Making Firewood can be Hazardous to your Health!

I have a pair of steel toe shoes for cutting and splitting, not dropping trees on my feet. Because the odds of the latter are pretty dammed slim.

 

I wear steel toed shoes all day & when cutting or firewooding in general. I've found two very comfortable brands of boots & gladly spend the cash. I have a pair on right now that have a nick from a chainsaw. Same scenario, late in the day, tired, & got sloppy limbing a tree. Got the toe of the boot with the chain. Thankfully due to the safety toe it was a complete non event. Otherwise it could've been very bad. I'm not interested in the lost time & co pays if I can avoid them with safety gear.
Glad your injury was minor Brad!

 

buZZsaw BRAD Thanks for sharing your somewhat embarrassing OOPS moment. Not only is it a good reminder to you to think 'safety first' but for everyone else here.

 

Gotta keep feets outta the way Buzz!!!

 

looking at it now and the very little pain, i am lucky amateur cutter . It couldve been a lot worse.

 

Is the the WWF Jimmy Superfly Snuka splitting method? Or is that how they split North of the border? I cant believe she's not wearing gloves!

 

I bet they could make some serious firewood in their time! Can you picture Andre holding a Stihl 880 with a 60" bar??! That'd be cool!

 

A good reason to wear steel toe boots when processing firewood. I usually wear them to protect from dropping big pieces on my feet. Ax protection is another good reason too.

 

The way I look at it if it’s heavy enough to crush a steel toe cap, it’s more than heavy enough to crush my toe. Either way I loose my toe. I’ll wear the steel toe boot and take my chance that way. Dropped lots of heavy pieces of wood that saved my toes from pain.

 

Lol, yes. She really said it. She's a fun old bird. It's somewhat tongue in cheek... But not.

Brad, stupid has different definitions in Mrs Papi's brain maybe than mine and yours. In this case, it would have been stupid for me to be out swinging the Fiskars in anything but the steel toe boots considering the conditions and my available alternatives - work shoes, dress shoes, or flip flops (for boat/lake time.)

It started from having the same teacher in high school that was a total jerk, no matter how good a student you were. He happened to have reached into a snowblower to clear a jam with the auger engaged and lost a couple fingers, the stumps of which he used to wag at you while screaming for such offenses as breathing, dropping a pencil, opening the book, etc. I mean, everybody has a bad day and takes it out on someone else sometimes, teachers included. No big deal... Except this guy's bad day was every. Single. Day. So we used to joke about how it was a shame he didn't stick his tongue in the blower to clear it.. And it kinda grew from there.

 

Definitely an interesting backstory there.

Well, if'n I were you, I'd take good care of any appendages.

 

Ayuh - she's a dear and way above my paygrade.

 

I know the feeling.

 

Glad your gonna live. Cavalier and tired are the two big causes in my experience. Switching axes i.e. getting used to new tools is another. Seems you hit a trifecta.
When I first started using my hatcharoon I came damm close to chopping my shin off a few times. I was actually surprised by that.

 

Was helping my stepdad years ago installing a new dock at their house and he was using a sledge for the posts and ended up missing the pipe with a swing and shattered his knee cap in 4. Fun times.

 

That would have been an awesome bit of advertising.

 

I have to wear steel toe boots at work for 12 hrs. a day, been doing it for 43 yrs. So I don't even notice them. Always wear em' c/s/s

 

I searched, couldn't find anything.

 

Mine too