUCH!!! Been there done the EXACT same thing!! But, without gloves it would have, could have been a lot worse.
The blue atlas gloves are not very warm at all, last night it was 38* out and raining hard. I had to toss a half cord off the back of my truck for a customer and by the time I was done my fingers were cold as heck. I saw the insulated atlas gloves at the General Store here, they really don't look much different than the blue ones so I didn't bother to get them.
Yes could have been much worse, I'm rethinking my approach to the big rounds, the splitter can lift them and split them with ease but if I start with a 36" round of white oak that weighs 700 lbs, after I split it I still have pieces that are too heavy to manipulate. I may have to noodle the big ones.
Here is another style of gloves i use, they are a little bulky, but, they do protect your knuckles palm and inner thumb area, lineman's gloves
Here is a picture of the "working side" of the same gloves. Note the reinforced thumbs, and palm, good idea!!
Hay, it worked great! I added some baking soda to help make it even better, this hardens the super glue. One question how do i get the glove off my hand now, its ''welded'' to the top of my finger? Just kidding
I’ve had pretty good luck with them. Which Pair did your son rip. I got a bad pair of the brown ones once. They split right in the seam pretty quickly. The next time I was at Harbor Freight they just gave me another pair. Don’t know if the cashier was right or not, but she told me they had the same warranty as the hand tools: that didn’t seem right to me. Gloves are a wearable item. I was going to abuse that return policy. I’ve never found a pair of gloves that is particularly better than any other I guess. I wear out gloves 2-3 times the price as the HF ones just as quickly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
