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Mroverkill

Feeling the Heat
Aug 10, 2010
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so im in the yard cleaning the yard up after the storm (11 pickup loads to the dpw) and im gong through the motions of cutting the branches and saving anything thicker then an inch to use as starter wood. well im putting the saw down after a cut and somehow hit my knee to the point i cut the jeans im like woops!!!! then i felt a pain i rolled up my jeans and YUP i cut my self a little bit of blood not not bad enough for stiches but close so i grab a clean paper towel and put it on the knee. this happens to be the moment the wife walks into the nursery to change the baby and looks out the window and open it up and says um why u holding your knee i said i cut myself and she says with what mister i said um the saw she said are you ok and i said yea she then closed the window and the shades.



point is i HAD a close and luckey moment


SO onto my question CHAPS!!!!!


what are good quality chaps but wont break the bank


thanks all
 
i just recieved the labonville full wrap chaps. they are very comfortable. i am also gonna get their chainsaw boots soon.
 
Chaps would be good. I cut my left knee more than once, not wearing chaps and saved my left thigh when I was wearing them.
 
Baileys is having a fantastic sale right now, just got there catalog. I'm gonna pick up a set of chaps from them,,,,nice selection available.
 
I just bought some Husqvarna chaps from the local fleet farm for around $70. Hopefully, I won't find out if they work but it is good to be safe.
 
Mroverkill said:
well im putting the saw down after a cut and somehow hit my knee to the point i cut the jeans im like woops!!!! then i felt a pain i rolled up my jeans and YUP i cut my self a little bit of blood not not bad enough for stitches but close

The question I have for you is...was the chain still moving?

I will freely admit I don't always wear my chaps (gloves, eye protection, ear protection is a must, though) except when felling with my bigger saw. Whenever I am finished with a cut and ESPECIALLY whenever I have to move my feet, I set the chains brake. VERY adamant about that.

Why? Because once I was moving along a tree while limbing and tripped. I had no chance to ditch the saw and was in a position that did not allow me to flick my wrist to set the brake. I did however have the presence of mind to take my finger off the trigger entirely..in fact that was my *ONLY* thought as I was falling. I fell chest down in the blade...hard. If it was running, I wouldn't be here now. Chaps *IN THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE* would have done nothing to protect me. But a stationary chain is alot safer that a moving one.

YMMV...
 
punchy said:
i just recieved the labonville full wrap chaps. they are very comfortable. i am also gonna get their chainsaw boots soon.

I bought the same chaps earlier this summer. I have worn both shorts and jeans under them, they are very comfortable. Its nice to have the protection just in case. I was cleaning up storm damage both days this weekend, having the extra protection is nice just in case a downed limb takes an unexpected roll.
 
All chaps 6ply and up will be fine. They will stop a very strong production saw in a split second.
 
Ive been heating with wood and using chainsaws for over 25 years without incident. well that was until two Sundays ago when I was bucking a pile of honey locust, after I cut two 18" pieces off a elevated log went to cut the third piece and just as it was falling off the log rolled and I went to duck out of the way and felt the log hit my leg.
I picked up the piece put it in the trailer and on my way back to pick up the saw my leg felt wet, I looked down to see my jeans ripped and a inch and a half by one inch gash on my kneecap @#!* I shouted.

It didnt hurt and since I came all that way I taped it closed with some black tape and finished filling my trailer with the locust and went and spent the next 5 hours at the hospital to get 6 stitches,
Today was my first day cutting since it happened and you can bet I was wearing my new chaps LOL.
 
I wonder if my leather motorcycle chaps would work out ok? Dang!! Nevermind!! I sold my bike, AND my chaps.............darn it!!

-Soupy1957
 
With a similar surprise this past summer (tore jeans but barely scratched leg) it hit me that I should be making more intelligent use of chain-brake. Like, whenever maneuvering saw after completing cut, especially when others are nearby or I'm in a tangle of stems/brush.
Chaps arrived shortly thereafter, too.
 
Are the full wrap chaps way way more hot in the summer?
The regular ones are pretty hot as it is.
 
yup the chain was still moving it was not fast but im glad it was not really going. After that monemt i made it a issue to use the brake EVERYTIME and over the next week or so im going to get some chaps at least 6 ply just need to see whos and what kind

i have the gloves i have the helmet with the face gaurd i have my redwing steels so i really should have had this
 
Got my chaps earlier this summer off fleaBay. Cost around $60 new. Now I feel naked when cutting without them.
 
velvetfoot said:
Are the full wrap chaps way way more hot in the summer?
The regular ones are pretty hot as it is.

My Labonville full wraps are only full wrap around the leg below the knee, so they don't seem very hot.
 
This is why the Redneck Rocket Science guys say "Safety Third".

Shawn
 
velvetfoot said:
Are the full wrap chaps way way more hot in the summer?
The regular ones are pretty hot as it is.
They are not bad at all. I have had them on this past summer when it was around 85 deg. F out though. I had shorts on underneath though. They were still OK to wear. Mine are the Labonville with the full wrap below the knees.
 
velvetfoot said:
Are the full wrap chaps way way more hot in the summer?
The regular ones are pretty hot as it is.

Where shorts.
 
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
smokinjay said:
velvetfoot said:
Are the full wrap chaps way way more hot in the summer?
The regular ones are pretty hot as it is.

Where shorts.

Cut in the winter :cheese:

Both! :cheese: I cut when the log of chose is there. Lots of locust coming up for this winter though.
 
"My Labonville full wraps are only full wrap around the leg below the knee, so they don’t seem very hot. "

I didn't realize that. My Stihl chaps have a tendency to twist outward, exposing inside of leg. Have to check them out. Somebody said they run short, or small, or something?
 
Dangit, MRoverkill! You have been around long enough to know better! Glad to hear you are relatively unscathed, but that could have been very bad.

I have a pair of husqvarna chaps that I picked up for around 60 bucks at the farm store. Probably will be going with labonville for the next set. I decided I needed chaps and I needed them ASAP. Nothing better than deciding you need something and having it in your possession 30 minutes later. Most of the time the Internet can't do that for ya.
 
velvetfoot said:
"My Labonville full wraps are only full wrap around the leg below the knee, so they don’t seem very hot. "

I didn't realize that. My Stihl chaps have a tendency to twist outward, exposing inside of leg. Have to check them out. Somebody said they run short, or small, or something?

I got the longest Stihl ones they had . . . they definitly run short. But not as much blood on the front of the shin as the thigh I guess.
 
LOL I know what ya meant :) but my observation is that Stihls run short too.
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