I sell firewood, and I seem to burn through a glove every cord to cord and a half. It’s always the same holes in the thumbs right side first. Anyone have great luck with work gloves?
Not really. Forefinger and thumb on my right hand go first. I buy the cheap work gloves for about $5/3pk at HD. I only process firewood for myself though. One pair will last almost one summer.
Not great luck but am able to get some good ones either lined (which I like best) or unlined. Try www.galeton.com
One more thing many folk do when one finger always wears out first is to duct tape that spot on the finger before you start using them.
I use duct tape myself to reinforce the gloves, they last much longer and you can just keep reapplying the duct tape. Gloves just seem to keep going up in price and lower in quality so I try and get as much out of them as I can.
Welcome to the club Squatch! You'll find this site is full of great advice. There is a whole lot of experience here
I like the Atlas Therma Fit gloves. They seem to wear well and the thermal padding helps keep the hands warm and the vibration to a minimum. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
This is kind of a dumb question, what exactly is the point of chainsaw gloves? If you keep your hands on the handles and not on the bar when it's running, how can you cut your hands? I get the vibration aspect of it but I don't run the saw all day. Is it more for the limbing folks? I get it on the big job sites with OSHA and all that.. Yet for the average homeowner? I just haven't seen the point at least for me.
I've cut patches from a good thick spot from an old pair of gloves I'm throwing out and glued them onto the finger spots on a new pair of gloves with contact cement. You could probably cut a patch from a leather something else too. You can also cut the whole finger off an old pair of gloves and silicone it on over the other finger. It lasts for a while anyway.
i got the Atlas Showa 300 and the Atlas Shows thermal lined because of suggestions here. They seem to hold up better than most and there not to expensive if you purchase by the dozen. I just wish the thermal lined were warmer. On really cold days they won't keep your hands warm.
If I were to follow your reasoning, chaps aren't necessary for the average homeowner. Everyone knows you should keep the bar and chain off your leg and on the wood. As many here have stated, accidents happen, even to the most skilled and careful. If you choose to not use any PPE's, that is your choice. I, for one, have seen accidents happen with chainsaws and the picture is not pretty. Just my .02 worth.
Ok you're putting words into my mouth and assuming. So you've seen someone lose a finger or worst to a chainsaw? How did it happen? I am not saying to not wear PPE, and that reasoning is flawed because it is much easier to hit a leg with a bar than your hands. I realize common sense isn't common, but really grabbing a bar while the saw is running? Darwin award... Dropping a bar while it is running; into a leg is a completely different scenario and I would not ever recommend anyone to not wear chaps regardless if I choose to or not to do so. I always wear leather gloves when using a saw, I just don't see a point in spending the extra money on kevlar/chainsaw glove, unless your limbing and I see why you should wear them. Your hands should only ever be on the handles when it is running even when limbing though. Never on the trigger unless you're ready to cut or shoot. Do you walk around with your finger on the trigger? Bucking and logging I don't see the point. I primarily buck so yea my hands don't get near the bar. It's apples and oranges with what you're trying to compare.
Injuries by chainsaws when hands are involved are always the left hand. It is from people holding on to wood and trying to cut it at the same time. part of body injured in chainsaw accident - Google Search:
For me, it's got to be very cold to wear gloves, if I have to unlined, find that if they are lined they dry out my hands real good or tighter fitting ones restrict blood flow and hands get cold I work on cars all day and they have gotten tough over the years, seldom weld with gloves too This might eventually change as I get older but for now it works for me As a side story, years ago my dad was cutting a huge cottonwood and was sawing about chest high, saw hit something and the bar spit out, put up his hand as a reaction and took the chain on the hand instead of his face, we don't know if gloves would have helped but lesson learned to think 3 moves ahead with a saw Bunch of stitches later was back a week later to finish the job
I do not use leather gloves when handling wood they wear out way to fast. I stick to the cheap cloth ones that have the rubber coating on them for better grip.
Kenco “buffalo” leather gloves both lined and unlined will outlast beef leather gloves by an incredible amount. I usually get 2 pair of both lined and unlined off amazon to start the season I am still using last seasons purchase.
